2018–19 Biathlon World Cup

The 2018–19 Biathlon World Cup (BWC) was a multi-race series over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 2 December 2018 in Pokljuka, Slovenia and ended on 24 March 2019 in Oslo Holmenkollen, Norway. The defending overall champions from the 2017–18 Biathlon World Cup were Martin Fourcade of France and Kaisa Mäkäräinen of Finland.

2018–19 Biathlon World Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Dorothea Wierer
Nations Cup	Norway	Norway
Individual	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Lisa Vittozzi
Sprint	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Anastasiya Kuzmina
Pursuit	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Dorothea Wierer
Mass start	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Hanna Öberg
Relay	Norway	Norway
Mixed	Norway
Competition

Calendar

Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2018–19 season.[1]

Stage	Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay	Single mixed relay	Details
1	Pokljuka	2–9 December	●	●	●			●	●	details
2	Hochfilzen	13–16 December		●	●		●			details
3	Nové Město	20–23 December		●	●	●				details
4	Oberhof	10–13 January		●	●		●			details
5	Ruhpolding	17–20 January		●		●	●			details
6	Antholz-Anterselva	24–27 January		●	●	●				details
7	Canmore	7–10 February	●*				●			details
8	Salt Lake City	14–17 February		●	●			●	●	details
WC	Östersund	7–17 March	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	World Championships
9	Oslo Holmenkollen	21–24 March		●	●	●				details
Total: 68 (31 men's, 31 women's, 6 mixed)			3	10	8	5	5	3	3

• The Individuals in Canmore were shortened because of freezing temperatures.

World Cup podiums

Men

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib (After competition)	Det.
1	6 December 2018	Pokljuka	20 km Individual	Martin Fourcade	Johannes Kühn	Simon Eder	Martin Fourcade	Detail
1	7 December 2018	Pokljuka	10 km Sprint	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Antonin Guigonnat	Alexander Loginov	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Detail
1	9 December 2018	Pokljuka	12.5 km Pursuit	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Quentin Fillon Maillet	Alexander Loginov		Detail
2	14 December 2018	Hochfilzen	10 km Sprint	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Martin Fourcade	Benedikt Doll		Detail
2	15 December 2018	Hochfilzen	12.5 km Pursuit	Martin Fourcade	Arnd Peiffer	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen		Detail
3	20 December 2018	Nové Město	10 km Sprint	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Alexander Loginov	Martin Ponsiluoma		Detail
3	22 December 2018	Nové Město	12.5 km Pursuit	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Alexander Loginov	Tarjei Bø		Detail
3	23 December 2018	Nové Město	15 km Mass Start	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Quentin Fillon Maillet	Evgeniy Garanichev		Detail
4	11 January 2019	Oberhof	10 km Sprint	Alexander Loginov	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Sebastian Samuelsson		Detail
4	12 January 2019	Oberhof	12.5 km Pursuit	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Arnd Peiffer	Lukas Hofer		Detail
5	17 January 2019	Ruhpolding	10 km Sprint	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Tarjei Bø	Benedikt Doll		Detail
5	20 January 2019	Ruhpolding	15 km Mass Start	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Julian Eberhard	Quentin Fillon Maillet		Detail
6	25 January 2019	Antholz-Anterselva	10 km Sprint	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Erlend Bjøntegaard	Antonin Guigonnat		Detail
6	26 January 2019	Antholz-Anterselva	12.5 km Pursuit	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Antonin Guigonnat	Quentin Fillon Maillet		Detail
6	27 January 2019	Antholz-Anterselva	15 km Mass Start	Quentin Fillon Maillet	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Arnd Peiffer		Detail
7	7 February 2019	Canmore	15 km Individual	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	Alexander Loginov		Detail
8	15 February 2019	Salt Lake City	10 km Sprint	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	Simon Desthieux	Roman Rees		Detail
8	16 February 2019	Salt Lake City	12.5 km Pursuit	Quentin Fillon Maillet	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	Simon Desthieux		Detail
WC	9 March 2019	Östersund	10 km Sprint	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Alexander Loginov	Quentin Fillon Maillet		Detail
WC	10 March 2019	Östersund	12.5 km Pursuit	Dmytro Pidruchnyi	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Quentin Fillon Maillet		Detail
WC	13 March 2019	Östersund	20 km Individual	Arnd Peiffer	Vladimir Iliev	Tarjei Bø		Detail
WC	17 March 2019	Östersund	15 km Mass Start	Dominik Windisch	Antonin Guigonnat	Julian Eberhard		Detail
9	22 March 2019	Oslo Holmenkollen	10 km Sprint	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Lukas Hofer	Quentin Fillon Maillet		Detail
9	23 March 2019	Oslo Holmenkollen	12.5 km Pursuit	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Tarjei Bø	Arnd Peiffer		Detail
9	24 March 2019	Oslo Holmenkollen	15 km Mass Start	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Arnd Peiffer	Benedikt Doll		Detail

