2005–06 Biathlon World Cup Explained

2005–06 World Cup
Competition1:	Overall
Competition1men:	Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Competition1ladies:	Kati Wilhelm
Competition2:	Nations Cup
Competition2men:	Germany
Competition2ladies:	Germany
Competition3:	Individual
Competition3men:	Michael Greis
Competition3ladies:	Svetlana Ishmouratova
Competition4:	Sprint
Competition4men:	Tomasz Sikora
Competition4ladies:	Kati Wilhelm
Competition5:	Pursuit
Competition5men:	Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Competition5ladies:	Kati Wilhelm
Competition6:	Mass start
Competition6men:	Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Competition6ladies:	Martina Glagow
Competition7:	Relay
Competition7men:	Germany
Competition7ladies:	Russia
Previous:	2004–05
Next:	2006–07

The 2005–06 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The 2006 Winter Olympics were part of the Biathlon World Cup. The season lasted from 26 November 2005 to 26 March 2006.

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

Calendar

Below is the World Cup calendar for the 2005–06 season.^[1]

Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit		Relay	Details
Östersund	25–29 November		●	●		●
Hochfilzen	7–11 December	●	●			●
Brezno-Osrblie	14–18 December	●	●	●
Oberhof	3–8 January		●		●	●
Ruhpolding	10–15 January		●	●		●
Antholz	18–22 January		●	●	●
Cesana San Sicario	10–26 February	●	●	●	●	●	Winter Olympics
Pokljuka	7–11 March		●	●
Kontiolahti	15–19 March		●	●	●
Oslo	22–26 March		●	●	●
Total		3	10	8	5	5

World Cup Podium

Men

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Det.
1	26 November 2005	Östersund	10 km Sprint	Stian Eckhoff	Raphaël Poirée	Ilmārs Bricis	Stian Eckhoff	Detail
1	27 November 2005	Östersund	12.5 km Pursuit	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Vincent Defrasne	Ivan Tcherezov	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Detail
2	8 December 2005	Hochfilzen	20 km Individual	Raphaël Poirée	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Michael Greis		Detail
2	10 December 2005	Hochfilzen	10 km Sprint	Frode Andresen	Lars Berger	Sven Fischer		Detail
3	15 December 2005	Brezno-Osrblie	20 km Individual	Sven Fischer	Maxim Tchoudov	Michael Rösch		Detail
3	16 December 2005	Brezno-Osrblie	10 km Sprint	Alexander Wolf	Michael Rösch	Sven Fischer	Raphaël Poirée	Detail
3	18 December 2005	Brezno-Osrblie	12.5 km Pursuit	Sven Fischer	Alexander Wolf	Michael Rösch	Alexander Wolf	Detail
4	7 January 2006	Oberhof	10 km Sprint	Vincent Defrasne	Alexander Wolf	Maxim Tchoudov		Detail
4	8 January 2006	Oberhof	15 km Mass Start	Halvard Hanevold	Sven Fischer	Raphaël Poirée		Detail
5	14 January 2006	Ruhpolding	10 km Sprint	Frode Andresen	Michael Rösch	Michael Greis	Raphaël Poirée	Detail
5	15 January 2006	Ruhpolding	12.5 km Pursuit	Michael Rösch	Raphaël Poirée	Sergei Tchepikov		Detail
6	19 January 2006	Antholz-Anterselva	10 km Sprint	Frode Andresen	Ricco Groß	Maxim Tchoudov		Detail
6	20 January 2006	Antholz-Anterselva	12.5 km Pursuit	Ricco Groß	Halvard Hanevold	Frode Andresen		Detail
6	22 January 2006	Antholz-Anterselva	15 km Mass Start	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Raphaël Poirée	Frode Andresen		Detail
OG	11 February 2006	Turin	20 km Individual	Michael Greis	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Halvard Hanevold		Detail
OG	14 February 2006	Turin	10 km Sprint	Sven Fischer	Halvard Hanevold	Frode Andresen		Detail
OG	18 February 2006	Turin	12.5 km Pursuit	Vincent Defrasne	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Sven Fischer	Sven Fischer	Detail
OG	25 February 2006	Turin	15 km Mass Start	Michael Greis	Tomasz Sikora	Ole Einar Bjørndalen		Detail
7	8 March 2006	Pokljuka	10 km Sprint	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Raphaël Poirée	Carl Johan Bergman	Raphaël Poirée	Detail
7	11 March 2006	Pokljuka	12.5 km Pursuit	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Raphaël Poirée	Carl Johan Bergman		Detail
8	16 March 2006	Kontiolahti	10 km Sprint	Carl Johan Bergman	Tomasz Sikora	Sven Fischer		Detail
8	18 March 2006	Kontiolahti	12.5 km Pursuit	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Raphaël Poirée	Lars Berger		Detail
8	19 March 2006	Kontiolahti	15 km Mass Start	Tomasz Sikora	Raphaël Poirée	Ole Einar Bjørndalen		Detail
9	23 March 2006	Oslo Holmenkollen	10 km Sprint	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Ilmārs Bricis	Mattias Nilsson	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Detail
9	25 March 2006	Oslo Holmenkollen	12.5 km Pursuit	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Tomasz Sikora	Ricco Groß		Detail
9	26 March 2006	Oslo Holmenkollen	15 km Mass Start	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Roman Dostál	Sergei Rozhkov		Detail

