1995–96 Biathlon World Cup

The 1995–96 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 7 December 1995 in Östersund, Sweden, and ended on 17 March 1996 in Hochfilzen, Austria. It was the 19th season of the Biathlon World Cup.

1995–96 World Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Vladimir Drachev	Emmanuelle Claret
Nations Cup	Russia	France
Individual	Vladimir Drachev	Andreja Grašič
Sprint	Vladimir Drachev	Emmanuelle Claret
Competition

Calendar

Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 1995–96 season.

Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay
Östersund	7–10 December	●	●			●
Holmenkollen	14–17 December	●	●			●
Antholz	11–14 January	●	●			●
Osrblie	18–21 January	●	●
Ruhpolding	3–11 February	●	●			●
Pokljuka	7–10 March	●	●			●
Hochfilzen	14–17 March	●	●			●
Total		7	7	0	0	6

World Cup Podium

Men

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib (After competition)	Det.
1	7 December 1995	Östersund	20 km Individual	Vesa Hietalahti	Sergei Tarasov	Pavel Mouslimov	Vesa Hietalahti	Detail
1	9 December 1995	Östersund	10 km Sprint	Ludwig Gredler	Sven Fischer	Pieralberto Carrara	Sven Fischer	Detail
2	14 December 1995	Oslo Holmenkollen	20 km Individual	Sven Fischer	Mikael Löfgren	Vladimir Drachev		Detail
2	16 December 1995	Oslo Holmenkollen	10 km Sprint	Sven Fischer	Viktor Maigourov	Ricco Groß		Detail
3	11 January 1996	Antholz-Anterselva	20 km Individual	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Vladimir Drachev	Halvard Hanevold		Detail
3	13 January 1996	Antholz-Anterselva	10 km Sprint	Ludwig Gredler	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Vladimir Drachev		Detail
4	18 January 1996	Brezno-Osrblie	20 km Individual	Vladimir Drachev	Raphaël Poirée	Vesa Hietalahti	Vladimir Drachev	Detail
4	20 January 1996	Brezno-Osrblie	10 km Sprint	Vladimir Drachev	Ludwig Gredler	René Cattarinussi		Detail
WC	4 February 1996	Ruhpolding	20 km Individual	Sergei Tarasov	Vladimir Drachev	Vadim Sashurin		Detail
WC	9 February 1996	Ruhpolding	10 km Sprint	Vladimir Drachev	Viktor Maigourov	René Cattarinussi		Detail
5	7 March 1996	Pokljuka	20 km Individual	Sergei Rozhkov	Vladimir Drachev	Viktor Maigourov		Detail
5	9 March 1996	Pokljuka	10 km Sprint	Vladimir Drachev	Viktor Maigourov	Sven Fischer		Detail
6	14 March 1996	Hochfilzen	20 km Individual	Viktor Maigourov	Halvard Hanevold	Vladimir Drachev		Detail
6	16 March 1996	Hochfilzen	10 km Sprint	Vladimir Drachev	Raphaël Poirée	Sven Fischer		Detail

Women

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib (After competition)	Det.
1	7 December 1995	Östersund	15 km Individual	Uschi Disl	Tetyana Vodopyanova	Magdalena Forsberg	Uschi Disl	Detail
1	9 December 1995	Östersund	7.5 km Sprint	Svetlana Paramygina	Olga Melnik	Mari Lampinen	Svetlana Paramygina	Detail
2	14 December 1995	Oslo Holmenkollen	15 km Individual	Magdalena Forsberg	Petra Behle	Soňa Mihoková	Uschi Disl	Detail
2	16 December 1995	Oslo Holmenkollen	7.5 km Sprint	Uschi Disl	Petra Behle	Svetlana Paramygina		Detail
3	11 January 1996	Antholz-Anterselva	15 km Individual	Uschi Disl	Andreja Grašič	Petra Behle		Detail
3	13 January 1996	Antholz-Anterselva	7.5 km Sprint	Uschi Disl	Emmanuelle Claret	Magdalena Forsberg		Detail
4	18 January 1996	Brezno-Osrblie	15 km Individual	Andreja Grašič	Ann-Elen Skjelbreid	Hildegunn Mikkelsplass		Detail
4	20 January 1996	Brezno-Osrblie	7.5 km Sprint	Emmanuelle Claret	Florence Baverel	Andreja Grašič		Detail
WC	3 February 1996	Ruhpolding	15 km Individual	Emmanuelle Claret	Olga Melnik	Olena Petrova	Emmanuelle Claret	Detail
WC	8 February 1996	Ruhpolding	7.5 km Sprint	Olga Romasko	Ann-Elen Skjelbreid	Magdalena Forsberg		Detail
5	7 March 1996	Pokljuka	15 km Individual	Tetyana Vodopyanova	Natalia Permiakova	Katrin Apel		Detail
5	9 March 1996	Pokljuka	7.5 km Sprint	Petra Behle	Uschi Disl	Yu Shumei		Detail
6	14 March 1996	Hochfilzen	15 km Individual	Simone Greiner-Petter-M.	Myriam Bédard	Florence Baverel		Detail
6	16 March 1996	Hochfilzen	7.5 km Sprint	Soňa Mihoková	Yu Shumei	Simone Greiner-Petter-M.		Detail

