2001–02 Biathlon World Cup

The 2001–02 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 2001 in Hochfilzen, Austria, and ended on 24 March 2002 in Holmenkollen, Norway.[1] It was the 25th season of the Biathlon World Cup.

2001–02 World Cup
Discipline Men Women
Overall France Raphaël Poirée Sweden Magdalena Forsberg
Nations Cup Germany Germany Germany Germany
Individual Germany Frank Luck Sweden Magdalena Forsberg
Sprint Germany Sven Fischer Sweden Magdalena Forsberg
Pursuit France Raphaël Poirée Sweden Magdalena Forsberg
Mass start Russia Viktor Maigourov Sweden Magdalena Forsberg
Relay Norway Norway Germany Germany
Competition

Calendar

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Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2001–02 season.[1]

Location Date Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Details
  Hochfilzen 6–9 December details
  Pokljuka 12–16 December details
  Brezno-Osrblie 19–22 December details
  Oberhof 9–13 January details
  Ruhpolding 16–20 January details
  Antholz-Anterselva 23–27 January details
  Salt Lake City 9–20 February Winter Olympics
  Östersund 9–10 March details
  Lahti 14–17 March details
  Holmenkollen 21–23 March details
Total 4 8 9 3 6

World Cup Podium

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Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib
(After competition)
Det.
1 6 December 2001   Hochfilzen 10 km Sprint   Ole Einar Bjørndalen   Vesa Hietalahti   Frank Luck   Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail
1 9 December 2001   Hochfilzen 12.5 km Pursuit   Ole Einar Bjørndalen   Frank Luck   Ricco Groß Detail
2 13 December 2001   Pokljuka 20 km Individual   Pavel Rostovtsev   Ilmārs Bricis   Vincent Defrasne   Pavel Rostovtsev Detail
2 16 December 2001   Pokljuka 12.5 km Pursuit   Raphaël Poirée   Pavel Rostovtsev   Halvard Hanevold Detail
3 19 December 2001   Brezno-Osrblie 20 km Individual   Frank Luck   Sven Fischer   Sergei Rozhkov   Frank Luck Detail
3 21 December 2001   Brezno-Osrblie 10 km Sprint   Christoph Sumann   Henrik Forsberg   Andriy Deryzemlya Detail
3 22 December 2001   Brezno-Osrblie 15 km Mass Start   Vesa Hietalahti   Alexander Wolf   Vyacheslav Derkach Detail
4 9 January 2002   Oberhof 10 km Sprint   Pavel Rostovtsev   Sven Fischer   Vesa Hietalahti   Pavel Rostovtsev Detail
4 11 January 2002   Oberhof 12.5 km Pursuit   Pavel Rostovtsev   Raphaël Poirée   Sven Fischer Detail
4 12 January 2002   Oberhof 15 km Mass Start   Raphaël Poirée   Vincent Defrasne   Viktor Maigourov Detail
5 18 January 2002   Ruhpolding 10 km Sprint   Raphaël Poirée   Michael Greis   Frode Andresen Detail
5 20 January 2002   Ruhpolding 12.5 km Pursuit   Sven Fischer   Frank Luck   Pavel Rostovtsev Detail
6 24 January 2002   Antholz-Anterselva 20 km Individual   Daniel Mesotitsch   Ole Einar Bjørndalen   Michail Kochkin Detail
6 27 January 2002   Antholz-Anterselva 12.5 km Pursuit   Raphaël Poirée   Ole Einar Bjørndalen   Daniel Mesotitsch   Raphaël Poirée Detail
OG 11 February 2002   Salt Lake City 20 km Individual   Ole Einar Bjørndalen   Frank Luck   Viktor Maigourov Detail
OG 13 February 2002   Salt Lake City 10 km Sprint   Ole Einar Bjørndalen   Sven Fischer   Wolfgang Perner Detail
OG 16 February 2002   Salt Lake City 12.5 km Pursuit   Ole Einar Bjørndalen   Raphaël Poirée   Ricco Groß Detail
7 9 March 2002   Östersund 10 km Sprint   Sven Fischer   Michael Greis   Ole Einar Bjørndalen   Pavel Rostovtsev Detail
7 10 March 2002   Östersund 12.5 km Pursuit   Pavel Rostovtsev   Sven Fischer   Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail
8 14 March 2002   Lahti 10 km Sprint   Raphaël Poirée   Frode Andresen   Sven Fischer Detail
8 17 March 2002   Lahti 12.5 km Pursuit   Raphaël Poirée   Frode Andresen   Sven Fischer   Raphaël Poirée Detail
9 21 March 2002   Oslo Holmenkollen 10 km Sprint   Frank Luck   Sven Fischer   Vesa Hietalahti Detail
9 23 March 2002   Oslo Holmenkollen 12.5 km Pursuit   Sven Fischer   Frode Andresen   Raphaël Poirée Detail
WC 24 March 2002   Oslo Holmenkollen 15 km Mass Start   Raphaël Poirée   Sven Fischer   Frode Andresen Detail

