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 twenty-fifth season of the Biathlon World Cup.

Calendar

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	11–20 February	●	●	●		●	Winter Olympics
Östersund	9–10 March		●	●			details
Lahti	14–17 March		●	●		●	details
Holmenkollen	21–23 March		●	●			details
Holmenkollen	24 March				●		World Championships
Total		4	8	9	3	6

Standings: Men

Overall

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.

Individual Pos. Points 1. Frank Luck 128 2. Ole Einar Bjørndalen 108 3. Pavel Rostovtsev 100 4. Sergei Tchepikov 92 5. Raphaël Poirée 88 Final standings after 4 races.

Sprint Pos. Points 1. Sven Fischer 291 2. Frode Andresen 255 3. Raphaël Poirée 233 4. Pavel Rostovtsev 231 5. Ole Einar Bjørndalen 219 Final standings after 8 races.

Pursuit Pos. Points 1. Raphaël Poirée 362 2. Pavel Rostovtsev 324 3. Ole Einar Bjørndalen 315 4. Frode Andresen 259 5. Sven Fischer 254 Final standings after 9 races.

Mass start Pos. Points 1. Viktor Maigourov 109 2. Raphaël Poirée 100 3. Sven Fischer 88 4. Vesa Hietalahti 81 5. Ricco Groß 73 Final standings after 3 races.

Relay Pos. Points 1. Norway 238 2. Germany 230 3. Belarus 202 4. France 197 5. Austria 193 Final standings after 6 races.

Nation Pos. Points 1. Germany 4095 2. Norway 3969 3. Russia 3852 4. Austria 3551 5. France 3422 Final standings after 18 races.

Standings: Women

Overall

Pos.		Points
1.	Magdalena Forsberg	944
2.	Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée	795
3.	Uschi Disl	739
4.	Olga Pyleva	726
5.	Katrin Apel	639

• Final standings after 24 races.

Individual Pos. Points 1. Magdalena Forsberg 143 2. Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée 133 3. Olga Pyleva 120 4. Andrea Henkel 117 5. Gunn Margit Andreassen 100 Final standings after 4 races.

Sprint Pos. Points 1. Magdalena Forsberg 302 2. Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée 262 3. Uschi Disl 260 4. Katrin Apel 245 5. Olga Pyleva 217 Final standings after 8 races.

Pursuit Pos. Points 1. Magdalena Forsberg 376 2. Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée 327 3. Uschi Disl 277 4. Katrin Apel 268 5. Olga Pyleva 267 Final standings after 9 races.

Mass start Pos. Points 1. Magdalena Forsberg 123 2. Olga Pyleva 122 3. Olena Zubrilova 114 4. Uschi Disl 108 5. Svetlana Ishmouratova 80 Final standings after 3 races.

Relay Pos. Points 1. Germany 250 2. Norway 221 3. Russia 221 4. France 207 5. Bulgaria 181 Final standings after 6 races.

Nation Pos. Points 1. Germany 4099 2. Russia 3895 3. Norway 3623 4. France 3571 5. Ukraine 3381 Final standings after 18 races.

Achievements

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)

•  Magdalena Forsberg (SWE), 9 (42) first places
•  Raphaël Poirée (FRA), 7 (21) first places
•  Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée (NOR), 6 (13) first places
•  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR), 5 (27) first places
•  Pavel Rostovtsev (RUS), 4 (7) first places
•  Sven Fischer (GER), 3 (22) first places
•  Katrin Apel (GER), 3 (3) first places
•  Olena Zubrilova (UKR), 2 (17) first places
•  Frank Luck (GER), 2 (11) first places
•  Vesa Hietalahti (FIN), 1 (3) first place
•  Andrea Henkel (GER), 1 (3) first place
•  Kati Wilhelm (GER), 1 (3) first place
•  Christoph Sumann (AUT), 1 (1) first place
•  Katja Holanti (FIN), 1 (1) first place
•  Daniel Mesotitsch (AUT), 1 (1) first place
•  Olga Pyleva (RUS), 1 (1) first place

Retirements

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

External links

• IBU official site

References