See also:

• List of IOC country codes for expansions of country abbreviations
• Biathlon World Cup medalists
• Olympic medalists in biathlon

Table of contents

1 BWCH venues 2 Men 2.1 Sprint (10 km) 2.2 Pursuit (12.5 km) 2.3 Mass start (15 km) 2.4 Individual (20 km) 2.5 Relay (4 × 7.5 km) 2.6 Team 3 Women 3.7 Sprint (7.5 km) 3.8 Pursuit (10 km) 3.9 Mass start (12.5 km) 3.10 Individual (15 km) 3.11 Relay (4 × 7.5 km) 3.12 Team

BWCH venues

The season's BWCH takes place during February or March. Some years it has been necessary to schedule parts of the Championship at other than the main venue because of weather and/or snow conditions. Full, joint BWCHs are never held in Olympic Winter Games seasons (BWCHs in non-IOC events have been held in Olympic seasons).

• 1958 Saalfelden, Austria
• 1959 Courmayer, Italy
• 1961 Umeå, Sweden
• 1962 Hämeenlinna-Tavastehus, Finland
• 1963 Seefeld, Austria
• 1965 Elverum, Norway
• 1966 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany
• 1967 Altenberg, East Germany
• 1969 Zakopane, Poland
• 1970 Östersund, Sweden
• 1971 Hämeenlinna-Tavastehus, Finland
• 1973 Lake Placid, USA
• 1974 Minsk, USSR
• 1975 Antholz-Anterselva, Italy
• 1976 Antholz-Anterselva, Italy (sprint only)
• 1977 Lillehammer-Vingrom, Norway
• 1978 Hochfilzen, Austria
• 1979 Ruhpolding, West Germany
• 1981 Lahti, Finland
• 1982 Minsk, USSR
• 1983 Antholz-Anterselva, Italy
• 1984 Chamonix, France (women)
• 1985 Ruhpolding, West Germany (men) and Egg, Switzerland (women)
• 1986 Oslo, Norway (men) and Falun, Sweden (women)
• 1987 Lake Placid, USA (men) and Lahti, Finland (women)
• 1988 Chamonix, France (women)
• 1989 Feistritz, Austria
• 1990 Minsk, USSR; Oslo, Norway; and Kontiolahti, Finland
• 1991 Lahti, Finland
• 1992 Novosibirsk, Russia (team only)
• 1993 Borovetz, Bulgaria
• 1994 Canmore, Canada (team only)
• 1995 Antholz-Anterselva, Italy
• 1996 Ruhpolding, Germany
• 1997 Brezno-Osrblie, Slovakia
• 1998 Pokljuka, Slovenia (pursuit only) and Hochfilzen, Austria (team only)
• 1999 Kontiolahti, Finland and Oslo, Norway
• 2000 Oslo, Norway and Lahti, Finland
• 2001 Pokljuka, Slovenia
• 2003 Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
• 2004 Oberhof, Germany
• 2005 Hochfilzen, Austria (scheduled March 4 to 13)

Sprint (10 km)

This event was first held in 1974.

