2002–03 Biathlon World Cup

The 2002–03 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union.

2002–03 World Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Martina Glagow
Nations Cup	Norway	Russia
Individual	Halvard Hanevold	Linda Tjørhom
Sprint	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Sylvie Becaert
Pursuit	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Martina Glagow
Mass start	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Albina Akhatova
Relay	Belarus	Russia
Competition

The men's overall World Cup was won by Norway's Ole Einar Bjørndalen, while Martina Glagow of Germany claimed the women's overall World Cup.

Calendar

Below is the World Cup calendar for the 2004–05 season.

Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay
Östersund	5–8 December		●	●		●
Pokljuka	11–15 December		●	●		●
Osrblie	19–22 December		●	●		●
Oberhof	8–12 January		●		●	●
Ruhpolding	16–19 January		●	●		●
Antholz	23–26 January	●			●	●
Lahti	8–9 February		●		●
Holmenkollen	13–16 February		●	●		●
Östersund	20–23 February	●	●	●
Khanty-Mansiysk	15–23 March	●	●	●	●	●
Total		3	9	7	4	8	0

World Cup Podium

Men

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib (After competition)	Det.
1	5 December 2002	Östersund	10 km Sprint	Frode Andresen	Raphaël Poirée	Oleg Ryzhenkov	Frode Andresen	Detail
1	8 December 2002	Östersund	12.5 km Pursuit	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Raphaël Poirée	Egil Gjelland	Raphaël Poirée	Detail
2	14 December 2002	Pokljuka	10 km Sprint	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Frode Andresen	Andriy Deryzemlya	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Detail
2	15 December 2002	Pokljuka	12.5 km Pursuit	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Ricco Groß	Frode Andresen		Detail
3	19 December 2002	Brezno-Osrblie	10 km Sprint	Raphaël Poirée	Janez Marič	Frode Andresen	Raphaël Poirée	Detail
3	22 December 2002	Brezno-Osrblie	12.5 km Pursuit	Raphaël Poirée	Ricco Groß	Vladimir Drachev		Detail
4	9 January 2003	Oberhof	10 km Sprint	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Sergei Tchepikov	Wolfgang Rottmann	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Detail
4	12 January 2003	Oberhof	15 km Mass Start	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Vladimir Drachev	Raphaël Poirée		Detail
5	18 January 2003	Ruhpolding	10 km Sprint	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Frode Andresen	Raphaël Poirée		Detail
5	19 January 2003	Ruhpolding	12.5 km Pursuit	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Raphaël Poirée	Frank Luck		Detail
6	23 January 2003	Antholz-Anterselva	20 km Individual	Vladimir Drachev	Halvard Hanevold	Stian Eckhoff		Detail
6	26 January 2003	Antholz-Anterselva	15 km Mass Start	Andriy Deryzemlya	Pavel Rostovtsev	Ricco Groß		Detail
7	8 February 2003	Lahti	10 km Sprint	Alexander Wolf	Sergei Tchepikov	Alexei Aidarov		Detail
7	9 February 2003	Lahti	15 km Mass Start	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Oleg Ryzhenkov	Halvard Hanevold		Detail
8	15 February 2003	Oslo Holmenkollen	10 km Sprint	Vladimir Drachev	Pavel Rostovtsev	Sven Fischer		Detail
8	16 February 2003	Oslo Holmenkollen	12.5 km Pursuit	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Sven Fischer	Stian Eckhoff		Detail
9	20 February 2003	Östersund	10 km Sprint	Sven Fischer	Vladimir Drachev	Lars Berger		Detail
9	21 February 2003	Östersund	20 km Individual	Janez Marič	Zdeněk Vítek	Marko Dolenc		Detail
9	23 February 2003	Östersund	12.5 km Pursuit	Vladimir Drachev	Zdeněk Vítek	Halvard Hanevold		Detail
WC	15 March 2003	Khanty-Mansiysk	10 km Sprint	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Ricco Groß	Zdeněk Vítek		Detail
WC	16 March 2003	Khanty-Mansiysk	12.5 km Pursuit	Ricco Groß	Halvard Hanevold	Paavo Puurunen		Detail
WC	19 March 2003	Khanty-Mansiysk	20 km Individual	Halvard Hanevold	Vesa Hietalahti	Ricco Groß		Detail
WC	23 March 2003	Khanty-Mansiysk	15 km Mass Start	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Sven Fischer	Raphaël Poirée		Detail

