Biathlon World Championships 2003

Biathlon World Championships 2003
	Men's	Ladies
winner
sprint	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Sylvie Becaert
persecution	Ricco Great	Martina Glagow  Sandrine Bailly
singles	Halvard Hanevold	Kateřina Holubcová
Mass start	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Albina Akhatova
Season	Germany	Russia
← World Cup mass start Oslo 2002 ← Pokljuka 2001 Oberhof 2004 →

The 38th Biathlon World Championships took place from March 15 to 23, 2003 in Khanty-Mansiysk , Russia .

For the first time at world championships, the women's relay was only held over a distance of 4 × 6 km. There was another novelty in the women's pursuit race, for the first time two gold medals were awarded in a competition at a World Cup after a winner could not be determined beyond doubt based on the photo of the finish line.

In 2002, because of the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, there had only been the world championships in the non-Olympic mass start.

Men

Sprint 10 km

space	athlete	time	Shooting error
1	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	26: 52.1	0-0
2	Ricco Great	+ 50.7	0-1
3	Zdeněk Vítek	+ 52.9	0-1
4th	Halvard Hanevold	+1: 07.0	2-0
5	Uladsimer Dratschou	+1: 14.1	0-0
6th	Frode Andresen	+1: 20.1	0-3
7th	René Cattarinussi	+1: 21.2	0-1
8th	Christoph Sumann	+1: 27.8	0-0
9	Viktor Maigurov	+1: 29.5	0-0
10	Jeremy Teela	+ 1: 38.7	1-0
...	...	...	...
12	Sven Fischer	+1: 43.4	1-1
22nd	Wolfgang Rottmann	+ 2: 16.0	0-0
29	Michael Greis	+ 2: 31.9	2-1
30th	Frank Luck	+ 2: 34.1	1-2
31	Jean-Marc Chabloz	+ 2: 34.8	1-1
32	Wilfried Pallhuber	+ 2: 35.5	0-2
34	Wolfgang Perner	+ 2: 37.0	1-1
42	Roland Zwahlen	+ 3: 08.7	0-1
48	Ludwig Gredler	+ 3: 28.7	2-1
57	René-Laurent Vuillermoz	+ 4: 01.4	0-3
61	Matthias Simmen	+ 4: 24.3	2-2
71	Klaus Höllrigl	+ 5: 09.0	1-3

Date: March 15, 2003

Pursuit 12.5 km

space	athlete	time	Shooting error
1	Ricco Great	37: 37.46	0-0-1-1
2	Halvard Hanevold	+ 12.0	0-0-1-0
3	Paavo Puurunen	+ 56.3	1-0-0-0
4th	Sergei Roshkov	+1: 09.0	1-0-0-0
5	Frank Luck	+1: 12.9	0-0-0-0
6th	Uladsimer Dratschou	+1: 21.5	0-1-2-3
7th	Tomasz Sikora	+1: 26.1	1-2-1-1
8th	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	+ 1: 31.2	1-2-2-1
9	Marko Dolenc	+1: 37.5	1-1-0-0
10	Christoph Sumann	+1: 41.7	0-0-0-2
...	...	...	...
11	Sven Fischer	+1: 46.0	0-2-1-1
16	René Cattarinussi	+ 2: 37.6	1-1-2-1
19th	Wilfried Pallhuber	+ 2: 47.7	2-2-0-0
21st	Wolfgang Rottmann	+ 2: 58.2	0-0-2-2
30th	Jean-Marc Chabloz	+ 3: 32.2	0-0-0-3
31	Wolfgang Perner	+ 3: 50.2	0-1-1-3
40	Roland Zwahlen	+ 5: 36.3	1-0-0-2
42	Ludwig Gredler	+ 5: 49.4	1-2-1-1
47	René-Laurent Vuillermoz	+ 6: 43.7	2-3-1-1
DNS	Michael Greis	...	...

