2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Stage 5 Explained

The 2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Stage 5 was the fifth event^[1] of the season and was held in Ruhpolding, Germany, from 17–20 January 2019.

Schedule of events

The events took place at the following times.^[1]

Date	Time	Events
17 January	11:00 CET	Men's 10 km Sprint
	14:30 CET	Women's 7.5 km Sprint
18 January	14:30 CET	4 x 7.5 km Men's Relay
19 January	14:30 CET	4 x 6 km Women's Relay
20 January	12:15 CET	Men's 15 km Mass Start
	14:40 CET	Women's 12.5 km Mass Start

Medal winners

Men

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
10 km Sprint^[2]	Johannes Thingnes Bø	22:56.3 (0+1)	Tarjei Bø	23:04.2 (0+0)	Benedikt Doll	23:06.8 (0+1)
4 x 7.5 km Men Relay^[3]		1:09:54.3		1:10:07.8		1:10:20.5
15 km Mass Start^[4]	Johannes Thingnes Bø	36:43.8 (0+0+0+1)	Julian Eberhard	36:44.4 (0+1+0+1)	Quentin Fillon Maillet	36:46.6 (0+1+0+0)

Women

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
7.5 km Sprint^[5]	Anastasiya Kuzmina	19:15.1 (0+0)	Lisa Vittozzi	19:26.6 (0+0)	Hanna Öberg	19:44.2 (0+0)
4 x 6 km Women Relay^[6]		1:09:27.7		1:09:39.2		1:09:51.1
12.5 km Mass Start^[7]	Franziska Preuß	32:34.0 (0+0+0+0)	Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold	32:34.2 (0+0+0+0)	Paulína Fialková	32:49.1 (0+0+1+0)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Event schedule . IBU Datacenter at biathlonresults.com . International Biathlon Union . 24 February 2019.
2. Web site: Ruhpolding final results - men 10 km sprint . PDF . 21 March 2019 . 17 January 2019.
3. Web site: Ruhpolding final results - men 4 x 7,5 km relay . PDF . 21 March 2019 . 18 January 2019.
4. Web site: Ruhpolding final results - men 15 km mass start . PDF . 21 March 2019 . 20 January 2019.
5. Web site: Ruhpolding final results - women 7,5 km sprint . PDF . 21 March 2019 . 17 January 2019.
6. Web site: Ruhpolding final results - women 4 x 6 km relay . PDF . 21 March 2019 . 19 January 2019.
7. Web site: Ruhpolding final results - women 12,5 km mass start . PDF . 21 March 2019 . 20 January 2019.