Women

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib (After competition)	Det.
1	5 December 2002	Östersund	7.5 km Sprint	Olga Zaitseva	Sylvie Becaert	Olga Pyleva	Olga Zaitseva	Detail
1	8 December 2002	Östersund	10 km Pursuit	Kati Wilhelm	Olga Zaitseva	Katja Beer		Detail
2	13 December 2002	Pokljuka	7.5 km Sprint	Linda Tjørhom	Svetlana Ishmouratova	Ekaterina Dafovska		Detail
2	15 December 2002	Pokljuka	10 km Pursuit	Katja Beer	Linda Tjørhom	Sanna-Leena Perunka	Linda Tjørhom	Detail
3	19 December 2002	Brezno-Osrblie	7.5 km Sprint	Galina Koukleva	Albina Akhatova	Uschi Disl		Detail
3	22 December 2002	Brezno-Osrblie	10 km Pursuit	Ekaterina Dafovska	Galina Koukleva	Martina Glagow	Galina Koukleva	Detail
4	8 January 2003	Oberhof	7.5 km Sprint	Ekaterina Dafovska	Sylvie Becaert	Kateřina Holubcová	Ekaterina Dafovska	Detail
4	12 January 2003	Oberhof	12.5 km Mass Start	Uschi Disl	Ekaterina Dafovska	Sylvie Becaert		Detail
5	17 January 2003	Ruhpolding	7.5 km Sprint	Galina Koukleva	Martina Glagow	Olga Pyleva		Detail
5	19 January 2003	Ruhpolding	10 km Pursuit	Ekaterina Dafovska	Martina Glagow	Svetlana Ishmouratova		Detail
6	23 January 2003	Antholz-Anterselva	15 km Individual	Ekaterina Dafovska	Sandrine Bailly	Linda Tjørhom		Detail
6	26 January 2003	Antholz-Anterselva	12.5 km Mass Start	Albina Akhatova	Sylvie Becaert	Corinne Niogret		Detail
7	8 February 2003	Lahti	7.5 km Sprint	Olga Pyleva	Albina Akhatova	Kati Wilhelm		Detail
7	9 February 2003	Lahti	12.5 km Mass Start	Kati Wilhelm	Martina Glagow	Ekaterina Dafovska		Detail
8	15 February 2003	Oslo Holmenkollen	7.5 km Sprint	Sandrine Bailly	Albina Akhatova	Martina Glagow		Detail
8	16 February 2003	Oslo Holmenkollen	10 km Pursuit	Martina Glagow	Olena Zubrilova	Michela Ponza	Martina Glagow	Detail
9	20 February 2003	Östersund	7.5 km Sprint	Kati Wilhelm	Olena Zubrilova	Uschi Disl		Detail
9	22 February 2003	Östersund	15 km Individual	Olga Zaitseva	Linda Tjørhom	Olga Pyleva		Detail
9	23 February 2003	Östersund	10 km Pursuit	Olena Zubrilova	Linda Tjørhom	Kateřina Holubcová		Detail
WC	15 March 2003	Khanty-Mansiysk	7.5 km Sprint	Sylvie Becaert	Olena Petrova	Kateřina Holubcová		Detail
WC	16 March 2003	Khanty-Mansiysk	10 km Pursuit	Martina Glagow Sandrine Bailly		Svetlana Ishmouratova		Detail
WC	18 March 2003	Khanty-Mansiysk	15 km Individual	Kateřina Holubcová	Olena Zubrilova	Gunn Margit Andreassen		Detail
WC	22 March 2003	Khanty-Mansiysk	12.5 km Mass Start	Albina Akhatova	Svetlana Ishmouratova	Sandrine Bailly		Detail

