2018–19 Biathlon World Cup

The 2018–19 Biathlon World Cup (BWC) was a multi-race series over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 2 December 2018 in Pokljuka, Slovenia and ended on 24 March 2019 in Oslo Holmenkollen, Norway. The defending overall champions from the 2017–18 Biathlon World Cup were Martin Fourcade of France and Kaisa Mäkäräinen of Finland.

2018–19 Biathlon World Cup
Discipline Men Women
Overall Johannes Thingnes Bø Dorothea Wierer
Nations Cup Norway Norway
Individual Johannes Thingnes Bø Lisa Vittozzi
Sprint Johannes Thingnes Bø Anastasiya Kuzmina
Pursuit Johannes Thingnes Bø Dorothea Wierer
Mass start Johannes Thingnes Bø Hanna Öberg
Relay Norway Norway
Mixed Norway
Competition

Calendar

Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2018–19 season.[1]

Stage Location Date Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay Single mixed relay Details
1 Pokljuka 2–9 December details
2 Hochfilzen 13–16 December details
3 Nové Město 20–23 December details
4 Oberhof 10–13 January details
5 Ruhpolding 17–20 January details
6 Antholz-Anterselva 24–27 January details
7 Canmore 7–10 February ●* details
8 Salt Lake City 14–17 February details
WC Östersund 7–17 March World Championships
9 Oslo Holmenkollen 21–24 March details
Total: 68 (31 men's, 31 women's, 6 mixed) 3 10 8 5 5 3 3
  • The Individuals in Canmore were shortened because of freezing temperatures.

World Cup podiums

Men

Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib
(After competition)
Det.
1 6 December 2018 Pokljuka 20 km Individual Martin Fourcade Johannes Kühn Simon Eder Martin Fourcade Detail
1 7 December 2018 Pokljuka 10 km Sprint Johannes Thingnes Bø Antonin Guigonnat Alexander Loginov Johannes Thingnes Bø Detail
1 9 December 2018 Pokljuka 12.5 km Pursuit Johannes Thingnes Bø Quentin Fillon Maillet Alexander Loginov Detail
2 14 December 2018 Hochfilzen 10 km Sprint Johannes Thingnes Bø Martin Fourcade Benedikt Doll Detail
2 15 December 2018 Hochfilzen 12.5 km Pursuit Martin Fourcade Arnd Peiffer Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Detail
3 20 December 2018 Nové Město na M. 10 km Sprint Johannes Thingnes Bø Alexander Loginov Martin Ponsiluoma Detail
3 22 December 2018 Nové Město na M. 12.5 km Pursuit Johannes Thingnes Bø Alexander Loginov Tarjei Bø Detail
3 23 December 2018 Nové Město na M. 15 km Mass Start Johannes Thingnes Bø Quentin Fillon Maillet Evgeny Garanichev Detail
4 11 January 2019 Oberhof 10 km Sprint Alexander Loginov Johannes Thingnes Bø Sebastian Samuelsson Detail
4 12 January 2019 Oberhof 12.5 km Pursuit Johannes Thingnes Bø Arnd Peiffer Lukas Hofer Detail
5 17 January 2019 Ruhpolding 10 km Sprint Johannes Thingnes Bø Tarjei Bø Benedikt Doll Detail
5 20 January 2019 Ruhpolding 15 km Mass Start Johannes Thingnes Bø Julian Eberhard Quentin Fillon Maillet Detail
6 25 January 2019 Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Sprint Johannes Thingnes Bø Erlend Bjøntegaard Antonin Guigonnat Detail
6 26 January 2019 Antholz-Anterselva 12.5 km Pursuit Johannes Thingnes Bø Antonin Guigonnat Quentin Fillon Maillet Detail
6 27 January 2019 Antholz-Anterselva 15 km Mass Start Quentin Fillon Maillet Johannes Thingnes Bø Arnd Peiffer Detail
7 7 February 2019 Canmore 20 km Individual Johannes Thingnes Bø Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Alexander Loginov Detail
7 10 February 2019 Canmore 15 km Mass Start Cancelled due to freezing temperatures Detail
8 15 February 2019 Soldier Hollow 10 km Sprint Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Simon Desthieux Roman Rees Detail
8 16 February 2019 Soldier Hollow 12.5 km Pursuit Quentin Fillon Maillet Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Simon Desthieux Detail
WC 9 March 2019 Östersund 10 km Sprint Johannes Thingnes Bø Alexander Loginov Quentin Fillon Maillet Detail
WC 10 March 2019 Östersund 12.5 km Pursuit Dmytro Pidruchnyi Johannes Thingnes Bø Quentin Fillon Maillet Detail
WC 13 March 2019 Östersund 20 km Individual Arnd Peiffer Vladimir Iliev Tarjei Bø Detail
WC 17 March 2019 Östersund 15 km Mass Start Dominik Windisch Antonin Guigonnat Julian Eberhard Detail
9 22 March 2019 Oslo Holmenkollen 10 km Sprint Johannes Thingnes Bø Lukas Hofer Quentin Fillon Maillet Detail
9 23 March 2019 Oslo Holmenkollen 12.5 km Pursuit Johannes Thingnes Bø Tarjei Bø Arnd Peiffer Detail
9 24 March 2019 Oslo Holmenkollen 15 km Mass Start Johannes Thingnes Bø Arnd Peiffer Benedikt Doll Detail

