1996–97 Biathlon World Cup

Biathlon competition 1996–97 World Cup Overall GER Sven Fischer SWE Magdalena Forsberg Nations Cup GER Germany GER Germany Individual GER Ricco Groß GER Uschi Disl Sprint NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen GER Uschi Disl Pursuit RUS Viktor Maigourov SWE Magdalena Forsberg Relay GER Germany RUS Russia 1995–96 1997–98 The 1996–97 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 30 November 1996 in Lillehammer, Norway, and ended on 16 March 1997 in Novosibirsk, Russia. It was the 20th season of the Biathlon World Cup. Calendar Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 1996–97 season.Gregor Jakub Schedule http://biathlonresults.com/?IBUId=BTDEN20608196501 biathlonresults.com IBU 26 May 2018 Location Date Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay NOR Lillehammer 30 November–1 December ● ● SWE Östersund 5–8 December ● ● ● NOR Holmenkollen 12–15 December ● ● ● GER Oberhof 4–5 January ● ● GER Ruhpolding 9–12 January ● ● ITA Antholz 16–19 January ● ● ● SVK Osrblie 1–17 February ● ● ● ● JPN Nagano 6–9 March ● ● ● RUS Novosibirsk 13–16 March ● ● ● Total 6 9 4 1 5 World Cup Podium Men Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib (After competition) Det. 1 30 November 1996 NOR Lillehammer 10 km Sprint GER Sven Fischer RUS Sergei Tarasov RUS Pavel Rostovtsev GER Sven Fischer Detail 1 1 December 1996 NOR Lillehammer 12.5 km Pursuit GER Sven Fischer RUS Pavel Rostovtsev ITA René Cattarinussi Detail 2 5 December 1996 SWE Östersund 20 km Individual ITA Wilfried Pallhuber FIN Vesa Hietalahti RUS Pavel Mouslimov RUS Pavel Mouslimov Detail 2 7 December 1996 SWE Östersund 10 km Sprint BLR 1995 Vadim Sashurin NOR Frode Andresen NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail 3 12 December 1996 NOR Oslo Holmenkollen 10 km Sprint RUS Viktor Maigourov NOR Frode Andresen GER Sven Fischer GER Sven Fischer Detail 3 14 December 1996 NOR Oslo Holmenkollen 12.5 km Pursuit RUS Viktor Maigourov GER Sven Fischer NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail 4 4 January 1997 GER Oberhof 10 km Sprint NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen RUS Pavel Mouslimov NOR Halvard Hanevold Detail 4 5 January 1997 GER Oberhof 12.5 km Pursuit NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen RUS Viktor Maigourov AUT Ludwig Gredler Detail 5 9 January 1997 GER Ruhpolding 20 km Individual GER Ricco Groß NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen RUS Viktor Maigourov Detail 5 11 January 1997 GER Ruhpolding 10 km Sprint NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen RUS Pavel Rostovtsev GER Sven Fischer Detail 6 16 January 1997 ITA Antholz-Anterselva 20 km Individual AUT Ludwig Gredler GER Ricco Groß RUS Sergei Rozhkov Detail 6 18 January 1997 ITA Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Sprint RUS Viktor Maigourov ITA Pieralberto Carrara FRA Raphaël Poirée Detail WC 1 February 1997 SVK Brezno-Osrblie 10 km Sprint ITA Wilfried Pallhuber ITA René Cattarinussi BLR 1995 Oleg Ryzhenkov NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail WC 2 February 1997 SVK Brezno-Osrblie 12.5 km Pursuit RUS