Editing Biathlon World Championships (section)

==Men==
Numbers in brackets denotes number of victories in corresponding disciplines. Boldface denotes record number of victories.

===Individual (20 km)===
This event was first held in 1958.
{| 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 1958|1958]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Adolf Wiklund (biathlete)|Adolf Wiklund]]|SWE}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Olle Gunneriusson]]|SWE}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Viktor Butakov]]|USSR|1955}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1959|1959]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Melanin]]|USSR|1955}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Dmitri Sokolov (biathlete)|Dmitri Sokolov]]|USSR|1955}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Sven Agge]]|SWE}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1961|1961]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Kalevi Huuskonen]]|FIN}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Aleksandr Privalov]]|USSR|1955}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Paavo Repo]]|FIN}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1962|1962]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Melanin]]|USSR|1955}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Antti Tyrväinen]]|FIN}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Valentin Pshenitsyn]]|USSR|1955}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1963|1963]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Melanin]]|USSR|1955}} (3)
|{{flagathlete|[[Antti Tyrväinen]]|FIN}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Hannu Posti]]|FIN}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1965|1965]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Olav Jordet]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Nikolay Puzanov]]|USSR|1955}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Antti Tyrväinen]]|FIN}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1966|1966]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Jon Istad]]|NOR}}
|{{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[Józef Gąsienica Sobczak]]|POL|1928}}}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Gundartsev]]|USSR|1955}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1967|1967]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Viktor Mamatov]]|USSR|1955}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Stanisław Szczepaniak]]|POL|1928}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Jon Istad]]|NOR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1969|1969]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Alexander Tikhonov]]|USSR|1955}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Rinnat Safin]]|USSR|1955}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Magnar Solberg]]|NOR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1970|1970]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Alexander Tikhonov]]|USSR|1955}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Tor Svendsberget]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Viktor Mamatov]]|USSR|1955}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1971|1971]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Dieter Speer]]|GDR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Alexander Tikhonov]]|USSR|1955}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Magnar Solberg]]|NOR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1973|1973]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Alexander Tikhonov]]|USSR|1955}} (3)
|{{flagathlete|[[Gennady Kovalev (biathlete)|Gennady Kovalev]]|USSR|1955}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Tor Svendsberget]]|NOR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1974|1974]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Juhani Suutarinen]]|FIN}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Gheorghe Gârniță]]|ROU|1965}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Tor Svendsberget]]|NOR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1975|1975]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Heikki Ikola]]|FIN}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Nikolay Kruglov]]|USSR|1955}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Esko Saira]]|FIN}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1977|1977]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Heikki Ikola]]|FIN}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Sigleif Johansen]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Alexander Tikhonov]]|USSR|1955}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1978|1978]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Odd Lirhus]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Frank Ullrich]]|GDR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Eberhard Rösch]]|GDR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1979|1979]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Klaus Siebert]]|GDR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Alexander Tikhonov]]|USSR|1955}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Sigleif Johansen]]|NOR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1981|1981]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Heikki Ikola]]|FIN}} (3)
|{{flagathlete|[[Frank Ullrich]]|GDR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Erkki Antila]]|FIN}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1982|1982]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Frank Ullrich]]|GDR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Eirik Kvalfoss]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Terje Krokstad]]|NOR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1983|1983]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Frank Ullrich]]|GDR}} (2)
|{{flagathlete|[[Frank-Peter Roetsch]]|GDR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Peter Angerer]]|FRG}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1985|1985]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Juri Kashkarov]]|USSR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Frank-Peter Roetsch]]|GDR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Tapio Piipponen]]|FIN}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1986|1986]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Valeriy Medvedtsev]]|USSR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[André Sehmisch]]|GDR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Alfred Eder]]|AUT}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1987|1987]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Frank-Peter Roetsch]]|GDR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Josh Thompson (biathlete)|Josh Thompson]]|USA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Jan Matouš]]|TCH}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1989|1989]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Eirik Kvalfoss]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Gisle Fenne]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Fritz Fischer (biathlete)|Fritz Fischer]]|FRG}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1990|1990]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Valeriy Medvedtsev]]|USSR}} (2)
|{{flagathlete|[[Sergei Tchepikov]]|USSR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Anatoly Zhdanovich]]|USSR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1991|1991]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Mark Kirchner]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Aleksandr Popov (biathlete)|Aleksandr Popov]]|USSR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Eirik Kvalfoss]]|NOR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1993|1993]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Andreas Zingerle]]|ITA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Sergei Tarasov (biathlete)|Sergei Tarasov]]|RUS|1991}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Sergei Tchepikov]]|RUS|1991}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1995|1995]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Tomasz Sikora]]|POL}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Jon Åge Tyldum]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Oleg Ryzhenkov]]|BLR|1991}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1996|1996]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Sergei Tarasov (biathlete)|Sergei Tarasov]]|RUS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Drachev]]|RUS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Vadim Sashurin]]|BLR|1995}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1997|1997]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Ricco Groß]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Oleg Ryzhenkov]]|BLR|1995}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Ludwig Gredler]]|AUT}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1999|1999]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Sven Fischer]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Ricco Groß]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Vadim Sashurin]]|BLR|1995}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2000|2000]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Wolfgang Rottmann]]|AUT}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Ludwig Gredler]]|AUT}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Frank Luck]]|GER}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2001|2001]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Paavo Puurunen]]|FIN}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Vadim Sashurin]]|BLR|1995}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Ilmārs Bricis]]|LAT}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2003|2003]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Halvard Hanevold]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Vesa Hietalahti]]|FIN}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Ricco Groß]]|GER}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2004|2004]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Raphaël Poirée]]|FRA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Tomasz Sikora]]|POL}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Ole Einar Bjørndalen]]|NOR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2005|2005]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Roman Dostál]]|CZE}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Michael Greis]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Ricco Groß]]|GER}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2007|2007]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Raphaël Poirée]]|FRA}} (2)
|{{flagathlete|[[Michael Greis]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Michal Šlesingr]]|CZE}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2008|2008]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Emil Hegle Svendsen]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Ole Einar Bjørndalen]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Maxim Maksimov]]|RUS}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2009|2009]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Ole Einar Bjørndalen]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Christoph Stephan]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Jakov Fak]]|CRO}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2011|2011]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Tarjei Bø]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Maxim Maksimov]]|RUS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Christoph Sumann]]|AUT}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2012|2012]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Jakov Fak]]|SLO}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Simon Fourcade]]|FRA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Jaroslav Soukup]]|CZE}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2013|2013]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Martin Fourcade]]|FRA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Tim Burke (biathlete)|Tim Burke]]|USA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Fredrik Lindström (biathlete)|Fredrik Lindström]]|SWE}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2015|2015]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Martin Fourcade]]|FRA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Emil Hegle Svendsen]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Ondřej Moravec]]|CZE}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2016|2016]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Martin Fourcade]]|FRA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Dominik Landertinger]]|AUT}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Simon Eder]]|AUT}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2017|2017]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Lowell Bailey]]|USA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Ondřej Moravec]]|CZE}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Martin Fourcade]]|FRA}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2019|2019]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Arnd Peiffer]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Iliev]]|BUL}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Tarjei Bø]]|NOR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2020|2020]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Martin Fourcade]]|FRA}} '''(4)'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Johannes Thingnes Bø]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Dominik Landertinger]]|AUT}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2021|2021]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Sturla Holm Lægreid]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Arnd Peiffer]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Johannes Dale-Skjevdal|Johannes Dale]]|NOR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2023|2023]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Johannes Thingnes Bø]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Sturla Holm Lægreid]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Sebastian Samuelsson]]|SWE}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2024|2024]]
|{{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[Johannes Thingnes Bø]]|NOR}} (2)}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Tarjei Bø]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Benedikt Doll]]|GER}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2025|2025]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Éric Perrot]]|FRA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Tommaso Giacomel]]|ITA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Quentin Fillon Maillet]]|FRA}}
|}

