The 1996/97 Biathlon World Cup was a series of biathlon competitions that consisted of 20 individual, five relay and two team races for men and women and was held at nine venues. In addition to the eight World Cup events in Lillehammer , Östersund , Oslo ( Holmenkollen ), Oberhof , Ruhpolding , Antholz , Nagano and Novosibirsk , the Biathlon World Championships were held in Osrblie , Slovakia . Sven Fischer won the overall world cup for men ahead of Ole Einar Bjørndalen and Wiktor Maigurow , and for women Magdalena Forsberg won ahead of Uschi Disl and Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm .
Men
Results
World Cup stands
Overall World Cup
|
Final result after 19 races (Top 10)
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Individual World Cup
|
Sprint World Cup
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Pursuit World Cup
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Final result after 6 races (Top 10)
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Final result after 9 races (Top 10)
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Final result after 4 races (Top 10)
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Relay World Cup
|
Nations ranking
|
Final result after 5 races (Top 10)
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Final result after 20 races (Top 10)
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|
|
rank
|
country
|
Points
|
Victories
|
01 |
Germany Germany
|
5225 |
9
|
02 |
Russia Russia
|
5098 |
4th
|
03 |
Norway Norway
|
4883 |
2
|
04th |
Italy Italy
|
4857 |
2
|
05 |
Belarus Belarus
|
4542 |
1
|
06th |
|
|
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07th |
|
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08th |
|
|
|
09 |
|
|
|
10 |
|
|
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table
Women
Results
World Cup stands
Overall World Cup
|
Final result after 19 races (Top 10)
|
|
Individual World Cup
|
Sprint World Cup
|
Pursuit World Cup
|
Final result after 6 races (Top 10)
|
Final result after 9 races (Top 10)
|
Final result after 4 races (Top 10)
|
|
|
|
Relay World Cup
|
Nations ranking
|
Final result after 5 races (Top 10)
|
Final result after 20 races (Top 10)
|
|
|
rank
|
country
|
Points
|
Victories
|
01 |
Germany Germany
|
5176 |
6th
|
02 |
Russia Russia
|
4955 |
7th
|
03 |
Norway Norway
|
4902 |
1
|
04th |
Italy Italy
|
4791 |
0
|
05 |
Ukraine Ukraine
|
4526 |
2
|
06th |
|
|
|
07th |
|
|
|
08th |
|
|
|
09 |
|
|
|
10 |
|
|
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table
Results athletes
Item
|
Biathlete
|
Lillehammer
|
Ostersund
|
Oslo
|
Oberhof
|
Ruhpolding
|
Antholz
|
Osrblie
|
Nagano
|
Novosibirsk
|
Points
|
Sp
|
Vf
|
Ez
|
Sp
|
Sp
|
Vf
|
Sp
|
Vf
|
Ez
|
Sp
|
Ez
|
Sp
|
Sp
|
Vf
|
Ez
|
Ez
|
Sp
|
Ez
|
Sp
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
01
|
Sweden Magdalena Forsberg
|
006th
|
003
|
004th
|
016
|
007th
|
005
|
001
|
001
|
014th
|
006th
|
-
|
-
|
003
|
001
|
001
|
004th
|
017th
|
006th
|
008th
|
340
|
02
|
Germany Uschi Disl
|
011
|
019th
|
015th
|
024
|
001
|
001
|
-
|
-
|
005
|
002
|
003
|
001
|
013
|
004th
|
013
|
002
|
002
|
002
|
004th
|
333
|
03
|
Germany Simone Greiner-Petter-M.
