Biathlon World Championships 2020

The Biathlon World Championships 2020 took place in Rasen-Antholz, Italy, from 12 to 23 February 2020.

Biathlon World Championships 2020

Host city	Rasen-Antholz
Country	Italy
Events	12
Opening ceremony	12 February
Closing ceremony	23 February
Officially opened by	Sergio Mattarella
Main venue	South Tyrol Arena
Website	Website

Host selection

On 4 September 2016, Antholz-Anterselva won the voting (30 votes) during the twelfth IBU Congress in Chisinau over Pokljuka (15 votes) and Oberhof, Germany (four votes). Also Nové Město na Moravě withdrew their bid for 2020 before the vote took place. The 2020 event is staged in Antholz for the sixth time.[1]

Schedule

All times are local (UTC+1).[2]

Date	Time	Event
13 February	14:45	2 × 6 km W + 2 × 6 km M mixed relay
14 February	14:45	Women's 7.5 km sprint
15 February	14:45	Men's 10 km sprint
16 February	13:00	Women's 10 km pursuit
	15:15	Men's 12.5 km pursuit
18 February	14:15	Women's 15 km individual
19 February	14:15	Men's 20 km individual
20 February	15:15	6 km W + 7.5 km M single mixed relay
22 February	11:45	Women's 4 × 6 km relay
	14:45	Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay
23 February	12:30	Women's 12.5 km mass start
	15:00	Men's 15 km mass start

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Italy)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway	6	3	2	11
2	France	3	2	3	8
3	Italy*	2	2	0	4
4	Russia	1	0	1	2
5	Germany	0	4	1	5
6	United States	0	1	0	1
7	Czech Republic	0	0	2	2
8	Austria	0	0	1	1
	Sweden	0	0	1	1
	Ukraine	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 nations)		12	12	12	36

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
10 km sprint[3]	Alexander Loginov  Russia	22:48.1 (0+0)	Quentin Fillon Maillet  France	22:54.6 (1+0)	Martin Fourcade  France	23:07.6 (0+0)
12.5 km pursuit[4]	Émilien Jacquelin  France	31:15.2 (0+0+0+0)	Johannes Thingnes Bø  Norway	31:15.6 (1+1+0+0)	Alexander Loginov  Russia	31:29.1 (0+0+0+1)
20 km individual[5]	Martin Fourcade  France	49:43.1 (0+0+0+1)	Johannes Thingnes Bø  Norway	50:40.1 (1+0+0+1)	Dominik Landertinger  Austria	51:05.2 (0+0+0+1)
4 × 7.5 km relay[6]	France Émilien Jacquelin Martin Fourcade Simon Desthieux Quentin Fillon Maillet	1:12:35.9 (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+2)	Norway Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Johannes Dale Tarjei Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø	1:12:57.4 (0+0) (1+3) (0+0) (0+3) (0+1) (0+2) (0+2) (0+1)	Germany Erik Lesser Philipp Horn Arnd Peiffer Benedikt Doll	1:13:12.1 (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (0+3) (1+3)
15 km mass start[7]	Johannes Thingnes Bø  Norway	38:09.5 (0+0+0+0)	Quentin Fillon Maillet  France	38:51.5 (1+0+1+1)	Émilien Jacquelin  France	39:04.5 (1+0+1+0)

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
7.5 km sprint[8]	Marte Olsbu Røiseland  Norway	21:13.1 (0+1)	Susan Dunklee  United States	21:19.9 (0+0)	Lucie Charvátová  Czech Republic	21:34.4 (1+0)
10 km pursuit[9]	Dorothea Wierer  Italy	29:22.0 (0+0+0+1)	Denise Herrmann  Germany	29:31.5 (1+0+1+1)	Marte Olsbu Røiseland  Norway	29:37.8 (1+0+0+2)
15 km individual[10]	Dorothea Wierer  Italy	43:07.7 (1+1+0+0)	Vanessa Hinz  Germany	43:09.9 (0+0+0+1)	Marte Olsbu Røiseland  Norway	43:23.5 (0+1+0+1)
4 × 6 km relay[11]	Norway Synnøve Solemdal Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Tiril Eckhoff Marte Olsbu Røiseland	1:07:05.7 (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+2) (0+3) (1+3) (0+0) (0+0)	Germany Karolin Horchler Vanessa Hinz Franziska Preuß Denise Herrmann	1:07:16.4 (0+1) (0+3) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+2) (0+2)	Ukraine Anastasiya Merkushyna Yuliia Dzhima Vita Semerenko Olena Pidhrushna	1:07:24.1 (0+1) (0+1) (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) (0+2) (0+0) (0+1)
12.5 km mass start[12]	Marte Olsbu Røiseland  Norway	39:14.0 (1+1+0+0)	Dorothea Wierer  Italy	39:34.7 (1+0+1+1)	Hanna Öberg  Sweden	39:40.1 (1+0+0+2)

Mixed

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
4 × 6 km W+M relay[13]	Norway Marte Olsbu Røiseland Tiril Eckhoff Tarjei Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø	1:02:27.7 (0+0) (0+1) (0+2) (0+0) (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (0+2)	Italy Lisa Vittozzi Dorothea Wierer Lukas Hofer Dominik Windisch	1:02:43.3 (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+2)	Czech Republic Eva Kristejn Puskarčíková Markéta Davidová Ondřej Moravec Michal Krčmář	1:02:58.5 (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1)
6 km W + 7.5 km M single relay[14]	Norway Marte Olsbu Røiseland Johannes Thingnes Bø	34:19.9 (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (0+3) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0)	Germany Franziska Preuß Erik Lesser	34:37.5 (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+2) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1)	France Anaïs Bescond Émilien Jacquelin	34:49.7 (0+0) (0+0) (0+2) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0)

References

1. "Congress closes in Chisinau". Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
2. "Competition schedule" (PDF). biathlon-antholz.it. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
3. Men's sprint results
4. Men's pursuit results
5. Men's individual results
6. Men's relay results
7. Men's mass start results
8. Women's sprint results
9. Women's pursuit results
10. Women's individual results
11. Women's relay results
12. Women's mass start results
13. Mixed relay results
14. Single mixed relay results

External links

• Official website