1997–98 Biathlon World Cup

1997–98 World Cup
1997–98 World Cup
Discipline	Men
Overall	Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Nations Cup	Norway
Individual	Halvard Hanevold
Sprint	Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Pursuit	Sven Fischer
Relay	Norway; Germany
Competition
	←1996–97 1998–99→

The 1997–98 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 1997 in Lillehammer, Norway, and ended on 15 March 1998 in Hochfilzen, Austria. It was the 21st season of the Biathlon World Cup.

Calendar[]

Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 1997–98 season.^[1]

Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay
Lillehammer	6–7 December		●	●
Östersund	11–14 December	●	●			●
Kontiolahti	18–21 December		●	●		●
Ruhpolding	8–11 January		●●			●
Antholz	15–18 January	●	●			●
Nagano	11–21 February	●	●			●
Pokljuka	3–8 March	●	●●	●
Hochfilzen	12–15 March	●	●
Total		5	10	3	0	5

World Cup Podium[]

Men[]

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib (After competition)	Det.
1	6 December 1997	Lillehammer	10 km Sprint	Frank Luck	Dag Bjørndalen	Raphaël Poirée	Frank Luck
1	7 December 1997	Lillehammer	12.5 km Pursuit	Alexei Aidarov	Halvard Hanevold	Pavel Mouslimov	Frank Luck
2	11 December 1997	Östersund	20 km Individual	Sylfest Glimsdal	Alexei Kobelev	Viktor Maigourov	Dag Bjørndalen
2	13 December 1997	Östersund	10 km Sprint	Alexei Kobelev	Raphaël Poirée	Carsten Heymann	Raphaël Poirée
3	18 December 1997	Kontiolahti	10 km Sprint	Jan Wüstenfeld	Ricco Groß	Sven Fischer	Viktor Maigourov
3	20 December 1997	Kontiolahti	12.5 km Pursuit	Sven Fischer	Ludwig Gredler	Jan Wüstenfeld	Viktor Maigourov
4	8 January 1998	Ruhpolding	10 km Sprint	Raphaël Poirée	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Ricco Groß	Ricco Groß
4	10 January 1998	Ruhpolding	10 km Sprint	Frode Andresen	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Raphaël Poirée
5	15 January 1998	Antholz-Anterselva	20 km Individual	Halvard Hanevold	Ricco Groß	Alexei Aidarov
5	17 January 1998	Antholz-Anterselva	10 km Sprint	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Frode Andresen	Viktor Maigourov
OG	11 February 1998	Nagano	20 km Individual	Halvard Hanevold	Pieralberto Carrara	Alexei Aidarov		Detail
OG	18 February 1998	Nagano	10 km Sprint	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Frode Andresen	Ville Räikkönen		Detail
6	3 March 1998	Pokljuka	20 km Individual	Ricco Groß	Egil Gjelland	Ole Einar Bjørndalen
6	5 March 1998	Pokljuka	10 km Sprint	Frank Luck	Raphaël Poirée	Viktor Maigourov	Ole Einar Bjørndalen
7	7 March 1998	Pokljuka	10 km Sprint	Vladimir Drachev	Sven Fischer	Ilmārs Bricis
7	8 March 1998	Pokljuka	12.5 km Pursuit	Vladimir Drachev	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Raphaël Poirée
8	12 March 1998	Hochfilzen	20 km Individual	Vladimir Drachev	Halvard Hanevold	Viktor Maigourov
8	14 March 1998	Hochfilzen	10 km Sprint	Vladimir Drachev	Ilmārs Bricis	Sven Fischer

Women[]

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib (After competition)	Det.
1	6 December 1997	Lillehammer	7.5 km Sprint	Galina Koukleva	Olga Melnik	Magdalena Forsberg	Galina Koukleva
1	7 December 1997	Lillehammer	10 km Pursuit	Galina Koukleva	Magdalena Forsberg	Uschi Disl
2	11 December 1997	Östersund	15 km Individual	Andreja Grašič	Magdalena Forsberg	Olena Petrova
2	13 December 1997	Östersund	7.5 km Sprint	Magdalena Forsberg	Olena Zubrilova	Galina Koukleva	Magdalena Forsberg
3	18 December 1997	Kontiolahti	7.5 km Sprint	Uschi Disl	Martina Zellner	Svetlana Ishmouratova
3	20 December 1997	Kontiolahti	10 km Pursuit	Magdalena Forsberg	Svetlana Ishmouratova	Martina Zellner
4	8 January 1998	Ruhpolding	7.5 km Sprint	Magdalena Forsberg	Petra Behle	Corinne Niogret
4	10 January 1998	Ruhpolding	7.5 km Sprint	Petra Behle	Martina Zellner	Corinne Niogret
5	15 January 1998	Antholz-Anterselva	15 km Individual	Olga Romasko	Liv Grete Skjelbreid	Magdalena Forsberg
5	17 January 1998	Antholz-Anterselva	7.5 km Sprint	Nina Lemesh	Svetlana Ishmouratova	Magdalena Forsberg
OG	9 February 1998	Nagano	15 km Individual	Ekaterina Dafovska	Olena Petrova	Uschi Disl		Detail
OG	15 February 1998	Nagano	7.5 km Sprint	Galina Koukleva	Uschi Disl	Katrin Apel		Detail
6	3 March 1998	Pokljuka	15 km Individual	Magdalena Forsberg	Florence Baverel	Uschi Disl
6	5 March 1998	Pokljuka	7.5 km Sprint	Corinne Niogret	Emmanuelle Claret	Annette Sikveland
7	7 March 1998	Pokljuka	7.5 km Sprint	Magdalena Forsberg	Ann-Elen Skjelbreid	Christelle Gros
7	8 March 1998	Pokljuka	10 km Pursuit	Magdalena Forsberg	Corinne Niogret	Martina Zellner
8	12 March 1998	Hochfilzen	15 km Individual	Uschi Disl	Andreja Grašič	Martina Zellner
8	14 March 1998	Hochfilzen	7.5 km Sprint	Uschi Disl	Magdalena Forsberg	Liv Grete Skjelbreid

