2016–17 Biathlon World Cup Explained

2016–17 Biathlon World Cup
Competition1:	Overall
Competition1men:	Martin Fourcade
Competition1ladies:	Laura Dahlmeier
Competition2:	Nations Cup
Competition2men:	Germany
Competition2ladies:	Germany
Competition3:	Individual
Competition3men:	Martin Fourcade
Competition3ladies:	Laura Dahlmeier
Competition4:	Sprint
Competition4men:	Martin Fourcade
Competition4ladies:	Gabriela Koukalová
Competition5:	Pursuit
Competition5men:	Martin Fourcade
Competition5ladies:	Laura Dahlmeier
Competition6:	Mass start
Competition6men:	Martin Fourcade
Competition6ladies:	Gabriela Koukalová
Competition7:	Relay
Competition7men:	Russia
Competition7ladies:	Germany
Mixedcompetition1:	Mixed
Mixedcompetition1both:	Germany
Previous:	2015–16
Next:	2017–18

The 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup (BWC) was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 27 November 2016 in Östersund, Sweden and ended on 19 March 2017 in Holmenkollen, Norway.^[1] The defending overall champions from the 2015–16 Biathlon World Cup were Martin Fourcade of France and Gabriela Koukalová of the Czech Republic.

Calendar

Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2016–17 season.^[1]

Stage	Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit		Relay			Details
1	Östersund	27 November–4 December	●	●	●			●	●	details
2	Pokljuka	9–11 December		●	●		●			details
3	Nové Město	15–18 December		●	●	●				details
4	Oberhof	5–8 January		●	●	●				details
5	Ruhpolding	11–15 January		●	●		●			details
6	Antholz-Anterselva	19–22 January	●			●	●			details
WC	Hochfilzen	9–19 February	●	●	●	●	●	●		World Championships
7	Pyeongchang	2–5 March		●	●		●			details
8	Kontiolahti	10–12 March		●	●			●	●	details
9	Oslo Holmenkollen	17–19 March		●	●	●				details
Total: 67 (31 men's, 31 women's, 5 mixed)			3	9	9	5	5	3	2

World Cup Podiums

Men

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Det.
1	1 December 2016	Östersund	20 km Individual	Martin Fourcade	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Vladimir Chepelin	Martin Fourcade	Detail
1	3 December 2016	Östersund	10 km Sprint	Martin Fourcade	Fredrik Lindström	Arnd Peiffer		Detail
1	4 December 2016	Östersund	12.5 km Pursuit	Anton Babikov	Maxim Tsvetkov	Martin Fourcade		Detail
2	9 December 2016	Pokljuka	10 km Sprint	Martin Fourcade	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Anton Shipulin		Detail
2	10 December 2016	Pokljuka	12.5 km Pursuit	Martin Fourcade	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Anton Shipulin		Detail
3	15 December 2016	Nové Město	10 km Sprint	Martin Fourcade	Anton Shipulin	Emil Hegle Svendsen		Detail
3	17 December 2016	Nové Město	12.5 km Pursuit	Martin Fourcade	Anton Shipulin	Quentin Fillon Maillet		Detail
3	18 December 2016	Nové Město	15 km Mass Start	Martin Fourcade	Simon Schempp	Anton Babikov		Detail
4	5 January 2017	Oberhof	10 km Sprint	Julian Eberhard	Michal Šlesingr	Dominik Windisch		Detail
4	7 January 2017	Oberhof	12.5 km Pursuit	Martin Fourcade	Arnd Peiffer	Dominik Windisch		Detail
4	8 January 2017	Oberhof	15 km Mass Start	Simon Schempp	Erik Lesser	Martin Fourcade		Detail
5	13 January 2017	Ruhpolding	10 km Sprint	Martin Fourcade	Julian Eberhard	Emil Hegle Svendsen		Detail
5	15 January 2017	Ruhpolding	12.5 km Pursuit	Martin Fourcade	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Michal Krčmář		Detail
6	20 January 2017	Antholz-Anterselva	20 km Individual	Anton Shipulin	Martin Fourcade	Serhiy Semenov		Detail
6	22 January 2017	Antholz-Anterselva	15 km Mass Start	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Quentin Fillon Maillet	Anton Shipulin		Detail
WC	11 February 2017	Hochfilzen	10 km Sprint	Benedikt Doll	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Martin Fourcade		Detail
WC	12 February 2017	Hochfilzen	12.5 km Pursuit	Martin Fourcade	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Ole Einar Bjørndalen		Detail
WC	16 February 2017	Hochfilzen	20 km Individual	Lowell Bailey	Ondřej Moravec	Martin Fourcade		Detail
WC	19 February 2017	Hochfilzen	15 km Mass Start	Simon Schempp	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Simon Eder		Detail
7	3 March 2017	Pyeongchang	10 km Sprint	Julian Eberhard	Lowell Bailey	Martin Fourcade		Detail
7	4 March 2017	Pyeongchang	12.5 km Pursuit	Martin Fourcade	Anton Shipulin	Julian Eberhard		Detail
8	10 March 2017	Kontiolahti	10 km Sprint	Martin Fourcade	Ondřej Moravec	Emil Hegle Svendsen		Detail
8	11 March 2017	Kontiolahti	12.5 km Pursuit	Arnd Peiffer	Simon Eder	Emil Hegle Svendsen		Detail
9	17 March 2017	Oslo Holmenkollen	10 km Sprint	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Martin Fourcade	Anton Shipulin		Detail
9	18 March 2017	Oslo Holmenkollen	12.5 km Pursuit	Anton Shipulin	Martin Fourcade	Johannes Thingnes Bø		Detail
9	19 March 2017	Oslo Holmenkollen	15 km Mass Start	Martin Fourcade	Andrejs Rastorgujevs	Simon Eder		Detail