|
002
|
001
|
-
|
004th
|
002
|
007th
|
004th
|
002
|
002
|
009
|
032
|
030th
|
040
|
019th
|
014th
|
012
|
004th
|
044
|
005
|
283
|
04th
|
Russia Olga Romasko
|
010
|
004th
|
-
|
014th
|
013
|
003
|
-
|
-
|
019th
|
003
|
020th
|
018th
|
001
|
003
|
-
|
029
|
001
|
009
|
019th
|
240
|
05
|
France Corinne Niogret
|
022nd
|
021st
|
012
|
065
|
008th
|
004th
|
015th
|
010
|
003
|
010
|
008th
|
003
|
017th
|
008th
|
004th
|
020th
|
008th
|
038
|
065
|
240
|
06th
|
Germany Petra Behle
|
001
|
005
|
009
|
005
|
019th
|
013
|
036
|
021st
|
022nd
|
001
|
009
|
-
|
009
|
009
|
012
|
031
|
046
|
039
|
001
|
238
|
07th
|
Norway Annette Sikveland
|
004th
|
007th
|
019th
|
040
|
022nd
|
025th
|
010
|
003
|
001
|
014th
|
002
|
005
|
007th
|
026th
|
038
|
016
|
028
|
014th
|
018th
|
231
|
08th
|
Belarus Svyatlana Paramyhina
|
015th
|
008th
|
003
|
002
|
012
|
009
|
071
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
004th
|
036
|
014th
|
041
|
016
|
034
|
005
|
001
|
003
|
229
|
09
|
Ukraine Olena Subrylowa
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
007th
|
004th
|
018th
|
011
|
006th
|
015th
|
067
|
019th
|
017th
|
002
|
002
|
002
|
010
|
012
|
-
|
-
|
219
|
10
|
Norway Gunn Margit Andreassen
|
024
|
DNS
|
035
|
003
|
006th
|
008th
|
012
|
008th
|
008th
|
008th
|
014th
|
008th
|
005
|
007th
|
018th
|
017th
|
026th
|
051
|
052
|
219
|
11
|
Russia Nadezhda Talanova
|
012
|
017th
|
024
|
048
|
010
|
006th
|
-
|
-
|
017th
|
044
|
022nd
|
022nd
|
011
|
010
|
-
|
006th
|
009
|
010
|
009
|
179
|
12
|
Russia Olga Melnik
|
003
|
006th
|
036
|
001
|
016
|
016
|
-
|
-
|
004th
|
037
|
-
|
033
|
006th
|
005
|
022nd
|
-
|
-
|
013
|
023
|
177
|
13
|
China People's Republic Yu Shumei
|
-
|
-
|
002
|
039
|
011
|
014th
|
021st
|
020th
|
010
|
005
|
006th
|
006th
|
050
|
DNS
|
056
|
014th
|
007th
|
-
|
-
|
172
|
14th
|
Germany Kathi Schwaab
|
021st
|
020th
|
005
|
008th
|
063
|
-
|
003
|
004th
|
025th
|
011
|
011
|
049
|
-
|
-
|
034
|
011
|
010
|
016
|
040
|
168
|
15th
|
Slovenia Andreja Grašič
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
017th
|
019th
|
020th
|
007th
|
015th
|
012
|
022nd
|
015th
|
054
|
001
|
015th
|
007th
|
002
|
167
|
16
|
Russia Galina Kuklewa
|
007th
|
002
|
016
|
022nd
|
003
|
002
|
-
|
-
|
023
|
022nd
|
041
|
007th
|
024
|
014th
|
029
|
023
|
-
|
066
|
-
|
152
|
17th
|
Bulgaria Ekaterina Dafowska
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
028
|
036
|
028
|
064
|
005
|
034
|
019th
|
006th
|
003
|
013
|
003
|
008th
|
013
|
140
|
18th
|
Czech Republic Eva Háková
|
-
|
-
|
023
|
029
|
015th
|
010
|
014th
|
005
|
018th
|
004th
|
013
|
004th
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
042
|
065
|
019th
|
025th
|
136
|
19th
|
Slovakia Soňa Mihoková
|
026th
|
DNS
|
026th
|
043
|
031
|
017th
|
-
|
-
|
011
|
042
|
010
|
020th
|
004th
|
011
|
005
|
028
|
013
|
029
|
007th
|
136
|
20th
|
France Anne Briand
|
019th
|
016
|
058
|
020th
|
025th
|
011
|
027
|
026th
|
016
|
-
|
017th
|
019th
|
023
|
012
|
007th
|
056
|
013
|
035
|
006th
|
134
|
21st
|
France Emmanuelle Claret
|
031
|
025th
|
011
|
006th
|
043
|
029
|
039
|
025th
|
059
|
012
|
-
|
029
|
036
|
020th
|
055
|
007th
|
006th
|
005
|
030th
|
117
|
22nd
|
Norway Liv Grete Skjelbreid
|
005
|
023
|
021st
|
038
|
033
|
028
|
005
|
009
|
007th
|
035
|
-
|
014th
|
039
|
042
|
039
|
030th
|
027
|
034
|
010
|
114
|
23
|
Norway Hildegunn Mikkelsplass
|
009
|
026th
|
050
|
009
|
005
|
022nd
|
002
|
011
|
029
|
017th
|
046
|
043
|
029
|
030th
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
109
|
24
|
Russia Anna Volkova
|
025th
|
018th
|
001
|
075
|
027
|
047
|
-
|
-
|
052
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
025th
|
017th
|
006th
|
038
|
035
|
003
|
016
|
103
|
25th
|
Italy Nathalie Santer
|
018th
|
014th
|
034
|
051
|
009
|
020th
|
038
|
040
|
012
|
030th
|
028
|
023
|
018th
|
029
|
019th
|
027
|
030th
|
004th
|
028
|
97
|
26th
|
Germany Katrin Apel
|
013
|
013
|
040
|
011
|
028
|
019th
|
006th
|
013
|
026th
|
034
|
033
|
044
|
042
|
025th
|
-
|
024
|
019th
|
031
|
021st
