title: 2015–16 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 1
text: # 2015–16 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 1
  
  The 2015–16 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 1 was the opening event of the season and was held in Östersund, Sweden, from 29 November until 6 December 2015.
  
  ## Schedule of events
  
  | Date | Time | Events |
  | - | - | - |
  | November 29 | 13:45 CET | Single Mixed Relay |
  | November 29 | 15:30 CET | Mixed Relay |
  | December 2 | 17:15 CET | Men's 20 km Individual |
  | December 3 | 17:15 CET | Women's 15 km Individual |
  | December 5 | 12:30 CET | Men's 10 km Sprint |
  | December 5 | 15:30 CET | Women's 7.5 km Sprint |
  | December 6 | 11:00 CET | Men's 12.5 km Pursuit |
  | December 6 | 13:30 CET | Women's 10 km Pursuit |
  
  ## Medal winners
  
  ### Men
  
  | Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 20 km Individual details | Ole Einar Bjørndalen Norway | 50:14.5 (0+0+0+0) | Simon Schempp Germany | 50:41.6 (0+0+1+0) | Alexey Volkov Russia | 50:52.7 (0+0+0+0) |
  | 10 km Sprint details | Martin Fourcade France | 24:02.0 (1+1) | Arnd Peiffer Germany | 24:53.6 (0+1) | Ole Einar Bjørndalen Norway | 24:57.2 (1+1) |
  | 12.5 km Pursuit details | Martin Fourcade France | 31:22.4 (1+0+1+1) | Arnd Peiffer Germany | 31:57.5 (0+1+0+0) | Quentin Fillon Maillet France | 32:17.6 (0+0+1+1) |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 15 km Individual details | Dorothea Wierer Italy | 42:17.0 (0+0+0+0) | Marie Dorin-Habert France | 42:31.1 (0+2+0+0) | Olena Pidhrushna Ukraine | 42:54.8 (0+0+0+0) |
  | 7.5 km Sprint details | Gabriela Soukalová Czech Republic | 19:46.2 (0+0) | Federica Sanfilippo Italy | 20:01.2 (0+0) | Olena Pidhrushna Ukraine | 20:24.6 (1+0) |
  | 10 km Pursuit details | Kaisa Mäkäräinen Finland | 30:45.1 (1+0+1+0) | Dorothea Wierer Italy | 30:47.0 (0+0+1+0) | Franziska Hildebrand Germany | 30:48.4 (0+0+0+0) |
  
  ### Mixed
  
  | Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Single Mixed Relay details | Norway Kaia Wøien Nicolaisen Lars Helge Birkeland | 36:27.3 (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (1+3) (0+1) (0+0) | Canada Rosanna Crawford Nathan Smith | 36:39.2 (0+2) (0+2) (0+3) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+2) | Germany Maren Hammerschmidt Daniel Böhm | 36:40.5 (0+0) (0+3) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (1+3) (0+0) (0+0) |
  | 2 x 6 km + 2 x 7.5 km Relay details | Norway Fanny Horn Birkeland Tiril Eckhoff Johannes Thingnes Bø Tarjei Bø | 1:11:42.6 (0+1) (0+1) (0+2) (0+2) (0+0) (0+3) (0+0) (0+0) | Germany Franziska Hildebrand Vanessa Hinz Benedikt Doll Simon Schempp | 1:12:16.2 (0+1) (0+0) (0+2) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+2) | Czech Republic Veronika Vítková Gabriela Soukalová Michal Šlesingr Ondřej Moravec | 1:12:54.1 (0+3) (0+0) (0+0) (0+2) (0+1) (0+2) (0+1) (0+2) |
  
  ## Achievements
  
  ### Best performance for all time
  
  * Sean Doherty (USA), 17th place in Individual
  * Anton Babikov (RUS), 18th place in Individual
  * Dmitriy Dyuzhev (BLR), 25th place in Individual
  * George Buta (ROU), 33rd place in Individual
  * Dimitar Gerdzhikov (BUL), 55th place in Individual
  * Martin Remmelg (EST), 56th place in Individual
  * Dimitar Partalov (BUL), 64th place in Individual
  * Rafał Penar (POL), 80th place in Individual
  * Daumants Lūsa (LAT), 83rd place in Individual
  * Dorothea Wierer (ITA), 1st place in Individual
  * Federica Sanfilippo (ITA), 2nd place in Sprint
  * Lisa Hauser (AUT), 8th place in Individual
  * Darya Usanova (KAZ), 15th place in Individual
  * Linn Persson (SWE), 29th place in Individual
  * Johanna Talihärm (EST), 31st place in Individual
  * Anna Magnusson (SWE), 40th place in Individual
  * Annukka Siltakorpi (FIN), 61st place in Individual
  
  ### First World Cup race
  
  * Miha Dovžan (SLO), 47th place in Individual
  * Sergey Bocharnikov (BLR), 87th place in Individual
  * Denis Serban (ROU), 96th place in Individual
  * Kristina Ilchenko (BLR), 69th place in Individual
  * Meril Beilmann (EST), 79th place in Individual
  
  ### Oldest winner of a biathlon world cup race in history
  
  * Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR), 41 years and 309 days
  