Biathlon World Championships 2004

Biathlon World Championships 2004
	Men's	Ladies
winner
sprint	Raphaël Poirée	Liv Grete Poirée
persecution	Ricco Great	Liv Grete Poirée
singles	Raphaël Poirée	Olga Pylyova
Mass start	Raphaël Poirée	Liv Grete Poirée
Season	Germany	Norway
← Khanty-Mansiysk 2003 Hochfilzen 2005 → Mixed World Championships Khanty-Mansiysk 2005 →

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The 39th Biathlon World Championships were held from 7. bis 15. February 2004 in German Oberhof in Rennsteig Arena ( Thuringia instead).

This World Cup was shaped by the Poirée couple. Liv Grete won three of four possible individual titles, plus gold with the Norwegian relay as the final runner . Raphaël was also three times world champion in the individual disciplines and also won silver in the sprint and bronze as the final runner of his French relay.

Attendees

Athletes from 36 nations took part in the 2004 Biathlon World Championships.

Argentina  Australia  Belgium  Bulgaria  Chile  People's Republic of China  Czech Republic  Germany  Estonia  Finland  France  Greece

United Kingdom  Greenland  Italy  Japan  Canada  Kazakhstan  Latvia  Lithuania  Moldova  Norway  Austria  Poland

Romania  Russia  Sweden  Switzerland  Serbia and Montenegro  Slovenia  Slovakia  Spain  Ukraine  United States  Hungary  Belarus

Time schedule

date	Women		Men
February 6th (Fri)	18:00	Opening ceremony
February 7th (Sat.)	10:00	Sprint (7.5 km)	14:00	Sprint (10 km)
February 8 (Sun.)	14:00	Pursuit (10 km)	15:20	Pursuit (12.5 km)
February 9 (Mon.)	Rest day
February 10 (Tue.)	14:20	Single (15 km)
February 11 (Wed.)			14:20	Single (20 km)
February 12 (Thu.)	14:20	Relay (4 × 6 km)
February 13th (Fri)			14:20	Relay (4 × 7.5 km)
February 14th (Sat.)	14:20	Mass start (12.5 km)
February 15 (Sun.)			14:20	Mass start (15 km)

Men

Sprint 10 km

space	athlete	time	Sch.
1	Raphaël Poirée	30: 11.9	0-0
2	Ricco Great	+ 9.1	0-0
3	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	+ 45.0	2-0
4th	Filipp Schulman	+ 1: 10.2	1-1
5	Michael Greis	+1: 29.2	1-0
6th	Vincent Defrasne	+1: 40.0	1-0
7th	Sergei Roshkov	+ 1: 41.8	1-0
8th	Paavo Puurunen	+ 1: 41.9	2-0
9	Oleksandr Bilanenko	+1: 42.8	0-2
10	Frode Andresen	+1: 51.4	2-3
...	...	...	...
16	Sven Fischer	+ 2: 02.0	1-2
19th	Ludwig Gredler	+ 2: 21.3	0-1
20th	Wolfgang Rottmann	+ 2: 25.3	2-2
22nd	Peter Sendel	+ 2: 27.7	1-0
25th	Wilfried Pallhuber	+ 2: 47.7	1-1
32	Roland Zwahlen	+ 3: 15.5	0-0
42	Jean-Marc Chabloz	+ 3: 41.9	0-1
44	Patrick Favre	+ 3: 48.4	1-1
52	René-Laurent Vuillermoz	+ 4: 13.0	2-1
53	Christoph Sumann	+ 4: 14.0	1-3
56	Daniel Mesotitsch	+ 4: 28.9	1-1
57	Christian De Lorenzi	+ 4: 29.2	2-2
65	Matthias Simmen	+ 5: 08.5	2-3
68	Simon Hallenbarter	+ 5: 22.6	1-2

