2003–04 Biathlon World Cup

The 2003–04 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The Biathlon World Championships 2004 were part of the Biathlon World Cup.

2003–04 World Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Raphaël Poirée	Liv Grete Poirée
Nations Cup	Norway	Russia
Individual	Raphaël Poirée	Olga Pyleva
Sprint	Raphaël Poirée	Liv Grete Poirée
Pursuit	Raphaël Poirée	Liv Grete Poirée
Mass start	Raphaël Poirée	Liv Grete Poirée
Relay	Norway	Norway
Competition
←2002–03 2004–05→

The men's overall World Cup was won by Raphaël Poirée,^[1] while Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée of Norway claimed the women's overall World Cup.^[2]

Calendar

Below is the World Cup calendar for the 2003–04 season.^[3]

Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay
Kontiolahti	4–7 December		●	●		●
Hochfilzen	11–14 December		●	●		●
Osrblie	18–21 December	●	●	●
Pokljuka	7–11 January		●	●	●
Ruhpolding	14–18 January		●	●		●
Antholz	21–25 January	●	●		●
Oberhof	7–15 February	●	●	●	●	●
Lake Placid	27–29 February		●	●
Fort Kent	3–6 March		●	●	●
Holmenkollen	16–19 March		●	●
Total		3	10	9	4	4	0

World Cup Podium

Men

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib (After competition)	Det.
1	4 December 2003	Kontiolahti	10 km Sprint	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Halvard Hanevold	Frode Andresen	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Detail
1	7 December 2003	Kontiolahti	12.5 km Pursuit	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Raphaël Poirée	Sergei Rozhkov		Detail
2	11 December 2003	Hochfilzen	10 km Sprint	Lars Berger	Vladimir Drachev	Halvard Hanevold		Detail
2	14 December 2003	Hochfilzen	12.5 km Pursuit	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Vladimir Drachev	Stian Eckhoff		Detail
3	18 December 2003	Brezno-Osrblie	20 km Individual	Raphaël Poirée	Ricco Groß	Peter Sendel	Raphaël Poirée	Detail
3	19 December 2003	Brezno-Osrblie	10 km Sprint	Sergei Rozhkov	Ludwig Gredler	Sergei Tchepikov	Sergei Rozhkov	Detail
3	21 December 2003	Brezno-Osrblie	12.5 km Pursuit	Raphaël Poirée	Peter Sendel	Pavol Hurajt		Detail
4	8 January 2004	Pokljuka	10 km Sprint	Raphaël Poirée	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Vladimir Drachev	Raphaël Poirée	Detail
4	10 January 2004	Pokljuka	12.5 km Pursuit	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Nikolay Kruglov	Sergei Tchepikov		Detail
4	11 January 2004	Pokljuka	15 km Mass Start	Halvard Hanevold	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Michael Greis		Detail
5	17 January 2004	Ruhpolding	10 km Sprint	Halvard Hanevold	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Lars Berger		Detail
5	18 January 2004	Ruhpolding	12.5 km Pursuit	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Lars Berger	Halvard Hanevold	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Detail
6	22 January 2004	Antholz-Anterselva	20 km Individual	Sven Fischer	Raphaël Poirée	Ricco Groß		Detail
6	24 January 2004	Antholz-Anterselva	10 km Sprint	Sergei Tchepikov	Janez Marič	Ricco Groß		Detail
6	25 January 2004	Antholz-Anterselva	15 km Mass Start	Raphaël Poirée	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Ricco Groß		Detail
WC	7 February 2004	Oberhof	10 km Sprint	Raphaël Poirée	Ricco Groß	Ole Einar Bjørndalen		Detail
WC	8 February 2004	Oberhof	12.5 km Pursuit	Ricco Groß	Raphaël Poirée	Ole Einar Bjørndalen		Detail
WC	12 February 2004	Oberhof	20 km Individual	Raphaël Poirée	Tomasz Sikora	Ole Einar Bjørndalen		Detail
WC	15 February 2004	Oberhof	15 km Mass Start	Raphaël Poirée	Lars Berger	Sergei Konovalov	Raphaël Poirée	Detail
7	27 February 2004	Lake Placid	10 km Sprint	Lars Berger	Raphaël Poirée	Janez Marič		Detail
7	29 February 2004	Lake Placid	12.5 km Pursuit	Raphaël Poirée	Nikolay Kruglov	Ricco Groß		Detail
8	4 March 2004	Fort Kent	10 km Sprint	Raphaël Poirée	Michael Greis	Pavol Hurajt		Detail
8	5 March 2004	Fort Kent	12.5 km Pursuit	Raphaël Poirée	Carl Johan Bergman	Nikolay Kruglov		Detail
8	6 March 2004	Fort Kent	15 km Mass Start	Sven Fischer	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Sergei Rozhkov		Detail
9	11 March 2004	Oslo Holmenkollen	10 km Sprint	Lars Berger	Frode Andresen	Tomasz Sikora		Detail
9	13 March 2004	Oslo Holmenkollen	12.5 km Pursuit	Raphaël Poirée	Tomasz Sikora	Vladimir Drachev		Detail

