1997–98 Biathlon World Cup Explained

1997–98 World Cup
Competition1:	Overall
Competition1men:	Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Competition1ladies:	Magdalena Forsberg
Competition2:	Nations Cup
Competition2men:	Norway
Competition2ladies:	Germany
Competition3:	Individual
Competition3men:	Halvard Hanevold
Competition3ladies:	Magdalena Forsberg
Competition4:	Sprint
Competition4men:	Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Competition4ladies:	Magdalena Forsberg
Competition5:	Pursuit
Competition5men:	Sven Fischer
Competition5ladies:	Magdalena Forsberg
Competition6:	Relay
Competition6men:	Norway Germany
Competition6ladies:	Russia
Previous:	1996–97
Next:	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.^[1]

Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit		Relay
Lillehammer	6–7 December		●	●
Östersund	11–14 December	●	●			●
Kontiolahti	18–21 December		●	●		●
Ruhpolding	8–11 January		●●			●
Antholz	15–18 January	●	●			●
Nagano	11–21 February	●	●			●
Pokljuka	3–8 March	●	●●	●
Hochfilzen	12–15 March	●	●
Total		5	10	3	0	5

World Cup Podium

Men

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Det.
1	6 December 1997	Lillehammer	10 km Sprint	Frank Luck	Dag Bjørndalen	Raphaël Poirée	Frank Luck	Detail
1	7 December 1997	Lillehammer	12.5 km Pursuit	Alexei Aidarov	Halvard Hanevold	Pavel Mouslimov		Detail
2	11 December 1997	Östersund	20 km Individual	Sylfest Glimsdal	Alexei Kobelev	Viktor Maigourov	Dag Bjørndalen	Detail
2	13 December 1997	Östersund	10 km Sprint	Alexei Kobelev	Raphaël Poirée	Carsten Heymann	Pavel Mouslimov	Detail
3	18 December 1997	Kontiolahti	10 km Sprint	Jan Wüstenfeld	Ricco Groß	Sven Fischer	Frank Luck	Detail
3	20 December 1997	Kontiolahti	12.5 km Pursuit	Sven Fischer	Ludwig Gredler	Jan Wüstenfeld	Sven Fischer	Detail
4	8 January 1998	Ruhpolding	10 km Sprint	Raphaël Poirée	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Ricco Groß	Ricco Groß	Detail
4	10 January 1998	Ruhpolding	10 km Sprint	Frode Andresen	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Raphaël Poirée	Raphaël Poirée	Detail
5	15 January 1998	Antholz-Anterselva	20 km Individual	Halvard Hanevold	Ricco Groß	Alexei Aidarov	Ricco Groß	Detail
5	17 January 1998	Antholz-Anterselva	10 km Sprint	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Frode Andresen	Viktor Maigourov		Detail
OG	11 February 1998	Nagano	20 km Individual	Halvard Hanevold	Pieralberto Carrara	Alexei Aidarov		Detail
OG	18 February 1998	Nagano	10 km Sprint	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Frode Andresen	Ville Räikkönen		Detail
6	3 March 1998	Pokljuka	20 km Individual	Ricco Groß	Egil Gjelland	Ole Einar Bjørndalen		Detail
6	5 March 1998	Pokljuka	10 km Sprint	Frank Luck	Raphaël Poirée	Viktor Maigourov	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Detail
7	7 March 1998	Pokljuka	10 km Sprint	Vladimir Drachev	Sven Fischer	Ilmārs Bricis		Detail
WC	8 March 1998	Pokljuka	12.5 km Pursuit	Vladimir Drachev	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Raphaël Poirée		Detail
8	12 March 1998	Hochfilzen	20 km Individual	Vladimir Drachev	Halvard Hanevold	Viktor Maigourov		Detail
8	14 March 1998	Hochfilzen	10 km Sprint	Vladimir Drachev	Ilmārs Bricis	Sven Fischer		Detail

