2004–05 Biathlon World Cup

2004–05 World Cup
Competition

The 2004−05 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The Biathlon World Championships 2005 were part of the Biathlon World Cup.

The men's overall World Cup was won by Norway's Ole Einar Bjørndalen,[1] while Sandrine Bailly of France claimed the women's overall World Cup.[2]

Calendar

Below is the World Cup calendar for the 2004–05 season.[3]

Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay
Beitostolen	2–5 December		●	●		●
Oslo	9–12 December	●	●	●
Östersund	15–19 December		●	●	●
Oberhof	6–9 January		●	●		●
Ruhpolding	12–16 January		●	●		●
Antholz	19–23 January	●	●	●
Cesana San Sicario	9–13 February	●	●			●
Pokljuka	16–20 February		●	●	●
Hochfilzen	4–13 March	●	●	●	●	●
Khanty-Mansiysk	16–19 March		●	●	●
Total		4	10	9	4	5	0

World Cup Podium

Men

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib (After competition)	Det.
1	2 December 2004	Beitostølen	10 km Sprint	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Nikolay Kruglov	Raphaël Poirée	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Detail
1	4 December 2004	Beitostølen	12.5 km Pursuit	Sven Fischer	Nikolay Kruglov	Sergei Rozhkov	Nikolay Kruglov	Detail
2	9 December 2004	Oslo Holmenkollen	20 km Individual	Sven Fischer	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Tomasz Sikora	Sven Fischer	Detail
2	11 December 2004	Oslo Holmenkollen	10 km Sprint	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Raphaël Poirée	Halvard Hanevold	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Detail
2	12 December 2004	Oslo Holmenkollen	12.5 km Pursuit	Sven Fischer	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Raphaël Poirée	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Detail
3	15 December 2004	Östersund	10 km Sprint	Stian Eckhoff	Frode Andresen	Sergei Rozhkov	Raphaël Poirée	Detail
3	17 December 2004	Östersund	12.5 km Pursuit	Egil Gjelland	Sergei Rozhkov	Raphaël Poirée		Detail
3	19 December 2004	Östersund	15 km Mass Start	Raphaël Poirée	Sergei Rozhkov	Ivan Tcherezov		Detail
4	7 January 2005	Oberhof	10 km Sprint	Sven Fischer	Frode Andresen	Egil Gjelland		Detail
4	9 January 2005	Oberhof	12.5 km Pursuit	Raphaël Poirée	Sven Fischer	Alexander Wolf		Detail
5	15 January 2005	Ruhpolding	10 km Sprint	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Raphaël Poirée	René-Laurent Vuillermoz		Detail
5	16 January 2005	Ruhpolding	12.5 km Pursuit	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Lars Berger	Ricco Groß		Detail
6	19 January 2005	Antholz-Anterselva	20 km Individual	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Zhang Chengye	Nikolay Kruglov		Detail
6	21 January 2005	Antholz-Anterselva	10 km Sprint	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Frode Andresen	Sven Fischer		Detail
6	23 January 2005	Antholz-Anterselva	12.5 km Pursuit	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Sergei Tchepikov	Halvard Hanevold	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Detail
7	9 February 2005	Turin	20 km Individual	Michael Greis	Sergei Tchepikov	Sergei Rozhkov	Raphaël Poirée	Detail
7	11 February 2005	Turin	10 km Sprint	Sergei Rozhkov	Björn Ferry	Alexander Syman		Detail
8	16 February 2005	Pokljuka	10 km Sprint	Alexander Syman	Sergei Rozhkov	Andreas Birnbacher		Detail
8	18 February 2005	Pokljuka	12.5 km Pursuit	Nikolay Kruglov	Sergei Rozhkov	Andreas Birnbacher		Detail
8	20 February 2005	Pokljuka	15 km Mass Start	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Raphaël Poirée	Stian Eckhoff		Detail
WC	5 March 2005	Hochfilzen	10 km Sprint	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Sven Fischer	Ilmārs Bricis	Sven Fischer	Detail
WC	6 March 2005	Hochfilzen	12.5 km Pursuit	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Sergei Tchepikov	Sven Fischer		Detail
WC	9 March 2005	Hochfilzen	20 km Individual	Roman Dostál	Michael Greis	Ricco Groß		Detail
WC	13 March 2005	Hochfilzen	15 km Mass Start	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Sven Fischer	Raphaël Poirée		Detail
9	16 March 2005	Khanty-Mansiysk	10 km Sprint	Sven Fischer	Oleg Ryzhenkov	Halvard Hanevold		Detail
9	17 March 2005	Khanty-Mansiysk	12.5 km Pursuit	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Andriy Deryzemlya	Tomasz Sikora		Detail
9	19 March 2005	Khanty-Mansiysk	15 km Mass Start	Raphaël Poirée	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Sergei Rozhkov	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Detail