Men's team[]

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
2	14 December 1997	Östersund	4x7.5 km Relay	Norway Egil Gjelland Sylfest Glimsdal Halvard Hanevold Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Germany Jan Wüstenfeld Carsten Heymann Marco Morgenstern Sven Fischer	Italy Patrick Favre Wilfried Pallhuber Pieralberto Carrara Rene Cattarinussi
3	21 December 1997	Kontiolahti	4x7.5 km Relay	Russia Sergei Rozhkov Vladimir Drachev Sergei Tarasov Pavel Rostovtsev	Belarus Alexei Aidarov Oleg Ryzhenkov Vadim Sashurin Alexander Popov	Italy Patrick Favre Wilfried Pallhuber Pieralberto Carrara Rene Cattarinussi
4	11 January 1998	Ruhpolding	4x7.5 km Relay	Norway Egil Gjelland Frode Andresen Dag Bjørndalen Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Germany Ricco Gross Jan Wüstenfeld Sven Fischer Frank Luck	Russia Sergei Rozhkov Pavel Vavilov Pavel Rostovtsev Alexei Kobelev
5	18 January 1998	Antholz-Anterselva	4x7.5 km Relay	Germany Ricco Gross Peter Sendel Sven Fischer Frank Luck	Norway Egil Gjelland Halvard Hanevold Frode Andresen Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Belarus Alexei Aidarov Oleg Ryzhenkov Alexander Popov Vadim Sashurin
OG	21 February 1998	Nagano	4x7.5 km Relay	Germany Ricco Gross Peter Sendel Sven Fischer Frank Luck	Norway Egil Gjelland Halvard Hanevold Dag Bjørndalen Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Russia Pavel Muslimov Vladimir Drachev Sergei Tarasov Viktor Maigourov

Women's team[]

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
2	14 December 1997	Östersund	4x6 km Relay	France Florence Baverel Emmanuelle Claret Christelle Gros Corinne Niogret	Germany Uschi Disl Martina Zellner Katrin Apel Petra Behle	Russia Olga Melnik Galina Kukleva Albina Akhatova Anna Volkova
3	21 December 1997	Kontiolahti	4x6 km Relay	Czech Republic Kateřina Losmanová Jiřina Pelcová Irena Česneková Eva Háková	France Florence Baverel Anne Briand Christelle Gros Corinne Niogret	Germany Uschi Disl Simone Greiner Katrin Apel Martina Zellner
4	11 January 1998	Ruhpolding	4x6 km Relay	Russia Olga Melnik Galina Kukleva Nadezhda Talanova Albina Akhatova	Germany Uschi Disl Martina Zellner Katrin Apel Petra Behle	Norway Ann-Elen Skjelbreid Annette Sikveland Gunn Margit Andreassen Liv Grete Skjelbreid
5	18 January 1998	Antholz-Anterselva	4x6 km Relay	Russia Anna Volkova Galina Kukleva Olga Romasko Albina Akhatova	Norway Ann-Elen Skjelbreid Annette Sikveland Gunn Margit Andreassen Liv Grete Skjelbreid	Germany Uschi Disl Martina Zellner Katrin Apel Katja Beer
OG	19 February 1998	Nagano	4x6 km Relay	Germany Uschi Disl Martina Zellner Katrin Apel Petra Behle	Russia Olga Melnik Galina Kukleva Albina Akhatova Olga Romasko	Norway Ann-Elen Skjelbreid Annette Sikveland Gunn Margit Andreassen Liv Grete Skjelbreid

Standings: Men[]

Overall[]

Pos.		Points
1.	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	289
2.	Ricco Groß	286
3.	Sven Fischer	270
4.	Halvard Hanevold	263
5.	Raphaël Poirée	249

Final standings after 18 races.

Individual[]

Pos.		Points
1.	Halvard Hanevold	103
2.	Ricco Groß	94
3.	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	71
4.	Pieralberto Carrara	70
5.	Viktor Maigourov	68

Final standings after 5 races.

