2002–03 Biathlon World Cup

Biathlon competition 2002–03 World Cup Overall NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen GER Martina Glagow Nations Cup NOR Norway RUS Russia Individual NOR Halvard Hanevold NOR Linda Tjørhom Sprint NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen FRA Sylvie Becaert Pursuit NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen GER Martina Glagow Mass start NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen RUS Albina Akhatova Relay BLR 1995 Belarus RUS Russia 2001–02 2003–04 The 2002–03 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The men's overall World Cup was won by Norway's Ole Einar Bjørndalen, while Martina Glagow of Germany claimed the women's overall World Cup. Calendar Below is the World Cup calendar for the 2004–05 season.http://www.biathlonworld.com/en/events.html?event_level=WC&event_class=S World Cup Schedule 2018-05-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20081218052430/http://www.biathlonworld.com/en/events.html?event_level=WC&event_class=S 2008-12-18 dead LocationDateIndividualSprintPursuitMass startRelayMixed relaySWE Östersund5–8 December●●●SWE Östersund11–15 December●●●SVK Osrblie19–22 December●●●GER Oberhof8–12 January●●●GER Ruhpolding16–19 January●●●ITA Antholz23–26 January●●●FIN Lahti8–9 February●●NOR Holmenkollen13–16 February●●●SWE Östersund20–23 February●●●RUS Khanty-Mansiysk15–23 March●●●●●Total397480 World Cup Podium Men Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib (After competition) Det. 1 5 December 2002 SWE Östersund 10 km Sprint NOR Frode Andresen FRA Raphaël Poirée BLR 1995 Oleg Ryzhenkov NOR Frode Andresen Detail 1 8 December 2002 SWE Östersund 12.5 km Pursuit NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen FRA Raphaël Poirée NOR Egil Gjelland FRA Raphaël Poirée Detail 2 14 December 2002 SWE Östersund 10 km Sprint NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen NOR Frode Andresen UKR Andriy Deryzemlya Detail 2 15 December 2002 SWE Östersund 12.5 km Pursuit NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen GER Ricco Groß NOR Frode Andresen NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail 3 19 December 2002 SVK Brezno-Osrblie 10 km Sprint FRA Raphaël Poirée SLO Janez Marič NOR Frode Andresen FRA Raphaël Poirée Detail 3 22 December 2002 SVK Brezno-Osrblie 12.5 km Pursuit FRA Raphaël Poirée GER Ricco Groß BLR 1995 Vladimir Drachev Detail 4 9 January 2003 GER Oberhof 10 km Sprint NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen RUS Sergei Tchepikov AUT Wolfgang Rottmann Detail 4 12 January 2003 GER Oberhof 15 km Mass Start NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen BLR 1995 Vladimir Drachev FRA Raphaël Poirée Detail 5 18 January 2003 GER Ruhpolding 10 km Sprint NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen NOR Frode Andresen FRA Raphaël Poirée Detail 5 19 January 2003 GER Ruhpolding 12.5 km Pursuit NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen FRA Raphaël Poirée GER Frank Luck Detail 6 23 January 2003 ITA Antholz-Anterselva 20 km Individual BLR 1995 Vladimir Drachev NOR Halvard