2016–17 Biathlon World Cup

The 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup (BWC) was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 27 November 2016 in Östersund, Sweden and ended on 19 March 2017 in Holmenkollen, Norway.^[1] The defending overall champions from the 2015–16 Biathlon World Cup were Martin Fourcade of France and Gabriela Koukalová of the Czech Republic.

2016–17 Biathlon World Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Martin Fourcade	Laura Dahlmeier
Nations Cup	Germany	Germany
Individual	Martin Fourcade	Laura Dahlmeier
Sprint	Martin Fourcade	Gabriela Koukalová
Pursuit	Martin Fourcade	Laura Dahlmeier
Mass start	Martin Fourcade	Gabriela Koukalová
Relay	Russia	Germany
Mixed	Germany
Competition
←2015–16 2017–18→

Calendar

Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2016–17 season.^[1]

Stage	Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay	Single mixed relay	Details
1	Östersund	27 November–4 December	●	●	●			●	●	details
2	Pokljuka	9–11 December		●	●		●			details
3	Nové Město	15–18 December		●	●	●				details
4	Oberhof	5–8 January		●	●	●				details
5	Ruhpolding	11–15 January		●	●		●			details
6	Antholz-Anterselva	19–22 January	●			●	●			details
WC	Hochfilzen	9–19 February	●	●	●	●	●	●		World Championships
7	Pyeongchang	2–5 March		●	●		●			details
8	Kontiolahti[nb 1]	10–12 March		●	●			●	●	details
9	Oslo Holmenkollen	17–19 March		●	●	●				details
Total: 67 (31 men's, 31 women's, 5 mixed)			3	9	9	5	5	3	2

World Cup Podiums

Men

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib (After competition)	Det.
1	1 December 2016	Östersund	20 km Individual	Martin Fourcade	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Vladimir Chepelin	Martin Fourcade	Detail
1	3 December 2016	Östersund	10 km Sprint	Martin Fourcade	Fredrik Lindström	Arnd Peiffer		Detail
1	4 December 2016	Östersund	12.5 km Pursuit	Anton Babikov	Maxim Tsvetkov	Martin Fourcade		Detail
2	9 December 2016	Pokljuka	10 km Sprint	Martin Fourcade	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Anton Shipulin		Detail
2	10 December 2016	Pokljuka	12.5 km Pursuit	Martin Fourcade	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Anton Shipulin		Detail
3	15 December 2016	Nové Město	10 km Sprint	Martin Fourcade	Anton Shipulin	Emil Hegle Svendsen		Detail
3	17 December 2016	Nové Město	12.5 km Pursuit	Martin Fourcade	Anton Shipulin	Quentin Fillon Maillet		Detail
3	18 December 2016	Nové Město	15 km Mass Start	Martin Fourcade	Simon Schempp	Anton Babikov		Detail
4	5 January 2017	Oberhof	10 km Sprint	Julian Eberhard	Michal Šlesingr	Dominik Windisch		Detail
4	7 January 2017	Oberhof	12.5 km Pursuit	Martin Fourcade	Arnd Peiffer	Dominik Windisch		Detail
4	8 January 2017	Oberhof	15 km Mass Start	Simon Schempp	Erik Lesser	Martin Fourcade		Detail
5	13 January 2017	Ruhpolding	10 km Sprint	Martin Fourcade	Julian Eberhard	Emil Hegle Svendsen		Detail
5	15 January 2017	Ruhpolding	12.5 km Pursuit	Martin Fourcade	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Michal Krčmář		Detail
6	20 January 2017	Antholz-Anterselva	20 km Individual	Anton Shipulin	Martin Fourcade	Serhiy Semenov		Detail
6	22 January 2017	Antholz-Anterselva	15 km Mass Start	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Quentin Fillon Maillet	Anton Shipulin		Detail
WC	11 February 2017	Hochfilzen	10 km Sprint	Benedikt Doll	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Martin Fourcade		Detail
WC	12 February 2017	Hochfilzen	12.5 km Pursuit	Martin Fourcade	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Ole Einar Bjørndalen		Detail
WC	16 February 2017	Hochfilzen	20 km Individual	Lowell Bailey	Ondřej Moravec	Martin Fourcade		Detail
WC	19 February 2017	Hochfilzen	15 km Mass Start	Simon Schempp	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Simon Eder		Detail
7	3 March 2017	Pyeongchang	10 km Sprint	Julian Eberhard	Lowell Bailey	Martin Fourcade		Detail
7	4 March 2017	Pyeongchang	12.5 km Pursuit	Martin Fourcade	Anton Shipulin	Julian Eberhard		Detail
8	10 March 2017	Kontiolahti	10 km Sprint	Martin Fourcade	Ondřej Moravec	Emil Hegle Svendsen		Detail
8	11 March 2017	Kontiolahti	12.5 km Pursuit	Arnd Peiffer	Simon Eder	Emil Hegle Svendsen		Detail
9	17 March 2017	Oslo Holmenkollen	10 km Sprint	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Martin Fourcade	Anton Shipulin		Detail
9	18 March 2017	Oslo Holmenkollen	12.5 km Pursuit	Anton Shipulin	Martin Fourcade	Johannes Thingnes Bø		Detail
9	19 March 2017	Oslo Holmenkollen	15 km Mass Start	Martin Fourcade	Andrejs Rastorgujevs	Simon Eder		Detail

