1996–97 Biathlon World Cup

The 1996–97 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 30 November 1996 in Lillehammer, Norway, and ended on 16 March 1997 in Novosibirsk, Russia. It was the twentieth season of the Biathlon World Cup.

1996–97 World Cup
Discipline Men Women
Overall Sven Fischer Magdalena Forsberg
Nations Cup Germany Germany
Individual Ricco Groß Uschi Disl
Sprint Ole Einar Bjørndalen Uschi Disl
Pursuit Viktor Maigourov Magdalena Forsberg
Relay Germany Russia
Competition

Calendar

Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 1996–97 season.[1]

Location Date Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay
Lillehammer 30 November–1 December
Östersund 5–8 December
Holmenkollen 12–15 December
Oberhof 4–5 January
Ruhpolding 9–12 January
Antholz 16–19 January
Osrblie 1–17 February
Nagano 6–9 March
Novosibirsk 13–16 March
Total 6 9 4 1 5

World Cup Podium

Men

Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib
(After competition)
Det.
1 30 November 1996 Lillehammer 10 km Sprint Sven Fischer Sergei Tarasov Pavel Rostovtsev Sven Fischer Detail
1 1 December 1996 Lillehammer 12.5 km Pursuit Sven Fischer Pavel Rostovtsev René Cattarinussi Detail
2 5 December 1996 Östersund 20 km Individual Wilfried Pallhuber Vesa Hietalahti Pavel Mouslimov Pavel Mouslimov Detail
2 7 December 1996 Östersund 10 km Sprint Vadim Sashurin Frode Andresen Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail
3 12 December 1996 Oslo Holmenkollen 10 km Sprint Viktor Maigourov Frode Andresen Sven Fischer Sven Fischer Detail
3 14 December 1996 Oslo Holmenkollen 12.5 km Pursuit Viktor Maigourov Sven Fischer Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail
4 4 January 1997 Oberhof 10 km Sprint Ole Einar Bjørndalen Pavel Mouslimov Halvard Hanevold Detail
4 5 January 1997 Oberhof 12.5 km Pursuit Ole Einar Bjørndalen Viktor Maigourov Ludwig Gredler Detail
5 9 January 1997 Ruhpolding 20 km Individual Ricco Groß Ole Einar Bjørndalen Viktor Maigourov Detail
5 11 January 1997 Ruhpolding 10 km Sprint Ole Einar Bjørndalen Pavel Rostovtsev Sven Fischer Detail
6 16 January 1997 Antholz-Anterselva 20 km Individual Ludwig Gredler Ricco Groß Sergei Rozhkov Detail
6 18 January 1997 Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Sprint Viktor Maigourov Pieralberto Carrara Raphaël Poirée Detail
WC 1 February 1997 Brezno-Osrblie 10 km Sprint Wilfried Pallhuber René Cattarinussi Oleg Ryzhenkov Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail
WC 2 February 1997 Brezno-Osrblie 12.5 km Pursuit Viktor Maigourov Sergei Tarasov Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail
WC 7 February 1997 Brezno-Osrblie 20 km Individual Ricco Groß Oleg Ryzhenkov Ludwig Gredler Detail
7 6 March 1997 Nagano 20 km Individual Mark Kirchner Vesa Hietalahti Oleg Ryzhenkov Detail
7 8 March 1997 Nagano 10 km Sprint Sven Fischer Ole Einar Bjørndalen René Cattarinussi Detail
8 13 March 1997 Novosibirsk 20 km Individual Pavel Mouslimov Ricco Groß Sven Fischer Sven Fischer Detail
8 15 March 1997 Novosibirsk 10 km Sprint Ludwig Gredler Ricco Groß Sergei Tarasov Detail

Women

Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib
(After competition)
Det.
1 30 November 1996 Lillehammer 7.5 km Sprint Petra Behle Simone Greiner-Petter-M. Olga Melnik Petra Behle Detail
1 1 December 1996 Lillehammer 10 km Pursuit Simone Greiner-Petter-M. Galina Koukleva Magdalena Forsberg Simone Greiner-Petter-M. Detail
2 5 December 1996 Östersund 15 km Individual Anna Volkova Yu Shumei Svetlana Paramygina Petra Behle Detail
2 7 December 1996 Östersund 7.5 km Sprint Olga Melnik Svetlana Paramygina Gunn Margit Andreassen Detail
3 12 December 1996 Oslo Holmenkollen 7.5 km Sprint Uschi Disl Simone Greiner-Petter-M. Galina Koukleva Detail
3 14 December 1996 Oslo Holmenkollen 10 km Pursuit Uschi Disl Galina Koukleva Olga Romasko Magdalena Forsberg Detail
4 4 January 1997 Oberhof 7.5 km Sprint Magdalena Forsberg Hildegunn Mikkelsplass Kathi Schwaab Detail
4 5 January 1997 Oberhof 10 km Pursuit Magdalena Forsberg Simone Greiner-Petter-M. Annette Sikveland Detail
5 9 January 1997 Ruhpolding 15 km Individual Annette Sikveland Simone Greiner-Petter-M. Corinne Niogret Detail
5 11 January 1997 Ruhpolding 7.5 km Sprint Petra Behle Uschi Disl Olga Romasko Detail
6 16 January 1997 Antholz-Anterselva 15 km Individual Tetyana Vodopyanova Annette Sikveland Uschi Disl Detail
6 18 January 1997 Antholz-Anterselva 7.5 km Sprint Uschi Disl Ann-Elen Skjelbreid Corinne Niogret Detail
WC 1 February 1997 Brezno-Osrblie 7.5 km Sprint Olga Romasko Olena Zubrilova Magdalena Forsberg Detail
WC 2 February 1997 Brezno-Osrblie 10 km Pursuit Magdalena Forsberg Olena Zubrilova Olga Romasko Detail
WC 6 February 1997 Brezno-Osrblie 15 km Individual Magdalena Forsberg Olena Zubrilova Ekaterina Dafovska Detail
7 6 March 1997 Nagano 15 km Individual Andreja Grašič Uschi Disl Anna Stera Detail
7 8 March 1997 Nagano 7.5 km Sprint Olga Romasko Uschi Disl Ekaterina Dafovska Detail
8 13 March 1997 Novosibirsk 15 km Individual Svetlana Paramygina Uschi Disl Anna Volkova Detail
8 15 March 1997 Novosibirsk 7.5 km Sprint Petra Behle Andreja Grašič Svetlana Paramygina Detail