'''Medal table'''
{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = 
 | flag_template  = flagcountry
 | event          = 
 | team           = 
 | gold_NOR = 11 | silver_NOR = 10 | bronze_NOR = 11
 | gold_URS = 10 | silver_URS = 10 | bronze_URS = 6 | name_URS=''{{URS}}''
 | gold_FRA = 7 | silver_FRA = 1 | bronze_FRA = 2
 | gold_FIN = 6 | silver_FIN = 3 | bronze_FIN = 6
 | gold_GDR = 5 | silver_GDR = 5 | bronze_GDR = 1 | name_GDR=''{{GDR}}''
 | gold_GER = 4 | silver_GER = 5 | bronze_GER = 4
 | gold_RUS = 1 | silver_RUS = 3 | bronze_RUS = 2
 | gold_POL = 1 | silver_POL = 3 | bronze_POL = 0
 | gold_AUT = 1 | silver_AUT = 2 | bronze_AUT = 5
 | gold_USA = 1 | silver_USA = 2 | bronze_USA = 0
 | gold_CZE = 1 | silver_CZE = 1 | bronze_CZE = 3
 | gold_SWE = 1 | silver_SWE = 1 | bronze_SWE = 3
 | gold_ITA = 1 | silver_ITA = 1 | bronze_ITA = 0
 | gold_SLO = 1 | silver_SLO = 0 | bronze_SLO = 0
 | gold_BLR = 0 | silver_BLR = 2 | bronze_BLR = 3
 | gold_BUL = 0 | silver_BUL = 1 | bronze_BUL = 0
 | gold_ROU = 0 | silver_ROU = 1 | bronze_ROU = 0
 | gold_FRG = 0 | silver_FRG = 0 | bronze_FRG = 2 | name_FRG=''{{FRG}}''
 | gold_CRO = 0 | silver_CRO = 0 | bronze_CRO = 1
 | gold_TCH = 0 | silver_TCH = 0 | bronze_TCH = 1 | name_TCH=''{{TCH}}''
 | gold_LAT = 0 | silver_LAT = 0 | bronze_LAT = 1
}}

===Sprint (10 km)===
This event was first held in 1974.

{| 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 1974|1974]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Juhani Suutarinen]]|FIN}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Günther Bartnick]]|GDR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Torsten Wadman]]|SWE}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1975|1975]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Nikolay Kruglov]]|USSR|1955}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Aleksandr Elizarov]]|USSR|1955}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Klaus Siebert]]|GDR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1976|1976]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Alexander Tikhonov]]|USSR|1955}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Aleksandr Elizarov]]|USSR|1955}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Nikolay Kruglov]]|USSR|1955}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1977|1977]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Alexander Tikhonov]]|USSR|1955}} (2)
|{{flagathlete|[[Nikolay Kruglov]]|USSR|1955}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Alexander Ushakov (Biathlete)|Alexander Ushakov]]|USSR|1955}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1978|1978]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Frank Ullrich]]|GDR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Eberhard Rösch]]|GDR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Klaus Siebert]]|GDR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1979|1979]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Frank Ullrich]]|GDR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Odd Lirhus]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Luigi Weiss]]|ITA}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1981|1981]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Frank Ullrich]]|GDR}} (3)
|{{flagathlete|[[Erkki Antila]]|FIN}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Yvon Mougel]]|FRA}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1982|1982]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Eirik Kvalfoss]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Frank Ullrich]]|GDR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Alikin]]|USSR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1983|1983]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Eirik Kvalfoss]]|NOR}} (2)
|{{flagathlete|[[Peter Angerer]]|FRG}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Alfred Eder]]|AUT}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1985|1985]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Frank-Peter Roetsch]]|GDR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Eirik Kvalfoss]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Johann Passler]]|ITA}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1986|1986]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Valeriy Medvedtsev]]|USSR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Franz Schuler]]|AUT}}
|{{flagathlete|[[André Sehmisch]]|GDR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1987|1987]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Frank-Peter Roetsch]]|GDR}} (2)
|{{flagathlete|[[Matthias Jacob]]|GDR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[André Sehmisch]]|GDR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1989|1989]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Frank Luck]]|GDR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Eirik Kvalfoss]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Juri Kashkarov]]|USSR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1990|1990]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Mark Kirchner]]|GDR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Eirik Kvalfoss]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Sergei Tchepikov]]|USSR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1991|1991]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Mark Kirchner]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Frank Luck]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Eirik Kvalfoss]]|NOR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1993|1993]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Mark Kirchner]]|GER}} (3)
|{{flagathlete|[[Jon Åge Tyldum]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Sergei Tarasov (biathlete)|Sergei Tarasov]]|RUS|1991}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1995|1995]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Patrice Bailly-Salins]]|FRA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Pavel Muslimov]]|RUS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Ricco Groß]]|GER}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1996|1996]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Drachev]]|RUS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Viktor Maigourov]]|RUS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[René Cattarinussi]]|ITA}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1997|1997]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Wilfried Pallhuber]]|ITA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[René Cattarinussi]]|ITA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Oleg Ryzhenkov]]|BLR|1995}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1999|1999]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Frank Luck]]|GER}} (2)
|{{flagathlete|[[Patrick Favre]]|ITA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Frode Andresen]]|NOR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2000|2000]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Frode Andresen]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Pavel Rostovtsev]]|RUS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[René Cattarinussi]]|ITA}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2001|2001]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Pavel Rostovtsev]]|RUS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[René Cattarinussi]]|ITA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Halvard Hanevold]]|NOR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2003|2003]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Ole Einar Bjørndalen]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Ricco Groß]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Zdeněk Vítek]]|CZE}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2004|2004]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Raphaël Poirée]]|FRA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Ricco Groß]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Ole Einar Bjørndalen]]|NOR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2005|2005]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Ole Einar Bjørndalen]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Sven Fischer]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Ilmārs Bricis]]|LAT}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2007|2007]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Ole Einar Bjørndalen]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Michal Šlesingr]]|CZE}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Andriy Deryzemlya]]|UKR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2008|2008]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Maxim Chudov]]|RUS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Halvard Hanevold]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Ole Einar Bjørndalen]]|NOR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2009|2009]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Ole Einar Bjørndalen]]|NOR}} '''(4)'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Lars Berger]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Halvard Hanevold]]|NOR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2011|2011]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Arnd Peiffer]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Martin Fourcade]]|FRA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Tarjei Bø]]|NOR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2012|2012]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Martin Fourcade]]|FRA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Emil Hegle Svendsen]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Carl Johan Bergman]]|SWE}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2013|2013]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Emil Hegle Svendsen]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Martin Fourcade]]|FRA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Jakov Fak]]|SLO}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2015|2015]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Johannes Thingnes Bø]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Nathan Smith (biathlete)|Nathan Smith]]|CAN}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Tarjei Bø]]|NOR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2016|2016]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Martin Fourcade]]|FRA}} (2)
|{{flagathlete|[[Ole Einar Bjørndalen]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Serhiy Semenov]]|UKR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2017|2017]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Benedikt Doll]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Johannes Thingnes Bø]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Martin Fourcade]]|FRA}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2019|2019]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Johannes Thingnes Bø]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Alexander Loginov (biathlon)|Alexander Loginov]]|RUS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Quentin Fillon Maillet]]|FRA}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2020|2020]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Alexander Loginov (biathlon)|Alexander Loginov]]|RUS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Quentin Fillon Maillet]]|FRA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Martin Fourcade]]|FRA}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2021|2021]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Martin Ponsiluoma]]|SWE}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Simon Desthieux]]|FRA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Émilien Jacquelin]]|FRA}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2023|2023]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Johannes Thingnes Bø]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Tarjei Bø]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Sturla Holm Lægreid]]|NOR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2024|2024]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Sturla Holm Lægreid]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Johannes Thingnes Bø]]|NOR}}
|{{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen]]|NOR}}}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2025|2025]]
|{{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[Johannes Thingnes Bø]]|NOR}} '''(4)'''}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Campbell Wright]]|USA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Quentin Fillon Maillet]]|FRA}}
|}