Women

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Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib
(After competition)
Det.
1 6 December 2001   Hochfilzen 7.5 km Sprint   Magdalena Forsberg   Andrea Henkel   Uschi Disl
  Martina Zellner
  Magdalena Forsberg Detail
9 December 2001   Hochfilzen 10 km Pursuit   Magdalena Forsberg   Olena Zubrilova   Uschi Disl Detail
2 12 December 2001   Pokljuka 15 km Individual   Magdalena Forsberg   Uschi Disl   Andrea Henkel Detail
2 16 December 2001   Pokljuka 10 km Pursuit   Magdalena Forsberg   Olga Pyleva   Andrea Henkel Detail
3 20 December 2001   Brezno-Osrblie 15 km Individual   Magdalena Forsberg   Olena Zubrilova   Katja Holanti Detail
3 21 December 2001   Brezno-Osrblie 7.5 km Sprint   Katja Holanti   Kati Wilhelm   Katrin Apel Detail
3 22 December 2001   Brezno-Osrblie 12.5 km Mass Start   Magdalena Forsberg   Olga Pyleva   Uschi Disl Detail
4 10 January 2002   Oberhof 7.5 km Sprint   Liv Grete Poirée   Olga Pyleva   Magdalena Forsberg Detail
4 11 January 2002   Oberhof 10 km Pursuit   Magdalena Forsberg   Olena Zubrilova   Liv Grete Poirée Detail
4 13 January 2002   Oberhof 12.5 km Mass Start   Olena Zubrilova   Liv Grete Poirée   Magdalena Forsberg Detail
5 19 January 2002   Ruhpolding 7.5 km Sprint   Liv Grete Poirée   Olena Zubrilova   Irina Nikulchina Detail
5 20 January 2002   Ruhpolding 10 km Pursuit   Liv Grete Poirée   Magdalena Forsberg   Olena Zubrilova Detail
6 23 January 2002   Antholz-Anterselva 15 km Individual   Liv Grete Poirée   Gunn Margit Andreassen   Andreja Grašič Detail
6 27 January 2002   Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Pursuit   Liv Grete Poirée   Gunn Margit Andreassen   Linda Tjørhom Detail
OG 11 February 2002   Salt Lake City 15 km Individual   Andrea Henkel   Liv Grete Poirée   Magdalena Forsberg Detail
OG 13 February 2002   Salt Lake City 7.5 km Sprint   Kati Wilhelm   Uschi Disl   Magdalena Forsberg Detail
OG 16 February 2002   Salt Lake City 10 km Pursuit   Olga Pyleva   Kati Wilhelm   Irina Nikulchina Detail
7 9 March 2002   Östersund 7.5 km Sprint   Liv Grete Poirée   Sandrine Bailly   Magdalena Forsberg Detail
7 10 March 2002   Östersund 10 km Pursuit   Magdalena Forsberg   Florence Baverel-Robert   Ekaterina Dafovska Detail
8 14 March 2002   Lahti 7.5 km Sprint   Katrin Apel   Magdalena Forsberg   Sandrine Bailly Detail
8 17 March 2002   Lahti 10 km Pursuit   Katrin Apel   Magdalena Forsberg   Katja Beer Detail
9 21 March 2002   Oslo Holmenkollen 7.5 km Sprint   Katrin Apel   Ekaterina Dafovska   Svetlana Ishmouratova Detail
9 23 March 2002   Oslo Holmenkollen 10 km Pursuit   Magdalena Forsberg   Katrin Apel   Uschi Disl Detail
WC 24 March 2002   Oslo Holmenkollen 12.5 km Mass Start   Olena Zubrilova   Olga Pyleva   Olga Nazarova Detail