Women

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib (After competition)	Det.
1	6 December 2018	Pokljuka	15 km Individual	Yuliia Dzhima	Monika Hojnisz	Markéta Davidová	Yuliia Dzhima	Detail
1	8 December 2018	Pokljuka	7.5 km Sprint	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Dorothea Wierer	Justine Braisaz	Dorothea Wierer	Detail
1	9 December 2018	Pokljuka	10 km Pursuit	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Dorothea Wierer	Paulína Fialková		Detail
2	13 December 2018	Hochfilzen	7.5 km Sprint	Dorothea Wierer	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Ekaterina Yurlova-Percht		Detail
2	15 December 2018	Hochfilzen	10 km Pursuit	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Paulína Fialková	Dorothea Wierer		Detail
3	21 December 2018	Nové Město	7.5 km Sprint	Marte Olsbu Røiseland	Laura Dahlmeier	Paulína Fialková		Detail
3	22 December 2018	Nové Město	10 km Pursuit	Marte Olsbu Røiseland	Dorothea Wierer	Hanna Öberg		Detail
3	23 December 2018	Nové Město	12.5 km Mass Start	Anastasiya Kuzmina	Paulína Fialková	Anaïs Chevalier		Detail
4	10 January 2019	Oberhof	7.5 km Sprint	Lisa Vittozzi	Anaïs Chevalier	Hanna Öberg		Detail
4	12 January 2019	Oberhof	10 km Pursuit	Lisa Vittozzi	Anastasiya Kuzmina	Anaïs Chevalier		Detail
5	17 January 2019	Ruhpolding	7.5 km Sprint	Anastasiya Kuzmina	Lisa Vittozzi	Hanna Öberg		Detail
5	20 January 2019	Ruhpolding	12.5 km Mass Start	Franziska Preuß	Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold	Paulína Fialková		Detail
6	24 January 2019	Antholz-Anterselva	7.5 km Sprint	Markéta Davidová	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Marte Olsbu Røiseland		Detail
6	26 January 2019	Antholz-Anterselva	10 km Pursuit	Dorothea Wierer	Laura Dahlmeier	Lisa Vittozzi		Detail
6	27 January 2019	Antholz-Anterselva	12.5 km Mass Start	Laura Dahlmeier	Markéta Davidová	Vanessa Hinz		Detail
7	7 February 2019	Canmore	12.5 km Individual	Tiril Eckhoff	Markéta Davidová	Lisa Vittozzi		Detail
8	14 February 2019	Salt Lake City	7.5 km Sprint	Marte Olsbu Røiseland	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Franziska Hildebrand		Detail
8	16 February 2019	Salt Lake City	10 km Pursuit	Denise Herrmann	Franziska Hildebrand	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Lisa Vittozzi	Detail
WC	8 March 2019	Östersund	7.5 km Sprint	Anastasiya Kuzmina	Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold	Laura Dahlmeier	Dorothea Wierer	Detail
WC	10 March 2019	Östersund	10 km Pursuit	Denise Herrmann	Tiril Eckhoff	Laura Dahlmeier	Lisa Vittozzi	Detail
WC	12 March 2019	Östersund	15 km Individual	Hanna Öberg	Lisa Vittozzi	Justine Braisaz		Detail
WC	17 March 2019	Östersund	12.5 km Mass Start	Dorothea Wierer	Ekaterina Yurlova-Percht	Denise Herrmann	Dorothea Wierer	Detail
9	21 March 2019	Oslo Holmenkollen	7.5 km Sprint	Anastasiya Kuzmina	Franziska Preuß	Paulína Fialková		Detail
9	23 March 2019	Oslo Holmenkollen	10 km Pursuit	Anastasiya Kuzmina	Denise Herrmann	Hanna Öberg		Detail
9	24 March 2019	Oslo Holmenkollen	12.5 km Mass Start	Hanna Öberg	Tiril Eckhoff	Clare Egan		Detail

Men's team

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Det.
2	16 December 2018	Hochfilzen	4x7.5 km Relay	Sweden Peppe Femling Martin Ponsiluoma Torstein Stenersen Sebastian Samuelsson	Norway Lars Helge Birkeland Henrik L'Abée-Lund Tarjei Bø Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	Germany Simon Schempp Johannes Kühn Arnd Peiffer Benedikt Doll	Detail
4	13 January 2019	Oberhof	4x7.5 km Relay	Russia Maxim Tsvetkov Evgeniy Garanichev Dmitry Malyshko Alexander Loginov	France Antonin Guigonnat Simon Desthieux Quentin Fillon Maillet Martin Fourcade	Austria Tobias Eberhard Simon Eder Dominik Landertinger Julian Eberhard	Detail
5	18 January 2019	Ruhpolding	4x7.5 km Relay	Norway Lars Helge Birkeland Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Tarjei Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø	Germany Roman Rees Johannes Kühn Arnd Peiffer Benedikt Doll	France Émilien Jacquelin Martin Fourcade Quentin Fillon Maillet Simon Desthieux	Detail
7	8 February 2019	Canmore	4x7.5 km Relay	Norway Lars Helge Birkeland Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Erlend Bjøntegaard Johannes Thingnes Bø	France Antonin Guigonnat Émilien Jacquelin Simon Fourcade Quentin Fillon Maillet	Russia Evgeniy Garanichev Eduard Latypov Alexander Loginov Alexander Povarnitsyn	Detail
WC	16 March 2019	Östersund	4x7.5 km Relay	Norway Lars Helge Birkeland Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Tarjei Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø	Germany Erik Lesser Roman Rees Arnd Peiffer Benedikt Doll	Russia Matvey Eliseev Nikita Porshnev Dmitry Malyshko Alexander Loginov	Detail

