The 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup – Mixed Relay started on Sunday 27 November 2016 in Östersund and finished on Sunday 12 March 2017 in Kontiolahti. The defending team was Norway.
The winning team was Germany.
Competition format The relay teams consist of four biathletes. Legs 1 and 2 are skied by the women, and legs 3 and 4 by the men. The women's legs are and men's legs are . Every athlete's leg is skied over three laps, with two shooting rounds: one prone and one standing. For every round of five targets there are eight bullets available, though the last three can only be single-loaded manually from the spare round holders or from bullets deposited by the athlete into trays or onto the mat at the firing line. If after eight bullets there are still standing targets, one penalty loop must be taken for each remaining target. The first-leg participants all start at the same time, and as in cross-country skiing relays, every athlete of a team must touch the team's next-leg participant to perform a valid changeover. On the first shooting stage of the first leg, the participant must shoot in the lane corresponding to their bib number (bib #10 shoots at lane #10 regardless of their position in the race), then for the remainder of the relay, the athletes shoot at the lane corresponding to the position they arrived (arrive at the range in 5th place, shoot at lane five).
The single mixed relay involves one male and one female biathlete each completing two legs consisting of one prone and one standing shoot. The female biathletes all start the race at the same time and complete one leg before exchanging with their male counterparts who complete one leg before exchanging again with the female skier who after completing another leg switches again with the male biathlete who completes the race. The rules regarding shooting are the same as in the regular mixed relay.
2015–16 Top 3 standings Medal Nation PointsGold: 264Silver: 252Bronze: 223
Medal winners Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Östersund ()details 1:10:57.1 1:11:30.8 1:11:41.3 Östersund ()details 35:43.5 35:59.5 36:08.7 World Championships ()details 1:09:06.4 1:09:08.6 1:09:09.6 Kontiolahti ()details 31:35.1 32:07.9 32:08.4 Kontiolahti ()details 1:11:34.5 1:11:45.5 1:12:01.6
Standings # Nation ÖST ÖST HOC KON KON Total Mixed relay 1 54 48 60 48 54 264 2 40 60 54 43 60 257 3 30 54 32 60 25 201 4 60 30 34 31 40 195 4 43 34 48 27 43 195 6 31 32 40 36 48 187 7 48 28 43 30 36 185 8 38 43 38 34 31 184 9 36 27 36 38 38 175 10 34 22 25 54 34 169 11 26 40 30 40 27 163 12 32 38 27 32 28 157 13 28 21 31 28 26 134 14 27 31 19 26 30 133 15 21 15 29 29 32 126 16 19 36 28 22 19 124 17 29 20 23 23 24 119 18 24 25 24 21 22 116 19 22 26 20 25 20 113 20 17 24 26 16 29 112 21 23 18 22 24 18 105 22 25 16 18 18 21 98 23 20 19 17 17 23 96 24 18 17 21 20 17 93 25 — 29 16 19 — 64 26 — 23 — — — 23
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