1997–98 Biathlon World Cup

Biathlon competition 1997–98 World Cup Overall NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen SWE Magdalena Forsberg Nations Cup NOR Norway GER Germany Individual NOR Halvard Hanevold SWE Magdalena Forsberg Sprint NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen SWE Magdalena Forsberg Pursuit GER Sven Fischer SWE Magdalena Forsberg Relay NOR NorwayGER Germany RUS Russia 1996–97 1998–99 The 1997–98 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 6 December 1997 in Lillehammer, Norway, and ended on 15 March 1998 in Hochfilzen, Austria. It was the 21st season of the Biathlon World Cup. Calendar Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 1997–98 season.Gregor Jakub Schedule http://biathlonresults.com/?IBUId=BTDEN20608196501 biathlonresults.com IBU 25 May 2018 Location Date Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay NOR Lillehammer 6–7 December ● ● SWE Östersund 11–14 December ● ● ● FIN Kontiolahti 18–21 December ● ● ● GER Ruhpolding 8–11 January ●● ● ITA Antholz 15–18 January ● ● ● JPN Nagano 11–21 February ● ● ● SLO Pokljuka 3–8 March ● ●● ● AUT Hochfilzen 12–15 March ● ● Total 5 10 3 0 5 World Cup Podium Men Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib (After competition) Det. 1 6 December 1997 NOR Lillehammer 10 km Sprint GER Frank Luck NOR Dag Bjørndalen FRA Raphaël Poirée GER Frank Luck Detail 1 7 December 1997 NOR Lillehammer 12.5 km Pursuit BLR 1995 Alexei Aidarov NOR Halvard Hanevold RUS Pavel Mouslimov Detail 2 11 December 1997 SWE Östersund 20 km Individual NOR Sylfest Glimsdal RUS Alexei Kobelev RUS Viktor Maigourov NOR Dag Bjørndalen Detail 2 13 December 1997 SWE Östersund 10 km Sprint RUS Alexei Kobelev FRA Raphaël Poirée GER Carsten Heymann RUS Pavel Mouslimov Detail 3 18 December 1997 FIN Kontiolahti 10 km Sprint GER Jan Wüstenfeld GER Ricco Groß GER Sven Fischer GER Frank Luck Detail 3 20 December 1997 FIN Kontiolahti 12.5 km Pursuit GER Sven Fischer AUT Ludwig Gredler GER Jan Wüstenfeld GER Sven Fischer Detail 4 8 January 1998 GER Ruhpolding 10 km Sprint FRA Raphaël Poirée NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen GER Ricco Groß GER Ricco Groß Detail 4 10 January 1998 GER Ruhpolding 10 km Sprint NOR Frode Andresen NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen FRA Raphaël Poirée FRA Raphaël Poirée Detail 5 15 January 1998 ITA Antholz-Anterselva 20 km Individual NOR Halvard Hanevold GER Ricco Groß BLR 1995 Alexei Aidarov GER Ricco Groß Detail 5 17 January 1998 ITA Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Sprint NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen NOR Frode Andresen RUS Viktor Maigourov Detail OG 11 February 1998 JPN Nagano 20 km Individual NOR Halvard Hanevold ITA Pieralberto Carrara BLR 1995 Alexei Aidarov Detail OG 18 February 1998 JPN Nagano 10 km Sprint NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen NOR Frode Andresen FIN Ville Räikkönen Detail 6 3 March 1998 SLO Pokljuka 20 km Individual GER Ricco Groß NOR Egil Gjelland NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail 6 5 March 1998 SLO Pokljuka 10 km Sprint GER Frank Luck FRA Raphaël Poirée RUS Viktor Maigourov NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail 7 7 March 1998 SLO Pokljuka 10 km Sprint RUS Vladimir Drachev GER Sven Fischer LAT Ilmārs Bricis Detail WC 8 March 1998 SLO Pokljuka 12.5 km Pursuit RUS Vladimir Drachev NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen FRA Raphaël Poirée Detail 8 12 March 1998 AUT Hochfilzen 20 km Individual RUS Vladimir Drachev NOR Halvard Hanevold RUS Viktor Maigourov Detail 8 14 March 1998 AUT Hochfilzen 10 km Sprint RUS Vladimir Drachev LAT Ilmārs Bricis GER Sven Fischer Detail Women Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib (After competition) Det. 1 6 December 1997 NOR Lillehammer 7.5 km Sprint RUS Galina Koukleva RUS Olga Melnik SWE Magdalena Forsberg RUS Galina Koukleva Detail 1 7 December 1997 NOR Lillehammer 10 km Pursuit RUS Galina Koukleva SWE Magdalena Forsberg GER Uschi Disl Detail 2 11 December 1997 SWE Östersund 15 km Individual SLO Andreja Grašič SWE Magdalena Forsberg UKR Olena Petrova Detail 2 13 December 1997 SWE Östersund 7.5 km Sprint SWE Magdalena Forsberg UKR Olena Zubrilova RUS Galina Koukleva SWE Magdalena Forsberg Detail 3 18 December 1997 FIN Kontiolahti 7.5 km Sprint GER Uschi Disl GER Martina Zellner RUS Svetlana Ishmouratova Detail 3 20 December 1997 FIN Kontiolahti 10 km Pursuit SWE Magdalena Forsberg RUS Svetlana Ishmouratova GER Martina Zellner Detail 4 8 January 1998 GER Ruhpolding 7.5 km Sprint SWE Magdalena Forsberg GER Petra Behle FRA Corinne Niogret Detail 4 10 January 1998 GER Ruhpolding 7.5 km Sprint GER Petra Behle GER Martina Zellner FRA Corinne Niogret Detail 5 15 January 1998 ITA Antholz-Anterselva 15 km Individual RUS Olga Romasko NOR Liv Grete Skjelbreid SWE Magdalena Forsberg Detail 5 17 January 1998 ITA Antholz-Anterselva 7.5 km Sprint UKR Nina Lemesh RUS Svetlana Ishmouratova SWE Magdalena Forsberg Detail OG 9 February 1998 JPN Nagano 15 km Individual BUL Ekaterina Dafovska UKR Olena Petrova GER Uschi Disl Detail OG 15 February 1998 JPN Nagano 7.5 km Sprint RUS Galina Koukleva GER Uschi Disl GER Katrin Apel Detail 6 3 March 1998 SLO Pokljuka 15 km Individual SWE Magdalena Forsberg FRA Florence Baverel GER Uschi Disl Detail 6 5 March 1998 SLO Pokljuka 7.5 km Sprint FRA Corinne Niogret FRA Emmanuelle Claret NOR Annette Sikveland Detail 7 7 March 1998 SLO Pokljuka 7.5 km Sprint SWE Magdalena Forsberg NOR Ann-Elen Skjelbreid FRA Christelle Gros Detail WC 8 March 1998 SLO Pokljuka 10 km Pursuit SWE Magdalena Forsberg FRA Corinne Niogret GER Martina Zellner Detail 8 12 March 1998 AUT Hochfilzen 15 km Individual GER Uschi Disl SLO Andreja Grašič GER Martina Zellner Detail 8 14 March 1998 AUT Hochfilzen 7.5 km Sprint GER Uschi Disl SWE Magdalena Forsberg NOR Liv Grete Skjelbreid Detail Men's team Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third 2 14 December 1997 SWE Östersund 4x7.5 km Relay Egil Gjelland Sylfest Glimsdal Halvard Hanevold Ole Einar