Editing Biathlon World Championships (section)

===Mass start (12.5 km)===
This event was first held in 1999.
{| 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 1999|1999]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Olena Zubrilova]]|UKR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Olena Petrova]]|UKR}}
|{{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[Magdalena Forsberg]]|SWE}}}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2000|2000]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Liv Grete Skjelbreid]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Galina Kukleva]]|RUS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Corinne Niogret]]|FRA}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2001|2001]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Magdalena Forsberg]]|SWE}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Martina Beck|Martina Glagow]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Liv Grete Skjelbreid|Liv Grete Poirée]]|NOR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2002|2002]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Olena Zubrilova]]|UKR}} '''(2)'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Olga Medvedtseva|Olga Pyleva]]|RUS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Olga Nazarova (biathlete)|Olga Nazarova]]|BLR|1995}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2003|2003]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Albina Akhatova]]|RUS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Svetlana Ishmouratova]]|RUS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Sandrine Bailly]]|FRA}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2004|2004]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Liv Grete Skjelbreid|Liv Grete Poirée]]|NOR}} '''(2)'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Katrin Apel]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Sandrine Bailly]]|FRA}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2005|2005]]
|{{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[Gro Marit Istad Kristiansen]]|NOR}}}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Anna Carin Zidek|Anna Carin Olofsson]]|SWE}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Olga Medvedtseva|Olga Pyleva]]|RUS}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2007|2007]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Andrea Henkel]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Martina Beck|Martina Glagow]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Kati Wilhelm]]|GER}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2008|2008]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Magdalena Neuner]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Tora Berger]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Ekaterina Iourieva]]|RUS}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2009|2009]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Olga Zaitseva]]|RUS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Anastasiya Kuzmina]]|SVK}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Helena Ekholm|Helena Jonsson]]|SWE}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2011|2011]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Magdalena Neuner]]|GER}} '''(2)'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Darya Domracheva]]|BLR|1995}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Tora Berger]]|NOR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2012|2012]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Tora Berger]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Marie-Laure Brunet]]|FRA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Kaisa Mäkäräinen]]|FIN}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2013|2013]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Darya Domracheva]]|BLR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Tora Berger]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Monika Hojnisz]]|POL}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2015|2015]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Valentyna Semerenko]]|UKR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Franziska Preuß]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Karin Oberhofer]]|ITA}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2016|2016]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Marie Dorin Habert]]|FRA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Laura Dahlmeier]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Kaisa Mäkäräinen]]|FIN}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2017|2017]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Laura Dahlmeier]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Susan Dunklee]]|USA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Kaisa Mäkäräinen]]|FIN}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2019|2019]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Dorothea Wierer]]|ITA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Ekaterina Yurlova-Percht]]|RUS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Denise Herrmann-Wick|Denise Herrmann]]|GER}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2020|2020]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Marte Olsbu Røiseland]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Dorothea Wierer]]|ITA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Hanna Öberg]]|SWE}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2021|2021]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Lisa Theresa Hauser]]|AUT}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Tiril Eckhoff]]|NOR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2023|2023]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Hanna Öberg]]|SWE}}
|{{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold]]|NOR}}}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Julia Simon (biathlete)|Julia Simon]]|FRA}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2024|2024]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Justine Braisaz-Bouchet]]|FRA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Lisa Vittozzi]]|ITA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Lou Jeanmonnot]]|FRA}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2025|2025]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Elvira Öberg]]|SWE}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Océane Michelon]]|FRA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Maren Kirkeeide]]|NOR}}
|}

'''Medal table'''
{{Medals table
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 | team           = 
 | gold_NOR = 5 | silver_NOR = 4 | bronze_NOR = 4
 | gold_GER = 4 | silver_GER = 5 | bronze_GER = 2
 | gold_SWE = 3 | silver_SWE = 1 | bronze_SWE = 3
 | gold_UKR = 3 | silver_UKR = 1 | bronze_UKR = 0
 | gold_RUS = 2 | silver_RUS = 4 | bronze_RUS = 2
 | gold_FRA = 2 | silver_FRA = 2 | bronze_FRA = 5
 | gold_ITA = 1 | silver_ITA = 2 | bronze_ITA = 1
 | gold_BLR = 1 | silver_BLR = 1 | bronze_BLR = 1
 | gold_AUT = 1 | silver_AUT = 0 | bronze_AUT = 0
 | gold_SVK = 0 | silver_SVK = 1 | bronze_SVK = 0
 | gold_USA = 0 | silver_USA = 1 | bronze_USA = 0
 | gold_FIN = 0 | silver_FIN = 0 | bronze_FIN = 3
 | gold_POL = 0 | silver_POL = 0 | bronze_POL = 1
}}