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The 48th Biathlon World Championships was held in Oslo, Norway from 3 to 13 March 2016. This was the sixth time that these World Championships were held in Oslo; the city had previously hosted the event in 1986, 1990 (certain events held in Oslo due to difficult weather in the host city of Minsk), 1999 (certain events held in Oslo due to difficult weather in the host city of Kontiolahti), 2000 and 2002 (Only the mass start as it was not on the program for the 2002 Olympics).

There were 11 competitions in total: sprint, pursuit, individual, mass start, and relay races for men and women, and mixed relay. All the events during this championships also counted towards the Biathlon World Cup.

The National Bank of Belarus on January 26th, 2016 puts into circulation new silver and copper-nickel commemorative coins “Biathlon World Championship Oslo 2016”. Designer: Svetlana Nekrasova.