2002–03 Biathlon World Cup Explained

2002–03 World Cup
Competition1:	Overall
Competition1men:	Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Competition1ladies:	Martina Glagow
Competition2:	Nations Cup
Competition2men:	Norway
Competition2ladies:	Russia
Competition3:	Individual
Competition3men:	Halvard Hanevold
Competition3ladies:	Linda Tjørhom
Competition4:	Sprint
Competition4men:	Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Competition4ladies:	Sylvie Becaert
Competition5:	Pursuit
Competition5men:	Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Competition5ladies:	Martina Glagow
Competition6:	Mass start
Competition6men:	Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Competition6ladies:	Albina Akhatova
Competition7:	Relay
Competition7men:	Belarus
Competition7ladies:	Russia
Previous:	2001–02
Next:	2003–04

The 2002–03 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union.

The men's overall World Cup was won by Norway's Ole Einar Bjørndalen, while Martina Glagow of Germany claimed the women's overall World Cup.

Calendar

Below is the World Cup calendar for the 2004–05 season.^[1]

Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit		Relay
Östersund	5–8 December		●	●		●
Östersund	11–15 December		●	●		●
Osrblie	19–22 December		●	●		●
Oberhof	8–12 January		●		●	●
Ruhpolding	16–19 January		●	●		●
Antholz	23–26 January	●			●	●
Lahti	8–9 February		●		●
Holmenkollen	13–16 February		●	●		●
Östersund	20–23 February	●	●	●
Khanty-Mansiysk	15–23 March	●	●	●	●	●
Total		3	9	7	4	8	0

World Cup Podium

Men

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Det.
1	5 December 2002	Östersund	10 km Sprint	Frode Andresen	Raphaël Poirée	Oleg Ryzhenkov	Frode Andresen	Detail
1	8 December 2002	Östersund	12.5 km Pursuit	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Raphaël Poirée	Egil Gjelland	Raphaël Poirée	Detail
2	14 December 2002	Östersund	10 km Sprint	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Frode Andresen	Andriy Deryzemlya	Raphaël Poirée	Detail
2	15 December 2002	Östersund	12.5 km Pursuit	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Ricco Groß	Frode Andresen	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Detail
3	19 December 2002	Brezno-Osrblie	10 km Sprint	Raphaël Poirée	Janez Marič	Frode Andresen	Raphaël Poirée	Detail
3	22 December 2002	Brezno-Osrblie	12.5 km Pursuit	Raphaël Poirée	Ricco Groß	Vladimir Drachev		Detail
4	9 January 2003	Oberhof	10 km Sprint	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Sergei Tchepikov	Wolfgang Rottmann		Detail
4	12 January 2003	Oberhof	15 km Mass Start	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Vladimir Drachev	Raphaël Poirée		Detail
5	18 January 2003	Ruhpolding	10 km Sprint	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Frode Andresen	Raphaël Poirée		Detail
5	19 January 2003	Ruhpolding	12.5 km Pursuit	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Raphaël Poirée	Frank Luck		Detail
6	23 January 2003	Antholz-Anterselva	20 km Individual	Vladimir Drachev	Halvard Hanevold	Stian Eckhoff		Detail
6	26 January 2003	Antholz-Anterselva	15 km Mass Start	Andriy Deryzemlya	Pavel Rostovtsev	Ricco Groß		Detail
7	8 February 2003	Lahti	10 km Sprint	Alexander Wolf	Sergei Tchepikov	Alexei Aidarov	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Detail
7	9 February 2003	Lahti	15 km Mass Start	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Oleg Ryzhenkov	Halvard Hanevold		Detail
8	15 February 2003	Oslo Holmenkollen	10 km Sprint	Vladimir Drachev	Pavel Rostovtsev	Sven Fischer		Detail
8	16 February 2003	Oslo Holmenkollen	12.5 km Pursuit	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Sven Fischer	Stian Eckhoff		Detail
9	20 February 2003	Östersund	10 km Sprint	Sven Fischer	Vladimir Drachev	Lars Berger		Detail
9	21 February 2003	Östersund	20 km Individual	Janez Marič	Zdeněk Vítek	Marko Dolenc		Detail
9	23 February 2003	Östersund	12.5 km Pursuit	Vladimir Drachev	Zdeněk Vítek	Halvard Hanevold		Detail
WC	15 March 2003	Khanty-Mansiysk	10 km Sprint	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Ricco Groß	Zdeněk Vítek		Detail
WC	16 March 2003	Khanty-Mansiysk	12.5 km Pursuit	Ricco Groß	Halvard Hanevold	Paavo Puurunen		Detail
WC	19 March 2003	Khanty-Mansiysk	20 km Individual	Halvard Hanevold	Vesa Hietalahti	Ricco Groß		Detail
WC	23 March 2003	Khanty-Mansiysk	15 km Mass Start	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Sven Fischer	Raphaël Poirée		Detail