'''Medal table'''
{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = 
 | flag_template  = flagcountry
 | event          = 
 | team           = 
 | gold_NOR = 13 | silver_NOR = 12 | bronze_NOR = 10
 | gold_GDR = 7 | silver_GDR = 4 | bronze_GDR = 4 | name_GDR=''{{GDR}}''
 | gold_GER = 5 | silver_GER = 4 | bronze_GER = 1
 | gold_FRA = 4 | silver_FRA = 4 | bronze_FRA = 6
 | gold_RUS = 4 | silver_RUS = 4 | bronze_RUS = 1
 | gold_URS = 4 | silver_URS = 3 | bronze_URS = 5 | name_URS=''{{URS}}''
 | gold_ITA = 1 | silver_ITA = 3 | bronze_ITA = 4
 | gold_FIN = 1 | silver_FIN = 1 | bronze_FIN = 0
 | gold_AUT = 0 | silver_AUT = 1 | bronze_AUT = 1
 | gold_CZE = 0 | silver_CZE = 1 | bronze_CZE = 1
 | gold_CAN = 0 | silver_CAN = 1 | bronze_CAN = 0
 | gold_USA = 0 | silver_USA = 1 | bronze_USA = 0
 | gold_FRG = 0 | silver_FRG = 1 | bronze_FRG = 0 | name_FRG=''{{FRG}}''
 | gold_SWE = 1 | silver_SWE = 0 | bronze_SWE = 2
 | gold_UKR = 0 | silver_UKR = 0 | bronze_UKR = 2
 | gold_BLR = 0 | silver_BLR = 0 | bronze_BLR = 1
 | gold_LAT = 0 | silver_LAT = 0 | bronze_LAT = 1
 | gold_SLO = 0 | silver_SLO = 0 | bronze_SLO = 1
}}

===Pursuit (12.5 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|[[Viktor Maigourov]]|RUS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Sergei Tarasov (biathlete)|Sergei Tarasov]]|RUS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Ole Einar Bjørndalen]]|NOR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1998|1998]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Drachev]]|RUS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Ole Einar Bjørndalen]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Raphaël Poirée]]|FRA}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1999|1999]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Ricco Groß]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Frank Luck]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Sven Fischer]]|GER}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2000|2000]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Frank Luck]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Pavel Rostovtsev]]|RUS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Raphaël Poirée]]|FRA}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2001|2001]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Pavel Rostovtsev]]|RUS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Raphaël Poirée]]|FRA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Sven Fischer]]|GER}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2003|2003]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Ricco Groß]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Halvard Hanevold]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Paavo Puurunen]]|FIN}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2004|2004]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Ricco Groß]]|GER}} (3)
|{{flagathlete|[[Raphaël Poirée]]|FRA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Ole Einar Bjørndalen]]|NOR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2005|2005]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Ole Einar Bjørndalen]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Sergei Tchepikov]]|RUS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Sven Fischer]]|GER}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2007|2007]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Ole Einar Bjørndalen]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Maxim Chudov]]|RUS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Vincent Defrasne]]|FRA}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2008|2008]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Ole Einar Bjørndalen]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Maxim Chudov]]|RUS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Alexander Wolf]]|GER}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2009|2009]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Ole Einar Bjørndalen]]|NOR}} '''(4)'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Maxim Chudov]]|RUS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Alexander Os]]|NOR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2011|2011]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Martin Fourcade]]|FRA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Emil Hegle Svendsen]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Tarjei Bø]]|NOR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2012|2012]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Martin Fourcade]]|FRA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Carl Johan Bergman]]|SWE}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Anton Shipulin]]|RUS}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2013|2013]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Emil Hegle Svendsen]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Martin Fourcade]]|FRA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Anton Shipulin]]|RUS}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2015|2015]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Erik Lesser]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Anton Shipulin]]|RUS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Tarjei Bø]]|NOR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2016|2016]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Martin Fourcade]]|FRA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Ole Einar Bjørndalen]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Emil Hegle Svendsen]]|NOR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2017|2017]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Martin Fourcade]]|FRA}} '''(4)'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Johannes Thingnes Bø]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Ole Einar Bjørndalen]]|NOR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2019|2019]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Dmytro Pidruchnyi]]|UKR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Johannes Thingnes Bø]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Quentin Fillon Maillet]]|FRA}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2020|2020]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Émilien Jacquelin]]|FRA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Johannes Thingnes Bø]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Alexander Loginov (biathlon)|Alexander Loginov]]|RUS}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2021|2021]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Émilien Jacquelin]]|FRA}} (2)
|{{flagathlete|[[Sebastian Samuelsson]]|SWE}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Johannes Thingnes Bø]]|NOR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2023|2023]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Johannes Thingnes Bø]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Sturla Holm Lægreid]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Sebastian Samuelsson]]|SWE}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2024|2024]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Johannes Thingnes Bø]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Sturla Holm Lægreid]]|NOR}}
|{{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen]]|NOR}}}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2025|2025]]
|{{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[Johannes Thingnes Bø]]|NOR}} (3)}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Campbell Wright]]|USA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Éric Perrot]]|FRA}}
|}

'''Medal table'''
{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = 
 | flag_template  = flagcountry
 | event          = 
 | team           = 
 | gold_NOR = 8 | silver_NOR = 9 | bronze_NOR = 9
 | gold_FRA = 6 | silver_FRA = 3 | bronze_FRA = 5
 | gold_GER = 5 | silver_GER = 1 | bronze_GER = 4
 | gold_RUS = 3 | silver_RUS = 7 | bronze_RUS = 3
 | gold_UKR = 1 | silver_UKR = 0 | bronze_UKR = 0
 | gold_SWE = 0 | silver_SWE = 2 | bronze_SWE = 1
 | gold_USA = 0 | silver_USA = 1 | bronze_USA = 0
 | gold_FIN = 0 | silver_FIN = 0 | bronze_FIN = 1
}}

===Mass start (15 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|[[Sven Fischer]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Drachev]]|RUS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Ole Einar Bjørndalen]]|NOR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2000|2000]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Raphaël Poirée]]|FRA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Pavel Rostovtsev]]|RUS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Ole Einar Bjørndalen]]|NOR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2001|2001]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Raphaël Poirée]]|FRA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Ole Einar Bjørndalen]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Sven Fischer]]|GER}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2002|2002]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Raphaël Poirée]]|FRA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Sven Fischer]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Frode Andresen]]|NOR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2003|2003]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Ole Einar Bjørndalen]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Sven Fischer]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Raphaël Poirée]]|FRA}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2004|2004]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Raphaël Poirée]]|FRA}} '''(4)'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Lars Berger]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Sergei Konovalov (biathlete)|Sergei Konovalov]]|RUS}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2005|2005]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Ole Einar Bjørndalen]]|NOR}} (2)
|{{flagathlete|[[Sven Fischer]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Raphaël Poirée]]|FRA}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2007|2007]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Michael Greis]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Andreas Birnbacher]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Raphaël Poirée]]|FRA}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2008|2008]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Emil Hegle Svendsen]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Ole Einar Bjørndalen]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Maxim Chudov]]|RUS}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2009|2009]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Dominik Landertinger]]|AUT}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Christoph Sumann]]|AUT}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Ivan Tcherezov]]|RUS}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2011|2011]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Emil Hegle Svendsen]]|NOR}} (2)
|{{flagathlete|[[Evgeny Ustyugov]]|RUS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Lukas Hofer]]|ITA}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2012|2012]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Martin Fourcade]]|FRA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Björn Ferry]]|SWE}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Fredrik Lindström (biathlete)|Fredrik Lindström]]|SWE}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2013|2013]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Tarjei Bø]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Anton Shipulin]]|RUS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Emil Hegle Svendsen]]|NOR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2015|2015]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Jakov Fak]]|SLO}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Ondřej Moravec]]|CZE}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Tarjei Bø]]|NOR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2016|2016]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Johannes Thingnes Bø]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Martin Fourcade]]|FRA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Ole Einar Bjørndalen]]|NOR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2017|2017]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Simon Schempp]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Johannes Thingnes Bø]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Simon Eder]]|AUT}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2019|2019]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Dominik Windisch]]|ITA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Antonin Guigonnat]]|FRA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Julian Eberhard]]|AUT}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2020|2020]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Johannes Thingnes Bø]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Quentin Fillon Maillet]]|FRA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Émilien Jacquelin]]|FRA}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2021|2021]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Sturla Holm Lægreid]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Johannes Dale-Skjevdal|Johannes Dale]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Quentin Fillon Maillet]]|FRA}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2023|2023]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Sebastian Samuelsson]]|SWE}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Martin Ponsiluoma]]|SWE}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Johannes Thingnes Bø]]|NOR}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2024|2024]]
|{{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[Johannes Thingnes Bø]]|NOR}} (3)}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Andrejs Rastorgujevs]]|LAT}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Quentin Fillon Maillet]]|FRA}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2025|2025]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Endre Strømsheim]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Sturla Holm Lægreid]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Johannes Thingnes Bø]]|NOR}}
|}

