Kontiolahti Biathlon World Cup 2022


Kontiolahti hosts the first competition weekend of Biathlon World Cup in the season 2022/2023. Take a look at the Kontiolahti Biathlon World Cup schedule, results and stats.
Kaisa Mäkäräinen and Magdalena Neuner in Kontiolahti in 2012.
Kaisa Mäkäräinen and Magdalena Neuner in Kontiolahti in 2012. (Kuva: Peter Porai-Koshits [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons)


Kontiolahti is a traditional biathlon venue and it has hosted Biathlon World Cup events several times in the past. The World Cup landed the first time in Kontiolahti during the season 1989/1990. All together Kontiolahti has organised a biathlon world cup event 14 times.

Kontiolahti has also been the host of the IBU Biathlon World Championships in 1999 and 2015. In 1990 the men's World Championships relay was competed in Kontiolahti.

In the spring of 2019/2020 Kontiolahti hosted the final competitions of the World Cup season when the final weekend in Holmenkollen, Oslo, Norway was cancelled due to the covid-19 outburst. The local hero Kaisa Mäkäräinen ended her career in the Kontiolahti events in front of empty seats as no spectators were allowed to enter the event.



Kontiolahti World Cup 2022 - Schedule & Timetables


The competitions in Kontiolahti world cup lasts almost a week. Eight disciplines include individual competitions, relays, sprints and pursuits for men and women.





Kontiolahti Biathlon World Cup Teams 2022


🇫🇮 Team Finland


WomenMen
Mari EderTuomas Harjula
Erika JänkäOlli Hiidensalo
Nastassia KinnunenHeikki Laitinen
Venla LehtonenJaakko Ranta
Suvi MinkkinenTero Seppälä


🇫🇷 Team France


WomenMen
Paula BotetEmilien Claude
Sophie ChauveauFabien Claude
Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet 
Chloé ChevalierQuentin Fillon-Maillet
Caroline ColomboAntonin Guigonnat
Lou JeanmonnotEmilien Jacquelin
Julia SimonEric Perrot


🇸🇪 Team Sweden


WomenMen
Elvira Oeberg, Piteå SkidskytteklubbMartin Ponsiluoma, Tullus SG
Hanna Oeberg, Piteå SkidskytteklubbSebastian Samuelsson, I 21 IF
Linn Persson, SK BoreJesper Nelin, Piteå Skidskytteklubb
Johanna Skottheim, Lima SKGPeppe Femling, Piteå Skidskytteklubb
Anna Magnusson, Piteå SkidskytteklubbOskar Brandt, I 2 IF
Stina Nilsson, Lima SKGEmil Nykvist, SK Bore


🇨🇭 Team Switzerland


WomenMen
Lena Haecki-GrossJoscha Burkhalter
Elisa GasparinJeremy Finello
Aita GasparinLaurin Fravi
Amy BasergaNiklas Hartweg
Lea MeierSebastian Stalder



🇮🇹 Team Italy


WomenMen
Dorothea WiererDaniele Cappellari
Lisa VittozziLukas Hofer
Michela CarraraTommaso Giacomel
Samuela ComolaDidier Bionaz
Rebecca PasslerPatrick Braunhofer
 David Zingerle


🇩🇪 Team Germany


WomenMen
Juliane FruehwirtJustus Strelow
Sophia SchneiderDavid Zobel
Anna WeidelBenedikt Doll
Denise Herrmann-WickJohannes Kühn
Franziska PreussPhilipp Nawrath
Vanessa VoigtRoman Rees


🇦🇹 Team Austria


WomenMen
Lisa Theresa HauserSimon Eder
Anna JuppePatrick Jakob
Katharina KomatzDavid Komatz
Julia SchwaigerFelix Leitner
Dunja ZdoucHarald Lemmerer


🇺🇸 Team USA


WomenMen
Deedra IrwinJake Brown
Joanne ReidSean Doherty
Kelsey DickinsonVaclav Cervenka
Chloe LevinsMaxime Germain
Tara Geraghty-Moats 


Kontiolahti Biathlon World Cup results 2022


We will update all the results from the Kontiolahti biathlon world cup events here.