Men's team

Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third
2 8 December 1996 Östersund 4x7.5 km Relay  Germany
Ricco Gross
Peter Sendel
Frank Luck
Sven Fischer
 Norway
Egil Gjelland
Halvard Hanevold
Frode Andresen
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
 Belarus
Alexei Aidarov
Oleg Ryzhenkov
Alexander Popov
Vadim Sashurin
3 15 December 1996 Holmenkollen 4x7.5 km Relay  Germany
Ricco Gross
Peter Sendel
Mark Kirchner
Frank Luck
 Norway
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Egil Gjelland
Dag Bjørndalen
Frode Andresen
 Russia
Sergei Rozhkov
Pavel Muslimov
Pavel Rostovtsev
Alexei Kobelev
6 19 January 1997 Antholz-Anterselva 4x7.5 km Relay  Germany
Ricco Gross
Mark Kirchner
Carsten Heymann
Frank Luck
 Italy
Rene Cattarinussi
Wilfried Pallhuber
Patrick Favre
Pieralberto Carrara
 Norway
Bard Mjolne
Sylfest Glimsdal
Jon Age Tyldum
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
WC 9 February 1997 Osrblie 4x7.5 km Relay  Germany
Ricco Gross
Peter Sendel
Sven Fischer
Frank Luck
 Norway
Egil Gjelland
Jon Age Tyldum
Dag Bjørndalen
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
 Italy
Rene Cattarinussi
Wilfried Pallhuber
Patrick Favre
Pieralberto Carrara
7 9 March 1997 Nagano 4x7.5 km Relay  Russia
Viktor Maigourov
Vladimir Drachev
Sergei Tarasov
Alexei Kobelev
 Norway
Frode Andresen
Jon Age Tyldum
Halvard Hanevold
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
 Slovenia
Jože Poklukar
Tomaž Žemva
Janez Ožbolt
Matjaž Poklukar

Women's team

Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third
2 8 December 1996 Östersund 4x6 km Relay  Russia
Olga Melnik
Galina Kukleva
Anna Volkova
Olga Romasko
 Germany
Uschi Disl
Simone Greiner
Katrin Apel
Petra Behle
 Norway
Ann-Elen Skjelbreid
Annette Sikveland
Hildegunn Mikkelsplass
Gunn Margit Andreassen
3 15 December 1996 Holmenkollen 4x6 km Relay  Russia
Olga Melnik
Galina Kukleva
Nadezhda Talanova
Olga Romasko
 Germany
Uschi Disl
Simone Greiner
Katrin Apel
Petra Behle
 Norway
Ann-Elen Skjelbreid
Annette Sikveland
Hildegunn Mikkelsplass
Gunn Margit Andreassen
6 19 January 1997 Antholz-Anterselva 4x6 km Relay  Russia
Olga Melnik
Galina Kukleva
Nadezhda Talanova
Olga Romasko
 Norway
Ann-Elen Skjelbreid
Annette Sikveland
Liv Grete Skjelbreid
Gunn Margit Andreassen
 France
Delphyne Burlet
Christelle Gros
Veronique Claudel
Corinne Niogret
WC 9 February 1997 Osrblie 4x6 km Relay  Germany
Uschi Disl
Simone Greiner
Katrin Apel
Petra Behle
 Norway
Ann-Elen Skjelbreid
Annette Sikveland
Liv Grete Skjelbreid
Gunn Margit Andreassen
 Russia
Olga Melnik
Galina Kukleva
Nadezhda Talanova
Olga Romasko
7 9 March 1997 Nagano 4x6 km Relay  Ukraine
Nina Lemesh
Olena Petrova
Valentina Tserbe-Nessina
Tetyana Vodopyanova
 Russia
Nadezhda Talanova
Olga Melnik
Anna Volkova
Olga Romasko
 China
Yu Shumei
Sun Ribo
Liu Jinfeng
Liu Xianying

Standings: Men

Overall

Pos. Points
   Sven Fischer314
2. Ole Einar Bjørndalen303
3. Viktor Maigourov294
4. Ricco Groß281
5. Pavel Muslimov255
  • Final standings after 19 races.

Standings: Women

Overall

Pos. Points
   Magdalena Forsberg340
2. Uschi Disl333
3. Simone Greiner-Petter-M.283
4. Olga Romasko240
5. Corinne Niogret240
  • Final standings after 19 races.

Achievements

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

Retirements

The following notable biathletes retired after the 1996–97 season:


References

  1. Gregor, Jakub. "Schedule". biathlonresults.com. IBU. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
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