2001–02 Biathlon World Cup Explained

2001–02 World Cup
Competition1:	Overall
Competition1men:	Raphaël Poirée
Competition1ladies:	Magdalena Forsberg
Competition2:	Nations Cup
Competition2men:	Germany
Competition2ladies:	Germany
Competition3:	Individual
Competition3men:	Frank Luck
Competition3ladies:	Magdalena Forsberg
Competition4:	Sprint
Competition4men:	Sven Fischer
Competition4ladies:	Magdalena Forsberg
Competition5:	Pursuit
Competition5men:	Raphaël Poirée
Competition5ladies:	Magdalena Forsberg
Competition6:	Mass start
Competition6men:	Viktor Maigourov
Competition6ladies:	Magdalena Forsberg
Competition7:	Relay
Competition7men:	Norway
Competition7ladies:	Germany
Previous:	2000–01
Next:	2002–03

The 2001–02 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 2001 in Hochfilzen, Austria, and ended on 24 March 2002 in Holmenkollen, Norway.^[1] It was the 25th season of the Biathlon World Cup.

Calendar

Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2001–02 season.^[1]

Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit		Relay	Details
Hochfilzen	6–9 December		●	●		●	details
Pokljuka	12–16 December	●		●		●	details
Brezno-Osrblie	19–22 December	●	●		●		details
Oberhof	9–13 January		●	●	●		details
Ruhpolding	16–20 January		●	●		●	details
Antholz-Anterselva	23–27 January	●		●		●	details
Salt Lake City	9–20 February	●	●	●		●	Winter Olympics
Östersund	9–10 March		●	●			details
Lahti	14–17 March		●	●		●	details
Holmenkollen	21–23 March		●	●	●		details
Total		4	8	9	3	6

World Cup Podium

Men

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Det.
1	6 December 2001	Hochfilzen	10 km Sprint	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Vesa Hietalahti	Frank Luck	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Detail
1	9 December 2001	Hochfilzen	12.5 km Pursuit	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Frank Luck	Ricco Groß	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Detail
2	13 December 2001	Pokljuka	20 km Individual	Pavel Rostovtsev	Ilmārs Bricis	Vincent Defrasne	Pavel Rostovtsev	Detail
2	16 December 2001	Pokljuka	12.5 km Pursuit	Raphaël Poirée	Pavel Rostovtsev	Halvard Hanevold	Pavel Rostovtsev	Detail
3	19 December 2001	Brezno-Osrblie	20 km Individual	Frank Luck	Sven Fischer	Sergei Rozhkov	Frank Luck	Detail
3	21 December 2001	Brezno-Osrblie	10 km Sprint	Christoph Sumann	Henrik Forsberg	Andriy Deryzemlya		Detail
3	22 December 2001	Brezno-Osrblie	15 km Mass Start	Vesa Hietalahti	Alexander Wolf	Vyacheslav Derkach		Detail
4	9 January 2002	Oberhof	10 km Sprint	Pavel Rostovtsev	Sven Fischer	Vesa Hietalahti	Pavel Rostovtsev	Detail
4	11 January 2002	Oberhof	12.5 km Pursuit	Pavel Rostovtsev	Raphaël Poirée	Sven Fischer		Detail
4	12 January 2002	Oberhof	15 km Mass Start	Raphaël Poirée	Vincent Defrasne	Viktor Maigourov		Detail
5	18 January 2002	Ruhpolding	10 km Sprint	Raphaël Poirée	Michael Greis	Frode Andresen		Detail
5	20 January 2002	Ruhpolding	12.5 km Pursuit	Sven Fischer	Frank Luck	Pavel Rostovtsev		Detail
6	24 January 2002	Antholz-Anterselva	20 km Individual	Daniel Mesotitsch	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Michail Kochkin		Detail
6	27 January 2002	Antholz-Anterselva	12.5 km Pursuit	Raphaël Poirée	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Daniel Mesotitsch	Raphaël Poirée	Detail
OG	11 February 2002	Salt Lake City	20 km Individual	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Frank Luck	Viktor Maigourov		Detail
OG	13 February 2002	Salt Lake City	10 km Sprint	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Sven Fischer	Wolfgang Perner		Detail
OG	16 February 2002	Salt Lake City	12.5 km Pursuit	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Raphaël Poirée	Ricco Groß		Detail
7	9 March 2002	Östersund	10 km Sprint	Sven Fischer	Michael Greis	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Pavel Rostovtsev	Detail
7	10 March 2002	Östersund	12.5 km Pursuit	Pavel Rostovtsev	Sven Fischer	Ole Einar Bjørndalen		Detail
8	14 March 2002	Lahti	10 km Sprint	Raphaël Poirée	Frode Andresen	Sven Fischer		Detail
8	17 March 2002	Lahti	12.5 km Pursuit	Raphaël Poirée	Frode Andresen	Sven Fischer	Raphaël Poirée	Detail
9	21 March 2002	Oslo Holmenkollen	10 km Sprint	Frank Luck	Sven Fischer	Vesa Hietalahti		Detail
9	23 March 2002	Oslo Holmenkollen	12.5 km Pursuit	Sven Fischer	Frode Andresen	Raphaël Poirée		Detail
WC	24 March 2002	Oslo Holmenkollen	15 km Mass Start	Raphaël Poirée	Sven Fischer	Frode Andresen		Detail