Women

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib (After competition)	Det.
1	4 December 2003	Kontiolahti	7.5 km Sprint	Sandrine Bailly	Liv Grete Poirée	Uschi Disl	Sandrine Bailly	Detail
1	7 December 2003	Kontiolahti	10 km Pursuit	Liv Grete Poirée	Kati Wilhelm	Uschi Disl	Liv Grete Poirée	Detail
2	11 December 2003	Hochfilzen	7.5 km Sprint	Olena Zubrilova	Gro Marit Istad-Kristiansen	Liv Grete Poirée		Detail
2	14 December 2003	Hochfilzen	10 km Pursuit	Sandrine Bailly	Martina Glagow	Olga Zaitseva		Detail
3	18 December 2003	Brezno-Osrblie	15 km Individual	Martina Glagow	Liv Grete Poirée	Olga Pyleva		Detail
3	20 December 2003	Brezno-Osrblie	7.5 km Sprint	Sandrine Bailly	Katja Beer	Martina Glagow	Sandrine Bailly	Detail
3	21 December 2003	Brezno-Osrblie	10 km Pursuit	Sandrine Bailly	Olga Pyleva	Katrin Apel		Detail
4	7 January 2004	Pokljuka	7.5 km Sprint	Liv Grete Poirée	Uschi Disl	Sandrine Bailly		Detail
4	9 January 2004	Pokljuka	10 km Pursuit	Uschi Disl	Sandrine Bailly	Olga Pyleva		Detail
4	11 January 2004	Pokljuka	12.5 km Mass Start	Anna Bogaliy	Liv Grete Poirée	Uschi Disl		Detail
5	16 January 2004	Ruhpolding	7.5 km Sprint	Liv Grete Poirée	Svetlana Ishmouratova	Martina Glagow	Liv Grete Poirée	Detail
5	18 January 2004	Ruhpolding	10 km Pursuit	Liv Grete Poirée	Svetlana Ishmouratova	Olga Pyleva		Detail
6	21 January 2004	Antholz-Anterselva	15 km Individual	Anna Bogaliy	Svetlana Ishmouratova	Anna Murínová		Detail
6	23 January 2004	Antholz-Anterselva	7.5 km Sprint	Natalia Guseva	Kateřina Holubcová	Svetlana Ishmouratova		Detail
6	25 January 2004	Antholz-Anterselva	12.5 km Mass Start	Linda Tjørhom	Natalia Guseva	Anna Bogaliy		Detail
WC	7 February 2004	Oberhof	7.5 km Sprint	Liv Grete Poirée	Anna Bogaliy	Martina Glagow		Detail
WC	8 February 2004	Oberhof	10 km Pursuit	Liv Grete Poirée	Martina Glagow	Anna Bogaliy		Detail
WC	10 February 2004	Oberhof	15 km Individual	Olga Pyleva	Albina Akhatova	Olena Petrova		Detail
WC	14 February 2004	Oberhof	12.5 km Mass Start	Liv Grete Poirée	Katrin Apel	Sandrine Bailly		Detail
7	27 February 2004	Lake Placid	7.5 km Sprint	Olga Pyleva	Kati Wilhelm	Anna Bogaliy		Detail
7	28 February 2004	Lake Placid	10 km Pursuit	Olga Pyleva	Anna Bogaliy	Sandrine Bailly		Detail
8	3 March 2004	Fort Kent	7.5 km Sprint	Uschi Disl	Liv Grete Poirée	Olga Zaitseva		Detail
8	5 March 2004	Fort Kent	10 km Pursuit	Uschi Disl	Liv Grete Poirée	Kati Wilhelm		Detail
8	6 March 2004	Fort Kent	12.5 km Mass Start	Olga Pyleva	Anna Bogaliy	Liv Grete Poirée		Detail
9	11 March 2004	Oslo Holmenkollen	7.5 km Sprint	Olga Pyleva	Kati Wilhelm	Svetlana Ishmouratova		Detail
9	13 March 2004	Oslo Holmenkollen	10 km Pursuit	Olga Pyleva	Ekaterina Dafovska	Liv Grete Poirée		Detail

