Biathlon World Championships 2007

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

Opening ceremony

• Date / Time: Fri February 3, 2007 / 20:00 CET
  • Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi opened the Championships, where 30 countries and 300 athletes took part.

Men's results

20 km individual

Main articles: Biathlon World Championships 2007 - Men's Individual and Biathlon World Championships 2007 – Men's individual

• Date / Start Time: Tue February 6, 2007 / 14:15 CET

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result	Behind
	Raphaël Poirée	FRA	0 - 0 - 0 - 0	56:14.6	0.0
	Michael Greis	GER	0 - 1 - 0 - 1	56:41.4	+26.8
	Michal Šlesingr	CZE	0 - 2 - 0 - 0	56:52.0	+37.4

10 km sprint

Main articles: Biathlon World Championships 2007 - Men's Sprint and Biathlon World Championships 2007 – Men's sprint

• Date / Start Time: Sat February 3, 2007 / 10:45 CET

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result	Behind
	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	NOR	0 - 1	26:18.8	0.0
	Michal Šlesingr	CZE	0 - 0	26:23.6	+4.8
	Andriy Deryzemlya	UKR	0 - 0	26:44.6	+25.8

12.5 km pursuit

Main articles: Biathlon World Championships 2007 - Men's Pursuit and Biathlon World Championships 2007 – Men's pursuit

• Date / Start Time: Sun February 4, 2007 / 11:15 CET

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result	Behind
	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	NOR	1 - 0 - 1 - 0	32:21.2	0.0
	Maxim Tchoudov	RUS	1 - 0 - 2 - 0	33:31.0	+1:09.8
	Vincent Defrasne	FRA	0 - 0 - 1 - 0	33:31.1	+1:09.9

15 km mass start

Main articles: Biathlon World Championships 2007 - Men's Mass Start and Biathlon World Championships 2007 – Men's mass start

• Date / Start Time: Sun February 11, 2007 / 14:15 CET

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result	Behind
	Michael Greis	GER	0 - 0 - 2 - 0	37:52.1	0.0
	Andreas Birnbacher	GER	0 - 0 - 0 - 0	38:07.5	+15.4
	Raphaël Poirée	FRA	1 - 0 - 0 - 0	38:20.2	+28.1

4 × 7.5 km relay

Main articles: Biathlon World Championships 2007 - Men's Relay and Biathlon World Championships 2007 – Men's relay

• Date / Start Time: Sat February 10, 2007 / 10:45 CET

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result	Behind
	Ivan Tcherezov Maxim Tchoudov Dmitri Yaroshenko Nikolay Kruglov, Jr.	RUS	0+0 - 0+0 0+0 - 0+1 0+0 - 0+0 0+0 - 0+0	1:14:36.1	0.0
	Halvard Hanevold Lars Berger Frode Andresen Ole Einar Bjørndalen	NOR	0+2 - 0+1 0+2 - 0+2 0+0 - 1+3 0+0 - 0+1	1:15:36.6	+1:00.5
	Ricco Groß Michael Rösch Sven Fischer Michael Greis	GER	0+0 - 1+3 0+2 - 0+2 0+0 - 1+3 0+0 - 0+1	1:16:08.6	+1:32.5

Women's results

15 km individual

Main articles: Biathlon World Championships 2007 - Women's Individual and Biathlon World Championships 2007 – Women's individual

• Date / Start Time: Wed February 7, 2007 / 14:15 CET

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result	Behind
	Linda Grubben	NOR	0 - 0 - 0 - 0	46:24.3	0.0
	Florence Baverel-Robert	FRA	0 - 0 - 0 - 0	47:30.8	+1:06.5
	Martina Glagow	GER	1 - 0 - 0 - 0	47:59.9	+1:35.6

7.5 km sprint

Main articles: Biathlon World Championships 2007 - Women's Sprint and Biathlon World Championships 2007 – Women's sprint

• Date / Start Time: Sat February 3, 2007 / 14:15 CET

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result	Behind
	Magdalena Neuner	GER	1 - 1	22:46.9	0.0
	Anna Carin Olofsson	SWE	1 - 1	22:49.2	+2.3
	Natalia Guseva	RUS	0 - 1	23:06.5	+19.6

10 km pursuit

Main articles: Biathlon World Championships 2007 - Women's Pursuit and Biathlon World Championships 2007 – Women's pursuit

