Biathlon World Championships 2017

{{Short description|49th edition of the Biathlon World Championships}} {{Infobox games | name = Biathlon World Championships 2017 | logo = Biathlon World Championships 2017 logo.png | size = | caption = | host_city = [[Hochfilzen]] | country = [[Austria]] | motto = | nations = | teams = | debuting_countries = | athletes = | events = 11 | opening = 9 February | closing = 19 February | opened_by = | stadium = | website = | previous = [[Biathlon World Championships 2016|Oslo 2016]] | next = [[Biathlon World Championships 2019|Östersund 2019]] }} {{Biathlon World Championships 2017}} '''The 49th [[Biathlon World Championships]]''' was held from 9 to 19 February 2017 in [[Hochfilzen]], [[Austria]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.biathlonworld.com/en/press_releases.html/do/detail?presse=1663|title=Oslo and Hochfilzen Selected as World Championship Host|date=September 2, 2012|publisher=biathlonworld.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904224920/http://www.biathlonworld.com/en/press_releases.html/do/detail?presse=1663|archive-date=September 4, 2012}}</ref> There were a total of 11 competitions: sprint, pursuit, individual, mass start, and relay races for men and women, and mixed relay. All the events during this championships also count for the Biathlon World Cup season.

==Host selection== The second candidate city was [[Östersund]], [[Sweden]]. Hochfilzen was selected as the host city on September 2, 2012 during the X [[International Biathlon Union|IBU]] Congress in [[Merano]], [[Italy]] (27 to 20 votes). This will be fourth time when World Championships will be held in Hochfilzen; the city had previously hosted the event in [[Biathlon World Championships 1978|1978]], [[Biathlon World Championships 1998|1998]] and [[Biathlon World Championships 2005|2005]].

==Schedule== ''All times are local ([[Central European Time|UTC+1]]).''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hochfilzen2017.at/de/wettkampfprogramm.html |title=Schedule |access-date=2017-01-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227001224/http://www.hochfilzen2017.at/de/wettkampfprogramm.html |archive-date=2017-02-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" |- ! Date ! Time ! Event |- | 9 February || 14:45 || 2 × 6 km + 2 × 7.5 km Mixed Relay |- | 10 February || 14:45 || Women's 7.5 km Sprint |- | 11 February ||14:45 || Men's 10 km Sprint |- | rowspan=2 | 12 February || 10:30 || Women's 10 km Pursuit |- | 14:45 || Men's 12.5 km Pursuit |- | 15 February || 14:30 || Women's 15 km Individual |- | 16 February || 14:30 || Men's 20 km Individual |- | 17 February || 14:45 || Women's 4 × 6 km Relay |- | 18 February || 14:45 || Men's 4 × 7.5 km Relay |- | rowspan=2 | 19 February || 11:30 || Women's 12.5 km Mass Start |- | 14:45 || Men's 15 km Mass Start |}

==Medal summary== ===Medal table=== {{Medals table | caption = | host = | flag_template = | event = | team = | gold_GER = 7 | silver_GER = 1 | bronze_GER = 0 | gold_FRA = 1 | silver_FRA = 2 | bronze_FRA = 4 | gold_CZE = 1 | silver_CZE = 2 | bronze_CZE = 1 | gold_USA = 1 | silver_USA = 1 | bronze_USA = 0 | gold_RUS = 1 | silver_RUS = 0 | bronze_RUS = 1 | gold_NOR = 0 | silver_NOR = 3 | bronze_NOR = 1 | gold_BLR = 0 | silver_BLR = 1 | bronze_BLR = 0 | gold_UKR = 0 | silver_UKR = 1 | bronze_UKR = 0 | gold_AUT = 0 | silver_AUT = 0 | bronze_AUT = 2 | gold_FIN = 0 | silver_FIN = 0 | bronze_FIN = 1 | gold_ITA = 0 | silver_ITA = 0 | bronze_ITA = 1 }}