Men's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
1	6 December 2003	Kontiolahti	4x7.5 km Relay	Germany Peter Sendel Sven Fischer Ricco Gross Frank Luck	France Ferréol Cannard Vincent Defrasne Julien Robert Raphael Poiree	Sweden Carl Johan Bergman Jakob Börjesson Mattias Nilsson Björn Ferry
2	13 December 2003	Hochfilzen	4x7.5 km Relay	Norway Stian Eckhoff Lars Berger Halvard Hanevold Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Belarus Alexandr Syman Vladimir Drachev Rustam Valiullin Oleg Ryzhenkov	France Ferréol Cannard Vincent Defrasne Julien Robert Raphael Poiree
5	15 January 2004	Ruhpolding	4x7.5 km Relay	Belarus Alexandr Syman Vladimir Drachev Rustam Valiullin Oleg Ryzhenkov	Norway Egil Gjelland Lars Berger Frode Andresen Halvard Hanevold	Russia Filipp Shulman Sergei Konovalov Sergei Rozhkov Sergei Tchepikov
WC	13 February 2004	Oberhof	4x7.5 km Relay	Germany Frank Luck Ricco Gross Sven Fischer Michael Greis	Norway Halvard Hanevold Lars Berger Egil Gjelland Ole Einar Bjørndalen	France Ferréol Cannard Vincent Defrasne Julien Robert Raphael Poiree

Women's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
1	5 December 2003	Kontiolahti	4x6 km Relay	Norway Liv-Kjersti Eikeland Linda Tjorhom Gunn Margit Andreassen Liv Grete Poiree	Russia Albina Akhatova Olga Zaitseva Svetlana Ishmouratova Olga Pyleva	France Corinne Niogret Christelle Gros Julie Carraz Sandrine Bailly
2	12 December 2003	Hochfilzen	4x6 km Relay	Belarus Ekaterina Ivanova Ksenia Zikounkova Olga Nazarova Olena Zubrilova	Germany Martina Glagow Katrin Apel Katja Beer Kati Wilhelm	France Corinne Niogret Christelle Gros Julie Carraz Sandrine Bailly
5	14 January 2004	Ruhpolding	4x6 km Relay	Germany Simone Denkinger Uschi Disl Katrin Apel Kati Wilhelm	Russia Olga Pyleva Svetlana Ishmouratova Anna Bogaliy Albina Akhatova	Norway Linda Tjorhom Ann-Elen Skjelbreid Liv Grete Poiree Gunn Margit Andreassen
WC	12 February 2004	Oberhof	4x6 km Relay	Norway Linda Tjorhom Gro Marit Istad-Kristiansen Gunn Margit Andreassen Liv Grete Poiree	Russia Olga Pyleva Svetlana Ishmouratova Anna Bogaliy-Titovets Albina Akhatova	Germany Martina Glagow Katrin Apel Simone Denkinger Kati Wilhelm

Standings: Men

Overall

Pos.		Points
1.	Raphaël Poirée	1010
2.	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	901
3.	Ricco Groß	769
4.	Halvard Hanevold	688
5.	Lars Berger	589

• Final standings after 26 races.

Individual Pos. Points 1. Raphaël Poirée 146 2. Ricco Groß 129 3. Tomasz Sikora 114 4. Sven Fischer 84 5. Peter Sendel 77 Final standings after 3 races.

