Biathlon World Championships 2013

The 46th Biathlon World Championships was held in Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic, from 7 to 17 February 2013.[1][2]

There were a total of 11 competitions: sprint, pursuit, individual, mass start and relay races for both men, women and a mixed relay. All events during the championships also counted for the Biathlon World Cup season.

Norway took a record 8 out of 11 gold medals.

Schedule

All times are local.

Date	Time	Event
7 February	17:30	2 × 6 km + 2 × 7.5 km mixed relay
9 February	13:00	Men's 10 km sprint
	16:15	Women's 7.5 km sprint
10 February	13:00	Men's 12.5 km pursuit
	16:15	Women's 10 km pursuit
13 February	17:15	Women's 15 km individual
14 February	17:15	Men's 20 km individual
15 February	17:15	Women's 4 × 6 km relay
16 February	15:15	Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay
17 February	12:00	Women's 12.5 km mass start
	15:00	Men's 15 km mass start

Medal winners

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
20 km individual[3]	Martin Fourcade  France	49:43.0 (0+0+0+1)	Tim Burke  United States	50:06.5 (0+0+0+1)	Fredrik Lindström  Sweden	50:16.7 (0+0+0+1)
10 km sprint[4]	Emil Hegle Svendsen  Norway	23:25.1 (0+1)	Martin Fourcade  France	23:33.2 (0+1)	Jakov Fak  Slovenia	23:36.3 (0+0)
12.5 km pursuit[5]	Emil Hegle Svendsen  Norway	32:35.5 (0+0+0+1)	Martin Fourcade  France	32:35.6 (0+1+1+0)	Anton Shipulin  Russia	32:39.1 (0+0+1+0)
15 km mass start[6]	Tarjei Bø  Norway	36:15.8 (0+0+0+0)	Anton Shipulin  Russia	36:19.5 (0+0+1+0)	Emil Hegle Svendsen  Norway	36:23.2 (0+1+0+0)
4 × 7.5 km relay[7]	Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen Henrik L'Abée-Lund Tarjei Bø Emil Hegle Svendsen	1:15:39.0 (0+1) (0+2) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1)	France Simon Fourcade Jean-Guillaume Béatrix Alexis Bœuf Martin Fourcade	1:16:51.8 (0+0) (0+3) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+2)	Germany Simon Schempp Andreas Birnbacher Arnd Peiffer Erik Lesser	1:16:57.5 (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (2+3)

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
15 km individual[8]	Tora Berger  Norway	44:52.5 (0+0+0+0)	Andrea Henkel  Germany	45:45.2 (0+0+0+0)	Valentina Semerenko  Ukraine	46:35.0 (1+0+0+0)
7.5 km sprint[9]	Olena Pidhrushna  Ukraine	21:02.1 (0+0)	Tora Berger  Norway	21:08.5 (0+1)	Vita Semerenko  Ukraine	21:24.9 (0+0)
10 km pursuit[10]	Tora Berger  Norway	28:48.4 (0+1+2+0)	Krystyna Pałka  Poland	29:06.9 (0+0+1+1)	Olena Pidhrushna  Ukraine	29:09.9 (0+0+2+0)
12.5 km mass start[11]	Darya Domracheva  Belarus	35:54.5 (1+0+0+1)	Tora Berger  Norway	36:03.2 (1+0+1+0)	Monika Hojnisz  Poland	36:22.1 (0+0+1+0)
4 × 6 km relay[12]	Norway Hilde Fenne Ann Kristin Flatland Synnøve Solemdal Tora Berger	1:08:11.0 (0+2) (1+3) (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+1)	Ukraine Yuliia Dzhima Vita Semerenko Valentina Semerenko Olena Pidhrushna	1:08:18.0 (0+0) (0+1) (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1)	Italy Dorothea Wierer Nicole Gontier Michela Ponza Karin Oberhofer	1:08:22.6 (0+0) (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (0+0)

Mixed

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
2 × 6 km + 2 × 7.5 km relay[13]	Norway Tora Berger Synnøve Solemdal Tarjei Bø Emil Hegle Svendsen	1:12:04.9 (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+2) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1)	France Marie-Laure Brunet Marie Dorin Habert Alexis Bœuf Martin Fourcade	1:12:24.9 (0+0) (0+2) (0+1) (0+2) (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (0+1)	Czech Republic Veronika Vítková Gabriela Soukalová Jaroslav Soukup Ondřej Moravec	1:12:37.2 (0+2) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0)

Medal table

Top nations

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway	8	2	1	11
2	France	1	4	0	5
3	Ukraine	1	1	3	5
4	Belarus	1	0	0	1
5	Germany	0	1	1	2
	Poland	0	1	1	2
	Russia	0	1	1	2
8	United States	0	1	0	1
9	Czech Republic	0	0	1	1
	Italy	0	0	1	1
	Slovenia	0	0	1	1
	Sweden	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 nations)		11	11	11	33

Top athletes

All athletes with one gold or two or more medals.

Rank	Biathlete	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Tora Berger (NOR)	4	2	0	6
2	Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR)	4	0	1	5
3	Tarjei Bø (NOR)	3	0	0	3
4	Synnøve Solemdal (NOR)	2	0	0	2
5	Martin Fourcade (FRA)	1	4	0	5
6	Olena Pidhrushna (UKR)	1	1	1	3
7	Ann Kristin Flatland (NOR)	1	0	0	1
	Darya Domracheva (BLR)	1	0	0	1
	Henrik L'Abée-Lund (NOR)	1	0	0	1
	Hilde Fenne (NOR)	1	0	0	1
	Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)	1	0	0	1
12	Alexis Bœuf (FRA)	0	2	0	2
13	Anton Shipulin (RUS)	0	1	1	2
	Valj Semerenko (UKR)	0	1	1	2
	Vita Semerenko (UKR)	0	1	1	2
Totals (15 biathletes)		20	12	5	37

References

1. "Ruhpolding und Nove Mesto erhalten Biathlon-WM" (in German). Biathlon-online.de. 6 September 2008. Archived from the original on 21 July 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
2. Нове Место готовится к чемпионату мира (in Russian). biathlon.com.ua. 25 October 2012.
3. Men's Individual Results
4. Men's Sprint Results
5. Men's Pursuit Results
6. Men's Mass Start Results
7. Men's Relay Results
8. Women's Individual Results
9. Women's Sprint Results
10. Women's Pursuit Results
11. Women's Mass Start Results
12. Women's Relay Results
13. Mixed Relay Results

External links

• Official website
• IBU