Women

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib (After competition)	Det.
1	2 December 2004	Beitostølen	7.5 km Sprint	Uschi Disl	Andrea Henkel	Albina Akhatova	Uschi Disl	Detail
1	4 December 2004	Beitostølen	10 km Pursuit	Uschi Disl	Olga Pyleva	Martina Glagow		Detail
2	9 December 2004	Oslo Holmenkollen	15 km Individual	Martina Glagow	Svetlana Ishmouratova	Magdalena Gwizdoń		Detail
2	11 December 2004	Oslo Holmenkollen	7.5 km Sprint	Olga Zaitseva	Olga Pyleva	Tadeja Brankovič		Detail
2	12 December 2004	Oslo Holmenkollen	10 km Pursuit	Sandrine Bailly	Olga Zaitseva	Olena Zubrilova		Detail
3	16 December 2004	Östersund	7.5 km Sprint	Sandrine Bailly	Olga Zaitseva	Tadeja Brankovič		Detail
3	18 December 2004	Östersund	10 km Pursuit	Olga Zaitseva	Sandrine Bailly	Olga Pyleva	Olga Pyleva	Detail
3	19 December 2004	Östersund	12.5 km Mass Start	Liv Grete Poirée	Olga Zaitseva	Linda Tjørhom	Olga Pyleva	Detail
4	8 January 2005	Oberhof	7.5 km Sprint	Linda Tjørhom	Uschi Disl	Kati Wilhelm	Olga Zaitseva	Detail
4	9 January 2005	Oberhof	10 km Pursuit	Uschi Disl	Kati Wilhelm	Linda Tjørhom	Uschi Disl	Detail
5	14 January 2005	Ruhpolding	7.5 km Sprint	Olga Pyleva	Svetlana Tchernousova	Martina Glagow	Olga Pyleva	Detail
5	16 January 2005	Ruhpolding	10 km Pursuit	Olga Pyleva	Liu Xianying	Linda Tjørhom		Detail
6	20 January 2005	Antholz-Anterselva	15 km Individual	Olena Zubrilova	Anna Carin Olofsson	Olga Pyleva		Detail
6	22 January 2005	Antholz-Anterselva	7.5 km Sprint	Kati Wilhelm	Tora Berger	Linda Tjørhom		Detail
6	23 January 2005	Antholz-Anterselva	10 km Pursuit	Sandrine Bailly	Tora Berger	Simone Denkinger		Detail
7	10 February 2005	Turin	15 km Individual	Anna Bogaliy	Olga Pyleva	Kati Wilhelm		Detail
7	12 February 2005	Turin	7.5 km Sprint	Kati Wilhelm	Magdalena Gwizdoń	Liu Xianying		Detail
8	17 February 2005	Pokljuka	7.5 km Sprint	Sandrine Bailly	Kong Yingchao	Gro Marit Istad-Kristiansen	Kati Wilhelm	Detail
8	19 February 2005	Pokljuka	10 km Pursuit	Sandrine Bailly	Kong Yingchao	Olga Zaitseva		Detail
8	20 February 2005	Pokljuka	12.5 km Mass Start	Sandrine Bailly	Olga Pyleva	Kati Wilhelm		Detail
WC	5 March 2005	Hochfilzen	7.5 km Sprint	Uschi Disl	Olga Zaitseva	Olena Zubrilova	Olga Pyleva	Detail
WC	6 March 2005	Hochfilzen	10 km Pursuit	Uschi Disl	Liu Xianying	Olga Zaitseva		Detail
WC	8 March 2005	Hochfilzen	15 km Individual	Andrea Henkel	Sun Ribo	Linda Tjørhom		Detail
WC	13 March 2005	Hochfilzen	12.5 km Mass Start	Gro Marit Istad-Kristiansen	Anna Carin Olofsson	Olga Pyleva		Detail
9	16 March 2005	Khanty-Mansiysk	7.5 km Sprint	Katrin Apel	Svetlana Ishmouratova	Simone Denkinger		Detail
9	17 March 2005	Khanty-Mansiysk	10 km Pursuit	Kati Wilhelm	Sandrine Bailly	Olga Zaitseva	Sandrine Bailly	Detail
9	19 March 2005	Khanty-Mansiysk	12.5 km Mass Start	Olga Zaitseva	Kati Wilhelm	Anna Bogaliy	Sandrine Bailly	Detail

