2022–23 Biathlon World Cup

The 2022–23 Biathlon World Cup (official: BMW IBU World Cup Biathlon) was a multi-race series over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union (IBU). It was the 46th edition for men and 41st edition for women of the highest international race series in biathlon.

2022–23 Biathlon World Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Johannes Thingnes Bø (4)	Julia Simon (1)
U25	Niklas Hartweg (1)	Elvira Öberg (2)
Individual	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen (1)	Lisa Vittozzi (2)
Sprint	Johannes Thingnes Bø (3)	Denise Herrmann-Wick (2)
Pursuit	Johannes Thingnes Bø (2)	Julia Simon (1)
Mass start	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen (1)	Julia Simon (1)
Relay	Norway (14)	France (3)
Nations Cup	Norway (19)	France (4)
Mixed	France (2)
Competition
Edition	46th	41st
Locations	9	9
Individual	21	21
Relay/Team	5	5
Mixed	4	4
Cancelled	–	1
Rescheduled	–	1
←2021–22 2023–24→

Overall Champions

Johannes Thingnes Bø won his fourth overall World Cup title. He won 16 individual races in this season.

Julia Simon won her first overall World Cup title in history. She became the first French woman since 2005 to win the World Cup.

The season started on 29 November 2022 in Kontiolahti, Finland and ended on 19 March 2023 in Oslo Holmenkollen, Norway.^[1]

The highlight of the season were the 2023 Biathlon World Championships in Oberhof, Germany. For the first time since 1993, the results of the World Championships were not included in the World Cup rankings (except for the national standings).

Quentin Fillon Maillet from France and Marte Olsbu Røiseland from Norway were the defending overall champions from the 2021–22 season. Fillon Maillet finished the season in 8th place and Olsbu Røiseland in 15th place.

Map of world cup hosts

All 10 locations hosting world cup events in this season (including Oberhof – venue of the World Championships).

Kontiolahti	Hochfilzen	Annecy-Le Grand-Bornand	Pokljuka	Ruhpolding
Europe Kontiolahti Hochfilzen Le Grand-Bornand Pokljuka Ruhpolding Antholz Oberhof Nové Město Östersund Holmenkollen
Antholz-Anterselva	Oberhof	Nové Město	Östersund	Oslo Holmenkollen

World Championships

Calendar

Stage	Location	Date	Individual / Short individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay	Single mixed relay	Details
1	Kontiolahti	29 November–4 December	●	●	●		●			details
2	Hochfilzen	8–11 December		●	●		●			details
3	Annecy-Le Grand-Bornand	15–18 December		●	●	●				details
4	Pokljuka	5–8 January		●	●			●	●	details
5	Ruhpolding	11–15 January	●			●	●			details
6	Antholz-Anterselva	19–22 January		●	●		●			details
WC	Oberhof	8–19 February	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	World Championships
7	Nové Město na Moravě	2–5 March		●	●			●	●	details
8	Östersund	9–12 March	●			●	●			details
9	Oslo Holmenkollen	16–19 March		●	●	●				details
Total: 68 (31 men's, 31 women's, 6 mixed)			4	8	8	5	6	3	3

Men

Calendar

Key: IND – Individual / SIND – Short Individual / SPR – Sprint / PUR – Pursuit / MSS – Mass Start

