2001–02 Biathlon World Cup

The 2001–02 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 6 December 2001 in Hochfilzen, Austria, and ended on 24 March 2002 in Holmenkollen, Norway.^[1] It was the twenty-fifth season of the Biathlon World Cup.

Calendar

Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2001–02 season.^[1]

Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Details
Hochfilzen	6–9 December		●	●		●	details
Pokljuka	12–16 December	●		●		●	details
Brezno-Osrblie	19–22 December	●	●		●		details
Oberhof	9–13 January		●	●	●		details
Ruhpolding	16–20 January		●	●		●	details
Antholz-Anterselva	23–27 January	●		●		●	details
Salt Lake City	9–20 February	●	●	●		●	World Championships
Östersund	9–10 March		●	●			details
Lahti	14–17 March		●	●		●	details
Holmenkollen	21–23 March		●	●	●		details
Total		4	8	9	3	6

World Cup Podium

Men

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
1	6 December 2001	Hochfilzen	10 km Sprint	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Vesa Hietalahti	Frank Luck
1	9 December 2001	Hochfilzen	12.5 km Pursuit	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Frank Luck	Ricco Gross
2	13 December 2001	Pokljuka	20 km Individual	Pavel Rostovtsev	Ilmars Bricis	Vincent Defrasne
2	16 December 2001	Pokljuka	12.5 km Pursuit	Raphael Poiree	Pavel Rostovtsev	Halvard Hanevold
3	19 December 2001	Osrblie	20 km Individual	Frank Luck	Sven Fischer	Sergei Rozhkov
3	21 December 2001	Osrblie	10 km Sprint	Christoph Sumann	Henrik Forsberg	Andriy Deryzemlya
3	22 December 2001	Osrblie	15 km Mass Start	Vesa Hietalahti	Alexander Wolf	Vyacheslav Derkach
4	9 January 2002	Oberhof	10 km Sprint	Pavel Rostovtsev	Sven Fischer	Vesa Hietalahti
4	11 January 2002	Oberhof	12.5 km Pursuit	Pavel Rostovtsev	Raphael Poiree	Sven Fischer
4	12 January 2002	Oberhof	15 km Mass Start	Raphael Poiree	Vincent Defrasne	Viktor Maigourov
5	18 January 2002	Ruhpolding	10 km Sprint	Raphael Poiree	Michael Greis	Frode Andresen
5	20 January 2002	Ruhpolding	12.5 km Pursuit	Sven Fischer	Frank Luck	Pavel Rostovtsev
6	24 January 2002	Antholz	20 km Individual	Daniel Mesotitsch	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Mikhail Kochkin
6	27 January 2002	Antholz	12.5 km Pursuit	Raphael Poiree	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Daniel Mesotitsch
OG	11 February 2002	Salt Lake City	20 km Individual	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Frank Luck	Viktor Maigourov
OG	13 February 2002	Salt Lake City	10 km Sprint	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Sven Fischer	Wolfgang Perner
OG	16 February 2002	Salt Lake City	12.5 km Pursuit	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Raphael Poiree	Ricco Gross
7	9 March 2002	Östersund	10 km Sprint	Sven Fischer	Michael Greis	Ole Einar Bjørndalen
7	10 March 2002	Östersund	12.5 km Pursuit	Pavel Rostovtsev	Sven Fischer	Ole Einar Bjørndalen
8	14 March 2002	Lahti	10 km Sprint	Raphael Poiree	Frode Andresen	Sven Fischer
8	17 March 2002	Lahti	12.5 km Pursuit	Raphael Poiree	Frode Andresen	Sven Fischer
9	21 March 2002	Holmenkollen	10 km Sprint	Frank Luck	Sven Fischer	Vesa Hietalahti
9	23 March 2002	Holmenkollen	12.5 km Pursuit	Sven Fischer	Frode Andresen	Raphael Poiree
9	24 March 2002	Holmenkollen	15 km Mass Start	Raphael Poiree	Sven Fischer	Frode Andresen