Hanevold NOR Stian Eckhoff Detail 6 26 January 2003 ITA Antholz-Anterselva 15 km Mass Start UKR Andriy Deryzemlya RUS Pavel Rostovtsev GER Ricco Groß Detail 7 8 February 2003 FIN Lahti 10 km Sprint GER Alexander Wolf RUS Sergei Tchepikov BLR 1995 Alexei Aidarov NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail 7 9 February 2003 FIN Lahti 15 km Mass Start NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen BLR 1995 Oleg Ryzhenkov NOR Halvard Hanevold Detail 8 15 February 2003 NOR Oslo Holmenkollen 10 km Sprint BLR 1995 Vladimir Drachev RUS Pavel Rostovtsev GER Sven Fischer Detail 8 16 February 2003 NOR Oslo Holmenkollen 12.5 km Pursuit NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen GER Sven Fischer NOR Stian Eckhoff Detail 9 20 February 2003 SWE Östersund 10 km Sprint GER Sven Fischer BLR 1995 Vladimir Drachev NOR Lars Berger Detail 9 21 February 2003 SWE Östersund 20 km Individual SLO Janez Marič CZE Zdeněk Vítek SLO Marko Dolenc Detail 9 23 February 2003 SWE Östersund 12.5 km Pursuit BLR 1995 Vladimir Drachev CZE Zdeněk Vítek NOR Halvard Hanevold Detail WC 15 March 2003 RUS Khanty-Mansiysk 10 km Sprint NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen GER Ricco Groß CZE Zdeněk Vítek Detail WC 16 March 2003 RUS Khanty-Mansiysk 12.5 km Pursuit GER Ricco Groß NOR Halvard Hanevold FIN Paavo Puurunen Detail WC 19 March 2003 RUS Khanty-Mansiysk 20 km Individual NOR Halvard Hanevold FIN Vesa Hietalahti GER Ricco Groß Detail WC 23 March 2003 RUS Khanty-Mansiysk 15 km Mass Start NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen GER Sven Fischer FRA Raphaël Poirée Detail Women Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib (After competition) Det. 1 5 December 2002 SWE Östersund 7.5 km Sprint RUS Olga Zaitseva FRA Sylvie Becaert RUS Olga Pyleva RUS Olga Zaitseva Detail 1 8 December 2002 SWE Östersund 10 km Pursuit GER Kati Wilhelm RUS Olga Zaitseva GER Katja Beer Detail 2 13 December 2002 SWE Östersund 7.5 km Sprint NOR Linda Tjørhom RUS Svetlana Ishmouratova BUL Ekaterina Dafovska Detail 2 15 December 2002 SWE Östersund 10 km Pursuit GER Katja Beer NOR Linda Tjørhom FIN Sanna-Leena Perunka NOR Linda Tjørhom Detail 3 19 December 2002 SVK Brezno-Osrblie 7.5 km Sprint RUS Galina Koukleva RUS Albina Akhatova GER Uschi Disl Detail 3 22 December 2002 SVK Brezno-Osrblie 10 km Pursuit BUL Ekaterina Dafovska RUS Galina Koukleva GER Martina Glagow RUS Galina Koukleva Detail 4 8 January 2003 GER Oberhof 7.5 km Sprint BUL Ekaterina Dafovska FRA Sylvie Becaert CZE Kateřina Holubcová BUL Ekaterina Dafovska Detail 4 12 January 2003 GER Oberhof 12.5 km Mass Start GER Uschi Disl BUL Ekaterina Dafovska FRA Sylvie Becaert Detail 5 17 January 2003 GER Ruhpolding 7.5 km Sprint RUS Galina Koukleva GER Martina Glagow RUS Olga Pyleva Detail 5 19 January 2003 GER Ruhpolding 10 km Pursuit BUL Ekaterina Dafovska GER Martina Glagow RUS Svetlana Ishmouratova Detail 6 23 January 2003 ITA Antholz-Anterselva 15 km Individual BUL Ekaterina Dafovska FRA Sandrine Bailly NOR Linda Tjørhom Detail 6 26 January 2003 ITA Antholz-Anterselva 12.5 km Mass Start RUS Albina Akhatova