The first Biathlon World Championships (BWCH) was held in 1958, with individual and team contests for men.

[1] The Biathlon World Championships of the season takes place during February or March.

Some years it has been necessary to schedule parts of the Championships at other than the main venue because of weather and/or snow conditions.

Full, joint Biathlon World Championships have never been held in Olympic Winter Games seasons.

Biathlon World Championships in non-IOC events, however, have been held in Olympic seasons.

It was a success, and replaced the team competition as an official event in 1966.

Medal table This event, a patrol race, was held from 1989 to 1998.

This event was first held in 2005, at the Biathlon World Cup finals in Khanty-Mansiysk.

In 2021, the starting gender became the result of an alternation: for the first time, men opened the relay and women closed it.

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