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2018–19 Biathlon World Cup

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

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.

Calendar

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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 Slovenia Pokljuka 2–9 December details
2 Austria Hochfilzen 13–16 December details
3 Czech Republic Nové Město 20–23 December details
4 Germany Oberhof 10–13 January details
5 Germany Ruhpolding 17–20 January details
6 Italy Antholz-Anterselva 24–27 January details
7 Canada Canmore 7–10 February [nb 1] details
8 United States Salt Lake City 14–17 February details
WC Sweden Östersund 7–17 March World Championships
9 Norway Oslo Holmenkollen 21–24 March details
Total: 68 (31 men's, 31 women's, 6 mixed) 3 9 8 5 5 3 3

World Cup podiums

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Men

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

Women

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

Men's team

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Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Det.
2 16 December 2018 Austria 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 Germany Oberhof 4x7.5 km Relay  Russia
Maxim Tsvetkov
Evgeniy Garanichev
Dmitry Malyshko
Alexandr 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 Germany 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 Canada 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
Alexandr Loginov
Alexander Povarnitsyn
Detail
WC 16 March 2019 Sweden 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
Alexandr Loginov
Detail

Women's team

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Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Det.
2 16 December 2018 Austria 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 Germany 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 Germany 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 Canada 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 Sweden 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

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Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Det.
1 2 December 2018 Slovenia 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 Slovenia 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 United States 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 United States 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 Sweden 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 Sweden 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)

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Pos. Points
1. Norway Johannes Thingnes Bø 1262
2. Russia Alexandr Loginov 854
3. France Quentin Fillon Maillet 843
4. France Simon Desthieux 831
5. Germany Arnd Peiffer 802
  • Final standings after 25 races.

Standings (women)

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Pos. Points
1. Italy Dorothea Wierer 905
2. Italy Lisa Vittozzi 882
3. Slovakia Anastasiya Kuzmina 870
4. Norway Marte Olsbu Røiseland 855
5. Sweden Hanna Öberg 741
  • Final standings after 25 races.

Standings: Mixed

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Pos. Points
1.  Norway 306
2.  France 281
3.  Italy 267
4.  Germany 264
5.  Sweden 238
  • Final standings after 6 races.

Medal table

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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 entries)666666198

Achievements

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

Retirements

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

Notes

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  1. ^ The Individuals in Canmore were shortened because of freezing temperatures.

References

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  3. ^ "Rösch kündigt Karriereende an". www.sport1.de (in German). January 13, 2019.
  4. ^ "Уладзімір Чапелін завяршае прафесійную кар'еру". www.tvr.by (in Belarusian). July 10, 2019.
  5. ^ "Canadian Hay River's Brendan Green retires after 11-year biathlon career". www.pressfrom.info. February 9, 2019.
  6. ^ "Canadian two-time Olympic biathlete Nathan Smith retires". www.theglobeandmail.com. December 19, 2018.
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  10. ^ Biathlon : Simon Fourcade prend sa retraite
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  12. ^ "Henrik L'Abée-Lund legger opp". www.nrk.no (in Norwegian). May 3, 2019.
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  14. ^ "Christoffer Eriksson Calls it a Career". www.tapatalk.com. April 8, 2019.
  15. ^ "OS-guld i fjol – Nu slutar Lindström". www.svt.se (in Swedish). March 16, 2019.
  16. ^ "Susanne Hoffmann Calls it a Career". www.facebook.com (in German). September 12, 2019.
  17. ^ "Біятланістка Дар'я Юркевіч вырашыла не заканчваць спартыўную кар'еру". euroradio.fm (in Belarusian). July 11, 2018.
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  19. ^ "Megan Tandy Calls it a Career". www.facebook.com. January 31, 2019.
  20. ^ "Nejúspěšnější česká biatlonistka Gabriela Koukalová ukončila kariéru". www.biatlon.cz (in Czech). May 28, 2019.
  21. ^ "Laura Toivanen Calls it a Career". www.facebook.com. June 14, 2019.
  22. ^ "Laura Dahlmeier beendet ihre Karriere". www.biathlon-news.de (in German). May 17, 2019. Archived from the original on May 17, 2019. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  23. ^ "Annika Knoll beendet ihre Biathlonkarriere". www.biathlon-news.de (in German). January 29, 2019. Archived from the original on March 29, 2019. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
  24. ^ "Luise Kummer beendet Biathlon-Karriere!". www.biathlon-news.de (in German). May 2, 2019. Archived from the original on May 5, 2019. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
  25. ^ "Familienglück als oberste Priorität – Miriam Neureuther beendet Karriere". www.biathlon-news.de (in German). September 18, 2019. Archived from the original on September 24, 2019. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
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