1992–93 Biathlon World Cup

The 1992–93 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne. The season started on 17 December 1992 in Pokljuka, Slovenia, and ended on 21 March 1993 in Kontiolahti, Finland. It was the sixteenth season of the Biathlon World Cup.

1992–93 World Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Mikael Löfgren	Anfisa Reztsova
Nations Cup	Germany	France
Individual	Mikael Löfgren	Anfisa Reztsova
Sprint	Sven Fischer	Anfisa Reztsova
Competition

Calendar

Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 1992–93 season.[1]

Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay
Pokljuka	17–19 December	●	●			●
Oberhof	15–17 January	●	●			●
Antholz	21–24 January	●	●			●
Borovec	9–14 February	●	●			●
Lillehammer	4–7 March	●	●			●
Östersund	11–14 March	●	●			●
Kontiolahti	18–21 March	●	●			●
Total		6	6	0	0	6

• Results from the World Championships 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	17 December 1992	Pokljuka	20 km Individual	Patrice Bailly-Salins	Mark Kirchner	Jens Steinigen	Patrice Bailly-Salins	Detail
1	19 December 1992	Pokljuka	10 km Sprint	Mark Kirchner	Jon Åge Tyldum	Oleg Ryzhenkov	Mark Kirchner	Detail
2	15 January 1993	Oberhof	20 km Individual	Andreas Zingerle	Valeriy Medvedtsev	Alfred Eder		Detail
2	16 January 1993	Oberhof	10 km Sprint	Johann Passler	Ulf Johansson	Gilles Marguet	Mikael Löfgren	Detail
3	21 January 1993	Antholz-Anterselva	20 km Individual	Ulf Johansson	Fredrik Kuoppa	Elmar Mutschlechner		Detail
3	23 January 1993	Antholz-Anterselva	10 km Sprint	Pieralberto Carrara	Mikael Löfgren	Ricco Groß		Detail
4	4 March 1993	Lillehammer	20 km Individual	Wilfried Pallhuber	Ricco Groß	Andreas Zingerle		Detail
4	6 March 1993	Lillehammer	10 km Sprint	Frank Luck	Sven Fischer	Ludwig Gredler		Detail
5	11 March 1993	Östersund	20 km Individual	Mark Kirchner	Mikael Löfgren	Jaakko Niemi		Detail
5	13 March 1993	Östersund	10 km Sprint	Jon Åge Tyldum	Alexandr Popov	Sven Fischer		Detail
6	18 March 1993	Kontiolahti	20 km Individual	Ludwig Gredler	Patrice Bailly-Salins	Johann Passler		Detail
6	20 March 1993	Kontiolahti	10 km Sprint	Sven Fischer	Patrice Bailly-Salins	Jens Steinigen		Detail

Women

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib (After competition)	Det.
1	17 December 1992	Pokljuka	15 km Individual	Anne Briand	Eva Háková	Corinne Niogret	Anne Briand	Detail
1	19 December 1992	Pokljuka	7.5 km Sprint	Petra Schaaf	Svetlana Paramygina	Anne Briand		Detail
2	15 January 1993	Oberhof	15 km Individual	Anfisa Reztsova	Corinne Niogret	Eva Háková		Detail
2	16 January 1993	Oberhof	7.5 km Sprint	Anfisa Reztsova	Uschi Disl	Anne Briand		Detail
3	21 January 1993	Antholz-Anterselva	15 km Individual	Iva Shkodreva	Myriam Bédard	Nathalie Santer		Detail
3	23 January 1993	Antholz-Anterselva	7.5 km Sprint	Antje Misersky	Nadiya Billova	Anfisa Reztsova		Detail
4	4 March 1993	Lillehammer	15 km Individual	Anfisa Reztsova	Nathalie Santer	Myriam Bédard	Anfisa Reztsova	Detail
4	6 March 1993	Lillehammer	7.5 km Sprint	Anfisa Reztsova	Svetlana Paramygina	Antje Misersky		Detail
5	11 March 1993	Östersund	15 km Individual	Martina Jašicová	Nathalie Santer	Iva Shkodreva		Detail
5	13 March 1993	Östersund	7.5 km Sprint	Anfisa Reztsova	Myriam Bédard	Nathalie Santer		Detail
6	18 March 1993	Kontiolahti	15 km Individual	Antje Misersky	Anfisa Reztsova	Véronique Claudel		Detail
6	20 March 1993	Kontiolahti	7.5 km Sprint	Anfisa Reztsova	Elena Belova	Delphyne Burlet		Detail