Date: February 7, 2004

Pursuit 12.5 km

space	athlete	time	Sch.
1	Ricco Great	38: 53.83	1-0-0-1
2	Raphaël Poirée	+ 13.3	0-1-0-1
3	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	+1: 16.6	0-2-2-2
4th	Vincent Defrasne	+1: 18.9	1-0-1-1
5	Halvard Hanevold	+1: 33.9	0-0-1-0
6th	Tomasz Sikora	+1: 53.3	1-0-1-1
7th	Paavo Puurunen	+1: 56.0	1-0-0-1
8th	Sven Fischer	+ 2: 02.8	0-2-2-0
9	Michael Greis	+ 2: 14.4	0-0-1-1
10	Sergei Roshkov	+ 2: 24.6	0-0-1-1
...	...	...	...
12	Wolfgang Rottmann	+ 2: 52.8	0-0-1-3
17th	Ludwig Gredler	+ 3: 43.1	1-2-1-1
30th	Wilfried Pallhuber	+ 5: 37.5	1-3-0-1
41	Peter Sendel	+ 6: 44.7	1-1-3-3
46	Patrick Favre	+ 7: 53.8	0-1-3-2
DNF	Christoph Sumann		4-XXX
LAP	Roland Zwahlen		2-0-5-X
LAP	Jean-Marc Chabloz		4-1-2-X
LAP	Christian De Lorenzi		2-3-3-X

Date: February 8, 2004

Mass start 15 km

space	athlete	time	Sch.
1	Raphaël Poirée	40: 31.77	1-0-1-0
2	Lars Berger	+ 32.4	2-1-2-0
3	Sergei Konovalov	+ 36.2	0-1-0-1
4th	Tomasz Sikora	+ 42.9	1-0-0-1
5	Halvard Hanevold	+ 43.2	0-0-0-1
6th	Vincent Defrasne	+ 44.2	1-1-0-1
7th	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	+ 45.8	0-0-1-1
8th	Sven Fischer	+ 1: 10.1	1-0-2-1
9	Filipp Schulman	+1: 00.2	1-1-0-0
10	Janez Marič	+1: 07.3	0-2-0-0
...	...	...	...
20th	Ludwig Gredler	+ 2: 19.3	1-2-0-0
21st	Michael Greis	+ 2: 43.5	1-0-0-1
27	Peter Sendel	+ 3: 45.3	0-0-1-1
29	Ricco Great	+ 4: 29.2	1-1-1-1
30th	Wolfgang Rottmann	+ 4: 31.0	1-0-3-1

Date: February 15, 2004

Single 20 km

space	athlete	time	Sch.
1	Raphaël Poirée	51: 37.9	0-0-0-1
2	Tomasz Sikora	+ 55.5	1-0-0-0
3	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	+1: 00.5	1-1-0-0
4th	Ricco Great	+ 1: 39.3	0-2-0-0
5	Sergei Konovalov	+1: 52.5	0-1-0-1
6th	Sergei Roshkov	+1: 53.2	1-0-0-0
7th	Rustam Waliulin	+ 2: 10.7	0-1-0-0
8th	Oleksandr Bilanenko	+ 2: 31.3	1-0-0-0
9	Carl-Johan Bergman	+ 2: 48.7	0-0-0-1
10	Aljaxej Ajdarau	+ 2: 57.7	0-0-1-1
...	...	...	...
11	Wolfgang Rottmann	+ 3: 24.2	1-1-0-0
14th	Andreas Birnbacher	+ 3: 54.1	1-2-0-0
23	Sven Fischer	+ 4: 40.9	0-1-1-3
26th	Wilfried Pallhuber	+ 4: 50.3	0-1-0-1
28	Ludwig Gredler	+ 5: 09.3	1-2-0-1
34	Matthias Simmen	+ 5: 28.7	0-1-1-1
47	Jean-Marc Chabloz	+ 6: 39.7	1-1-0-2
52	Roland Zwahlen	+ 6: 52.0	0-0-2-1
53	Alexander Wolf	+ 6: 54.3	0-2-2-2
56	Daniel Mesotitsch	+ 7: 06.6	0-1-1-1
64	Rene-Laurent Vuillermoz	+ 7: 56.1	0-2-2-2
66	Christoph Sumann	+ 8: 21.9	1-2-1-2
79	Klaus Höllrigl	+ 10: 23.0	2-2-3-0
106	Simon Hallenbarter	+ 16: 48.0	3-3-4-2
DNF	Christian De Lorenzi		0-4-3-X