Women

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib (After competition)	Det.
1	30 November 2016	Östersund	15 km Individual	Laura Dahlmeier	Anaïs Bescond	Darya Yurkevich	Laura Dahlmeier	Detail
1	3 December 2016	Östersund	7.5 km Sprint	Marie Dorin Habert	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Gabriela Koukalová		Detail
1	4 December 2016	Östersund	10 km Pursuit	Gabriela Koukalová	Laura Dahlmeier	Dorothea Wierer		Detail
2	9 December 2016	Pokljuka	7.5 km Sprint	Laura Dahlmeier	Justine Braisaz	Marte Olsbu		Detail
2	10 December 2016	Pokljuka	10 km Pursuit	Laura Dahlmeier	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Eva Puskarčíková		Detail
3	16 December 2016	Nové Město	7.5 km Sprint	Tatiana Akimova	Anaïs Chevalier	Susan Dunklee		Detail
3	17 December 2016	Nové Město	10 km Pursuit	Anaïs Chevalier	Dorothea Wierer	Tatiana Akimova		Detail
3	18 December 2016	Nové Město	12.5 km Mass Start	Gabriela Koukalová	Laura Dahlmeier	Dorothea Wierer		Detail
4	6 January 2017	Oberhof	7.5 km Sprint	Gabriela Koukalová	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Marie Dorin Habert		Detail
4	7 January 2017	Oberhof	10 km Pursuit	Marie Dorin Habert	Gabriela Koukalová	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Gabriela Koukalová	Detail
4	8 January 2017	Oberhof	12.5 km Mass Start	Gabriela Koukalová	Laura Dahlmeier	Eva Puskarčíková		Detail
5	14 January 2017	Ruhpolding	7.5 km Sprint	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Gabriela Koukalová	Laura Dahlmeier		Detail
5	15 January 2017	Ruhpolding	10 km Pursuit	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Gabriela Koukalová	Marie Dorin Habert		Detail
6	19 January 2017	Antholz-Anterselva	15 km Individual	Laura Dahlmeier	Anaïs Chevalier	Alexia Runggaldier	Laura Dahlmeier	Detail
6	21 January 2017	Antholz-Anterselva	12.5 km Mass Start	Nadine Horchler	Laura Dahlmeier	Gabriela Koukalová		Detail
WC	10 February 2017	Hochfilzen	7.5 km Sprint	Gabriela Koukalová	Laura Dahlmeier	Anaïs Chevalier		Detail
WC	12 February 2017	Hochfilzen	10 km Pursuit	Laura Dahlmeier	Darya Domracheva	Gabriela Koukalová		Detail
WC	15 February 2017	Hochfilzen	15 km Individual	Laura Dahlmeier	Gabriela Koukalová	Alexia Runggaldier		Detail
WC	19 February 2017	Hochfilzen	12.5 km Mass Start	Laura Dahlmeier	Susan Dunklee	Kaisa Mäkäräinen		Detail
7	2 March 2017	Pyeongchang	7.5 km Sprint	Laura Dahlmeier	Tiril Eckhoff	Anaïs Chevalier		Detail
7	4 March 2017	Pyeongchang	10 km Pursuit	Laura Dahlmeier	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Anaïs Bescond		Detail
8	10 March 2017	Kontiolahti	7.5 km Sprint	Tiril Eckhoff	Laura Dahlmeier	Darya Domracheva		Detail
8	11 March 2017	Kontiolahti	10 km Pursuit	Laura Dahlmeier	Marie Dorin Habert	Lisa Vittozzi		Detail
9	17 March 2017	Oslo Holmenkollen	7.5 km Sprint	Mari Laukkanen	Justine Braisaz	Anaïs Bescond		Detail
9	18 March 2017	Oslo Holmenkollen	10 km Pursuit	Mari Laukkanen	Gabriela Koukalová	Justine Braisaz		Detail
9	19 March 2017	Oslo Holmenkollen	12.5 km Mass Start	Tiril Eckhoff	Gabriela Koukalová	Kaisa Mäkäräinen		Detail

