1993–94 Biathlon World Cup

The 1993–94 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 9 December 1993 in Bad Gastein, Austria, and ended on 20 March 1994 in Canmore, Canada. It was the 17th season of the Biathlon World Cup.

1993–94 World Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Patrice Bailly-Salins	Svetlana Paramygina
Nations Cup	Germany	Germany
Individual	Patrice Bailly-Salins	Nathalie Santer
Sprint	Sven Fischer	Svetlana Paramygina
Competition

Calendar

Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 1993–94 season.

Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay
Bad Gastein	9–12 December	●	●			●
Pokljuka	16–19 December	●	●			●
Ruhpolding	13–16 January	●	●			●
Antholz	20–23 January	●	●			●
Lillehammer	18–26 February	●	●			●
Hinton	10–13 March	●	●			●
Canmore	17–20 March	●	●			●
Total		6	6	0	0	6

• Results from the Olympic Games did not count toward the World Cup.
• The relays were technically unofficial races as they did not count towards anything in the World Cup.

World Cup Podium

Men

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib (After competition)	Det.
1	9 December 1993	Bad Gastein	20 km Individual	Sergei Tarasov	Ricco Groß	Tomasz Sikora	Sergei Tarasov	Detail
1	11 December 1993	Bad Gastein	10 km Sprint	Patrice Bailly-Salins	Vesa Hietalahti	Valeri Kiriyenko	Ricco Groß	Detail
2	16 December 1993	Pokljuka	20 km Individual	Patrice Bailly-Salins	Sergei Tchepikov	Valeri Kiriyenko		Detail
2	18 December 1993	Pokljuka	10 km Sprint	Viktor Maigourov	Sven Fischer	Alexandr Popov		Detail
3	13 January 1994	Ruhpolding	20 km Individual	Patrice Bailly-Salins	Viktor Maigourov	Andreas Zingerle	Patrice Bailly-Salins	Detail
3	15 January 1994	Ruhpolding	10 km Sprint	Patrick Favre	Petr Garabík	Oleg Ryzhenkov		Detail
4	20 January 1994	Antholz-Anterselva	20 km Individual	Sven Fischer	Patrick Favre	Frank Luck		Detail
4	22 January 1994	Antholz-Anterselva	10 km Sprint	Frank Luck	Pieralberto Carrara	Sergei Tarasov		Detail
5	10 March 1994	Hinton	20 km Individual	Wilfried Pallhuber	Valeri Kiriyenko	Frank Luck	Sven Fischer	Detail
5	12 March 1994	Hinton	10 km Sprint	Sven Fischer	Vladimir Drachev	Frank Luck		Detail
6	17 March 1994	Canmore	20 km Individual	Hubert Leitgeb	Vadim Sashurin	Jon Åge Tyldum	Patrice Bailly-Salins	Detail
6	19 March 1994	Canmore	10 km Sprint	Sylfest Glimsdal	Viktor Maigourov	Patrice Bailly-Salins		Detail

Women

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib (After competition)	Det.
1	9 December 1993	Bad Gastein	15 km Individual	Nathalie Santer	Nadiya Billova	Simone Greiner-Petter-M.	Nathalie Santer	Detail
1	11 December 1993	Bad Gastein	7.5 km Sprint	Nathalie Santer	Hildegunn Fossen	Gunn Margit Andreassen		Detail
2	16 December 1993	Pokljuka	15 km Individual	Anne Briand	Natalya Snytina	Nathalie Santer		Detail
2	18 December 1993	Pokljuka	7.5 km Sprint	Elin Kristiansen	Anne Elvebakk	Nathalie Santer		Detail
3	13 January 1994	Ruhpolding	15 km Individual	Emmanuelle Claret	Svetlana Paramygina	Corinne Niogret		Detail
3	15 January 1994	Ruhpolding	7.5 km Sprint	Svetlana Paramygina	Nathalie Santer	Nadezhda Talanova		Detail
4	20 January 1994	Antholz-Anterselva	15 km Individual	Anne Briand	Lyubov Belyakova	Uschi Disl		Detail
4	22 January 1994	Antholz-Anterselva	7.5 km Sprint	Svetlana Paramygina	Antje Misersky	Olga Simushina		Detail
5	10 March 1994	Hinton	15 km Individual	Svetlana Paramygina	Véronique Claudel	Anne Briand	Svetlana Paramygina	Detail
5	12 March 1994	Hinton	7.5 km Sprint	Svetlana Paramygina	Véronique Claudel	Uschi Disl		Detail
6	17 March 1994	Canmore	15 km Individual	Uschi Disl	Myriam Bédard	Nathalie Santer		Detail
6	19 March 1994	Canmore	7.5 km Sprint	Nadezhda Talanova	Svetlana Paramygina	Nathalie Santer		Detail

