1996–97 Biathlon World Cup Explained

1996–97 World Cup
Competition1:	Overall
Competition1men:	Sven Fischer
Competition1ladies:	Magdalena Forsberg
Competition2:	Nations Cup
Competition2men:	Germany
Competition2ladies:	Germany
Competition3:	Individual
Competition3men:	Ricco Groß
Competition3ladies:	Uschi Disl
Competition4:	Sprint
Competition4men:	Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Competition4ladies:	Uschi Disl
Competition5:	Pursuit
Competition5men:	Viktor Maigourov
Competition5ladies:	Magdalena Forsberg
Competition6:	Relay
Competition6men:	Germany
Competition6ladies:	Russia
Previous:	1995–96
Next:	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.^[1]

Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit		Relay
Lillehammer	30 November–1 December		●	●
Östersund	5–8 December	●	●			●
Holmenkollen	12–15 December		●	●		●
Oberhof	4–5 January		●	●
Ruhpolding	9–12 January	●	●
Antholz	16–19 January	●	●			●
Osrblie	1–17 February	●	●	●		●
Nagano	6–9 March	●	●			●
Novosibirsk	13–16 March	●	●		●
Total		6	9	4	1	5

World Cup Podium

Men

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Det.
1	30 November 1996	Lillehammer	10 km Sprint	Sven Fischer	Sergei Tarasov	Pavel Rostovtsev	Sven Fischer	Detail
1	1 December 1996	Lillehammer	12.5 km Pursuit	Sven Fischer	Pavel Rostovtsev	René Cattarinussi	Sven Fischer	Detail
2	5 December 1996	Östersund	20 km Individual	Wilfried Pallhuber	Vesa Hietalahti	Pavel Mouslimov	Pavel Mouslimov	Detail
2	7 December 1996	Östersund	10 km Sprint	Vadim Sashurin	Frode Andresen	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Pavel Mouslimov	Detail
3	12 December 1996	Oslo Holmenkollen	10 km Sprint	Viktor Maigourov	Frode Andresen	Sven Fischer	Sven Fischer	Detail
3	14 December 1996	Oslo Holmenkollen	12.5 km Pursuit	Viktor Maigourov	Sven Fischer	Ole Einar Bjørndalen		Detail
4	4 January 1997	Oberhof	10 km Sprint	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Pavel Mouslimov	Halvard Hanevold		Detail
4	5 January 1997	Oberhof	12.5 km Pursuit	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Viktor Maigourov	Ludwig Gredler		Detail
5	9 January 1997	Ruhpolding	20 km Individual	Ricco Groß	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Viktor Maigourov		Detail
5	11 January 1997	Ruhpolding	10 km Sprint	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Pavel Rostovtsev	Sven Fischer		Detail
6	16 January 1997	Antholz-Anterselva	20 km Individual	Ludwig Gredler	Ricco Groß	Sergei Rozhkov		Detail
6	18 January 1997	Antholz-Anterselva	10 km Sprint	Viktor Maigourov	Pieralberto Carrara	Raphaël Poirée		Detail
WC	1 February 1997	Brezno-Osrblie	10 km Sprint	Wilfried Pallhuber	René Cattarinussi	Oleg Ryzhenkov	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Detail
WC	2 February 1997	Brezno-Osrblie	12.5 km Pursuit	Viktor Maigourov	Sergei Tarasov	Ole Einar Bjørndalen		Detail
WC	7 February 1997	Brezno-Osrblie	20 km Individual	Ricco Groß	Oleg Ryzhenkov	Ludwig Gredler		Detail
7	6 March 1997	Nagano	20 km Individual	Mark Kirchner	Vesa Hietalahti	Oleg Ryzhenkov		Detail
7	8 March 1997	Nagano	10 km Sprint	Sven Fischer	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	René Cattarinussi		Detail
8	13 March 1997	Novosibirsk	20 km Individual	Pavel Mouslimov	Ricco Groß	Sven Fischer	Sven Fischer	Detail
8	15 March 1997	Novosibirsk	10 km Sprint	Ludwig Gredler	Ricco Groß	Sergei Tarasov	Sven Fischer	Detail

