2015–16 Biathlon World Cup

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2015–16 Biathlon World Cup
Discipline Men Women
Overall France Martin Fourcade Czech Republic Gabriela Soukalová
Nations Cup Norway Norway Germany Germany
Individual France Martin Fourcade Italy Dorothea Wierer
Sprint France Martin Fourcade Czech Republic Gabriela Soukalová
Pursuit France Martin Fourcade Czech Republic Gabriela Soukalová
Mass start France Martin Fourcade Czech Republic Gabriela Soukalová
Relay Norway Norway Germany Germany
Mixed Norway Norway
Competition

The 2015–16 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season began on 29 November 2015 in Östersund, Sweden, and ended on 19 March 2016 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.[1] The defending overall champions from the 2014–15 Biathlon World Cup were Martin Fourcade of France and Darya Domracheva of Belarus, but Domracheva missed the season due to illness.[2]

Calendar[]

Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2015–16 season.[1]

Stage Location Date Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay Single mixed relay Details
1 Sweden Östersund 29 November–6 December details
2 Austria Hochfilzen 11–13 December details
3 Slovenia Pokljuka 17–20 December details
4 Germany Ruhpolding[nb 1] 8–10 January details
5 Germany Ruhpolding 13–17 January details
6 Italy Antholz-Anterselva 21–24 January details
7 Canada Canmore 4–7 February details
8 United States Presque Isle 11–13 February details
WC Norway Holmenkollen 3–13 March World Championships
9 Russia Khanty-Mansiysk 17–19 March Cancelled details
Total: 65 (30 men's, 30 women's, 5 mixed) 3 9 8 5 5 3 2

World Cup Podium[]

Men[]

Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib
(After competition)
Det.
1 2 December 2015 Sweden Östersund 20 km Individual Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen Germany Simon Schempp Russia Alexey Volkov Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail
1 5 December 2015 Sweden Östersund 10 km Sprint France Martin Fourcade Germany Arnd Peiffer Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail
1 6 December 2015 Sweden Östersund 12.5 km Pursuit France Martin Fourcade Germany Arnd Peiffer France Quentin Fillon Maillet France Martin Fourcade Detail
2 11 December 2015 Austria Hochfilzen 10 km Sprint Germany Simon Schempp France Martin Fourcade Norway Tarjei Bø Detail
2 12 December 2015 Austria Hochfilzen 12.5 km Pursuit France Martin Fourcade Germany Simon Schempp Russia Anton Shipulin Detail
3 17 December 2015 Slovenia Pokljuka 10 km Sprint Germany Simon Schempp Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen Russia Evgeniy Garanichev Detail
3 19 December 2015 Slovenia Pokljuka 12.5 km Pursuit Germany Simon Schempp France Martin Fourcade Russia Anton Shipulin Detail
3 20 December 2015 Slovenia Pokljuka 15 km Mass Start France Jean-Guillaume Béatrix Norway Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail
4 8 January 2016 Germany Ruhpolding 10 km Sprint Norway Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway Tarjei Bø Norway Emil Hegle Svendsen Detail
4 9 January 2016 Germany Ruhpolding 12.5 km Pursuit Austria Simon Eder France Martin Fourcade Czech Republic Michal Šlesingr Detail
4 10 January 2016 Germany Ruhpolding 15 km Mass Start France Martin Fourcade Czech Republic Ondřej Moravec Norway Tarjei Bø Detail
5 13 January 2016 Germany Ruhpolding (2) 20 km Individual France Martin Fourcade Austria Simon Eder Russia Anton Shipulin Detail
5 16 January 2016 Germany Ruhpolding (2) 15 km Mass Start Germany Erik Lesser France Martin Fourcade Russia Evgeniy Garanichev Detail
6 22 January 2016 Italy Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Sprint Germany Simon Schempp Russia Maxim Tsvetkov Norway Tarjei Bø Detail
6 23 January 2016 Italy Antholz-Anterselva 12.5 km Pursuit Russia Anton Shipulin Germany Simon Schempp Norway Johannes Thingnes Bø Detail
7 4 February 2016 Canada Canmore 10 km Sprint France Martin Fourcade Russia Anton Shipulin Germany Simon Schempp Detail
7 6 February 2016 Canada Canmore 15 km Mass Start Italy Dominik Windisch Germany Benedikt Doll France Quentin Fillon Maillet Detail
8 11 February 2016 United States Presque Isle 10 km Sprint Norway Johannes Thingnes Bø Russia Anton Shipulin France Martin Fourcade Detail
8 12 February 2016 United States Presque Isle 12.5 km Pursuit France Martin Fourcade Norway Johannes Thingnes Bø Russia Anton Shipulin Detail
WC 5 March 2016 Norway Oslo Holmenkollen 10 km Sprint France Martin Fourcade Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen Ukraine Serhiy Semenov Detail
WC 6 March 2016 Norway Oslo Holmenkollen 12.5 km Pursuit France Martin Fourcade Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen Norway Emil Hegle Svendsen Detail
WC 10 March 2016 Norway Oslo Holmenkollen 20 km Individual France Martin Fourcade Austria Dominik Landertinger Austria Simon Eder Detail
WC 13 March 2016 Norway Oslo Holmenkollen 15 km Mass Start Norway Johannes Thingnes Bø France Martin Fourcade Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail
9 18 March 2016 Russia Khanty-Mansiysk 10 km Sprint Austria Julian Eberhard Germany Simon Schempp Germany Arnd Peiffer Detail
9 19 March 2016 Russia Khanty-Mansiysk 12.5 km Pursuit Germany Simon Schempp Norway Johannes Thingnes Bø Germany Erik Lesser Detail