Women

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Det.
1	26 November 2005	Östersund	7.5 km Sprint	Uschi Disl	Tadeja Brankovič	Katrin Apel	Uschi Disl	Detail
1	27 November 2005	Östersund	10 km Pursuit	Olga Zaitseva	Kati Wilhelm	Andrea Henkel		Detail
2	7 December 2005	Hochfilzen	15 km Individual	Anna Carin Olofsson	Olga Zaitseva	Natalia Guseva	Olga Zaitseva	Detail
2	9 December 2005	Hochfilzen	7.5 km Sprint	Kati Wilhelm	Svetlana Ishmouratova	Uschi Disl		Detail
3	15 December 2005	Brezno-Osrblie	15 km Individual	Svetlana Ishmouratova	Albina Akhatova	Florence Baverel-Robert		Detail
3	17 December 2005	Brezno-Osrblie	7.5 km Sprint	Anna Carin Olofsson	Kati Wilhelm	Lilia Efremova	Kati Wilhelm	Detail
3	18 December 2005	Brezno-Osrblie	10 km Pursuit	Anna Carin Olofsson	Kati Wilhelm	Uschi Disl		Detail
4	7 January 2006	Oberhof	7.5 km Sprint	Kati Wilhelm	Anna Carin Olofsson	Linda Tjørhom		Detail
4	8 January 2006	Oberhof	12.5 km Mass Start	Martina Glagow	Olga Pyleva	Katrin Apel		Detail
5	13 January 2006	Ruhpolding	7.5 km Sprint	Sandrine Bailly	Kati Wilhelm	Svetlana Ishmouratova		Detail
5	15 January 2006	Ruhpolding	10 km Pursuit	Liv Grete Poirée	Kati Wilhelm	Albina Akhatova		Detail
6	19 January 2006	Antholz-Anterselva	7.5 km Sprint	Kati Wilhelm	Sandrine Bailly	Albina Akhatova		Detail
6	21 January 2006	Antholz-Anterselva	10 km Pursuit	Kati Wilhelm	Sandrine Bailly	Albina Akhatova		Detail
6	22 January 2006	Antholz-Anterselva	12.5 km Mass Start	Martina Glagow	Andrea Henkel	Uschi Disl		Detail
OG	13 February 2006	Turin	15 km Individual	Svetlana Ishmouratova	Olga Pyleva	Martina Glagow		Detail
OG	16 February 2006	Turin	7.5 km Sprint	Florence Baverel-Robert	Anna Carin Olofsson	Lilia Efremova		Detail
OG	18 February 2006	Turin	10 km Pursuit	Kati Wilhelm	Martina Glagow	Albina Akhatova		Detail
OG	25 February 2006	Turin	12.5 km Mass Start	Anna Carin Olofsson	Kati Wilhelm	Uschi Disl		Detail
7	9 March 2006	Pokljuka	7.5 km Sprint	Linda Tjørhom	Sandrine Bailly	Florence Baverel-Robert		Detail
7	11 March 2006	Pokljuka	10 km Pursuit	Sandrine Bailly	Kati Wilhelm	Katrin Apel		Detail
8	16 March 2005	Kontiolahti	7.5 km Sprint	Anna Carin Olofsson	Olena Zubrilova	Tadeja Brankovič		Detail
8	18 March 2006	Kontiolahti	10 km Pursuit	Anna Carin Olofsson	Kati Wilhelm	Olena Zubrilova		Detail
8	19 March 2006	Kontiolahti	12.5 km Mass Start	Olena Zubrilova	Kati Wilhelm	Tadeja Brankovič		Detail
9	23 March 2006	Oslo Holmenkollen	7.5 km Sprint	Martina Glagow	Michela Ponza	Ekaterina Ivanova		Detail
9	25 March 2006	Oslo Holmenkollen	10 km Pursuit	Kati Wilhelm	Anna Bogaliy-Titovets	Anna Carin Olofsson		Detail
9	26 March 2006	Oslo Holmenkollen	12.5 km Mass Start	Linda Tjørhom	Sandrine Bailly	Olga Nazarova		Detail

