Kontiolahti hosts a World Cup weekend after the Olympic Games in the beginning of March 2026. Take a look at the Kontiolahti biathlon World Cup schedule, results and stats.
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 2026 - Schedule & Timetables
The races in Kontiolahti World Cup 2026 are competed over a span of four days between 5th and 8th of March 2026. The long weekend in Kontiolahti include individual races, mass starts and relays.
NOTE! All the times in the calendar are Central European Time (CET), UTC +1.
Kontiolahti 5-8 March 2026
Date
Event
Location
5.3.2026 - 8.3.2026
World Cup Kontiolahti
Kontiolahti, Finland
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Thu 05.03.2026 17:05
Individual 15 km, women
Fri 06.03.2026 17:10
Individual 20 km, men
Sat 07.03.2026 13:40
Mass start 12,5 km, women
Sat 07.03.2026 15:40
Relay 4 x 7,5 km, men
Sun 08.03.2026 13:30
Relay 4 x 6 km, women
Sun 08.03.2026 16:55
Mass start 15 km, men
Kontiolahti Biathlon World Cup Teams 2026
We will update teams and athletes for Kontiolahti biathlon World Cup 2026 here.
We will update all the results from the Kontiolahti biathlon world cup events here. Live results are found on Biathlonresults.com.
Kontiolahti World Cup 8 March 2026
Men's mass start 15 km
#
Athlete
Result
1.
Sturla Holm Lægreid 🇳🇴
34.39,7 (0)
2.
Eric Perrot 🇫🇷
+16,5 (1)
3.
Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen 🇳🇴
+24,1 (1)
4.
Johan-Olav Botn 🇳🇴
+28,4 (2)
5.
Martin Ponsiluoma 🇸🇪
+32,0 (2)
6.
Martin Uldal 🇳🇴
+36,4 (1)
7.
Philipp Nawrath 🇩🇪
+37,5 (1)
8.
Andrejs Rastorgujevs 🇱🇻
+41,9 (1)
9.
Emilien Jacquelin 🇫🇷
+50,2 (2)
10.
Johannes Dale-Skjevdal 🇳🇴
+52,1 (2)
12.
Tero Seppälä 🇫🇮
+1.03,1 (2)
21.
Tuomas Harjula 🇫🇮
+2.01,5 (1)
Women's relay 4 x 6 km
#
Team
Result
1.
Sweden 🇸🇪
1.09.33,2 (0+4)
2.
France 🇫🇷
+40,6 (0+4)
3.
Norway 🇳🇴
+1.06,8 (1+10)
4.
Czech Republic 🇨🇿
+1.30,6 (0+8)
5.
Poland 🇵🇱
+1.54,0 (0+9)
6.
Switzerland 🇨🇭
+1.59,0 (0+8)
7.
Slovakia 🇸🇰
+2.45,2 (0+7)
8.
Austria 🇦🇹
+2.45,9 (0+8)
9.
Finland 🇫🇮
+2.47,1 (0+13)
Kontiolahti World Cup 7 March 2026
Men's relay 4 x 7,5 km
#
Athlete
Result
1.
Norway 🇳🇴
1.13.30,7 (0+7)
2.
France 🇫🇷
+19,1 (0+6)
3.
Sweden 🇸🇪
+48,1 (1+10)
4.
Finland 🇫🇮
+53,2 (0+6)
5.
USA 🇺🇸
+1.23,1 (1+7)
6.
Germany 🇩🇪
+1.43,0 (2+11)
7.
Ukraine 🇺🇦
+1.51,0 (0+8)
8.
Slovenia 🇸🇮
+2.02,6 (0+10)
Kontiolahti World Cup 7 March 2026
Women's mass start 12,5 km
#
Athlete
Result
1.
Julia Simon 🇫🇷
34.40,0 (1)
2.
Elvira Öberg 🇸🇪
+5,6 (2)
3.
Anna Magnusson 🇸🇪
+8,9 (1)
4.
Marlene Fichtner 🇩🇪
+14,9 (1)
5.
Tereza Vobornikova 🇨🇿
+15,2 (2)
6.
Oceane Michelon 🇫🇷
+15,8 (3)
7.
Marthe Kråkstad Johansen 🇳🇴
+21,5 (1)
8.
Paulina Batovska Fialkova 🇸🇰
+24,5 (3)
9.
Suvi Minkkinen 🇫🇮
+24,7 (1)
10.
Lisa Vittozzi 🇮🇹
+25,1 (3)
Kontiolahti World Cup 6 March 2026
Men's individual 20 km
#
Athlete
Result
1.
Eric Perrot 🇫🇷
44.55,7 (0)
2.
Sturla Holm Lægreid 🇳🇴
+29,9 (0)
3.
Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen 🇳🇴
+47,9 (0)
4.
Lukas Hofer 🇮🇹
+1.18,1 (0)
5.
Philipp Nawrath 🇩🇪
+2.19,6 (2)
6.
Martin Uldal 🇳🇴
+2.20,1 (1)
7.
Jakov Fak 🇸🇮
+2.22,3 (0)
8.
Fabien Claude 🇫🇷
+2.23,4 (2)
9.
Andrejs Rastorgujevs 🇱🇻
+3.03,8 (2)
10.
Johannes Dale-Skjevdal 🇳🇴
+3.11,9 (2)
Kontiolahti World Cup 5 March 2026
Women's individual 15 km
#
Athlete
Result
1.
Elvira Öberg 🇸🇪
41.46,4 (0)
2.
Hanna Öberg 🇸🇪
+41,3 (1)
3.
Paulina Batovska Fialkova 🇸🇰
+45,0 (1)
4.
Tereza Vobornikova 🇨🇿
+47,8 (0)
5.
Marlene Fichtner 🇩🇪
+ 1.25,9 (0)
6.
Anna Magnusson 🇸🇪
+1.50,4 (1)
7.
Lea Meier 🇨🇭
+1.50,5 (1)
8.
Lora Hristova 🇧🇬
+2.03,1 (1)
9.
Janina Hettich-Walz 🇩🇪
+2.22,8 (2)
10.
Julia Simon 🇫🇷
+2.29,8 (2)
18.
Suvi Minkkinen 🇫🇮
+3.30,0 (3)
38.
Sonja Leinamo 🇫🇮
+4.49,0 (4)
49.
Noora Kaisa Kheatnen 🇫🇮
+5.19,9 (1)
57.
Venla Lehtonen 🇫🇮
+5.44,2 (3)
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.
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