Biathlon World Cup
The Biathlon World Cup is a top-level biathlon season-long competition series. It has been held since the winter seasons of 1977–78 for men and 1982–83 for women. The women's seasons until 1986–87 season were called the European Cup, although participation was not restricted to Europeans.
| IBU Biathlon World Cup | |
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| Status | active |
| Genre | sporting event |
| Date(s) | Northern wintertime season |
| Begins | November |
| Ends | March |
| Frequency | annual |
| Country | varying |
| Inaugurated | 1977 |
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Competition and format
The World Cup season lasts from November or December to late March, with meetings in a different venue every week excluding some holidays and a couple of weeks before the season's major championships (World Championships or Winter Olympics). All in all, the season comprises nine to ten meetings, with events taking place from Wednesday–Thursday through Sunday. Relay competitions are held four to six times per season. Also counting as World Cup events are World Championships, and formerly Winter Olympics events (the last Olympics to count towards the World Cup were the 2010 Winter Olympics: from the 2014 Winter Olympics competitors are no longer awarded World Cup points for their Olympic performances).[1]
The athlete with the highest overall total score (i.e. total score for all disciplines) of the World Cup season is awarded the Big Crystal Globe trophy. A Small Crystal Globe trophy is awarded for the first place in the season total for each discipline. Hence, it is possible for an athlete to win both the Big Crystal Globe and Small Crystal Globes for the same World Cup season.[2]
The tables given below provide an overview of the highest-ranking biathletes and nations of each WC season. For each event, first place gives 60 points, 2nd place – 54 pts, 3rd place – 48 pts, 4th place – 43 pts, 5th place – 40 pts, 6th place – 38 pts, 7th – 36 pts, 8th – 34 points, 9th – 32 points, 10th – 31 points, then linearly decreasing by one point down to the 40th place. Equal placings (ties) give an equal number of points. The sum of all WC points of the season, less the points from an IBU-predetermined number of events (e.g. 2), gives the biathlete's total WC score.
From 1985 to 2000, WC points were awarded so that the first four places gave 30, 26, 24, and 22 points, respectively, and then the 5th to 25th place gave 21, 20, ..., down to 1 point. Before this, points were simply awarded linearly from 25 to 1.
Men's results
- Romanization of Cyrillic script-based names follows the IBU's athlete records.
- See the List of IOC country codes for expansions of country abbreviations.
Men's overall
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- Statistics by country[3]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  | 7 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 |  | 6 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 3 | | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 |  | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 |  | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 |  | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 11 | | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 12 | | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 13 | | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
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| 17 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals (20 nations) | 43 | 27 | 16 | 86 | |
Men's relay
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| 1992–93 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1993–94 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
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| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | | 13 | 7 | 3 | 23 |
| 2 | | 6 | 7 | 5 | 18 |
| 3 | | 5 | 7 | 9 | 21 |
| 4 | | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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| Totals (9 nations) | 27 | 26 | 25 | 78 | |
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Women's results
- Romanization of Cyrillic script-based names follows the IBU's athlete records.
- See the List of IOC country codes for expansions of country abbreviations.
Women's overall
The women's World Cup seasons until 1986–87 were actually called the European Cup, although participation was open to biathletes of all nationalities. Until 1987–88, women raced on shorter tracks than they do today. The 1988–89 season was the first in which women raced on tracks of the same length that they do nowadays.
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- Notes
- 1 Petra Schaaf married XC skier and later German national XC ski team coach Jochen Behle.
- 2 Helena Jonsson married fellow biathlete David Ekholm in 2010.
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| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 |  | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 |  | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | .svg.png){kind=small} | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
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| 11 | | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
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| 15 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 16 | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
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| 18 | | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 19 | | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
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| 23 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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| Totals (26 nations) | 38 | 19 | 19 | 76 | |
Women's relay
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| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | | 11 | 11 | 3 | 25 |
| 2 | | 8 | 4 | 4 | 16 |
| 3 | | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 4 | | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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| 9 | | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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| Totals (10 nations) | 27 | 27 | 24 | 78 | |
Mixed relay
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| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
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| 7 | | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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| Totals (8 nations) | 11 | 9 | 10 | 30 | |
Race winners
Below is a list of all male and female biathletes that have won 7 or more individual World Cup or Olympic races. Biathletes whose names are in bold are still active.[5]
- Updated: March 14th 2020
See also
References
- "World Cup Biathlon Victories: How Many for Ole?". International Biathlon Union. 3 December 2015. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
- Nordvall, Michael (2017). Two Skis and a Rifle: An Introduction to Biathlon.
- "Records Men | Real Biathlon". RealBiathlon.com. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
- "Records Women | Real Biathlon". RealBiathlon.com. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
- "Biathlon federation of Ukraine". www.biathlon.com.ua. Retrieved 2019-06-26.
External links
Biathlon World Cup champions – men's overall | |
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Biathlon World Cup champions – women's overall | |
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