Women's team

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Det.
2	16 December 2018	Hochfilzen	4x6 km Relay	Italy Lisa Vittozzi Alexia Runggaldier Dorothea Wierer Federica Sanfilippo	Sweden Linn Persson Mona Brorsson Emma Nilsson Hanna Öberg	France Anaïs Chevalier Julia Simon Célia Aymonier Anaïs Bescond	Detail
4	13 January 2019	Oberhof	4x6 km Relay	Russia Evgeniya Pavlova Margarita Vasileva Larisa Kuklina Ekaterina Yurlova-Percht	Germany Karolin Horchler Franziska Hildebrand Franziska Preuß Denise Herrmann	Czech Republic Lucie Charvátová Veronika Vítková Markéta Davidová Eva Puskarčíková	Detail
5	19 January 2019	Ruhpolding	4x6 km Relay	France Julia Simon Anaïs Bescond Justine Braisaz Anaïs Chevalier	Norway Synnøve Solemdal Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Tiril Eckhoff Marte Olsbu Røiseland	Germany Vanessa Hinz Laura Dahlmeier Franziska Preuß Denise Herrmann	Detail
7	8 February 2019	Canmore	4x6 km Relay	Germany Vanessa Hinz Franziska Hildebrand Denise Herrmann Laura Dahlmeier	Norway Emilie Ågheim Kalkenberg Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Tiril Eckhoff Marte Olsbu Røiseland	France Anaïs Chevalier Justine Braisaz Anaïs Bescond Julia Simon	Detail
WC	16 March 2019	Östersund	4x6 km Relay	Norway Synnøve Solemdal Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Tiril Eckhoff Marte Olsbu Røiseland	Sweden Linn Persson Mona Brorsson Anna Magnusson Hanna Öberg	Ukraine Anastasiya Merkushyna Vita Semerenko Yuliia Dzhima Valentyna Semerenko	Detail

Mixed

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Det.
1	2 December 2018	Pokljuka	1x6 km + 1x7.5 km Single Mixed Relay	Norway Thekla Brun-Lie Lars Helge Birkeland	Austria Lisa Theresa Hauser Simon Eder	Ukraine Anastasiya Merkushyna Artem Tyshchenko	Detail
1	2 December 2018	Pokljuka	2x6 km + 2x7.5 km Mixed Relay	France Anaïs Bescond Justine Braisaz Martin Fourcade Simon Desthieux	Switzerland Elisa Gasparin Lena Häcki Benjamin Weger Jeremy Finello	Italy Lisa Vittozzi Dorothea Wierer Dominik Windisch Lukas Hofer	Detail
8	17 February 2019	Salt Lake City	1x6 km + 1x7.5 km Single Mixed Relay	Italy Lukas Hofer Dorothea Wierer	Austria Simon Eder Lisa Theresa Hauser	France Antonin Guigonnat Julia Simon	Detail
8	17 February 2019	Salt Lake City	2x7.5 km + 2x6 km Mixed Relay	France Quentin Fillon Maillet Simon Desthieux Célia Aymonier Anaïs Chevalier	Germany Erik Lesser Benedikt Doll Franziska Hildebrand Vanessa Hinz	Norway Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Johannes Thingnes Bø Tiril Eckhoff Marte Olsbu Røiseland	Detail
WC	7 March 2019	Östersund	2x6 km + 2x7.5 km Mixed Relay	Norway Marte Olsbu Røiseland Tiril Eckhoff Johannes Thingnes Bø Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	Germany Vanessa Hinz Denise Herrmann Arnd Peiffer Benedikt Doll	Italy Lisa Vittozzi Dorothea Wierer Lukas Hofer Dominik Windisch	Detail
WC	14 March 2019	Östersund	1x6 km + 1x7.5 km Single Mixed Relay	Norway Marte Olsbu Røiseland Johannes Thingnes Bø	Italy Dorothea Wierer Lukas Hofer	Sweden Hanna Öberg Sebastian Samuelsson	Detail

Standings (men)

Overall

Pos.		Points
	Johannes Thingnes Bø	1262
2.	Alexander Loginov	854
3.	Quentin Fillon Maillet	843
4.	Simon Desthieux	831
5.	Arnd Peiffer	802

• Final standings after 25 races.

Individual Pos. Points    Johannes Thingnes Bø 128 2. Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen 118 3. Lars Helge Birkeland 97 4. Arnd Peiffer 88 5. Alexander Loginov 87 Final standings after 3 races.

Sprint Pos. Points    Johannes Thingnes Bø 514 2. Alexander Loginov 350 3. Simon Desthieux 338 4. Benedikt Doll 305 5. Antonin Guigonnat 271 Final standings after 9 races.

Pursuit Pos. Points    Johannes Thingnes Bø 386 2. Quentin Fillon Maillet 315 3. Alexander Loginov 305 4. Simon Desthieux 271 5. Tarjei Bø 266 Final standings after 8 races.

Mass start Pos. Points    Johannes Thingnes Bø 262 2. Arnd Peiffer 219 3. Quentin Fillon Maillet 218 4. Julian Eberhard 196 5. Benedikt Doll 167 Final standings after 5 races.

Relay Pos. Points     Norway 270 2.  Russia 236 3.  Germany 233 4.  France 226 5.  Austria 208 Final standings after 5 races.

Nation Pos. Points     Norway 8147 2.  France 7598 3.  Germany 7447 4.  Russia 6975 5.  Austria 6789 Final standings after 23 races.