Men's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
1	20 December 1992	Pokljuka	4x7.5 km Relay	Austria Bruno Hofstätter Ludwig Gredler Wolfgang Perner Franz Schuler	Russia Valeriy Medvedtsev Valeri Kiriyenko Alexei Kobelev Sergei Tchepikov	Norway Eirik Kvalfoss Jon Age Tyldum Jo Severin Matberg Frode Loberg
2	17 January 1993	Oberhof	4x7.5 km Relay	Italy Andreas Zingerle Johann Passler Pieralberto Carrara Wilfried Pallhuber	Russia Sergei Tchepikov Sergei Tarasov Alexei Kobelev Valeri Kiriyenko	Germany Ricco Gross Frank Luck Mark Kirchner Fritz Fischer
3	24 January 1993	Antholz	4x7.5 km Relay	Sweden Ulf Johansson Tord Wiksten Leif Andersson Mikael Löfgren	Norway Eirik Kvalfoss Jon Age Tyldum Ilvar Ulekleiv Frode Loberg	Germany Ricco Gross Frank Luck Mark Kirchner Jens Steinigen
4	7 March 1993	Lillehammer	4x7.5 km Relay	Sweden Mikael Löfgren Anders Mannelqvist Fredrik Kuoppa Ulf Johansson	Germany Ricco Gross Frank Luck Mark Kirchner Sven Fischer	France Lionel Laurent Patrice Bailly-Salins Thierry Dusserre Hervé Flandin
5	14 March 1993	Östersund	4x7.5 km Relay	Germany Ricco Gross Jens Steinigen Mark Kirchner Sven Fischer	Belarus Viktor Maigourov Igor Khokhriakov Oleg Ryzhenkov Alexander Popov	Italy Hubert Leitgeb Wilfried Pallhuber Edmund Zitturi Elmar Mutschlechner
6	21 March 1993	Kontiolahti	4x7.5 km Relay	Russia Valeriy Medvedtsev Valeri Kiriyenko Alexei Kobelev Sergei Tchepikov	Germany Jens Steinigen Ricco Gross Sven Fischer Frank Luck	France Gilles Marguet Patrice Bailly-Salins Christian Dumont Hervé Flandin

Women's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
1	20 December 1992	Pokljuka	4x6 km Relay	Germany Uschi Disl Antje Misersky Inga Schneider Petra Schaaf	France Corinne Niogret Veronique Claudel Delphyne Burlet Anne Briand	Czechoslovakia Gabriela Suvová Eva Háková Jana Kulhavá Jiřina Adamičková
2	17 January 1993	Oberhof	4x6 km Sprint	Russia Olga Simushina Svetlana Panyutina Elena Belova Anfisa Reztsova	France Corinne Niogret Veronique Claudel Delphyne Burlet Anne Briand	Czech Republic Jana Kulhavá Petra Nosková Iveta Knížková Helena Garabíková
4	7 March 1993	Lillehammer	4x6 km Relay	France Corinne Niogret Veronique Claudel Delphyne Burlet Anne Briand	Russia Olga Simushina Elena Belova Tamara Volkova Anfisa Reztsova	Norway Signe Trosten Annette Sikveland Gunn Margit Andreassen Hildegunn Fossen
5	14 March 1993	Östersund	4x6 km Relay	Norway Elin Kristiansen Annette Sikveland Signe Trosten Hildegunn Fossen	France Corinne Niogret Veronique Claudel Delphyne Burlet Anne Briand	Czech Republic Jana Kulhavá Jiřina Adamičková Iveta Knížková Eva Háková
6	21 March 1993	Kontiolahti	4x6 km Relay	Norway Elin Kristiansen Annette Sikveland Signe Trosten Hildegunn Fossen	Russia Olga Simushina Elena Belova Nadezhda Talanova Anfisa Reztsova	Czech Republic Jana Kulhavá Jiřina Adamičková Irena Novotná Eva Háková