Viktor Maigourov RUS Sergei Tarasov NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail WC 7 February 1997 SVK Brezno-Osrblie 20 km Individual GER Ricco Groß BLR 1995 Oleg Ryzhenkov AUT Ludwig Gredler Detail 7 6 March 1997 JPN Nagano 20 km Individual GER Mark Kirchner FIN Vesa Hietalahti BLR 1995 Oleg Ryzhenkov Detail 7 8 March 1997 JPN Nagano 10 km Sprint GER Sven Fischer NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen ITA René Cattarinussi Detail 8 13 March 1997 RUS Novosibirsk 20 km Individual RUS Pavel Mouslimov GER Ricco Groß GER Sven Fischer GER Sven Fischer Detail 8 15 March 1997 RUS Novosibirsk 10 km Sprint AUT Ludwig Gredler GER Ricco Groß RUS Sergei Tarasov Detail Women Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib (After competition) Det. 1 30 November 1996 NOR Lillehammer 7.5 km Sprint GER Petra Behle GER Simone Greiner-Petter-M. RUS Olga Melnik GER Petra Behle Detail 1 1 December 1996 NOR Lillehammer 10 km Pursuit GER Simone Greiner-Petter-M. RUS Galina Koukleva SWE Magdalena Forsberg GER Simone Greiner-Petter-M. Detail 2 5 December 1996 SWE Östersund 15 km Individual RUS Anna Volkova CHN Yu Shumei BLR 1995 Svetlana Paramygina GER Petra Behle Detail 2 7 December 1996 SWE Östersund 7.5 km Sprint RUS Olga Melnik BLR 1995 Svetlana Paramygina NOR Gunn Margit Andreassen Detail 3 12 December 1996 NOR Oslo Holmenkollen 7.5 km Sprint GER Uschi Disl GER Simone Greiner-Petter-M. RUS Galina Koukleva Detail 3 14 December 1996 NOR Oslo Holmenkollen 10 km Pursuit GER Uschi Disl RUS Galina Koukleva RUS Olga Romasko SWE Magdalena Forsberg Detail 4 4 January 1997 GER Oberhof 7.5 km Sprint SWE Magdalena Forsberg NOR Hildegunn Mikkelsplass GER Kathi Schwaab Detail 4 5 January 1997 GER Oberhof 10 km Pursuit SWE Magdalena Forsberg GER Simone Greiner-Petter-M. NOR Annette Sikveland Detail 5 9 January 1997 GER Ruhpolding 15 km Individual NOR Annette Sikveland GER Simone Greiner-Petter-M. FRA Corinne Niogret Detail 5 11 January 1997 GER Ruhpolding 7.5 km Sprint GER Petra Behle GER Uschi Disl RUS Olga Romasko Detail 6 16 January 1997 ITA Antholz-Anterselva 15 km Individual UKR Tetyana Vodopyanova NOR Annette Sikveland GER Uschi Disl Detail 6 18 January 1997 ITA Antholz-Anterselva 7.5 km Sprint GER Uschi Disl NOR Ann-Elen Skjelbreid FRA Corinne Niogret Detail WC 1 February 1997 SVK Brezno-Osrblie 7.5 km Sprint RUS Olga Romasko UKR Olena Zubrilova SWE Magdalena Forsberg Detail WC 2 February 1997 SVK Brezno-Osrblie 10 km Pursuit SWE Magdalena Forsberg UKR Olena Zubrilova RUS Olga Romasko Detail WC 6 February 1997 SVK Brezno-Osrblie 15 km Individual SWE Magdalena Forsberg UKR Olena Zubrilova BUL Ekaterina Dafovska Detail 7 6 March 1997 JPN Nagano 15 km Individual SLO Andreja Grašič GER Uschi Disl POL Anna Stera Detail 7 8 March 1997 JPN Nagano 7.5 km Sprint RUS Olga Romasko GER Uschi Disl BUL Ekaterina Dafovska Detail 8 13 March 1997 RUS Novosibirsk 15 km Individual BLR 1995 Svetlana Paramygina GER Uschi Disl RUS Anna Volkova Detail 8 15 March 1997 RUS Novosibirsk 7.5 km Sprint GER Petra Behle SLO Andreja Grašič BLR 1995 Svetlana Paramygina Detail Men's team Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third 