Date: March 16, 2003

Mass start 15 km

space	athlete	time	Shooting error
1	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	40: 49.71	0-0-0-0
2	Sven Fischer	+ 49.1	1-0-1-1
3	Raphaël Poirée	+ 1: 04.3	1-0-1-2
4th	Ilmārs Bricis	+ 1: 10.1	0-1-1-2
5	Roman Dostál	+ 1: 26.6	1-0-3-0
6th	Paavo Puurunen	+1: 35.3	1-0-0-2
7th	Zdeněk Vítek	+1: 44.7	0-1-2-1
8th	Halvard Hanevold	+1: 47.5	1-1-2-1
9	Stian Eckhoff	+1: 48.0	1-1-3-0
10	Sergei Chepikov	+1: 53.9	0-1-1-1
...	...	...	...
11	Peter Sendel	+1: 57.8	1-1-1-1
17th	Frank Luck	+ 2: 21.4	1-1-3-0
22nd	Ricco Great	+ 3: 11.8	2-1-2-3
26th	René Cattarinussi	+ 3: 35.9	2-0-1-2
29	Christoph Sumann	+ 4: 13.3	2-2-1-3

Date: March 23, 2003

Single 20 km

space	athlete	time	Shooting error
1	Halvard Hanevold	53: 39.4	0-0-0-1
2	Vesa Hietalahti	+1: 24.7	0-0-2-0
3	Ricco Great	+ 1: 25.9	1-0-2-0
4th	Vincent Defrasne	+1: 33.2	0-0-1-1
5	Tomas Globočnik	+ 1: 39.9	1-0-0-0
6th	Egil Gjelland	+1: 44.8	0-1-0-1
7th	Raphaël Poirée	+1: 59.3	1-1-0-1
8th	Peter Sendel	+ 2: 10.1	1-2-0-0
9	Tomasz Sikora	+ 2: 20.5	3-1-0-0
10	Christoph Sumann	+ 2: 33.3	0-1-2-0
...	...	...	...
12	Daniel Mesotitsch	+ 2: 48.5	1-2-0-0
19th	René Cattarinussi	+ 3: 34.8	0-0-1-3
22nd	Sven Fischer	+ 4: 06.6	1-2-0-0
36	Frank Luck	+ 4: 50.1	3-0-2-0
37	Wolfgang Perner	+ 4: 57.4	1-2-0-1
51	Paolo Longo	+ 6: 25.5	0-1-1-2
52	Roland Zwahlen	+ 6: 31.8	1-0-2-1
58	Wolfgang Rottmann	+ 7: 03.1	0-1-2-1
61	Jean-Marc Chabloz	+ 7: 21.9	0-2-2-2
72	Matthias Simmen	+ 8: 57.5	0-3-3-1
74	Curdin Eichholzer	+ 9: 44.6	3-1-1-2
78	Wilfried Pallhuber	+ 10: 26.4	2-2-2-1
85	René-Laurent Vuillermoz	+ 12: 48.0	4-3-3-2

Date: March 19, 2003

Relay 4 × 7.5 km

space	country	athlete	time	Shooting error
1	Germany	Peter Sendel Sven Fischer Ricco Groß Frank Luck	1: 18: 38.05	0 + 0 0 + 4 0 + 1 0 + 3
2	Russia	Viktor Maigurow Pawel Rostovzew Sergei Roschkow Sergei Tschepikow	+ 7.3	0 + 2 0 + 1 0 + 2 0 + 3
3	Belarus	Aljaxej Ajdarau Uladsimer Dratschou Rustam Waliulin Aleh Ryschenkau	+ 21.2	0 + 4 0 + 2 0 + 3 0 + 3
4th	Norway	Ole Einar Bjørndalen Frode Andresen Egil Gjelland Halvard Hanevold	+ 21.8	0 + 2 4 + 6 0 + 1 0 + 2
5	Slovenia	Janez Osbolt Tomas Globočnik Janez Marič Marko Dolenc	+ 37.0	0 + 2 0 + 3 0 + 5 0 + 0
6th	Czech Republic	Petr Garabík Roman Dostál Michal Šlesingr Zdeněk Vítek	+ 37.7	0 + 2 0 + 2 0 + 2 0 + 4
7th	Sweden	Carl Johan Bergman Björn Ferry Mattias Nilsson Jakob Borjesson	+ 41.5	0 + 8
8th	Austria	Daniel Mesotitsch Wolfgang Perner Christoph Sumann Wolfgang Rottmann	+1: 16.0	1 + 3 0 + 2 0 + 1 0 + 5
15th	Switzerland	Jean-Marc Chabloz Roland Zwahlen Curdin Eichholzer Matthias Simmen	+ 3: 54.8	0 + 0 0 + 2 0 + 4 1 + 4
18th	Italy	René Cattarinussi René-Laurent Vuillermoz Devis Da Canal Wilfried Pallhuber	+ 6: 05.2	0 + 5 2 + 6 2 + 5 0 + 2