Date: February 12, 2004

Relay 4 × 7.5 km

space	country	athlete	time	Sch.
1	Germany	Frank Luck Ricco Groß Sven Fischer Michael Greis	1: 17: 50.39	0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 1
2	Norway	Halvard Hanevold Lars Berger Egil Gjelland Ole Einar Bjørndalen	+ 15.7	0 + 0 2 + 4 0 + 1 0 + 3
3	France	Ferréol Cannard Vincent Defrasne Julien Robert Raphaël Poirée	+ 33.3	0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 1
4th	Belarus	Aljaxej Ajdarau Uladsimer Dratschou Rustam Waliullin Aleh Ryschenkau	+ 36.5	0 + 2 0 + 1 0 + 2 0 + 1
5	Russia	Filipp Schulman Sergei Konovalov Nikolai Kruglow Sergei Roschkow	+ 49.9	0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 1
6th	Sweden	Carl Johan Bergman David Ekholm Mattias Nilsson Björn Ferry	+ 2: 37.7	0 + 3 0 + 3 0 + 2 0 + 2
7th	Ukraine	Oleksandr Bilanenko Alexei Korobeinikow Vyacheslav Derkach Ruslan Lysenko	+ 2: 42.9	1 + 12
8th	Czech Republic	Petr Garabík Tomáš Holubec Roman Dostál Michal Šlesingr	+ 2: 48.3	1 + 8
9	Austria	Christoph Sumann Daniel Mesotitsch Ludwig Gredler Wolfgang Rottmann	+ 3: 11.8	0 + 4 0 + 3 0 + 2 0 + 3
...	...	...	...	...
15th	Italy	René-Laurent Vuillermoz Patrick Favre Christian De Lorenzi Wilfried Pallhuber	+ 5: 10.4	1 + 4 0 + 1 1 + 5 0 + 1
19th	Switzerland	Jean-Marc Chabloz Roland Zwahlen Matthias Simmen Simon Hallenbarter	+ 8: 02.8	0 + 5 0 + 1 0 + 4 3 + 6

Date: February 13, 2004

Women

Sprint 7.5 km

space	sportswoman	time	Sch.
1	Liv Grete Poirée	25: 51.0	1-0
2	Anna Bogali-Titovets	+ 20.6	0-0
3	Ekaterina Ivanova	+ 53.2	0-1
	Martina Glagow	+ 53.2	1-0
5	Sandrine Bailly	+1: 15.2	1-1
6th	Irina Nikultschina	+1: 19.0	1-2
7th	Christelle Gros	+1: 24.8	1-1
8th	Alena Subrylawa	+1: 27.0	0-2
9	Svetlana Ischmuratowa	+1: 29.0	1-2
10	Nathalie Santer	+1: 35.7	1-1
...	...	...	...
13	Katrin Apel	+ 2: 14.0	2-3
24	Simone Denkinger	+ 2: 53.3	0-4
26th	Kati Wilhelm	+ 2: 56.6	1-3
35	Anna jump	+ 3: 08.2	1-2
54	Maryke Ciaramidaro	+ 4: 05.6	0-1
63	Saskia Santer	+ 4: 52.8	3-2
64	Michela Ponza	+ 5: 04.4	1-4

