Biathlon World Championships 2013

The 46th Biathlon World Championships were held until February 17, 2013 in the Czech Ski Resort Nové Město na Moravě of 6. The competitions were held in the Highlands Arena and the surrounding tracks. Reported were 377 athletes from 43 nations.

For the Czech town of the orientation of Biathlon World Championships was a first after there already Biathlon European Championships in 2008 and the Junior Biathlon World Championships 2011 were held. Nové Město na Moravě sat in the vote with more than half of the votes against the Norwegian capital, Oslo, as well as against Kontiolahti by. Previously, the city had also a candidate for the Biathlon World Championships in 2012, but then if the translucent as a promising application of Ruhpolding withdrawn.

Nové Město na Moravě was supported in choosing the venue of the Czech biathlete Michal Tomasz Sikora Šlesingr and from Poland.

  • 3.1 Sprint 10 km
  • 3.2 persecution 12.5 km
  • 3.3 Individual 20 km
  • 3.4 Season 4 × 7.5 km
  • 3.5 Mass Start 15 km
  • 4.1 Sprint 7.5 km
  • 4.2 10 km pursuit
  • 4.3 Individual 15 km
  • 4.4 Season 4 × 6 km
  • 4.5 Mass Start 12.5 km
  • 5.1 Season 2 × 6 × 2 km 7.5 km

Medal Tally

Nations

Athlete

Schedule

Sprint 10 km

Date: Saturday, February 9, 2013, 13:00 Clock

Reported and at the start: 136 athletes

Other participants from German speaking countries and provinces: Germany Erik Lesser 24:14,5 min ( 0 1) 12th Place. Italy Lukas Hofer 24:22,2 min ( 0 1) 14th Place. Austria Landertinger 24:23,3 min ( 0 1) 15th Place. Germany Arnd Peiffer 24:33,2 min ( 1 0) 16th Place. Germany Andreas Birnbacher 24:49,8 min ( 0 2) 23 square. Switzerland Benjamin Weger 24:52,6 min ( 1 0) 25th place. Germany Simon Schempp 25:01,3 min ( 0 2) 28th place. Austria Daniel Mesotitsch 25:04,2 min ( 0 2) 33rd place. Switzerland Claudio Böckli 25:38,3 min ( 0 0) 48th place. Italy Dominik Windisch 25:55,9 min ( 1 3) 58th place. Austria Julian Eberhard 26:13,6 min ( 2 3 ) 67 square. Mario Switzerland Dolder 26:39,0 min ( 1 3) 79th place. Switzerland Simon Hallenbarter 26:43,6 min ( 1 2 ) 82 square. Belgium Thorsten Langer 28:33,0 min ( 2 0 ) 119 Place. Belgium Thierry Langer 28:58,5 min ( 0 2) 123 place.

Persecution 12.5 km

Date: Sunday, February 10, 2013, 13:00 Clock

Reported: 60 athletes; not start (DNS): 2; did not finish ( DNF ): 1

Other participants from German speaking countries and provinces: Italy Lukas Hofer 33:32,8 min ( 0 2 0 0 ) 11th place. Austria Simon Eder 33:50,5 min ( 0 0 2 1) 12th Place. Germany Erik Lesser 34:06,0 min ( 1 0 2 1) 14th Place. Germany Simon Schempp 34:24,4 min ( 0 0 0 1 ) 18th Place. Germany Arnd Peiffer 34:39,8 min ( 0 0 2 1) 21th Place. Germany Andreas Birnbacher 34:41,7 min ( 0 1 1 1) 22 square. Austria Daniel Mesotitsch 34:58,7 min ( 0 0 2 1) 27th place. Italy Dominik Windisch 35:36,4 min ( 0 0 1 1) 33rd place. Switzerland Benjamin Weger 36:13,1 min ( 0 1 1 1) 35th place. Switzerland Claudio Böckli 38:02,8 min ( 2 0 0 1 ) 51st place.