Sprint Pos. Points 1. Raphaël Poirée 358 2. Ole Einar Bjørndalen 341 3. Lars Berger 268 4. Halvard Hanevold 260 5. Ricco Groß 255 Final standings after 10 races.

Pursuit Pos. Points 1. Raphaël Poirée 331 2. Ole Einar Bjørndalen 315 3. Ricco Groß 277 4. Halvard Hanevold 254 5. Stian Eckhoff 219 Final standings after 9 races.

Mass Start Pos. Points 1. Raphaël Poirée 140 2. Ole Einar Bjørndalen 138 3. Halvard Hanevold 121 4. Sven Fischer 106 5. Ricco Groß 103 Final standings after 4 races.

Relay Pos. Points 1. Norway 176 2. Germany 174 3. France 172 4. Russia 160 5. Belarus 156 Final standings after 4 races.

Nation Pos. Points 1.  Norway 4434 2.  Germany 4287 3.  Russia 4185 4.  France 4097 5.  Belarus 3817 Final standings after 17 races.

Standings: Women

Overall

Pos.		Points
1.	Liv Grete Poirée	955
2.	Olga Pyleva	860
3.	Sandrine Bailly	788
4.	Uschi Disl	733
5.	Anna Bogaliy	687

• Final standings after 26 races.

Individual Pos. Points 1. Olga Pyleva 130 2. Anna Bogaliy 110 3. Martina Glagow 104 4. Liv Grete Poirée 90 5. Albina Akhatova 86 Final standings after 3 races.

Sprint Pos. Points 1. Liv Grete Poirée 370 2. Sandrine Bailly 328 3. Olga Pyleva 304 4. Martina Glagow 267 5. Katrin Apel 266 Final standings after 10 races.

Pursuit Pos. Points 1. Liv Grete Poirée 327 2. Olga Pyleva 324 3. Sandrine Bailly 293 4. Uschi Disl 288 5. Katrin Apel 250 Final standings after 9 races.

Mass Start Pos. Points 1. Liv Grete Poirée 139 2. Anna Bogaliy 139 3. Uschi Disl 115 4. Sandrine Bailly 104 5. Olga Pyleva 102 Final standings after 4 races.

Relay Pos. Points 1. Norway 180 2. Russia 178 3. Germany 176 4. France 163 5. Italy 129 Final standings after 4 races.

Nation Pos. Points 1.  Russia 4490 2.  Germany 4455 3.  Norway 4116 4.  France 3884 5.  Belarus 3865 Final standings after 17 races.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway	21	16	13	50
2	France	15	6	7	28
3	Russia	11	14	17	42
4	Germany	10	14	13	37
5	Belarus	3	3	3	9
6	Poland	0	2	1	3
7	Slovenia	0	1	1	2
	Sweden	0	1	1	2
9	Austria	0	1	0	1
	Bulgaria	0	1	0	1
	Czech Republic	0	1	0	1
12	Slovakia	0	0	3	3
13	Ukraine	0	0	1	1
Totals (13 entries)		60	60	60	180

Achievements

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

Men  Raphaël Poirée (FRA), 11 (34) first places  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR), 5 (43) first places  Lars Berger (NOR), 3 (3) first places  Sven Fischer (GER), 2 (25) first places  Halvard Hanevold (NOR), 2 (8) first places  Ricco Groß (GER), 1 (8) first place  Sergei Tchepikov (RUS), 1 (6) first place  Sergei Rozhkov (RUS), 1 (3) first place

Women  Liv Grete Poirée (NOR), 7 (20) first places  Olga Pyleva (RUS), 6 (8) first places  Sandrine Bailly (FRA), 4 (7) first places  Uschi Disl (GER), 3 (24) first places  Anna Bogaliy (RUS), 2 (2) first places  Olena Zubrilova (BLR), 1 (19) first place  Martina Glagow (GER), 1 (5) first place  Linda Tjørhom (NOR), 1 (2) first place  Natalia Guseva (RUS), 1 (1) first place

Retirements

The following notable biathletes retired after the 2003–04 season:

•  Frank Luck (GER)
•  Peter Sendel (GER)
•  Patrick Favre (ITA)
•  Marko Dolenc (SLO)
•  Ann Elen Skjelbreid (NOR)
•  Iryna Merkushina (UKR)