Kontiolahden World Cup 4.12.2022


Women's pursuit 10 km

#AthleteResult
1.Julia Simon 🇫🇷31.13,0 (0)
2.Dorothea Wierer 🇮🇹+11,9 (0)
3.Elvira Öberg 🇸🇪+21,7 (1)
4.Lisa Vittozzi 🇮🇹+26,3 (1)
5.Emma Lunder 🇨🇦+33,2 (1)
6.Caroline Colombo 🇫🇷+53,5 (0)
7.Marketa Davidova 🇨🇿+59,3 (1)
8.Vanessa Voigt 🇩🇪+1.04,6 (1)
9.Lisa Theresa Hauser 🇦🇹+1.04,7 (3)
10.Hanna Öberg 🇸🇪+1.15,7 (3)



Men's pursuit 12,5 km

#AthleteResult
1.Johannes Thingnes Bø 🇳🇴32.44,4 (3)
2.Sturla Holm Lægreid 🇳🇴+19,2 (2)
3.Emilien Jacquelin 🇫🇷+47,3 (2)
4.Sebastian Samuelsson 🇸🇪+1.12,7 (2)
5.Roman Rees 🇩🇪+1.20,7 (2)
6.Jesper Nelin 🇸🇪+1.32,0 (2)
7.Fabien Claude 🇫🇷+1.40,2 (2)
8.David Zobel 🇩🇪+1.44,2 (2)
9.Tarjei Bø 🇳🇴+1.51,9 (2)
10.Quentin Fillon Maillet 🇫🇷+1.55,4 (3)

Kontiolahti World Cup 3.12.2022


Women's sprint 10 km

#AthleteResult
1.Lisa Theresa Hauser 🇦🇹20.39,5
2.Lisa Vittozzi 🇮🇹+17,3
3.Linn Persson 🇸🇪+24,2
4.Emma Lunder 🇨🇦+25,4
5.Anna Weidel 🇩🇪+26,6
6.Denise Herrmann-Wick 🇩🇪+31,6
6.Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold 🇳🇴+31,6
8.Sophia Schneider 🇩🇪+34,2
9.Dorothea Wierer 🇮🇹+34,9
10.Ida Lien 🇳🇴+37,8

Complete results

Men's sprint 10 km

#AthleteResult
1.Johannes Thingnes Bø 🇳🇴23.09,0 (1)
2.Sturla Holm Lægreid 🇳🇴+10,5 (0)
3.Roman Rees 🇩🇪+28,8 (0)
4.Sebastian Samuelsson 🇸🇪+36,2 (1)
5.Emilien Jacquelin 🇫🇷+39,5 (1)
6.Filip Fjeld Andersen 🇳🇴+49,7 (1)
7.Johannes Dale 🇳🇴+55,3 (1)
8.Jesper Nelin 🇸🇪+1.02,1 (1)
9.David Zobel 🇩🇪+1.05,0 (1)
10.Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen 🇳🇴+1.05,1 (2)

Complete results

Kontiolahti World Cup 1.12.2022


Women's relay 4 x 6 km

#TeamResult
1.Sweden 🇸🇪1.14.59,8 (0+6)
2.Germany 🇩🇪+28,1 (0+6)
3.Norway 🇳🇴+31,5 (0+3)
4.France 🇫🇷+1.30,0 (0+7)
5.Sveitsi 🇨🇭+1.48,5 (0+8)
6.Czech Republic🇨🇿+3.13,1 (0+9)
7.Finland 🇫🇮+3.22,3 (1+10)
8.Austria 🇦🇹+3.29,2 (1+9)


Men's relay 4 x 7,5 km

#TeamResult
1.Norway 🇳🇴1.19.26,2 (0+7)
2.Germany 🇩🇪+43,9 (0+8)
3.France 🇫🇷+1.05,9 (0+9)
4.Austria 🇦🇹+2.31,2 (0+4)
5.Czech Republic 🇨🇿+2.33,9 (0+10)
6.Finland 🇫🇮+2.34,1 (1+12)
7.Slovenia 🇸🇮+2.47,2 (2+9)
8.Lithuania 🇱🇹+2.47,8 (1+3)

Kontiolahti WC 30.11.2022


Women's individual 15 km

#AthleteResult
1.Hanna Öberg 🇸🇪43.53,8 (1)
2.Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold 🇳🇴+36,5 (0)
3.Lisa Vittozzi 🇮🇹+39,7 (1)
4.Vanessa Voigt 🇩🇪+1.00,5 (0)
5.Julia Simon 🇫🇷+1.11,9 (1)
6.Denise Herrmann-Wick 🇩🇪+1.31,4 (2)
7.Marketa Davidova 🇨🇿+1.37,6 (2)
8.Paulina Batovska Fialkova 🇸🇰+1.39,7 (1)
9.Elvira Öberg 🇸🇪+2.07,6 (3)
10.Lotte Lie 🇧🇪+2.08,1 (0)