Men's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
1	7 December 2002	Östersund	4x7.5 km Relay	Norway Egil Gjelland Frode Andresen Ole Einar Bjørndalen Halvard Hanevold	Russia Viktor Maigourov Sergei Rozhkov Sergei Tchepikov Pavel Rostovtsev	Germany Ricco Gross Peter Sendel Sven Fischer Frank Luck
2	12 December 2002	Pokljuka	4x7.5 km Relay	Belarus Alexei Aidarov Vladimir Drachev Rustam Valiullin Oleg Ryzhenkov	Norway Egil Gjelland Ole Einar Bjørndalen Frode Andresen Halvard Hanevold	Russia Viktor Maigourov Sergei Rozhkov Sergei Tchepikov Pavel Rostovtsev
3	20 December 2002	Osrblie	4x7.5 km Relay	Russia Viktor Maigourov Pavel Rostovtsev Sergei Rozhkov Sergei Tchepikov	Germany Peter Sendel Sven Fischer Michael Greis Frank Luck	France Ferréol Cannard Vincent Defrasne Julien Robert Raphael Poiree
4	11 January 2003	Oberhof	4x7.5 km Relay	Russia Viktor Maigourov Pavel Rostovtsev Sergei Rozhkov Sergei Tchepikov	Belarus Alexei Aidarov Vladimir Drachev Rustam Valiullin Oleg Ryzhenkov	France Ferréol Cannard Vincent Defrasne Julien Robert Raphael Poiree
5	16 January 2003	Ruhpolding	4x7.5 km Relay	France Ferréol Cannard Vincent Defrasne Julien Robert Raphael Poiree	Germany Michael Greis Sven Fischer Peter Sendel Ricco Gross	Norway Halvard Hanevold Frode Andresen Egil Gjelland Ole Einar Bjørndalen
6	25 January 2003	Antholz-Anterselva	4x7.5 km Relay	Belarus Alexei Aidarov Vladimir Drachev Rustam Valiullin Oleg Ryzhenkov	Norway Egil Gjelland Lars Berger Stian Eckhoff Halvard Hanevold	Italy Rene Cattarinussi Rene-Laurent Vuillermoz Devis Da Canal Wilfried Pallhuber
8	13 February 2003	Holmenkollen	4x7.5 km Relay	Belarus Alexei Aidarov Vladimir Drachev Rustam Valiullin Oleg Ryzhenkov	Russia Sergei Rozhkov Pavel Rostovtsev Nikolay Kruglov Sergei Tchepikov	Norway Halvard Hanevold Stian Eckhoff Egil Gjelland Ole Einar Bjørndalen
WC	21 March 2003	Khanty-Mansiysk	4x7.5 km Relay	Germany Peter Sendel Sven Fischer Ricco Gross Frank Luck	Russia Viktor Maigourov Pavel Rostovtsev Sergei Rozhkov Sergei Tchepikov	Belarus Alexei Aidarov Vladimir Drachev Rustam Valiullin Oleg Ryzhenkov