'''Medal table'''
{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = 
 | flag_template  = flagcountry
 | event          = 
 | team           = 
 | gold_NOR = 10 | silver_NOR = 6 | bronze_NOR = 8
 | gold_FRA = 5 | silver_FRA = 3 | bronze_FRA = 6
 | gold_GER = 3 | silver_GER = 4 | bronze_GER = 1
 | gold_SWE = 1 | silver_SWE = 2 | bronze_SWE = 1
 | gold_AUT = 1 | silver_AUT = 1 | bronze_AUT = 2
 | gold_ITA = 1 | silver_ITA = 0 | bronze_ITA = 1
 | gold_SLO = 1 | silver_SLO = 0 | bronze_SLO = 0
 | gold_RUS = 0 | silver_RUS = 4 | bronze_RUS = 3
 | gold_CZE = 0 | silver_CZE = 1 | bronze_CZE = 0
 | gold_LAT = 0 | silver_LAT = 1 | bronze_LAT = 0
}}

===Relay (4 × 7.5 km)===
This event was first held unofficially in [[Biathlon World Championships 1965|1965]]. It was a success, and replaced
the team competition as an official event in 1966.
{| 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 1966|1966]]
|{{Relay|{{NOR}}|[[Jon Istad]]|[[Ragnar Tveiten]]|[[Ivar Nordkild]]|[[Olav Jordet]]}}
|{{Relay|{{flagcountry|POL|1928}}|[[Józef Gąsienica Sobczak]]|[[Stanisław Szczepaniak]]|[[Stanisław Łukaszczyk]]|[[Józef Rubiś]]}}
|{{Relay|{{SWE}}|[[Olle Petrusson]]|[[Tore Eriksson]]|[[Holmfrid Olsson]]|[[Sture Ohlin]]}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1967|1967]]
|{{Relay|{{NOR}}|[[Jon Istad]] (2)|[[Ragnar Tveiten]] (2)|[[Ola Wærhaug]]|[[Olav Jordet]] (2)}}
|{{Relay|{{flagcountry|URS|1955}}|[[Alexander Tikhonov]]|[[Viktor Mamatov]]|[[Rinnat Safin]]|[[Nikolay Puzanov]]}}
|{{Relay|{{SWE}}|[[Olle Petrusson]]|[[Tore Eriksson]]|[[Holmfrid Olsson]]|[[Sture Ohlin]]}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1969|1969]]
|{{Relay|{{flagcountry|URS|1955}}|[[Alexander Tikhonov]]|[[Viktor Mamatov]]|[[Rinnat Safin]]|[[Vladimir Gundartsev]]}}
|{{Relay|{{NOR}}|[[Jon Istad]]|[[Ragnar Tveiten]]|[[Magnar Solberg]]|[[Esten Gjelten]]}}
|{{Relay|{{FIN}}|[[Kalevi Vähäkylä]]|[[Mauri Röppänen]]|[[Mauno Peltonen]]|[[Esko Marttinen]]}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1970|1970]]
|{{Relay|{{flagcountry|URS|1955}}|[[Alexander Tikhonov]]|[[Viktor Mamatov]]|[[Rinnat Safin]]|[[Alexander Ushakov (Biathlete)|Alexander Ushakov]]}}
|{{Relay|{{NOR}}|[[Tor Svendsberget]]|[[Ragnar Tveiten]]|[[Magnar Solberg]]|[[Esten Gjelten]]}}
|{{Relay|{{GDR}}|[[Hans-Günther Jahn]]|[[Hansjörg Knauthe]]|[[Dieter Speer]]|[[Horst Koschka]]}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1971|1971]]
|{{Relay|{{flagcountry|URS|1955}}|[[Alexander Tikhonov]]|[[Viktor Mamatov]] (3)|[[Rinnat Safin]]|[[Nazim Mukhitov]]}}
|{{Relay|{{NOR}}|[[Tor Svendsberget]]|[[Ragnar Tveiten]]|[[Magnar Solberg]]|[[Ivar Nordkild]]}}
|{{Relay|{{POL}}|[[Józef Roczak]]|[[Andrzej Rapacz]]|[[Aleksander Klima]]|[[Józef Stopka]]}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1973|1973]]
|{{Relay|{{flagcountry|URS|1955}}|[[Alexander Tikhonov]]|[[Rinnat Safin]] (4)|[[Juri Kolmakov]]|[[Gennady Kovalev (biathlete)|Gennady Kovalev]]}}
|{{Relay|{{NOR}}|[[Tor Svendsberget]]|[[Esten Gjelten]]|[[Ragnar Tveiten]]|[[Kjell Hovda]]}}
|{{Relay|{{GDR}}|[[Dieter Speer]]|[[Manfred Geyer]]|[[Herbert Wiegand]]|[[Günther Bartnick]]}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1974|1974]]
|{{Relay|{{flagcountry|URS|1955}}|[[Alexander Tikhonov]]|[[Alexander Ushakov (Biathlete)|Alexander Ushakov]]|[[Nikolay Kruglov]]|[[Juri Kolmakov]] (2)}}
|{{Relay|{{FIN}}|[[Simo Halonen]]|[[Henrik Flöjt|Carl-Henrik Flöjt]]|[[Juhani Suutarinen]]|[[Heikki Ikola]]}}
|{{Relay|{{NOR}}|[[Kjell Hovda]]|[[Kåre Hovda]]|[[Terje Hanssen]]|[[Tor Svendsberget]]}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1975|1975]]
|{{Relay|{{FIN}}|[[Henrik Flöjt|Carl-Henrik Flöjt]]|[[Simo Halonen]]|[[Juhani Suutarinen]]|[[Heikki Ikola]]}}
|{{Relay|{{flagcountry|URS|1955}}|[[Alexander Tikhonov]]|[[Aleksandr Elizarov]]|[[Alexander Ushakov (Biathlete)|Alexander Ushakov]]|[[Nikolay Kruglov]]}}
|{{Relay|{{flagcountry|POL|1928}}|[[Jan Szpunar]]|[[Andrzej Rapacz]]|[[Ludwig Zięba]]|[[Wojciech Truchan]]}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1977|1977]]
|{{Relay|{{flagcountry|URS|1955}}|[[Alexander Tikhonov]] (6)|[[Aleksandr Elizarov]]|[[Alexander Ushakov (Biathlete)|Alexander Ushakov]] (3)|[[Nikolay Kruglov]] (2)}}
|{{Relay|{{FIN}}|[[Erkki Antila]]|[[Raimo Seppänen]]|[[Simo Halonen]]|[[Heikki Ikola]]}}
|{{Relay|{{GDR}}|[[Manfred Beer]]|[[Klaus Siebert]]|[[Frank Ullrich]]|[[Manfred Geyer]]}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1978|1978]]
|{{Relay|{{GDR}}|[[Manfred Beer]]|[[Frank Ullrich]]|[[Klaus Siebert]]|[[Eberhard Rösch]]}}
|{{Relay|{{NOR}}|[[Odd Lirhus]]|[[Sigleif Johansen]]|[[Roar Nilsen]]|[[Tor Svendsberget]]}}
|{{Relay|{{FRG}}|[[Gerhard Winkler (biathlete)|Gerhard Winkler]]|[[Andreas Schweiger]]|[[Hansi Estner]]|[[Heinrich Mehringer]]}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1979|1979]]
|{{Relay|{{GDR}}|[[Manfred Beer]] (2)|[[Klaus Siebert]] (2)|[[Frank Ullrich]]|[[Eberhard Rösch]]}}
|{{Relay|{{FIN}}|[[Simo Halonen]]|[[Heikki Ikola]]|[[Erkki Antila]]|[[Raimo Seppänen]]}}
|{{Relay|{{flagcountry|URS|1955}}|[[Vladimir Alikin]]|[[Vladimir Barnashov]]|[[Nikolay Kruglov]]|[[Alexander Tikhonov]]}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1981|1981]]
|{{Relay|{{GDR}}|[[Mathias Jung]]|[[Matthias Jacob]]|[[Frank Ullrich]]|[[Eberhard Rösch]] (3)}}
|{{Relay|{{FRG}}|[[Peter Angerer]]|[[Peter Schweiger]]|[[Fritz Fischer (biathlete)|Fritz Fischer]]|[[Franz Bernreiter]]}}
|{{Relay|{{URS}}|[[Vladimir Alikin]]|[[Anatoly Alyabyev]]|[[Vladimir Barnashov]]|[[Vladimir Gavrikov]]}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1982|1982]]
|{{Relay|{{GDR}}|[[Frank Ullrich]] (4)|[[Mathias Jung]] (2)|[[Matthias Jacob]]|[[Bernd Helmich]]}}
|{{Relay|{{NOR}}|[[Eirik Kvalfoss]]|[[Kjell Søbak]]|[[Odd Lirhus]]|[[Rolf Storsveen]]}}
|{{Relay|{{URS}}|[[Vladimir Alikin]]|[[Anatoly Alyabyev]]|[[Vladimir Barnashov]]|[[Viktor Semyonov]]}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1983|1983]]
|{{Relay|{{URS}}|[[Algimantas Šalna]]|[[Juri Kashkarov]]|[[Petr Miloradov]]|[[Sergei Bulygin]]}}
|{{Relay|{{GDR}}|[[Frank Ullrich]]|[[Mathias Jung]]|[[Matthias Jacob]]|[[Frank-Peter Roetsch]]}}
|{{Relay|{{NOR}}|[[Kjell Søbak]]|[[Eirik Kvalfoss]]|[[Odd Lirhus]]|[[Øivind Nerhagen]]}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1985|1985]]
|{{Relay|{{URS}}|[[Juri Kashkarov]]|[[Algimantas Šalna]] (2)|[[Sergei Bulygin]]|[[Andrei Senkov]]}}
|{{Relay|{{GDR}}|[[Frank-Peter Roetsch]]|[[Matthias Jacob]]|[[Ralf Göthel]]|[[André Sehmisch]]}}
|{{Relay|{{FRG}}|[[Peter Angerer]]|[[Walter Pichler (biathlete)|Walter Pichler]]|[[Fritz Fischer (biathlete)|Fritz Fischer]]|[[Herbert Fritzenwenger]]}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1986|1986]]
|{{Relay|{{URS}}|[[Juri Kashkarov]] (3)|[[Dmitry Vasilyev (biathlete)|Dmitry Vasilyev]]|[[Valeriy Medvedtsev]]|[[Sergei Bulygin]] (3)}}
|{{Relay|{{GDR}}|[[Jürgen Wirth]]|[[Frank-Peter Roetsch]]|[[Matthias Jacob]]|[[André Sehmisch]]}}
|{{Relay|{{ITA}}|[[Werner Kiem]]|[[Gottlieb Taschler]]|[[Johann Passler]]|[[Andreas Zingerle]]}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1987|1987]]
|{{Relay|{{GDR}}|[[Frank-Peter Roetsch]]|[[Matthias Jacob]] (3)|[[André Sehmisch]]|[[Jürgen Wirth]]}}
|{{Relay|{{URS}}|[[Dmitry Vasilyev (biathlete)|Dmitry Vasilyev]]|[[Juri Kashkarov]]|[[Aleksandr Popov (biathlete)|Aleksandr Popov]]|[[Valeriy Medvedtsev]]}}
|{{Relay|{{FRG}}|[[Ernst Reiter]]|[[Herbert Fritzenwenger]]|[[Peter Angerer]]| [[Fritz Fischer (biathlete)|Fritz Fischer]]}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1989|1989]]
|{{Relay|{{GDR}}|[[Frank Luck]]|[[André Sehmisch]] (2)|[[Birk Anders]]|[[Frank-Peter Roetsch]] (2)}}
|{{Relay|{{URS}}|[[Juri Kashkarov]]|[[Sergei Tchepikov]]|[[Aleksandr Popov (biathlete)|Aleksandr Popov]]|[[Sergei Bulygin]]}}
|{{Relay|{{NOR}}|[[Geir Einang]]|[[Sylfest Glimsdal]]|[[Gisle Fenne]]|[[Eirik Kvalfoss]]}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1990|1990]]
|{{Relay|{{ITA}}|[[Pieralberto Carrara]]|[[Wilfried Pallhuber]]|[[Johann Passler]]|[[Andreas Zingerle]]}}
|{{Relay|{{FRA}}|[[Christian Dumont]]|[[Xavier Blond (biathlete)|Xavier Blond]]|[[Hervé Flandin]]|[[Thierry Gerbier]]}}
|{{Relay|{{GDR}}|[[Frank Luck]]|[[André Sehmisch]]|[[Mark Kirchner]]|[[Birk Anders]]}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1991|1991]]
|{{Relay|{{GER}}|[[Ricco Groß]]|[[Frank Luck]]|[[Mark Kirchner]]|[[Fritz Fischer (biathlete)|Fritz Fischer]]}}
|{{Relay|{{URS}}|[[Juri Kashkarov]]|[[Aleksandr Popov (biathlete)|Aleksandr Popov]]|[[Sergei Tarasov (biathlete)|Sergei Tarasov]]|[[Sergei Tchepikov]]}}
|{{Relay|{{NOR}}|[[Geir Einang]]|[[Eirik Kvalfoss]]|[[Jon Åge Tyldum]]|[[Gisle Fenne]]}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1993|1993]]
|{{Relay|{{ITA}}|[[Wilfried Pallhuber]] (2)|[[Johann Passler]] (2)|[[Pieralberto Carrara]] (2)|[[Andreas Zingerle]] (2)}}
|{{Relay|{{RUS|1991}}|[[Valeriy Medvedtsev]]|[[Valeri Kiriyenko]]|[[Sergei Tarasov (biathlete)|Sergei Tarasov]]|[[Sergei Tchepikov]]}}
|{{Relay|{{GER}}|[[Sven Fischer]]|[[Frank Luck]]|[[Mark Kirchner]]|[[Jens Steinigen]]}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1995|1995]]
