Editing Biathlon World Championships (section)

===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
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 | 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
}}