|
95
|
27
|
Norway Ann-Elen Skjelbreid
|
020th
|
015th
|
041
|
015th
|
051
|
038
|
016
|
029
|
053
|
021st
|
016
|
002
|
-
|
-
|
071
|
034
|
068
|
046
|
034
|
79
|
28
|
Finland Annukka Mallat
|
029
|
010
|
008th
|
057
|
061
|
-
|
033
|
033
|
033
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
015th
|
018th
|
025th
|
005
|
031
|
055
|
022nd
|
79
|
29
|
Germany Martina Zellner
|
035
|
022nd
|
064
|
056
|
017th
|
012
|
018th
|
018th
|
006th
|
032
|
054
|
052
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
015th
|
043
|
027
|
029
|
74
|
30th
|
Ukraine Tetiana Vodopyanova
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
018th
|
056
|
039
|
-
|
-
|
009
|
019th
|
001
|
038
|
-
|
-
|
042
|
047
|
057
|
-
|
-
|
70
|
31
|
France Delphyne Burlet
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
013
|
016
|
026th
|
011
|
-
|
-
|
009
|
037
|
023
|
041
|
020th
|
64
|
32
|
France Christelle Gros
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
038
|
023
|
036
|
010
|
016
|
021st
|
-
|
043
|
011
|
052
|
015th
|
60
|
33
|
Sweden Kristina Brouneus
|
036
|
024
|
014th
|
021st
|
055
|
036
|
052
|
044
|
074
|
057
|
-
|
-
|
026th
|
028
|
011
|
008th
|
020th
|
062
|
053
|
58
|
34
|
Ukraine Walentyna Zerbe-Nessina
|
-
|
-
|
047
|
069
|
042
|
041
|
022nd
|
024
|
021st
|
043
|
045
|
061
|
021st
|
023
|
008th
|
025th
|
022nd
|
024
|
014th
|
56
|
35
|
Poland Agata Suszka
|
043
|
041
|
032
|
012
|
014th
|
026th
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
064
|
066
|
010
|
013
|
051
|
071
|
049
|
050
|
034
|
55
|
36
|
Norway Åse Idland
|
008th
|
012
|
-
|
-
|
040
|
031
|
023
|
016
|
061
|
018th
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
53
|
37
|
Ukraine Nina Lemesch
|
-
|
-
|
045
|
066
|
069
|
-
|
008th
|
016
|
-
|
-
|
031
|
064
|
008th
|
037
|
-
|
073
|
042
|
021st
|
041
|
51
|
38
|
Poland Anna Stera
|
049
|
038
|
046
|
055
|
038
|
045
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
047
|
060
|
030th
|
036
|
017th
|
003
|
025th
|
012
|
031
|
48
|
39
|
United States Stacey Wooley
|
028
|
032
|
028
|
031
|
018th
|
034
|
047
|
037
|
027
|
015th
|
021st
|
056
|
012
|
016
|
037
|
033
|
029
|
036
|
077
|
48
|
40
|
France Véronique Claudel
|
054
|
035
|
-
|
032
|
020th
|
015th
|
-
|
-
|
036
|
024
|
039
|
013
|
-
|
-
|
035
|
040
|
037
|
048
|
011
|
47
|
41
|
Slovenia Tadeja Brankovič
|
016
|
028
|
006th
|
058
|
034
|
030th
|
048
|
041
|
069
|
025th
|
058
|
032
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
059
|
044
|
018th
|
024
|
41
|
42
|
Russia Svetlana Panjutina
|
030th
|
009
|
059
|
035
|
064
|
-
|
030th
|
012
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
025th
|
017th
|
41
|
43
|
Czech Republic Kateřina Losmanová
|
-
|
-
|
013
|
044
|
026th
|
021st
|
032
|
034
|
068
|
048
|
030th
|
026th
|
028
|
027
|
031
|
039
|
018th
|
011
|
037
|
41
|
44
|
Kazakhstan Inna Scheschkil
|
017th
|
029
|
069
|
063
|
048
|
049
|
-
|
-
|
024
|
045
|
062
|
016
|
048
|
DNS
|
021st
|
-
|
-
|
028
|
012
|
40
|
45
|
Ukraine Olena Petrova
|
-
|
-
|
027
|
041
|
021st
|
033
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
025th
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
010
|
022nd
|
016
|
023
|
-
|
39
|
46
|
Russia Svetlana Ischmuratowa
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
007th
|
014th
|
-
|
051
|
053
|
021st
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
36
|
47
|
France Florence Baverel
|
014th
|
011
|
031
|
017th
|
072
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
058
|
052
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
36
|
48
|
Slovakia Martina Jašicová
|
059
|
046
|
010
|
027
|
071
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
032
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
038
|
024
|
066
|
009
|
034
|
032
|
038
|
35
|
49
|
Japan Hiromi Suga
|
045
|
042
|
062
|
026th
|
049
|
040
|
024
|
031
|
088
|
013
|
038
|
009
|
041
|
031
|
058
|
026th
|
024
|
033
|
056
|
34
|
50
|
Germany Katja Beer
|
027
|
044
|
017th
|
010
|
029
|
027
|
029
|
022nd
|
048
|
039
|
023
|
055