Results Overview

Pos.	Biathlete	Pokljuka			Hochfilzen		Nové Město			Oberhof		Ruh­polding		Antholz			Canmore		Midway		Östersund				Oslo			Points
In	Sp	Pu	Sp	Pu	Sp	Pu	Ms	Sp	Pu	Sp	Ms	Sp	Pu	Ms	In	Sp	Sp	Pu	Sp	Pu	In	Ms	Sp	Pu	Ms
01	Johannes Thingnes Bø	007	001	001	001	009	001	001	001	002	001	001	001	001	001	002	001	–	005	004	001	002	009	013	001	001	001	1262
02	Alexander Loginov	029	003	003	008	007	002	002	015	001	005	005	017	026	007	020	003	–	028	007	002	014	014	004	009	013	018	0854
03	Quentin Fillon Maillet	032	011	002	039	020	012	007	002	028	022	018	003	007	003	001	025	–	006	001	003	003	012	005	003	012	023	0843
04	Simon Desthieux	022	007	015	007	011	005	004	007	009	006	015	006	006	004	018	011	–	002	003	005	032	006	011	007	008	007	0831
05	Arnd Peiffer	052	030	025	005	002	017	016	004	005	002	022	007	009	006	003	013	–	–	–	009	013	001	006	008	003	002	0802
06	Tarjei Bø	035	004	006	028	012	008	003	016	008	013	002	010	016	015	024	–	–	–	–	013	004	003	009	005	002	010	0724
07	Benedikt Doll	058	005	018	003	017	011	019	006	004	007	003	021	058	046	014	051	–	013	009	011	012	010	008	006	007	003	0705
08	Simon Eder	003	009	004	014	014	013	008	014	011	009	008	009	005	008	010	006	–	037	013	015	010	DNF	007	041	029	014	0701
09	Julian Eberhard	037	015	005	006	004	006	025	020	006	008	019	002	012	014	011	026	–	046	027	016	019	041	003	004	016	004	0695
10	Lukas Hofer	027	019	008	012	005	039	017	018	010	003	006	022	008	009	015	021	–	007	012	052	042	005	017	002	006	006	0694
11	Antonin Guigonnat	008	002	010	004	016	007	015	024	029	011	037	026	003	002	005	031	–	009	017	020	007	–	002	020	014	029	0686
12	Martin Fourcade	001	024	DNF	002	001	043	005	009	007	004	004	004	004	005	004	–	–	–	–	006	005	039	024	–	–	–	0648
13	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	011	078	–	010	003	032	020	021	043	032	012	005	053	029	012	002	–	001	002	031	023	008	012	012	005	005	0646
14	Benjamin Weger	046	012	009	011	006	004	022	012	029	012	011	008	035	013	006	037	–	008	006	010	008	044	018	061	–	028	0567
15	Evgeniy Garanichev	036	022	024	050	039	030	013	003	021	010	029	016	021	020	007	014	–	015	DNS	019	009	007	016	028	017	026	0510
16	Erlend Bjøntegaard	038	021	012	063	–	010	009	005	032	025	048	023	002	017	022	016	–	027	023	007	015	064	022	015	018	020	0499
17	Dominik Windisch	045	035	020	034	018	077	–	–	019	046	068	–	010	011	013	005	–	011	024	027	017	029	001	013	027	016	0432
18	Dmytro Pidruchnyi	–	058	040	032	026	019	006	017	025	021	020	029	019	032	026	DNS	–	033	014	004	001	–	010	029	030	019	0425
19	Henrik L'Abée-Lund	060	008	007	038	037	009	023	013	018	014	027	027	037	022	017	052	–	021	020	–	–	–	–	014	010	008	0407
20	Andrejs Rastorgujevs	–	016	032	036	DNS	–	–	–	023	026	013	020	017	023	016	023	–	029	019	014	006	013	025	049	021	011	0395
21	Michal Krčmář	015	010	017	020	024	020	032	010	035	050	025	018	013	012	023	049	–	026	035	044	025	023	028	026	044	022	0392
22	Sebastian Samuelsson	009	014	019	013	035	052	010	029	003	039	010	028	DNS	–	028	–	–	–	–	029	016	004	026	022	028	021	0385
23	Erik Lesser	023	044	054	017	023	–	–	–	017	DNS	–	–	031	021	–	008	–	004	005	008	011	011	027	016	024	030	0377
24	Émilien Jacquelin	028	036	016	024	027	045	056	–	024	015	009	019	025	016	009	028	–	035	030	024	029	–	–	019	026	025	0352
25	Sean Doherty	059	026	039	049	031	051	027	–	022	018	023	013	055	047	–	027	–	014	010	022	020	017	021	032	011	027	0332
26	Jakov Fak	004	039	022	009	013	016	024	011	–	–	061	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	017	026	042	014	023	019	015	0328
27	Felix Leitner	017	029	021	035	030	064	–	–	012	019	083	–	028	048	–	039	–	022	021	036	022	030	019	010	004	024	0323
28	Johannes Kühn	002	048	047	023	025	022	030	025	039	031	007	030	049	028	021	036	–	018	033	023	024	–	–	030	032	–	0304
29	Matvey Eliseev	020	027	029	019	029	018	011	030	020	029	017	024	039	053	029	–	–	–	–	051	035	–	–	018	009	017	0298
30	Ondřej Moravec	030	020	023	057	028	023	018	008	013	017	031	015	032	DNS	025	–	–	–	–	092	–	037	–	037	020	–	0276