|{{Relay|{{GER}}|[[Ricco Groß]]|[[Mark Kirchner]] (2)|[[Frank Luck]]|[[Sven Fischer]]}}
|{{Relay|{{FRA}}|[[Lionel Laurent]]|[[Patrice Bailly-Salins]]|[[Thierry Dusserre]]|[[Hervé Flandin]]}}
|{{Relay|{{flag|Belarus|1991}}|[[Igor Khokhriakov]]|[[Aleksandr Popov (biathlete)|Aleksandr Popov]]|[[Oleg Ryzhenkov]]|[[Vadim Sashurin]]}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1996|1996]]
|{{Relay|{{RUS}}|[[Viktor Maigourov]]|[[Vladimir Drachev]]|[[Sergei Tarasov (biathlete)|Sergei Tarasov]]|[[Aleksey Kobelev]]}}
|{{Relay|{{GER}}|[[Ricco Groß]]|[[Peter Sendel]]|[[Frank Luck]]|[[Sven Fischer]]}}
|{{Relay|{{flagcountry|BLR|1995}}|[[Alexei Aidarov]]|[[Oleg Ryzhenkov]]|[[Vadim Sashurin]]|[[Aleksandr Popov (biathlete)|Aleksandr Popov]]}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1997|1997]]
|{{Relay|{{GER}}|[[Ricco Groß]]|[[Peter Sendel]]|[[Sven Fischer]]|[[Frank Luck]]}}
|{{Relay|{{NOR}}|[[Egil Gjelland]]|[[Jon Åge Tyldum]]|[[Dag Bjørndalen]]|[[Ole Einar Bjørndalen]]}}
|{{Relay|{{ITA}}|[[René Cattarinussi]]|[[Wilfried Pallhuber]]|[[Patrick Favre]]|[[Pieralberto Carrara]]}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1999|1999]]
|{{Relay|{{flagcountry|BLR|1995}}|[[Alexei Aidarov]]|[[Petr Ivashko]]|[[Vadim Sashurin]]|[[Oleg Ryzhenkov]]}}
|{{Relay|{{RUS}}|[[Viktor Maigourov]]|[[Vladimir Drachev]]|[[Sergei Rozhkov]]|[[Pavel Rostovtsev]]}}
|{{Relay|{{NOR}}|[[Halvard Hanevold]]|[[Dag Bjørndalen]]|[[Frode Andresen]]|[[Ole Einar Bjørndalen]]}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2000|2000]]
|{{Relay|{{RUS}}|[[Viktor Maigourov]] (2)|[[Sergei Rozhkov]]|[[Vladimir Drachev]] (2)|[[Pavel Rostovtsev]]}}
|{{Relay|{{NOR}}|[[Egil Gjelland]]|[[Frode Andresen]]|[[Halvard Hanevold]]|[[Ole Einar Bjørndalen]]}}
|{{Relay|{{GER}}|[[Frank Luck]]|[[Peter Sendel]]|[[Sven Fischer]]|[[Ricco Groß]]}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2001|2001]]
|{{Relay|{{FRA}}|[[Gilles Marguet]]|[[Vincent Defrasne]]|[[Julien Robert]]|[[Raphaël Poirée]]}}
|{{Relay|{{flagcountry|BLR|1995}}|[[Alexei Aidarov]]|[[Alexander Syman]]|[[Oleg Ryzhenkov]]|[[Vadim Sashurin]]}}
|{{Relay|{{NOR}}|[[Egil Gjelland]]|[[Frode Andresen]]|[[Halvard Hanevold]]|[[Ole Einar Bjørndalen]]}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2003|2003]]
|{{Relay|{{GER}}|[[Peter Sendel]] (2)|[[Sven Fischer]]|[[Ricco Groß]]|[[Frank Luck]]}}
|{{Relay|{{RUS}}|[[Viktor Maigourov]]|[[Pavel Rostovtsev]]|[[Sergei Rozhkov]]|[[Sergei Tchepikov]]}}
|{{Relay|{{flagcountry|BLR|1995}}|[[Alexei Aidarov]]|[[Vladimir Drachev]]|[[Rustam Valliulin]]|[[Oleg Ryzhenkov]]}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2004|2004]]
|{{Relay|{{GER}}|[[Frank Luck]] (6)|[[Ricco Groß]] (5)|[[Sven Fischer]] (4)|[[Michael Greis]]}}
|{{Relay|{{NOR}}|[[Halvard Hanevold]]|[[Lars Berger]]|[[Egil Gjelland]]|[[Ole Einar Bjørndalen]]}}
|{{Relay|{{FRA}}|[[Ferreol Cannard]]|[[Vincent Defrasne]]|[[Julien Robert]]|[[Raphaël Poirée]]}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2005|2005]]
|{{Relay|{{NOR}}|[[Halvard Hanevold]]|[[Stian Eckhoff]]|[[Egil Gjelland]]|[[Ole Einar Bjørndalen]]}}
|{{Relay|{{RUS}}|[[Sergei Rozhkov]]|[[Nikolay Kruglov Jr.]]|[[Pavel Rostovtsev]]|[[Sergei Tchepikov]]}}
|{{Relay|{{AUT}}|[[Daniel Mesotitsch]]|[[Friedrich Pinter]]|[[Wolfgang Rottmann]]|[[Christoph Sumann]]}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2007|2007]]
|{{Relay|{{RUS}}|[[Ivan Tcherezov]]|[[Maxim Chudov]]|[[Dmitri Yaroshenko]]|[[Nikolay Kruglov Jr.]]}}
|{{Relay|{{NOR}}|[[Halvard Hanevold]]|[[Lars Berger]]|[[Frode Andresen]]|[[Ole Einar Bjørndalen]]}}
|{{Relay|{{GER}}|[[Ricco Groß]]|[[Michael Rösch]]|[[Sven Fischer]]|[[Michael Greis]]}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2008|2008]]
|{{Relay|{{RUS}}|[[Ivan Tcherezov]] (2)|[[Nikolay Kruglov Jr.]] (2)|[[Dmitri Yaroshenko]] (2)|[[Maxim Chudov]] (2)}}
|{{Relay|{{NOR}}|[[Emil Hegle Svendsen]]|[[Rune Brattsveen]]|[[Halvard Hanevold]]|[[Ole Einar Bjørndalen]]}}
|{{Relay|{{GER}}|[[Michael Rösch]]|[[Alexander Wolf]]|[[Andreas Birnbacher]]|[[Michael Greis]]}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2009|2009]]
|{{Relay|{{NOR}}|[[Emil Hegle Svendsen]]|[[Lars Berger]]|[[Halvard Hanevold]] (2)|[[Ole Einar Bjørndalen]]}}
|{{Relay|{{AUT}}|[[Daniel Mesotitsch]]|[[Simon Eder]]|[[Dominik Landertinger]]|[[Christoph Sumann]]}}
|{{Relay|{{GER}}|[[Michael Rösch]]|[[Christoph Stephan]]|[[Arnd Peiffer]]|[[Michael Greis]]}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2011|2011]]
|{{Relay|{{NOR}}|[[Ole Einar Bjørndalen]]|[[Alexander Os]]|[[Emil Hegle Svendsen]]|[[Tarjei Bø]]}}
|{{Relay|{{RUS}}|[[Anton Shipulin]]|[[Evgeny Ustyugov]]|[[Maxim Maksimov]]|[[Ivan Tcherezov]]}}
|{{Relay|{{UKR}}|[[Olexander Bilanenko]]|[[Andriy Deryzemlya]]|[[Serhiy Semenov]]|[[Serhiy Sednev]]}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2012|2012]]
|{{Relay|{{NOR}}|[[Ole Einar Bjørndalen]]|[[Rune Brattsveen]]|[[Tarjei Bø]]|[[Emil Hegle Svendsen]]}}
|{{Relay|{{FRA}}|[[Jean-Guillaume Béatrix]]|[[Simon Fourcade]]|[[Alexis Bœuf]]|[[Martin Fourcade]]}}
|{{Relay|{{GER}}|[[Simon Schempp]]|[[Andreas Birnbacher]]|[[Michael Greis]]|[[Arnd Peiffer]]}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2013|2013]]
|{{Relay|{{NOR}}|[[Ole Einar Bjørndalen]]|[[Henrik L'Abée-Lund]]|[[Tarjei Bø]]|[[Emil Hegle Svendsen]]}}
|{{Relay|{{FRA}}|[[Simon Fourcade]]|[[Jean-Guillaume Béatrix]]|[[Alexis Bœuf]]|[[Martin Fourcade]]}}
|{{Relay|{{GER}}|[[Simon Schempp]]|[[Andreas Birnbacher]]|[[Arnd Peiffer]]|[[Erik Lesser]]}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2015|2015]]
|{{Relay|{{GER}}|[[Erik Lesser]]|[[Daniel Böhm]]|[[Arnd Peiffer]]|[[Simon Schempp]]}}
|{{Relay|{{NOR}}|[[Ole Einar Bjørndalen]]|[[Tarjei Bø]]|[[Johannes Thingnes Bø]]|[[Emil Hegle Svendsen]]}}
|{{Relay|{{FRA}}|[[Simon Fourcade]]|[[Jean-Guillaume Béatrix]]|[[Quentin Fillon Maillet]]|[[Martin Fourcade]]}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2016|2016]]
|{{Relay|{{NOR}}|[[Ole Einar Bjørndalen]] (6)|[[Tarjei Bø]]|[[Johannes Thingnes Bø]]|[[Emil Hegle Svendsen]] (5)}}
|{{Relay|{{GER}}|[[Erik Lesser]]|[[Benedikt Doll]]|[[Arnd Peiffer]]|[[Simon Schempp]]}}
|{{Relay|{{CAN}}|[[Christian Gow]]|[[Nathan Smith (biathlete)|Nathan Smith]]|[[Scott Gow]]|[[Brendan Green]]}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2017|2017]]
|{{Relay|{{RUS}}|[[Alexey Volkov (biathlete)|Alexey Volkov]]|[[Maxim Tsvetkov]]|[[Anton Babikov]]|[[Anton Shipulin]]}}
|{{Relay|{{FRA}}|[[Jean-Guillaume Béatrix]]|[[Quentin Fillon Maillet]]|[[Simon Desthieux]]|[[Martin Fourcade]]}}
|{{Relay|{{AUT}}|[[Daniel Mesotitsch]]|[[Julian Eberhard]]|[[Simon Eder]]|[[Dominik Landertinger]]}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2019|2019]]
|{{Relay|{{NOR}}|[[Lars Helge Birkeland]]|[[Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen]]|[[Tarjei Bø]]|[[Johannes Thingnes Bø]]}}
|{{Relay|{{GER}}|[[Erik Lesser]]|[[Roman Rees]]|[[Arnd Peiffer]]|[[Benedikt Doll]]}}
|{{Relay|{{RUS}}|[[Matvey Eliseev]]|[[Nikita Porshnev]]|[[Dmitry Malyshko]]|[[Alexander Loginov (biathlon)|Alexander Loginov]]}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2020|2020]]
|{{Relay|{{FRA}}|[[Émilien Jacquelin]]|[[Martin Fourcade]]|[[Simon Desthieux]]|[[Quentin Fillon Maillet]]}}
|{{Relay|{{NOR}}|[[Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen]]|[[Johannes Dale-Skjevdal|Johannes Dale]]|[[Tarjei Bø]]|[[Johannes Thingnes Bø]]}}
|{{Relay|{{GER}}|[[Erik Lesser]]|[[Philipp Horn]]|[[Arnd Peiffer]]|[[Benedikt Doll]]}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2021|2021]]
|{{Relay|{{NOR}}|[[Sturla Holm Lægreid]]|[[Tarjei Bø]]|[[Johannes Thingnes Bø]] (3)|[[Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen]] (2)}}
|{{Relay|{{SWE}}|[[Peppe Femling]]|[[Jesper Nelin]]|[[Martin Ponsiluoma]]|[[Sebastian Samuelsson]]}}
|{{Relay| [[Russia|Russian Biathlon Union]]||[[Said Karimulla Khalili]]|[[Matvey Eliseev]]|[[Alexander Loginov (biathlon)|Alexander Loginov]]|[[Eduard Latypov]]}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2023|2023]]
|{{Relay|{{FRA}}|[[Antonin Guigonnat]]|[[Fabien Claude]]|[[Émilien Jacquelin]] (2)|[[Quentin Fillon Maillet]] (2)}}
|{{Relay|{{NOR}}|[[Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen]]|[[Tarjei Bø]]|[[Sturla Holm Lægreid]]|[[Johannes Thingnes Bø]]}}
|{{Relay|{{SWE}}|[[Peppe Femling]]|[[Martin Ponsiluoma]]|[[Jesper Nelin]]|[[Sebastian Samuelsson]]}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2024|2024]]
|{{Relay|{{SWE}}|[[Viktor Brandt]]|[[Jesper Nelin]]|[[Martin Ponsiluoma]]|[[Sebastian Samuelsson]]}}
|{{Relay|{{NOR}}|[[Sturla Holm Lægreid]]|[[Tarjei Bø]]|[[Johannes Thingnes Bø]]|[[Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen]]}}
|{{Relay|{{FRA}}|[[Éric Perrot]]|[[Fabien Claude]]|[[Émilien Jacquelin]]|[[Quentin Fillon Maillet]]}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 2025|2025]]
|{{Relay|{{NOR}}|[[Endre Strømsheim]]|[[Tarjei Bø]] '''(7)'''|[[Sturla Holm Lægreid]] (2)|[[Johannes Thingnes Bø]] (4)}}
|{{Relay|{{FRA}}|[[Émilien Claude]]|[[Fabien Claude]]|[[Éric Perrot]]|[[Quentin Fillon Maillet]]}}
|{{Relay|{{GER}}|[[Philipp Nawrath]]|[[Danilo Riethmüller]]|[[Johannes Kühn]]|[[Philipp Horn]]}}
|}

