Editing Biathlon World Championships (section)

===Individual (15 km)===
This event was first held in 1984. Through 1988 the distance was 10&nbsp;km.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:800px;"
|-
! style="width:10%; background:#efefef;" | Season
! style="width:30%; background:gold" |Winner
! style="width:30%; background:silver" |Runner-up
! style="width:30%; background:#CC9966"|Third
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1984|1984]]
|{{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[Venera Chernyshova]]|USSR}}}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Liudmila Zabolotnaya]]|USSR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Tatiana Brylina]]|USSR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1985|1985]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Kaija Parve]]|USSR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Sanna Grønlid]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Eva Korpela]]|SWE}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1986|1986]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Eva Korpela]]|SWE}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Siv Bråten Lunde|Siv Bråten]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Sanna Grønlid]]|NOR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1987|1987]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Sanna Grønlid]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Kaija Parve]]|USSR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Tuija Vuoksiala]]|FIN}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1988|1988]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Anne Elvebakk]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Elin Kristiansen]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Venera Chernyshova]]|USSR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1989|1989]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Petra Behle|Petra Schaaf]]|FRG}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Anne Elvebakk]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Svetlana Petcherskaia|Svetlana Davidova]]|USSR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1990|1990]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Svetlana Petcherskaia|Svetlana Davidova]]|USSR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Elena Golovina]]|USSR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Petra Behle|Petra Schaaf]]|FRG}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1991|1991]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Petra Behle|Petra Schaaf]]|GER}}
|{{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo]]|NOR}}}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Iva Karagiozova-Shkodreva|Iva Schkodreva]]|BUL}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1993|1993]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Petra Behle|Petra Schaaf]]|GER}} '''(3)'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Myriam Bédard]]|CAN}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Svetlana Paramygina]]|BLR|1991}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1995|1995]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Corinne Niogret]]|FRA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Uschi Disl]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Ekaterina Dafovska]]|BUL}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1996|1996]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Emmanuelle Claret]]|FRA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Olga Melnik]]|RUS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Olena Petrova]]|UKR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1997|1997]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Magdalena Forsberg]]|SWE}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Olena Zubrilova]]|UKR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Ekaterina Dafovska]]|BUL}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1999|1999]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Olena Zubrilova]]|UKR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Corinne Niogret]]|FRA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Albina Akhatova]]|RUS}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2000|2000]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Corinne Niogret]]|FRA}} (2)
|{{flagathlete|[[Yu Shumei]]|CHN}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Magdalena Forsberg]]|SWE}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2001|2001]]
|{{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[Magdalena Forsberg]]|SWE}} (2)}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Liv Grete Skjelbreid|Liv Grete Poirée]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Olena Zubrilova]]|UKR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2003|2003]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Kateřina Holubcová]]|CZE}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Olena Zubrilova]]|BLR|1995}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Gunn Margit Andreassen]]|NOR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2004|2004]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Olga Medvedtseva|Olga Pyleva]]|RUS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Albina Akhatova]]|RUS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Olena Petrova]]|UKR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2005|2005]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Andrea Henkel]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Sun Ribo]]|CHN}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Linda Grubben|Linda Tjørhom]]|NOR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2007|2007]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Linda Grubben]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Florence Baverel-Robert]]|FRA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Martina Beck|Martina Glagow]]|GER}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2008|2008]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Ekaterina Iourieva]]|RUS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Martina Beck|Martina Glagow]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Oksana Khvostenko]]|UKR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2009|2009]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Kati Wilhelm]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Teja Gregorin]]|SLO}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Tora Berger]]|NOR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2011|2011]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Helena Ekholm]]|SWE}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Tina Bachmann]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Vita Semerenko]]|UKR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2012|2012]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Tora Berger]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Marie-Laure Brunet]]|FRA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Helena Ekholm]]|SWE}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2013|2013]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Tora Berger]]|NOR}} (2)
|{{flagathlete|[[Andrea Henkel]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Valentyna Semerenko]]|UKR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2015|2015]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Ekaterina Yurlova-Percht|Ekaterina Yurlova]]|RUS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Gabriela Soukalová]]|CZE}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Kaisa Mäkäräinen]]|FIN}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2016|2016]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Marie Dorin Habert]]|FRA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Anaïs Bescond]]|FRA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Laura Dahlmeier]]|GER}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2017|2017]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Laura Dahlmeier]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Gabriela Soukalová|Gabriela Koukalová]]|CZE}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Alexia Runggaldier]]|ITA}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2019|2019]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Hanna Öberg]]|SWE}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Lisa Vittozzi]]|ITA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Justine Braisaz-Bouchet|Justine Braisaz]]|FRA}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2020|2020]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Dorothea Wierer]]|ITA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Vanessa Hinz]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Marte Olsbu Røiseland]]|NOR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2021|2021]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Markéta Davidová]]|CZE}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Hanna Öberg]]|SWE}}
|{{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold]]|NOR}}}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2023|2023]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Hanna Öberg]]|SWE}} (2)
|{{flagathlete|[[Linn Persson]]|SWE}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Lisa Vittozzi]]|ITA}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2024|2024]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Lisa Vittozzi]]|ITA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Janina Hettich-Walz]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Julia Simon (biathlete)|Julia Simon]]|FRA}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2025|2025]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Julia Simon (biathlete)|Julia Simon]]|FRA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Ella Halvarsson]]|SWE}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Lou Jeanmonnot]]|FRA}}
|}

'''Medal table'''
{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = 
 | flag_template  = flagcountry
 | event          = 
 | team           = 
 | gold_SWE = 6 | silver_SWE = 3 | bronze_SWE = 3
 | gold_NOR = 5 | silver_NOR = 6 | bronze_NOR = 6
 | gold_GER = 5 | silver_GER = 6 | bronze_GER = 2
 | gold_FRA = 5 | silver_FRA = 4 | bronze_FRA = 3
 | gold_URS = 3 | silver_URS = 3 | bronze_URS = 3 | name_URS=''{{URS}}''
 | gold_RUS = 3 | silver_RUS = 2 | bronze_RUS = 1
 | gold_CZE = 2 | silver_CZE = 2 | bronze_CZE = 0
 | gold_ITA = 2 | silver_ITA = 1 | bronze_ITA = 2
 | gold_UKR = 1 | silver_UKR = 1 | bronze_UKR = 6
 | gold_FRG = 1 | silver_FRG = 0 | bronze_FRG = 1 | name_FRG=''{{FRG}}''
 | gold_CHN = 0 | silver_CHN = 2 | bronze_CHN = 0
 | gold_BLR = 0 | silver_BLR = 1 | bronze_BLR = 1
 | gold_CAN = 0 | silver_CAN = 1 | bronze_CAN = 0
 | gold_SLO = 0 | silver_SLO = 1 | bronze_SLO = 0
 | gold_BUL = 0 | silver_BUL = 0 | bronze_BUL = 3
 | gold_FIN = 0 | silver_FIN = 0 | bronze_FIN = 2
}}