2019–20 Biathlon World Cup – Stage 1 Explained

The 2019–20 Biathlon World Cup – Stage 1 was the opening event^[1] of the season and was held in Östersund, Sweden, from 30 November to 8 December 2019.

Schedule of events

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

Date	Time	Events
30 November	13:10 CET	6 km + 7.5 km Single Mixed Relay
	15:00 CET	4 x 6 km Mixed Relay
1 December	12:30 CET	Men's 10 km Sprint
	15:30 CET	Women's 7.5 km Sprint
4 December	16:15 CET	Men's 20 km Individual
5 December	16:20 CET	Women's 15 km Individual
7 December	17:30 CET	4 x 7.5 km Men's Relay
8 December	15:30 CET	4 x 6 km Women's Relay

Podium results

Men

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
20 km Individual^[2]	Martin Fourcade	53:11.9 (0+0+0+1)	Simon Desthieux	53:24.6 (0+1+0+0)	Quentin Fillon Maillet	55:02.7 (2+0+0+1)
10 km Sprint^[3]	Johannes Thingnes Bø	24:18.3 (1+0)	Tarjei Bø	24:37.3 (0+1)	Matvey Eliseev	24:38.2 (0+0)
4 x 7,5 km Men Relay^[4]	Johannes Dale Erlend Bjøntegaard Tarjei Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø	1:10:30.4 (0+0) (0+2) (0+2) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1)	Emilien Jacquelin Quentin Fillon Maillet Simon Desthieux Martin Fourcade	1:11:02.7 (0+0) (0+1) (1+3) (0+0) (0+1) (0+2) (0+0) (0+0)	Lukas Hofer Thomas Bormolini Daniele Cappellari Dominik Windisch	1:11:57.5 (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (0+2) (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1)

Women

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
15 km Individual^[5]	Justine Braisaz	42:35.1 (2+0+0+0)	Yuliia Dzhima	42:46.2 (0+0+0+0)	Julia Simon	42:52.8 (0+0+0+2)
7.5 km Sprint^[6]	Dorothea Wierer	19:48.5 (0+1)	Marte Olsbu Røiseland	19:57.1 (2+0)	Markéta Davidová	20:00.4 (0+0)
4 x 6 km Women Relay^[7]	Karoline Offigstad Knotten Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Tiril Eckhoff Marte Olsbu Røiseland	1:11:08.7 (0+1) (0+0) (0+3) (0+2) (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (0+2)	Elisa Gasparin Selina Gasparin Aita Gasparin Lena Häcki	1:11:17.2 (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1)	Linn Persson Elvira Öberg Mona Brorsson Hanna Öberg	1:11:18.9 (0+0) (0+3) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+3) (0+0)

Mixed

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
6 km + 7.5 km Single Mixed Relay^[8]	Hanna Öberg Sebastian Samuelsson	36:42.1 (1+3) (1+3) (0+0) (0+1) (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1)	Franziska Preuß Erik Lesser	37:00.2 (0+2) (0+0) (0+2) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (1+3)	Marte Olsbu Røiseland Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	37:22.5 (0+3) (0+2) (0+2) (1+3) (0+3) (0+0) (0+0) (0+3)
4 x 6 km Mixed Relay^[9]	Lisa Vittozzi Dorothea Wierer Lukas Hofer Dominik Windisch	1:05:56.1 (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+2) (0+2)	Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Tiril Eckhoff Tarjei Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø	1:06:00.2 (0+2) (0+3) (0+2) (0+3) (0+1) (0+1) (0+3) (0+0)	Linn Persson Mona Brorsson Jesper Nelin Martin Ponsiluoma	1:06:56.0 (0+0) (0+3) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+3) (0+3) (0+1)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Event schedule . IBU Datacentre at datacenter.biathlonresults.com . International Biathlon Union . 1 December 2019 .
2. Web site: Östersund final results - Men's 20 km Individual . PDF . 7 December 2019 . 4 December 2019.
3. Web site: Östersund final results - Men's 10 km Sprint . PDF . 1 December 2019 . 1 December 2019.
4. Web site: Östersund final results - Men's 4 x 7,5 km Men Relay . PDF . 7 December 2019 . 7 December 2019.
5. Web site: Östersund final results - Women's 15 km Sprint . PDF . 7 December 2019 . 5 December 2019.
6. Web site: Östersund final results - Women's 7.5 km Sprint . PDF . 1 December 2019 . 1 December 2019.
7. Web site: Östersund final results - Women's 4x6 km Relay . PDF . 8 December 2019 . 8 December 2019.
8. Web site: Östersund final results - single mixed relay . PDF . 1 December 2019 . 30 November 2019.
9. Web site: Östersund final results - mixed relay . PDF . 1 December 2019 . 30 November 2019.