Women

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Det.
1	30 November 1996	Lillehammer	7.5 km Sprint	Petra Behle	Simone Greiner-Petter-M.	Olga Melnik	Petra Behle	Detail
1	1 December 1996	Lillehammer	10 km Pursuit	Simone Greiner-Petter-M.	Galina Koukleva	Magdalena Forsberg	Simone Greiner-Petter-M.	Detail
2	5 December 1996	Östersund	15 km Individual	Anna Volkova	Yu Shumei	Svetlana Paramygina	Petra Behle	Detail
2	7 December 1996	Östersund	7.5 km Sprint	Olga Melnik	Svetlana Paramygina	Gunn Margit Andreassen		Detail
3	12 December 1996	Oslo Holmenkollen	7.5 km Sprint	Uschi Disl	Simone Greiner-Petter-M.	Galina Koukleva		Detail
3	14 December 1996	Oslo Holmenkollen	10 km Pursuit	Uschi Disl	Galina Koukleva	Olga Romasko	Magdalena Forsberg	Detail
4	4 January 1997	Oberhof	7.5 km Sprint	Magdalena Forsberg	Hildegunn Mikkelsplass	Kathi Schwaab		Detail
4	5 January 1997	Oberhof	10 km Pursuit	Magdalena Forsberg	Simone Greiner-Petter-M.	Annette Sikveland		Detail
5	9 January 1997	Ruhpolding	15 km Individual	Annette Sikveland	Simone Greiner-Petter-M.	Corinne Niogret		Detail
5	11 January 1997	Ruhpolding	7.5 km Sprint	Petra Behle	Uschi Disl	Olga Romasko		Detail
6	16 January 1997	Antholz-Anterselva	15 km Individual	Tetyana Vodopyanova	Annette Sikveland	Uschi Disl		Detail
6	18 January 1997	Antholz-Anterselva	7.5 km Sprint	Uschi Disl	Ann-Elen Skjelbreid	Corinne Niogret		Detail
WC	1 February 1997	Brezno-Osrblie	7.5 km Sprint	Olga Romasko	Olena Zubrilova	Magdalena Forsberg		Detail
WC	2 February 1997	Brezno-Osrblie	10 km Pursuit	Magdalena Forsberg	Olena Zubrilova	Olga Romasko		Detail
WC	6 February 1997	Brezno-Osrblie	15 km Individual	Magdalena Forsberg	Olena Zubrilova	Ekaterina Dafovska		Detail
7	6 March 1997	Nagano	15 km Individual	Andreja Grašič	Uschi Disl	Anna Stera		Detail
7	8 March 1997	Nagano	7.5 km Sprint	Olga Romasko	Uschi Disl	Ekaterina Dafovska		Detail
8	13 March 1997	Novosibirsk	15 km Individual	Svetlana Paramygina	Uschi Disl	Anna Volkova		Detail
8	15 March 1997	Novosibirsk	7.5 km Sprint	Petra Behle	Andreja Grašič	Svetlana Paramygina		Detail

Men's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline
2	8 December 1996	Östersund	4x7.5 km Relay
3	15 December 1996	Holmenkollen	4x7.5 km Relay
5	12 January 1997	Ruhpolding	Team event
6	19 January 1997	Antholz-Anterselva	4x7.5 km Relay
WC	5 February 1997	Osrblie	Team event
WC	9 February 1997	Osrblie	4x7.5 km Relay
7	9 March 1997	Nagano	4x7.5 km Relay

Women's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline
2	8 December 1996	Östersund	4x7.5 km Relay
3	15 December 1996	Holmenkollen	4x7.5 km Relay
6	19 January 1997	Antholz-Anterselva	4x7.5 km Relay
WC	9 February 1997	Osrblie	4x7.5 km Relay
7	9 March 1997	Nagano	4x7.5 km Relay

Standings: Men

Overall

Pos.		Points
1.	Sven Fischer	314
2.		303
3.		294
4.		281
5.		255

Final standings after 19 races.

Individual

Pos.		Points
1.	Ricco Groß	134
2.		101
3.		82
4.		82
5.		79

Final standings after 6 races.

Sprint

Pos.		Points
1.	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	158
2.		157
3.		136
4.		127
5.		124

Final standings after 9 races.

Pursuit

Pos.		Points
1.	Viktor Maigourov	86
2.		78
2.		78
4.		60
5.		50

Final standings after 4 races.

Relay

Pos.		Points
1.	Germany	120
2.		104
3.		95
4.		90
5.		88

Final standings after 5 races.

Nation

Pos.		Points
1.		5225
2.		5098
3.		4883
4.		4857
5.		4542

Final standings after 20 races.

Standings: Women

Overall

Pos.		Points
1.	Magdalena Forsberg	340
2.		333
3.		283
4.		240
5.		240

Final standings after 19 races.

Individual

Pos.		Points
1.	Uschi Disl	110
2.		106
3.		86
4.		85
5.		84

Final standings after 6 races.

Sprint

Pos.		Points
1.	Uschi Disl	164
2.		156
3.		150
4.		140
5.		135

Final standings after 9 races.

Pursuit

Pos.		Points
1.	Magdalena Forsberg	84
2.		75
3.		70
4.		64
5.		59

Final standings after 4 races.

Relay

Pos.		Points
1.	Russia	116
2.		103
3.		100
4.		90
5.		89

Final standings after 5 races.

Nation

Pos.		Points
1.		5176
2.		4955
3.		4902
4.		4791
5.		4526

Final standings after 20 races.

Achievements

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

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

Women

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

Retirements

The following notable biathletes retired after the 1996–97 season:

External links

IBU official website

Notes and References

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