Date: February 7, 2004

Pursuit 10 km

space	sportswoman	time	Sch.
1	Liv Grete Poirée	37: 39.33	0-0-1-3
2	Martina Glagow	+ 21.3	0-0-2-1
3	Anna Bogali-Titovets	+ 1: 01.3	1-1-3-0
4th	Alena Subrylawa	+1: 24.2	2-1-0-1
5	Svetlana Ischmuratowa	+ 1: 31.2	0-1-1-1
6th	Ekaterina Ivanova	+1: 56.8	2-2-0-2
7th	Gro Marit Istad-Kristiansen	+1: 58.1	2-1-1-1
8th	Christelle Gros	+ 2: 02.1	0-1-2-1
9	Irina Nikultschina	+ 2: 05.1	1-3-3-1
10	Natalia Gusewa	+ 2: 13.0	0-2-1-1
...	...	...	...
15th	Kati Wilhelm	+ 3: 19.1	3-0-1-2
17th	Katrin Apel	+ 3: 51.4	3-1-2-4
19th	Anna jump	+ 3: 53.4	0-0-1-2
52	Simone Denkinger	+ 6: 51.2	0-4-1-1
53	Nathalie Santer	+ 7: 04.0	4-3-1-3
57	Maryke Ciaramidaro	+ 8: 18.0	4-0-1-3

Date: February 8, 2004

Mass start 12.5 km

space	sportswoman	time	Sch.
1	Liv Grete Poirée	39: 46.10	0-0-2-0
2	Katrin Apel	+1: 23.9	0-0-0-2
3	Sandrine Bailly	+ 2: 05.7	0-0-2-1
4th	Simone Denkinger	+ 2: 11.6	0-0-2-2
5	Gro Marit Istad-Kristiansen	+ 2: 16.1	0-0-0-3
6th	Ekaterina Dafowska	+ 2: 29.8	0-0-0-0
7th	Natalia Gusewa	+ 2: 37.9	2-2-0-1
8th	Sylvie Becaert	+ 2: 39.5	1-0-1-0
9	Uschi Disl	+ 2: 47.0	3-0-1-1
10	Kati Wilhelm	+ 2: 56.3	1-1-0-2
...	...	...	...
26th	Martina Glagow	+ 6: 56.7	1-0-1-1
27	Nathalie Santer	+ 7: 19.4	2-2-2-2

Date: February 14, 2004

Single 15 km

space	sportswoman	time	Sch.
1	Olga Pylyova	49: 30.0	0-0-0-1
2	Albina Akhatova	+ 41.0	1-0-0-0
3	Olena Petrova	+ 1: 41.5	0-2-0-1
4th	Sandrine Bailly	+ 2: 01.6	0-2-0-2
5	Sylvie Becaert	+ 2: 20.2	0-1-0-1
6th	Martina Glagow	+ 2: 28.9	1-1-0-1
7th	Christelle Gros	+ 2: 49.3	0-2-1-1
8th	Liv Grete Poirée	+ 2: 54.7	0-4-0-1
9	Simone Denkinger	+ 3: 03.4	2-0-0-2
10	Anna Bogali-Titovets	+ 3: 04.8	1-1-2-0
...	...	...	...
26th	Andrea Henkel	+ 5: 41.0	0-2-0-3
28	Nathalie Santer	+ 5: 49.0	0-3-0-2
32	Katja Beer	+ 6: 09.2	0-0-3-2
40	Saskia Santer	+ 7: 09.3	1-1-3-1
47	Katja Haller	+ 7: 49.4	2-0-1-1
55	Michela Ponza	+ 8: 40.2	0-2-2-2
59	Anna jump	+ 9: 18.7	1-3-3-1

