2023–24 Biathlon World Cup – Stage 1

The 2023–24 Biathlon World Cup – Stage 1 was the first event^[1] of the season and was held in Östersund, Sweden, from 25 November to 3 December 2023. The event consisted of three individual competitions and two relay races for both genders and two mixed relays. World cup leaders after the events in Östersund were Philipp Nawrath for men and Franziska Preuß for the women.

Schedule of events[edit]

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

Date	Time	Events
25 November	14:30 EET	Single Mixed Relay
25 November	16:50 EET	Mixed Relay
26 November	13:20 EET	Women's 15 km Individual
26 November	16:30 EET	Men's 20 km Individual
29 November	17:20 EET	Women's 4x6km Relay
30 November	17:20 EET	Men's 4x7.5km Relay
1 December	16:45 EET	Women's 7.5 km Sprint
2 December	16:45 EET	Men's 10 km Sprint
3 December	16:00 EET	Women's 10 km Pursuit
3 December	18:00 EET	Men's 12.5 km Pursuit

Medal winners[edit]

Men[edit]

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
20 km Individual^[2]	Roman Rees Germany	51:27.2 (0+0+0+1)	Justus Strelow Germany	51:39.3 (0+1+0+0)	Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway	51:52.2 (1+0+0+1)
10 km Sprint^[3]	Philipp Nawrath Germany	24:02.0 (0+0)	Tarjei Bø Norway	24:20.7 (0+0)	Vebjørn Sørum Norway	24:21.8 (0+0)
12.5 km Pursuit^[4]	Sebastian Samuelsson Sweden	31:38.4 (1+1+0+1)	Philipp Nawrath Germany	+5.1 (0+0+1+1)	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Norway	+7.2 (0+0+1+0)
4 x 7.5 km Men Relay^[5]	Norway Endre Strømsheim Tarjei Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	1:14:28.4 (0+1) (0+2) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1)	France Éric Perrot Émilien Jacquelin Fabien Claude Quentin Fillon Maillet	1:14:49.9 (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (0+2) (0+2) (0+1) (0+3) (0+0)	Germany David Zobel Philipp Nawrath Benedikt Doll Johannes Kühn	1:15:18.9 (0+3) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (0+2) (0+3) (0+2) (1+3)

Women[edit]

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
15 km Individual^[6]	Lisa Vittozzi Italy	44:03.9 (0+0+1+0)	Franziska Preuß Germany	44:04.0 (0+0+0+0)	Vanessa Voigt Germany	44:14.0 (0+0+0+0)
7.5 km Sprint^[7]	Lou Jeanmonnot France	21:04.1 (0+0)	Karoline Offigstad Knotten Norway	21:12.6 (1+0)	Juni Arnekleiv Norway	21:21.7 (0+1)
10 km Pursuit^[8]	Lou Jeanmonnot France	31:41.3 (0+0+0+0)	Franziska Preuß Germany	+0.3 (0+0+1+0)	Vanessa Voigt Germany	+18.5 (0+0+0+1)
4 x 5 km Women Relay^[9]	Norway Marthe Kråkstad Johansen Juni Arnekleiv Karoline Offigstad Knotten Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold	1:18:48.3 (0+0) (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (0+2) (0+3) (0+0) (0+2)	Sweden Anna Magnusson Linn Persson Elvira Öberg Hanna Öberg	1:19:29.9 (0+0) (0+3) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+2) (1+3)	Germany Janina Hettich-Walz Selina Grotian Vanessa Voigt Franziska Preuß	1:19:36.2 (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1)

Mixed[edit]