Men's team

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Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third
1 8 December 2001   Hochfilzen 4x7.5 km Relay   Germany
Ricco Gross
Marco Morgenstern
Michael Greis
Frank Luck
  Norway
Egil Gjelland
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Frode Andresen
Halvard Hanevold
  Belarus
Alexei Aidarov
Alexandr Syman
Oleg Ryzhenkov
Vadim Sashurin
2 15 December 2001   Pokljuka 4x7.5 km Relay   Austria
Daniel Mesotitsch
Wolfgang Perner
Christoph Sumann
Ludwig Gredler
  Belarus
Alexei Aidarov
Alexandr Syman
Oleg Ryzhenkov
Vadim Sashurin
  Norway
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Egil Gjelland
Dag Bjørndalen
Halvard Hanevold
5 18 January 2002   Ruhpolding 4x7.5 km Relay   Germany
Ricco Gross
Peter Sendel
Sven Fischer
Frank Luck
  Norway
Egil Gjelland
Stian Eckhoff
Frode Andresen
Halvard Hanevold
  Russia
Viktor Maigourov
Sergei Rusinov
Sergei Tchepikov
Pavel Rostovtsev
6 26 January 2002   Antholz-Anterselva 4x7.5 km Relay   Norway
Halvard Hanevold
Egil Gjelland
Frode Andresen
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
  France
Gilles Marguet
Ferréol Cannard
Raphael Poiree
Julien Robert
  Slovenia
Janez Ožbolt
Marko Dolenc
Tomaž Globočnik
Aleksander Grajf
OG 20 February 2002   Salt Lake City 4x7.5 km Relay   Norway
Halvard Hanevold
Frode Andresen
Egil Gjelland
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
  Germany
Ricco Gross
Peter Sendel
Sven Fischer
Frank Luck
  France
Gilles Marguet
Vincent Defrasne
Julien Robert
Raphael Poiree
8 16 March 2002   Lahti 4x7.5 km Relay   Germany
Ricco Gross
Michael Greis
Sven Fischer
Frank Luck
  Norway
Stian Eckhoff
Frode Andresen
Egil Gjelland
Halvard Hanevold
  Belarus
Alexei Aidarov
Rustam Valiullin
Alexandr Syman
Oleg Ryzhenkov