31	Lars Helge Birkeland	010	025	035	–	–	–	–	–	045	028	021	014	015	010	008	004	–	–	–	–	–	018	–	039	042	–	0272
32	Christian Gow	016	017	014	DNS	–	020	021	028	033	027	056	011	061	–	027	010	–	044	008	084	–	DNF	–	087	–	–	0248
33	Philipp Nawrath	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	030	–	029	041	–	017	–	012	022	012	021	–	015	011	037	009	0236
34	Dominik Landertinger	033	057	DNS	016	019	061	–	–	014	023	016	025	063	–	–	019	–	–	–	021	034	048	–	044	DNS	–	0186
35	Artem Pryma	021	013	011	026	046	034	034	027	048	LAP	045	–	011	026	019	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	040	049	–	0183
36	Dmitry Malyshko	012	070	–	059	048	014	029	022	015	020	050	–	052	027	–	–	–	–	–	033	030	–	–	045	034	–	0173
37	Simon Fourcade	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	046	016	024	–	033	024	–	007	–	023	015	–	–	019	–	065	–	–	0169
38	Martin Ponsiluoma	018	034	034	054	043	003	014	019	–	–	034	–	043	DNS	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	047	–	024	036	–	0163
39	Krasimir Anev	049	028	044	022	022	037	026	–	041	036	014	012	046	DNF	–	–	–	–	–	028	039	027	–	042	DNS	–	0160
40	Jesper Nelin	013	041	031	DNS	–	031	012	026	051	037	039	–	034	030	–	–	–	–	–	041	033	028	–	017	041	–	0156
41	Tomáš Krupčík	057	050	050	–	–	–	–	–	062	–	077	–	023	018	–	012	–	067	–	030	018	022	020	033	039	–	0154
42	Roman Rees	–	–	–	–	–	024	037	–	–	–	032	–	022	DNS	–	029	–	003	018	–	–	020	–	075	–	–	0153
43	Vladimir Iliev	079	033	042	047	038	027	036	–	077	–	082	–	027	025	–	041	–	049	031	038	037	002	029	069	–	–	0135
44	Simon Schempp	005	040	026	025	008	029	044	023	070	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0134
45	Jeremy Finello	054	087	–	029	015	099	–	–	068	–	033	–	066	–	–	020	–	034	036	032	031	024	023	059	054	–	0131
46	Thomas Bormolini	073	023	027	092	–	087	–	–	080	–	036	–	044	019	–	022	–	030	028	043	027	043	–	038	031	–	0129
47	Fabien Claude	076	084	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	054	–	016	016	–	–	–	–	021	025	012	0115
48	Scott Gow	014	093	–	051	051	038	047	–	DNS	–	042	–	020	055	–	040	–	017	025	050	043	026	–	062	–	–	0107
49	Klemen Bauer	071	062	–	021	021	074	–	–	038	033	065	–	045	042	–	–	–	–	–	017	036	046	–	035	022	–	0105
50	Johannes Dale	–	–	–	–	–	015	028	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	070	–	010	011	–	–	–	–	063	–	–	0100
51	Florent Claude	065	055	036	015	010	036	040	–	040	048	038	–	051	037	–	035	–	041	034	071	–	032	–	085	–	–	0098
52	Sindre Pettersen	044	006	013	087	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0066
53	Alexander Povarnitsyn	–	–	–	–	–	065	–	–	–	–	–	–	030	035	–	018	–	024	032	–	–	045	–	070	–	–	0066
54	Serhiy Semenov	006	037	038	090	–	035	031	–	037	043	074	–	–	–	–	062	–	–	–	–	–	069	–	086	–	–	0065
55	Roman Yeremin	034	049	043	048	036	026	043	–	067	–	028	–	018	044	–	–	–	039	048	047	DNS	054	–	043	046	–	0065
56	Lucas Fratzscher	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	093	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	031	015	013	0064
57	Leif Nordgren	040	031	033	031	042	040	054	–	063	–	050	–	073	–	–	043	–	–	–	034	044	016	030	053	043	–	0064
58	Martin Jäger	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	042	047	096	–	014	036	030	092	–	032	026	045	046	073	–	081	–	–	0058
59	Vladimir Chepelin	043	068	–	073	–	–	–	–	016	038	063	–	056	040	–	–	–	–	–	040	041	015	–	058	047	–	0056
60	Kalev Ermits	094	064	–	–	–	025	033	–	053	051	101	–	072	–	–	038	–	061	–	067	–	038	–	025	033	–	0054
61	Raman Yaliotnau	063	065	–	045	052	049	041	–	034	030	040	–	059	031	–	088	–	–	–	069	–	033	–	027	038	–	0054
62	Tero Seppälä	038	094	–	042	050	046	048	–	036	045	064	–	041	049	–	–	–	–	–	035	028	031	–	048	035	–	0043
63	Olli Hiidensalo	082	090	–	056	053	068	–	–	059	DNS	058	–	DNS	–	–	–	–	–	–	025	047	062	–	033	023	–	0042
64	Tobias Eberhard	–	018	046	078	–	069	–	–	075	–	055	–	024	043	–	046	–	045	044	–	–	–	–	071	–	–	0040