Men's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Det.
2	11 December 2016	Pokljuka	4x7.5 km Relay	France Jean-Guillaume Béatrix Quentin Fillon Maillet Simon Desthieux Martin Fourcade	Russia Maxim Tsvetkov Anton Babikov Matvey Eliseev Anton Shipulin	Germany Erik Lesser Matthias Dorfer Benedikt Doll Simon Schempp	Detail
5	11 January 2017	Ruhpolding	4x7.5 km Relay	Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Henrik L'Abee-Lund Emil Hegle Svendsen	Russia Alexey Volkov Anton Shipulin Matvey Eliseev Anton Babikov	Germany Erik Lesser Benedikt Doll Arnd Peiffer Simon Schempp	Detail
6	21 January 2017	Antholz-Anterselva	4x7.5 km Relay	Germany Erik Lesser Benedikt Doll Arnd Peiffer Simon Schempp	Norway Lars Helge Birkeland Henrik L'Abee-Lund Johannes Thingnes Bø Emil Hegle Svendsen	Russia Maxim Tsvetkov Evgeniy Garanichev Dmitry Malyshko Anton Babikov	Detail
WC	18 February 2017	Hochfilzen	4x7.5 km Relay	Russia Alexey Volkov Maxim Tsvetkov Anton Babikov Anton Shipulin	France Jean-Guillaume Béatrix Quentin Fillon Maillet Simon Desthieux Martin Fourcade	Austria Daniel Mesotitsch Julian Eberhard Simon Eder Dominik Landertinger	Detail
7	5 March 2017	Pyeongchang	4x7.5 km Relay	France Jean-Guillaume Béatrix Simon Fourcade Simon Desthieux Martin Fourcade	Austria Lorenz Wäger Simon Eder Julian Eberhard Dominik Landertinger	Norway Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Ole Einar Bjørndalen Vegard Gjermundshaug Henrik L'Abee-Lund	Detail

Women's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Det.
2	11 December 2016	Pokljuka	4x6 km Relay	Germany Vanessa Hinz Franziska Hildebrand Maren Hammerschmidt Laura Dahlmeier	France Anaïs Chevalier Justine Braisaz Celia Aymonier Marie Dorin Habert	Ukraine Iryna Varvynets Yuliia Dzhima Olena Pidhrushna Anastasiya Merkushyna	Detail
5	12 January 2017	Ruhpolding	4x6 km Relay	Germany Vanessa Hinz Maren Hammerschmidt Franziska Preuß Laura Dahlmeier	France Anaïs Chevalier Justine Braisaz Anaïs Bescond Celia Aymonier	Norway Kaia Wøien Nicolaisen Hilde Fenne Tiril Eckhoff Marte Olsbu	Detail
6	22 January 2017	Antholz-Anterselva	4x6 km Relay	Germany Vanessa Hinz Maren Hammerschmidt Franziska Hildebrand Laura Dahlmeier	France Anaïs Chevalier Justine Braisaz Anaïs Bescond Marie Dorin Habert	Italy Lisa Vittozzi Federica Sanfilippo Alexia Runggaldier Dorothea Wierer	Detail
WC	17 February 2017	Hochfilzen	4x6 km Relay	Germany Vanessa Hinz Maren Hammerschmidt Franziska Hildebrand Laura Dahlmeier	Ukraine Iryna Varvynets Yuliia Dzhima Anastasiya Merkushyna Olena Pidhrushna	France Anaïs Chevalier Celia Aymonier Justine Braisaz Marie Dorin Habert	Detail
7	5 March 2017	Pyeongchang	4x6 km Relay	Germany Nadine Horchler Maren Hammerschmidt Denise Herrmann Franziska Hildebrand	Norway Kaia Wøien Nicolaisen Hilde Fenne Tiril Eckhoff Marte Olsbu	Czech Republic Jessica Jislová Eva Puskarčíková Lucie Charvátová Gabriela Koukalová	Detail

