2016–2017 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 5
# 2016–2017 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 5

The 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 5 was held in Ruhpolding, Germany, from 11 January until 15 January 2017.

## Schedule of events

| Date | Time | Events |
| - | - | - |
| January 11 | 14:30 CET | Men's 4x7.5 km Relay |
| January 12 | 14:30 CET | Women's 4x6 km Relay |
| January 13 | 14:45 CET | Men's 10 km Sprint |
| January 14 | 14:30 CET | Women's 7.5 km Sprint |
| January 15 | 11:30 CET | Men's 12.5 km Pursuit |
| January 15 | 14:45 CET | Women's 10 km Pursuit |

## Medal winners

### Men

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10 km Sprint details | Martin Fourcade France | 22:34.2 (0+0) | Julian Eberhard Austria | 22:52.2 (0+0) | Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway | 23:13.9 (0+0) |
| 12.5 km Pursuit details | Martin Fourcade France | 33:57.5 (0+2+1+0) | Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway | 34:15.8 (0+0+0+0) | Michal Krčmář Czech Republic | 34:17.0 (0+0+0+0) |
| 4x7.5 km Relay details | Norway Ole Einar Bjoerndalen Vetle Sjastad Christiansen Henrik L'Abee-Lund Emil Hegle Svendsen | 1:13:40.7 (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (0+0) | Russia Alexey Volkov Anton Shipulin Matvey Eliseev Anton Babikov | 1:13:45.8 (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) | Germany Erik Lesser Benedikt Doll Arnd Peiffer Simon Schempp | 1:14:04.2 (0+0) (1+3) (0+0) (0+3) (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) |

### Women

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7.5 km Sprint details | Kaisa Mäkäräinen Finland | 20:51.8 (0+0) | Gabriela Koukalová Czech Republic | 21:13.8 (0+0) | Laura Dahlmeier Germany | 21:21.9 (0+0) |
| 10 km Pursuit details | Kaisa Mäkäräinen Finland | 30:58.0 (0+0+1+0) | Gabriela Koukalová Czech Republic | 31:58.9 (2+0+0+0) | Marie Dorin Habert France | 32:21.1 (1+0+1+1) |
| 4x6 km Relay details | Germany Vanessa Hinz Maren Hammerschmidt Franziska Preuss Laura Dahlmeier | 1:09:53.0 (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) | France Anais Chevalier Justine Braisaz Anais Bescond Celia Aymonier | 1:09:56.5 (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+3) (0+1) (0+2) (0+0) (0+0) | Norway Kaia Wøien Nicolaisen Hilde Fenne Tiril Eckhoff Marte Olsbu | 1:09:57.5 (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) |

## Achievements

### Best performance for all time

* Matthias Bischl (GER), 16th place in Sprint
* Michael Willeitner (GER), 38th place in Sprint
* Michal Krčmář (CZE), 3rd place in Pursuit
* Hanna Oeberg (SWE), 7th place in Sprint and 5th in Pursuit
* Markéta Davidová (CZE), 28th place in Sprint
* Lisa Vittozzi (ITA), 10th place in Pursuit
* Irina Uslugina (RUS), 22nd place in Pursuit
* Julia Simon (FRA), 40th place in Pursuit

### First World Cup race

* Eligius Tambornino (SUI), 72nd place in Sprint
* Julia Simon (FRA), 45th place in Sprint