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1974	Juhani Suutarinen (FIN)	Günther Bartnick (GDR)	Torsten Wadman (SWE)
1975	Nikolai Krouglov Sr (URS)	Alexander Elisarov (URS)	Klaus Siebert (GDR)
1976	Alexander Tikhonov (URS)	Alexander Elisarov (URS)	Nikolai Krouglov Sr (URS)
1977	Alexander Tikhonov (URS)	Nikolai Krouglov Sr (URS)	Alexander Ushakov (URS)
1978	Frank Ullrich (GDR)	Eberhard Rösch (GDR)	Klaus Siebert (GDR)
1979	Frank Ullrich (GDR)	Odd Lirhus (NOR)	Luigi Weiss (ITA)
1981	Frank Ullrich (GDR)	Erkki Antila (FIN)	Yvon Mougel (FRA)
1982	Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR)	Frank Ullrich (GDR)	Vladimir Alikin (URS)
1983	Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR)	Peter Angerer (FRG)	Alfred Eder (AUT)
1985	Frank-Peter Rötsch (GDR)	Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR)	Johann Passler (ITA)
1986	Valeriy Medvedtsev (URS)	Peter Angerer (FRG)	Franz Schuler (AUT)
1987	Frank-Peter Rötsch (GDR)	Matthias Jacob (GDR)	André Sehmisch (GDR)
1989	Frank Luck (FRG)	Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR)	Yuri Kashkarov (URS)
1990	Mark Kirchner (FRG)	Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR)	Sergei Tchepikov (URS)
1991	Mark Kirchner (GER)	Frank Luck (GER)	Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR)
1993	Mark Kirchner (GER)	Jon Åge Tyldum (NOR)	Sergei Tarasov (RUS)
1995	Patrice Bailly-Salins (FRA)	Pavel Mouslimov (RUS)	Ricco Groß (GER)
1996	Vladimir Dratchev (RUS)	Viktor Maigourov (RUS)	Rene Cattarinussi (ITA)
1997	Wilfried Pallhuber (ITA)	Rene Cattarinussi (ITA)	Oleg Ryzhenkov (BLR)
1999	Frank Luck (GER)	Patrick Favre (ITA)	Frode Andresen (NOR)
2000	Frode Andresen (NOR)	Pavel Rostovtsev (RUS)	Rene Cattarinussi (ITA)
2001	Pavel Rostovtsev (RUS)	Rene Cattarinussi (ITA)	Halvard Hanevold (NOR)
2003	Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)	Ricco Groß (GER)	Zdenek Vitek (CZE)
2004	Raphaël Poirée (FRA)	Ricco Groß (GER)	Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)

Pursuit (12.5 km)

This event was first held in 1997.

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1997	Viktor Maigourov (RUS)	Sergei Tarasov (RUS)	Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)
1998	Vladimir Dratchev (RUS)	Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)	Raphaël Poirée (FRA)
1999	Ricco Groß (GER)	Frank Luck (GER)	Sven Fischer (GER)
2000	Frank Luck (GER)	Pavel Rostovtsev (RUS)	Raphaël Poirée (FRA)
2001	Pavel Rostovtsev (RUS)	Raphaël Poirée (FRA)	Sven Fischer (GER)
2003	Ricco Groß (GER)	Halvard Hanevold (NOR)	Paavo Puurunen (FIN)
2004	Ricco Groß (GER)	Raphaël Poirée (FRA)	Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)

Mass start (15 km)

This event was first held in 1999.

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1999	Sven Fischer (GER)	Vladimir Dratchev (RUS)	Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)
2000	Raphaël Poirée (FRA)	Pavel Rostovtsev (RUS)	Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)
2001	Raphaël Poirée (FRA)	Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)	Sven Fischer (GER)
2003	Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)	Sven Fischer (GER)	Raphaël Poirée (FRA)
2004	Raphaël Poirée (FRA)	Lars Berger (NOR)	Sergei Konovalov (RUS)

Individual (20 km)

This event was first held in 1958.