2 8 December 1996 SWE Östersund 4x7.5 km Relay Ricco Gross Peter Sendel Frank Luck Sven Fischer Egil Gjelland Halvard Hanevold Frode Andresen Ole Einar Bjørndalen BLR 1995 Alexei Aidarov Oleg Ryzhenkov Alexander Popov Vadim Sashurin 3 15 December 1996 NOR Holmenkollen 4x7.5 km Relay Ricco Gross Peter Sendel Mark Kirchner Frank Luck Ole Einar Bjørndalen Egil Gjelland Dag Bjørndalen Frode Andresen Sergei Rozhkov Pavel Mouslimov Pavel Rostovtsev Alexei Kobelev 5 12 January 1997 GER Ruhpolding Team event Hannes Obererlacher Reinhard Neuner Wolfgang Perner Ludwig Gredler Halvard Hanevold Egil Gjelland Jon Age Tyldum Dag Bjørndalen Sergei Tarasov Eduard Ryabov Pavel Mouslimov Sergei Rozhkov 6 19 January 1997 ITA Antholz-Anterselva 4x7.5 km Relay Ricco Gross Mark Kirchner Carsten Heymann Frank Luck Rene Cattarinussi Wilfried Pallhuber Patrick Favre Pieralberto Carrara Bard Mjolne Sylfest Glimsdal Jon Age Tyldum Ole Einar Bjørndalen WC 5 February 1997 SVK Osrblie Team event BLR 1995 Oleg Ryzhenkov Petr Ivashko Alexander Popov Vadim Sashurin Carsten Heymann Mark Kirchner Frank Luck Peter Sendel Wieslaw Ziemianin Jan Ziemianin Wojciech Kozub Tomasz Sikora WC 9 February 1997 SVK Osrblie 4x7.5 km Relay Ricco Gross Peter Sendel Sven Fischer Frank Luck Egil Gjelland Jon Age Tyldum Dag Bjørndalen Ole Einar Bjørndalen Rene Cattarinussi Wilfried Pallhuber Patrick Favre Pieralberto Carrara 7 9 March 1997 JPN Nagano 4x7.5 km Relay Viktor Maigourov Vladimir Drachev Sergei Tarasov Alexei Kobelev Frode Andresen Jon Age Tyldum Halvard Hanevold Ole Einar Bjørndalen Jože Poklukar Tomaž Žemva Janez Ožbolt Matjaž Poklukar Women's team Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third 2 8 December 1996 SWE Östersund 4x7.5 km Relay Olga Melnik Galina Kukleva Anna Volkova Olga Romasko Uschi Disl Simone Greiner Katrin Apel Petra Behle Ann-Elen Skjelbreid Annette Sikveland Hildegunn Mikkelsplass Gunn Margit Andreassen 3 15 December 1996 NOR Holmenkollen 4x7.5 km Relay Olga Melnik Galina Kukleva Nadezhda Talanova Olga Romasko Uschi Disl Simone Greiner Katrin Apel Petra Behle Ann-Elen Skjelbreid Annette Sikveland Hildegunn Mikkelsplass Gunn Margit Andreassen 6 19 January 1997 ITA Antholz-Anterselva 4x7.5 km Relay Olga Melnik Galina Kukleva Nadezhda Talanova Olga Romasko Ann-Elen Skjelbreid Annette Sikveland Liv Grete Skjelbreid Gunn Margit Andreassen Delphyne Burlet Christelle Gros Veronique Claudel Corinne Niogret WC 9 February 1997 SVK Osrblie 4x7.5 km Relay Uschi Disl Simone Greiner Katrin Apel Petra Behle Ann-Elen Skjelbreid Annette Sikveland Liv Grete Skjelbreid Gunn Margit Andreassen Olga Melnik Galina Kukleva Nadezhda Talanova Olga Romasko 7 9 March 1997 JPN Nagano 4x7.5 km Relay Nina Lemesh Olena Petrova Valentina Tserbe-Nessina Tetyana Vodopyanova Nadezhda Talanova Olga Melnik Anna Volkova Olga Romasko Yu Shumei Sun Ribo Liu Jinfeng Liu Xianying Standings: Men Overall Pos.Points 1. GER Sven Fischer 314 2. NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen 303 3. RUS Viktor Maigourov 294 4. GER Ricco Groß 281 5. RUS Pavel Mouslimov 255 Final standings after 19 races. Individual Pos.Points 1. GER Ricco Groß 