Biathlon World Cup
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The Biathlon World Cup (BWC) has been held since the winter seasons of 1977/78 and 1982/83, for men and women, respectively (for women, the seasons through 1986/87 were called the European Cup, although participation was not restricted to Europeans).
Competition
The BWC season lasts from November/December to March, with contests in a different venue every week excluding some holidays and a couple of weeks before the season's major championships (World Championships or Winter Olympics). All in all, the season comprises nine to ten contest weeks, with events taking place from Wednesday/Thursday through Sunday. Relay competitions are held four to six times per season. Also counting as World Cup events are World Championships and Winter Olympics events.
Athlete, winning in the overall total score (i.e. total score for all disciplines) of the World Cup season, is awarded the Big Crystal Globe trophy. For the first place by the total score in the separate discipline of the World Cup season the Small Crystal Globe is awarded. Hence, it is possible for athlete to win (and there are athletes who actually had won) not only the Big Crystal Globe, but also Small Crystal Globe(s) for the World Cup season.
Standings
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The tables given below provide an overview of the highest-ranking biathletes and nations of each WC season. For each event, a first place gives 60 points, a 2nd place 54 pts, a 3rd place 48 pts, a 4th place 43 pts, a fifth place 40 pts, a 6th place 38 pts, 7th 36 pts 8th 34 points, 9th 32 points, 10th 31 points, then linearly decreasing by one point down to the 40th place. Equal placings (ties) give an equal number of points. The sum of all WC points of the season, less the points from an IBU-predetermined number of events (e.g. 3), gives the biathlete's total WC score.
(From 1985 to 2000, WC points were awarded so that the first four places gave 30, 26, 24, and 22 points, respectively, and then the 5th to 25th place gave 21, 20, ..., down to 1 point. Before this, points were simply awarded linearly from 25 to 1.)
Men
Romanization of Cyrillic script-based names follows the IBU's athlete records.
See the List of IOC country codes for expansions of country abbreviations.
Overall
Statistics
| Rank | Competitor | 
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| 1. |  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)
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6 | 6 | 1 |
| 2. |  Raphaël Poirée (FRA)
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4 | 1 | 2 |
| 3. |  Frank Ullrich (GDR)
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4 | 1 | 1 |
| 4. | Frank-Peter Roetsch (GDR)
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3 | 0 | 0 |
| 5. |  Sven Fischer (GER)
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2 | 2 | 4 |
| 6. | Martin Fourcade (FRA)
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2 | 0 | 1 |
 Sergei Tchepikov (URS)
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2 | 0 | 1 | |
| 8. | Jon Åge Tyldum (NOR)
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2 | 0 | 0 |
| 9. | Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR)
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1 | 3 | 2 |
| Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR)
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1 | 3 | 2 | |
| 11. | Klaus Siebert (GDR)
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1 | 2 | 0 |
| Peter Angerer (FRG)
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1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 13. | Fritz Fischer (FRG)
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1 | 1 | 0 |
 Mikael Löfgren (SWE)
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1 | 1 | 0 | |
 Vladimir Dratchev (BLR)¹
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1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 16. | André Sehmisch (GDR)
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1 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrice Bailly-Salins (FRA)
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1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Michael Greis (GER)
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1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tarjei Boe (NOR)
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1 | 0 | 0 |
(¹ Vladimir Dratchev changed his citizenship from Russian to Belarusian in 2002)
Relay
| Season | Winner | 2nd | 3rd |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992/93 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1993/94 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1994/95 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1995/96 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1996/97 | Germany
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Norway
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 Russia
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| 1997/98 | Germany Norway
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— | Russia
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| 1998/99 | Germany
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Russia
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Norway
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| 1999/00 | Norway
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Russia
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Germany
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| 2000/01 | Norway (189)
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Russia (173)
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 Czech Republic (167)
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| 2001/02 | Norway (238)
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Germany (230)
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Belarus (202)
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| 2002/03 | Belarus (319)
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Russia (318)
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Norway (298)
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| 2003/04 | Norway (176)
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Germany (174)
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France (172)
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| 2004/05 | Norway (200)
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Germany (181)
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Russia (178)
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| 2005/06 | Germany (200)
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Russia (184)
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France (169)
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| 2006/07 | Russia (196)
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Norway (189)
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Germany (178)
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| 2007/08 | Norway (196)
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Russia (192)
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Germany (175)
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| 2008/09 |  Austria (276)
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Norway (254)
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Germany (247)
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| 2009/10 | Norway (228)
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Austria (210)
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Russia (205)
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| 2010/11 | Norway (216)
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Germany (199)
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 Ukraine (163)
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| 2011/12 | France (198)
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Norway (190)
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Russia (189)
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| 2012/13 | Russia (305)
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Norway (302)
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France (296)
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Women
Romanization of Cyrillic script-based names follows the IBU's athlete records.