Biathlon, Kontiolahti World Cup 29.11.2022


Men, individual 20 km

#AthleteResult
1.Martin Ponsiluoma 🇸🇪49.36,5
2.Niklas Hartweg 🇨🇭+37,2
3.David Zobel 🇩🇪+59,3
4.Roman Rees 🇩🇪+1.00,9
5.Sebastian Samuelsson 🇸🇪+1.02,8
6.Sturla Holm Laegreid 🇳🇴+1.23,4
7.Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen 🇳🇴+1.32,9
8.Vytautas Strolia 🇱🇹+1.37,1
9.Fabien Claude 🇫🇷+2.07,5
10.Erlend Øvereng Bjøntegaard 🇳🇴+2.11,5



Local heroette Kaisa Mäkäräinen has been successful in Kontiolahti.
Local heroette Kaisa Mäkäräinen has been successful in Kontiolahti. (Kuva: Andrew Fedorov [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons)


History and statistics of Kontiolahti Biathlon World Cup


The local biathlon star Kaisa Mäkäräinen has been very successful on her home turf in Kontiolahti. Mäkäräinen has total of four victories and two additional podiums from Kontiolahti. Especially in 2014 Mäkäräinen was on fire in Kontiolahti winning a treble - three individual World Cup wins in a row.

Mäkäräinen ended her amazing international career in the spring of 2020 in the Kontiolahti World Cup in the age of 37 finishing fourth in the 10 km pursuit.

Kaisa Mäkäräinen's podiums in Kontiolahti


DateDisciplinePosition
11.3.201515 km individual3.
16.3.201410 km pursuit1.
15.3.20147,5 km sprint1.
13.3.20147,5 km sprint1.
12.2.201210 km pursuit1.
11.2.20127,5 km sprint2.



Kontiolahti results from previous seasons


Kontiolahti Biathlon World Cup 2021/2022 results


Kontiolahti World cup 6.3.2022


Men's pursuit 12,5 km

#AthleteResult
1.Quentin Fillon Maillet 🇫🇷32.55,0 (1)
2.Erik Lesser 🇩🇪+8,2 (0)
3.Lukas Hofer 🇮🇹+8,8 (1)
4.Emilien Jacquelin 🇫🇷+22,6 (2)
5.Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen 🇳🇴+31,9 (0)
6.Sturla Holm Lægreid 🇳🇴+51,1 (2)
7.Sivert Guttorm Bakken 🇳🇴+1.02,9 (3)
8.Filip Fjeld Andersen 🇳🇴+1.03,9 (3)
9.Roman Rees 🇩🇪+1.11,1 (1)
10.Simon Desthieux 🇫🇷+1.16,4 (2)

Women's pursuit 10 km

#AthleteResult
1.Tiril Eckhoff 🇳🇴31.40,8
2.Dorothea Wierer 🇮🇹+15,9
3.Denise Herrmann 🇩🇪+19,5
4.Marte Olsbu Røiseland 🇳🇴+35,8
5.Karoline Knotten 🇳🇴+43,5
6.Anais Chevalier-Bouchet 🇫🇷+54,3
7.Jessica Jislova 🇨🇿+56,0
8.Franziska Preuss 🇩🇪+1.00,3
9.Elvira Öberg 🇸🇪+1.10,7
10.Dunja Zdouc 🇦🇹+1.18,0


Kontiolahti World Cup 5.3.2022


Women's sprint 10 km

#AthleteResult
1.Denise Herrmann 🇩🇪20.08,6 (1)
2.Tiril Eckhoff 🇳🇴+5,0 (1)
3.Stina Nilsson 🇸🇪+5,2 (1)
4.Hanna Öberg 🇸🇪+6,8 (1)
5.Anais Chevalier-Bouchet 🇫🇷+15,5 (1)
6.Vanessa Voigt 🇩🇪+16,7 (0)
7.Elvira Öberg 🇸🇪+18,5 (2)
8.Marte Olsbu Røiseland 🇳🇴+28,1 (2)
9.Mari Eder 🇫🇮+29,1 (1)
10.Linn Persson 🇸🇪+32,0 (1)

Men's sprint 10 km

#AthleteResult
1.Quentin Fillon Maillet 🇫🇷23.21,0 (0)
2.Filip Fjeld Andersen 🇳🇴+18,3 (0)
3.Johannes Kühn 🇩🇪+29,7 (1)
4.Sivert Guttorm Bakken 🇳🇴+31,2 (1)
5.Sebastian Samuelsson 🇸🇪+32,4 (2)
6.Emilien Jacquelin 🇫🇷+34,3 (2)
7.Philipp Nawrath 🇩🇪+34,8 (1)
8.Lukas Hofer 🇮🇹+42,5 (1)
9.Peppe Femling 🇸🇪+43,5 (0)
10.Simon Eder 🇦🇹+44,7 (0)