Women

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
1	6 December 2001	Hochfilzen	7.5 km Sprint	Magdalena Forsberg	Andrea Henkel	Uschi Disl
						Martina Zellner
1	9 December 2001	Hochfilzen	10 km Pursuit	Magdalena Forsberg	Olena Zubrilova	Uschi Disl
2	12 December 2001	Pokljuka	15 km Individual	Magdalena Forsberg	Uschi Disl	Andrea Henkel
2	16 December 2001	Pokljuka	10 km Pursuit	Magdalena Forsberg	Olga Pyleva	Andrea Henkel
3	20 December 2001	Osrblie	15 km Individual	Magdalena Forsberg	Olena Zubrilova	Katja Holanti
3	21 December 2001	Osrblie	7.5 km Sprint	Katja Holanti	Kati Wilhelm	Katrin Apel
3	22 December 2001	Osrblie	12.5 km Mass Start	Magdalena Forsberg	Olga Pyleva	Uschi Disl
4	10 January 2002	Oberhof	7.5 km Sprint	Liv Grete Poiree	Olga Pyleva	Magdalena Forsberg
4	11 January 2002	Oberhof	10 km Pursuit	Magdalena Forsberg	Olena Zubrilova	Liv Grete Poiree
4	13 January 2002	Oberhof	12.5 km Mass Start	Olena Zubrilova	Liv Grete Poiree	Magdalena Forsberg
5	19 January 2002	Ruhpolding	7.5 km Sprint	Liv Grete Poiree	Olena Zubrilova	Irina Nikulchina
5	20 January 2002	Ruhpolding	10 km Pursuit	Liv Grete Poiree	Magdalena Forsberg	Olena Zubrilova
6	23 January 2002	Antholz	15 km Individual	Liv Grete Poiree	Gunn Margit Andreassen	Andreja Grašič
6	27 January 2002	Antholz	10 km Pursuit	Liv Grete Poiree	Gunn Margit Andreassen	Linda Tjorhom
OG	11 February 2002	Salt Lake City	15 km Individual	Andrea Henkel	Liv Grete Poiree	Magdalena Forsberg
OG	13 February 2002	Salt Lake City	7.5 km Sprint	Kati Wilhelm	Uschi Disl	Magdalena Forsberg
OG	16 February 2002	Salt Lake City	10 km Pursuit	Olga Pyleva	Kati Wilhelm	Irina Nikulchina
7	9 March 2002	Östersund	7.5 km Sprint	Liv Grete Poiree	Sandrine Bailly	Magdalena Forsberg
7	10 March 2002	Östersund	10 km Pursuit	Magdalena Forsberg	Florence Baverel-Robert	Ekaterina Dafovska
8	14 March 2002	Lahti	7.5 km Sprint	Katrin Apel	Magdalena Forsberg	Sandrine Bailly
8	17 March 2002	Lahti	10 km Pursuit	Katrin Apel	Magdalena Forsberg	Katja Beer
9	21 March 2002	Holmenkollen	7.5 km Sprint	Katrin Apel	Ekaterina Dafovska	Svetlana Ishmouratova
9	23 March 2002	Holmenkollen	10 km Pursuit	Magdalena Forsberg	Katrin Apel	Uschi Disl
9	24 March 2002	Holmenkollen	12.5 km Mass Start	Olena Zubrilova	Olga Pyleva	Olga Nazarova

Men's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
1	8 December 2001	Hochfilzen	4x7.5 km Relay	Germany Ricco Gross Marco Morgenstern Michael Greis Frank Luck	Norway Egil Gjelland Ole Einar Bjørndalen Frode Andresen Halvard Hanevold	Belarus Alexei Aidarov Alexandr Syman Oleg Ryzhenkov Vadim Sashurin
2	15 December 2001	Pokljuka	4x7.5 km Relay	Austria Daniel Mesotitsch Wolfgang Perner Christoph Sumann Ludwig Gredler	Belarus Alexei Aidarov Alexandr Syman Oleg Ryzhenkov Vadim Sashurin	Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen Egil Gjelland Dag Bjørndalen Halvard Hanevold
5	18 January 2002	Ruhpolding	4x7.5 km Relay	Germany Ricco Gross Peter Sendel Sven Fischer Frank Luck	Norway Egil Gjelland Stian Eckhoff Frode Andresen Halvard Hanevold	Russia Viktor Maigourov Sergei Rusinov Sergei Tchepikov Pavel Rostovtsev
6	26 January 2002	Antholz-Anterselva	4x7.5 km Relay	Norway Halvard Hanevold Egil Gjelland Frode Andresen Ole Einar Bjørndalen	France Gilles Marguet Ferréol Cannard Raphael Poiree Julien Robert	Slovenia Janez Ožbolt Marko Dolenc Tomaž Globočnik Aleksander Grajf
OG	20 February 2002	Salt Lake City	4x7.5 km Relay	Norway Halvard Hanevold Frode Andresen Egil Gjelland Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Germany Ricco Gross Peter Sendel Sven Fischer Frank Luck	France Gilles Marguet Vincent Defrasne Julien Robert Raphael Poiree
8	16 March 2002	Lahti	4x7.5 km Relay	Germany Ricco Gross Michael Greis Sven Fischer Frank Luck	Norway Stian Eckhoff Frode Andresen Egil Gjelland Halvard Hanevold	Belarus Alexei Aidarov Rustam Valiullin Alexandr Syman Oleg Ryzhenkov