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1958	Adolf Wiklund (SWE)	Olle Gunneriusson (SWE)	Viktor Butakov (URS)
1959	Vladimir Melanin (URS)	Dimitri Sokolov (URS)	Sven Agge (SWE)
1961	Kalevi Huuskoen (FIN)	Alexander Privalov (URS)	Paavo Repo (FIN)
1962	Vladimir Melanin (URS)	Antti Tyrvainen (FIN)	Valentin Pshenitsyn (URS)
1963	Vladimir Melanin (URS)	Antti Tyrvainen (FIN)	Hannu Posti (FIN)
1965	Olav Jordet (NOR)	Nikolai Puzanov (URS)	Antti Tyrvainen (FIN)
1966	Jon Istad (NOR)	Josef Sobczak (POL)	Vladimir Gundartsev (URS)
1967	Viktor Mamatov (URS)	Stanislav Szozepaniak (POL)	Jon Istad (NOR)
1969	Alexander Tikhonov (URS)	Rinnat Safin (URS)	Magnar Solberg (NOR)
1970	Alexander Tikhonov (URS)	Tor Svendsberget (NOR)	Viktor Mamatov (URS)
1971	Dieter Speer (GDR)	Alexander Tikhonov (URS)	Magnar Solberg (NOR)
1973	Alexander Tikhonov (URS)	Gennadiy Kovalev (URS)	Tor Svendsberget (NOR)
1974	Juhani Suutarinen (FIN)	George Girnitsa (ROM)	Tor Svendsberget (NOR)
1975	Heikki Ikola (FIN)	Nikolai Krouglov Sr (URS)	Esko Saira (FIN)
1977	Heikki Ikola (FIN)	Sigleif Johansen (NOR)	Alexander Tikhonov (URS)
1978	Odd Lirhus (NOR)	Frank Ullrich (GDR)	Eberhard Rösch (GDR)
1979	Klaus Siebert (GDR)	Alexander Tikhonov (URS)	Sigleif Johansen (NOR)
1981	Heikki Ikola (FIN)	Frank Ullrich (GDR)	Erkki Antila (FIN)
1982	Frank Ullrich (GDR)	Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR)	Terje Krokstad (NOR)
1983	Frank Ullrich (GDR)	Frank-Peter Rötsch (GDR)	Peter Angerer (FRG)
1985	Frank-Peter Rötsch (GDR)	Yuri Kashkarov (URS)	Tapio Pipponen (FIN)
1986	Valeriy Medvedtsev (URS)	André Sehmisch (GDR)	Alfred Eder (AUT)
1987	Frank-Peter Rötsch (GDR)	Josh Thompson (USA)	Jan Matous (TCH)
1989	Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR)	Gisle Fenne (NOR)	Fritz Fischer (FRG)
1990	Valeriy Medvedtsev (URS)	Sergei Tchepikov (URS)	Anatoliy Zdanovich (URS)
1991	Mark Kirchner (GER)	Alexander Popov (URS)	Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR)
1993	Andreas Zingerle (ITA)	Sergei Tarasov (RUS)	Sergei Tchepikov (RUS)
1995	Tomasz Sikora (POL)	Jon Åge Tyldum (NOR)	Oleg Ryzhenkov (BLR)
1996	Sergei Tarasov (RUS)	Vladimir Dratchev (RUS)	Vadim Sashurin (BLR)
1997	Ricco Groß (GER)	Oleg Ryzhenkov (BLR)	Ludwig Gredler (AUT)
1999	Sven Fischer (GER)	Ricco Groß (GER)	Vadim Sashurin (BLR)
2000	Wolfgang Rottmann (AUT)	Ludwig Gredler (AUT)	Frank Luck (GER)
2001	Paavo Puurunen (FIN)	Vadim Sashurin (BLR)	Ilmars Bricis (LAT)
2003	Halvard Hanevold (NOR)	Vesa Hietalahti (FIN)	Ricco Groß (GER)
2004	Raphaël Poirée (FRA)	Tomasz Sikora (POL)	Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)

Relay (4 × 7.5 km)

This event was first held unofficially in 1958 and officially in 1966. The 1959 to 1965 contests were three legs only.