Women

Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib
(After competition)
Det.
1 6 December 2018 Pokljuka 15 km Individual Yuliia Dzhima Monika Hojnisz Markéta Davidová Yuliia Dzhima Detail
1 8 December 2018 Pokljuka 7.5 km Sprint Kaisa Mäkäräinen Dorothea Wierer Justine Braisaz Dorothea Wierer Detail
1 9 December 2018 Pokljuka 10 km Pursuit Kaisa Mäkäräinen Dorothea Wierer Paulína Fialková Detail
2 13 December 2018 Hochfilzen 7.5 km Sprint Dorothea Wierer Kaisa Mäkäräinen Ekaterina Yurlova-Percht Detail
2 15 December 2018 Hochfilzen 10 km Pursuit Kaisa Mäkäräinen Paulína Fialková Dorothea Wierer Detail
3 21 December 2018 Nové Město na M. 7.5 km Sprint Marte Olsbu Røiseland Laura Dahlmeier Paulína Fialková Detail
3 22 December 2018 Nové Město na M. 10 km Pursuit Marte Olsbu Røiseland Dorothea Wierer Hanna Öberg Detail
3 23 December 2018 Nové Město na M. 12.5 km Mass Start Anastázia Kuzminová Paulína Fialková Anaïs Chevalier Detail
4 10 January 2019 Oberhof 7.5 km Sprint Lisa Vittozzi Anaïs Chevalier Hanna Öberg Detail
4 12 January 2019 Oberhof 10 km Pursuit Lisa Vittozzi Anastázia Kuzminová Anaïs Chevalier Detail
5 17 January 2019 Ruhpolding 7.5 km Sprint Anastázia Kuzminová Lisa Vittozzi Hanna Öberg Detail
5 20 January 2019 Ruhpolding 12.5 km Mass Start Franziska Preuß Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Paulína Fialková Detail
6 24 January 2019 Antholz-Anterselva 7.5 km Sprint Markéta Davidová Kaisa Mäkäräinen Marte Olsbu Røiseland Detail
6 26 January 2019 Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Pursuit Dorothea Wierer Laura Dahlmeier Lisa Vittozzi Detail
6 27 January 2019 Antholz-Anterselva 12.5 km Mass Start Laura Dahlmeier Markéta Davidová Vanessa Hinz Detail
7 7 February 2019 Canmore 15 km Individual Tiril Eckhoff Markéta Davidová Lisa Vittozzi Detail
7 10 February 2019 Canmore 12.5 km Mass Start Cancelled due to freezing temperatures Detail
8 14 February 2019 Soldier Hollow 7.5 km Sprint Marte Olsbu Røiseland Kaisa Mäkäräinen Franziska Hildebrand Detail
8 16 February 2019 Soldier Hollow 10 km Pursuit Denise Herrmann Franziska Hildebrand Kaisa Mäkäräinen Lisa Vittozzi Detail
WC 8 March 2019 Östersund 7.5 km Sprint Anastázia Kuzminová Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Laura Dahlmeier Dorothea Wierer Detail
WC 10 March 2019 Östersund 10 km Pursuit Denise Herrmann Tiril Eckhoff Laura Dahlmeier Lisa Vittozzi Detail
WC 12 March 2019 Östersund 15 km Individual Hanna Öberg Lisa Vittozzi Justine Braisaz Detail
WC 17 March 2019 Östersund 12.5 km Mass Start Dorothea Wierer Ekaterina Yurlova-Percht Denise Herrmann Dorothea Wierer Detail
9 21 March 2019 Oslo Holmenkollen 7.5 km Sprint Anastázia Kuzminová Franziska Preuß Paulína Fialková Detail
9 23 March 2019 Oslo Holmenkollen 10 km Pursuit Anastázia Kuzminová Denise Herrmann Hanna Öberg Detail
9 24 March 2019 Oslo Holmenkollen 12.5 km Mass Start Hanna Öberg Tiril Eckhoff Clare Egan Detail