Women's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
1	6 December 2002	Östersund	4x6 km Relay	Germany Katrin Apel Uschi Disl Simone Denkinger Kati Wilhelm	Norway Linda Tjorhom Gro Marit Istad-Kristiansen Tora Berger Gunn Margit Andreassen	Russia Olga Pyleva Olga Zaitseva Anna Bogaliy Albina Akhatova
2	11 December 2002	Pokljuka	4x6 km Relay	Russia Svetlana Tchernousova Galina Kukleva Irina Malgina Svetlana Ishmouratova	Germany Martina Glagow Simone Denkinger Andrea Henkel Katja Beer	Bulgaria Nina Klenovska Pavlina Filipova Ekaterina Dafovska Iva Karagiozova
3	21 December 2002	Osrblie	4x6 km Relay	Belarus Lilia Efremova Olga Nazarova Lyudmila Lysenko Olena Zubrilova	Germany Martina Glagow Simone Denkinger Katja Beer Kati Wilhelm	Norway Liv-Kjersti Eikeland Borghild Ouren Gunn Margit Andreassen Linda Tjorhom
4	10 January 2003	Oberhof	4x6 km Relay	Germany Katrin Apel Uschi Disl Andrea Henkel Kati Wilhelm	Russia Albina Akhatova Svetlana Tchernousova Galina Kukleva Olga Pyleva	France Sylvie Becaert Sandrine Bailly Julie Carraz Corinne Niogret
5	15 January 2003	Ruhpolding	4x6 km Relay	Russia Albina Akhatova Svetlana Ishmouratova Galina Kukleva Olga Pyleva	Germany Martina Glagow Uschi Disl Andrea Henkel Kati Wilhelm	Norway Linda Tjorhom Ann-Elen Skjelbreid Gro Marit Istad-Kristiansen Gunn Margit Andreassen
6	24 January 2003	Antholz-Anterselva	4x6 km Relay	Russia Albina Akhatova Anna Bogaliy Svetlana Tchernousova Olga Pyleva	Germany Simone Denkinger Uschi Disl Romy Beer Kati Wilhelm	Belarus Lilia Efremova Olga Nazarova Lyudmila Lysenko Olena Zubrilova
8	13 February 2003	Holmenkollen	4x6 km Relay	Russia Albina Akhatova Svetlana Tchernousova Olga Zaitseva Olga Pyleva	Belarus Lilia Efremova Olga Nazarova Lyudmila Ananko Olena Zubrilova	France Florence Baverel-Robert Sandrine Bailly Corinne Niogret Sylvie Becaert
WC	20 March 2003	Khanty-Mansiysk	4x6 km Relay	Russia Albina Akhatova Svetlana Ishmouratova Galina Kukleva Svetlana Tchernousova	Ukraine Oksana Khvostenko Iryna Merkushina Oksana Yakovlieva Olena Petrova	Germany Simone Denkinger Uschi Disl Kati Wilhelm Martina Glagow

Standings: Men

Overall

Pos.		Points
1.	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	737
2.	Vladimir Drachev	630
3.	Ricco Groß	613
4.	Raphaël Poirée	591
5.	Halvard Hanevold	553

• Final standings after 23 races.

Individual

Pos.		Points
1.	Halvard Hanevold	96
2.	Vesa Hietalahti	83
3.	Ricco Groß	80
4.	Egil Gjelland	64
5.	Janez Marič	61

• Final standings after 3 races.

Sprint

Pos.		Points
1.	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	328
2.	Frode Andresen	252
3.	Vladimir Drachev	247
4.	Raphaël Poirée	226
5.	Sven Fischer	213

• Final standings after 9 races.

Pursuit

Pos.		Points
1.	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	230
2.	Ricco Groß	205
3.	Raphaël Poirée	199
4.	Vladimir Drachev	197
5.	Halvard Hanevold	154

• Final standings after 7 races.

Mass Start

Pos.		Points
1.	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	150
2.	Vladimir Drachev	114
3.	Raphaël Poirée	114
4.	Ricco Groß	109
5.	Oleg Ryzhenkov	100

• Final standings after 4 races.

Relay

Pos.		Points
1.	Belarus	319
2.	Russia	318
3.	Norway	298
4.	Germany	288
5.	France	279

• Final standings after 8 races.

Nation

Pos.		Points
1.	Norway	4029
2.	Germany	3778
3.	Russia	3704
4.	Belarus	3599
5.	France	3547

• Final standings after 20 races.