Men's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
1	10 December 1995	Östersund	4x7.5 km Relay	Russia Viktor Maigourov Vladimir Drachev Pavel Mouslimov Alexei Kobelev	Germany Ricco Gross Mark Kirchner Frank Luck Sven Fischer	Austria Hannes Obererlacher Wolfgang Perner Reinhard Neuner Ludwig Gredler
2	17 December 1995	Holmenkollen	4x7.5 km Relay	Russia Viktor Maigourov Vladimir Drachev Sergei Tarasov Pavel Mouslimov	Germany Ricco Gross Mark Kirchner Frank Luck Sven Fischer	Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen Egil Gjelland Frode Andresen Jon Åge Tyldum
3	14 January 1996	Antholz	4x7.5 km Relay	Russia Viktor Maigourov Vladimir Drachev Sergei Tarasov Alexei Kobelev	Belarus Alexei Aidarov Oleg Ryzhenkov Vadim Sashurin Alexander Popov	Italy Rene Cattarinussi Wilfried Pallhuber Patrick Favre Pieralberto Carrara
4	21 January 1996	Brezno-Osrblie	Team event	Austria Wolfgang Perner Martin Pfurtscheller Reinhard Neuner Ludwig Gredler	Norway Frode Andresen Halvard Hanevold Ole Einar Bjørndalen Egil Gjelland	Finland Paavo Puurunen Erkki Latvala Vesa Hietalahti Ville Räikkönen
WC	6 February 1996	Ruhpolding	Team event	Belarus Vadim Sashurin Oleg Ryzhenkov Alexander Popov Petr Ivashko	Russia Vladimir Drachev Pavel Mouslimov Sergei Rozhkov Viktor Maigourov	Italy Rene Cattarinussi Pieralberto Carrara Patrick Favre Hubert Leitgeb
WC	11 February 1996	Ruhpolding	4x7.5 km Relay	Russia Viktor Maigourov Vladimir Drachev Sergei Tarasov Alexei Kobelev	Germany Ricco Gross Peter Sendel Frank Luck Sven Fischer	Belarus Alexei Aidarov Oleg Ryzhenkov Vadim Sashurin Alexander Popov
5	10 March 1996	Pokljuka	4x7.5 km Relay	Russia Pavel Mouslimov Vladimir Drachev Eduard Ryabov Alexei Kobelev	Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen Halvard Hanevold Frode Andresen Dag Bjørndalen	Germany Peter Sendel Frank Luck Mark Kirchner Sven Fischer
6	17 March 1996	Hochfilzen	4x7.5 km Relay	Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen Halvard Hanevold Frode Andresen Dag Bjørndalen	Russia Viktor Maigourov Alexei Kobelev Sergei Tarasov Vladimir Drachev	Belarus Alexei Aidarov Oleg Ryzhenkov Alexander Popov Vadim Sashurin

Women's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
1	10 December 1995	Östersund	4x7.5 km Relay	Germany Uschi Disl Katrin Apel Martina Zellner Petra Behle	Ukraine Tetyana Vodopyanova Olena Petrova Olena Zubrilova Valentina Tserbe-Nessina	Russia Olga Anisimova Olga Melnik Galina Kukleva Irina Mileshina
2	17 December 1995	Holmenkollen	4x7.5 km Relay	Germany Uschi Disl Katrin Apel Martina Zellner Petra Behle	Norway Ann-Elen Skjelbreid Annette Sikveland Hildegunn Mikkelsplass Liv Grete Skjelbreid	France Corinne Niogret Florence Baverel Emmanuelle Claret Anne Briand
3	14 January 1996	Antholz	4x7.5 km Relay	France Corinne Niogret Florence Baverel Emmanuelle Claret Anne Briand	Germany Uschi Disl Simone Greiner Katrin Apel Petra Behle	Ukraine Tetyana Vodopyanova Nina Lemesh Olena Petrova Olena Zubrilova
WC	10 February 1996	Ruhpolding	4x7.5 km Relay	Germany Uschi Disl Simone Greiner Katrin Apel Petra Behle	France Corinne Niogret Florence Baverel Emmanuelle Claret Anne Briand	Ukraine Tetyana Vodopyanova Valentina Tserbe-Nessina Olena Petrova Olena Zubrilova
5	10 March 1996	Pokljuka	4x7.5 km Relay	France Florence Baverel Emmanuelle Claret Anne Briand Corinne Niogret	Germany Uschi Disl Simone Greiner Katrin Apel Petra Behle	Norway Ann-Elen Skjelbreid Annette Sikveland Hildegunn Mikkelsplass Gunn Margit Andreassen
6	17 March 1996	Hochfilzen	4x7.5 km Relay	France Florence Baverel Emmanuelle Claret Anne Briand Corinne Niogret	Norway Ann-Elen Skjelbreid Annette Sikveland Hildegunn Mikkelsplass Gunn Margit Andreassen	Germany Uschi Disl Simone Greiner Katrin Apel Petra Behle