#	Date	Place (In brackets Stage)	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	R.
1	29 November 2022	Kontiolahti (1)	20 km IND	Martin Ponsiluoma	Niklas Hartweg	David Zobel	[2]
2	3 December 2022		10 km SPR	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Sturla Holm Lægreid	Roman Rees	[3]
3	4 December 2022		12.5 km PUR	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Sturla Holm Lægreid	Émilien Jacquelin	[4]
4	9 December 2022	Hochfilzen (2)	10 km SPR	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Émilien Jacquelin	Sturla Holm Lægreid	[5]
5	11 December 2022		12.5 km PUR	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Sturla Holm Lægreid	Émilien Jacquelin	[6]
6	15 December 2022	Annecy-Le Grand-Bornand (3)	10 km SPR	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Sturla Holm Lægreid	Benedikt Doll	[7]
7	17 December 2022		12.5 km PUR	Sturla Holm Lægreid	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	Johannes Thingnes Bø	[8]
8	18 December 2022		15 km MSS	Johannes Dale	Sturla Holm Lægreid	Johannes Thingnes Bø	[9]
9	6 January 2023	Pokljuka (4)	10 km SPR	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Tarjei Bø	Sturla Holm Lægreid	[10]
10	7 January 2023		12.5 km PUR	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Quentin Fillon Maillet	Tarjei Bø	[11]
11	11 January 2023	Ruhpolding (5)	20 km IND	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	Jakov Fak	[12]
12	15 January 2023		15 km MSS	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	Sturla Holm Lægreid	[13]
13	20 January 2023	Antholz-Anterselva (6)	10 km SPR	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Martin Ponsiluoma	Sturla Holm Lægreid	[14]
14	21 January 2023		12.5 km PUR	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Sturla Holm Lægreid	Martin Ponsiluoma	[15]
Biathlon World Championships 2023 (8–19 February)[a]
WCH	11 February 2023	Oberhof	10 km SPR	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Tarjei Bø	Sturla Holm Lægreid	[16]
	12 February 2023		12.5 km PUR	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Sturla Holm Lægreid	Sebastian Samuelsson	[17]
	14 February 2023		20 km IND	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Sturla Holm Lægreid	Sebastian Samuelsson	[18]
	19 February 2023		15 km MSS	Sebastian Samuelsson	Martin Ponsiluoma	Johannes Thingnes Bø	[19]
15	2 March 2023	Nové Město (7)	10 km SPR	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Tarjei Bø	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	[20]
16	4 March 2023		12.5 km PUR	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Tarjei Bø	Martin Ponsiluoma	[21]
17	9 March 2023	Östersund (8)	20 km IND	Benedikt Doll	Tommaso Giacomel	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	[22]
18	12 March 2023		15 km MSS	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	Johannes Dale	Éric Perrot	[23]
19	16 March 2023	Oslo Holmenkollen (9)	10 km SPR	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Martin Ponsiluoma	Benedikt Doll	[24]
20	18 March 2023		12.5 km PUR	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Quentin Fillon Maillet	Sturla Holm Lægreid	[25]
21	19 March 2023		15 km MSS	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Niklas Hartweg	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	[26]

Relay – 4 x 7.5 km

#	Date	Place (In brackets Stage)	Winner	Second	Third	Leader (After competition)	R.
1	1 December 2022	Kontiolahti (1)	Norway 1. Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen 2. Sturla Holm Lægreid 3. Tarjei Bø 4. Johannes Thingnes Bø	Germany 1. Justus Strelow 2. Johannes Kühn 3. Benedikt Doll 4. Roman Rees	France 1. Éric Perrot 2. Fabien Claude 3. Émilien Jacquelin 4. Quentin Fillon Maillet	Norway	[27]
2	10 December 2022	Hochfilzen (2)	Norway 1.Sturla Holm Lægreid 2. Filip Fjeld Andersen 3. Johannes Thingnes Bø 4. Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	Sweden 1. Jesper Nelin 2. Martin Ponsiluoma 3. Peppe Femling 4. Sebastian Samuelsson	Germany 1. Justus Strelow 2. Johannes Kühn 3. Roman Rees 4. Benedikt Doll		[28]
3	13 January 2023	Ruhpolding (5)	Norway 1. Sturla Holm Lægreid 2. Tarjei Bø 3. Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen 4. Johannes Thingnes Bø	Germany 1. David Zobel 2. Johannes Kühn 3. Benedikt Doll 4. Roman Rees	France 1. Éric Perrot 2. Quentin Fillon Maillet 3. Antonin Guigonnat 4. Fabien Claude		[29]
4	22 January 2023	Antholz-Anterselva (6)	Norway 1. Sturla Holm Lægreid 2. Tarjei Bø 3. Johannes Thingnes Bø 4. Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	France 1. Antonin Guigonnat 2. Fabien Claude 3. Émilien Jacquelin 4. Quentin Fillon Maillet	Germany 1. David Zobel 2. Johannes Kühn 3. Benedikt Doll 4. Roman Rees		[30]
WCH	18 February 2023	Oberhof	France 1. Antonin Guigonnat 2. Fabien Claude 3. Émilien Jacquelin 4. Quentin Fillon Maillet	Norway 1. Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen 2. Tarjei Bø 3. Sturla Holm Lægreid 4. Johannes Thingnes Bø	Sweden 1. Peppe Femling 2. Martin Ponsiluoma 3. Jesper Nelin 4. Sebastian Samuelsson	not included in the World Cup	[31]
5	11 March 2023	Östersund (8)	Norway 1. Endre Strømsheim 2. Vebjørn Sørum 3. Johannes Dale 4. Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	France 1. Oscar Lombardot 2. Antonin Guigonnat 3. Éric Perrot 4. Fabien Claude	Germany 1. Roman Rees 2. Johannes Kühn 3. Philipp Nawrath 4. Benedikt Doll	Norway	[32]

