2016–17 Biathlon World Cup

The 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup (BWC) is a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season will be started on 27 November 2016 in Östersund, Sweden, and will end on 19 March 2017 in Holmenkollen, Norway.^[1] The defending overall champions from the 2015–16 Biathlon World Cup are 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]

Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay	Single mixed relay	Details
Östersund	27 November–4 December	●	●	●			●	●	details
Pokljuka	9–11 December		●	●		●			details
Nové Město	15–18 December		●	●	●				details
Oberhof	5–8 January		●	●	●				details
Ruhpolding	11–15 January		●	●		●			details
Antholz-Anterselva	19–22 January	●			●	●			details
Hochfilzen	9–19 February	●	●	●	●	●	●		World Championships
Pyeongchang	2–5 March		●	●		●			details
Tyumen	9–12 March		●	●			●	●	details
Oslo Holmenkollen	17–19 March		●	●	●				details
Total		3	9	9	5	5	3	2

World Cup Podium

Men

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Det.
1	1 December 2016	Östersund	20 km Individual	Martin Fourcade	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Vladimir Chepelin	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				Detail
2	10 December 2016	Pokljuka	12.5 km Pursuit				Detail
3	15 December 2016	Nové Město	10 km Sprint				Detail
3	17 December 2016	Nové Město	12.5 km Pursuit				Detail
3	18 December 2015	Nové Město	15 km Mass Start				Detail
4	5 January 2017	Oberhof	10 km Sprint				Detail
4	7 January 2017	Oberhof	12.5 km Pursuit				Detail
4	8 January 2017	Oberhof	15 km Mass Start				Detail
5	13 January 2017	Ruhpolding	10 km Sprint				Detail
5	15 January 2017	Ruhpolding	12.5 km Pursuit				Detail
6	20 January 2017	Antholz	20 km Individual				Detail
6	22 January 2016	Antholz	15 km Mass Start				Detail
WC	11 February 2017	Hochfilzen	10 km Sprint				Detail
WC	12 February 2017	Hochfilzen	12.5 km Pursuit				Detail
WC	16 February 2017	Hochfilzen	20 km Individual				Detail
WC	19 February 2017	Hochfilzen	15 km Mass Start				Detail
7	3 March 2017	Pyeongchang	10 km Sprint				Detail
7	4 March 2017	Pyeongchang	12.5 km Pursuit				Detail
8	10 March 2017	Tyumen	10 km Sprint				Detail
8	11 March 2017	Tyumen	12.5 km Pursuit				Detail
9	17 March 2017	Oslo Holmenkollen	10 km Sprint				Detail
9	18 March 2017	Oslo Holmenkollen	12.5 km Pursuit				Detail
9	19 March 2017	Oslo Holmenkollen	15 km Mass Start				Detail

Ladies

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Det.
1	30 November 2016	Östersund	15 km Individual	Laura Dahlmeier	Anais Bescond	Darya Yurkevich	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				Detail
2	10 December 2016	Pokljuka	10 km Pursuit				Detail
3	16 December 2016	Nové Město	7.5 km Sprint				Detail
3	17 December 2016	Nové Město	10 km Pursuit				Detail
3	18 December 2015	Nové Město	12.5 km Mass Start				Detail
4	6 January 2017	Oberhof	7.5 km Sprint				Detail
4	7 January 2017	Oberhof	10 km Pursuit				Detail
4	8 January 2017	Oberhof	12.5 km Mass Start				Detail
5	14 January 2017	Ruhpolding	7.5 km Sprint				Detail
5	15 January 2017	Ruhpolding	10 km Pursuit				Detail
6	19 January 2017	Antholz	15 km Individual				Detail
6	21 January 2016	Antholz	12.5 km Mass Start				Detail
WC	10 February 2017	Hochfilzen	7.5 km Sprint				Detail
WC	12 February 2017	Hochfilzen	10 km Pursuit				Detail
WC	15 February 2017	Hochfilzen	15 km Individual				Detail
WC	19 February 2017	Hochfilzen	12.5 km Mass Start				Detail
7	2 March 2017	Pyeongchang	7.5 km Sprint				Detail
7	4 March 2017	Pyeongchang	10 km Pursuit				Detail
8	9 March 2017	Tyumen	7.5 km Sprint				Detail
8	11 March 2017	Tyumen	10 km Pursuit				Detail
9	17 March 2017	Oslo Holmenkollen	7.5 km Sprint				Detail
9	18 March 2017	Oslo Holmenkollen	10 km Pursuit				Detail
9	19 March 2017	Oslo Holmenkollen	12.5 km Mass Start				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	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