Women's team

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Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third
1 7 December 2001   Hochfilzen 4x7.5 km Relay   Germany
Uschi Disl
Katrin Apel
Martina Zellner
Martina Glagow
  Russia
Olga Pyleva
Galina Kukleva
Anna Bogaliy
Svetlana Ishmouratova
  Bulgaria
Pavlina Filipova
Irina Nikulchina
Ekaterina Dafovska
Iva Karagiozova
2 14 December 2001   Pokljuka 4x7.5 km Relay   Germany
Katrin Apel
Andrea Henkel
Janet Klein
Kati Wilhelm
  Norway
Liv Grete Poiree
Gro Marit Istad-Kristiansen
Linda Tjorhom
Gunn Margit Andreassen
  Ukraine
Olena Zubrilova
Olena Petrova
Nina Lemesh
Tetyana Vodopyanova
5 17 January 2002   Ruhpolding 4x7.5 km Relay   Germany
Katrin Apel
Uschi Disl
Martina Zellner
Kati Wilhelm
  Russia
Olga Pyleva
Galina Kukleva
Anna Bogaliy
Albina Akhatova
  Norway
Ann-Elen Skjelbreid
Linda Tjorhom
Gunn Margit Andreassen
Liv Grete Poiree
6 25 January 2002   Antholz-Anterselva 4x7.5 km Relay   France
Delphyne Heymann
Sylvie Becaert
Sandrine Bailly
Corinne Niogret
  Norway
Gunn Margit Andreassen
Ann-Elen Skjelbreid
Gro Marit Istad-Kristiansen
Linda Tjorhom
  Slovakia
Martina Jašicová
Anna Murínová
Tatiana Kutlíková
Soňa Mihoková
OG 18 February 2002   Salt Lake City 4x7.5 km Relay   Germany
Katrin Apel
Uschi Disl
Andrea Henkel
Kati Wilhelm
  Norway
Ann-Elen Skjelbreid
Linda Tjorhom
Gunn Margit Andreassen
Liv Grete Poiree
  Russia
Olga Pyleva
Galina Kukleva
Svetlana Ishmouratova
Albina Akhatova
8 15 March 2002   Lahti 4x7.5 km Relay   Germany
Katrin Apel
Martina Zellner
Martina Glagow
Katja Beer
  Russia
Svetlana Tchernousova
Irina Malgina
Svetlana Ishmouratova
Albina Akhatova
  France
Sylvie Becaert
Delphyne Heymann
Corinne Niogret
Sandrine Bailly

Standings: Men

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Overall

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Pos. Points
1.   Raphaël Poirée 805
2.   Pavel Rostovtsev 719
3.   Ole Einar Bjørndalen 692
4.   Sven Fischer 681
5.   Frode Andresen 664
  • Final standings after 24 races.

Standings: Women

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Overall

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Pos. Points
1.   Magdalena Forsberg 944
2.   Liv Grete Poirée 795
3.   Uschi Disl 739
4.   Olga Pyleva 726
5.   Katrin Apel 639
  • Final standings after 24 races.

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Germany18191451
2  Norway1315937
3  Sweden94518
4  France86519
5  Russia58821
6  Austria3025
7  Ukraine24410
8  Finland2136
9  Bulgaria0145
10  Belarus0134
11  Latvia0101
12  Slovenia0022
13  Slovakia0011
Totals (13 entries)606060180

Achievements

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First World Cup career victory
  •   Christoph Sumann (AUT), 25, in his 2nd season — the WC 3 Sprint in Brezno-Osrblie; it also was his first podium
  •   Katja Holanti (FIN), 27, in her 9th season — the WC 3 Sprint in Brezno-Osrblie; first podium was 2001–02 Individual in Brezno-Osrblie
  •   Daniel Mesotitsch (AUT), 25, in his 3rd season — the WC 6 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva; it also was his first podium
  •   Olga Pyleva (RUS), 26, in her 3rd season — the Olympic Pursuit in Salt Lake City; first podium was 1999–2000 Sprint in Ruhpolding
  •   Katrin Apel (GER), 28, in her 7th season — the WC 8 Sprint in Lahti; first podium was 1995–96 Individual in Pokljuka
First World Cup podium
  •   Vincent Defrasne (FRA), 24, in his 4th season — no. 3 in the WC 2 Individual in Pokljuka
  •   Katja Holanti (FIN), 27, in her 9th season — no. 3 in the WC 3 Individual in Brezno-Osrblie
  •   Alexander Wolf (GER), 23, in his 4th season — no. 2 in the WC 3 Mass Start in Brezno-Osrblie
  •   Michael Greis (GER), 25, in his 2nd season — no. 2 in the WC 5 Sprint in Ruhpolding
  •   Mikhail Kochkin (RUS), 22, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 6 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva
  •   Linda Tjørhom (NOR), 22, in her 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 6 Pursuit in Antholz-Anterselva
  •   Katja Beer (GER), 25, in her 7th season — no. 3 in the WC 8 Pursuit in Lahti
  •   Olga Nazarova (BLR), 24, in her 3rd season — no. 3 in the World Championships Mass Start in Holmenkollen
Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses)

Retirements

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Following notable biathletes announced their retirement during or after the 2001–02 season:

References

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  1. ^ a b "Event Schedule". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
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