Sprint[]

Pos.		Points
1.	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	185
2.	Raphaël Poirée	161
3.	Frode Andresen	147
4.	Sven Fischer	147
5.	Vladimir Drachev	145

Final standings after 10 races.

Pursuit[]

Pos.		Points
1.	Sven Fischer	72
2.	Ricco Groß	59
3.	Sergei Rozhkov	54
4.	Vladimir Drachev	51
5.	Frank Luck	51

Final standings after 3 races.

Relay[]

Pos.		Points
1.	Germany	112
1.	Norway	112
3.	Russia	98
4.	Belarus	90
5.	Italy	87

Final standings after 5 races.

Nation[]

Pos.		Points
1.	Norway	5660
2.	Germany	5493
3.	Russia	5481
4.	Italy	4943
5.	Belarus	4522

Final standings after 20 races.

Standings: Women[]

Overall[]

Pos.		Points
1.	Magdalena Forsberg	387
2.	Uschi Disl	325
3.	Martina Zellner	255
4.	Corinne Niogret	238
5.	Galina Kukleva	227

Final standings after 18 races.

Individual[]

Pos.		Points
1.	Magdalena Forsberg	99
2.	Uschi Disl	97
3.	Andreja Grašič	83
4.	Martina Zellner	78
5.	Olena Petrova	77

Final standings after 5 races.

Sprint[]

Pos.		Points
1.	Magdalena Forsberg	202
2.	Uschi Disl	171
3.	Corinne Niogret	152
4.	Galina Kukleva	141
5.	Martina Zellner	129

Final standings after 10 races.

Pursuit[]

Pos.		Points
1.	Magdalena Forsberg	86
2.	Uschi Disl	57
3.	Corinne Niogret	53
4.	Galina Kukleva	49
5.	Martina Zellner	48

Final standings after 3 races.

Relay[]

Pos.		Points
1.	Russia	110
2.	Germany	106
3.	France	100
4.	Norway	96
5.	Czech Republic	91

Final standings after 5 races.

Nation[]

Pos.		Points
1.	Germany	5560
2.	Russia	5454
3.	France	5151
4.	Norway	5108
5.	Ukraine	4601

Final standings after 20 races.

Medal table[]


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	12	11	14	37
2	Russia	12	5	10	27
3	Norway	8	14	5	27
4	Sweden	6	3	3	12
5	France	3	6	6	15
6	Ukraine	1	2	1	4
7	Belarus	1	1	3	5
8	Slovenia	1	1	0	2
9	Bulgaria	1	0	0	1
9	Czech Republic	1	0	0	1
11	Italy	0	1	2	3
12	Latvia	0	1	1	2
13	Austria	0	1	0	1
14	Finland	0	0	1	1
Totals (14 nations)		46	46	46	138

Achievements[]

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

Men

Vladimir Drachev (RUS), 4 (10) first places
Frank Luck (GER), 2 (6) first places
Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR), 2 (6) first places
Halvard Hanevold (NOR), 2 (2) first places
Sven Fischer (GER), 1 (9) first place
Sylfest Glimsdal (NOR), 1 (3) first place
Ricco Groß (GER), 1 (3) first place
Alexei Kobelev (RUS), 1 (2) first place
Alexei Aidarov (BLR), 1 (1) first place
Jan Wüstenfeld (GER), 1 (1) first place
Raphaël Poirée (FRA), 1 (1) first place
Frode Andresen (NOR), 1 (1) first place

Women

Magdalena Forsberg (SWE), 6 (12) first places
Uschi Disl (GER), 3 (14) first places
Galina Kukleva (RUS), 3 (4) first places
Petra Behle (GER), 1 (6) first place
Olga Romasko (RUS), 1 (4) first place
Andreja Grašič (SVN), 1 (3) first place
Corinne Niogret (FRA), 1 (2) first place
Nina Lemesh (UKR), 1 (1) first place
Ekaterina Dafovska (BUL), 1 (1) first place

Retirements[]

Following notable biathletes retired after the 1997–98 season:

Alexandr Popov (BLR)
Patrice Bailly-Salins (FRA)
Hubert Leitgeb (ITA)
Jon Åge Tyldum (NOR)
Sergei Tarasov (RUS)
Mikael Löfgren (SWE)
Myriam Bédard (CAN)
Jiřina Pelcová (CZE)
Petra Behle (GER)
Hildegunn Mikkelsplass (NOR)
Olga Melnik (RUS)
Valentyna Tserbe-Nessina (UKR)

References[]

^ Gregor, Jakub. "Schedule". biathlonresults.com. IBU. Retrieved 25 May 2018.

External links[]

IBU official site

[Schedule-1] Gregor, Jakub. "Schedule". biathlonresults.com. IBU. Retrieved 25 May 2018.

[1]

1997–98 World Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Magdalena Forsberg
Nations Cup	Norway	Germany
Individual	Halvard Hanevold	Magdalena Forsberg
Sprint	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Magdalena Forsberg
Pursuit	Sven Fischer	Magdalena Forsberg
Relay	Norway Germany	Russia
Competition
←1996–97 1998–99→