Men's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
1	12 December 1993	Bad Gastein	4x7.5 km Relay	Belarus Igor Khokhriakov Vadim Sashurin Oleg Ryzhenkov Alexander Popov	France Thierry Dusserre Patrice Bailly-Salins Christian Dumont Hervé Flandin	Germany Ricco Gross Frank Luck Mark Kirchner Jens Steinigen
2	19 December 1993	Pokljuka	4x7.5 km Relay	Germany Peter Sendel Frank Luck Mark Kirchner Sven Fischer	France Thierry Dusserre Patrice Bailly-Salins Gilles Marguet Christian Dumont	Italy Patrick Favre Johann Passler Wilfried Pallhuber Andreas Zingerle
3	16 January 1994	Ruhpolding	4x7.5 km Relay	France Thierry Dusserre Patrice Bailly-Salins Lionel Laurent Hervé Flandin	Italy Patrick Favre Johann Passler Pieralberto Carrara Hubert Leitgeb	Germany Jens Steinigen Frank Luck Mark Kirchner Sven Fischer
4	23 January 1994	Antholz	4x7.5 km Relay	Russia Valeriy Medvedtsev Valeri Kiriyenko Sergei Tarasov Sergei Tchepikov	Germany Ricco Gross Frank Luck Mark Kirchner Sven Fischer	Sweden Ulf Johansson Per Brandt Leif Andersson Fredrik Kuoppa
5	13 March 1994	Hinton	4x7.5 km Relay	Italy Patrick Favre Hubert Leitgeb Pieralberto Carrara Andreas Zingerle	Germany Ricco Gross Frank Luck Mark Kirchner Sven Fischer	France Thierry Dusserre Patrice Bailly-Salins Lionel Laurent Hervé Flandin
6	20 March 1994	Canmore	4x7.5 km Relay	Russia Alexei Kobelev Vladimir Drachev Sergei Tarasov Alexander Tropnikov	Belarus Viktor Maigourov Oleg Ryzhenkov Alexander Popov Vadim Sashurin	Italy Patrick Favre Wilfried Pallhuber Pieralberto Carrara Andreas Zingerle

Women's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
1	12 December 1993	Bad Gastein	4x7.5 km Relay	Norway Elin Kristiansen Annette Sikveland Gunn Margit Andreassen Hildegunn Fossen	Czech Republic Jana Kulhavá Jiřina Pelcová Iveta Knížková Eva Háková	France Delphyne Heymann Emmanuelle Claret Veronique Claudel Anne Briand
2	19 December 1993	Pokljuka	4x7.5 km Relay	Belarus Irina Kokoueva Natalia Permiakova Natalia Ryzhenkova Svetlana Paramygina	Norway Elin Kristiansen Annette Sikveland Anne Elvebakk Hildegunn Fossen	France Corinne Niogret Veronique Claudel Delphyne Heymann Anne Briand
3	16 January 1994	Ruhpolding	4x7.5 km Relay	France Corinne Niogret Veronique Claudel Delphyne Heymann Anne Briand	Germany Uschi Disl Simone Greiner Antje Harvey Petra Schaaf	Russia Olga Simushina Anfisa Reztsova Natalia Snytina Luisa Noskova
4	23 January 1994	Antholz	4x7.5 km Relay	Germany Uschi Disl Petra Schaaf Simone Greiner Antje Harvey	Norway Ann-Elen Skjelbreid Annette Sikveland Anne Elvebakk Hildegunn Fossen	France Corinne Niogret Veronique Claudel Delphyne Heymann Anne Briand
5	13 March 1994	Hinton	4x7.5 km Relay	Germany Uschi Disl Petra Schaaf Simone Greiner Antje Harvey	France Nathalie Beausire Veronique Claudel Emmanuelle Claret Anne Briand	Norway Ann-Elen Skjelbreid Ase Idland Anne Elvebakk Annette Sikveland
6	20 March 1994	Canmore	4x7.5 km Relay	Germany Uschi Disl Petra Schaaf Simone Greiner Antje Harvey	United States Beth Coats Joan Miller Smith Laurie Tavares Ntala Skinner	Norway Ann-Elen Skjelbreid Ase Idland Hildegunn Mikkelsplass Annette Sikveland