===Top athletes=== All athletes with two or more medals. {{Medals table | caption = | host = | flag_template = flagathlete | event = | team = | gold_1 = 5 | silver_1 = 1 | bronze_1 = 0 | name_1 = {{flagathlete|[[Laura Dahlmeier]]|GER}} | gold_2 = 2 | silver_2 = 0 | bronze_2 = 0 | name_2 = {{flagathlete|[[Vanessa Hinz]]|GER}} | gold_3 = 2 | silver_3 = 0 | bronze_3 = 0 | name_3 = {{flagathlete|[[Simon Schempp]]|GER}} | gold_4 = 1 | silver_4 = 2 | bronze_4 = 2 | name_4 = {{flagathlete|[[Martin Fourcade]]|FRA}} | gold_5 = 1 | silver_5 = 1 | bronze_5 = 1 | name_5 = {{flagathlete|[[Gabriela Koukalová]]|CZE}} | gold_6 = 1 | silver_6 = 0 | bronze_6 = 1 | name_6 = {{flagathlete|[[Anton Shipulin]]|RUS}} | gold_7 = 0 | silver_7 = 3 | bronze_7 = 0 | name_7 = {{flagathlete|[[Johannes Thingnes Bø]]|NOR}} | gold_8 = 0 | silver_8 = 2 | bronze_8 = 0 | name_8 = {{flagathlete|[[Quentin Fillon Maillet]]|FRA}} | gold_9 = 0 | silver_9 = 1 | bronze_9 = 2 | name_9 = {{flagathlete|[[Anaïs Chevalier]]|FRA}} | gold_10 = 0 | silver_10 = 1 | bronze_10 = 1 | name_10 = {{flagathlete|[[Marie Dorin Habert]]|FRA}} | gold_11 = 0 | silver_11 = 0 | bronze_11 = 2 | name_11 = {{flagathlete|[[Simon Eder]]|AUT}} | hide_totals = yes }}

===Men=== {| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|labelwidth=200|width=200|columns=2}} |- | 10 km sprint<ref>[https://ibu.blob.core.windows.net/docs/1617/BT/SWRL/CH__/SMSP/BT_C73B_1.0.pdf Men's sprint results]</ref> {{DetailsLink|Biathlon World Championships 2017 – Men's sprint}} |{{flagmedalist|[[Benedikt Doll]]|GER}} || 23:27.4 (0+0) |{{flagmedalist|[[Johannes Thingnes Bø]]|NOR}} || 23:28.1 (0+0) |{{flagmedalist|[[Martin Fourcade]]|FRA}} || 23:50.5 (1+1) |- | 12.5 km pursuit<ref>[https://ibu.blob.core.windows.net/docs/1617/BT/SWRL/CH__/SMPU/BT_C73D_1.0.pdf Men's pursuit results]</ref> {{DetailsLink|Biathlon World Championships 2017 – Men's pursuit}} |{{flagmedalist|[[Martin Fourcade]]|FRA}} || 30:16.9 (0+0+0+1) |{{flagmedalist|[[Johannes Thingnes Bø]]|NOR}} || 30:39.7 (1+1+1+0) |{{flagmedalist|[[Ole Einar Bjørndalen]]|NOR}} || 30:42.5 (0+0+0+1) |- | 20 km individual<ref>[https://ibu.blob.core.windows.net/docs/1617/BT/SWRL/CH__/SMIN/BT_C73A_1.0.pdf Men's individual results]</ref> {{DetailsLink|Biathlon World Championships 2017 – Men's individual}} |{{flagmedalist|[[Lowell Bailey]]|USA}} || 48:07.4 (0+0+0+0) |{{flagmedalist|[[Ondřej Moravec]]|CZE}} || 48:10.7 (0+0+0+0) |{{flagmedalist|[[Martin Fourcade]]|FRA}} || 48:28.6 (1+0+1+0) |- | 4 × 7.5 km relay<ref>[https://ibu.blob.core.windows.net/docs/1617/BT/SWRL/CH__/SMRL/BT_C73C_1.0.pdf Men's relay results]</ref> {{DetailsLink|Biathlon World Championships 2017 – Men's relay}} |{{relay|{{RUS}}|[[Alexey Volkov (biathlete)|Alexey Volkov]]|[[Maxim Tsvetkov]]|[[Anton Babikov]]|[[Anton Shipulin]]}} || 1:14:15.0 (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) |{{relay|{{FRA}}|[[Jean-Guillaume Béatrix]]|[[Quentin Fillon Maillet]]|[[Simon Desthieux]]|[[Martin Fourcade]]}} || 1:14:20.8 (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+3) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) |{{relay|{{AUT}}|[[Daniel Mesotitsch]]|[[Julian Eberhard]]|[[Simon Eder]]|[[Dominik Landertinger]]}} || 1:14:35.1 (0+0) (0+1) (0+2) (0+2) (0+1) (0+2) (0+1) (0+1) |- | 15 km mass start<ref>[https://ibu.blob.core.windows.net/docs/1617/BT/SWRL/CH__/SMMS/BT_C73E_1.0.pdf Men's mass start results]</ref> {{DetailsLink|Biathlon World Championships 2017 – Men's mass start}} |{{flagmedalist|[[Simon Schempp]]|GER}} || 35:38.3 (0+0+0+0) |{{flagmedalist|[[Johannes Thingnes Bø]]|NOR}} || 35:47.3 (0+0+0+1) |{{flagmedalist|[[Simon Eder]]|AUT}} || 35:48.4 (0+0+0+0) |}