Bjørndalen Jan Wüstenfeld Carsten Heymann Marco Morgenstern Sven Fischer Patrick Favre Wilfried Pallhuber Pieralberto Carrara Rene Cattarinussi 3 21 December 1997 FIN Kontiolahti 4x7.5 km Relay Sergei Rozhkov Vladimir Drachev Sergei Tarasov Pavel Rostovtsev BLR 1995 Alexei Aidarov Oleg Ryzhenkov Vadim Sashurin Alexander Popov Patrick Favre Wilfried Pallhuber Pieralberto Carrara Rene Cattarinussi 4 11 January 1998 GER Ruhpolding 4x7.5 km Relay Egil Gjelland Frode Andresen Dag Bjørndalen Ole Einar Bjørndalen Ricco Gross Jan Wüstenfeld Sven Fischer Frank Luck Sergei Rozhkov Pavel Vavilov Pavel Rostovtsev Alexei Kobelev 5 18 January 1998 ITA Antholz-Anterselva 4x7.5 km Relay Ricco Gross Peter Sendel Sven Fischer Frank Luck Egil Gjelland Halvard Hanevold Frode Andresen Ole Einar Bjørndalen BLR 1995 Alexei Aidarov Oleg Ryzhenkov Alexander Popov Vadim Sashurin OG 21 February 1998 JPN Nagano 4x7.5 km Relay Ricco Gross Peter Sendel Sven Fischer Frank Luck Egil Gjelland Halvard Hanevold Dag Bjørndalen Ole Einar Bjørndalen Pavel Mouslimov Vladimir Drachev Sergei Tarasov Viktor Maigourov WC 15 March 1998 AUT Hochfilzen Team event Egil Gjelland Sylfest Glimsdal Halvard Hanevold Ole Einar Bjørndalen Ricco Gross Carsten Heymann Sven Fischer Frank Luck Vladimir Drachev Alexei Kobelev Sergei Rozhkov Viktor Maigourov Women's team Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third 2 14 December 1997 SWE Östersund 4x7.5 km Relay Florence Baverel Emmanuelle Claret Christelle Gros Corinne Niogret Uschi Disl Martina Zellner Katrin Apel Petra Behle Olga Melnik Galina Kukleva Albina Akhatova Anna Volkova 3 21 December 1997 FIN Kontiolahti 4x7.5 km Relay Kateřina Losmanová Jiřina Pelcová Irena Česneková Eva Háková Florence Baverel Anne Briand Christelle Gros Corinne Niogret Uschi Disl Simone Greiner Katrin Apel Martina Zellner 4 11 January 1998 GER Ruhpolding 4x7.5 km Relay Olga Melnik Galina Kukleva Nadezhda Talanova Albina Akhatova Uschi Disl Martina Zellner Katrin Apel Petra Behle Ann-Elen Skjelbreid Annette Sikveland Gunn Margit Andreassen Liv Grete Skjelbreid 5 18 January 1998 ITA Antholz-Anterselva 4x7.5 km Relay Anna Volkova Galina Kukleva Olga Romasko Albina Akhatova Ann-Elen Skjelbreid Annette Sikveland Gunn Margit Andreassen Liv Grete Skjelbreid Uschi Disl Martina Zellner Katrin Apel Katja Beer OG 19 February 1998 JPN Nagano 4x7.5 km Relay Uschi Disl Martina Zellner Katrin Apel Petra Behle Olga Melnik Galina Kukleva Albina Akhatova Olga Romasko Ann-Elen Skjelbreid Annette Sikveland Gunn Margit Andreassen Liv Grete Skjelbreid Standings: Men Overall Pos.Points 1. NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen 289 2. GER Ricco Groß 286 3. GER Sven Fischer 270 4. NOR Halvard Hanevold 263 5. FRA Raphaël Poirée 249 Final standings after 18 races. Individual Pos.Points 1. NOR Halvard Hanevold 103 2. GER Ricco Groß 94 3. NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen 71 4. ITA Pieralberto Carrara 70 5. RUS Viktor Maigourov 68 Final standings after 5 races. Sprint Pos.Points 1. NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen 185 2. FRA Raphaël Poirée 161 3. NOR Frode Andresen 147 4. GER Sven Fischer 147 5. RUS Vladimir Drachev 145 Final standings after 10 races. Pursuit Pos.Points 1. GER Sven Fischer 72 2. GER Ricco Groß 59 3. RUS Sergei Rozhkov 54 4. RUS Vladimir Drachev 51 5. GER Frank Luck 51 Final standings after 3 races. Relay Pos.Points 1. GER Germany 112 1. NOR Norway 112 3. RUS Russia 98 4. BLR 1995 Belarus 90 5. ITA Italy 87 Final standings after 5 races. Nation Pos.Points 1. NOR 5660 2. GER 5493 3. RUS 5481 4. ITA 4943 5. BLR 1995 4522 Final standings after 20 races. Standings: Women Overall Pos.Points 1. SWE Magdalena Forsberg 387 2. GER Uschi Disl 325 3. GER Martina Zellner 255 4. FRA Corinne Niogret 238 5. RUS Galina Kukleva 227 Final standings after 18 races. Individual Pos.Points 1. SWE Magdalena Forsberg 99 2. GER Uschi Disl 97 3. SLO Andreja Grašič 83 4. GER Martina Zellner 78 5. UKR Olena Petrova 77 Final standings after 5 races. Sprint Pos.Points 1. SWE Magdalena Forsberg 202 2. GER Uschi Disl 171 3. FRA Corinne Niogret 152 4. RUS Galina Kukleva 141 5. GER Martina Zellner 129 Final standings after 10 races. Pursuit Pos.Points 1. SWE Magdalena Forsberg 86 2. GER Uschi Disl 57 3. FRA Corinne Niogret 53 4. RUS Galina Kukleva 49 5. GER Martina Zellner 48 Final standings after 3 races. Relay Pos.Points 1. RUS Russia 110 2. GER Germany 106 3. FRA France 100 4. NOR Norway 96 5. CZE Czech Republic 91 Final standings after 5 races. Nation Pos.Points 1. GER 5560 2. RUS 5454 3. FRA 5151 4. NOR 5108 5. UKR 4601 Final standings after 20 races. Medal table flagcountry 8 14 5 6 3 3 3 6 6 12 11 14 12 5 10 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 Achievements Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses) Men Vladimir Drachev RUS, 4 (10) first places Frank Luck GER, 2 (6) first places Ole Einar Bjørndalen NOR, 2 (6) first places Halvard Hanevold NOR, 2 (2) first places Sven Fischer GER, 1 (9) first place Sylfest Glimsdal NOR, 1 (3) first place Ricco Groß GER, 1 (3) first place Alexei Kobelev RUS, 1 (2) first place Alexei Aidarov BLR 1995, 1 (1) first place Jan Wüstenfeld GER, 1 (1) first place Raphaël Poirée FRA, 1 (1) first place Frode Andresen NOR, 1 (1) first place Women Magdalena Forsberg SWE, 6 (12) first places Uschi Disl GER, 3 (14) first places Galina Kukleva RUS, 3 (4) first places Petra Behle GER, 1 (6) first place Olga Romasko RUS, 1 (4) first place Andreja Grašič SVN, 1 (3) first place Corinne Niogret FRA, 1 (2) first place Nina Lemesh UKR, 1 (1) first place Ekaterina Dafovska BUL, 1 (1) first place Retirements Following notable biathletes retired after the 1997–98 season: Alexandr Popov BLR 1995 Patrice Bailly-Salins FRA Hubert Leitgeb ITA Jon Åge Tyldum NOR Sergei Tarasov RUS Mikael Löfgren SWE Myriam Bédard CAN Jiřina Pelcová CZE Petra Behle GER Hildegunn Mikkelsplass NOR Olga Melnik RUS Valentyna Tserbe-Nessina UKR References 2 External links IBU official site Category:Biathlon World Cup Category:1997 in biathlon Category:1998 in biathlon