Standings: Men

Overall

Pos.		Points
1.	Patrice Bailly-Salins	193
2.	Sven Fischer	191
3.	Frank Luck	163
4.	Valeri Kiriyenko	147
5.	Wilfried Pallhuber	142

• Final standings after 12 races.

Individual

Pos.		Points
1.	Patrice Bailly-Salins	96
2.	Sven Fischer	93
3.	Ricco Groß	88
4.	Valeri Kiriyenko	86
5.	Frank Luck	85

• Final standings after 6 races.

Sprint

Pos.		Points
1.	Sven Fischer	98
2.	Patrice Bailly-Salins	97
3.	Viktor Maigourov	87
4.	Vladimir Drachev	84
5.	Frank Luck	78

• Final standings after 6 races.

Nation

Pos.		Points
1.	Germany	3737
2.	Italy	3681
3.	Russia	3643
4.	Belarus	3528
5.	France	3513

• Final standings after 18 races.

Standings: Women

Overall

Pos.		Points
1.	Svetlana Paramygina	215
2.	Nathalie Santer	204
3.	Anne Briand	173
4.	Uschi Disl	167
5.	Nadezhda Talanova	138

• Final standings after 12 races.

Individual

Pos.		Points
1.	Nathalie Santer	100
2.	Svetlana Paramygina	99
3.	Anne Briand	97
4.	Uschi Disl	88
5.	Simone Greiner	80

• Final standings after 6 races.

Sprint

Pos.		Points
1.	Svetlana Paramygina	116
2.	Nathalie Santer	104
3.	Nadezhda Talanova	82
4.	Uschi Disl	79
5.	Anne Briand	76

• Final standings after 6 races.

Nation

Pos.		Points
1.	Germany	3658
2.	France	3460
3.	Russia	3605
4.	Norway	3579
5.	Czech Republic	3244

• Final standings after 18 races.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	8	6	8	22
2	France	8	5	7	20
3	Belarus	7	6	2	15
4	Italy	6	4	7	17
5	Russia	4	5	6	15
6	Norway	3	4	4	11
7	Czech Republic	0	2	0	2
8	Canada	0	1	0	1
	Finland	0	1	0	1
	Ukraine	0	1	0	1
	United States	0	1	0	1
12	Poland	0	0	1	1
	Sweden	0	0	1	1
Totals (13 entries)		36	36	36	108

Achievements

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

Men

• Patrice Bailly-Salins (FRA), 3 (5) first places
• Sven Fischer (GER), 2 (3) first places
• Frank Luck (GER), 1 (4) first place
• Wilfried Pallhuber (ITA), 1 (3) first place
• Sergei Tarasov (RUS), 1 (2) first place
• Viktor Maigourov (BLR), 1 (1) first place
• Patrick Favre (ITA), 1 (1) first place
• Hubert Leitgeb (ITA), 1 (1) first place
• Sylfest Glimsdal (NOR), 1 (1) first place

Women

• Svetlana Paramygina (BLR), 4 (4) first places
• Anne Briand (FRA), 2 (3) first places
• Nathalie Santer (ITA), 2 (2) first places
• Elin Kristiansen (NOR), 1 (3) first place
• Uschi Disl (GER), 1 (3) first place
• Emmanuelle Claret (FRA), 1 (1) first place
• Nadezhda Talanova (RUS), 1 (1) first place

Retirements

Following notable biathletes retired during or after the 1993–94 season:

• Franz Schuler (AUT)
• Christian Dumont (FRA)
• Elmar Mutschlechner (ITA)
• Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR)
• Valeriy Medvedtsev (RUS)
• Lise Meloche (CAN)
• Gabriela Suvová (CZE)
• Anne Elvebakk (NOR)
• Anfisa Reztsova (RUS)
• Elena Belova (RUS)

External links

• IBU official site