Date: February 10, 2004

Relay 4 × 6 km

space	country	sportswoman	time	Sch.
1	Norway	Linda Tjørhom Gro Marit Istad-Kristiansen Gunn Margit Andreassen Liv Grete Poirée	1: 16: 59.88	0 + 1 0 + 5 0 + 1 0 + 5
2	Russia	Olga Pyljowa Svetlana Ischmuratowa Anna Bogali-Titowez Albina Achatowa	+ 1: 08.2	0 + 3 0 + 3 0 + 1 0 + 2
3	Germany	Martina Glagow Katrin Apel Simone Denkinger Kati Wilhelm	+1: 18.6	0 + 0 1 + 4 0 + 2 1 + 6
4th	Belarus	Jekaterina Iwanowa Xenia Zikunkowa Wolha Nasarawa Alena Subrylawa	+ 1: 30.3	0 + 0 1 + 3 0 + 2 0 + 1
5	France	Sylvie Becaert Christelle Gros Corinne Niogret Sandrine Bailly	+1: 14.1	0 + 3 1 + 5 0 + 3 0 + 0
6th	Bulgaria	Pavlina Filipowa Irina Nikultschina Radka Popowa Ekaterina Dafowska	+ 2: 20.9	0 + 4 1 + 4 0 + 2 0 + 1
7th	Ukraine	Oxana Jakowljewa Nina Lemesch Irina Tananaiko Olena Petrowa	+ 3: 02.5	0 + 8
8th	Poland	Krystyna Pałka Magdalena Grzywa Magdalena Gwizdoń Katarzyna Ponikwia	+ 3: 20.2	0 + 4
...	...	...	...	...
12	Italy	Michela Ponza Nathalie Santer Saskia Santer Maryke Ciaramidaro	+ 5: 06.3	0 + 0 0 + 5 1 + 3 1 + 6

Date: February 12, 2004

Medal table

Nations
final after 10 competitions

space	nation
01	Norway	4th	2	3	9
02	France	3	1	2	6th
03	Germany	2	3	2	7th
04th	Russia	1	3	2	6th
05	Poland	0	1	0	1
06th	Belarus	0	0	1	1
	Ukraine	0	0	1	1

Men
final score after 5 competitions

space	country	athlete
01	France	Raphaël Poirée	3	1	1	5
02	Germany	Ricco Great	2	1	0	3
03	Germany	Frank Luck	1	0	0	1
	Germany	Sven Fischer	1	0	0	1
	Germany	Michael Greis	1	0	0	1
06th	Norway	Lars Berger	0	2	0	2
07th	Norway	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	0	1	3	4th
08th	Poland	Tomasz Sikora	0	1	0	1
	Norway	Halvard Hanevold	0	1	0	1
	Norway	Egil Gjelland	0	1	0	1
011	Russia	Sergei Konovalov	0	0	1	1
	France	Ferréol Cannard	0	0	1	1
	France	Vincent Defrasne	0	0	1	1
	France	Julien Robert	0	0	1	1

Women
final result after 5 competitions

space	country	Athlete
01	Norway	Liv Grete Poirée	4th	0	0	4th
02	Russia	Olga Pylyova	1	1	0	2
03	Norway	Linda Tjørhom	1	0	0	1
	Norway	Gro Marit Istad-Kristiansen	1	0	0	1
	Norway	Gunn Margit Andreassen	1	0	0	1
06th	Russia	Anna Bogali-Titovets	0	2	1	3
07th	Russia	Albina Akhatova	0	2	0	2
08th	Germany	Martina Glagow	0	1	2	3
09	Germany	Katrin Apel	0	1	1	2
010	Russia	Svetlana Ischmuratowa	0	1	0	1
011	Ukraine	Olena Petrova	0	0	1	1
	France	Sandrine Bailly	0	0	1	1
	Germany	Simone Denkinger	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
• Frank Luck crowns his career: Biathlon: Gold for German men's relay on rp-online.de/sport, accessed on March 16, 2017
• 2004/2005 - International results overview on biathlon-online, accessed on March 16, 2017
• Biathlon news for the 2004 season on sportego.de, 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. ↑ Results of the mass start women . IBU. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
9. ↑ result Enzel women . IBU. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
10. ↑ Results relay women . IBU. Retrieved March 16, 2017.