Biathlon World Championships 2007

Biathlon World Championships 2007

Host city	Antholz/Anterselva
Country	Italy
Events	11
Opening	2 February 2007 (2007-02-02)
Closing	11 February 2007 (2007-02-11)

The 41st Biathlon World Championships were held in 2007 for the fourth time in Antholz/Anterselva, Italy from February 2 to February 11.

Schedule

Date	Event
3 February	Men's 10 km sprint
	Women's 7.5 km sprint
4 February	Men's 12.5 km pursuit
	Women's 10 km pursuit
6 February	Men's 20 km individual
7 February	Women's 15 km individual
8 February	2 × 6 km + 2 × 7.5 km relay
10 February	Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay
	Women's 12.5 km mass start
11 February	Women's 4 × 6 km relay
	Men's 15 km mass start

Medal winners

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
10 km sprint	Ole Einar Bjørndalen Norway	26:18.8 (0+1)	Michal Šlesingr Czech Republic	26:23.6 (0+0)	Andriy Deryzemlya Ukraine	26:44.6 (0+0)
12.5 km pursuit	Ole Einar Bjørndalen Norway	32:21.2 (1+0+1+0)	Maxim Tchoudov Russia	33:31.0 (1+0+2+0)	Vincent Defrasne France	33:31.1 (0+0+1+0)
20 km individual	Raphaël Poirée France	56:14.6 (0+0+0+0)	Michael Greis Germany	56:41.4 (0+1+0+1)	Michal Šlesingr Czech Republic	56:52.0 (0+2+0+0)
4 × 7.5 km relay	Russia Ivan Tcherezov Maxim Tchoudov Dmitry Yaroshenko Nikolay Kruglov	1:14:36.1 (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0)	Norway Halvard Hanevold Lars Berger Frode Andresen Ole Einar Bjørndalen	1:15:36.6 (0+2) (0+1) (0+2) (0+2) (0+0) (1+3) (0+0) (0+1)	Germany Ricco Groß Michael Rösch Sven Fischer Michael Greis	1:16:08.6 (0+0) (1+3) (0+1) (1+3) (0+1) (0+2) (0+0) (0+3)
15 km mass start	Michael Greis Germany	37:52.1 (0+0+2+0)	Andreas Birnbacher Germany	38:07.5 (0+0+0+0)	Raphaël Poirée France	38:20.2 (1+0+0+0)

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
7.5 km sprint	Magdalena Neuner Germany	22:46.9 (1+1)	Anna Carin Olofsson Sweden	22:49.2 (1+1)	Natalia Guseva Russia	23:06.5 (0+1)
10 km pursuit	Magdalena Neuner Germany	33:01.6 (1+0+1+2)	Linda Grubben Norway	33:08.7 (0+1+0+0)	Anna Carin Olofsson Sweden	33:09.2 (2+0+1+2)
15 km individual	Linda Grubben Norway	46:24.3 (0+0+0+0)	Florence Baverel-Robert France	47:30.8 (0+0+0+0)	Martina Glagow Germany	47:59.9 (1+0+0+0)
4 × 6 km relay	Germany Martina Glagow Andrea Henkel Magdalena Neuner Kati Wilhelm	1:14:19.1 (0+0) (0+1) (0+2) (0+1) (0+0) (0+3) (0+0) (0+0)	France Florence Baverel-Robert Delphyne Peretto Sylvie Becaert Sandrine Bailly	1:15:26.9 (0+1) (0+2) (0+1) (1+3) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0)	Norway Tora Berger Ann Kristin Flatland Jori Mørkve Linda Grubben	1:15:48.8 (0+0) (1+3) (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1)
12.5 km mass start	Andrea Henkel Germany	37:13.1 (1+0+1+0)	Martina Glagow Germany	37:17.7 (1+0+0+0)	Kati Wilhelm Germany	37:23.7 (0+1+1+0)

Mixed

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
2 × 6 + 2 × 7.5 km W+M relay	Sweden Helena Jonsson Anna Carin Olofsson Björn Ferry Carl Johan Bergman	1:20:04.7 (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (0+2) (0+2) (0+3) (0+2) (0+1)	France Florence Baverel-Robert Sandrine Bailly Vincent Defrasne Raphaël Poirée	1:20:32.3 (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0)	Norway Tora Berger Jori Mørkve Emil Hegle Svendsen Frode Andresen	1:20:41.4 (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (0+3) (0+3)

Medal summary

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany (GER)	5	3	3	11
2	Norway (NOR)	3	2	2	7
3	France (FRA)	1	3	2	6
4	Russia (RUS)	1	1	1	3
	Sweden (SWE)	1	1	1	3
6	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	1	1	2
7	Ukraine (UKR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		11	11	11	33

External links

• Official website
• Biathlonworld.com results matrix