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1996–97 Biathlon World Cup

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

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 20th season of the Biathlon World Cup.

Calendar

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

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

World Cup Podium

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Men

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

Women

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

Men's team

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Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third
2 8 December 1996 Sweden 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 Norway 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 Mouslimov
Pavel Rostovtsev
Alexei Kobelev
5 12 January 1997 Germany Ruhpolding Team event  Austria
Hannes Obererlacher
Reinhard Neuner
Wolfgang Perner
Ludwig Gredler
 Norway
Halvard Hanevold
Egil Gjelland
Jon Age Tyldum
Dag Bjørndalen
 Russia
Sergei Tarasov
Eduard Ryabov
Pavel Mouslimov
Sergei Rozhkov
6 19 January 1997 Italy 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 5 February 1997 Slovakia Osrblie Team event  Belarus
Oleg Ryzhenkov
Petr Ivashko
Alexander Popov
Vadim Sashurin
 Germany
Carsten Heymann
Mark Kirchner
Frank Luck
Peter Sendel
 Poland
Wieslaw Ziemianin
Jan Ziemianin
Wojciech Kozub
Tomasz Sikora
WC 9 February 1997 Slovakia 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 Japan 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

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Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third
2 8 December 1996 Sweden Östersund 4x7.5 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 Norway Holmenkollen 4x7.5 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 Italy Antholz-Anterselva 4x7.5 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 Slovakia Osrblie 4x7.5 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 Japan Nagano 4x7.5 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

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Overall

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Pos. Points
1. Germany Sven Fischer 314
2. Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen 303
3. Russia Viktor Maigourov 294
4. Germany Ricco Groß 281
5. Russia Pavel Mouslimov 255
  • Final standings after 19 races.

Standings: Women

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Overall

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Pos. Points
1. Sweden Magdalena Forsberg 340
2. Germany Uschi Disl 333
3. Germany Simone Greiner-Petter-M. 283
4. Russia Olga Romasko 240
5. France Corinne Niogret 240
  • Final standings after 19 races.

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Germany1814537
2 Russia1391335
3 Norway413926
4 Sweden4026
5 Italy2338
6 Ukraine2305
7 Belarus2259
8 Austria2024
9 Slovenia1113
10 Finland0202
11 China0112
12 France0044
13 Bulgaria0022
14 Poland0011
Totals (14 entries)484848144

Achievements

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

Retirements

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

References

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