134 2. RUS Pavel Mouslimov 101 3. GER Mark Kirchner 82 4. GER Carsten Heymann 82 5. GER Sven Fischer 79 Final standings after 6 races. Sprint Pos.Points 1. NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen 158 2. GER Sven Fischer 157 3. RUS Viktor Maigourov 136 4. AUT Ludwig Gredler 127 5. NOR Frode Andresen 124 Final standings after 9 races. Pursuit Pos.Points 1. RUS Viktor Maigourov 86 2. GER Sven Fischer 78 2. NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen 78 4. ITA René Cattarinussi 60 5. RUS Pavel Rostovtsev 50 Final standings after 4 races. Relay Pos.Points 1. GER Germany 120 2. NOR Norway 104 3. RUS Russia 95 4. BLR 1995 Belarus 90 5. ITA Italy 88 Final standings after 5 races. Nation Pos.Points 1. GER 5225 2. RUS 5098 3. NOR 4883 4. ITA 4857 5. BLR 1995 4542 Final standings after 20 races. Standings: Women Overall Pos.Points 1. SWE Magdalena Forsberg 340 2. GER Uschi Disl 333 3. GER Simone Greiner-Petter-M. 283 4. RUS Olga Romasko 240 5. FRA Corinne Niogret 240 Final standings after 19 races. Individual Pos.Points 1. GER Uschi Disl 110 2. SWE Magdalena Forsberg 106 3. BLR 1995 Svetlana Paramygina 86 4. NOR Annette Sikveland 85 5. FRA Corinne Niogret 84 Final standings after 6 races. Sprint Pos.Points 1. GER Uschi Disl 164 2. GER Simone Greiner-Petter-M. 156 3. SWE Magdalena Forsberg 150 4. RUS Olga Romasko 140 5. GER Petra Behle 135 Final standings after 9 races. Pursuit Pos.Points 1. SWE Magdalena Forsberg 84 2. GER Simone Greiner-Petter-M. 75 3. RUS Olga Romasko 70 4. RUS Galina Kukleva 64 5. GER Uschi Disl 59 Final standings after 4 races. Relay Pos.Points 1. RUS Russia 116 2. GER Germany 103 3. NOR Norway 100 4. UKR Ukraine 90 5. FRA France 89 Final standings after 5 races. Nation Pos.Points 1. GER 5176 2. RUS 4955 3. NOR 4902 4. ITA 4791 5. UKR 4526 Final standings after 20 races. Medal table flagcountry 4 13 9 4 0 2 0 0 4 18 14 5 13 9 13 2 0 2 2 3 0 0 2 0 2 2 5 2 3 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 Achievements Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses) Men Viktor Maigourov RUS, 4 (7) first places Sven Fischer GER, 3 (8) first places Ole Einar Bjørndalen NOR, 3 (4) first places Wilfried Pallhuber ITA, 2 (6) first places Ludwig Gredler AUT, 2 (6) first places Ricco Groß GER, 2 (2) first places Mark Kirchner GER, 1 (5) first place Vadim Sashurin BLR 1995, 1 (1) first place Pavel Mouslimov RUS, 1 (1) first place Women Magdalena Forsberg SWE, 4 (6) first places Uschi Disl GER, 3 (11) first places Petra Behle GER, 3 (5) first places Olga Romasko RUS, 2 (3) first places Svetlana Paramygina BLR 1995, 1 (9) first place Simone Greiner GER, 1 (3) first place Tetyana Vodopyanova UKR, 1 (2) first place Andreja Grašič SVN, 1 (2) first place Anna Volkova RUS, 1 (1) first place Olga Melnik RUS, 1 (1) first place Annette Sikveland NOR, 1 (1) first place Retirements The following notable biathletes retired after the 1996–97 season: Hervé Flandin FRA Stéphane Bouthiaux FRA Mariya Manolova BUL Veronique Claudel FRA Svetlana Panyutina RUS References 2 External links IBU official website Category:Biathlon World Cup Category:1996 in biathlon Category:1997 in biathlon