Overall leaders

Overall

No.	Holder	Date gained	Place	Date forfeited	Place	Number of competitions
1.	Martin Ponsiluoma	29 November 2022	Kontiolahti	3 December 2022	Kontiolahti	1
2.	Johannes Thingnes Bø	3 December 2022	Kontiolahti	Overall Winner		20

Under 25

No.	Holder	Date gained	Place	Date forfeited	Place	Number of competitions
1.	Niklas Hartweg	29 November 2022	Kontiolahti	17 December 2022	Annecy-Le Grand-Bornand	6
2.	Filip Fjeld Andersen	17 December 2022	Annecy-Le Grand-Bornand	15 January 2023	Ruhpolding	5
3.	Niklas Hartweg	15 January 2023	Ruhpolding	9 March 2023	Östersund	5
4.	Tommaso Giacomel	9 March 2023	Östersund	19 March 2023	Oslo-Holmenkollen	4
5.	Niklas Hartweg	19 March 2023	Oslo-Holmenkollen	U25 Winner		1

Standings

Overall Rank after all 21 events[33] Points Johannes Thingnes Bø 1589 2 Sturla Holm Lægreid 1098 3 Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen 935 4 Benedikt Doll 782 5 Martin Ponsiluoma 779 6 Tarjei Bø 684 7 Johannes Dale 674 8 Quentin Fillon Maillet 671 9 Roman Rees 658 10 Fabien Claude 635

Under 25 Rank after all 21 events[34] Points    Niklas Hartweg 608 2 Tommaso Giacomel 592 3    Sebastian Stalder 426 4 Filip Fjeld Andersen 324 5 Éric Perrot 189 6 Adam Runnalls 109 7 Anton Vidmar 95 8 Tuomas Harjula 94 9 Jakub Štvrtecký 86 10 Didier Bionaz 78

Individual Rank after all 3 events[35] Points Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen 171 2 Benedikt Doll 151 3 Martin Ponsiluoma 132 4 Roman Rees 123 5 Tommaso Giacomel 120

Sprint Rank after all 7 events[36] Points Johannes Thingnes Bø 630 2 Sturla Holm Lægreid 375 3 Martin Ponsiluoma 328 4 Benedikt Doll 285 5 Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen 257

Pursuit Rank after all 7 events[37] Points Johannes Thingnes Bø 600 2 Sturla Holm Lægreid 425 3 Quentin Fillon Maillet 295 4 Tarjei Bø 277 5 Fabien Claude 252

Mass start Rank after all 4 events[38] Points Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen 270 2 Johannes Thingnes Bø 240 3 Sturla Holm Lægreid 208 4 Johannes Dale 206 5    Sebastian Stalder 143

Relay Rank after all 5 events[39] Points 1  Norway 450 2  Germany 330 3  France 320 4  Sweden 256 5  Austria 190

Nations Cup Rank after all 24 events[40] Points 1  Norway 8993 2  France 7977 3  Germany 7813 4  Sweden 7399 5  Switzerland 6345