Single 20 km

Date: Thursday, February 14, 2013, 17:15 Clock

Reported: 136 athletes; not started ( DNA): 1; did not finish ( DNF ): 5

Other participants from German speaking countries and provinces: Austria Landertinger 52:00,0 min ( 0 1 0 1 ) 14th Place. Italy Dominik Windisch 52:31,2 min ( 0 2 1 0) 18th Place. Switzerland Benjamin Weger 52:32,1 min ( 0 1 0 0) 19th Place. Switzerland Ivan Joller 52:52,1 min ( 0 0 0 0) 24th Place. Germany Arnd Peiffer 53:07,5 min ( 1 1 1 0) 28th place. Germany Erik Lesser 53:32,6 min ( 1 2 0 0) 34th place. Switzerland Claudio Böckli 53:56,7 min ( 1 0 0 0) 38th place. Germany Florian Graf 54:06,0 min ( 1 1 0 2) 40th place. Austria Simon Eder 54:16,1 min ( 0 2 1 1) 42nd place. Austria Daniel Mesotitsch 54:38,7 min ( 1 1 1 0) 45th place. Mario Switzerland Dolder 55:54,4 min ( 0 0 2 2) 58th place. Austria Fritz Pinter 56:58,1 min ( 1 1 0 3) 68th.

Season 4 × 7.5 km

Date: Saturday, February 16, 2013, 15:15 Clock

Reported and at the start: 25 nations, lapped (LPD ): 13

Further episodes from German speaking countries and participants from the German provinces: Switzerland Switzerland Ivan Joller, Benjamin Weger, Claudio Böckli and Mario Dolder; lapped ( 3 12 ); 18th Place.

Mass Start 15 km

Date: Sunday, February 17, 2013, 15:00 Clock

Reported and at the start: 30 athletes

Other participants from German speaking countries and provinces: Germany Andreas Birnbacher 36:53,0 min ( 1 0 0 1 ) 11th place. Germany Simon Schempp 37:25,9 min ( 1 1 1 0) 14th Place. Austria Simon Eder 37:48,4 min ( 1 0 0 1 ) 18th Place. Italy Lukas Hofer 38:08,7 min ( 3 0 0 0) 21th Place. Germany Arnd Peiffer 38:24,7 min ( 0 2 0 0) 23rd place. Switzerland Benjamin Weger 38:55,9 min ( 1 0 2 0) 27th place.

Women

Sprint 7.5 km

Date: Saturday, February 9, 2013, 16:15 Clock

Reported: 115 athletes; not at the start (DNS): 1; disqualified ( DSQ ): 1; the Bosnian - Herzegovinian athlete Tanja Karišik was disqualified under the IBU DR 5.6.h ( leave the marked route, driving on the wrong track, driving the rounds in the wrong order or the wrong direction).

Other participants from German speaking countries and provinces: Germany Franziska Hildebrand 21:57,2 min ( 0 0) 13th Place. Italy Dorothea Wierer 22:13,0 min ( 0 1) 21th Place. Italy Karin Oberhofer 22:30,4 min ( 1 1) 29th place. Austria Iris Schwabl 22:32,1 min ( 0 0) 30th place. Germany 's Andrea Henkel 22:34,7 min ( 1 2) 33rd place. Switzerland Elisa Gasparin 22:44,7 min ( 0 0) 36th place. Italy Alexia Runggaldier 22:45,9 min ( 0 0) 37th place. Switzerland Selina Gasparin 23:01,2 min ( 0 3) 42nd place. Austria Romana Schrempf 23:17,2 min ( 1 2) 52nd place. Germany Nadine Horchler 24:28,8 min ( 1 3) 84th place. Switzerland Patricia Jost 24:31,2 min ( 1 1) 86th. Switzerland Aita Gasparin 25:00,4 min ( 1 1) ranked 94th. Austria Katharina Innerhofer 25:25,4 min ( 2 3) 97th place.