Standings: Men

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Overall

Pos.		Points
	Mikael Löfgren	168
2.	Mark Kirchner	151
3.	Pieralberto Carrara	147
4.	Patrice Bailly-Salins	146
5.	Johann Passler	139

• Final standings after 12 races.

Individual Pos. Points    Mikael Löfgren 85 2. Andreas Zingerle 76 3. Wilfried Pallhuber 75 4. Johann Passler 70 5. Sergei Tchepikov 70 Final standings after 6 races.

Sprint Pos. Points    Sven Fischer 101 2. Mark Kirchner 88 3. Ludwig Gredler 86 4. Mikael Löfgren 83 5. Pieralberto Carrara 80 Final standings after 6 races.

Nation Pos. Points 1.  Germany 5966 2.  Italy 5342 3.  Russia 5223 4.  Sweden 5220 5.  France 4879 Final standings after 18 races.

Standings: Women

Overall

Pos.		Points
	Anfisa Reztsova	225
2.	Myriam Bédard	183
3.	Anne Briand	163
4.	Nathalie Santer	160
5.	Petra Schaaf	149

• Final standings after 12 races.

Individual Pos. Points    Anfisa Reztsova 105 2. Nathalie Santer 97 3. Myriam Bédard 93 4. Corinne Niogret 88 5. Anne Briand 79 Final standings after 6 races.

Sprint Pos. Points    Anfisa Reztsova 120 2. Myriam Bédard 90 3. Anne Briand 84 4. Delphyne Burlet 82 5. Antje Misersky 81 Final standings after 6 races.

Nation Pos. Points 1.  France 5421 2.  Russia 5392 3.  Czech Republic 5345 4.  Germany 5117 5.  Norway 5103 Final standings after 18 races.

Achievements

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

Men  Mark Kirchner (GER), 2 (6) first places  Andreas Zingerle (ITA), 1 (3) first place  Johann Passler (ITA), 1 (3) first place  Frank Luck (GER), 1 (3) first place  Patrice Bailly-Salins (FRA), 1 (2) first place  Pieralberto Carrara (ITA), 1 (2) first place  Wilfried Pallhuber (ITA), 1 (2) first place  Ulf Johansson (SWE), 1 (1) first place  Jon Åge Tyldum (NOR), 1 (1) first place  Ludwig Gredler (AUT), 1 (1) first place  Sven Fischer (GER), 1 (1) first place

Women  Anfisa Reztsova (RUS), 6 (10) first places  Antje Misersky (GER), 2 (4) first places  Iva Shkodreva (BUL), 1 (3) first place  Anne Briand (FRA), 1 (1) first place  Petra Schaaf (GER), 1 (1) first place  Martina Jašicová (SVK), 1 (1) first place

Retirements

Following notable biathletes retired during or after the 1992–93 season:

•  Thierry Gerbier (FRA)
•  Fritz Fischer (GER)
•  Frode Loberg (NOR)
•  Geir Einang (NOR)
•  Gisle Fenne (NOR)

•  Seija Hyytiäinen (FIN)
•  Inga Kesper (GER)
•  Siri Grundnes (NOR)

External links

• IBU official site

References

1. Gregor, Jakub. "Schedule". biathlonresults.com. IBU. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
2. Gregor, Jakub. "Standings". biathlon.life. Biathlon Life. Retrieved 18 November 2018.