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Single Mixed Relay^[10]	Sweden Sebastian Samuelsson Hanna Öberg	37:46.9 (0+1) (0+3) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+2) (0+2)	Norway Sturla Holm Lægreid Juni Arnekleiv	38:00.7 (0+0) (0+1) (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+2)	France Fabien Claude Julia Simon	38:29.1 (0+1) (0+2) (0+0) (0+2) (1+3) (1+3) (0+0) (0+1)
Mixed Relay^[11]	France Quentin Fillon Maillet Émilien Jacquelin Justine Braisaz-Bouchet Lou Jeanmonnot	1:09:09.9 (0+2) (0+0) (0+0) (1+3) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0)	Norway Tarjei Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø Karoline Offigstad Knotten Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold	1:09:25.6 (0+0) (0+1) (0+2) (0+0) (0+0) (0+3) (0+0) (0+1)	Italy Didier Bionaz Tommaso Giacomel Dorothea Wierer Lisa Vittozzi	1:09:49.6 (0+2) (0+0) (0+2) (1+3) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0)

Achievements[edit]

Best individual performance for all time

Men
Place	Name	Race
1	Roman Rees	Individual
1	Philipp Nawrath	Sprint
2	Justus Strelow	Individual
3	Vebjoern Soerum	Sprint
16	George Coltea	Individual
18	Pavel Magazeev	Individual
26	Alexandr Mukhin	Pursuit
28	Jonas Marecek	Individual
32	Maksim Makarov	Sprint
33	Magnus Oberhauser	Pursuit
37	Jan Gunka	Sprint
62	Dajan Danuser	Sprint
69	Anton Ivarsson	Sprint
73	Matic Repnik	Sprint
79	Konstantin Vasilev	Individual
80	Gion Stalder	Individual
82	Marek Mackels	Individual
84	Konrad Badacz	Sprint
85	Sondre Slettemark	Sprint
86	Marten Aolaid	Individual
97	Nikolaos Tsourekas	Sprint
Debut
73	Matic Repnik	Sprint
82	Marek Mackels	Individual
83	Anton Ivarsson	Individual
96	Sondre Slettemark	Individual
97	Konrad Badacz	Individual

Women
Place	Name	Race
1	Lou Jeanmonnot	Sprint
2	Karoline Offigstad Knotten	Sprint
3	Juni Arnekleiv	Sprint
7	Marthe Krakstad Johansen	Sprint
8	Gilonne Guigonnat	Sprint
9	Anna Maka	Individual
10	Marit Ishol Skogan	Individual
11	Joanna Jakiela	Individual
13	Tamara Steiner	Individual
18	Susan Kuelm	Individual
21	Selina Grotian	Sprint
26	Valentina Dimitrova	Pursuit
30	Sanita Bulina	Pursuit
34	Lena Repinc	Individual
36	Kelsey Joan Dickinson	Individual
37	Benita Peiffer	Pursuit
39	Kristina Oberthaler	Pursuit
40	Anna Kryvonos	Individual
43	Khrystyna Dmytrenko	Individual
44	Zuzana Remenova	Pursuit
46	Frida Dokken	Individual
46	Aliona Makarova	Pursuit
47	Lora Hristova	Pursuit
48	Liubov Kypiachenkova	Individual
59	Sonja Leinamo	Individual
61	Kamila Cichon	Individual
64	Noora Kaisa Keranen	Individual
67	Beatrice Trabucchi	Sprint
70	Daria Gembicka	Sprint
71	Darcie Morton	Sprint
75	Inka Hamalainen	Individual
75	Margie Freed	Sprint
82	Arina Kryukova	Sprint
84	Andreea Mezdrea	Sprint
85	Judita Traubaite	Sprint
89	Ema Kapustova	Sprint
95	Hanna-Brita Kaasik	Individual
Debut
10	Marit Ishol Skogan	Individual
43	Khrystyna Dmytrenko	Individual
46	Frida Dokken	Individual
61	Kamila Cichon	Individual
70	Daria Gembicka	Sprint
75	Inka Hamalainen	Individual
82	Arina Kryukova	Sprint
93	Margie Freed	Individual
94	Judita Traubaite	Individual
95	Hanna-Brita Kaasik	Individual