1995–96 Biathlon World Cup Explained

1995–96 World Cup
Competition1:	Overall
Competition1men:	Vladimir Drachev
Competition1ladies:	Emmanuelle Claret
Competition2:	Nations Cup
Competition2men:	Russia
Competition2ladies:	France
Competition3:	Individual
Competition3men:	Vladimir Drachev
Competition3ladies:	Andreja Grašič
Competition4:	Sprint
Competition4men:	Vladimir Drachev
Competition4ladies:	Emmanuelle Claret
Previous:	1994–95
Next:	1996–97

The 1995–96 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 7 December 1995 in Östersund, Sweden, and ended on 17 March 1996 in Hochfilzen, Austria. It was the 19th season of the Biathlon World Cup.

Calendar

Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 1995–96 season.^[1]

Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit		Relay
Östersund	7–10 December	●	●			●
Holmenkollen	14–17 December	●	●			●
Antholz	11–14 January	●	●			●
Osrblie	18–21 January	●	●
Ruhpolding	3–11 February	●	●			●
Pokljuka	7–10 March	●	●			●
Hochfilzen	14–17 March	●	●			●
Total		7	7	0	0	6

World Cup Podium

Men

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Det.
1	7 December 1995	Östersund	20 km Individual	Vesa Hietalahti	Sergei Tarasov	Pavel Mouslimov	Vesa Hietalahti	Detail
1	9 December 1995	Östersund	10 km Sprint	Ludwig Gredler	Sven Fischer	Pieralberto Carrara	Sven Fischer	Detail
2	14 December 1995	Oslo Holmenkollen	20 km Individual	Sven Fischer	Mikael Löfgren	Vladimir Drachev		Detail
2	16 December 1995	Oslo Holmenkollen	10 km Sprint	Sven Fischer	Viktor Maigourov	Ricco Groß		Detail
3	11 January 1996	Antholz-Anterselva	20 km Individual	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Vladimir Drachev	Halvard Hanevold		Detail
3	13 January 1996	Antholz-Anterselva	10 km Sprint	Ludwig Gredler	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Vladimir Drachev		Detail
4	18 January 1996	Brezno-Osrblie	20 km Individual	Vladimir Drachev	Raphaël Poirée	Vesa Hietalahti	Vladimir Drachev	Detail
4	20 January 1996	Brezno-Osrblie	10 km Sprint	Vladimir Drachev	Ludwig Gredler	René Cattarinussi		Detail
WC	4 February 1996	Ruhpolding	20 km Individual	Sergei Tarasov	Vladimir Drachev	Vadim Sashurin		Detail
WC	9 February 1996	Ruhpolding	10 km Sprint	Vladimir Drachev	Viktor Maigourov	René Cattarinussi		Detail
5	7 March 1996	Pokljuka	20 km Individual	Sergei Rozhkov	Vladimir Drachev	Viktor Maigourov		Detail
5	9 March 1996	Pokljuka	10 km Sprint	Vladimir Drachev	Viktor Maigourov	Sven Fischer		Detail
6	14 March 1996	Hochfilzen	20 km Individual	Viktor Maigourov	Halvard Hanevold	Vladimir Drachev		Detail
6	16 March 1996	Hochfilzen	10 km Sprint	Vladimir Drachev	Raphaël Poirée	Sven Fischer		Detail