FRA Sylvie Becaert FRA Corinne Niogret Detail 7 8 February 2003 FIN Lahti 7.5 km Sprint RUS Olga Pyleva RUS Albina Akhatova GER Kati Wilhelm Detail 7 9 February 2003 FIN Lahti 12.5 km Mass Start GER Kati Wilhelm GER Martina Glagow BUL Ekaterina Dafovska Detail 8 15 February 2003 NOR Oslo Holmenkollen 7.5 km Sprint FRA Sandrine Bailly RUS Albina Akhatova GER Martina Glagow Detail 8 16 February 2003 NOR Oslo Holmenkollen 10 km Pursuit GER Martina Glagow BLR 1995 Olena Zubrilova ITA Michela Ponza Detail 9 20 February 2003 SWE Östersund 7.5 km Sprint GER Kati Wilhelm BLR 1995 Olena Zubrilova GER Uschi Disl Detail 9 22 February 2003 SWE Östersund 15 km Individual RUS Olga Zaitseva NOR Linda Tjørhom RUS Olga Pyleva Detail 9 23 February 2003 SWE Östersund 10 km Pursuit BLR 1995 Olena Zubrilova NOR Linda Tjørhom CZE Kateřina Holubcová GER Martina Glagow Detail WC 15 March 2003 RUS Khanty-Mansiysk 7.5 km Sprint FRA Sylvie Becaert UKR Olena Petrova CZE Kateřina Holubcová Detail WC 16 March 2003 RUS Khanty-Mansiysk 10 km Pursuit GER Martina Glagow FRA Sandrine Bailly RUS Svetlana Ishmouratova Detail WC 18 March 2003 RUS Khanty-Mansiysk 15 km Individual CZE Kateřina Holubcová BLR 1995 Olena Zubrilova NOR Gunn Margit Andreassen Detail WC 22 March 2003 RUS Khanty-Mansiysk 12.5 km Mass Start RUS Albina Akhatova RUS Svetlana Ishmouratova FRA Sandrine Bailly Detail Men's team Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third 1 7 December 2002 SWE Östersund 4x7.5 km Relay Egil Gjelland Frode Andresen Ole Einar Bjørndalen Halvard Hanevold Viktor Maigourov Sergei Rozhkov Sergei Tchepikov Pavel Rostovtsev Ricco Gross Peter Sendel Sven Fischer Frank Luck 2 12 December 2002 SWE Östersund 4x7.5 km Relay BLR 1995 Alexei Aidarov Vladimir Drachev Rustam Valiullin Oleg Ryzhenkov Egil Gjelland Ole Einar Bjørndalen Frode Andresen Halvard Hanevold Viktor Maigourov Sergei Rozhkov Sergei Tchepikov Pavel Rostovtsev 3 20 December 2002 SVK Osrblie 4x7.5 km Relay Viktor Maigourov Pavel Rostovtsev Sergei Rozhkov Sergei Tchepikov Peter Sendel Sven Fischer Michael Greis Frank Luck Ferréol Cannard Vincent Defrasne Julien Robert Raphael Poiree 4 11 January 2003 GER Oberhof 4x7.5 km Relay Viktor Maigourov Pavel Rostovtsev Sergei Rozhkov Sergei Tchepikov BLR 1995 Alexei Aidarov Vladimir Drachev Rustam Valiullin Oleg Ryzhenkov Ferréol Cannard Vincent Defrasne Julien Robert Raphael Poiree 5 16 January 2003 GER Ruhpolding 4x7.5 km Relay Ferréol Cannard Vincent Defrasne Julien Robert Raphael Poiree Michael Greis Sven Fischer Peter Sendel Ricco Gross Halvard Hanevold Frode Andresen Egil Gjelland Ole Einar Bjørndalen 6 25 January 2003 ITA Antholz-Anterselva 4x7.5 km Relay BLR 1995 Alexei Aidarov Vladimir Drachev Rustam Valiullin Oleg Ryzhenkov Egil Gjelland Lars Berger Stian Eckhoff Halvard Hanevold Rene Cattarinussi Rene-Laurent Vuillermoz Devis Da Canal Wilfried Pallhuber 8 13 February 2003 NOR Holmenkollen 4x7.5 km Relay BLR 1995 Alexei Aidarov Vladimir Drachev Rustam Valiullin Oleg Ryzhenkov Sergei Rozhkov Pavel Rostovtsev Nikolay Kruglov Sergei Tchepikov Halvard Hanevold Stian Eckhoff Egil Gjelland Ole Einar