Women

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Det.
1	6 December 1997	Lillehammer	7.5 km Sprint	Galina Koukleva	Olga Melnik	Magdalena Forsberg	Galina Koukleva	Detail
1	7 December 1997	Lillehammer	10 km Pursuit	Galina Koukleva	Magdalena Forsberg	Uschi Disl		Detail
2	11 December 1997	Östersund	15 km Individual	Andreja Grašič	Magdalena Forsberg	Olena Petrova		Detail
2	13 December 1997	Östersund	7.5 km Sprint	Magdalena Forsberg	Olena Zubrilova	Galina Koukleva	Magdalena Forsberg	Detail
3	18 December 1997	Kontiolahti	7.5 km Sprint	Uschi Disl	Martina Zellner	Svetlana Ishmouratova		Detail
3	20 December 1997	Kontiolahti	10 km Pursuit	Magdalena Forsberg	Svetlana Ishmouratova	Martina Zellner		Detail
4	8 January 1998	Ruhpolding	7.5 km Sprint	Magdalena Forsberg	Petra Behle	Corinne Niogret		Detail
4	10 January 1998	Ruhpolding	7.5 km Sprint	Petra Behle	Martina Zellner	Corinne Niogret		Detail
5	15 January 1998	Antholz-Anterselva	15 km Individual	Olga Romasko	Liv Grete Skjelbreid	Magdalena Forsberg		Detail
5	17 January 1998	Antholz-Anterselva	7.5 km Sprint	Nina Lemesh	Svetlana Ishmouratova	Magdalena Forsberg		Detail
OG	9 February 1998	Nagano	15 km Individual	Ekaterina Dafovska	Olena Petrova	Uschi Disl		Detail
OG	15 February 1998	Nagano	7.5 km Sprint	Galina Koukleva	Uschi Disl	Katrin Apel		Detail
6	3 March 1998	Pokljuka	15 km Individual	Magdalena Forsberg	Florence Baverel	Uschi Disl		Detail
6	5 March 1998	Pokljuka	7.5 km Sprint	Corinne Niogret	Emmanuelle Claret	Annette Sikveland		Detail
7	7 March 1998	Pokljuka	7.5 km Sprint	Magdalena Forsberg	Ann-Elen Skjelbreid	Christelle Gros		Detail
WC	8 March 1998	Pokljuka	10 km Pursuit	Magdalena Forsberg	Corinne Niogret	Martina Zellner		Detail
8	12 March 1998	Hochfilzen	15 km Individual	Uschi Disl	Andreja Grašič	Martina Zellner		Detail
8	14 March 1998	Hochfilzen	7.5 km Sprint	Uschi Disl	Magdalena Forsberg	Liv Grete Skjelbreid		Detail

Men's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
2	14 December 1997	Östersund	4x7.5 km Relay
3	21 December 1997	Kontiolahti	4x7.5 km Relay
4	11 January 1998	Ruhpolding	4x7.5 km Relay
5	18 January 1998	Antholz-Anterselva	4x7.5 km Relay
OG	21 February 1998	Nagano	4x7.5 km Relay
WC	15 March 1998	Hochfilzen	Team event

Women's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
2	14 December 1997	Östersund	4x7.5 km Relay
3	21 December 1997	Kontiolahti	4x7.5 km Relay
4	11 January 1998	Ruhpolding	4x7.5 km Relay
5	18 January 1998	Antholz-Anterselva	4x7.5 km Relay
OG	19 February 1998	Nagano	4x7.5 km Relay

Standings: Men

Overall

Pos.		Points
1.	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	289
2.		286
3.		270
4.		263
5.		249

• Final standings after 18 races.

Individual

Pos.		Points
1.	Halvard Hanevold	103
2.		94
3.		71
4.		70
5.		68

• Final standings after 5 races.

Sprint

Pos.		Points
1.	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	185
2.		161
3.		147
4.		147
5.		145

• Final standings after 10 races.

Pursuit

Pos.		Points
1.	Sven Fischer	72
2.		59
3.		54
4.		51
5.		51

• Final standings after 3 races.

Relay

Pos.		Points
1.	Germany	112
1.	Norway	112
3.		98
4.		90
5.		87

• Final standings after 5 races.

Nation

Pos.		Points
1.		5660
2.		5493
3.		5481
4.		4943
5.		4522

• Final standings after 20 races.

Standings: Women

Overall

Pos.		Points
1.	Magdalena Forsberg	387
2.		325
3.		255
4.		238
5.		227

• Final standings after 18 races.

Individual

Pos.		Points
1.	Magdalena Forsberg	99
2.		97
3.		83
4.		78
5.		77

• Final standings after 5 races.

Sprint

Pos.		Points
1.	Magdalena Forsberg	202
2.		171
3.		152
4.		141
5.		129

• Final standings after 10 races.

Pursuit

Pos.		Points
1.	Magdalena Forsberg	86
2.		57
3.		53
4.		49
5.		48

• Final standings after 3 races.

Relay

Pos.		Points
1.	Russia	110
2.		106
3.		100
4.		96
5.		91

• Final standings after 5 races.

Nation

Pos.		Points
1.		5560
2.		5454
3.		5151
4.		5108
5.		4601

• Final standings after 20 races.

Achievements

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

Men

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

Women

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

Retirements

Following notable biathletes retired after the 1997–98 season:

External links

• IBU official site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gregor. Jakub. Schedule. biathlonresults.com. IBU. 25 May 2018.