Women[]

Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib
(After competition)
Det.
1 3 December 2015 Sweden Östersund 15 km Individual Italy Dorothea Wierer France Marie Dorin Habert Ukraine Olena Pidhrushna Italy Dorothea Wierer Detail
1 5 December 2015 Sweden Östersund 7.5 km Sprint Czech Republic Gabriela Soukalová Italy Federica Sanfilippo Ukraine Olena Pidhrushna Czech Republic Gabriela Soukalová Detail
1 6 December 2015 Sweden Östersund 10 km Pursuit Finland Kaisa Mäkäräinen Italy Dorothea Wierer Germany Franziska Hildebrand Detail
2 11 December 2015 Austria Hochfilzen 7.5 km Sprint Germany Franziska Hildebrand Germany Maren Hammerschmidt Germany Miriam Gössner Detail
2 12 December 2015 Austria Hochfilzen 10 km Pursuit Germany Laura Dahlmeier Germany Maren Hammerschmidt Czech Republic Gabriela Soukalová Detail
3 18 December 2015 Slovenia Pokljuka 7.5 km Sprint France Marie Dorin Habert Germany Laura Dahlmeier Germany Franziska Hildebrand Detail
3 19 December 2015 Slovenia Pokljuka 10 km Pursuit Germany Laura Dahlmeier France Marie Dorin Habert Finland Kaisa Mäkäräinen France Marie Dorin Habert Detail
3 20 December 2015 Slovenia Pokljuka 12.5 km Mass Start Finland Kaisa Mäkäräinen Czech Republic Gabriela Soukalová Russia Olga Podchufarova Czech Republic Gabriela Soukalová Detail
4 8 January 2016 Germany Ruhpolding 7.5 km Sprint Germany Franziska Hildebrand Czech Republic Gabriela Soukalová Finland Kaisa Mäkäräinen Detail
4 9 January 2016 Germany Ruhpolding 10 km Pursuit Germany Laura Dahlmeier Czech Republic Gabriela Soukalová Italy Dorothea Wierer Detail
4 10 January 2016 Germany Ruhpolding 12.5 km Mass Start Germany Laura Dahlmeier France Marie Dorin Habert Norway Tiril Eckhoff Detail
5 14 January 2016 Germany Ruhpolding (2) 15 km Individual Italy Dorothea Wierer Finland Kaisa Mäkäräinen Czech Republic Gabriela Soukalová Detail
5 16 January 2016 Germany Ruhpolding (2) 12.5 km Mass Start Czech Republic Gabriela Soukalová Germany Franziska Hildebrand Germany Laura Dahlmeier Detail
6 21 January 2016 Italy Antholz-Anterselva 7.5 km Sprint Russia Olga Podchufarova Italy Dorothea Wierer Russia Ekaterina Yurlova Detail
6 23 January 2016 Italy Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Pursuit Russia Ekaterina Yurlova Switzerland Selina Gasparin Italy Dorothea Wierer Detail
7 5 February 2016 Canada Canmore 7.5 km Sprint Ukraine Olena Pidhrushna Poland Krystyna Guzik Italy Dorothea Wierer Detail
7 6 February 2016 Canada Canmore 12.5 km Mass Start Italy Dorothea Wierer France Marie Dorin Habert Czech Republic Gabriela Soukalová Detail
8 11 February 2016 United States Presque Isle 7.5 km Sprint Czech Republic Gabriela Soukalová United States Susan Dunklee Poland Krystyna Guzik Detail
8 12 February 2016 United States Presque Isle 10 km Pursuit Czech Republic Gabriela Soukalová Finland Kaisa Mäkäräinen France Marie Dorin Habert Detail
WC 5 March 2016 Norway Oslo Holmenkollen 7.5 km Sprint Norway Tiril Eckhoff France Marie Dorin Habert Germany Laura Dahlmeier Detail
WC 6 March 2016 Norway Oslo Holmenkollen 10 km Pursuit Germany Laura Dahlmeier Italy Dorothea Wierer France Marie Dorin Habert Detail
WC 9 March 2016 Norway Oslo Holmenkollen 15 km Individual France Marie Dorin Habert France Anaïs Bescond Germany Laura Dahlmeier Detail
WC 13 March 2016 Norway Oslo Holmenkollen 12.5 km Mass Start France Marie Dorin Habert Germany Laura Dahlmeier Finland Kaisa Mäkäräinen Detail
9 17 March 2016 Russia Khanty-Mansiysk 7.5 km Sprint Finland Kaisa Mäkäräinen Czech Republic Gabriela Soukalová Norway Marte Olsbu Detail
9 19 March 2016 Russia Khanty-Mansiysk 10 km Pursuit Finland Kaisa Mäkäräinen France Marie Dorin Habert Italy Dorothea Wierer Detail