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
32
|
51
|
Belarus Natallja Permjakawa
|
038
|
040
|
057
|
025th
|
050
|
051
|
013
|
028
|
035
|
027
|
034
|
048
|
052
|
DNS
|
023
|
048
|
032
|
015th
|
047
|
28
|
52
|
Belarus Natallia Ryshankova
|
040
|
043
|
070
|
067
|
039
|
035
|
031
|
027
|
044
|
049
|
007th
|
062
|
035
|
032
|
061
|
018th
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
27
|
53
|
Russia Irina Mileschina
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
020th
|
007th
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
25th
|
54
|
Germany Steffi Kindt
|
023
|
030th
|
054
|
041
|
024
|
044
|
019th
|
015th
|
-
|
-
|
025th
|
025th
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
25th
|
55
|
Russia Olessja Tupilenko
|
034
|
037
|
007th
|
023
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
039
|
059
|
029
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
024
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
24
|
56
|
Ukraine Iryna Merkushina
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
036
|
046
|
030th
|
020th
|
018th
|
027
|
031
|
038
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
017th
|
061
|
23
|
57
|
Japan Ryoko Takahashi
|
061
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
009
|
-
|
070
|
029
|
051
|
042
|
057
|
DNS
|
070
|
-
|
078
|
042
|
066
|
17th
|
58
|
United States Ntala Skinner
|
057
|
050
|
080
|
061
|
082
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
065
|
050
|
012
|
024
|
055
|
DNS
|
074
|
058
|
036
|
-
|
-
|
16
|
59
|
Finland Eija saloons
|
042
|
027
|
025th
|
013
|
052
|
042
|
068
|
-
|
051
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
14th
|
60
|
Latvia Ieva Cederštrēma
|
060
|
051
|
033
|
030th
|
023
|
050
|
061
|
-
|
042
|
041
|
043
|
039
|
070
|
-
|
015th
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
14th
|
61
|
Sweden Maria Schylander
|
073
|
-
|
022nd
|
037
|
041
|
057
|
025th
|
032
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
044
|
043
|
057
|
021st
|
041
|
022nd
|
058
|
14th
|
62
|
Russia Jelena Schalina
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
025th
|
029
|
-
|
047
|
-
|
015th
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
12
|
63
|
Canada Martine Albert
|
-
|
-
|
076
|
082
|
081
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
083
|
093
|
-
|
075
|
045
|
DNS
|
-
|
019th
|
021st
|
-
|
-
|
12
|
64
|
Finland Katja Holanti
|
046
|
036
|
037
|
028
|
045
|
032
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
020th
|
022nd
|
046
|
044
|
045
|
049
|
049
|
10
|
65
|
Slovakia Anna Murínová
|
051
|
049
|
052
|
019th
|
070
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
046
|
036
|
-
|
059
|
060
|
DNS
|
032
|
065
|
040
|
069
|
045
|
7th
|
66
|
Czech Republic Hana Dostalová
|
-
|
-
|
020th
|
049
|
065
|
-
|
049
|
-
|
-
|
069
|
-
|
045
|
076
|
-
|
043
|
-
|
058
|
-
|
060
|
6th
|
67
|
Canada Morwenna Lane
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
092
|
076
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
080
|
096
|
078
|
086
|
051
|
DNS
|
020th
|
067
|
054
|
-
|
-
|
6th
|
68
|
Russia Marina Gushchina
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
020th
|
043
|
6th
|
69
|
Kazakhstan Margarita Dulowa
|
052
|
033
|
051
|
063
|
030th
|
023
|
-
|
-
|
064
|
071
|
027
|
-
|
072
|
-
|
059
|
-
|
-
|
053
|
048
|
3
|
70
|
Russia Yulia Kondrateva
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
034
|
023
|
-
|
-
|
066
|
057
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
3
|
71
|
Finland Mari Lampinen
|
032
|
031
|
043
|
036
|
036
|
024
|
042
|
038
|
047
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
034
|
040
|
045
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
72
|
Romania Ileana Ianoșiu-Hangan
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
081
|
068
|
024
|
067
|
062
|
-
|
047
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
Web links
Individual evidence
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↑ a b Süddeutsche Zeitung of March 17, 1997.
Winter sports world cup 1996/97