Women's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
1	7 December 2001	Hochfilzen	4x6 km Relay	Germany Uschi Disl Katrin Apel Martina Zellner Martina Glagow	Russia Olga Pyleva Galina Kukleva Anna Bogaliy Svetlana Ishmouratova	Bulgaria Pavlina Filipova Irina Nikulchina Ekaterina Dafovska Iva Karagiozova
2	14 December 2001	Pokljuka	4x6 km Relay	Germany Katrin Apel Andrea Henkel Janet Klein Kati Wilhelm	Norway Liv Grete Poiree Gro Marit Istad-Kristiansen Linda Tjorhom Gunn Margit Andreassen	Ukraine Olena Zubrilova Olena Petrova Nina Lemesh Tetyana Vodopyanova
5	17 January 2002	Ruhpolding	4x6 km Relay	Germany Katrin Apel Uschi Disl Martina Zellner Kati Wilhelm	Russia Olga Pyleva Galina Kukleva Anna Bogaliy Albina Akhatova	Norway Ann-Elen Skjelbreid Linda Tjorhom Gunn Margit Andreassen Liv Grete Poiree
6	25 January 2002	Antholz-Anterselva	4x6 km Relay	France Delphyne Heymann Sylvie Becaert Sandrine Bailly Corinne Niogret	Norway Gunn Margit Andreassen Ann-Elen Skjelbreid Gro Marit Istad-Kristiansen Linda Tjorhom	Slovakia Martina Jašicová Anna Murínová Tatiana Kutlíková Soňa Mihoková
OG	18 February 2002	Salt Lake City	4x6 km Relay	Germany Katrin Apel Uschi Disl Andrea Henkel Kati Wilhelm	Norway Ann-Elen Skjelbreid Linda Tjorhom Gunn Margit Andreassen Liv Grete Poiree	Russia Olga Pyleva Galina Kukleva Svetlana Ishmouratova Albina Akhatova
8	15 March 2002	Lahti	4x6 km Relay	Germany Katrin Apel Martina Zellner Martina Glagow Kati Wilhelm	Russia Svetlana Tchernousova Irina Malgina Svetlana Ishmouratova Albina Akhatova	France Sylvie Becaert Delphyne Heymann Corinne Niogret Sandrine Bailly

Standings: Men

Overall

Pos.		Points
	Raphael Poiree	805
2.	Pavel Rostovtsev	719
3.	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	692
4.	Sven Fischer	681
5.	Frode Andresen	664

• Final standings after 24 races.

Individual Pos. Points    Frank Luck 128 2. Ole Einar Bjørndalen 108 3. Pavel Rostovtsev 100 4. Sergei Tchepikov 92 5. Raphael Poiree 88 Final standings after 4 races.

Sprint Pos. Points    Sven Fischer 291 2. Frode Andresen 255 3. Raphael Poiree 233 4. Pavel Rostovtsev 231 5. Ole Einar Bjørndalen 219 Final standings after 8 races.

Pursuit Pos. Points    Raphael Poiree 362 2. Pavel Rostovtsev 324 3. Ole Einar Bjørndalen 315 4. Frode Andresen 259 5. Sven Fischer 254 Final standings after 9 races.

Mass Start Pos. Points    Viktor Maigourov 109 2. Raphael Poiree 100 3. Sven Fischer 88 4. Vesa Hietalahti 81 5. Ricco Gross 73 Final standings after 4 races.

Relay Pos. Points    Norway 238 2. Germany 230 3. Belarus 202 4. France 197 5. Austria 193 Final standings after 6 races.

Nation Pos. Points 1.  Germany 4095 2.  Norway 3969 3.  Russia 3852 4.  Austria 3551 5.  France 3422 Final standings after 18 races.

Standings: Women

Overall

Pos.		Points
	Magdalena Forsberg	944
2.	Liv Grete Poiree	795
3.	Uschi Disl	739
4.	Olga Pyleva	726
5.	Katrin Apel	639

• Final standings after 24 races.