Women

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Det.
1	30 November 2016	Östersund	15 km Individual	Laura Dahlmeier	Anaïs Bescond	Darya Yurkevich	Laura Dahlmeier	Detail
1	3 December 2016	Östersund	7.5 km Sprint	Marie Dorin Habert	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Gabriela Koukalová		Detail
1	4 December 2016	Östersund	10 km Pursuit	Gabriela Koukalová	Laura Dahlmeier	Dorothea Wierer		Detail
2	9 December 2016	Pokljuka	7.5 km Sprint	Laura Dahlmeier	Justine Braisaz	Marte Olsbu		Detail
2	10 December 2016	Pokljuka	10 km Pursuit	Laura Dahlmeier	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Eva Puskarčíková		Detail
3	16 December 2016	Nové Město	7.5 km Sprint	Tatiana Akimova	Anaïs Chevalier	Susan Dunklee		Detail
3	17 December 2016	Nové Město	10 km Pursuit	Anaïs Chevalier	Dorothea Wierer	Tatiana Akimova		Detail
3	18 December 2016	Nové Město	12.5 km Mass Start	Gabriela Koukalová	Laura Dahlmeier	Dorothea Wierer		Detail
4	6 January 2017	Oberhof	7.5 km Sprint	Gabriela Koukalová	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Marie Dorin Habert		Detail
4	7 January 2017	Oberhof	10 km Pursuit	Marie Dorin Habert	Gabriela Koukalová	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Gabriela Koukalová	Detail
4	8 January 2017	Oberhof	12.5 km Mass Start	Gabriela Koukalová	Laura Dahlmeier	Eva Puskarčíková		Detail
5	14 January 2017	Ruhpolding	7.5 km Sprint	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Gabriela Koukalová	Laura Dahlmeier		Detail
5	15 January 2017	Ruhpolding	10 km Pursuit	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Gabriela Koukalová	Marie Dorin Habert		Detail
6	19 January 2017	Antholz-Anterselva	15 km Individual	Laura Dahlmeier	Anaïs Chevalier	Alexia Runggaldier	Laura Dahlmeier	Detail
6	21 January 2017	Antholz-Anterselva	12.5 km Mass Start	Nadine Horchler	Laura Dahlmeier	Gabriela Koukalová		Detail
WC	10 February 2017	Hochfilzen	7.5 km Sprint	Gabriela Koukalová	Laura Dahlmeier	Anaïs Chevalier		Detail
WC	12 February 2017	Hochfilzen	10 km Pursuit	Laura Dahlmeier	Darya Domracheva	Gabriela Koukalová		Detail
WC	15 February 2017	Hochfilzen	15 km Individual	Laura Dahlmeier	Gabriela Koukalová	Alexia Runggaldier		Detail
WC	19 February 2017	Hochfilzen	12.5 km Mass Start	Laura Dahlmeier	Susan Dunklee	Kaisa Mäkäräinen		Detail
7	2 March 2017	Pyeongchang	7.5 km Sprint	Laura Dahlmeier	Tiril Eckhoff	Anaïs Chevalier		Detail
7	4 March 2017	Pyeongchang	10 km Pursuit	Laura Dahlmeier	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Anaïs Bescond		Detail
8	10 March 2017	Kontiolahti	7.5 km Sprint	Tiril Eckhoff	Laura Dahlmeier	Darya Domracheva		Detail
8	11 March 2017	Kontiolahti	10 km Pursuit	Laura Dahlmeier	Marie Dorin Habert	Lisa Vittozzi		Detail
9	17 March 2017	Oslo Holmenkollen	7.5 km Sprint	Mari Laukkanen	Justine Braisaz	Anaïs Bescond		Detail
9	18 March 2017	Oslo Holmenkollen	10 km Pursuit	Mari Laukkanen	Gabriela Koukalová	Justine Braisaz		Detail
9	19 March 2017	Oslo Holmenkollen	12.5 km Mass Start	Tiril Eckhoff	Gabriela Koukalová	Kaisa Mäkäräinen		Detail