Kontiolahti Biathlon World Cup 2020/2021 results


Women´s pursuit 10 km

#AthleteResult
1.Tiril Eckhoff 🇳🇴31.05,9 (0)
2.Marte Olsbu Røiseland 🇳🇴+21,5 (2)
3.Hanna Öberg 🇸🇪+35,4 (3)
4.Dzinara Alimbekava 🇧🇾+55,0 (2)
5.Johanna Skottheim 🇸🇪+56,3 (0)
6.Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold 🇳🇴+1.03,8 (2)
7.Franziska Preuss 🇩🇪+1.08,6 (2)
8.Elvira Öberg 🇸🇪+1.19,3 (4)
9.Emma Lunder 🇨🇦+1.30,3 (1)
10.Justine Braisaz-Bouchet 🇫🇷+1.38,6 (2)


Men´s relay 4x7,5 km

#NationResult
1.Norway1:16.21,0
2.Sweden+39,2
3.Germanu+51,7
4.Russia+1.08,0
5.Italy+1.37,0
6.Austria+1.46,9

Kontiolahti World Cup 5.12.2020


Women´s relay 4x6 km

#NationResult
1.Sweden1:12.44,5
2.France+9,6
3.Germany+43,9
4.Russia+2.31,3
5.Ukraine+2.39,9
6.Italy+2.46,4


Men´s pursuit 12,5 km

#AthleteResult
1.Sebastian Samuelsson 🇸🇪32.26,7 (1)
2.Fabien Claude 🇫🇷+15,8 (3)
3.Johannes Thingnes Bø 🇳🇴+19,5 (3)
4.Strula Holm Laegreid 🇳🇴+23,9 (1)
5.Benedikt Doll 🇩🇪+27,9 (2)
6.Jakov Fak 🇸🇮+37,3 (1)
7.Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen 🇳🇴+42,0 (2)
8.Emilien Jacquelin 🇫🇷+44,8 (2)
9.Johannes Dale 🇳🇴+48,7 (3)
10.Quinton Fillon Maillet 🇫🇷+51,4 (2)


Kontiolahti, World Cup 3.12.2020


Women´s sprint 7,5 km

#AthleteResults
1.Hanna Öberg 🇸🇪21.11,5 (0)
2.Anais Chevalier-Bouchet 🇫🇷+9,6 (0)
3.Elvira Öberg 🇸🇪+27,9 (1)
4.Marte Olsbu Røiseland 🇳🇴+33,8 (1)
5.Denise Herrmann 🇩🇪+47,6 (1)
6.Marketa Davidova 🇨🇿+48,1 (1)
7.Dzinara Alimbekava 🇧🇾+50,0 (1)
8.Tiril Eckhoff 🇳🇴+1.00,8 (2)
9.Valj Semerenko 🇺🇦+1.01,5 (0)
10.Svetlana Mironova+1.03,7 (1)


Men´s sprint 10 km

#AthleteResults
1.Tarjei Bø 🇳🇴24.03,7 (0)
2.Arnd Peiffer 🇩🇪+13,9 (0)
3.Johannes Thingnes Bø 🇳🇴+29,4 (1)
4.Benjamin Weger 🇨🇭+35,9 (0)
5.Erlend Øvereng Bjøntegaard 🇳🇴+44,0 (0)
6.Jakov Fak 🇸🇮+45,3 (0)
7.Johannes Dale 🇳🇴+50,8 (1)
8.Benedikt Doll 🇩🇪+50,9 (1)

Kontiolahti 29.11.2020


Women´s sprint 7,5 km

#AthleteResults
1.Hanna Öberg 🇸🇪21.01,4
2.Marte Olsbu Røiseland 🇳🇴+23,9
3.Karoline Knotten 🇳🇴+37,8
4.Johanna Skottheim 🇸🇪+44,1
5.Mona Brorsson 🇸🇪+50,1
6.Dzinara Alimbekava 🇧🇾+52,5
7.Tuuli Tomingas 🇪🇪+56,0
8.Anais Chevalier 🇫🇷+56,4
9.Maren Hammerschmidt 🇩🇪+58,7
10.Olena Pidhrushna 🇺🇦+1.07,4