10 km pursuit

Date: Sunday, February 10, 2013, 16:15 Clock

Reported and Started: 60 athletes

Other participants from German speaking countries and provinces: Germany Franziska Hildebrand 30:33,6 min ( 1 1 1 0) 17th Place. Germany Miriam Gössner 30:41,5 min ( 3 1 1 1) 21th Place. Italy Karin Oberhofer 31:14,5 min ( 1 0 1 2) 26th place. Italy Dorothea Wierer 31:17,9 min ( 2 1 1 0) 30th place. Austria Iris Schwabl 31:40,7 min ( 0 1 1 0) 33rd place. Switzerland Elisa Gasparin 31:48,3 min ( 0 0 0 2) 35th place. Italy Alexia Runggaldier 31:59,0 min ( 0 0 0 2) 39th place. Switzerland Selina Gasparin 32:20,8 min ( 0 0 0 2) 40th place. Austria Romana Schrempf 33:11,6 min ( 2 1 2 0) 49th place.

Single 15 km

Date: Wednesday, February 13, 2013, 17:15 Clock

Reported: 118 athletes; not at the start (DNS): 2; did not finish ( DNF ): 3

Other participants from German speaking countries and provinces: Switzerland Selina Gasparin 49:09,6 min ( 0 1 0 2) 20th Place. Austria Iris Schwabl 49:28,8 min ( 0 0 0 1 ) 24th Place. Germany Nadine Horchler 49:45,9 min ( 0 0 1 0) 28th place. Italy Karin Oberhofer 49:47,8 min ( 1 0 1 1) 29th place. Switzerland Elisa Gasparin 50:31,6 min ( 0 0 0 1 ) 34th place. Germany Miriam Gössner 50:35,5 min ( 1 1 1 3) 35th place. Italy Michela Ponza 51:05,1 min ( 0 0 0 2) 41st place. Germany Franziska Hildebrand 52:31,7 min ( 0 3 0 2 ) 51 square. Italy Dorothea Wierer 53:15,3 min ( 3 2 0 0) 58th place. Austria Katharina Innerhofer 53:45,3 min ( 2 1 1 0) 64th place. Switzerland Patricia Jost 53:49,0 min ( 0 1 0 2) 65th place. Austria Romana Schrempf 54:24,6 min ( 1 5 1 0) 73rd place. Italy Alexia Runggaldier 54:55,8 min ( 1 3 1 1 ) 78 square. Switzerland Aita Gasparin 55:52,4 min ( 1 0 1 2 ) 84 square. Austria Ramona Düringer 58:11,4 min ( 1 3 0 3) 97th place.

Season 4 × 6 km

Date: Friday, February 15, 2013, 17:15 Clock

Reported and at the start: 25 nations, lapped (LPD ): 7, disqualified ( DSQ ): 1, the squadron from Romania with Réka Ferencz, Tofalvi, Luminiţa Pişcoran and Orsolya Tofalvi was under the IBU DR 5.6.h ( leave the marked route disqualified driving on the wrong track, driving the rounds in the wrong order or the wrong direction )

Further episodes from German speaking countries and seasons with participants from German-speaking regions: Switzerland Switzerland: Elisa Gasparin, Selina Gasparin, Patricia Jost and Aita Gasparin; 1:12:11,6 h (0 7); 13th Place.

Mass Start 12.5 km

Date: Sunday, February 17, 2013, 12:00 Clock

Reported: 30 athletes; did not finish ( DNF ): 1

Other participants from German speaking countries and provinces: Germany 's Andrea Henkel 37:38,9 min ( 1 0 2 1) 13th Place. Italy Karin Oberhofer 38:19,9 min ( 3 0 1 0) 20th Place. Germany Franziska Hildebrand 38:31,8 min ( 1 0 1 0) 22 square.

Mixed

Season 2 × 6 × 2 km 7.5 km

Date: Thursday, February 7, 2013, 17:30 Clock

Reported and at the start: 27 nations, lapped (LPD ): 8, not completed ( DNF ): 0

Further episodes from German speaking countries and provinces:

Switzerland Switzerland: Elisa Gasparin, Selina Gasparin, Claudio Böckli and Benjamin Weger 1:14:45,5 h (0 9) 12th Place. Germany Germany: Andrea Henkel, Miriam Gössner, Simon Schempp and Andreas Birnbacher 1:14:45,6 h (1 10) 13th Place. Austria Austria: Iris Schwabl, Romana Schrempf, Julian Eberhard and Landertinger 1:16:51,5 h (5 12) 17th Place.

123057
de