Men's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Det.
2	11 December 2016	Pokljuka	4x7.5 km Relay				Detail
5	11 January 2017	Ruhpolding	4x7.5 km Relay				Detail
6	21 January 2017	Antholz-Anterselva	4x7.5 km Relay				Detail
WC	18 February 2017	Hochfilzen	4x7.5 km Relay				Detail
7	5 March 2017	Pyeongchang	4x7.5 km Relay				Detail

Women's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Det.
2	11 December 2016	Pokljuka	4x6 km Relay				Detail
5	12 January 2017	Ruhpolding	4x6 km Relay				Detail
6	22 January 2017	Antholz-Anterselva	4x6 km Relay				Detail
WC	17 February 2017	Hochfilzen	4x6 km Relay				Detail
7	5 March 2017	Pyeongchang	4x6 km Relay				Detail

Mixed

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Det.
1	27 November 2016	Östersund	2x6 km + 2x7.5 km Mixed Relay				Detail
1	27 November 2016	Östersund	1x6 km + 1x7.5 km Single Mixed Relay				Detail
WC	9 February 2017	Hochfilzen	2x6 km + 2x7.5 km Mixed Relay				Detail
8	12 March 2017	Kontiolahti	1x6 km + 1x7.5 km Single Mixed Relay				Detail
8	12 March 2017	Kontiolahti	2x6 km + 2x7.5 km Mixed Relay				Detail

Standings: Men

Pos.		Points
1.	Martin Fourcade	1322
2.		918
3.		812
4.		746
5.		741

• Final standings after 26 races.

Pos.		Points
1.	Martin Fourcade	162
2.		126
3.		117
4.		115
5.		103

• Final standings after 3 races.

Pos.		Points
1.	Martin Fourcade	484
2.		345
3.		276
4.		275
5.		269

• Final standings after 9 races.

Pos.		Points
1.	Martin Fourcade	502
2.		392
3.		298
4.		278
5.		249

• Final standings after 9 races.

Pos.		Points
1.	Martin Fourcade	248
2.		231
3.		177
4.		168
5.		165

• Final standings after 5 races.

Pos.		Points
1.	Russia	259
2.		242
3.		237
4.		228
5.		216

• Final standings after 5 races.

Pos.		Points
1.	Germany	7448
2.		7416
3.		7192
4.		7181
5.		6926

• Final standings after 22 races.

Standings: Women

Pos.		Points
1.	Laura Dahlmeier	1211
2.		1090
3.		972
4.		857
5.		721

• Final standings after 26 races.

Pos.		Points
1.	Laura Dahlmeier	180
2.		104
3.		96
4.		96
5.		84

• Final standings after 3 races.

Pos.		Points
1.	Gabriela Koukalová	377
2.		372
3.		337
4.		297
5.		282

• Final standings after 9 races.

Pos.		Points
1.	Laura Dahlmeier	405
2.		385
3.		368
4.		346
5.		287

• Final standings after 9 races.

Pos.		Points
1.	Gabriela Koukalová	265
2.		254
3.		207
4.		162
5.		156

• Final standings after 5 races.

