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The first Biathlon World Championship (BWCH) was held in 1958, with individual (official) and relay (unofficial) contests for men. The number of events has grown significantly over the years. Beginning in 1984, women biathletes had their own World Championships, and finally, from 1989, both genders have been participating in joint BWCHs.1 BWCH venues
The season's BWCH takes place during February or March. Some years it has been necessary to schedule parts of the Championship at other than the main venue because of weather and/or snow conditions. Full, joint BWCHs are never held in Olympic Winter Games seasons (instead, BWCHs in non-IOC events have been held in Olympic seasons).
- 1958 Saalfelden , Austria
- 1959 Courmayer , Italy
- 1961 Umeå, Sweden
- 1962 Hämeenlinna-Tavastehus, Finland
- 1963 Seefeld , Austria
- 1965 Elverum, Norway
- 1966 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany
- 1967 Altenberg , East GermanyFor the historical eastern German provinces, see Eastern Germany East Germany officially the German Democratic Republic GDR , German Deutsche Demokratische Republik DDR , was a Communist Party-led state that existed from 1949 to 1990 in the former Soviet
- 1969 ZakopaneZakopane (pronounce: Media:Zakopane. ogg|[zako'pan]]]) is a town in southern Poland with approximately 30,000 inhabitants (1995), situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodship since 1999 (it was previously in Nowy Sacz Voivodship from 1975-1998). The town call, PolandThe Republic of Poland a country in Central Europe, lies between Germany to the west, the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south, Ukraine and Belarus to the east, and the Baltic Sea, Lithuania and Russia (in the form of the Kaliningrad Oblast exclave) t
- 1970 Östersund, Sweden
- 1971 Hämeenlinna-Tavastehus, Finland
- 1973 Lake PlacidLake Placid is the name of some places in the United States of America: Lake Placid, Florida Lake Placid, New York Lake Placid is also a lake in the state of New York (see Lake Placid (lake)). Lake Placid is also the name of a film. See Lake Placid (film), USA
- 1974 Minsk, USSR
- 1975 Antholz-Anterselva , Italy
- 1976 Antholz-Anterselva , Italy (sprint only)
- 1977 Lillehammer-Vingrom, Norway
- 1978 Hochfilzen, Austria
- 1979 Ruhpolding, West Germany
- 1981 Lahti, Finland
- 1982 Minsk, USSR
- 1983 Antholz-Anterselva , Italy
- 1984 Chamonix, France (women)
- 1985 Ruhpolding, West Germany (men) and Egg, Switzerland (women)
- 1986 Oslo, Norway (men) and Falun, Sweden (women)
- 1987 Lake Placid, USA (men) and Lahti, Finland (women)
- 1988 Chamonix, France (women)
- 1989 Feistritz , Austria
- 1990 Minsk, USSR; Oslo, Norway; and Kontiolahti, Finland
- 1991 Lahti, Finland
- 1992 Novosibirsk, Russia (team only)
- 1993 Borovetz , Bulgaria
- 1994 Canmore, Canada (team only)
- 1995 Antholz-Anterselva , Italy
- 1996 Ruhpolding, Germany
- 1997 Brezno-Osrblie , Slovakia
- 1998 Pokljuka , Slovenia (pursuit only) and Hochfilzen, Austria (team only)
- 1999 Kontiolahti, Finland and Oslo, Norway
- 2000 Oslo, Norway and Lahti, Finland
- 2001 Pokljuka , Slovenia
- 2003 Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
- 2004 Oberhof, Germany
- 2005 Hochfilzen, Austria (scheduled March 4 to 13)
- 2007 Martell-Val Martello , Italy
- 2008 Östersund, Sweden
- 2009 PyeongChang , South Korea
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