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1958	Sweden	USSR	Norway
1959	USSR	Sweden	Norway
1961	Finland	USSR	Sweden
1962	USSR	Finland	Norway
1963	USSR	Finland	Norway
1965	Norway	USSR	Poland
1966	Norway	Poland	Sweden
1967	Norway	USSR	Sweden
1969	USSR	Norway	Finland
1970	USSR	Norway	E.   Germany
1971	USSR	Norway	Poland
1973	USSR	Norway	E.   Germany
1974	USSR	Finland	Norway
1975	Finland	USSR	Poland
1977	USSR	Finland	E.   Germany
1978	E.   Germany	Norway	W. Germany
1979	E.   Germany	Finland	USSR
1981	E.   Germany	W. Germany	USSR
1982	E.   Germany	Norway	USSR
1983	USSR	E.   Germany	Norway
1985	USSR	E.   Germany	W. Germany
1986	USSR	E.   Germany	Italy
1987	E.   Germany	USSR	W. Germany
1989	USSR	E.   Germany	Norway
1990	Italy	France	W. Germany
1991	Germany	USSR	Norway
1993	Italy	Russia	Germany
1995	Germany	France	Belarus
1996	Russia	Germany	Belarus
1997	Germany	Norway	Italy
1999	Belarus	Russia	Norway
2000	Russia	Norway	Germany
2001	France	Belarus	Norway
2003	Germany	Russia	Belarus
2004	Germany	Norway	France

Team

This event was held from 1989 to 1998.

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1989	USSR	Finland	Italy
1990	W. Germany	Czechoslov	France
1991	Italy	Norway	USSR
1992	Unified Team	Norway	Estonia
1993	Germany	Russia	France
1994	Italy	Russia	Germany
1995	Germany	France	Belarus
1996	Belarus	Russia	Italy
1997	Belarus	Germany	Poland
1998	Norway	Germany	Russia

Women

Sprint (7.5 km)

This event was first held in 1984. Through 1988 the distance was 5 km.

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1984	Venera Chernychova (URS)	Sanna Grønlid (NOR)	Andrea Grossegger (AUT)
1985	Sanna Grønlid (NOR)	Kaya Parve (URS)	Venera Chernychova (URS)
1986	Kaya Parve (URS)	Nadeshda Belova (URS)	Eva Korpela (SWE)
1987	Elena Golovina (URS)	Venera Chernychova (URS)	Anne Elvebakk (NOR)
1988	Petra Schaaf (FRG)	Eva Korpela (SWE)	Anne Elvebakk (NOR)
1989	Anne Elvebakk (NOR)	Zwetana Krasteva (BUL)	Natalia Prikostshikova (URS)
1990	Anne Elvebakk (NOR)	Svetlana Davidova (URS)	Elin Kristiansen (NOR)
1991	Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo (NOR)	Svetlana Davidova (URS)	Elena Golovina (URS)
1993	Myriam Bédard (CAN)	Nadeshda Talanova (RUS)	Elena Belova (RUS)
1995	Anne Briand (FRA)	Uschi Disl (GER)	Corinne Niogret (FRA)
1996	Olga Romasko (RUS)	Ann Elen Skjelbreid (NOR)	Magdalena Wallin (SWE)¹
1997	Olga Romasko (RUS)	Olena Zubrilova (UKR)	Magdalena Forsberg (SWE)¹
1999	Martina Zellner (GER)	Magdalena Forsberg (SWE)	Olena Zubrilova (UKR)
2000	Liv Grete Skjelbreid (NOR)²	Katrin Apel (GER)	Martina Zellner (GER)
2001	Kati Wilhelm (GER)	Uschi Disl (GER)	Liv Grete Poirée (NOR)²
2003	Sylvie Becaert (FRA)	Olena Petrova (UKR)	Katerina Holubcova (CZE)
2004	Liv Grete Poirée (NOR)	Anna Bogali (RUS)	Ivanova (BLR), Glagow (GER)

( ¹ married biathlete Henrik Forsberg in 1996) ( ² married biathlete Raphaël Poirée in 2000)

Pursuit (10 km)

This event was first held in 1997.

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1997	Magdalena Forsberg (SWE)	Olena Zubrilova (UKR)	Olga Romasko (RUS)
1998	Magdalena Forsberg (SWE)	Corinne Niogret (FRA)	Martina Zellner (GER)
1999	Olena Zubrilova (UKR)	Martina Halinarova (SVK)	Martina Zellner (GER)
2000	Magdalena Forsberg (SWE)	Uschi Disl (GER)	Florence Baverel-Robert (FRA)
2001	Liv Grete Poirée (NOR)	Corinne Niogret (FRA)	Magdalena Forsberg (SWE)
2003	Bailly (FRA), Glagow (GER)	-	Svetlana Ishmouratova (RUS)
2004	Liv Grete Poirée (NOR)	Martina Glagow (GER)	Anna Bogali (RUS)

Mass start (12.5 km)

This event was first held in 1999.