Standings: Men

Overall

Pos.		Points
1.	Vladimir Drachev	276
2.	Viktor Maigourov	204
3.	Sven Fischer	184
4.	Pieralberto Carrara	166
5.	Ludwig Gredler	162

• Final standings after 14 races.

Individual

Pos.		Points
1.	Vladimir Drachev	132
2.	Sergei Tarasov	92
2.	Viktor Maigourov	92
4.	Frank Luck	88
5.	Ricco Groß	86

• Final standings after 7 races.

Sprint

Pos.		Points
1.	Vladimir Drachev	144
2.	Ludwig Gredler	129
3.	Viktor Maigourov	112
4.	Sven Fischer	111
5.	René Cattarinussi	107

• Final standings after 7 races.

Nation

Pos.		Points
1.	Russia	3889
2.	Germany	3699
3.	Norway	3633
4.	Italy	3508
5.	Belarus	3420

• Final standings after 20 races.

Standings: Women

Overall

Pos.		Points
1.	Emmanuelle Claret	226
2.	Uschi Disl	212
3.	Petra Behle	191
4.	Andreja Grašič	187
5.	Magdalena Wallin	178

• Final standings after 14 races.

Individual

Pos.		Points
1.	Andreja Grašič	109
2.	Emmanuelle Claret	108
3.	Uschi Disl	99
4.	Magdalena Wallin	94
5.	Nathalie Santer	92

• Final standings after 7 races.

Sprint

Pos.		Points
1.	Emmanuelle Claret	118
2.	Uschi Disl	115
3.	Petra Behle	103
4.	Svetlana Paramygina	87
5.	Corinne Niogret	86

• Final standings after 7 races.

Nation

Pos.		Points
1.	France	3746
2.	Germany	3718
3.	Ukraine	3450
4.	Russia	3448
5.	Norway	3446

• Final standings after 20 races.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	14	10	6	30
2	Germany	11	9	8	28
3	France	5	5	2	12
4	Norway	2	7	4	13
5	Austria	2	1	1	4
6	Belarus	1	2	4	7
7	Ukraine	1	2	3	6
8	Sweden	1	1	3	5
9	Slovenia	1	1	1	3
10	Finland	1	0	2	3
11	Slovakia	1	0	1	2
12	China	0	1	1	2
13	Canada	0	1	0	1
14	Italy	0	0	4	4
Totals (14 entries)		40	40	40	120

Achievements

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

Men

• Vladimir Drachev (RUS), 5 (6) first places
• Sven Fischer (GER), 2 (5) first places
• Ludwig Gredler (AUT), 2 (4) first places
• Sergei Tarasov (RUS), 1 (3) first place
• Viktor Maigourov (RUS), 1 (3) first place
• Vesa Hietalahti (FIN), 1 (2) first place
• Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR), 1 (1) first place
• Sergei Rozhkov (RUS), 1 (1) first place

Women

• Uschi Disl (GER), 4 (8) first places
• Emmanuelle Claret (FRA), 2 (3) first places
• Svetlana Paramygina (BLR), 1 (8) first place
• Magdalena Wallin (SWE), 1 (2) first place
• Petra Behle (GER), 1 (2) first place
• Simone Greiner (GER), 1 (2) first place
• Andreja Grašič (SVN), 1 (1) first place
• Olga Romasko (RUS), 1 (1) first place
• Tetyana Vodopyanova (UKR), 1 (1) first place
• Soňa Mihoková (SVK), 1 (1) first place

Retirements

Following notable biathletes retired during or after the 1995–96 season:

• Jaakko Niemi (FIN)
• Jens Steinigen (GER)
• Johann Passler (ITA)
• Valeri Kiriyenko (RUS)
• Svetlana Petcherskaia (RUS)

External links

• IBU official site