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

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

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

10 km sprint

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

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

12.5 km pursuit

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

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

15 km mass start

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

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

4 × 7.5 km relay

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

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result	Behind
01 !	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
02 !	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
03 !	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

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

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

7.5 km sprint

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

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

10 km pursuit

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

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

12.5 km mass start

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

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

4 × 6 km relay

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

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result	Behind
01 !	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
02 !	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
03 !	Tora Berger Ann Kristin Flatland Jori Mørkve 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

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

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result	Behind
01 !	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
02 !	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
03 !	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	01 !	02 !	03 !	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

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