'''Medal table'''
{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = 
 | flag_template  = flagcountry
 | event          = 
 | team           = 
 | gold_NOR = 11 | silver_NOR = 15 | bronze_NOR = 6
 | gold_URS = 9 | silver_URS = 5 | bronze_URS = 3 | name_URS=''{{URS}}''
 | gold_GER = 6 | silver_GER = 3 | bronze_GER = 9
 | gold_GDR = 6 | silver_GDR = 3 | bronze_GDR = 4 | name_GDR=''{{GDR}}''
 | gold_RUS = 5 | silver_RUS = 5 | bronze_RUS = 1
 | gold_FRA = 3 | silver_FRA = 6 | bronze_FRA = 3
 | gold_ITA = 2 | silver_ITA = 0 | bronze_ITA = 2
 | gold_FIN = 1 | silver_FIN = 3 | bronze_FIN = 1
 | gold_BLR = 1 | silver_BLR = 1 | bronze_BLR = 3
 | gold_SWE = 1 | silver_SWE = 1 | bronze_SWE = 3
 | gold_FRG = 0 | silver_FRG = 1 | bronze_FRG = 3 | name_FRG=''{{FRG}}''
 | gold_AUT = 0 | silver_AUT = 1 | bronze_AUT = 2
 | gold_POL = 0 | silver_POL = 1 | bronze_POL = 2
 | gold_CAN = 0 | silver_CAN = 0 | bronze_CAN = 1
 | gold_RBU = 0 | silver_RBU = 0 | bronze_RBU = 1 | name_RBU=''[[Russia|Russian Biathlon Union]]''
 | gold_UKR = 0 | silver_UKR = 0 | bronze_UKR = 1
}}