Men's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
1	6 December 2004	Beitostolen	4x7.5 km Relay	Norway Halvard Hanevold Stian Eckhoff Egil Gjelland Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Germany Peter Sendel Ricco Gross Andreas Birnbacher Sven Fischer	Russia Filipp Shulman Nikolay Kruglov Sergei Tchepikov Sergei Rozhkov
4	6 January 2005	Oberhof	4x7.5 km Relay	Sweden David Ekholm Björn Ferry Mattias Nilsson Carl Johan Bergman	Germany Daniel Graf Ricco Gross Sven Fischer Michael Greis	Russia Sergei Rozhkov Pavel Rostovtsev Nikolay Kruglov Ivan Tcherezov
5	13 January 2005	Ruhpolding	4x7.5 km Relay	Norway Egil Gjelland Stian Eckhoff Halvard Hanevold Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Germany Alexander Wolf Ricco Gross Sven Fischer Michael Greis	Austria Christoph Sumann Wolfgang Perner Wolfgang Rottmann Ludwig Gredler
7	13 February 2005	Cesana San Sicario	4x7.5 km Relay	Norway Frode Andresen Egil Gjelland Stian Eckhoff Halvard Hanevold	Russia Ivan Tcherezov Nikolay Kruglov Sergei Tchepikov Sergei Rozhkov	Germany Daniel Graf Sven Fischer Andreas Birnbacher Alexander Wolf
WC	12 March 2005	Hochfilzen	4x7.5 km Relay	Norway Halvard Hanevold Stian Eckhoff Egil Gjelland Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Russia Sergei Rozhkov Nikolay Kruglov Pavel Rostovtsev Sergei Tchepikov	Austria Daniel Mesotitsch Friedrich Pinter Wolfgang Rottmann Christoph Sumann

Women's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
1	5 December 2004	Beitostolen	4x6 km Relay	Russia Albina Akhatova Olga Pyleva Anna Bogaliy Olga Zaitseva	Germany Uschi Disl Katja Beer Kati Wilhelm Martina Glagow	France Delphyne Peretto Christelle Gros Florence Baverel-Robert Sandrine Bailly
4	6 January 2005	Oberhof	4x6 km Relay	Germany Uschi Disl Katrin Apel Andrea Henkel Kati Wilhelm	Russia Olga Pyleva Julija Makarova Svetlana Ishmouratova Olga Zaitseva	Slovenia Andreja Koblar Teja Gregorin Dijana Grudiček Tadeja Brankovič
5	13 January 2005	Ruhpolding	4x6 km Relay	Russia Olga Pyleva Anna Bogaliy Svetlana Ishmouratova Olga Zaitseva	Germany Uschi Disl Katrin Apel Martina Glagow Kati Wilhelm	Norway Linda Tjorhom Tora Berger Gro Marit Istad-Kristiansen Liv Grete Poiree
7	13 February 2005	Cesana San Sicario	4x6 km Relay	Russia Olga Pyleva Svetlana Ishmouratova Anna Bogaliy Olga Zaitseva	France Delphyne Peretto Christelle Gros Anne-Laure Mignerey Sandrine Bailly	Belarus Ekaterina Ivanova Olga Nazarova Lyudmila Ananko Olena Zubrilova
WC	12 March 2005	Hochfilzen	4x6 km Relay	Russia Olga Pyleva Svetlana Ishmouratova Anna Bogaliy Olga Zaitseva	Germany Uschi Disl Katrin Apel Andrea Henkel Kati Wilhelm	Belarus Ekaterina Ivanova Olga Nazarova Lyudmila Ananko Olena Zubrilova

Standings: Men

Overall

Pos.		Points
	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	923
2.	Sven Fischer	912
3.	Raphaël Poirée	869
4.	Sergei Tchepikov	672
5.	Sergei Rozhkov	656

Final standings after 27 races.

Individual

Pos.		Points
	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	130
	Michael Greis	130
3.	Sven Fischer	127
4.	Sergei Tchepikov	114
5.	Tomasz Sikora	104

Final standings after 4 races.

Sprint

Pos.		Points
	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	330
2.	Sven Fischer	323
3.	Raphaël Poirée	277
4.	Sergei Tchepikov	247
5.	Sergei Rozhkov	236

Final standings after 10 races.

Pursuit

Pos.		Points
	Sven Fischer	326
2.	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	317
3.	Raphaël Poirée	274
4.	Sergei Rozhkov	272
5.	Ricco Groß	250

Final standings after 9 races.