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1999	Olena Zubrilova (UKR)	Olena Petrova (UKR)	Magdalena Forsberg (SWE)
2000	Liv Grete Poirée (NOR)	Galina Koukleva (RUS)	Corinne Niogret (FRA)
2001	Magdalena Forsberg (SWE)	Martina Glagow (GER)	Liv Grete Poirée (NOR)
2003	Albina Akhatova (RUS)	Svetlana Ishmouratova (RUS)	Sandrine Bailly (FRA)
2004	Liv Grete Poirée (NOR)	Katrin Apel (GER)	Sandrine Bailly (FRA)

Individual (15 km)

This event was first held in 1984. Through 1988 the distance was 10 km.

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1984	Venera Chernychova (URS)	Liudmila Zabolotniana (URS)	Tatiana Brylina (URS)
1985	Kaya Parve (URS)	Sanna Grønlid (NOR)	Eva Korpela (SWE)
1986	Eva Korpela (SWE)	Siv Bråten (NOR)	Sanna Grønlid (NOR)
1987	Sanna Grønlid (NOR)	Kaya Parve (URS)	Tuija Vuoksialo (FIN)
1988	Anne Elvebakk (NOR)	Elin Kristiansen (NOR)	Venera Chernychova (URS)
1989	Petra Schaaf (FRG)	Anne Elvebakk (NOR)	Svetlana Davidova (URS)
1990	Svetlana Davidova (URS)	Iva Schkodreva (BUL)	Petra Schaaf (FRG)
1991	Petra Schaaf (GER)	Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo (NOR)	Iva Schkodreva (BUL)
1993	Petra Schaaf (GER)	Myriam Bédard (CAN)	Svetlana Paramygina (BLR)
1995	Corinne Niogret (FRA)	Uschi Disl (GER)	Ekaterina Dafovska (BUL)
1996	Emmanuelle Claret (FRA)	Olga Melnik (RUS)	Olena Petrova (UKR)
1997	Magdalena Forsberg (SWE)	Olena Zubrilova (UKR)	Ekaterina Dafovska (BUL)
1999	Olena Zubrilova (UKR)	Corinne Niogret (FRA)	Albina Akhatova (RUS)
2000	Corinne Niogret (FRA)	Shumei Yu (CHN)	Magdalena Forsberg (SWE)
2001	Magdalena Forsberg (SWE)	Liv Grete Poirée (NOR)	Olena Zubrilova (UKR)¹
2003	Katerina Holubcova (CZE)	Olena Zubrilova (BLR)¹	Gunn Margit Andreassen (NOR)
2004	Olga Pyleva (RUS)	Albina Akhatova (RUS)	Olena Petrova (UKR)

( ¹ citizenship changed to Belarus in 2002)

Relay (4 × 7.5 km)

This event was first held in 1984. Through 1991, the event was 3 × 5 km. In 2004, leg distance was set to 6 km.

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1984	USSR	Norway	USA
1985	USSR	Norway	Finland
1986	USSR	Sweden	Norway
1987	USSR	Sweden	Norway
1988	USSR	Norway	Sweden
1989	USSR	Bulgaria	Czechoslov
1990	USSR	Norway	Finland
1991	USSR	Norway	Germany
1993	Czech Rep	France	Russia
1995	Germany	France	Norway
1996	Germany	France	Ukraine
1997	Germany	Norway	Russia
1999	Germany	Russia	France
2000	Russia	Germany	Ukraine
2001	Russia	Germany	Ukraine
2003	Russia	Ukraine	Germany
2004	Norway	Russia	Germany

Team

This event was held from 1989 to 1998.