65	Serafin Wiestner	096	041	030	018	DNS	–	–	–	083	–	080	–	–	–	–	061	–	036	050	046	049	–	–	078	–	–	0039
66	Philipp Horn	077	046	028	033	033	066	–	–	–	–	043	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	036	053	–	0034
67	Peppe Femling	070	071	–	080	–	088	–	–	088	–	092	–	DNS	–	–	009	–	050	040	086	–	067	–	080	–	–	0033
68	Martin Otčenáš	088	038	048	027	032	075	–	–	054	034	057	–	068	–	–	053	–	–	–	054	051	056	–	091	–	–	0033
69	Grzegorz Guzik	042	086	–	072	–	082	–	–	027	044	066	–	064	–	–	024	–	068	–	057	050	070	–	052	DNS	–	0031
70	Roland Lessing	–	–	–	069	–	–	–	–	–	–	046	–	038	052	–	030	–	–	–	080	–	025	–	102	–	–	0030
71	Michal Šlesingr	041	047	DNS	046	DNS	DNS	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	064	–	019	DNS	–	–	035	–	097	–	–	0028
72	Eduard Latypov	099	043	041	082	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	098	–	–	015	–	048	045	–	–	–	–	074	–	–	0026
73	Mario Dolder	026	061	–	060	056	104	–	–	054	049	099	–	036	038	–	074	–	042	038	–	–	087	–	–	–	–	0026
74	Dimitar Gerdzhikov	103	–	–	037	DNS	059	045	–	044	LAP	054	–	DNS	–	–	055	–	051	DNS	056	048	021	–	073	–	–	0024
75	Anton Sinapov	019	054	053	081	–	096	–	–	058	DNS	073	–	042	045	–	063	–	040	046	072	–	DNF	–	057	DNS	–	0023
76	Aidan Millar	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	102	–	097	–	–	081	–	020	039	061	–	093	–	105	–	–	0023
77	Thierry Chenal	087	032	037	098	–	041	055	–	065	–	078	–	–	–	–	050	–	031	043	–	–	072	–	–	–	–	0023
78	Sergey Bocharnikov	–	079	–	093	–	–	–	–	047	035	026	–	083	–	–	–	–	–	–	073	–	049	–	046	040	–	0022
79	Matej Kazár	–	060	052	070	–	044	051	–	031	040	079	–	065	–	–	033	–	–	–	049	045	040	–	077	–	–	0020
80	Miha Dovžan	075	045	049	077	–	050	038	–	073	–	075	–	089	–	–	045	–	025	041	062	–	071	–	072	–	–	0019
81	Timofey Lapshin	064	053	DNF	030	040	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	DNF	–	–	048	–	–	–	079	–	034	–	099	–	–	0019
82	Maxim Tsvetkov	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	056	024	049	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0017
83	Mikito Tachizaki	024	092	–	095	–	053	050	–	104	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	070	–	060	055	–	–	–	–	–	0017
84	Rene Zahkna	089	073	–	074	–	091	–	–	064	–	060	–	057	039	–	060	–	038	029	068	–	–	–	076	–	–	0017
85	Artem Tyshchenko	031	–	–	–	–	073	–	–	–	–	053	–	090	–	–	034	–	054	DNS	081	–	083	–	–	–	–	0017
86	Karol Dombrovski	025	074	–	067	–	071	–	–	–	–	091	–	067	–	–	–	–	–	–	063	–	051	–	112	–	–	0016
87	Anton Smolski	055	050	055	091	–	081	–	–	026	041	052	–	054	050	–	–	–	–	–	077	–	058	–	054	050	–	0015
88	Vytautas Strolia	078	080	–	065	–	057	059	–	048	DNS	076	–	070	–	–	079	–	047	051	026	DSQ	061	–	066	–	–	0015
89	Giuseppe Montello	068	106	–	055	055	027	042	–	078	–	041	–	095	–	–	–	–	–	–	075	–	–	–	092	–	–	0014
90	Jules Burnotte	–	–	–	–	–	033	035	–	102	–	067	–	048	054	–	057	–	064	–	076	–	DNS	–	–	–	–	0014
91	Tuomas Grönman	060	052	045	041	034	054	DNF	–	079	–	098	–	DNS	–	–	–	–	–	–	037	040	078	–	060	051	–	0012
92	Tomáš Hasilla	047	059	056	064	–	090	–	–	071	–	–	–	047	033	–	080	–	–	–	039	056	–	–	079	–	–	0010
93	Taras Lesyuk	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	032	–	078	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0009
94	Torstein Stenersen	–	–	–	062	–	058	039	–	092	–	069	–	060	034	–	DNS	–	075	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0009
95	Tsukasa Kobonoki	–	075	–	089	–	–	–	–	072	–	034	–	092	–	–	089	–	–	–	048	054	052	–	108	–	–	0007
96	Nikita Porshnev	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	036	–	094	–	–	0005
97	Cornel Puchianu	080	096	–	085	–	055	057	–	060	052	090	–	086	–	–	065	–	052	037	088	–	053	–	096	–	–	0004
98	Ruslan Tkalenko	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	061	–	–	–	069	–	–	–	–	–	–	042	038	065	–	–	–	–	0003
99	Aristide Bègue	–	–	–	040	041	079	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	056	045	–	0001
100	Jake Brown	–	–	–	–	–	078	–	–	–	–	047	–	040	LAP	–	–	–	085	–	058	053	068	–	047	048	–	0001