Mass Start

Pos.		Points
	Raphaël Poirée	146
	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	146
3.	Sven Fischer	123
4.	Tomasz Sikora	108
5.	Stian Eckhoff	103

Final standings after 4 races.

Relay

Pos.		Points
	Norway	200
2.	Germany	181
3.	Russia	178
4.	Austria	155
5.	France	151

Final standings after 5 races.

Nation

Pos.		Points
1.	Norway	4889
2.	Germany	4746
3.	Russia	4632
4.	France	4435
5.	Austria	4003

Final standings after 19 races.

Standings: Women

Overall

Pos.		Points
	Sandrine Bailly	847
2.	Kati Wilhelm	833
3.	Olga Pyleva	830
4.	Olga Zaitseva	752
5.	Uschi Disl	659

Final standings after 27 races.

Individual

Pos.		Points
	Olga Pyleva	123
2.	Martina Glagow	115
3.	Svetlana Ishmouratova	104
4.	Sandrine Bailly	90
5.	Anna Carin Olofsson	89

Final standings after 4 races.

Sprint

Pos.		Points
	Kati Wilhelm	305
2.	Sandrine Bailly	294
3.	Olga Zaitseva	292
4.	Uschi Disl	282
5.	Olga Pyleva	266

Final standings after 10 races.

Pursuit

Pos.		Points
	Sandrine Bailly	322
2.	Olga Pyleva	298
3.	Olga Zaitseva	290
4.	Kati Wilhelm	281
5.	Uschi Disl	247

Final standings after 9 races.

Mass Start

Pos.		Points
	Olga Zaitseva	136
2.	Olga Pyleva	129
3.	Kati Wilhelm	126
4.	Sandrine Bailly	110
5.	Liu Xianying	94

Final standings after 4 races.

Relay

Pos.		Points
	Russia	200
2.	Germany	188
3.	Norway	163
4.	France	159
5.	Belarus	150

Final standings after 5 races.

Nation

Pos.		Points
1.	Russia	4910
2.	Germany	4815
3.	Norway	4367
4.	France	4206
5.	China	4012

Final standings after 19 races.

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway	21	8	13	42
2	Germany	18	14	15	47
3	Russia	13	22	16	51
4	France	9	7	4	20
5	Belarus	2	1	5	8
6	Sweden	1	3	0	4
7	Czech Republic	1	0	0	1
8	China	0	6	1	7
9	Poland	0	1	3	4
10	Ukraine	0	1	0	1
11	Slovenia	0	0	3	3
12	Austria	0	0	2	2
13	Italy	0	0	1	1
13	Latvia	0	0	1	1
Totals (14 nations)		65	63	64	192

Achievements

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

Men

Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR), 12 (55) first places
Sven Fischer (GER), 5 (30) first places
Raphaël Poirée (FRA), 3 (37) first places
Sergei Rozhkov (RUS), 1 (4) first place
Stian Eckhoff (NOR), 1 (1) first place
Egil Gjelland (NOR), 1 (1) first place
Michael Greis (GER), 1 (1) first place
Alexandr Syman (BLR), 1 (1) first place
Nikolay Kruglov (RUS), 1 (1) first place
Roman Dostál (CZE), 1 (1) first place

Women

Sandrine Bailly (FRA), 6 (13) first places
Uschi Disl (GER), 5 (29) first places
Kati Wilhelm (GER), 3 (9) first places
Olga Zaitseva (RUS), 3 (5) first places
Olga Pyleva (RUS), 2 (10) first places
Liv Grete Poirée (NOR), 1 (21) first place
Olena Zubrilova (BLR), 1 (20) first place
Martina Glagow (GER), 1 (6) first place
Andrea Henkel (GER), 1 (4) first place
Katrin Apel (GER), 1 (4) first place
Linda Tjørhom (NOR), 1 (3) first place
Anna Bogaliy-Titovets (RUS), 1 (3) first place
Gro Marit Istad Kristiansen (NOR), 1 (3) first place
Svetlana Tchernousova (RUS), 1 (1) first place

Retirements

Following notable biathletes retired during or after the 2004–05 season:

References

"World Cup Total Score Men". Archived from the original on 2008-08-04. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
"World Cup Total Score Women". Archived from the original on 2008-08-04. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
"World Cup Schedule". Archived from the original on 2008-12-18. Retrieved 2018-05-15.

External links

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[1] "World Cup Total Score Men". Archived from the original on 2008-08-04. Retrieved 14 January 2012.

[2] "World Cup Total Score Women". Archived from the original on 2008-08-04. Retrieved 14 January 2012.

[3] "World Cup Schedule". Archived from the original on 2008-12-18. Retrieved 2018-05-15.