===Women=== {| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|labelwidth=200|width=200|columns=2}} |- | 7.5 km sprint<ref>[https://ibu.blob.core.windows.net/docs/1617/BT/SWRL/CH__/SWSP/BT_C73B_1.0.pdf Women's sprint results]</ref> {{DetailsLink|Biathlon World Championships 2017 – Women's sprint}} |{{flagmedalist|[[Gabriela Koukalová]]|CZE}} || 19:12.6 (0+0) |{{flagmedalist|[[Laura Dahlmeier]]|GER}} || 19:16.6 (0+0) |{{flagmedalist|[[Anaïs Chevalier]]|FRA}} || 19:37.7 (0+0) |- | 10 km pursuit<ref>[https://ibu.blob.core.windows.net/docs/1617/BT/SWRL/CH__/SWPU/BT_C73D_1.0.pdf Women's pursuit results]</ref> {{DetailsLink|Biathlon World Championships 2017 – Women's pursuit}} |{{flagmedalist|[[Laura Dahlmeier]]|GER}} || 28:02.3 (1+0+0+0) |{{flagmedalist|[[Darya Domracheva]]|BLR}} || 28:13.9 (0+0+0+0) |{{flagmedalist|[[Gabriela Koukalová]]|CZE}} || 28:18.9 (2+0+1+0) |- | 15 km individual<ref>[https://ibu.blob.core.windows.net/docs/1617/BT/SWRL/CH__/SWIN/BT_C73A_1.0.pdf Women's individual results]</ref> {{DetailsLink|Biathlon World Championships 2017 – Women's individual}} |{{flagmedalist|[[Laura Dahlmeier]]|GER}} || 41:30.1 (1+0+0+0) |{{flagmedalist|[[Gabriela Koukalová]]|CZE}} || 41:54.8 (1+0+0+0) |{{flagmedalist|[[Alexia Runggaldier]]|ITA}} || 43:15.7 (0+0+0+0) |- | 4 × 6 km relay<ref>[https://ibu.blob.core.windows.net/docs/1617/BT/SWRL/CH__/SWRL/BT_C73C_1.0.pdf Women's relay results]</ref> {{DetailsLink|Biathlon World Championships 2017 – Women's relay}} |{{relay|{{GER}}|[[Vanessa Hinz]]|[[Maren Hammerschmidt]]|[[Franziska Hildebrand]]|[[Laura Dahlmeier]]}} || 1:11:16.6 (0+0) (0+2) (0+1) (0+3) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+2) |{{relay|{{UKR}}|[[Iryna Varvynets]]|[[Yuliia Dzhima]]|[[Anastasiya Merkushyna]]|[[Olena Pidhrushna]]}} || 1:11:23.0 (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) |{{relay|{{FRA}}|[[Anaïs Chevalier]]|[[Célia Aymonier]]|[[Justine Braisaz]]|[[Marie Dorin Habert]]}} || 1:11:24.7 (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+3) (0+3) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) |- | 12.5 km mass start<ref>[https://ibu.blob.core.windows.net/docs/1617/BT/SWRL/CH__/SWMS/BT_C73E_1.0.pdf Women's mass start results]</ref> {{DetailsLink|Biathlon World Championships 2017 – Women's mass start}} |{{flagmedalist|[[Laura Dahlmeier]]|GER}} || 33:13.8 (0+0+0+0) |{{flagmedalist|[[Susan Dunklee]]|USA}} || 33:18.4 (0+0+0+0) |{{flagmedalist|[[Kaisa Mäkäräinen]]|FIN}} || 33:33.9 (1+0+0+0) |}

===Mixed=== {| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|labelwidth=200|width=200|columns=2}} |- |{{nowrap|2 × 6 + 2 × 7.5 km W+M relay}}<ref>[https://ibu.blob.core.windows.net/docs/1617/BT/SWRL/CH__/MXRL/BT_C73C_1.0.pdf Mixed relay results]</ref> {{DetailsLink|Biathlon World Championships 2017 – Mixed relay}} |{{relay|{{GER}}|[[Vanessa Hinz]]|[[Laura Dahlmeier]]|[[Arnd Peiffer]]|[[Simon Schempp]]}} || 1:09:06.4 (0+0) (0+2) (0+2) (0+2) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) |{{relay|{{FRA}}|[[Anaïs Chevalier]]|[[Marie Dorin Habert]]|[[Quentin Fillon Maillet]]|[[Martin Fourcade]]}} || 1:09:08.6 (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (0+2) (0+1) (1+3) (0+0) (0+0) |{{relay|{{RUS}}|[[Olga Podchufarova]]|[[Tatiana Akimova]]|[[Alexander Loginov (biathlon)|Alexander Loginov]]|[[Anton Shipulin]]}} || 1:09:09.6 (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+3) (0+0) (0+0) |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.hochfilzen2017.at/en/hochfilzen2017-englisch.html Official website] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120121204734/http://www5.biathlonworld.com/en/home.html IBU]

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