Men´s sprint 7,5 km

#AthleteTime
1.Johannes Thingnes Bø 🇳🇴23.53,0 (0)
2.Sebastian Samuelsson 🇸🇪+44,1 (1)
3.Martin Ponsiluoma 🇸🇪+47,9 (1)
4.Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen 🇳🇴+51,9 (1)
5.Jakov Fak 🇸🇮+53,1 (0)
6.Quentin Fillon Maillet 🇫🇷+1.01,3 (0)
7.Arnd Peiffer 🇩🇪+1.03,1 (1)
8.Emilien Jacquelin 🇫🇷+1.05,1 (2)
9.Erik Lesser 🇩🇪+1.09,4 (1)
10.Ondrej Moravec 🇨🇿+1.12,6 (0)


Kontiolahti 28.11.2020


Women´s individual 15 km

#AthleteResult
1.Dorothea Wierer 🇮🇹44.00,9 (0)
2.Denise Herrmann 🇩🇪+0,8 (1)
3.Johanna Skottheim 🇸🇪+24,1 (0)
4.Elvira Öberg 🇸🇪+34,1 (1)
5.Linn Persson 🇸🇪+36,8 (0)
6.Anais Bescond 🇫🇷+1.18,5 (1)
7.Hanna Öberg 🇸🇪+1.23,7 (2)
8.Dzinara Alimbekava 🇧🇾+1.50,0 (2)
9.Anais Chevalier-Bouchet 🇫🇷+1.52,0 (2)
10.Yuliia Dzhima 🇺🇦+1.54,8 (0)


Biathlon, Kontiolahti 28.11.2020


Men´s 20 km inv.

#AthleteResults
1.Sturla Holm Laegreid 🇳🇴48.57,0 (0)
2.Johannes Thingnes Bø 🇳🇴+19,6 (1)
3.Erik Lesser 🇩🇪+1.03,6 (1)
4.Quentin Fillon Maillet 🇫🇷+1.05,9 (1)
5.Ondrej Moravec 🇨🇿+1.06,9 (0)
6.Sebastian Samuelsson 🇸🇪+1.31,8 (2)
7.Jakov Fak 🇸🇮+1.32,0 (1)
8.Emilien Jacquelin 🇫🇷+2.02,1 (2)


Kontiolahti World Cup 2019/2020 results


Kontiolahti World Cup 14.3.2020


Pursuit, women

#AthleteTime
1.Julia Simon 🇫🇷30.43,5
2.Selina Gasparin 🇨🇭+17,3
3.Lisa Vittozzi 🇮🇹+20,9
4.Kaisa Mäkäräinen 🇫🇮+28,2
5.Monika Hojnisz-Starega 🇵🇱+39,8
6.Mona Brorsson 🇸🇪+42,8
7.Johanna Skottheim 🇸🇪+44,4
8.Marketa Davidova 🇨🇿+50,8
9.Franziska Preuss 🇩🇪+56,7
10.Tiril Eckhoff 🇳🇴+57,2



Pursuit, men

#AthleteTime
1.Martin Fourcade 🇫🇷31.25,4
2.Quentin Fillon Maillet 🇫🇷+2,9
3.Emilien Jacquelin 🇫🇷+4,5
4.Johannes Thingnes Bø 🇳🇴+8,3
5.Arnd Peiffer 🇩🇪+14,1
6.Erlend Øvereng Bjøntegaard 🇳🇴+15,6
7.Alexander Loginov+24,0
8.Martin Ponsiluoma 🇸🇪+29,8
9.Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen 🇳🇴+36,5
10.Lukas Hofer 🇮🇹+42,0


Kontiolahti World Cup 13.3.2020


Sprint 7,5 km, women

#AthleteTime
1.Denise Herrmann 🇩🇪20.00,5
2.Franziska Preuss 🇩🇪+20,1
3.Tiril Eckhoff 🇳🇴+32,3
4.Lisa Vittozzi 🇮🇹+37,1
5.Marketa Davidova 🇨🇿+42,5
6.Monika Hojnisz-Starega 🇵🇱+47,3
7.Larisa Kuklina+47,9
8.Celia Chevalier 🇫🇷+51,5


Kontiolahti World Cup 12.3.2020


Sprint 10 km, men

#AthleteTime
1.Johannes Thingnes Bø 🇳🇴18.40,9 (0)
2.Martin Fourcade 🇫🇷+21,1 (0)
3.Emilien Jacquelin 🇫🇷+22,3 (0)
4.Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen 🇳🇴+30,6 (0)
5.Tarjei Bø 🇳🇴+34,0 (0)
6.Benedikt Doll 🇩🇪+34,1 (1)
7.Quentin Fillon Maillet 🇫🇷+39,7 (0)
8.Simon Desthieux 🇫🇷+40,8 (0)
9.Arnd Peiffer 🇩🇪+48,4 (0)
10.Sturla Holm Lägreid 🇳🇴+51,9 (0)