Men's team

Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Det.
2 16 December 2018 Hochfilzen 4x7.5 km Relay  Sweden
Peppe Femling
Martin Ponsiluoma
Torstein Stenersen
Sebastian Samuelsson
 Norway
Lars Helge Birkeland
Henrik L'Abée-Lund
Tarjei Bø
Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen
 Germany
Simon Schempp
Johannes Kühn
Arnd Peiffer
Benedikt Doll
Detail
4 13 January 2019 Oberhof 4x7.5 km Relay  Russia
Maxim Tsvetkov
Evgeniy Garanichev
Dmitry Malyshko
Alexander Loginov
 France
Antonin Guigonnat
Simon Desthieux
Quentin Fillon Maillet
Martin Fourcade
 Austria
Tobias Eberhard
Simon Eder
Dominik Landertinger
Julian Eberhard
Detail
5 18 January 2019 Ruhpolding 4x7.5 km Relay  Norway
Lars Helge Birkeland
Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen
Tarjei Bø
Johannes Thingnes Bø
 Germany
Roman Rees
Johannes Kühn
Arnd Peiffer
Benedikt Doll
 France
Émilien Jacquelin
Martin Fourcade
Quentin Fillon Maillet
Simon Desthieux
Detail
7 8 February 2019 Canmore 4x7.5 km Relay  Norway
Lars Helge Birkeland
Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen
Erlend Bjøntegaard
Johannes Thingnes Bø
 France
Antonin Guigonnat
Émilien Jacquelin
Simon Fourcade
Quentin Fillon Maillet
 Russia
Evgeniy Garanichev
Eduard Latypov
Alexander Loginov
Alexander Povarnitsyn
Detail
WC 16 March 2019 Östersund 4x7.5 km Relay  Norway
Lars Helge Birkeland
Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen
Tarjei Bø
Johannes Thingnes Bø
 Germany
Erik Lesser
Roman Rees
Arnd Peiffer
Benedikt Doll
 Russia
Matvey Eliseev
Nikita Porshnev
Dmitry Malyshko
Alexander Loginov
Detail

Women's team

Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Det.
2 16 December 2018 Hochfilzen 4x6 km Relay  Italy
Lisa Vittozzi
Alexia Runggaldier
Dorothea Wierer
Federica Sanfilippo
 Sweden
Linn Persson
Mona Brorsson
Emma Nilsson
Hanna Öberg
 France
Anaïs Chevalier
Julia Simon
Célia Aymonier
Anaïs Bescond
Detail
4 13 January 2019 Oberhof 4x6 km Relay  Russia
Evgeniya Pavlova
Margarita Vasileva
Larisa Kuklina
Ekaterina Yurlova-Percht
 Germany
Karolin Horchler
Franziska Hildebrand
Franziska Preuß
Denise Herrmann
 Czech Republic
Lucie Charvátová
Veronika Vítková
Markéta Davidová
Eva Puskarčíková
Detail
5 19 January 2019 Ruhpolding 4x6 km Relay  France
Julia Simon
Anaïs Bescond
Justine Braisaz
Anaïs Chevalier
 Norway
Synnøve Solemdal
Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold
Tiril Eckhoff
Marte Olsbu Røiseland
 Germany
Vanessa Hinz
Laura Dahlmeier
Franziska Preuß
Denise Herrmann
Detail
7 8 February 2019 Canmore 4x6 km Relay  Germany
Vanessa Hinz
Franziska Hildebrand
Denise Herrmann
Laura Dahlmeier
 Norway
Emilie Ågheim Kalkenberg
Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold
Tiril Eckhoff
Marte Olsbu Røiseland
 France
Anaïs Chevalier
Justine Braisaz
Anaïs Bescond
Julia Simon
Detail
WC 16 March 2019 Östersund 4x6 km Relay  Norway
Synnøve Solemdal
Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold
Tiril Eckhoff
Marte Olsbu Røiseland
 Sweden
Linn Persson
Mona Brorsson
Anna Magnusson
Hanna Öberg
 Ukraine
Anastasiya Merkushyna
Vita Semerenko
Yuliia Dzhima
Valentyna Semerenko
Detail

