1996–97 Biathlon World Cup

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 twentieth season of the Biathlon World Cup.

Calendar

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

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

World Cup Podium

Men

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
1	30 November 1996	Lillehammer	10 km Sprint	Sven Fischer	Sergei Tarasov	Pavel Rostovtsev
1	1 December 1996	Lillehammer	12.5 km Pursuit	Sven Fischer	Pavel Rostovtsev	Rene Cattarinussi
2	5 December 1996	Östersund	20 km Individual	Wilfried Pallhuber	Vesa Hietalahti	Pavel Muslimov
2	7 December 1996	Östersund	10 km Sprint	Vadim Sashurin	Frode Andresen	Ole Einar Bjørndalen
3	12 December 1996	Holmenkollen	10 km Sprint	Viktor Maigourov	Frode Andresen	Sven Fischer
3	14 December 1996	Holmenkollen	12.5 km Pursuit	Viktor Maigourov	Sven Fischer	Ole Einar Bjørndalen
4	4 January 1997	Oberhof	10 km Sprint	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Pavel Muslimov	Halvard Hanevold
4	5 January 1997	Oberhof	12.5 km Pursuit	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Viktor Maigourov	Ludwig Gredler
5	9 January 1997	Ruhpolding	20 km Individual	Ricco Gross	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Viktor Maigourov
5	11 January 1997	Ruhpolding	10 km Sprint	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Pavel Rostovtsev	Sven Fischer
6	16 January 1997	Antholz	20 km Individual	Ludwig Gredler	Ricco Gross	Sergei Rozhkov
6	18 January 1997	Antholz	10 km Sprint	Viktor Maigourov	Pieralberto Carrara	Raphael Poiree
WC	1 February 1997	Osrblie	10 km Sprint	Wilfried Pallhuber	Rene Cattarinussi	Oleg Ryzhenkov
WC	2 February 1997	Osrblie	12.5 km Pursuit	Viktor Maigourov	Sergei Tarasov	Ole Einar Bjørndalen
WC	7 February 1997	Osrblie	20 km Individual	Ricco Gross	Oleg Ryzhenkov	Ludwig Gredler
7	6 March 1997	Nagano	20 km Individual	Mark Kirchner	Vesa Hietalahti	Oleg Ryzhenkov
7	8 March 1997	Nagano	10 km Sprint	Sven Fischer	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Rene Cattarinussi
8	13 March 1997	Novosibirsk	20 km Individual	Pavel Muslimov	Ricco Gross	Sven Fischer
8	15 March 1997	Novosibirsk	10 km Sprint	Ludwig Gredler	Ricco Gross	Sergei Tarasov

Women

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
1	30 November 1996	Lillehammer	7.5 km Sprint	Petra Behle	Simone Greiner	Olga Melnik
1	1 December 1996	Lillehammer	10 km Pursuit	Simone Greiner	Galina Kukleva	Magdalena Forsberg
2	5 December 1996	Östersund	15 km Individual	Anna Volkova	Yu Shumei	Svetlana Paramygina
2	7 December 1996	Östersund	7.5 km Sprint	Olga Melnik	Svetlana Paramygina	Gunn Margit Andreassen
3	12 December 1996	Holmenkollen	7.5 km Sprint	Uschi Disl	Simone Greiner	Galina Kukleva
3	14 December 1996	Holmenkollen	10 km Pursuit	Uschi Disl	Galina Kukleva	Olga Romasko
4	4 January 1997	Oberhof	7.5 km Sprint	Magdalena Forsberg	Hildegunn Fossen	Kathi Schwaab
4	5 January 1997	Oberhof	10 km Pursuit	Magdalena Forsberg	Simone Greiner	Annette Sikveland
5	9 January 1997	Ruhpolding	15 km Individual	Annette Sikveland	Simone Greiner	Corinne Niogret
5	11 January 1997	Ruhpolding	7.5 km Sprint	Petra Behle	Uschi Disl	Olga Romasko
6	16 January 1997	Antholz	15 km Individual	Tetyana Vodopyanova	Annette Sikveland	Uschi Disl
6	18 January 1997	Antholz	7.5 km Sprint	Uschi Disl	Ann-Elen Skjelbreid	Corinne Niogret
WC	1 February 1997	Osrblie	7.5 km Sprint	Olga Romasko	Olena Zubrilova	Magdalena Forsberg
WC	2 February 1997	Osrblie	10 km Pursuit	Magdalena Forsberg	Olena Zubrilova	Olga Romasko
WC	7 February 1997	Osrblie	15 km Individual	Magdalena Forsberg	Olena Zubrilova	Ekaterina Dafovska
7	6 March 1997	Nagano	15 km Individual	Andreja Grašič	Uschi Disl	Anna Stera
7	8 March 1997	Nagano	7.5 km Sprint	Olga Romasko	Uschi Disl	Ekaterina Dafovska
8	13 March 1997	Novosibirsk	15 km Individual	Svetlana Paramygina	Uschi Disl	Anna Volkova
8	15 March 1997	Novosibirsk	7.5 km Sprint	Petra Behle	Andreja Grašič	Svetlana Paramygina