Women

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Det.
align=center rowspan="2"	1	6 December 2001	Hochfilzen	7.5 km Sprint	Magdalena Forsberg	Andrea Henkel	Uschi Disl Martina Zellner	Magdalena Forsberg	Detail
9 December 2001	Hochfilzen	10 km Pursuit	Magdalena Forsberg	Olena Zubrilova	Uschi Disl	Detail
2	12 December 2001	Pokljuka	15 km Individual	Magdalena Forsberg	Uschi Disl	Andrea Henkel	Detail
2	16 December 2001	Pokljuka	10 km Pursuit	Magdalena Forsberg	Olga Pyleva	Andrea Henkel	Detail
3	20 December 2001	Brezno-Osrblie	15 km Individual	Magdalena Forsberg	Olena Zubrilova	Katja Holanti	Detail
3	21 December 2001	Brezno-Osrblie	7.5 km Sprint	Katja Holanti	Kati Wilhelm	Katrin Apel	Detail
3	22 December 2001	Brezno-Osrblie	12.5 km Mass Start	Magdalena Forsberg	Olga Pyleva	Uschi Disl	Detail
4	10 January 2002	Oberhof	7.5 km Sprint	Liv Grete Poirée	Olga Pyleva	Magdalena Forsberg	Detail
4	11 January 2002	Oberhof	10 km Pursuit	Magdalena Forsberg	Olena Zubrilova	Liv Grete Poirée	Detail
4	13 January 2002	Oberhof	12.5 km Mass Start	Olena Zubrilova	Liv Grete Poirée	Magdalena Forsberg	Detail
5	19 January 2002	Ruhpolding	7.5 km Sprint	Liv Grete Poirée	Olena Zubrilova	Irina Nikulchina	Detail
5	20 January 2002	Ruhpolding	10 km Pursuit	Liv Grete Poirée	Magdalena Forsberg	Olena Zubrilova	Detail
6	23 January 2002	Antholz-Anterselva	15 km Individual	Liv Grete Poirée	Gunn Margit Andreassen	Andreja Grašič	Detail
6	27 January 2002	Antholz-Anterselva	10 km Pursuit	Liv Grete Poirée	Gunn Margit Andreassen	Linda Tjørhom	Detail
OG	11 February 2002	Salt Lake City	15 km Individual	Andrea Henkel	Liv Grete Poirée	Magdalena Forsberg	Detail
OG	13 February 2002	Salt Lake City	7.5 km Sprint	Kati Wilhelm	Uschi Disl	Magdalena Forsberg	Detail
OG	16 February 2002	Salt Lake City	10 km Pursuit	Olga Pyleva	Kati Wilhelm	Irina Nikulchina	Detail
7	9 March 2002	Östersund	7.5 km Sprint	Liv Grete Poirée	Sandrine Bailly	Magdalena Forsberg	Detail
7	10 March 2002	Östersund	10 km Pursuit	Magdalena Forsberg	Florence Baverel-Robert	Ekaterina Dafovska	Detail
8	14 March 2002	Lahti	7.5 km Sprint	Katrin Apel	Magdalena Forsberg	Sandrine Bailly	Detail
8	17 March 2002	Lahti	10 km Pursuit	Katrin Apel	Magdalena Forsberg	Katja Beer	Detail
9	21 March 2002	Oslo Holmenkollen	7.5 km Sprint	Katrin Apel	Ekaterina Dafovska	Svetlana Ishmouratova	Detail
9	23 March 2002	Oslo Holmenkollen	10 km Pursuit	Magdalena Forsberg	Katrin Apel	Uschi Disl	Detail
WC	24 March 2002	Oslo Holmenkollen	12.5 km Mass Start	Olena Zubrilova	Olga Pyleva	Olga Nazarova	Detail

Men's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline
1	8 December 2001	Hochfilzen	4x7.5 km Relay
2	15 December 2001	Pokljuka	4x7.5 km Relay
5	18 January 2002	Ruhpolding	4x7.5 km Relay
6	26 January 2002	Antholz-Anterselva	4x7.5 km Relay
OG	20 February 2002	Salt Lake City	4x7.5 km Relay
8	16 March 2002	Lahti	4x7.5 km Relay

