Editing Biathlon World Championships (section)

===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
}}