Men's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
2	8 December 1996	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	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 Muslimov Pavel Rostovtsev Alexei Kobelev
6	19 January 1997	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	9 February 1997	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	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

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
2	8 December 1996	Östersund	4x6 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	Holmenkollen	4x6 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	Antholz-Anterselva	4x6 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	Osrblie	4x6 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	Nagano	4x6 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

Overall

Pos.		Points
	Sven Fischer	312
2.	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	303
3.	Viktor Maigourov	265
4.	Ricco Gross	259
5.	Pavel Muslimov	245

Final standings after 19 races.

Individual

Pos.		Points
	Ricco Gross	112
2.	Pavel Muslimov	91
3.	Mark Kirchner	82
4.	Sven Fischer	79
5.	Oleg Ryzhenkov	72

Final standings after 6 races.

Sprint

Pos.		Points
	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	158
2.	Sven Fischer	155
3.	Viktor Maigourov	135
4.	Ludwig Gredler	127
5.	Frode Andresen	124

Final standings after 9 races.

Pursuit

Pos.		Points
	Viktor Maigourov	86
2.	Sven Fischer	78
2.	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	78
4.	Rene Cattarinussi	60
5.	Pavel Rostovtsev	50

Final standings after 4 races.

Relay

Pos.		Points
	Germany	120
2.	Norway	104
3.	Russia	95
4.	Belarus	90
5.	Italy	88

Final standings after 5 races.

Nation

Pos.		Points
1.	Germany	5225
2.	Russia	5098
3.	Norway	4883
4.	Italy	4857
5.	Belarus	4542

Final standings after 20 races.

Standings: Women

Overall

Pos.		Points
	Magdalena Forsberg	319
2.	Uschi Disl	318
3.	Simone Greiner	283
4.	Petra Behle	238
5.	Corinne Niogret	234

Final standings after 19 races.

Individual

Pos.		Points
	Uschi Disl	97
2.	Magdalena Forsberg	94
3.	Svetlana Paramygina	86
4.	Annette Sikveland	78
5.	Corinne Niogret	78

Final standings after 6 races.

Sprint

Pos.		Points
	Uschi Disl	162
2.	Simone Greiner	156
3.	Magdalena Forsberg	141
4.	Petra Behle	135
5.	Olga Romasko	133

Final standings after 9 races.

Pursuit

Pos.		Points
	Magdalena Forsberg	84
2.	Simone Greiner	75
3.	Olga Romasko	70
4.	Galina Kukleva	64
5.	Uschi Disl	59

Final standings after 4 races.

Relay

Pos.		Points
	Russia	116
2.	Germany	103
3.	Norway	100
4.	Ukraine	90
5.	France	89

Final standings after 5 races.

Nation

Pos.		Points
1.	Germany	5176
2.	Russia	4955
3.	Norway	4902
4.	Italy	4791
5.	Ukraine	4526

Final standings after 20 races.

Retirements

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

Hervé Flandin (FRA)
Stéphane Bouthiaux (FRA)

Mariya Manolova (BUL)
Veronique Claudel (FRA)
Svetlana Panyutina (RUS)

External links

IBU official site

References

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

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[Schedule-1] Gregor, Jakub. "Schedule". biathlonresults.com. IBU. Retrieved 26 May 2018.