Women

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Det.
1	5 December 2002	Östersund	7.5 km Sprint	Olga Zaitseva	Sylvie Becaert	Olga Pyleva	Olga Zaitseva	Detail
1	8 December 2002	Östersund	10 km Pursuit	Kati Wilhelm	Olga Zaitseva	Katja Beer		Detail
2	13 December 2002	Östersund	7.5 km Sprint	Linda Tjørhom	Svetlana Ishmouratova	Ekaterina Dafovska		Detail
2	15 December 2002	Östersund	10 km Pursuit	Katja Beer	Linda Tjørhom	Sanna-Leena Perunka	Linda Tjørhom	Detail
3	19 December 2002	Brezno-Osrblie	7.5 km Sprint	Galina Koukleva	Albina Akhatova	Uschi Disl	Linda Tjørhom	Detail
3	22 December 2002	Brezno-Osrblie	10 km Pursuit	Ekaterina Dafovska	Galina Koukleva	Martina Glagow	Galina Koukleva	Detail
4	8 January 2003	Oberhof	7.5 km Sprint	Ekaterina Dafovska	Sylvie Becaert	Kateřina Holubcová	Ekaterina Dafovska	Detail
4	12 January 2003	Oberhof	12.5 km Mass Start	Uschi Disl	Ekaterina Dafovska	Sylvie Becaert		Detail
5	17 January 2003	Ruhpolding	7.5 km Sprint	Galina Koukleva	Martina Glagow	Olga Pyleva		Detail
5	19 January 2003	Ruhpolding	10 km Pursuit	Ekaterina Dafovska	Martina Glagow	Svetlana Ishmouratova		Detail
6	23 January 2003	Antholz-Anterselva	15 km Individual	Ekaterina Dafovska	Sandrine Bailly	Linda Tjørhom		Detail
6	26 January 2003	Antholz-Anterselva	12.5 km Mass Start	Albina Akhatova	Sylvie Becaert	Corinne Niogret		Detail
7	8 February 2003	Lahti	7.5 km Sprint	Olga Pyleva	Albina Akhatova	Kati Wilhelm		Detail
7	9 February 2003	Lahti	12.5 km Mass Start	Kati Wilhelm	Martina Glagow	Ekaterina Dafovska		Detail
8	15 February 2003	Oslo Holmenkollen	7.5 km Sprint	Sandrine Bailly	Albina Akhatova	Martina Glagow		Detail
8	16 February 2003	Oslo Holmenkollen	10 km Pursuit	Martina Glagow	Olena Zubrilova	Michela Ponza		Detail
9	20 February 2003	Östersund	7.5 km Sprint	Kati Wilhelm	Olena Zubrilova	Uschi Disl		Detail
9	22 February 2003	Östersund	15 km Individual	Olga Zaitseva	Linda Tjørhom	Olga Pyleva		Detail
9	23 February 2003	Östersund	10 km Pursuit	Olena Zubrilova	Linda Tjørhom	Kateřina Holubcová	Martina Glagow	Detail
WC	15 March 2003	Khanty-Mansiysk	7.5 km Sprint	Sylvie Becaert	Olena Petrova	Kateřina Holubcová		Detail
WC	16 March 2003	Khanty-Mansiysk	10 km Pursuit	Martina Glagow Sandrine Bailly		Svetlana Ishmouratova		Detail
WC	18 March 2003	Khanty-Mansiysk	15 km Individual	Kateřina Holubcová	Olena Zubrilova	Gunn Margit Andreassen		Detail
WC	22 March 2003	Khanty-Mansiysk	12.5 km Mass Start	Albina Akhatova	Svetlana Ishmouratova	Sandrine Bailly		Detail