Pos.		Points
1.	Germany	300
2.		248
3.		224
4.		203
5.		198

• Final standings after 5 races.

Pos.		Points
1.	Germany	7953
2.		7647
3.		6612
4.		6565
5.		6489

• Final standings after 22 races.

Standings: Mixed

Pos.		Points
1.	Germany	264
2.		257
3.		201
4.		195
5.		195

• Final standings after 5 races.

Achievements

First World Cup career victory

Men

• , 25, in his 3rd season — the WC 1 Pursuit in Östersund; it also was his first podium
• , 26, in his 7th season — the World Championships Sprint in Hochfilzen; first podium was 2014-15 Sprint in Khanty-Mansiysk
• , 35, in his 15th season — the World Championships Individual in Hochfilzen; first podium was 2013-14 Sprint in Kontiolahti

Women

• , 26, in her 2nd season — the WC 3 Sprint in Nove Mesto; it also was her first podium
• , 23, in her 3rd season — the WC 3 Pursuit in Nove Mesto; first podium was 2016-17 Sprint in Nove Mesto
• , 30, in her 7th season — the WC 6 Mass Start in Antholz; it also was her first podium
• , 29, in her 10th season — the WC 9 Sprint in Oslo Holmenkollen; first podium was 2013-14 Sprint in Kontiolahti

First World Cup podium:

Men

• , 28, in his 8th season — no. 3 in the WC 1 Individual in Östersund
• , 25, in his 5th season — no. 3 in the WC 5 Pursuit in Ruhpolding
• , 28, in his 8th season — no. 2 in the WC 9 Mass Start in Oslo Holmenkollen

Women

• , 28, in her 4th season — no. 3 in the WC 1 Individual in Östersund
• , 20, in her 3rd season — no. 2 in the WC 2 Sprint in Pokljuka
• , 25, in her 4th season — no. 3 in the WC 2 Pursuit in Pokljuka
• , 23, in her 3rd season — no. 2 in the WC 3 Sprint in Nove Mesto
• , 25, in her 4th season — no. 3 in the WC 6 Individual Antholtz
• , 22, in her 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 8 Pursuit Kontiolahti

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

Men

• , 14 (61) first places
• , 2 (13) first place
• , 2 (12) first places
• , 2 (10) first places
• , 2 (3) first places
• , 1 (8) first place
• , 1 (1) first place
• , 1 (1) first place
• , 1 (1) first place

Women

• , 10 (17) first places
• , 5 (17) first places
• , 2 (21) first places
• , 2 (7) first places
• , 2 (4) first places
• , 2 (2) first places
• , 1 (1) first place
• , 1 (1) first place
• , 1 (1) first place

Retirements

The following notable biathletes retired during or after the 2016–17 season:

Men

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Women

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External links

• IBU official site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Events . . Biathlonworld . International Biathlon Union . 19 July 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160816094410/http://www5.biathlonworld.com/en/events.html?EventId=BT1617SWRLCP01 . 2016-08-16 . dead .
2. Web site: http://biathlon.com.ua/comments.php?id=7464. ru:Андрея Мали и Даниэль Бём завершили карьеру. December 12, 2016. December 12, 2016. Biathlon.com.ua. ru. Andreja Mali and Daniel Böhm retired.
3. Web site: Biathlon : retrait du Suisse Ivan Joller. March 23, 2017. March 24, 2017.
4. Web site: Biatlonistka Landová ukončila kariéru. Hlava už mě nepustí, řekla. Tomíček. Matěj. May 4, 2017. May 11, 2017. iDNES. cs.
5. Web site: Bachmann beendet Karriere. December 15, 2016. December 15, 2016. sport1.de. de.
6. Web site: Fanny Horn-Birkeland Announces Retirement. February 19, 2017. March 6, 2017. www.snowalps.com. en.
7. Web site: Russia’s Svetlana Sleptsova Retires from Biathlon. August 27, 2017. www.biathlonworld.com. en.
8. Web site: Na tekme s torbo veganske hrane in kuhalnikom. Finc. Mojca. December 11, 2016. December 11, 2016. Delo. sl. On the left a bag vegan food and coffee.
9. Web site: Jana Gereková ukončila kariéru, nebude štartovať ani na ZOH 2018. May 10, 2017. May 11, 2017. Sport. sk.