Date: March 21, 2003

Women

Sprint 7.5 km

space	sportswoman	time	Shooting error
1	Sylvie Becaert	23: 46.3	0-1
2	Olena Petrova	+ 26.9	0-0
3	Kateřina Holubcová	+ 32.7	0-0
4th	Svetlana Ischmuratowa	+ 33.1	0-1
5	Alena Subrylawa	+ 36.5	1-1
6th	Martina Halinárová	+ 38.0	0-0
7th	Sandrine Bailly	+ 40.0	0-2
8th	Sanna-Leena Perunka	+ 45.3	1-0
9	Soňa Mihoková	+ 46.7	0-0
10	Martina Glagow	+ 57.8	1-1
...	...	...	...
14th	Katja Beer	+1: 29.0	0-1
18th	Katrin Apel	+1: 46.8	1-3
30th	Michela Ponza	+ 2: 18.2	1-0
32	Anna jump	+ 2: 21.5	0-3
34	Uschi Disl	+ 2: 25.7	3-2
37	Kati Wilhelm	+ 2: 49.8	4-2
46	Nathalie Santer	+ 3: 02.6	2-2
68	Saskia Santer	+ 4: 25.5	4-3
76	Katja Haller	+ 5: 36.4	3-2

Date: March 15, 2003

Pursuit 10 km

space	sportswoman	time	Shooting error
1	Sandrine Bailly	35: 15.64	1-0-0-1
1	Martina Glagow	+ 0.0	0-0-1-1
3	Svetlana Ischmuratowa	+ 52.3	2-1-1-0
4th	Alena Subrylawa	+ 58.2	1-2-1-0
5	Sylvie Becaert	+ 1: 05.1	1-1-3-0
6th	Olena Petrova	+1: 10.5	0-1-2-1
7th	Albina Akhatova	+1: 17.6	1-0-0-0
8th	Kateřina Holubcová	+ 1: 36.5	1-0-1-1
9	Kazjaryna Ivanova	+ 2: 01.8	3-0-0-2
10	Oxana Chwostenko	+ 2: 10.6	1-0-0-1
...	...	...	...
13	Uschi Disl	+ 2: 32.0	3-2-0-0
24	Katja Beer	+ 3: 29.2	1-0-2-3
28	Katrin Apel	+ 3: 46.6	1-0-2-4
29	Michela Ponza	+ 3: 49.5	0-1-1-1
32	Anna jump	+ 4: 52.0	1-2-1-2
35	Nathalie Santer	+ 5: 28.5	1-1-3-1
38	Kati Wilhelm	+ 5: 45.0	1-4-2-1

Date: March 16, 2003

After the tightest World Cup decision of all time, Martina Glagow worked to ensure that Sandrine Bailly also received the gold medal after she had initially been declared the sole winner.