Standings (women)

Overall

Pos.		Points
	Dorothea Wierer	905
2.	Lisa Vittozzi	882
3.	Anastasiya Kuzmina	870
4.	Marte Olsbu Røiseland	855
5.	Hanna Öberg	741

• Final standings after 25 races.

Individual Pos. Points    Lisa Vittozzi 140 2. Paulína Fialková 111 3. Markéta Davidová 102 4. Hanna Öberg 94 5. Lisa Theresa Hauser 94 Final standings after 3 races.

Sprint Pos. Points    Anastasiya Kuzmina 371 2. Dorothea Wierer 330 3. Marte Olsbu Røiseland 326 4. Lisa Vittozzi 309 5. Kaisa Mäkäräinen 280 Final standings after 9 races.

Pursuit Pos. Points    Dorothea Wierer 328 2. Marte Olsbu Røiseland 312 3. Anastasiya Kuzmina 309 4. Lisa Vittozzi 301 5. Kaisa Mäkäräinen 286 Final standings after 8 races.

Mass start Pos. Points    Hanna Öberg 220 2. Dorothea Wierer 194 2. Paulína Fialková 194 4. Marte Olsbu Røiseland 161 5. Ekaterina Yurlova-Percht 155 Final standings after 5 races.

Relay Pos. Points     Norway 249 2.  Germany 241 3.  France 230 4.  Sweden 216 5.  Italy 190 Final standings after 5 races.

Nation Pos. Points     Norway 7432 2.  Germany 7372 3.  France 7222 4.  Italy 6808 5.  Sweden 6641 Final standings after 23 races.

Standings: Mixed

Mixed relay

Pos.		Points
	Norway	306
2.	France	281
3.	Italy	267
4.	Germany	264
5.	Sweden	238

• Final standings after 6 races.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway	28	15	5	48
2	Italy	8	7	6	21
3	France	7	10	15	32
4	Germany	6	14	13	33
5	Slovakia	5	3	4	12
6	Russia	3	4	7	14
7	Finland	3	3	1	7
8	Sweden	3	2	7	12
9	Ukraine	2	0	2	4
10	Czech Republic	1	2	2	5
11	Austria	0	3	3	6
12	Bulgaria	0	1	0	1
	Poland	0	1	0	1
	Switzerland	0	1	0	1
15	United States	0	0	1	1
Totals (15 nations)		66	66	66	198

Achievements

First World Cup career victory

Men  Alexander Loginov (RUS), 26, in his 5th season — Stage 4 Sprint in Oberhof; first podium was 2012–13 Pursuit in Oslo Holmenkollen  Quentin Fillon Maillet (FRA), 26, in his 6th season — Stage 6 Mass Start in Anterselva; first podium was 2014–15 Mass Start in Ruhpolding  Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen (NOR), 26, in his 7th season — Stage 8 Sprint in Salt Lake City; first podium was 2018–19 Pursuit in Hochfilzen  Dmytro Pidruchnyi (UKR), 27, in his 7th season — World Championships Pursuit in Östersund; it also was his first podium

Women  Yuliia Dzhima (UKR), 28, in her 7th season — Stage 1 Individual in Pokljuka; first podium was 2013–14 Pursuit in Hochfilzen  Marte Olsbu Røiseland (NOR), 28, in her 7th season — Stage 3 Sprint in Nové Město; first podium was 2015–16 Sprint in Khanty-Mansiysk  Lisa Vittozzi (ITA), 23, in her 5th season — Stage 4 Sprint in Oberhof; first podium was 2016–17 Pursuit in Kontiolahti  Franziska Preuß (GER), 24, in her 6th season — Stage 5 Mass start in Ruhpolding; first podium was 2014–15 Mass start in Ruhpolding  Markéta Davidová (CZE), 22, in her 3rd season — Stage 6 Sprint in Anterselva; first podium was 2018–19 Individual in Pokljuka  Hanna Öberg (SWE), 23, in her 3rd season — World Championships Individual in Östersund; first podium was 2018–19 Pursuit in Nové Město

First World Cup podium

Men  Johannes Kühn (GER), 27, in his 6th season — no. 2 in the Stage 1 Individual in Pokljuka  Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen (NOR), 26, in his 7th season — no. 3 in the Stage 2 Pursuit in Hochfilzen  Martin Ponsiluoma (SWE), 23, in his 2nd season — no. 3 in the Stage 3 Sprint in Nové Město  Sebastian Samuelsson (SWE), 21, in his 2nd season — no. 3 in the Stage 4 Sprint in Oberhof  Roman Rees (GER), 25, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the Stage 8 Sprint in Salt Lake City  Vladimir Iliev (BUL), 31, in his 13th season — no. 2 in the World Championships Individual in Östersund

Women  Markéta Davidová (CZE), 21, in her 3rd season — no. 3 in the Stage 1 Individual in Pokljuka  Hanna Öberg (SWE), 23, in her 3rd season — no. 3 in the Stage 3 Pursuit in Nové Město  Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold (NOR), 22, in her 4th season — no. 2 in the Stage 5 Mass start in Ruhpolding  Clare Egan (USA), 31, in her 5th season — no. 3 in the Stage 9 Mass start in Oslo Holmenkollen

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

Men  Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR), 16 (37) first places  Martin Fourcade (FRA), 2 (72) first places  Quentin Fillon Maillet (FRA), 2 (2) first places  Arnd Peiffer (GER), 1 (9) first place  Dominik Windisch (ITA), 1 (2) first place  Alexander Loginov (RUS), 1 (1) first place  Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen (NOR), 1 (1) first place  Dmytro Pidruchnyi (UKR), 1 (1) first place

Women  Anastasia Kuzmina (SVK), 5 (16) first places  Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN), 3 (26) first places  Dorothea Wierer (ITA), 3 (7) first places  Marte Olsbu Røiseland (NOR), 3 (3) first places  Denise Herrmann (GER), 2 (4) first places  Lisa Vittozzi (ITA), 2 (2) first places  Hanna Öberg (SWE), 2 (2) first places  Laura Dahlmeier (GER), 1 (20) first place  Tiril Eckhoff (NOR), 1 (6) first place  Yuliia Dzhima (UKR), 1 (1) first place  Franziska Preuß (GER), 1 (1) first place  Markéta Davidová (CZE), 1 (1) first place

