2022–23 Biathlon World Cup – Stage 1

The 2022–23 Biathlon World Cup – Stage 1 was the first event of the season and was held in Kontiolahti, Finland, from 29 November to 4 December 2022. The event consisted of three individual competitions and one relay for both genders. World cup leaders after the events in Kontiolahti were Johannes Thingnes Bø for men and Lisa Vittozzi for the women.

Schedule of events

The events took place at the following times.

Date	Time	Events
29 November	14:15 EET	Men's 20 km Individual
30 November	14:15 EET	Women's 15 km Individual
1 December	12:00 EET	4 x 7.5 km Men's Relay
	14:35 EET	4 x 6 km Women's Relay
3 December	11:45 EET	Men's 10 km Sprint
	14:45 EET	Women's 7.5 km Sprint
4 December	13:15 EET	Men's 12.5 km Pursuit
	15:15 EET	Women's 10 km Pursuit

Medal winners

Men

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
20 km Individual	Martin Ponsiluoma Sweden	49:36.5 (0+1+0+0)	Niklas Hartweg Switzerland	50:13.7 (0+0+0+0)	David Zobel Germany	50:35.8 (0+0+0+0)
10 km Sprint	Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway	31:25.4 (0+1)	Sturla Holm Lægreid Norway	31:28.3 (0+0)	Roman Rees Germany	31:29.9 (0+0)
12.5 km Pursuit	Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway	32:44.4 (0+0+1+2)	Sturla Holm Lægreid Norway	+19.2 (0+0+1+1)	Émilien Jacquelin France	+47.3 (0+0+0+2)
4 x 7.5 km Men Relay	Norway Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Sturla Holm Lægreid Tarjei Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø	1:19:26.2 (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+3) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0)	Germany Justus Strelow Johannes Kühn Benedikt Doll Roman Rees	1:20:10.1 (0+0) (0+0) (0+2) (0+3) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+2)	France Eric Perot Fabien Claude Émilien Jacquelin Quentin Fillon Maillet	1:20:32.1 (0+2) (0+0) (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) (0+2) (0+1)

Women

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
15 km Individual	Hanna Öberg Sweden	43:53.8 (0+0+0+1)	Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Norway	44:30.3 (0+0+0+0)	Lisa Vittozzi Italy	44:33.5 (1+0+0+0)
7.5 km Sprint	Lisa Theresa Hauser Austria	20:39.5 (0+0)	Lisa Vittozzi Italy	20:56.8 (1+0)	Linn Persson Sweden	21:03.7 (0+0)
10 km Pursuit	Julia Simon France	31:13.0 (0+0+0+0)	Dorothea Wierer Italy	+11.9 (0+0+0+0)	Elvira Öberg Sweden	+21.7 (1+0+0+1)
4 x 5 km Women Relay	Sweden Linn Persson Anna Magnusson Hanna Öberg Elvira Öberg	1:14:59.8 (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (0+2) (0+2) (0+0) (0+0)	Germany Anna Weidel Sophia Schneider Vanessa Voigt Denise Herrmann-Wick	1:15:27.9 (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+2)	Norway Karoline Knotten Ida Lien Ragnhild Femsteinevik Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold	1:15:31.3 (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1)