Individual Pos. Points    Magdalena Forsberg 143 2. Liv Grete Poiree 133 3. Olga Pyleva 120 4. Andrea Henkel 117 5. Gunn Margit Andreassen 100 Final standings after 4 races.

Sprint Pos. Points    Magdalena Forsberg 302 2. Liv Grete Poiree 262 3. Uschi Disl 260 4. Katrin Apel 245 5. Olga Pyleva 217 Final standings after 8 races.

Pursuit Pos. Points    Magdalena Forsberg 376 2. Liv Grete Poiree 327 3. Uschi Disl 277 4. Katrin Apel 268 5. Olga Pyleva 267 Final standings after 9 races.

Mass Start Pos. Points    Magdalena Forsberg 123 2. Olga Pyleva 122 3. Olena Zubrilova 114 4. Uschi Disl 108 5. Svetlana Ishmouratova 80 Final standings after 4 races.

Relay Pos. Points    Germany 250 2. Norway 221 3. Russia 221 4. France 207 5. Bulgaria 181 Final standings after 6 races.

Nation Pos. Points 1.  Germany 4099 2.  Russia 3895 3.  Norway 3623 4.  France 3571 5.  Ukraine 3381 Final standings after 18 races.

Achievements

First World Cup career victory

•  Christoph Sumann (AUT), 25, in his 2nd season — the WC 3 Sprint in Brezno-Osrblie; it also was his first podium
•  Katja Holanti (FIN), 27, in her 9th season — the WC 3 Sprint in Brezno-Osrblie; first podium was 2001–02 Individual in Brezno-Osrblie
•  Daniel Mesotitsch (AUT), 25, in his 3rd season — the WC 6 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva; it also was his first podium
•  Olga Pyleva (RUS), 26, in her 3rd season — the Olympic Pursuit in Salt Lake City; first podium was 1999–2000 Sprint in Ruhpolding
•  Katrin Apel (GER), 28, in her 7th season — the WC 8 Sprint in Lahti; first podium was 1995–96 Individual in Pokljuka

First World Cup podium

•  Vincent Defrasne (FRA), 24, in his 4th season — no. 3 in the WC 2 Individual in Pokljuka
•  Katja Holanti (FIN), 27, in her 9th season — no. 3 in the WC 3 Individual in Brezno-Osrblie
•  Alexander Wolf (GER), 23, in his 4th season — no. 2 in the WC 3 Mass Start in Brezno-Osrblie
•  Michael Greis (GER), 25, in his 2nd season — no. 2 in the WC 5 Sprint in Ruhpolding
•  Mikhail Kochkin (RUS), 22, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 6 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva
•  Linda Tjørhom (NOR), 22, in her 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 6 Pursuit in Antholz-Anterselva
•  Katja Beer (GER), 25, in her 7th season — no. 3 in the WC 8 Pursuit in Lahti
•  Olga Nazarova (BLR), 24, in her 3rd season — no. 3 in the World Championships Mass Start in Holmenkollen

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

•  Magdalena Forsberg (SWE), 9 (42) first places
•  Raphaël Poirée (FRA), 7 (21) first places
•  Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée (NOR), 6 (13) first places
•  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR), 5 (27) first places
•  Pavel Rostovtsev (RUS), 4 (7) first places
•  Sven Fischer (GER), 3 (22) first places
•  Katrin Apel (GER), 3 (3) first places
•  Olena Zubrilova (UKR), 2 (17) first places
•  Frank Luck (GER), 2 (11) first places
•  Vesa Hietalahti (FIN), 1 (3) first place
•  Andrea Henkel (GER), 1 (3) first place
•  Kati Wilhelm (GER), 1 (3) first place
•  Christoph Sumann (AUT), 1 (1) first place
•  Katja Holanti (FIN), 1 (1) first place
•  Daniel Mesotitsch (AUT), 1 (1) first place
•  Olga Pyleva (RUS), 1 (1) first place

Retirements

Following notable biathletes announced their retirement during or after the 2001–02 season:

•  Ivan Masařík (CZE)
•  Ville Raikkonen (FIN)
•  Dmitry Pantov (KAZ)
•  Henrik Forsberg (SWE)

•  Eva Háková (CZE)
•  Katja Holanti (FIN)
•  Delphyne Heymann (FRA)
•  Martina Zellner (GER)
•  Anna Stera (POL)
•  Olga Romasko (RUS)
•  Magdalena Forsberg (SWE)
•  Tetyana Vodopyanova (UKR)

External links

• IBU official site

References