Women

Calendar

Key: IND – Individual / SIND – Short Individual / SPR – Sprint / PUR – Pursuit / MSS – Mass Start

#	Date	Place (In brackets Stage)	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	R.
1	30 November 2022	Kontiolahti (1)	15 km IND	Hanna Öberg	Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold	Lisa Vittozzi	[41]
2	3 December 2022		7.5 km SPR	Lisa Theresa Hauser	Lisa Vittozzi	Linn Persson	[42]
3	4 December 2022		10 km PUR	Julia Simon	Dorothea Wierer	Elvira Öberg	[43]
4	8 December 2022	Hochfilzen (2)	7.5 km SPR	Denise Herrmann-Wick	Markéta Davidová	Julia Simon	[44]
5	10 December 2022		10 km PUR	Julia Simon	Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold	Markéta Davidová	[45]
6	16 December 2022	Annecy-Le Grand-Bornand (3)	7.5 km SPR	Anna Magnusson	Linn Persson	Denise Herrmann-Wick	[46]
7	17 December 2022		10 km PUR	Elvira Öberg	Lisa Vittozzi	Julia Simon	[47]
8	18 December 2022		12.5 km MSS	Lisa Theresa Hauser	Julia Simon	Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet	[48]
9	5 January 2023	Pokljuka (4)	7.5 km SPR	Elvira Öberg	Julia Simon	Dorothea Wierer	[49]
10	7 January 2023		10 km PUR	Elvira Öberg	Dorothea Wierer	Julia Simon	[50]
11	12 January 2023	Ruhpolding (5)	15 km IND	Lisa Vittozzi	Lou Jeanmonnot	Julia Simon	[51]
12	15 January 2023		12.5 km MSS	Julia Simon	Lisa Vittozzi	Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet	[52]
13	19 January 2023	Antholz-Anterselva (6)	7.5 km SPR	Dorothea Wierer	Chloé Chevalier	Elvira Öberg	[53]
14	21 January 2023		10 km PUR	Denise Herrmann-Wick	Lisa Vittozzi	Elvira Öberg	[54]
Biathlon World Championships 2023 (8–19 February)[a]
WCH	10 February 2023	Oberhof	7.5km SPR	Denise Herrmann-Wick	Hanna Öberg	Linn Persson	[55]
	12 February 2023		10 km PUR	Julia Simon	Denise Herrmann-Wick	Marte Olsbu Roeiseland	[56]
	15 February 2023		15 km IND	Hanna Öberg	Linn Persson	Lisa Vittozzi	[57]
	19 February 2023		12.5 km MSS	Hanna Öberg	Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold	Julia Simon	[58]
15	3 March 2023	Nové Město (7)	7.5 km SPR	Marte Olsbu Røiseland	Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold	Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet	[59]
16	4 March 2023		10 km PUR	Marte Olsbu Røiseland	Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold	Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet	[60]
17	9 March 2023	Östersund (8)	15 km IND	Dorothea Wierer	Lisa Vittozzi	Denise Herrmann-Wick	[61]
18	12 March 2023		12.5 km MSS	Dorothea Wierer	Lou Jeanmonnot	Julia Simon	[62]
19	[b]18 March 2023	Oslo Holmenkollen (9)	7.5 km SPR	Denise Herrmann-Wick	Hanna Öberg	Anna Magnusson	[63]
	18 March 2023		10 km PUR	Cancelled due to delayed Sprint
20	19 March 2023		12.5 km MSS	Hanna Öberg	Marte Olsbu Røiseland	Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet	[64]