Women

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Det.
1	7 December 1995	Östersund	15 km Individual	Uschi Disl	Tetyana Vodopyanova	Magdalena Forsberg	Uschi Disl	Detail
1	9 December 1995	Östersund	7.5 km Sprint	Svetlana Paramygina	Olga Melnik	Mari Lampinen	Svetlana Paramygina	Detail
2	14 December 1995	Oslo Holmenkollen	15 km Individual	Magdalena Forsberg	Petra Behle	Soňa Mihoková	Uschi Disl	Detail
2	16 December 1995	Oslo Holmenkollen	7.5 km Sprint	Uschi Disl	Petra Behle	Svetlana Paramygina		Detail
3	11 January 1996	Antholz-Anterselva	15 km Individual	Uschi Disl	Andreja Grašič	Petra Behle		Detail
3	13 January 1996	Antholz-Anterselva	7.5 km Sprint	Uschi Disl	Emmanuelle Claret	Magdalena Forsberg		Detail
4	18 January 1996	Brezno-Osrblie	15 km Individual	Andreja Grašič	Ann-Elen Skjelbreid	Hildegunn Mikkelsplass		Detail
4	20 January 1996	Brezno-Osrblie	7.5 km Sprint	Emmanuelle Claret	Florence Baverel	Andreja Grašič		Detail
WC	3 February 1996	Ruhpolding	15 km Individual	Emmanuelle Claret	Olga Melnik	Olena Petrova	Emmanuelle Claret	Detail
WC	8 February 1996	Ruhpolding	7.5 km Sprint	Olga Romasko	Ann-Elen Skjelbreid	Magdalena Forsberg		Detail
5	7 March 1996	Pokljuka	15 km Individual	Tetyana Vodopyanova	Natalia Permiakova	Katrin Apel		Detail
5	9 March 1996	Pokljuka	7.5 km Sprint	Petra Behle	Uschi Disl	Yu Shumei		Detail
6	14 March 1996	Hochfilzen	15 km Individual	Simone Greiner-Petter-M.	Myriam Bédard	Florence Baverel		Detail
6	16 March 1996	Hochfilzen	7.5 km Sprint	Soňa Mihoková	Yu Shumei	Simone Greiner-Petter-M.		Detail

Men's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
1	10 December 1995	Östersund	4x7.5 km Relay
2	17 December 1995	Holmenkollen	4x7.5 km Relay
3	14 January 1996	Antholz	4x7.5 km Relay
4	21 January 1996	Brezno-Osrblie	Team event
- style="background:#CCFFCC"	WC	6 February 1996	Ruhpolding	Team event
WC	11 February 1996	Ruhpolding	4x7.5 km Relay
5	10 March 1996	Pokljuka	4x7.5 km Relay
6	17 March 1996	Hochfilzen	4x7.5 km Relay

Women's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
1	10 December 1995	Östersund	4x7.5 km Relay
2	17 December 1995	Holmenkollen	4x7.5 km Relay
3	14 January 1996	Antholz	4x7.5 km Relay
WC	10 February 1996	Ruhpolding	4x7.5 km Relay
5	10 March 1996	Pokljuka	4x7.5 km Relay
6	17 March 1996	Hochfilzen	4x7.5 km Relay

Standings: Men

Overall

Pos.		Points
1.	Vladimir Drachev	276
2.		204
3.		184
4.		166
5.		162

• Final standings after 14 races.

Individual

Pos.		Points
1.	Vladimir Drachev	132
2.		92
2.		92
4.		88
5.		86

• Final standings after 7 races.

Sprint

Pos.		Points
1.	Vladimir Drachev	144
2.		129
3.		112
4.		111
5.		107

• Final standings after 7 races.

Nation

Pos.		Points
1.		3889
2.		3699
3.		3633
4.		3508
5.		3420

• Final standings after 20 races.

Standings: Women

Overall

Pos.		Points
1.	Emmanuelle Claret	226
2.		212
3.		191
4.		187
5.		178

• Final standings after 14 races.

Individual

Pos.		Points
1.	Andreja Grašič	109
2.		108
3.		99
4.		94
5.		92

• Final standings after 7 races.

Sprint

Pos.		Points
1.	Emmanuelle Claret	118
2.		115
3.		103
4.		87
5.		86

• Final standings after 7 races.

Nation

Pos.		Points
1.		3746
2.		3718
3.		3450
4.		3448
5.		3446

• Final standings after 20 races.

Achievements

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

Men

• , 5 (6) first places
• , 2 (5) first places
• , 2 (4) first places
• , 1 (3) first place
• , 1 (3) first place
• , 1 (2) first place
• , 1 (1) first place
• , 1 (1) first place

Women

• , 4 (8) first places
• , 2 (3) first places
• , 1 (8) 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

Retirements

Following notable biathletes retired during or after the 1995–96 season:

External links

• IBU official site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gregor. Jakub. Schedule. biathlonresults.com. IBU. 26 May 2018.