Mixed

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Det.
1	27 November 2016	Östersund	2x6 km + 2x7.5 km Mixed Relay	Norway Marte Olsbu Fanny Horn Birkeland Ole Einar Bjørndalen Johannes Thingnes Bø	Germany Franziska Hildebrand Laura Dahlmeier Benedikt Doll Arnd Peiffer	Italy Lisa Vittozzi Dorothea Wierer Lukas Hofer Dominik Windisch	Detail
1	27 November 2016	Östersund	1x6 km + 1x7.5 km Single Mixed Relay	France Marie Dorin Habert Martin Fourcade	Austria Lisa Theresa Hauser Simon Eder	Germany Franziska Preuß Erik Lesser	Detail
WC	9 February 2017	Hochfilzen	2x6 km + 2x7.5 km Mixed Relay	Germany Vanessa Hinz Laura Dahlmeier Arnd Peiffer Simon Schempp	France Anaïs Chevalier Marie Dorin Habert Quentin Fillon Maillet Martin Fourcade	Russia Olga Podchufarova Tatiana Akimova Alexander Loginov Anton Shipulin	Detail
8	12 March 2017	Kontiolahti	1x6 km + 1x7.5 km Single Mixed Relay	Austria Lisa Theresa Hauser Simon Eder	United States Susan Dunklee Lowell Bailey	Germany Laura Dahlmeier Roman Rees	Detail
8	12 March 2017	Kontiolahti	2x6 km + 2x7.5 km Mixed Relay	France Marie Dorin Habert Anaïs Bescond Simon Desthieux Quentin Fillon Maillet	Germany Nadine Horchler Maren Hammerschmidt Benedikt Doll Arnd Peiffer	Ukraine Iryna Varvynets Olga Abramova Serhiy Semenov Dmytro Pidruchnyi	Detail

Standings: Men

Overall

Pos.		Points
1.	Martin Fourcade	1322
2.	Anton Shipulin	918
3.	Johannes Thingnes Bø	812
4.	Arnd Peiffer	746
5.	Simon Schempp	741

• Final standings after 26 races.

Individual Pos. Points 1. Martin Fourcade 162 2. Anton Shipulin 126 3. Lowell Bailey 117 4. Johannes Thingnes Bø 115 5. Lars Helge Birkeland 103 Final standings after 3 races.

Sprint Pos. Points 1. Martin Fourcade 484 2. Julian Eberhard 345 3. Emil Hegle Svendsen 276 4. Arnd Peiffer 275 5. Johannes Thingnes Bø 269 Final standings after 9 races.

Pursuit Pos. Points 1. Martin Fourcade 502 2. Anton Shipulin 392 3. Arnd Peiffer 298 4. Johannes Thingnes Bø 278 5. Emil Hegle Svendsen 249 Final standings after 9 races.

Mass start Pos. Points 1. Martin Fourcade 248 2. Simon Schempp 231 3. Anton Shipulin 177 4. Jean-Guillaume Béatrix 168 5. Erik Lesser 165 Final standings after 5 races.

Relay Pos. Points 1. Russia 259 2. France 242 3. Germany 237 4. Norway 228 5. Austria 216 Final standings after 5 races.

Nation Pos. Points 1. Germany 7448 2. France 7416 3. Russia 7192 4. Norway 7181 5. Austria 6926 Final standings after 22 races.

Standings: Women

Overall

Pos.		Points
1.	Laura Dahlmeier	1211
2.	Gabriela Koukalová	1090
3.	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	972
4.	Marie Dorin Habert	857
5.	Dorothea Wierer	721

• Final standings after 26 races.

Individual Pos. Points 1. Laura Dahlmeier 180 2. Vanessa Hinz 104 3. Gabriela Koukalová 96 4. Alexia Runggaldier 96 5. Olena Pidhrushna 84 Final standings after 3 races.

Sprint Pos. Points 1. Gabriela Koukalová 377 2. Laura Dahlmeier 372 3. Kaisa Mäkäräinen 337 4. Marie Dorin Habert 297 5. Justine Braisaz 282 Final standings after 9 races.

Pursuit Pos. Points 1. Laura Dahlmeier 405 2. Gabriela Koukalová 385 3. Kaisa Mäkäräinen 368 4. Marie Dorin Habert 346 5. Dorothea Wierer 287 Final standings after 9 races.

Mass start Pos. Points 1. Gabriela Koukalová 265 2. Laura Dahlmeier 254 3. Kaisa Mäkäräinen 207 4. Yuliia Dzhima 162 5. Dorothea Wierer 156 Final standings after 5 races.

Relay Pos. Points 1. Germany 300 2. France 248 3. Ukraine 224 4. Norway 203 5. Czech Republic 198 Final standings after 5 races.

Nation Pos. Points 1. Germany 7953 2. France 7647 3. Ukraine 6612 4. Czech Republic 6565 5. Italy 6489 Final standings after 22 races.