Mass start 12.5 km

space	sportswoman	time	Shooting error
1	Albina Akhatova	37: 15.88	0-0-0-0
2	Svetlana Ischmuratowa	+ 2.7	0-0-0-0
3	Sandrine Bailly	+ 10.9	0-1-0-0
4th	Alena Subrylawa	+ 20.4	0-0-0-1
5	Kateřina Holubcová	+ 35.5	0-1-0-0
6th	Katja Beer	+ 41.0	0-1-1-0
7th	Martina Halinárová	+ 41.7	0-0-0-0
8th	Sylvie Becaert	+ 46.4	0-1-1-1
9	Simone Denkinger	+ 47.7	0-0-2-0
10	Sanna-Leena Perunka	+ 54.9	1-0-0-1
...	...	...	...
12	Martina Glagow	+1: 16.1	1-0-0-1
21st	Uschi Disl	+ 2: 31.6	1-0-4-2
22nd	Kati Wilhelm	+ 2: 31.8	4-2-0-0

Date: March 22, 2003

Single 15 km

space	sportswoman	time	Shooting error
1	Kateřina Holubcová	48: 28.4	0-0-0-0
2	Alena Subrylawa	+ 8.0	0-1-0-0
3	Gunn Margit Andreassen	+ 37.5	0-0-0-0
4th	Simone Denkinger	+ 58.1	1-1-0-0
5	Albina Akhatova	+ 1: 01.5	1-0-1-0
6th	Martina Glagow	+ 1: 03.5	1-0-0-1
7th	Eija saloons	+1: 18.3	1-0-0-0
8th	Ekaterina Dafowska	+1: 34.6	0-0-2-0
9	Florence Baverel-Robert	+1: 35.5	0-0-1-0
10	Corinne Niogret	+1: 42.5	0-0-1-1
...	...	...	...
13	Michela Ponza	+ 2: 20.6	1-1-0-0
14th	Saskia Santer	+ 2: 33.4	1-1-1-0
16	Andrea Henkel	+ 3: 02.2	1-2-0-0
25th	Anna jump	+ 4: 41.5	2-0-1-2
29	Katja Beer	+ 5: 04.7	2-2-1-0
30th	Nathalie Santer	+ 5: 06.3	1-2-0-1
36	Katrin Apel	+ 5: 50.5	1-2-1-2
62	Romina Demetz	+ 10: 03.8	3-1-1-1

Date: March 18, 2003

Relay 4 × 6 km

space	country	sportswoman	time	Shooting error
1	Russia	Albina Achatowa Svetlana Ischmuratowa Galina Kuklewa Svetlana Tschernoussowa	1: 24: 34.46	0 + 0 0 + 2 1 + 5 0 + 4
2	Ukraine	Oxana Chwostenko Iryna Merkuschina Oxana Jakowljewa Olena Petrowa	+1: 23.8	0 + 0 0 + 5 0 + 6 0 + 3
3	Germany	Simone Denkinger Uschi Disl Kati Wilhelm Martina Glagow	+ 2: 05.3	2 + 3 3 + 6 3 + 5 0 + 2
4th	Belarus	Kazjaryna Iwanowa Wolha Nasarawa Lyudmila Ananka Alena Subrylawa	+ 2: 06.3	0 + 1 3 + 6 1 + 6 1 + 4
5	France	Florence Baverel-Robert Sandrine Bailly Corinne Niogret Sylvie Becaert	+ 2: 49.7	0 + 3 2 + 6 0 + 4 0 + 3
6th	Finland	Eija Salonen Outi Kettunen Pirjo Urpilainen Sanna-Leena Perunka	+ 3: 09.2	0 + 2 0 + 2 3 + 6 0 + 4
7th	Bulgaria	Pavlina Filipowa Irina Nikultschina Nina Kadewa Ekaterina Dafovska	+ 3: 21.0	4 + 19
8th	Norway	Ann Elen Skjelbreid Gro Istad-Kristiansen Ann Helen Grande Gunn Margit Andreassen	+ 6: 01.9	5 + 13
...	...	...	...	...
12	Italy	Michela Ponza Nathalie Santer Saskia Santer Romina Demetz	+ 8: 33.5	0 + 2 4 + 6 2 + 4 2 + 6