Men's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline
1	7 December 2002	Östersund	4x7.5 km Relay
2	12 December 2002	Östersund	4x7.5 km Relay
3	20 December 2002	Osrblie	4x7.5 km Relay
4	11 January 2003	Oberhof	4x7.5 km Relay
5	16 January 2003	Ruhpolding	4x7.5 km Relay
6	25 January 2003	Antholz-Anterselva	4x7.5 km Relay
8	13 February 2003	Holmenkollen	4x7.5 km Relay
WC	21 March 2003	Khanty-Mansiysk	4x7.5 km Relay

Women's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline
1	6 December 2002	Östersund	4x6 km Relay
2	11 December 2002	Östersund	4x6 km Relay
3	21 December 2002	Osrblie	4x6 km Relay
4	10 January 2003	Oberhof	4x6 km Relay
5	15 January 2003	Ruhpolding	4x6 km Relay
6	24 January 2003	Antholz-Anterselva	4x6 km Relay
8	13 February 2003	Holmenkollen	4x6 km Relay
WC	20 March 2003	Khanty-Mansiysk	4x6 km Relay

Standings: Men

Overall

Pos.		Points
1.	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	737
2.		630
3.		613
4.		591
5.		553

Final standings after 23 races.

Individual

Pos.		Points
1.	Halvard Hanevold	96
2.		83
3.		80
4.		64
5.		61

Final standings after 3 races.

Sprint

Pos.		Points
1.	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	328
2.		252
3.		247
4.		226
5.		213

Final standings after 9 races.

Pursuit

Pos.		Points
1.	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	230
2.		205
3.		199
4.		197
5.		154

Final standings after 7 races.

Mass Start

Pos.		Points
1.	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	150
2.		114
3.		114
4.		109
5.		100

Final standings after 4 races.

Relay

Pos.		Points
1.	Belarus	319
2.		318
3.		298
4.		288
5.		279

Final standings after 8 races.

Nation

Pos.		Points
1.		4029
2.		3778
3.		3704
4.		3599
5.		3547

Final standings after 20 races.

Standings: Women

Overall

Pos.		Points
1.	Martina Glagow	729
2.		699
3.		680
4.		644
5.		634

Final standings after 23 races.

Individual

Pos.		Points
1.	Linda Tjørhom	89
2.		80
3.		80
4.		77
5.		76

Final standings after 3 races.

Sprint

Pos.		Points
1.	Sylvie Becaert	280
2.		270
3.		253
4.		238
5.		234

Final standings after 9 races.

Pursuit

Pos.		Points
1.	Martina Glagow	257
2.		244
3.		197
4.		194
5.		180

Final standings after 7 races.

Mass Start

Pos.		Points
1.	Albina Akhatova	126
2.		120
3.		119
4.		118
5.		115

Final standings after 8 races.

Relay

Pos.		Points
1.	Russia	339
2.		327
3.		293
4.		278
5.		249

Final standings after 8 races.

Nation

Pos.		Points
1.		4086
2.		4034
3.		3760
4.		3532
5.		3393

Final standings after 20 races.

Achievements

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

, 11 (38) first places
, 3 (15) first places
, 2 (23) first places
, 1 (23) first place
, 1 (12) first place
, 1 (7) first place
, 1 (6) first place
, 1 (1) first place
, 1 (1) first place
, 1 (1) first place

Women

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

Retirements

The following notable biathletes retired after the 2002–03 season:

Notes and References

Web site: World Cup Schedule . 2018-05-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081218052430/http://www.biathlonworld.com/en/events.html?event_level=WC&event_class=S . 2008-12-18 . dead .