===Team (time)===
This event was held from 1958 to 1965. The times of the top 3 athletes from each country in the 20&nbsp;km individual were added together
(in 1958 the top 4).
{| 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 1958|1958]]
|{{Relay|{{SWE}}|[[Adolf Wiklund (biathlete)|Adolf Wiklund]]|[[Olle Gunneriusson]]|[[Sture Ohlin]]|[[Sven Nilsson (biathlete)|Sven Nilsson]]}}
|{{Relay|{{flagcountry|URS|1955}}|[[Viktor Butakov]]|[[Valentin Pshenitsyn]]|[[Dmitri Sokolov (biathlete)|Dmitri Sokolov]]|[[Alexander Gubin]]}}
|{{Relay|{{NOR}}|[[Arvid Nyberg (biathlete)|Arvid Nyberg]]|[[Asbjørn Bakken]] |[[Knut Wold]]|[[Rolf Gråtrud]]}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1959|1959]]
|{{Relay|{{flagcountry|URS|1955}}|[[Vladimir Melanin]]|[[Dmitri Sokolov (biathlete)|Dmitri Sokolov]]|[[Valentin Pshenitsyn]]}}
|{{Relay|{{SWE}}|[[Sven Agge]]|[[Adolf Wiklund (biathlete)|Adolf Wiklund]]|[[Sture Ohlin]]}}
|{{Relay|{{NOR}}|[[Knut Wold]]|[[Henry Hermansen]]|[[Ivar Skogsrud]]}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1961|1961]]
|{{Relay|{{FIN}}|[[Kalevi Huuskonen]]|[[Paavo Repo]]|[[Antti Tyrväinen]]}}
|{{Relay|{{flagcountry|URS|1955}}|[[Aleksandr Privalov]]|[[Valentin Pshenitsyn]]|[[Dmitri Sokolov (biathlete)|Dmitri Sokolov]]}}
|{{Relay|{{SWE}}|[[Klas Lestander]]|[[Tage Lundin]]|[[Stig Andersson (biathlete)|Stig Andersson]]}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1962|1962]]
|{{Relay|{{flagcountry|URS|1955}}|[[Vladimir Melanin]]|[[Valentin Pshenitsyn]]|[[Nikolay Puzanov]]}}
|{{Relay|{{FIN}}|[[Antti Tyrväinen]]|[[Hannu Posti]]|[[Kalevi Huuskonen]]}}
|{{Relay|{{NOR}}|[[Jon Istad]]|[[Olav Jordet]]|[[Henry Hermansen]]}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1963|1963]]
|{{Relay|{{flagcountry|URS|1955}}|[[Vladimir Melanin]] '''(3)'''|[[Nikolay Meshcheryakov]]|[[Valentin Pshenitsyn]] '''(3)'''}}
|{{Relay|{{FIN}}|[[Antti Tyrväinen]]|[[Hannu Posti]]|[[Veikko Hakulinen]]}}
|{{Relay|{{NOR}}|[[Jon Istad]]|[[Olav Jordet]]|[[Egil Nygård]]}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1965|1965]]
|{{Relay|{{NOR}}|[[Olav Jordet]]|[[Ola Wærhaug]]|[[Ivar Nordkild]]}}
|{{Relay|{{flagcountry|URS|1955}}|[[Nikolay Puzanov]]|[[Vladimir Melanin]]|[[Vassiliy Makarov]]}}
|{{Relay|{{flagcountry|POL|1928}}|[[Stanisław Szczepaniak]]|[[Józef Rubiś]]|[[Józef Gąsienica Sobczak]]}}
|}