Retirements

The following notable biathletes retired during or after the 2018–19 season:

Men  Daniel Mesotitsch (AUT)[2]  Michael Rösch (BEL)[3]  Vladimir Chepelin (BLR)[4]  Brendan Green (CAN)[5]  Nathan Smith (CAN)[6]  Kauri Kõiv (EST)[7]  Roland Lessing (EST)[8]  Martin Remmelg (EST)[9]  Simon Fourcade (FRA)[10]  Pietro Dutto (ITA)[11]  Henrik L'Abée-Lund (NOR)[12]  Anton Shipulin (RUS)[13]  Matej Kazár (SVK)[14]  Christoffer Eriksson (SWE)[15]  Fredrik Lindström (SWE)[16]

Women  Susanne Hoffmann (AUT)[17]  Darya Yurkevich (BLR)[18]  Rosanna Crawford (CAN)[19]  Megan Tandy (CAN)[20]  Gabriela Koukalová (CZE)[21]  Laura Toivanen (FIN)[22]  Laura Dahlmeier (GER)[23]  Annika Knoll (GER)[24]  Luise Kummer (GER)[25]  Miriam Neureuther (GER)[26]  Uiloq Slettemark (GRL)[27]  Diana Rasimovičiūtė (LTU)[28][29]  Galina Nechkasova (RUS)[30]  Anastasiya Kuzmina (SVK)[31][32]

References

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2. "Daniel Mesotitsch beendet Biathlon-Karriere". www.biathlon-news.de (in German). April 11, 2019.
3. "Rösch kündigt Karriereende an". www.sport1.de (in German). January 13, 2019.
4. "Уладзімір Чапелін завяршае прафесійную кар'еру". www.tvr.by (in Belarusian). July 10, 2019.
5. "Canadian Hay River's Brendan Green retires after 11-year biathlon career". www.pressfrom.info. February 9, 2019.
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7. "Laskesuusatajad panevad Haanjas tänavusele hooajale punkti". www.biathlon.ee (in Estonian). March 28, 2019.
8. "Laskesuusatajad panevad Haanjas tänavusele hooajale punkti". www.biathlon.ee (in Estonian). March 28, 2019.
9. "Laskesuusatajad panevad Haanjas tänavusele hooajale punkti". www.biathlon.ee (in Estonian). March 28, 2019.
10. "Biathlon: Simon Fourcade retires". www.tellerreport.com. March 24, 2019.
11. "Pietro Dutto lascia il biathlon: "Non pensavo di emozionarmi così"". www.fondoitalia.it (in Italian). March 31, 2019.
12. "Henrik L'Abée-Lund legger opp". www.nrk.no (in Norwegian). May 3, 2019.
13. "Anton Shipulin Calls it a Career". www.biathlonworld.com. December 26, 2018.
14. "Biatlonista Matej Kazár sa rozlúčil s kariérou: Mám na čo spomínať..." www.sport.aktuality.sk (in Slovak). March 23, 2019.
15. "Christoffer Eriksson Calls it a Career". www.tapatalk.com. April 8, 2019.
16. "OS-guld i fjol – Nu slutar Lindström". www.svt.se (in Swedish). March 16, 2019.
17. "Susanne Hoffmann Calls it a Career". www.facebook.com (in German). September 12, 2019.
18. "Біятланістка Дар'я Юркевіч вырашыла не заканчваць спартыўную кар'еру". euroradio.fm (in Belarusian). July 11, 2018.
19. "Biathlete Crawford retires from competition". www.rmoutlook.com. March 16, 2019.
20. "Megan Tandy Calls it a Career". www.facebook.com. January 31, 2019.
21. "Nejúspěšnější česká biatlonistka Gabriela Koukalová ukončila kariéru". www.biatlon.cz (in Czech). May 28, 2019.
22. "Laura Toivanen Calls it a Career". www.facebook.com. June 14, 2019.
23. "Laura Dahlmeier beendet ihre Karriere". www.biathlon-news.de (in German). May 17, 2019.
24. "Annika Knoll beendet ihre Biathlonkarriere". www.biathlon-news.de (in German). January 29, 2019.
25. "Luise Kummer beendet Biathlon-Karriere!". www.biathlon-news.de (in German). May 2, 2019.
26. "Familienglück als oberste Priorität – Miriam Neureuther beendet Karriere". www.biathlon-news.de (in German). September 18, 2019.
27. "Uiloq Slettemark was her last race". www.tapatalk.com. January 28, 2019.
28. "D.Rasimovičiūtė kabina šautuvą ant vinies: medaliai, kartėlis bei sėkmę atnešęs virusas". www.lrytas.lt (in Lithuanian). January 8, 2019.
29. "Dianos Rasimovičiūtės istorija: apie medalius ir kartėlį, pilietybes bei sėkmę atnešusį virusą". www.biathlonltu.com (in Lithuanian). January 8, 2019.
30. "Галина Нечкасова: "Хочется отдохнуть от спорта. Сейчас сложно искать мотивацию"". www.sport-express.ru (in Russian). April 6, 2019.
31. "Kuzminovej plány po skončení kariéry: Rodina, oddych, no aj tréningy". www.sport.aktuality.sk (in Slovak). March 27, 2019.
32. "Wire-to-Wire Dominating Holmenkollen Pursuit Victory for Anastasiya Kuzmina". www.biathlonworld.com. March 23, 2019.

External links

• IBU official site