Standings: Women

Overall

Pos.		Points
1.	Martina Glagow	729
2.	Albina Akhatova	699
3.	Sylvie Becaert	680
4.	Ekaterina Dafovska	644
5.	Olena Zubrilova	634

• Final standings after 23 races.

Individual

Pos.		Points
1.	Linda Tjørhom	89
2.	Ekaterina Dafovska	80
3.	Olena Zubrilova	80
4.	Gunn Margit Andreassen	77
5.	Kateřina Holubcová	76

• Final standings after 3 races.

Sprint

Pos.		Points
1.	Sylvie Becaert	280
2.	Martina Glagow	270
3.	Ekaterina Dafovska	253
4.	Albina Akhatova	238
5.	Olga Pyleva	234

• Final standings after 9 races.

Pursuit

Pos.		Points
1.	Martina Glagow	257
2.	Olena Zubrilova	244
3.	Sylvie Becaert	197
4.	Albina Akhatova	194
5.	Sandrine Bailly	180

• Final standings after 7 races.

Mass Start

Pos.		Points
1.	Albina Akhatova	126
2.	Svetlana Ishmouratova	120
3.	Sylvie Becaert	119
4.	Uschi Disl	118
5.	Corinne Niogret	115

• Final standings after 8 races.

Relay

Pos.		Points
1.	Russia	339
2.	Germany	327
3.	Belarus	293
4.	Norway	278
5.	France	249

• Final standings after 8 races.

Nation

Pos.		Points
1.	Russia	4086
2.	Germany	4034
3.	France	3760
4.	Bulgaria	3532
5.	Belarus	3393

• Final standings after 20 races.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway	15	10	14	39
2	Russia	14	15	7	36
3	Germany	13	14	12	39
4	Belarus	8	8	5	21
5	France	6	7	10	23
6	Bulgaria	4	1	3	8
7	Czech Republic	1	2	4	7
8	Ukraine	1	2	1	4
9	Slovenia	1	1	1	3
10	Finland	0	1	2	3
11	Italy	0	0	2	2
12	Austria	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 nations)		63	61	62	186

Achievements

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

Men

• Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR), 11 (38) first places
• Vladimir Drachev (BLR), 3 (15) first places
• Raphaël Poirée (FRA), 2 (23) first places
• Sven Fischer (GER), 1 (23) first place
• Frode Andresen (NOR), 1 (12) first place
• Ricco Groß (GER), 1 (7) first place
• Halvard Hanevold (NOR), 1 (6) first place
• Andriy Deryzemlya (UKR), 1 (1) first place
• Alexander Wolf (GER), 1 (1) first place
• Janez Marič (SVN), 1 (1) first place

Women

• Ekaterina Dafovska (BUL), 4 (5) first places
• Kati Wilhelm (GER), 3 (6) first places
• Galina Kukleva (RUS), 2 (9) first places
• Martina Glagow (GER), 2 (4) first places
• Sandrine Bailly (FRA), 2 (3) first places
• Olga Zaitseva (RUS), 2 (2) first places
• Albina Akhatova (RUS), 2 (2) first places
• Uschi Disl (GER), 1 (21) first place
• Olena Zubrilova (BLR), 1 (18) first place
• Olga Pyleva (RUS), 1 (2) first place
• Linda Tjørhom (NOR), 1 (1) first place
• Katja Beer (GER), 1 (1) first place
• Sylvie Becaert (FRA), 1 (1) first place
• Kateřina Holubcová (CZE), 1 (1) first place

Retirements

The following notable biathletes retired after the 2002–03 season:

• Gilles Marguet (FRA)
• René Cattarinussi (ITA)
• Viktor Maigourov (RUS)
• Tomaž Globočník (SLO)
• Tord Wiksten (SWE)
• Iva Karagiozova (BUL)
• Galina Kukleva (RUS)