Relay – 4 x 6 km

#	Date	Place (In brackets Stage)	Winner	Second	Third	Leader (After competition)	R.
1	1 December 2022	Kontiolahti (1)	Sweden 1. Linn Persson 2. Anna Magnusson 3. Hanna Öberg 4. Elvira Öberg	Germany 1. Anna Weidel 2. Sophia Schneider 3. Vanessa Voigt 4. Denise Herrmann-Wick	Norway 1. Karoline Offigstad Knotten 2. Ida Lien 3. Ragnhild Femsteinevik 4. Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold	Sweden	[65]
2	11 December 2022	Hochfilzen (2)	France 1. Lou Jeanmonnot 2. Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet 3. Chloé Chevalier 4. Julia Simon	Sweden 1. Linn Persson 2. Anna Magnusson 3. Hanna Öberg 4. Elvira Öberg	Italy 1. Rebecca Passler 2. Dorothea Wierer 3. Samuela Comola 4. Lisa Vittozzi		[66]
3	14 January 2023	Ruhpolding (5)	Norway 1. Karoline Offigstad Knotten 2. Ragnhild Femsteinevik 3. Marte Olsbu Røiseland 4. Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold	Germany 1. Anna Weidel 2. Sophia Schneider 3. Vanessa Voigt 4. Denise Herrmann-Wick	Italy 1. Samuela Comola 2. Lisa Vittozzi 3. Rebecca Passler 4. Dorothea Wierer		[67]
4	22 January 2023	Antholz-Anterselva (6)	France 1. Lou Jeanmonnot 2. Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet 3. Chloé Chevalier 4. Julia Simon	Sweden 1. Linn Persson 2. Anna Magnusson 3. Hanna Öberg 4. Elvira Öberg	Germany 1. Vanessa Voigt 2. Sophia Schneider 3. Janina Hettich-Walz 4. Hanna Kebinger		[68]
WCH	18 February 2023	Oberhof	Italy 1. Samuela Comola 2. Dorothea Wierer 3. Hannah Auchentaller 4. Lisa Vittozzi	Germany 1. Vanessa Voigt 2. Hanna Kebinger 3. Sophia Schneider 4. Denise Herrmann-Wick	Sweden 1. Linn Persson 2. Anna Magnusson 3. Elvira Öberg 4. Hanna Öberg	not included in the World Cup	[69]
5	11 March 2023	Östersund (8)	Norway 1. Juni Arnekleiv 2. Ida Lien 3. Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold 4. Marte Olsbu Røiseland	France 1. Lou Jeanmonnot 2. Chloé Chevalier 3. Caroline Colombo 4. Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet	Germany 1. Janina Hettich-Walz 2. Hanna Kebinger 3. Vanessa Voigt 4. Denise Herrmann-Wick	France	[70]

Overall leaders

Overall

No.	Holder	Date gained	Place	Date forfeited	Place	Number of competitions
1.	Hanna Öberg	30 November 2022	Kontiolahti	3 December 2022	Kontiolahti	1
2.	Lisa Vittozzi	3 December 2022	Kontiolahti	8 December 2022	Hochfilzen	2
3.	Julia Simon	8 December 2022	Hochfilzen	Overall Winner		17

Under 25

No.	Holder	Date gained	Place	Date forfeited	Place	Number of competitions
1.	Elvira Öberg	30 November 2022	Kontiolahti	U25 Winner		20

Standings

Overall Rank after all 20 events[71] Points Julia Simon 1093 2 Dorothea Wierer 911 3 Lisa Vittozzi 882 4 Denise Herrmann-Wick 874 5 Elvira Öberg 764 6 Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold 731 7 Hanna Öberg 710 8 Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet 670 9 Markéta Davidová 668 10 Lisa Theresa Hauser 604

Under 25 Rank after all 20 events[72] Points Elvira Öberg 764 2 Lou Jeanmonnot 593 3 Sophie Chauveau 321 4 Anna Gandler 177 5    Amy Baserga 157 6 Samuela Comola 138 7 Rebecca Passler 133 8 Tereza Voborníková 109 9 Milena Todorova 80 10 Anna Juppe 62

Individual Rank after all 3 events[73] Points Lisa Vittozzi 225 2 Julia Simon 155 3 Hanna Öberg 153 4 Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold 147 5 Dorothea Wierer 143

Sprint Rank after all 7 events[74] Points Denise Herrmann-Wick 400 2 Dorothea Wierer 314 3 Julia Simon 295 4 Elvira Öberg 263 5 Markéta Davidová 245

Pursuit Rank after all 6 events[75] Points Julia Simon 373 2 Elvira Öberg 350 3 Dorothea Wierer 285 4 Lisa Vittozzi 279 5 Denise Herrmann-Wick 272