Women's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline
1	7 December 2001	Hochfilzen	4x7.5 km Relay
2	14 December 2001	Pokljuka	4x7.5 km Relay
5	17 January 2002	Ruhpolding	4x7.5 km Relay
6	25 January 2002	Antholz-Anterselva	4x7.5 km Relay
OG	18 February 2002	Salt Lake City	4x7.5 km Relay
8	15 March 2002	Lahti	4x7.5 km Relay

Standings: Men

Overall

Pos.		Points
1.	Raphaël Poirée	805
2.		719
3.		692
4.		681
5.		664

Final standings after 24 races.

Individual

Pos.		Points
1.	Frank Luck	128
2.		108
3.		100
4.		92
5.		88

Final standings after 4 races.

Sprint

Pos.		Points
1.	Sven Fischer	291
2.		255
3.		233
4.		231
5.		219

Final standings after 8 races.

Pursuit

Pos.		Points
1.	Raphaël Poirée	362
2.		324
3.		315
4.		259
5.		254

Final standings after 9 races.

Mass Start

Pos.		Points
1.	Viktor Maigourov	109
2.		100
3.		88
4.		81
5.		73

Final standings after 4 races.

Relay

Pos.		Points
1.	Norway	238
2.		230
3.		202
4.		197
5.		193

Final standings after 6 races.

Nation

Pos.		Points
1.		4095
2.		3969
3.		3852
4.		3551
5.		3422

Final standings after 18 races.

Standings: Women

Overall

Pos.		Points
1.	Magdalena Forsberg	944
2.		795
3.		739
4.		726
5.		639

Final standings after 24 races.

Individual

Pos.		Points
1.	Magdalena Forsberg	143
2.		133
3.		120
4.		117
5.		100

Final standings after 4 races.

Sprint

Pos.		Points
1.	Magdalena Forsberg	302
2.		262
3.		260
4.		245
5.		217

Final standings after 8 races.

Pursuit

Pos.		Points
1.	Magdalena Forsberg	376
2.		327
3.		277
4.		268
5.		267

Final standings after 9 races.

Mass Start

Pos.		Points
1.	Magdalena Forsberg	123
2.		122
3.		114
4.		108
5.		80

Final standings after 4 races.

Relay

Pos.		Points
1.	Germany	250
2.		221
3.		221
4.		207
5.		181

Final standings after 6 races.

Nation

Pos.		Points
1.		4099
2.		3895
3.		3623
4.		3571
5.		3381

Final standings after 18 races.

Achievements

First World Cup career victory:

, 25, in his 2nd season — the WC 3 Sprint in Brezno-Osrblie; it also was his first podium
, 27, in her 9th season — the WC 3 Sprint in Brezno-Osrblie; first podium was 2001–02 Individual in Brezno-Osrblie
, 25, in his 3rd season — the WC 6 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva; it also was his first podium
, 26, in her 3rd season — the Olympic Pursuit in Salt Lake City; first podium was 1999–2000 Sprint in Ruhpolding
, 28, in her 7th season — the WC 8 Sprint in Lahti; first podium was 1995–96 Individual in Pokljuka

First World Cup podium:

, 24, in his 4th season — no. 3 in the WC 2 Individual in Pokljuka
, 27, in her 9th season — no. 3 in the WC 3 Individual in Brezno-Osrblie
, 23, in his 4th season — no. 2 in the WC 3 Mass Start in Brezno-Osrblie
, 25, in his 2nd season — no. 2 in the WC 5 Sprint in Ruhpolding
, 22, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 6 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva
, 22, in her 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 6 Pursuit in Antholz-Anterselva
, 25, in her 7th season — no. 3 in the WC 8 Pursuit in Lahti
, 24, in her 3rd season — no. 3 in the World Championships Mass Start in Holmenkollen

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

, 7 (21) first places
, 5 (27) first places
, 4 (7) first places
, 3 (22) first places
, 2 (11) first places
, 1 (3) first place
, 1 (1) first place
, 1 (1) first place

Women

, 9 (42) first places
, 6 (13) first places
, 3 (3) first places
, 2 (17) first places
, 1 (3) first place
, 1 (3) first place
, 1 (1) first place
, 1 (1) first place

Retirements

Following notable biathletes announced their retirement during or after the 2001–02 season:

External links

IBU official site

Notes and References

Web site: Event Schedule . IBU Datacenter . International Biathlon Union . 18 June 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121204112219/http://datacenter.biathlonresults.com/?view=schedule_schedule . 4 December 2012 . dead .