• Date / Start Time: Sun February 4, 2007 / 14:15 CET

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result	Behind
	Magdalena Neuner	GER	1 - 0 - 1 - 2	33:01.6	0.0
	Linda Grubben	NOR	0 - 1 - 0 - 0	33:08.7	+7.1
	Anna Carin Olofsson	SWE	2 - 0 - 1 - 2	33:09.2	+7.6

12.5 km mass start

Main articles: Biathlon World Championships 2007 - Women's Mass Start and Biathlon World Championships 2007 – Women's mass start

• Date / Start Time: Sat February 10, 2007 / 14:15 CET

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result	Behind
	Andrea Henkel	GER	1 - 0 - 1 - 0	37:13.1	0.0
	Martina Glagow	GER	1 - 0 - 0 - 0	37:17.7	+4.6
	Kati Wilhelm	GER	0 - 1 - 1 - 0	37:23.7	+10.6

4 × 6 km relay

Main articles: Biathlon World Championships 2007 - Women's Relay and Biathlon World Championships 2007 – Women's relay

• Date / Start Time: Sun February 11, 2007 / 11:00 CET

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result	Behind
	Martina Glagow Andrea Henkel Magdalena Neuner Kati Wilhelm	GER	0+0 - 0+1 0+2 - 0+1 0+0 - 0+3 0+0 - 0+0	1:14:19.1	0.0
	Florence Baverel-Robert Delphine Peretto Sylvie Becaert Sandrine Bailly	FRA	0+1 - 0+2 0+1 - 1+3 0+0 - 0+0 0+0 - 0+0	1:15:26.9	+1:07.8
	Tora Berger Ann Kristin Flatland Jori Moerkve Linda Grubben	NOR	0+0 - 1+3 0+0 - 0+2 0+0 - 0+0 0+0 - 0+1	1:15:48.8	+1:29.7

Mixed

2 × 6 km + 2 × 7.5 km relay

Main articles: Biathlon World Championships 2007 - Mixed Relay and Biathlon World Championships 2007 – Mixed relay

• Date / Start Time: Thu February 8, 2007 / 14:15 CET

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result	Behind
	Helena Jonsson Anna Carin Olofsson Björn Ferry Carl Johan Bergman	SWE	0+1 - 0+1 0+1 - 0+2 0+2 - 0+3 0+2 - 0+1	1:20:04.7	0.0
	Florence Baverel-Robert Sandrine Bailly Vincent Defrasne Raphaël Poirée	FRA	0+0 - 0+0 0+1 - 0+1 0+0 - 0+0 0+0 - 0+0	1:20:32.3	+27.6
	Tora Berger Jori Mørkve Emil Hegle Svendsen Frode Andresen	NOR	0+1 - 0+1 0+0 - 0+1 0+1 - 0+1 0+3 - 0+3	1:20:41.1	+36.4

Medal table

Place	Nation				Total
1	Germany	5	3	3	11
2	Norway	3	2	2	7
3	France	1	3	2	6
=4	Sweden	1	1	1	3
=4	Russia	1	1	1	3
6	Czech Republic	0	1	1	2
7	Ukraine	0	0	1	1

Medal Summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's 10 km sprint	Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)	Michal Šlesingr (CZE)	Andriy Deryzemlya (UKR)
Women's 7.5 km sprint	Magdalena Neuner (GER)	Anna Carin Olofsson (SWE)	Natalia Guseva (RUS)
Men's 12.5 km pursuit	Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)	Maxim Tchoudov (RUS)	Vincent Defrasne (FRA)
Women's 10 km pursuit	Magdalena Neuner (GER)	Linda Grubben (NOR)	Anna Carin Olofsson (SWE)
Men's 20 km individual	Raphaël Poirée (FRA)	Michael Greis (GER)	Michal Šlesingr (CZE)
Women's 15 km individual	Linda Grubben (NOR)	Florence Baverel-Robert (FRA)	Martina Glagow (GER)
2 × 6 km + 2 × 7.5 km mixed relay	Sweden (SWE)	France (FRA)	Norway (NOR)
Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay	Russian Federation (RUS)	Norway (NOR)	Germany (GER)
Women's 12.5 km mass start	Andrea Henkel (GER)	Martina Glagow (GER)	Kati Wilhelm (GER)
Women's 4 × 6 km relay	Germany (GER)	France (FRA)	Norway (NOR)
Men's 15 km mass start	Michael Greis (GER)	Andreas Birnbacher (GER)	Raphaël Poirée (FRA)

External links

• Official website
• Biathlonworld.com results matrix