| Summer Biathlon World Championships | |
|---|---|
| Status | active |
| Genre | sports event |
| Date | midyear |
| Frequency | annual |
| Inaugurated | 1996 |
| Organised by | IBU |
TheSummer Biathlon World Championships are the world championships insummer biathlon which have been held annually since 1996 (one unofficial edition in 1991). Junior events was added since 2000.
Since 1996:[1]
| Edition | Year | Host Country | Events |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross | |||
| 1 | 1996 |  Austria | 4 |
| 2 | 1997 |  Poland | 6 |
| 3 | 1998 |  Slovakia | 6 |
| 4 | 1999 |  Belarus | 6 |
| 5 | 2000 |  Russia | 12 |
| 6 | 2001 | Poland | 12 |
| 7 | 2002 |  Czech Republic | 12 |
| 8 | 2003 |  Italy | 16 |
| 9 | 2004 | Slovakia | 16 |
| 10 | 2005 |  Finland | 16 |
| Cross + Roller | |||
| 11 | 2006 | Russia | 18 |
| 12 | 2007 |  Estonia | 18 |
| 13 | 2008 |  France | 18 |
| 14 | 2009 |  Germany | 18 |
| Roller | |||
| 15 | 2010 | Poland | 10 |
| 16 | 2011 | Czech Republic | 10 |
| 17 | 2012 | Russia | 10 |
| 18 | 2013 | Italy | 10 |
| 19 | 2014 | Russia | 10 |
| 20 | 2015 |  Romania | 10 |
| 21 | 2016 | Estonia | 10 |
| 22 | 2017 | Russia | 10 |
| 23 | 2018 | Czech Republic | 10 |
| 24 | 2019 | Belarus | 12 |
| 26 | 2021 | Czech Republic | 12 |
| 27 | 2022 | Germany | 12 |
| 28 | 2023 | Slovakia | 12 |
| 29 | 2024 | Estonia | 12 |
| Total | 328 | ||
Germany was cancelled.| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 |  Lake Placid | Sergei Tarasov (RUS) | Alexandr Popov (RUS) |  Dave McMahon (CAN) |
| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Hochfilzen | Alexei Kobelev (RUS) |  Janez Ožbolt (SLO) | Vadim Sashurin (BLR) |
This event was not held in 2007.
This event was first held in 1990. It was not held in 2006, and last held in 2007.
This event was first held in 1997 and last held in 2005. From 1997 to 2002 the distance was 4 × 6 km.
This event was only held in 1996.
| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Hochfilzen | Olessia Toupilenko (RUS) |  Gunn Margit Andreassen (NOR) |  Liu Jinfeng (CHN) |
From 1996 to 2002 the distance was 4 km.
From 1997 to 2002 the distance was 6 km. This event was not held in 2007.
This event was first held in 2003. It was not held in 2006, and last held in 2007.
This event was first held in 1997 and last held in 2005. From 1997 to 2002 the distance was 4 × 4 km.
This event was only held in 2006 and 2007.
Updated after the2024 Championships.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia | 40 | 34 | 27 | 101 |
| 2 | Belarus | 27 | 15 | 17 | 59 |
| 3 |  Ukraine | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 4 | Italy | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Slovakia | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 6 | Czech Republic | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | Estonia | 2 | 7 | 4 | 13 |
| 8 |  Latvia | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | Norway | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | China | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 |  Kazakhstan | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 12 | Poland | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 13 | Slovenia | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
 Uzbekistan | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 15 |  Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 17 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Moldova | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (19 entries) | 86 | 84 | 83 | 253 | |
From 2019 to 2022 the distance was 5 km
From 2006 to 2018 the distance was 10 km
From 2006 to 2018 the distance was 12.5 km
| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Ruhpolding |  Sebastian Samuelsson (SWE) | Roman Rees (GER) | Martin Ponsiluoma (SWE) |
| 2023 | Brezno/Osrblie | Taras Lesiuk (UKR) | Dmitrii Shamaev (ROU) |  Vytautas Strolia (LTU) |
| 2024 | Otepää | Rene Zahkna (EST) | Jonáš Mareček (CZE) | Andrejs Rastorgujevs (LAT) |
In 2019 the distance was 5 km
From 2006 to 2018 the distance was 7.5 km
From 2006 to 2018 the distance was 10 km
| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Ruhpolding | Dorothea Wierer (ITA) | Denise Herrmann (GER) | Markéta Davidová (CZE) |
| 2023 | Brezno/Osrblie | Markéta Davidová (CZE) | Tuuli Tomingas (EST) | Marion Wiesensarter (GER) |
| 2024 | Otepää | Baiba Bendika (LAT) | Suvi Minkkinen (FIN) | Tereza Voborníková (CZE) |
Updated after the2024 Championships.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia | 21 | 18 | 13 | 52 |
| 2 | Czech Republic | 14 | 11 | 8 | 33 |
| 3 | Ukraine | 8 | 18 | 11 | 37 |
| 4 | Slovakia | 8 | 6 | 13 | 27 |
| 5 | Germany | 7 | 5 | 4 | 16 |
| 6 | Poland | 6 | 7 | 6 | 19 |
| 7 | Slovenia | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
| 8 | Italy | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 9 | Finland | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | France | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 11 |  Belgium | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 12 | Sweden | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 13 | Estonia | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 14 |  South Korea | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 15 | Latvia | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 16 |  Bulgaria | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 17 | Romania | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 18 | China | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 19 | Belarus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Russian Biathlon Union | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 21 | Lithuania | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 22 |  Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 23 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Moldova | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 25 |  Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (25 entries) | 95 | 91 | 94 | 280 | |