Ladies' 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	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	Single Mixed Relay	France Marie Dorin-Habert Martin Fourcade	Austria Lisa Theresa Hauser Simon Eder	Germany Franziska Preuß Erik Lesser	Detail
1	27 November 2016	Östersund	2x6 km + 2x7.5 km mixed relay	Norway Marte Olsbu Fanny Horn Birkeland Ole Einar Bjorndalen Johannes Thingnes Bø	Germany Franziska Hildebrand Laura Dahlmeier Benedikt Doll Arnd Peiffer	Italy Lisa Vittozzi Dorothea Wierer Lukas Hofer Dominik Windisch	Detail
WC	9 February 2017	Hochfilzen	2x6 km + 2x7.5 km mixed relay	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	Detail
8	12 March 2017	Tyumen	Single Mixed Relay	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	Detail
8	12 March 2017	Tyumen	2x6 km + 2x7.5 km mixed relay	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	Detail

Standings: Men

Overall

Pos.		Points
1.	Martin Fourcade	168
2.	Maxim Tsvetkov	104
3.	Arnd Peiffer	100
4.	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	98
5.	Simon Fourcade	97

Standings after 3 of 25 races.

Individual

Pos.		Points
1.	Martin Fourcade	60
2.	Johannes Thingnes Bø	54
3.	Vladimir Chepelin	48
4.	Lars Helge Birkeland	43
5.	Ole Einar Bjoerndalen	40

Standings after 1 of 3 races.

Sprint

Pos.		Points
1.	Martin Fourcade	60
2.	Fredrik Lindstroem	54
3.	Arnd Peiffer	48
4.	Benedikt Doll	43
5.	Julian Eberhard	40

Standings after 1 of 9 races.

Pursuit

Pos.		Points
1.	Anton Babikov	60
2.	Maxim Tsvetkov	54
3.	Martin Fourcade	48
4.	Arnd Peiffer	43
5.	Erik Lesser	40

Standings after 1 of 9 races.

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Nation

Pos.		Points
1.	France	1191
2.	Germany	1147
3.	Norway	1127
4.	Russia	1049
5.	Austria	1032

Standings after 4 of 22 races.

Standings: Women

Overall

Pos.		Points
1.	Laura Dahlmeier	157
2.	Gabriela Koukalová	132
3.	Marie Dorin Habert	118
4.	Lisa Theresa Hauser	114
5.	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	111

Standings after 3 of 25 races.

Individual

Pos.		Points
1.	Laura Dahlmeier	60
2.	Anais Bescond	54
3.	Darya Yurkevich	48
4.	Franziska Preuß	43
5.	Justine Braisaz	40

Standings after 1 of 3 races.

Sprint

Pos.		Points
1.	Marie Dorin Habert	60
2.	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	54
3.	Gabriela Koukalová	48
4.	Laura Dahlmeier	43
5.	Lisa Theresa Hauser	40

Standings after 1 of 9 races.

Pursuit

Pos.		Points
1.	Gabriela Koukalová	60
2.	Laura Dahlmeier	54
3.	Dorothea Wierer	48
4.	Lena Häcki	43
5.	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	40

Standings after 1 of 9 races.

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Nation

Pos.		Points
1.	Germany	1215
2.	France	1196
3.	Sweden	1019
4.	Austria	1015
5.	Czech Republic	1004

Standings after 4 of 22 races.

Standings: Mixed

Mixed relay

Pos.		Points
1.	Germany	102
2.	France	100
3.	Norway*	90
4.	Austria	84
5.	Sweden	81

Standings after 2 of 5 races.

Medal table

Total		8	8	8	24
1	France	4	1	1	6
2	Germany	1	2	2	5
3	Norway	1	1	0	2
3	Russia	1	1	0	2
4	Czech Republic	1	0	1	2
5	Austria	0	1	0	1
5	Finland	0	1	0	1
5	Sweden	0	1	0	1
8	Belarus	0	0	2	2
8	Italy	0	0	2	2

After Östersund

Achievements

First World Cup career victory

Men

Anton Babikov (RUS), 25, in his 2nd season — the WC 1 Pursuit in Östersund; it also was his first podium

Women

First World Cup podium

Men

Vladimir Chepelin (BLR), 28, in his 8th season — no. 3 in the WC 1 Individual in Östersund

Women

Darya Yurkevich (BLR), 28, in her 4th season — no. 3 in the WC 1 Individual in Östersund

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

Men

Martin Fourcade (FRA), 2 (49) first places
Anton Babikov (RUS), 1 (1) first place

Women

Gabriela Koukalová (CZE), 1 (13) first places
Laura Dahlmeier (GER), 1 (8) first places
Marie Dorin Habert (FRA), 1 (6) first places

Retirements

The following notable biathletes retired after the 2016-17 season:

References

^ ^a ^b "Events". Biathlonworld. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 19 July 2016.

External links

IBU official site

[Event_schedule-1] "Events". Biathlonworld. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 19 July 2016.

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