See the List of IOC country codes for expansions of country abbreviations.
Overall
The women's BWC seasons through 1986/87 were actually called the European Cup, although participation was open to biathletes of all nationalities.
1 Petra Schaaf married XC skier and later German national XC ski team coach Jochen Behle
2 Helena Jonsson married fellow biathlete David Ekholm in 2010
Statistics
| Rank | Competitor |
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| 1. | Magdalena Forsberg (SWE)
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6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2. | Magdalena Neuner (GER)
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3 | 0 | 0 |
| 3. | Eva Korpela (SWE)
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2 | 1 | 0 |
| 4. | Anfisa Reztsova (RUS)
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2 | 0 | 0 |
| 5. | Kati Wilhelm (GER)
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1 | 3 | 0 |
| 6. | Anne Elvebakk (NOR)
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1 | 2 | 1 |
| Sanna Grønlid (NOR)
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1 | 2 | 1 | |
| 8. | Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée (NOR)
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1 | 2 | 0 |
| 9. | Anne Briand (FRA)
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1 | 1 | 2 |
| Andrea Henkel (GER)
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1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 11. | Sandrine Bailly (FRA)
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1 | 1 | 1 |
| 12. | Svetlana Paramygina (BLR)
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1 | 1 | 0 |
| 13. | Tora Berger (NOR)
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1 | 0 | 2 |
| Helena Ekholm (SWE)¹
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1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 15. | Svetlana Davidova (URS)
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1 | 0 | 1 |
| Martina Glagow (GER)
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1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Yelena Golovina (URS)
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1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Gry Østvik (NOR)
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1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 19. | Jiřina Adamičková (TCH)
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1 | 0 | 0 |
| Emmanuelle Claret (FRA)
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1 | 0 | 0 | |
 Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN)
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1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mette Mestad (NOR)
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1 | 0 | 0 |
¹ Helena Jonsson married fellow biathlete David Ekholm in 2010, and changed her name to Helena Ekholm
Relay
| Season | Winner | 2nd | 3rd |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992/93 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1993/94 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1994/95 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1995/96 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1996/97 | Russia
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Norway
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Germany
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| 1997/98 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1998/99 | Germany
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Russia
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Ukraine
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| 1999/00 | Germany Russia
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— | Ukraine
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| 2000/01 | Norway (190)
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Germany (188)
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Russia (182)
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| 2001/02 | Germany (250)
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Norway Russia (221)
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| 2002/03 | Russia (339)
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Germany (327)
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Belarus (293)
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| 2003/04 | Norway (180)
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Russia (178)
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Germany (176)
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| 2004/05 | Russia (200)
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Germany (188)
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Norway (163)
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| 2005/06 | Russia (189)
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Germany (181)
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France (179)
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| 2006/07 | France (189)
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Germany (188)
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Russia (180)
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| 2007/08 | Germany (200)
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Russia (178)
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France (172)
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| 2008/09 | Germany (288)
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France (242)
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Ukraine (232)
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| 2009/10 | Russia (234)
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Germany (205)
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France (204)
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| 2010/11 | Germany (206)
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Sweden (190)
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Russia (177)
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| 2011/12 | France (216)
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Norway (205)
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Russia (192)
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| 2012/13 | Norway (314)
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Ukraine (298)
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Germany (294)
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