The 17th Biathlon European Championships were held in Otepää, Estonia from March 2 to March 7, 2010.
There were total of 15 competitions held: sprint, pursuit and individual both for U26 and U21, relay races for U26 and a mixed relay for U21.
The schedule of the event stands below. All times in CET.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| March 2 | U26 Men's 20 km individual |
| U26 Women's 15 km individual | |
| U21 Men's 20 km individual | |
| U21 Women's 15 km individual | |
| March 4 | U26 Men's 4*7.5 km relay |
| U21 Women's 4*6 km relay | |
| U21 2*6+2*7.5 km mixed relay | |
| March 6 | U26 Men's 10 km sprint |
| U26 Women's 7.5 km sprint | |
| U21 Men's 10 km sprint | |
| U21 Women's 7.5 km sprint | |
| March 7 | U26 Men's 12.5 km pursuit |
| U26 Women's 10 km pursuit | |
| U21 Men's 12.5 km pursuit | |
| U21 Women's 10 km pursuit |
| Competition | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 10 km sprint |  Ronny Hafsås | |||
| Men's 12.5 km pursuit | Christoph Knie | |||
| Men's 20 km individual |  Alexey Volkov | |||
| Men's 4*7.5 km relay |  FranceTanguy Roche Jean-Guillaume Béatrix Arnaud Langel Vincent Porret |
| Competition | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 7.5 km sprint |  Vita Semerenko | |||
| Women's 10 km pursuit | Ekaterina Shumilova | |||
| Women's 15 km individual | Franziska Hildebrand | |||
| Russia Olga Vilukhina Ekaterina Yurlova Ekaterina Glazyrina Ekaterina Shumilova |
The women's relay competition was held on March 4, 2010.
| Place | Country | Team | Time | Penalties | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stefanie Hildebrand Juliane Döll Franziska Hildebrand Kathrin Hitzer | 1:15:15.4 | 0+0 - 0+0 0+1 - 0+0 0+1 - 0+0 0+0 - 0+0 | ||
| 2 | Olena Pidhrushna Valj Semerenko Svetlana Krykonchuk Vita Semerenko | +20.4 | 0+0 - 0+1 0+0 - 0+3 0+1 - 0+2 0+1 - 0+0 | ||
| 3 | Olga Vilukhina Ekaterina Yurlova Ekaterina Glazyrina Ekaterina Shumilova | +26.4 | 0+0 - 0+1 0+0 - 0+0 0+3 - 0+2 0+0 - 0+3 | ||
| 4 | Kaia Woeinen Nicolaisen Tiril Eckhoff Fanny Welle-Strand Horn Synnøve Solemdal | +4:04.6 | 0+2 - 0+2 0+0 - 0+3 0+0 - 0+3 0+1 - 1+3 | ||
| 5 | Kadri Lehtla Sirli Hanni Elisabeth Juudas Eveli Saue | +5:38.3 | 0+1 - 0+0 0+1 - 0+0 0+3 - 2+3 0+2 - 0+3 | ||
| 6 | Jenny Jonsson Ingela Andersson Emelie Larsson Elin Mattsson | +5:53.9 | 0+0 - 0+1 0+3 - 1+3 0+0 - 0+0 0+1 - 0+0 | ||
| 7 | Paulina Bobak Monika Hojnisz Patrycja Hojnisz Karolina Pitoń | +6:20.7 | 0+0 - 0+1 0+0 - 0+3 0+2 - 1+3 0+0 - 0+3 | ||
| 8 | Iryna Babezkaja Karina Savosik Darya Neserchik Darja Jurkewitsch | +6:57.4 | 1+3 - 0+3 0+0 - 0+0 0+2 - 0+2 0+0 - 0+1 | ||
| 9 | Annelies Cook Laura Spector Hanah Dreissigacker Susan Dunklee | +7:54.1 | 0+2 - 0+0 0+1 - 0+3 0+0 - 1+3 0+3 - 0+1 | ||
| 10 | Barbora Tomešová Miroslava Špácová Lenka Slechtová Jitka Landová | +7:47.2 | 0+3 - 0+3 0+2 - 0+2 0+3 - 0+3 0+1 - 1+3 | ||
| 11 | Mari Laukkanen Sarianna Repo Laura Toivanen Maiju Pöysti | +10:07.6 | 0+1 - 3+3 0+1 - 0+1 0+2 - 0+3 0+0 - 2+3 |
| Competition | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 10 km sprint |  Vladimir Alenishko | |||
| Men's 12.5 km pursuit | Vladimir Alenishko | |||
| Men's 20 km individual | Rémi Borgeot |
| Competition | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 7.5 km sprint | Synnøve Solemdal | |||
| Women's 10 km pursuit | Tiril Eckhoff | |||
| Women's 15 km individual | Tiril Eckhoff |
| No. | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | ||
| 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |