Biathlon World Championships

The Biathlon World Championships were first held in 1958 with only one event. The number of events has grown over the years. In 1984, women first participated.

Table of contents

1 Venues
2 Sprint (10 km), Men
3 Pursuit (12.5 km), Men
4 Mass start (15 km), Men
5 Individual (20 km), Men
6 Relay (4 x 7.5 km), Men
7 Team, Men
8 Sprint (7.5 km), Women
9 Pursuit (10 km), Women
10 Mass start (12.5 km), Women
11 Individual (15 km), Women
12 Relay (4 x 7.5 km), Women
13 Team, Women

Venues

In some years, it was necessary to schedule some events at other venues because of the weather. Until 1992, no World Championships were held in Olympic seasons.

1958 Saalfelden, Austria

1959 Courmayer, Italy

1961 Umea, Sweden

1962 Hämeenlinna, Finland

1963 Seefeld, Austria

1965 Elverum, Norway

1966 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany

1967 Altenberg, East Germany

1969 Zakopane, Poland

1970 Östersund, Sweden

1971 Hämeenlinna, Finland

1973 Lake Placid, USA

1974 Minsk, USSR

1975 Antholz, Italy

1977 Lillehammer, Norway

1978 Hochfilzen, Austria

1979 Ruhpolding, West Germany

1981 Lathi, Finland

1982 Minsk, USSR

1983 Antholz, Italy

1985 Ruhpolding, West Germany

1986 Oslo, Norway

1987 Lake Placid, USA

1989 Feistritz, Austria

1990 Minsk, USSR and Oslo, Norway, and Kontiolahti, Finland

1991 Lahti, Finland

1992 Novosibirsk, USSR

1993 Borovets, Bulgaria

1994 Canmore, Canada

1995 Antholz, Italy

1996 Ruhpolding, Germany

1997 Brezno-Osrblie, Slovakia

1998 Pokljuka, Slovenia and Hochfilzen, Austria

1999 Kontiolahti, Finland

2000 Oslo, Norway and Lahti, Finland

2001 Pokljuka, Slovenia

Sprint (10 km), Men

Pursuit (12.5 km), Men

Mass start (15 km), Men

Individual (20 km), Men

Relay (4 x 7.5 km), Men

Team, Men

Sprint (7.5 km), Women

Pursuit (10 km), Women

Mass start (12.5 km), Women

Individual (15 km), Women

Relay (4 x 7.5 km), Women

Team, Women

See also : Biathlon