Bjørndalen WC 21 March 2003 RUS Khanty-Mansiysk 4x7.5 km Relay Peter Sendel Sven Fischer Ricco Gross Frank Luck Viktor Maigourov Pavel Rostovtsev Sergei Rozhkov Sergei Tchepikov BLR 1995 Alexei Aidarov Vladimir Drachev Rustam Valiullin Oleg Ryzhenkov Women's team Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third 1 6 December 2002 SWE Östersund 4x6 km Relay Katrin Apel Uschi Disl Simone Denkinger Kati Wilhelm Linda Tjorhom Gro Marit Istad-Kristiansen Tora Berger Gunn Margit Andreassen Olga Pyleva Olga Zaitseva Anna Bogaliy Albina Akhatova 2 11 December 2002 SWE Östersund 4x6 km Relay Svetlana Tchernousova Galina Kukleva Irina Malgina Svetlana Ishmouratova Martina Glagow Simone Denkinger Andrea Henkel Katja Beer Nina Klenovska Pavlina Filipova Ekaterina Dafovska Iva Karagiozova 3 21 December 2002 SVK Osrblie 4x6 km Relay BLR 1995 Lilia Efremova Olga Nazarova Lyudmila Lysenko Olena Zubrilova Martina Glagow Simone Denkinger Katja Beer Kati Wilhelm Liv-Kjersti Eikeland Borghild Ouren Gunn Margit Andreassen Linda Tjorhom 4 10 January 2003 GER Oberhof 4x6 km Relay Katrin Apel Uschi Disl Andrea Henkel Kati Wilhelm Albina Akhatova Svetlana Tchernousova Galina Kukleva Olga Pyleva Sylvie Becaert Sandrine Bailly Julie Carraz Corinne Niogret 5 15 January 2003 GER Ruhpolding 4x6 km Relay Albina Akhatova Svetlana Ishmouratova Galina Kukleva Olga Pyleva Martina Glagow Uschi Disl Andrea Henkel Kati Wilhelm Linda Tjorhom Ann-Elen Skjelbreid Gro Marit Istad-Kristiansen Gunn Margit Andreassen 6 24 January 2003 ITA Antholz-Anterselva 4x6 km Relay Albina Akhatova Anna Bogaliy Svetlana Tchernousova Olga Pyleva Simone Denkinger Uschi Disl Romy Beer Kati Wilhelm BLR 1995 Lilia Efremova Olga Nazarova Lyudmila Lysenko Olena Zubrilova 8 13 February 2003 NOR Holmenkollen 4x6 km Relay Albina Akhatova Svetlana Tchernousova Olga Zaitseva Olga Pyleva BLR 1995 Lilia Efremova Olga Nazarova Lyudmila Ananko Olena Zubrilova Florence Baverel-Robert Sandrine Bailly Corinne Niogret Sylvie Becaert WC 20 March 2003 RUS Khanty-Mansiysk 4x6 km Relay Albina Akhatova Svetlana Ishmouratova Galina Kukleva Svetlana Tchernousova Oksana Khvostenko Iryna Merkushina Oksana Yakovlieva Olena Petrova Simone Denkinger Uschi Disl Kati Wilhelm Martina Glagow Standings: Men Overall Pos.Points 1. NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen 737 2. BLR 1995 Vladimir Drachev 630 3. GER Ricco Groß 613 4. FRA Raphaël Poirée 591 5. NOR Halvard Hanevold 553 Final standings after 23 races. Individual Pos.Points 1. NOR Halvard Hanevold 96 2. FIN Vesa Hietalahti 83 3. GER Ricco Groß 80 4. NOR Egil Gjelland 64 5. SLO Janez Marič 61 Final standings after 3 races. Sprint Pos.Points 1. NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen 328 2. NOR Frode Andresen 252 3. BLR 1995 Vladimir Drachev 247 4. FRA Raphaël Poirée 226 5. GER Sven Fischer 213 Final standings after 9 races. Pursuit Pos.Points 1. NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen 230 2. GER Ricco Groß 205 3. FRA Raphaël Poirée 199 4. BLR 1995 Vladimir Drachev 197 5. NOR Halvard Hanevold 154 Final standings after 7 races. Mass Start Pos.Points 1. NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen 150 2. BLR 1995 Vladimir Drachev 114 3. FRA Raphaël Poirée 114 4. GER Ricco Groß 109 5. BLR 1995 Oleg Ryzhenkov 100 Final standings after 4 races. Relay Pos.Points 1. BLR 1995 Belarus 319 2. RUS Russia 318 3. NOR Norway 298 4. GER Germany 288 5. FRA France 279 Final standings after 8 races. Nation Pos.Points 1. NOR 4029 2. GER 3778 3. RUS 3704 4. BLR 1995 3599 5. FRA 3547 Final standings after 20 races. Standings: Women Overall Pos.Points 1. GER Martina Glagow 729 2. RUS Albina Akhatova 699 3. FRA Sylvie Becaert 680 4. BUL Ekaterina Dafovska 644 5. BLR 1995 Olena Zubrilova 634 Final standings after 23 races. Individual Pos.Points 1. NOR Linda Tjørhom 89 2. BUL Ekaterina Dafovska 80 3. BLR 1995 Olena Zubrilova 80 4. NOR Gunn Margit Andreassen 77 5. CZE Kateřina Holubcová 76 Final standings after 3 races. Sprint Pos.Points 1. FRA Sylvie Becaert 280 2. GER Martina Glagow 270 3. BUL Ekaterina Dafovska 253 4. RUS Albina Akhatova 238 5. RUS Olga Pyleva 234 Final standings after 9 races. Pursuit Pos.Points 1. GER Martina Glagow 257 2. BLR 1995 Olena Zubrilova 244 3. FRA Sylvie Becaert 197 4. RUS Albina Akhatova 194 5. FRA Sandrine Bailly 180 Final standings after 7 races. Mass Start Pos.Points 1. RUS Albina Akhatova 126 2. RUS Svetlana Ishmouratova 120 3. FRA Sylvie Becaert 119 4. GER Uschi Disl 118 5. FRA Corinne Niogret 115 Final standings after 8 races. Relay Pos.Points 1. RUS Russia 339 2. GER Germany 327 3. BLR 1995 Belarus 293 4. NOR Norway 278 5. FRA France 249 Final standings after 8 races. Nation Pos.Points 1. RUS 4086 2. GER 4034 3. FRA 3760 4. BUL 3532 5. BLR 1995 3393 Final standings after 20 races. Medal table flagcountry 15 10 14 14 15 7 13 14 12 8 8 5 6 7 10 4 1 3 1 2 4 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 Achievements Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses) Men Ole Einar Bjørndalen NOR, 11 (38) first places Vladimir Drachev BLR 1995, 3 (15) first places Raphaël Poirée FRA, 2 (23) first places Sven Fischer GER, 1 (23) first place Frode Andresen NOR, 1 (12) first place Ricco Groß GER, 1 (7) first place Halvard Hanevold NOR, 1 (6) first place Andriy Deryzemlya UKR, 1 (1) first place Alexander Wolf GER, 1 (1) first place Janez Marič SVN, 1 (1) first place Women Ekaterina Dafovska BUL, 4 (5) first places Kati Wilhelm GER, 3 (6) first places Galina Kukleva RUS, 2 (9) first places Martina Glagow GER, 2 (4) first places Sandrine Bailly FRA, 2 (3) first places Olga Zaitseva RUS, 2 (2) first places Albina Akhatova RUS, 2 (2) first places Uschi Disl GER, 1 (21) first place Olena Zubrilova BLR 1995, 1 (18) first place Olga Pyleva RUS, 1 (2) first place Linda Tjørhom NOR, 1 (1) first place Katja Beer GER, 1 (1) first place Sylvie Becaert FRA, 1 (1) first place Kateřina Holubcová CZE, 1 (1) first place Retirements The following notable biathletes retired after the 2002–03 season: Gilles Marguet FRA René Cattarinussi ITA Viktor Maigourov RUS Tomaž Globočník SLO Tord Wiksten SWE Iva Karagiozova BUL Galina Kukleva RUS References External links World Cup World Cup Category:Biathlon World Cup