Standings: Mixed

Mixed relay

Pos.		Points
1.	Germany	264
2.	France	257
3.	Austria	201
4.	Norway	195
5.	Russia	195

• Final standings after 5 races.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	22	11	6	39
2	France	21	15	14	50
3	Norway	6	10	9	25
4	Czech Republic	5	9	7	21
5	Russia	5	6	8	19
6	Finland	4	4	3	11
7	Austria	3	4	4	11
8	United States	1	3	1	5
9	Italy	0	1	9	10
10	Belarus	0	1	3	4
	Ukraine	0	1	3	4
12	Latvia	0	1	0	1
	Sweden	0	1	0	1
Totals (13 entries)		67	67	67	201

Achievements

First World Cup career victory

Men  Anton Babikov (RUS), 25, in his 3rd season — the WC 1 Pursuit in Östersund; it also was his first podium  Benedikt Doll (GER), 26, in his 7th season — the World Championships Sprint in Hochfilzen; first podium was 2014-15 Sprint in Khanty-Mansiysk  Lowell Bailey (USA), 35, in his 15th season — the World Championships Individual in Hochfilzen; first podium was 2013-14 Sprint in Kontiolahti

Women  Tatiana Akimova (RUS), 26, in her 2nd season — the WC 3 Sprint in Nove Mesto; it also was her first podium  Anaïs Chevalier (FRA), 23, in her 3rd season — the WC 3 Pursuit in Nove Mesto; first podium was 2016-17 Sprint in Nove Mesto  Nadine Horchler (GER), 30, in her 7th season — the WC 6 Mass Start in Antholz; it also was her first podium  Mari Laukkanen (FIN), 29, in her 10th season — the WC 9 Sprint in Oslo Holmenkollen; first podium was 2013-14 Sprint in Kontiolahti

First World Cup podium

Men  Vladimir Chepelin (BLR), 28, in his 8th season — no. 3 in the WC 1 Individual in Östersund  Michal Krčmář (CZE), 25, in his 5th season — no. 3 in the WC 5 Pursuit in Ruhpolding  Andrejs Rastorgujevs (LAT), 28, in his 8th season — no. 2 in the WC 9 Mass Start in Oslo Holmenkollen

Women  Darya Yurkevich (BLR), 28, in her 4th season — no. 3 in the WC 1 Individual in Östersund  Justine Braisaz (FRA), 20, in her 3rd season — no. 2 in the WC 2 Sprint in Pokljuka  Eva Puskarčíková (CZE), 25, in her 4th season — no. 3 in the WC 2 Pursuit in Pokljuka  Anaïs Chevalier (FRA), 23, in her 3rd season — no. 2 in the WC 3 Sprint in Nove Mesto  Alexia Runggaldier (ITA), 25, in her 4th season — no. 3 in the WC 6 Individual Antholtz  Lisa Vittozzi (ITA), 22, in her 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 8 Pursuit Kontiolahti

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

Men  Martin Fourcade (FRA), 14 (61) first places  Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR), 2 (13) first place  Simon Schempp (GER), 2 (12) first places  Anton Shipulin (RUS), 2 (10) first places  Julian Eberhard (AUT), 2 (3) first places  Arnd Peiffer (GER), 1 (8) first place  Anton Babikov (RUS), 1 (1) first place  Lowell Bailey (USA), 1 (1) first place  Benedikt Doll (GER), 1 (1) first place

Women  Laura Dahlmeier (GER), 10 (17) first places  Gabriela Koukalová (CZE), 5 (17) first places  Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN), 2 (21) first places  Marie Dorin Habert (FRA), 2 (7) first places  Tiril Eckhoff (NOR), 2 (4) first places  Mari Laukkanen (FIN), 2 (2) first places  Tatiana Akimova (RUS), 1 (1) first place  Anaïs Chevalier (FRA), 1 (1) first place  Nadine Horchler (GER), 1 (1) first place

Retirements

The following notable biathletes retired during or after the 2016–17 season:

Men  Alex Gleave (GBR)  Daniel Böhm (GER)[3]  Károly Gombos (HUN)  Yan Savitskiy (KAZ)  Ivan Joller (SUI)[4]

Women  Jitka Landová (CZE)[5]  Kristel Viigipuu (EST)  Tina Bachmann (GER)[6]  Zanna Juskane (LAT)  Fanny Horn Birkeland (NOR)[7]  Marion Roenning Huber (NOR)  Svetlana Sleptsova (RUS)[8]  Andreja Mali (SLO)[9]  Teja Gregorin (SLO)  Jana Gereková (SVK)[10]

Notes

1. Event was relocated from Tyumen, Russia.^[2]