Men's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
1	29 November 2005	Östersund	4x7.5 km Relay
2	11 December 2005	Hochfilzen	4x7.5 km Relay
4	4 January 2006	Oberhof	4x7.5 km Relay
5	12 January 2006	Ruhpolding	4x7.5 km Relay
OG	21 February 2006	Torino	4x7.5 km Relay

Women's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
1	29 November 2005	Östersund	4x6 km Relay
2	10 December 2005	Hochfilzen	4x6 km Relay
4	5 January 2006	Oberhof	4x6 km Relay
5	11 January 2006	Ruhpolding	4x6 km Relay
OG	23 February 2006	Torino	4x6 km Relay

Mixed

Standings: Men

Overall

Pos.		Points
1.	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	814
2.		695
3.		674
4.		606
5.		573

• Final standings after 26 races.

Individual

Pos.		Points
1.	Michael Greis	133
2.		92
3.		83
4.		77
5.		77

• Final standings after 3 races.

Sprint

Pos.		Points
1.	Tomasz Sikora	257
2.		253
3.		245
4.		232
5.		230

• Final standings after 10 races.

Pursuit

Pos.		Points
1.	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	283
2.		229
3.		200
4.		198
5.		195

• Final standings after 8 races.

Mass Start

Pos.		Points
1.	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	186
2.		157
3.		140
4.		124
5.		120

• Final standings after 5 races.

Relay

Pos.		Points
1.	Germany	200
2.		184
3.		169
4.		164
5.		147

• Final standings after 5 races.

Nation

Pos.		Points
1.		5843
2.		5531
3.		5462
4.		5067
5.		4668

• Final standings after 19 races.

Standings: Women

Overall

Pos.		Points
1.	Kati Wilhelm	969
2.		818
3.		694
4.		674
5.		580

• Final standings after 26 races.

Individual

Pos.		Points
1.	Svetlana Ishmouratova	100
2.		99
3.		96
4.		80
5.		74

• Final standings after 3 races.

Sprint

Pos.		Points
1.	Kati Wilhelm	368
2.		333
3.		244
4.		242
5.		220

• Final standings after 10 races.

Pursuit

Pos.		Points
1.	Kati Wilhelm	334
2.		254
3.		221
4.		209
5.		195

• Final standings after 8 races.

Mass Start

Pos.		Points
1.	Martina Glagow	170
2.		169
3.		142
4.		141
5.		135

• Final standings after 5 races.

Relay

Pos.		Points
1.	Russia	189
2.		181
3.		179
4.		171
5.		157

• Final standings after 5 races.

Nation

Pos.		Points
1.		5758
2.		5631
3.		5242
4.		5082
5.		4942

• Final standings after 19 races.

Achievements

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

Men

• , 8 (63) first places
• , 3 (33) first places
• , 3 (15) first places
• , 2 (3) first places
• , 2 (2) first places
• , 1 (38) first place
• , 1 (9) first place
• , 1 (9) first place
• , 1 (2) first place
• , 1 (2) first place
• , 1 (2) first place
• , 1 (1) first place
• , 1 (1) first place

Women

• , 6 (15) first places
• , 6 (6) first places
• , 3 (9) first places
• , 2 (15) first places
• , 2 (5) first places
• , 2 (2) first places
• , 1 (30) first place
• , 1 (22) first place
• , 1 (21) first place
• , 1 (6) first place
• , 1 (1) first place

Retirements

The following notable biathletes retired after the 2005–06 season:

References

1. Web site: World Cup Schedule . 2018-01-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081218052430/http://www.biathlonworld.com/en/events.html?event_level=WC&event_class=S . 2008-12-18 . dead .

External links

• Season statistics at Biathlonworld.com