1992–93 Biathlon World Cup Explained

1992–93 World Cup
Competition1:	Overall
Competition1men:	Mikael Löfgren
Competition1ladies:	Anfisa Reztsova
Competition2:	Nations Cup
Competition2men:	Germany
Competition2ladies:	France
Competition3:	Individual
Competition3men:	Mikael Löfgren
Competition3ladies:	Anfisa Reztsova
Competition4:	Sprint
Competition4men:	Sven Fischer
Competition4ladies:	Anfisa Reztsova
Previous:	1991–92
Next:	1993–94

The 1992–93 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne. The season started on 17 December 1992 in Pokljuka, Slovenia, and ended on 21 March 1993 in Kontiolahti, Finland. It was the 16th season of the Biathlon World Cup.

Calendar

Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 1992–93 season.^[1]

Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit		Relay
Pokljuka	17–19 December	●	●			●
Oberhof	15–17 January	●	●			●
Antholz	21–24 January	●	●			●
Borovec	9–14 February	●	●			●
Lillehammer	4–7 March	●	●			●
Östersund	11–14 March	●	●			●
Kontiolahti	18–21 March	●	●			●
Total		6	6	0	0	6

Results from the World Championships did not count toward the World Cup.
The relays were technically unofficial races as they did not count towards anything in the World Cup.

World Cup Podium

Men

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Det.
1	17 December 1992	Pokljuka	20 km Individual	Patrice Bailly-Salins	Mark Kirchner	Jens Steinigen	Patrice Bailly-Salins	Detail
1	19 December 1992	Pokljuka	10 km Sprint	Mark Kirchner	Jon Åge Tyldum	Oleg Ryzhenkov	Mark Kirchner	Detail
2	15 January 1993	Oberhof	20 km Individual	Andreas Zingerle	Valeriy Medvedtsev	Alfred Eder	Mark Kirchner	Detail
2	16 January 1993	Oberhof	10 km Sprint	Johann Passler	Ulf Johansson	Gilles Marguet	Mikael Löfgren	Detail
3	21 January 1993	Antholz-Anterselva	20 km Individual	Ulf Johansson	Fredrik Kuoppa	Elmar Mutschlechner		Detail
3	23 January 1993	Antholz-Anterselva	10 km Sprint	Pieralberto Carrara	Mikael Löfgren	Ricco Groß		Detail
4	4 March 1993	Lillehammer	20 km Individual	Wilfried Pallhuber	Ricco Groß	Andreas Zingerle		Detail
4	6 March 1993	Lillehammer	10 km Sprint	Frank Luck	Sven Fischer	Ludwig Gredler		Detail
5	11 March 1993	Östersund	20 km Individual	Mark Kirchner	Mikael Löfgren	Jaakko Niemi		Detail
5	13 March 1993	Östersund	10 km Sprint	Jon Åge Tyldum	Alexandr Popov	Sven Fischer		Detail
6	18 March 1993	Kontiolahti	20 km Individual	Ludwig Gredler	Patrice Bailly-Salins	Johann Passler		Detail
6	20 March 1993	Kontiolahti	10 km Sprint	Sven Fischer	Patrice Bailly-Salins	Jens Steinigen		Detail

Women

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Det.
1	17 December 1992	Pokljuka	15 km Individual	Anne Briand	Eva Háková	Corinne Niogret	Anne Briand	Detail
1	19 December 1992	Pokljuka	7.5 km Sprint	Petra Schaaf	Svetlana Paramygina	Anne Briand		Detail
2	15 January 1993	Oberhof	15 km Individual	Anfisa Reztsova	Corinne Niogret	Eva Háková		Detail
2	16 January 1993	Oberhof	7.5 km Sprint	Anfisa Reztsova	Uschi Disl	Anne Briand		Detail
3	21 January 1993	Antholz-Anterselva	15 km Individual	Iva Shkodreva	Myriam Bédard	Nathalie Santer		Detail
3	23 January 1993	Antholz-Anterselva	7.5 km Sprint	Antje Misersky	Nadiya Billova	Anfisa Reztsova		Detail
4	4 March 1993	Lillehammer	15 km Individual	Anfisa Reztsova	Nathalie Santer	Myriam Bédard	Anfisa Reztsova	Detail
4	6 March 1993	Lillehammer	7.5 km Sprint	Anfisa Reztsova	Svetlana Paramygina	Antje Misersky		Detail
5	11 March 1993	Östersund	15 km Individual	Martina Jašicová	Nathalie Santer	Iva Shkodreva		Detail
5	13 March 1993	Östersund	7.5 km Sprint	Anfisa Reztsova	Myriam Bédard	Nathalie Santer		Detail
6	18 March 1993	Kontiolahti	15 km Individual	Antje Misersky	Anfisa Reztsova	Véronique Claudel		Detail
6	20 March 1993	Kontiolahti	7.5 km Sprint	Anfisa Reztsova	Elena Belova	Delphyne Burlet		Detail

Men's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline
1	20 December 1992	Pokljuka	4x7.5 km Relay
2	17 January 1993	Oberhof	4x7.5 km Relay
3	24 January 1993	Antholz	4x7.5 km Relay
4	7 March 1993	Lillehammer	4x7.5 km Relay
5	14 March 1993	Östersund	4x7.5 km Relay
6	21 March 1993	Kontiolahti	4x7.5 km Relay

Women's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline
1	20 December 1992	Pokljuka	4x6 km Relay
2	17 January 1993	Oberhof	4x6 km Sprint
4	7 March 1993	Lillehammer	4x6 km Relay
5	14 March 1993	Östersund	4x6 km Relay
6	21 March 1993	Kontiolahti	4x6 km Relay

Standings: Men

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Overall

Pos.		Points
1.	Mikael Löfgren	168
2.		151
3.		147
4.		146
5.		139

Final standings after 12 races.

Individual

Pos.		Points
1.	Mikael Löfgren	85
2.		76
3.		75
4.		70
5.		70

Final standings after 6 races.

Sprint

Pos.		Points
1.	Sven Fischer	101
2.		88
3.		86
4.		83
5.		80

Final standings after 6 races.

Nation

Pos.		Points
1.		5966
2.		5342
3.		5223
4.		5220
5.		4879

Final standings after 18 races.

Standings: Women

Overall

Pos.		Points
1.	Anfisa Reztsova	225
2.		183
3.		163
4.		160
5.		149

Final standings after 12 races.

Individual

Pos.		Points
1.	Anfisa Reztsova	105
2.		97
3.		93
4.		88
5.		79

Final standings after 6 races.

Sprint

Pos.		Points
1.	Anfisa Reztsova	120
2.		90
3.		84
4.		82
5.		81

Final standings after 6 races.

Nation

Pos.		Points
1.		5421
2.		5392
3.		5345
4.		5117
5.		5103

Final standings after 18 races.

Achievements

Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses):

, 2 (6) first places
, 1 (3) first place
, 1 (3) first place
, 1 (3) first place
, 1 (2) first place
, 1 (2) first place
, 1 (2) first place
, 1 (1) first place
, 1 (1) first place
, 1 (1) first place
, 1 (1) first place

Women

, 6 (10) first places
, 2 (4) first places
, 1 (3) first place
, 1 (1) first place
, 1 (1) first place
, 1 (1) first place

Retirements

Following notable biathletes retired during or after the 1992–93 season:

External links

IBU official site

Notes and References

Web site: Gregor. Jakub. Schedule. biathlonresults.com. IBU. 26 May 2018.
Web site: Gregor. Jakub. Standings. biathlon.life. Biathlon Life. 18 November 2018.