Editing Biathlon World Championships (section)

===Sprint (7.5 km)===
This event was first held in 1984. Through 1988 the distance was 5&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]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Venera Chernyshova]]|USSR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Sanna Grønlid]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Andrea Grossegger]]|AUT}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1985|1985]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Sanna Grønlid]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Kaija Parve]]|USSR}}
|{{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[Venera Chernyshova]]|USSR}}}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1986|1986]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Kaija Parve]]|USSR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Nadiya Billova]]|USSR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Eva Korpela]]|SWE}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1987|1987]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Elena Golovina]]|USSR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Venera Chernyshova]]|USSR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Anne Elvebakk]]|NOR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1988|1988]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Petra Behle|Petra Schaaf]]|FRG}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Eva Korpela]]|SWE}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Anne Elvebakk]]|NOR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1989|1989]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Anne Elvebakk]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Zvetana Krasteva]]|BUL|1971}}
|{{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[Natalia Prikazchikova]]|USSR}}}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1990|1990]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Anne Elvebakk]]|NOR}} (2)
|{{flagathlete|[[Svetlana Petcherskaia|Svetlana Davidova]]|USSR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Elin Kristiansen]]|NOR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1991|1991]]
|{{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo]]|NOR}}}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Svetlana Petcherskaia|Svetlana Davidova]]|USSR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Elena Golovina]]|USSR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1993|1993]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Myriam Bédard]]|CAN}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Nadezhda Talanova]]|RUS|1991}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Elena Belova (biathlete)|Elena Belova]]|RUS|1991}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1995|1995]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Anne Briand]]|FRA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Uschi Disl]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Corinne Niogret]]|FRA}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1996|1996]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Olga Romasko]]|RUS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Ann-Elen Skjelbreid]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Magdalena Forsberg|Magdalena Wallin]]|SWE}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1997|1997]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Olga Romasko]]|RUS}} (2)
|{{flagathlete|[[Olena Zubrilova]]|UKR}}
|{{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[Magdalena Forsberg]]|SWE}}}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1999|1999]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Martina Zellner]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Magdalena Forsberg]]|SWE}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Olena Zubrilova]]|UKR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2000|2000]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Liv Grete Skjelbreid]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Katrin Apel]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Martina Zellner]]|GER}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2001|2001]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Kati Wilhelm]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Uschi Disl]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Liv Grete Skjelbreid|Liv Grete Poirée]]|NOR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2003|2003]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Sylvie Becaert]]|FRA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Olena Petrova]]|UKR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Kateřina Holubcová]]|CZE}}
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Biathlon World Championships 2004|2004]]
|rowspan=2|{{flagathlete|[[Liv Grete Skjelbreid|Liv Grete Poirée]]|NOR}} (2)
|rowspan=2|{{flagathlete|[[Anna Bogaliy-Titovets|Anna Bogaliy]]|RUS}}
|{{flag athl iocc|[[Martina Beck|Martina Glagow]]|GER}}
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Ekaterina Ivanova (biathlete)|Ekaterina Ivanova]]|BLR|1995}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2005|2005]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Uschi Disl]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Olga Zaitseva]]|RUS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Olena Zubrilova]]|BLR|1995}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2007|2007]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Magdalena Neuner]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Anna Carin Zidek|Anna Carin Olofsson]]|SWE}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Natalia Guseva]]|RUS}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2008|2008]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Andrea Henkel]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Albina Akhatova]]|RUS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Oksana Khvostenko]]|UKR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2009|2009]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Kati Wilhelm]]|GER}} (2)
|{{flagathlete|[[Simone Hauswald]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Olga Zaitseva]]|RUS}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2011|2011]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Magdalena Neuner]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Kaisa Mäkäräinen]]|FIN}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Anastasiya Kuzmina]]|SVK}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2012|2012]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Magdalena Neuner]]|GER}} '''(3)'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Darya Domracheva]]|BLR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Vita Semerenko]]|UKR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2013|2013]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Olena Pidhrushna]]|UKR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Tora Berger]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Vita Semerenko]]|UKR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2015|2015]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Marie Dorin Habert]]|FRA}}
|{{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[Weronika Nowakowska|Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak]]|POL}}}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Valentyna Semerenko]]|UKR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2016|2016]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Tiril Eckhoff]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Marie Dorin Habert]]|FRA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Laura Dahlmeier]]|GER}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2017|2017]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Gabriela Soukalová|Gabriela Koukalová]]|CZE}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Laura Dahlmeier]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet|Anaïs Chevalier]]|FRA}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2019|2019]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Anastasiya Kuzmina]]|SVK}}
|{{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold]]|NOR}}}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Laura Dahlmeier]]|GER}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2020|2020]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Marte Olsbu Røiseland]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Susan Dunklee]]|USA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Lucie Charvátová]]|CZE}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2021|2021]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Tiril Eckhoff]]|NOR}} (2)
|{{flagathlete|[[Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet]]|FRA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Hanna Sola]]|BLR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2023|2023]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Denise Herrmann-Wick]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Hanna Öberg]]|SWE}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Linn Persson]]|SWE}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2024|2024]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Julia Simon (biathlete)|Julia Simon]]|FRA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Justine Braisaz-Bouchet]]|FRA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Lou Jeanmonnot]]|FRA}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2025|2025]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Justine Braisaz-Bouchet]]|FRA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Franziska Preuß]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Suvi Minkkinen]]|FIN}}
|}

'''Medal table'''
{{Medals table
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 | team           = 
 | gold_GER = 9 | silver_GER = 6 | bronze_GER = 4
 | gold_NOR = 9 | silver_NOR = 4 | bronze_NOR = 4
 | gold_FRA = 5 | silver_FRA = 3 | bronze_FRA = 3
 | gold_URS = 3 | silver_URS = 5 | bronze_URS = 3 | name_URS=''{{URS}}''
 | gold_RUS = 2 | silver_RUS = 4 | bronze_RUS = 3
 | gold_UKR = 1 | silver_UKR = 2 | bronze_UKR = 5
 | gold_CZE = 1 | silver_CZE = 0 | bronze_CZE = 2
 | gold_SVK = 1 | silver_SVK = 0 | bronze_SVK = 1
 | gold_CAN = 1 | silver_CAN = 0 | bronze_CAN = 0
 | gold_FRG = 1 | silver_FRG = 0 | bronze_FRG = 0 | name_FRG=''{{FRG}}''
 | gold_SWE = 0 | silver_SWE = 4 | bronze_SWE = 4
 | gold_BLR = 0 | silver_BLR = 1 | bronze_BLR = 3
 | gold_FIN = 0 | silver_FIN = 1 | bronze_FIN = 1
 | gold_BUL = 0 | silver_BUL = 1 | bronze_BUL = 0
 | gold_POL = 0 | silver_POL = 1 | bronze_POL = 0
 | gold_USA = 0 | silver_USA = 1 | bronze_USA = 0
 | gold_AUT = 0 | silver_AUT = 0 | bronze_AUT = 1
}}