Editing Biathlon World Championships (section)

===Pursuit (10 km)===
This event was first held in 1997.
{| 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 1997|1997]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Magdalena Forsberg]]|SWE}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Olena Zubrilova]]|UKR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Olga Romasko]]|RUS}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1998|1998]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Magdalena Forsberg]]|SWE}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Corinne Niogret]]|FRA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Martina Zellner]]|GER}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1999|1999]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Olena Zubrilova]]|UKR}}
|{{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[Martina Halinárová|Martina Schwarzbacherová]]|SVK}}}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Martina Zellner]]|GER}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2000|2000]]
|{{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[Magdalena Forsberg]]|SWE}} '''(3)'''}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Uschi Disl]]|GER}}
|{{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[Florence Baverel-Robert]]|FRA}}}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2001|2001]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Liv Grete Skjelbreid|Liv Grete Poirée]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Corinne Niogret]]|FRA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Magdalena Forsberg]]|SWE}}
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Biathlon World Championships 2003|2003]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Sandrine Bailly]]|FRA}}
|rowspan=2|''None awarded''
|rowspan=2|{{flagathlete|[[Svetlana Ishmouratova]]|RUS}}
|-
|{{flag athl iocc|[[Martina Beck|Martina Glagow]]|GER}}
|-
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2004|2004]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Liv Grete Skjelbreid|Liv Grete Poirée]]|NOR}} (2)
|{{flagathlete|[[Martina Beck|Martina Glagow]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Anna Bogaliy-Titovets|Anna Bogaliy]]|RUS}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2005|2005]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Uschi Disl]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Liu Xianying]]|CHN}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Olga Zaitseva]]|RUS}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2007|2007]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Magdalena Neuner]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Linda Grubben]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Anna Carin Zidek|Anna Carin Olofsson]]|SWE}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2008|2008]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Andrea Henkel]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Ekaterina Iourieva]]|RUS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Albina Akhatova]]|RUS}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2009|2009]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Helena Ekholm|Helena Jonsson]]|SWE}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Kati Wilhelm]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Olga Zaitseva]]|RUS}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2011|2011]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Kaisa Mäkäräinen]]|FIN}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Magdalena Neuner]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Helena Ekholm]]|SWE}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2012|2012]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Darya Domracheva]]|BLR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Magdalena Neuner]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Olga Vilukhina]]|RUS}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2013|2013]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Tora Berger]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Krystyna Guzik|Krystyna Pałka]]|POL}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Olena Pidhrushna]]|UKR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2015|2015]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Marie Dorin Habert]]|FRA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Laura Dahlmeier]]|GER}}
|{{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[Weronika Nowakowska|Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak]]|POL}}}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2016|2016]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Laura Dahlmeier]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Dorothea Wierer]]|ITA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Marie Dorin Habert]]|FRA}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2017|2017]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Laura Dahlmeier]]|GER}} (2)
|{{flagathlete|[[Darya Domracheva]]|BLR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Gabriela Soukalová|Gabriela Koukalová]]|CZE}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2019|2019]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Denise Herrmann-Wick|Denise Herrmann]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Tiril Eckhoff]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Laura Dahlmeier]]|GER}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2020|2020]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Dorothea Wierer]]|ITA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Denise Herrmann-Wick|Denise Herrmann]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Marte Olsbu Røiseland]]|NOR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2021|2021]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Tiril Eckhoff]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Lisa Theresa Hauser]]|AUT}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet]]|FRA}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2023|2023]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Julia Simon (biathlete)|Julia Simon]]|FRA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Denise Herrmann-Wick]]|GER}}
|{{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[Marte Olsbu Røiseland]]|NOR}}}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2024|2024]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Julia Simon (biathlete)|Julia Simon]]|FRA}} (2)
|{{flagathlete|[[Lisa Vittozzi]]|ITA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Justine Braisaz-Bouchet]]|FRA}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2025|2025]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Franziska Preuß]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Elvira Öberg]]|SWE}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Justine Braisaz-Bouchet]]|FRA}}
|}

'''Medal table'''
{{Medals table
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 | host           = 
 | flag_template  = flagcountry
 | event          = 
 | team           = 
 | gold_GER = 8 | silver_GER = 8 | bronze_GER = 3
 | gold_FRA = 4 | silver_FRA = 2 | bronze_FRA = 5
 | gold_NOR = 4 | silver_NOR = 2 | bronze_NOR = 2
 | gold_SWE = 4 | silver_SWE = 1 | bronze_SWE = 3
 | gold_ITA = 1 | silver_ITA = 2 | bronze_ITA = 0
 | gold_UKR = 1 | silver_UKR = 1 | bronze_UKR = 1
 | gold_BLR = 1 | silver_BLR = 1 | bronze_BLR = 0
 | gold_FIN = 1 | silver_FIN = 0 | bronze_FIN = 0
 | gold_RUS = 0 | silver_RUS = 1 | bronze_RUS = 7
 | gold_POL = 0 | silver_POL = 1 | bronze_POL = 1
 | gold_AUT = 0 | silver_AUT = 1 | bronze_AUT = 0
 | gold_CHN = 0 | silver_CHN = 1 | bronze_CHN = 0
 | gold_SVK = 0 | silver_SVK = 1 | bronze_SVK = 0
 | gold_CZE = 0 | silver_CZE = 0 | bronze_CZE = 1
}}