Mixed

Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Det.
1 2 December 2018 Pokljuka 1x6 km + 1x7.5 km
Single Mixed Relay
 Norway
Thekla Brun-Lie
Lars Helge Birkeland
 Austria
Lisa Theresa Hauser
Simon Eder
 Ukraine
Anastasiya Merkushyna
Artem Tyshchenko
Detail
1 2 December 2018 Pokljuka 2x6 km + 2x7.5 km
Mixed Relay
 France
Anaïs Bescond
Justine Braisaz
Martin Fourcade
Simon Desthieux
  Switzerland
Elisa Gasparin
Lena Häcki
Benjamin Weger
Jeremy Finello
 Italy
Lisa Vittozzi
Dorothea Wierer
Dominik Windisch
Lukas Hofer
Detail
8 17 February 2019 Salt Lake City 1x6 km + 1x7.5 km
Single Mixed Relay
 Italy
Lukas Hofer
Dorothea Wierer
 Austria
Simon Eder
Lisa Theresa Hauser
 France
Antonin Guigonnat
Julia Simon
Detail
8 17 February 2019 Salt Lake City 2x7.5 km + 2x6 km
Mixed Relay
 France
Quentin Fillon Maillet
Simon Desthieux
Célia Aymonier
Anaïs Chevalier
 Germany
Erik Lesser
Benedikt Doll
Franziska Hildebrand
Vanessa Hinz
 Norway
Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen
Johannes Thingnes Bø
Tiril Eckhoff
Marte Olsbu Røiseland
Detail
WC 7 March 2019 Östersund 2x6 km + 2x7.5 km
Mixed Relay
 Norway
Marte Olsbu Røiseland
Tiril Eckhoff
Johannes Thingnes Bø
Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen
 Germany
Vanessa Hinz
Denise Herrmann
Arnd Peiffer
Benedikt Doll
 Italy
Lisa Vittozzi
Dorothea Wierer
Lukas Hofer
Dominik Windisch
Detail
WC 14 March 2019 Östersund 1x6 km + 1x7.5 km
Single Mixed Relay
 Norway
Marte Olsbu Røiseland
Johannes Thingnes Bø
 Italy
Dorothea Wierer
Lukas Hofer
 Sweden
Hanna Öberg
Sebastian Samuelsson
Detail

Standings (men)

Overall

Pos. Points
   Johannes Thingnes Bø1262
2. Alexander Loginov854
3. Quentin Fillon Maillet843
4. Simon Desthieux831
5. Arnd Peiffer802
  • Final standings after 25 races.

Standings (women)

Overall

Pos. Points
   Dorothea Wierer905
2. Lisa Vittozzi882
3. Anastasiya Kuzmina870
4. Marte Olsbu Røiseland855
5. Hanna Öberg741
  • Final standings after 25 races.

Standings: Mixed

Mixed relay

Pos. Points
   Norway306
2. France281
3. Italy267
4. Germany264
5. Sweden238
  • Final standings after 6 races.

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Norway2815548
2 Italy87621
3 France7101532
4 Germany6141333
5 Slovakia53412
6 Russia34714
7 Finland3317
8 Sweden32712
9 Ukraine2024
10 Czech Republic1225
11 Austria0336
12 Bulgaria0101
 Poland0101
  Switzerland0101
15 United States0011
Totals (15 nations)666666198

Achievements

First World Cup career victory
First World Cup podium
Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses)

Retirements

The following notable biathletes retired during or after the 2018–19 season:

References

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