Date: March 20, 2003

Medal table

Nations
final after 10 competitions

space	nation
01	Germany	3	2	2	7th
02	Norway	3	1	1	5
03	Russia	2	2	1	5
04th	France	2	0	2	4th
05	Czech Republic	1	0	2	3
06th	Ukraine	0	2	0	2
07th	Finland	0	1	1	2
	Belarus	0	1	1	2

Men
final score after 5 competitions

space	country	athlete
01	Germany	Ricco Great	2	1	1	4th
02	Norway	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	2	0	0	2
03	Norway	Halvard Hanevold	1	1	0	2
	Germany	Sven Fischer	1	1	0	2
05	Germany	Peter Sendel	1	0	0	1
	Germany	Frank Luck	1	0	0	1
07th	Finland	Vesa Hietalahti	0	1	0	1
	Russia	Viktor Maigurov	0	1	0	1
	Russia	Pavel Rostovtsev	0	1	0	1
	Russia	Sergei Roshkov	0	1	0	1
	Russia	Sergei Chepikov	0	1	0	1
012	Czech Republic	Zdeněk Vítek	0	0	1	1
	Finland	Paavo Puurunen	0	0	1	1
	France	Raphaël Poirée	0	0	1	1
	Belarus	Alexei Aidarov	0	0	1	1
	Belarus	Uladsimer Dratschou	0	0	1	1
	Belarus	Rustam Waliulin	0	0	1	1
	Belarus	Oleg Ryzhenkov	0	0	1	1

Women
final result after 5 competitions

space	country	Athlete
01	Russia	Albina Akhatova	2	0	0	2
02	Russia	Svetlana Ischmuratowa	1	1	1	3
03	France	Sandrine Bailly	1	0	1	2
	Czech Republic	Kateřina Holubcová	1	0	1	2
	Germany	Martina Glagow	1	0	1	2
06th	France	Sylvie Becaert	1	0	0	1
	Russia	Galina Kuklewa	1	0	0	1
	Russia	Svetlana Chernousova	1	0	0	1
09	Ukraine	Olena Petrova	0	2	0	2
010	Belarus	Alena Subrylawa	0	1	0	1
	Ukraine	Oxana Chwostenko	0	1	0	1
	Ukraine	Iryna Merkushina	0	1	0	1
	Ukraine	Oxana Jakovljewa	0	1	0	1
014th	Norway	Gunn Margit Andreassen	0	0	1	1
	Germany	Simone Denkinger	0	0	1	1
	Germany	Uschi Disl	0	0	1	1
	Germany	Kati Wilhelm	0	0	1	1

Web links

• Results of the Biathlon World Championships on biathlon-fans.de, accessed on March 16, 2017
• Results of the biathlon world championships at ifosta.de/Sport, accessed on March 16, 2017
• Biathlon World Cup Germany's men get relay victory - Source: http://www.mz-web.de/9933808 © 2017 on mz-web.de, accessed on March 16, 2017
• Groß gets his third World Cup medal on spiegel.de/sport, accessed on March 16, 2017
• German female ski hunters aim past gold at spiegel.de/sport, accessed on March 16, 2017
• MEN 10 km SPRINT - Biathlom WCh-2003 - Khanty-Mansiysk , video, length 1:00:58 h on youtube.com, accessed on March 16, 2017
• WM pursuit women Khanty-Mansiysk 2003 , video, length 47:04 min on youtube.com, accessed on March 16, 2017
• WM Relay Women Khanty-Mansiysk 2003 English , video, length 1:17:35 h on youtube.com, accessed on March 16, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Result of sprint men . IBU. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
2. ^ Result of persecution men . IBU. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
3. ^ Result of the mass start men . IBU. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
4. ↑ Single men result . IBU. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
5. ↑ Results for the men relay . IBU. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
6. ↑ Results sprint women . IBU. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
7. ^ Result of persecution women . IBU. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
8. ↑ Competition Analysis Pursuit Women on biathlonresults.com (pdf), accessed on February 8, 2017
9. ↑ Results of the mass start women . IBU. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
10. ↑ Results of single women . IBU. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
11. ↑ Results relay women . IBU. Retrieved March 16, 2017.