'''Medal table'''
{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = 
 | flag_template  = flagcountry
 | event          = 
 | team           = 
 | gold_URS = 3 | silver_URS = 3 | bronze_URS = 0 | name_URS=''{{URS}}''
 | gold_FIN = 1 | silver_FIN = 2 | bronze_FIN = 0
 | gold_SWE = 1 | silver_SWE = 1 | bronze_SWE = 1
 | gold_NOR = 1 | silver_NOR = 0 | bronze_NOR = 4
 | gold_POL = 0 | silver_POL = 0 | bronze_POL = 1
}}

===Team===
This event, a patrol race, was held from 1989 to 1998. 1989–93: 20&nbsp;km. 1994–98: 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 1989|1989]]
|{{Relay|{{USSR}}|[[Juri Kashkarov]]|[[Sergei Bulygin]]|[[Aleksandr Popov (biathlete)|Aleksandr Popov]]|[[Sergei Tchepikov]]}}
|{{Relay|{{FRG}}|[[Franz Wudy]]|[[Herbert Fritzenwenger]]|[[Georg Fischer (skier)|Georg Fischer]]|[[Fritz Fischer (biathlete)|Fritz Fischer]]}}
|{{Relay|{{GDR}}|[[Andreas Heymann]]|[[André Sehmisch]]|[[Raik Dittrich]]|[[Steffen Hoos]]}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1990|1990]]
|{{Relay|{{GDR}}|[[Raik Dittrich]]|[[Mark Kirchner]]|[[Birk Anders]]|[[Frank Luck]]}}
|{{Relay|{{TCH}}|[[Tomáš Kos]]|[[Ivan Masařík]]|[[Jiří Holubec]]|[[Jan Matouš]]}}
|{{Relay|{{FRA}}|[[Christian Dumont]]|[[Stéphane Bouthiaux]]|[[Hervé Flandin]]|[[Thierry Gerbier]]}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1991|1991]]
|{{Relay|{{ITA}}|[[Hubert Leitgeb (biathlete)|Hubert Leitgeb]]|[[Gottlieb Taschler]]|[[Simon Demetz]]|[[Wilfried Pallhuber]]}}
|{{Relay|{{NOR}}|[[Sverre Istad]]|[[Jon Åge Tyldum]]|[[Ivar Michal Ulekleiv]]|[[Frode Løberg]]}}
|{{Relay|{{USSR}}|[[Anatoly Zhdanovich]]|[[Sergei Tarasov (biathlete)|Sergei Tarasov]]|[[Sergei Tchepikov]]|[[Valeriy Medvedtsev]]}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1992|1992]]
|{{Relay|{{flag|CIS|1992}}|[[Evgeny Redkin]]|[[Alexander Tropnikov]]|[[Anatoly Zhdanovich]]|[[Aleksandr Popov (biathlete)|Aleksandr Popov]]}}
|{{Relay|{{NOR}}|[[Frode Løberg]]|[[Jon Åge Tyldum]]|[[Sylfest Glimsdal]]|[[Gisle Fenne]]}}
|{{Relay|{{EST}}|[[Aivo Udras]]|[[Hillar Zahkna]]|[[Urmas Kaldvee]]|[[Kalju Ojaste]]}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1993|1993]]
|{{Relay|{{GER}}|[[Fritz Fischer (biathlete)|Fritz Fischer]]|[[Frank Luck]] (2)|[[Steffen Hoos]]|[[Sven Fischer]]}}
|{{Relay|{{RUS|1991}}|[[Aleksey Kobelev]]|[[Valeri Kiriyenko]]|[[Sergei Loschkin]]|[[Sergei Tchepikov]]}}
|{{Relay|{{FRA}}|[[Gilles Marguet]]|[[Thierry Dusserre]]|[[Xavier Blond (biathlete)|Xavier Blond]]|[[Lionel Laurent]]}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1994|1994]]
|{{Relay|{{ITA}}|[[Pieralberto Carrara]]|[[Hubert Leitgeb (biathlete)|Hubert Leitgeb]] (2)|[[Andreas Zingerle]]|[[Wilfried Pallhuber]] (2)}}
|{{Relay|{{RUS}}|[[Vladimir Drachev]]|[[Aleksey Kobelev]]|[[Valeri Kiriyenko]]|[[Sergei Tarasov (biathlete)|Sergei Tarasov]]}}
|{{Relay|{{GER}}|[[Jens Steinigen]]|[[Marco Morgenstern]]|[[Peter Sendel]]|[[Steffen Hoos]]}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1995|1995]]
|{{Relay|{{NOR}}|[[Frode Andresen]]|[[Dag Bjørndalen]]|[[Halvard Hanevold]]|[[Jon Åge Tyldum]]}}
|{{Relay|{{CZE}}|[[Petr Garabík]]|[[Roman Dostál]]|[[Jiří Holubec]]|[[Ivan Masařík]]}}
|{{Relay|{{FRA}}|[[Thierry Dusserre]]|[[Franck Perrot]]|[[Lionel Laurent]]|[[Stéphane Bouthiaux]]}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1996|1996]]
|{{Relay|{{flagcountry|BLR|1995}}|[[Petr Ivashko]]|[[Oleg Ryzhenkov]]|[[Aleksandr Popov (biathlete)|Aleksandr Popov]]|[[Vadim Sashurin]]}}
|{{Relay|{{RUS}}|[[Vladimir Drachev]]|[[Pavel Mouslimov]]|[[Viktor Maigourov]]|[[Sergei Rozhkov]]}}
|{{Relay|{{ITA}}|[[René Cattarinussi]]|[[Hubert Leitgeb (biathlete)|Hubert Leitgeb]]|[[Pieralberto Carrara]]|[[Patrick Favre]]}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1997|1997]]
|{{Relay|{{flagcountry|BLR|1995}}|[[Oleg Ryzhenkov]] (2)|[[Petr Ivashko]] (2)|[[Aleksandr Popov (biathlete)|Aleksandr Popov]] '''(4)'''|[[Vadim Sashurin]] (2)}}
|{{Relay|{{GER}}|[[Carsten Heymann]]|[[Mark Kirchner]]|[[Frank Luck]]|[[Peter Sendel]]}}
|{{Relay|{{POL}}|[[Wiesław Ziemianin]]|[[Jan Ziemianin]]|[[Wojciech Kozub]]|[[Tomasz Sikora]]}}
|-
|[[Biathlon World Championships 1998|1998]]
|{{Relay|{{NOR}}|[[Egil Gjelland]]|[[Halvard Hanevold]] (2)|[[Sylfest Glimsdal]]|[[Ole Einar Bjørndalen]]}}
|{{Relay|{{GER}}|[[Ricco Groß]]|[[Carsten Heymann]]|[[Sven Fischer]]|[[Frank Luck]]}}
|{{Relay|{{RUS}}|[[Vladimir Drachev]]|[[Aleksey Kobelev]]|[[Sergei Rozhkov]]|[[Viktor Maigourov]]}}
|}

'''Medal table'''
{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = 
 | flag_template  = flagcountry
 | event          = 
 | team           = 
 | gold_NOR = 2 | silver_NOR = 2 | bronze_NOR = 0
 | gold_ITA = 2 | silver_ITA = 0 | bronze_ITA = 1
 | gold_BLR = 2 | silver_BLR = 0 | bronze_BLR = 0
 | gold_GER = 1 | silver_GER = 2 | bronze_GER = 1
 | gold_GDR = 1 | silver_GDR = 0 | bronze_GDR = 1 | name_GDR=''{{GDR}}''
 | gold_URS = 1 | silver_URS = 0 | bronze_URS = 1 | name_URS=''{{URS}}''
 | gold_CIS = 1 | silver_CIS = 0 | bronze_CIS = 0 | name_CIS=''{{flag|CIS}}''
 | gold_RUS = 0 | silver_RUS = 3 | bronze_RUS = 1
 | gold_CZE = 0 | silver_CZE = 1 | bronze_CZE = 0
 | gold_TCH = 0 | silver_TCH = 1 | bronze_TCH = 0 | name_TCH=''{{TCH}}''
 | gold_FRG = 0 | silver_FRG = 1 | bronze_FRG = 0 | name_FRG=''{{FRG}}''
 | gold_FRA = 0 | silver_FRA = 0 | bronze_FRA = 3
 | gold_EST = 0 | silver_EST = 0 | bronze_EST = 1
 | gold_POL = 0 | silver_POL = 0 | bronze_POL = 1
}}