The Biathlon World Championships 2019 took place in Östersund , Sweden , from 6 to 17 March 2019.
There were a total of 12 competitions: sprint, pursuit, individual, mass start, and relay races for men and women, and two mixed relay races. The single mixed relay was on the program of the World Championships for the first time. All the events during this championships also counted for the 2018–19 Biathlon World Cup season.
Host selection
On 7 September 2014, Östersund won the voting (27 votes) in St. Wolfgang , Austria over Antholz , Italy (16 votes), Nové Město na Moravě , Czech Republic (4 votes) and Khanty-Mansiysk , Russia (2 votes).[ 1] This was third time when World Championships was held in Östersund; the town had previously hosted the event in 1970 and 2008 .
Schedule
All times are local (UTC+1 ). [ 2]
Date
Time
Event
7 March
16:15
W 2 × 6 km + M 2 × 7.5 km mixed relay
8 March
16:15
Women's 7.5 km sprint
9 March
16:30
Men's 10 km sprint
10 March
13:45
Women's 10 km pursuit
16:10
Men's 12.5 km pursuit
12 March
15:30
Women's 15 km individual
13 March
16:10
Men's 20 km individual
14 March
17:10
W 6 km + M 7.5 km single mixed relay
16 March
13:15
Women's 4 × 6 km relay
16:30
Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay
17 March
13:15
Women's 12.5 km mass start
16:00
Men's 15 km mass start
Medal summary
Medal table
* Host nation (Sweden )
Top athletes
All athletes with two or more medals.
Men
Antonin Guigonnat, Quentin Fillon-Maillet, and Dmytro Pidruchnyi during the pursuit.
Women
Tiril Eckhoff and Laura Dahlmeier during the pursuit.
Mixed
References
External links
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