Men's team[]

Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Det.
2 13 December 2015 Austria Hochfilzen 4x7.5 km Relay  Russia
Alexey Volkov
Evgeniy Garanichev
Dmitry Malyshko
Anton Shipulin
 Norway
Henrik L'Abée-Lund
Johannes Thingnes Bø
Tarjei Bø
Emil Hegle Svendsen
 France
Simon Fourcade
Quentin Fillon Maillet
Simon Desthieux
Martin Fourcade
Detail
5 15 January 2016 Germany Ruhpolding (2) 4x7.5 km Relay  Norway
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Johannes Thingnes Bø
Tarjei Bø
Emil Hegle Svendsen
 Russia
Alexey Volkov
Evgeniy Garanichev
Maxim Tsvetkov
Anton Shipulin
 Austria
Sven Grossegger
Julian Eberhard
Simon Eder
Dominik Landertinger
Detail
6 24 January 2016 Italy Antholz-Anterselva 4x7.5 km Relay  Russia
Maxim Tsvetkov
Evgeniy Garanichev
Dmitry Malyshko
Anton Shipulin
 Germany
Erik Lesser
Benedikt Doll
Arnd Peiffer
Simon Schempp
 Norway
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Lars Helge Birkeland
Johannes Thingnes Bø
Erlend Bjøntegaard
Detail
8 13 February 2016 United States Presque Isle 4x7.5 km Relay  Norway
Lars Helge Birkeland
Erlend Bjøntegaard
Johannes Thingnes Bø
Tarjei Bø
 France
Simon Fourcade
Quentin Fillon Maillet
Simon Desthieux
Jean-Guillaume Béatrix
 Germany
Erik Lesser
Andreas Birnbacher
Daniel Böhm
Benedikt Doll
Detail
WC 12 March 2016 Norway Oslo Holmenkollen 4x7.5 km Relay  Norway
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Tarjei Bø
Johannes Thingnes Bø
Emil Hegle Svendsen
 Germany
Erik Lesser
Benedikt Doll
Arnd Peiffer
Simon Schempp
 Canada
Christian Gow
Nathan Smith
Scott Gow
Brendan Green
Detail

Women's team[]

Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Det.
2 13 December 2015 Austria Hochfilzen 4x6 km Relay  Italy
Lisa Vittozzi
Karin Oberhofer
Federica Sanfilippo
Dorothea Wierer
 Germany
Franziska Hildebrand
Maren Hammerschmidt
Vanessa Hinz
Franziska Preuß
 Ukraine
Yuliia Dzhima
Olga Abramova
Valj Semerenko
Olena Pidhrushna
Detail
5 17 January 2016 Germany Ruhpolding (2) 4x6 km Relay  Ukraine
Iryna Varvynets
Yuliia Dzhima
Valj Semerenko
Olena Pidhrushna
 Germany
Karolin Horchler
Miriam Gössner
Maren Hammerschmidt
Laura Dahlmeier
 Italy
Lisa Vittozzi
Karin Oberhofer
Alexia Runggaldier
Dorothea Wierer
Detail
6 24 January 2016 Italy Antholz-Anterselva 4x6 km Relay  France
Justine Braisaz
Anaïs Bescond
Anaïs Chevalier
Marie Dorin Habert
 Czech Republic
Eva Puskarčíková
Lucie Charvátová
Gabriela Soukalová
Veronika Vítková
 Russia
Ekaterina Shumilova
Anastasia Zagoruiko
Ekaterina Yurlova
Olga Podchufarova
Detail
8 13 February 2016 United States Presque Isle 4x6 km Relay  Czech Republic
Eva Puskarčíková
Lucie Charvátová
Gabriela Soukalová
Veronika Vítková
 Ukraine
Iryna Varvynets
Natalya Burdyga
Yuliia Dzhima
Olena Pidhrushna
 Germany
Franziska Preuß
Luise Kummer
Miriam Gössner
Karolin Horchler
Detail
WC 11 March 2016 Norway Oslo Holmenkollen 4x6 km Relay  Norway
Synnøve Solemdal
Fanny Horn Birkeland
Tiril Eckhoff
Marte Olsbu
 France
Justine Braisaz
Anaïs Bescond
Anaïs Chevalier
Marie Dorin Habert
 Germany
Franziska Preuß
Franziska Hildebrand
Maren Hammerschmidt
Laura Dahlmeier
Detail

Mixed[]

Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Det.
1 29 November 2015 Sweden Östersund 1x6 km + 1x7.5 km
Single Mixed Relay
 Norway
Kaia Wøien Nicolaisen
Lars Helge Birkeland
 Canada
Rosanna Crawford
Nathan Smith
 Germany
Maren Hammerschmidt
Daniel Böhm
Detail
1 29 November 2015 Sweden Östersund 2x6 km + 2x7.5 km
Mixed Relay
 Norway
Fanny Horn Birkeland
Tiril Eckhoff
Johannes Thingnes Bø
Tarjei Bø
 Germany
Franziska Hildebrand
Vanessa Hinz
Benedikt Doll
Simon Schempp
 Czech Republic
Veronika Vítková
Gabriela Soukalová
Michal Šlesingr
Ondřej Moravec
Detail
7 7 February 2016 Canada Canmore 1x6 km + 1x7.5 km
Single Mixed Relay
 France
Marie Dorin Habert
Martin Fourcade
 Austria
Lisa Theresa Hauser
Simon Eder
 Norway
Hilde Fenne
Lars Helge Birkeland
Detail
7 7 February 2016 Canada Canmore 2x6 km + 2x7.5 km
Mixed Relay
 Germany
Franziska Hildebrand
Franziska Preuß
Arnd Peiffer
Simon Schempp
 Italy
Dorothea Wierer
Karin Oberhofer
Lukas Hofer
Dominik Windisch
 Norway
Marte Olsbu
Synnøve Solemdal
Alexander Os

Detail
WC 3 March 2016 Norway Oslo Holmenkollen 2x6 km + 2x7.5 km
Mixed Relay
 France
Anaïs Bescond
Marie Dorin Habert
Quentin Fillon Maillet
Martin Fourcade
 Germany
Franziska Preuß
Franziska Hildebrand
Arnd Peiffer
Simon Schempp
 Norway
Marte Olsbu
Tiril Eckhoff
Johannes Thingnes Bø
Tarjei Bø
Detail

Standings: Men[]

Overall[]

Pos. Points
   France Martin Fourcade 1152
2. Norway Johannes Thingnes Bø 820
3. Russia Anton Shipulin 806
4. Germany Simon Schempp 769
5. Austria Simon Eder 714
  • Final standings after 25 races.

Standings: Women[]

Overall[]

Pos. Points
   Czech Republic Gabriela Soukalová 1106
2. France Marie Dorin Habert 1043
3. Italy Dorothea Wierer 965
4. Finland Kaisa Mäkäräinen 905
5. Germany Franziska Hildebrand 793
  • Final standings after 25 races.

Standings: Mixed[]

Mixed relay[]

Pos. Points
1. Norway Norway 264
2. Germany Germany 252
3. France France 223
4. Russia Russia 191
5. Canada Canada 183
  • Final standings after 5 races.

Medal table[]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 France1714637
2 Germany14181345
3 Norway1181534
4 Czech Republic56516
5 Italy55515
6 Russia541019
7 Finland4239
8 Austria2327
9 Ukraine2147
10 Canada0112
 Poland0112
12  Switzerland0101
 United States0101
Totals (13 nations)656565195

Achievements[]

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

Retirements[]

Footnotes[]

  1. ^ Originally scheduled in Oberhof on 7–10 January, relocated in Ruhpolding due to lack of snow.[3]

References[]

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