2019–20 Biathlon World Cup – Stage 5 Explained

The 2019–20 Biathlon World Cup – Stage 5 was the fifth event^[1] of the season and is held in Ruhpolding, Germany, from 15 to 19 January 2020.

Schedule of events

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

Date	Time	Events
15 January	14:30 CET	Women's 7.5 km Sprint
16 January	14:30 CET	Men's 10 km Sprint
17 January	14:30 CET	4 x 6 km Women's Relay
18 January	14:15 CET	4 x 7.5 km Men's Relay
19 January	12:15 CET	Women's 10 km Pursuit
	14:30 CET	Men's 12.5 km Pursuit

Medal winners

Men

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
10 km Sprint^[2]	Martin Fourcade	22:41.5 (0+0)	Quentin Fillon Maillet	22:44.6 (0+0)	Benedikt Doll	22:53.5 (0+0)
12.5 km Pursuit^[3]	Martin Fourcade	31:26.8 (0+0+0+0)	Quentin Fillon Maillet	31:44.4 (0+0+1+0)	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	32:02.8 (0+0+0+1)
4 x 7.5 km Men Relay^[4]	Émilien Jacquelin Martin Fourcade Simon Desthieux Quentin Fillon Maillet	1:18:11.2 (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+2) (0+2)	Johannes Dale Erlend Bjøntegaard Tarjei Bø Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	1:19:23.4 (0+1) (0+3) (0+2) (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+1)	Dominik Landertinger Simon Eder Felix Leitner Julian Eberhard	1:19:35.5 (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0)

Women

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
7.5 km Sprint^[5]	Tiril Eckhoff	18:55.5 (0+0)	Hanna Öberg	19:25.2 (0+0)	Dorothea Wierer	19:32.3 (0+0)
10 km Pursuit^[6]	Tiril Eckhoff	34:08.7 (0+0+1+0)	Paulína Fialková	34:55.0 (1+0+0+1)	Hanna Öberg	35:03.8 (0+1+0+1)
4 x 6 km Women Relay^[7]	Karoline Offigstad Knotten Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Marte Olsbu Røiseland Tiril Eckhoff	1:08:46.4 (0+2) (0+1) (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (0+2) (0+1) (0+1)	Julia Simon Anaïs Bescond Célia Aymonier Justine Braisaz	1:08:57.1 (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+2) (0+2) (0+0) (0+2) (0+1)	Elisa Gasparin Selina Gasparin Aita Gasparin Lena Häcki	1:09:07.1 (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (0+2) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Event schedule . IBU Datacentre at datacenter.biathlonresults.com . International Biathlon Union . 18 January 2020.
2. Web site: Rupholding final results - Men's 10 km Sprint . PDF . 19 January 2020 . 16 January 2020.
3. Web site: Rupholding final results - Men's 12.5 km Pursuit . PDF . 19 January 2020 . 19 January 2020.
4. Web site: Rupholding final results - Men's 4x7.5 km Relay . PDF . 19 January 2020 . 18 January 2020.
5. Web site: Rupholding final results - Women's 7.5 km Sprint . PDF . 19 January 2020 . 15 January 2020.
6. Web site: Rupholding final results - Women's 10 km Pursuit. PDF . 19 January 2020 . 19 January 2020.
7. Web site: Rupholding final results - Women's 4x6 km Relay . PDF . 19 January 2020 . 17 January 2020.