Mass start Rank after all 4 events[76] Points Julia Simon 270 2 Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet 206 3 Hanna Öberg 195 4 Dorothea Wierer 169 5 Lou Jeanmonnot 166

Relay Rank after all 5 events[77] Points 1  France 345 2  Norway 325 3  Sweden 321 4  Germany 320 5  Italy 252

Nations Cup Rank after all 24 events[78] Points 1  France 8128 2  Sweden 7884 3  Norway 7859 4  Germany 7833 5  Italy 7575

Mixed Relay

#	Date	Place (In brackets Stage)	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Leader (After competition)	R.
1	8 January 2023	Pokljuka (4)	6 km + 7.5 km	Norway 1. Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen 2. Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold	France 1. Antonin Guigonnat 2. Lou Jeanmonnot	Switzerland 1. Niklas Hartweg 2. Amy Baserga	Norway	[79]
2			4 x 7.5 km	France 1. Fabien Claude 2. Quentin Fillon Maillet 3. Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet 4. Julia Simon	Italy 1. Didier Bionaz 2. Tommaso Giacomel 3. Dorothea Wierer 4. Lisa Vittozzi	Sweden 1. Jesper Nelin 2. Martin Ponsiluoma 3. Mona Brorsson 4. Elvira Öberg	France	[80]
WCH	8 February 2023	Oberhof	4 x 6 km	Norway 1. Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold 2. Marte Olsbu Røiseland 3. Sturla Holm Lægreid 4. Johannes Thingnes Bø	Italy 1. Lisa Vittozzi 2. Dorothea Wierer 3. Didier Bionaz 4. Tommaso Giacomel	France 1. Julia Simon 2. Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet 3. Emilien Jacquelin 4. Quentin Fillon Maillet	not included in the World Cup	[81]
	16 February 2023		6 km + 7.5 km	Norway 1. Johannes Thingnes Boe 2. Marte Olsbu Røiseland	Austria 1. David Komatz 2. Lisa Theresa Hauser	Italy 1. Tommaso Giacomel 2. Lisa Vittozzi		[82]
3	5 March 2023	Nové Město (7)	4 x 6 km	France 1. Lou Jeanmonnot 2. Caroline Colombo 3. Éric Perrot 4. Fabien Claude	Sweden 1. Anna Magnusson 2. Hanna Öberg 3. Martin Ponsiluoma 4. Sebastian Samuelsson	Norway 1. Karoline Offigstad Knotten 2. Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold 3. Johannes Dale 4. Endre Strømsheim	France	[83]
4			6 km + 7.5 km	Norway 1. Marte Olsbu Røiseland 2. Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	Switzerland 1. Amy Baserga 2. Niklas Hartweg	Latvia 1. Baiba Bendika 2. Andrejs Rastorgujevs		[84]

Rankings

Rank after all 4 events[85] Points 1  France 305 2  Norway 280 3   Switzerland  217 4  Sweden 198 5  Italy 173

Podium table by nation

Table showing the World Cup podium places (gold–1st place, silver–2nd place, bronze–3rd place) by the countries represented by the athletes.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway	30	18	13	61
2	Sweden	8	8	8	24
3	France	7	12	15	34
4	Italy	4	9	4	17
5	Germany	4	4	11	19
6	Austria	2	0	0	2
7	Switzerland	0	3	1	4
8	Czech Republic	0	1	1	2
9	Latvia	0	0	1	1
	Slovenia	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		55	55	55	165

Points distribution

The table shows the number of points won in the 2022–23 Biathlon World Cup for men and women. Relay events do not impact individual rankings.^[86]

Place	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40
Individual	90	75	60	50	45	40	36	34	32	31	30	29	28	27	26	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
Sprint
Pursuit
Mass Start																						18	16	14	12	10	8	6	4	2

Achievements

First World Cup career victory

Men	Women Anna Magnusson (27), in her 9th season – Stage 3 Sprint in Annecy-Le Grand-Bornand

First World Cup podium

Men    Niklas Hartweg (22), in his 3rd season – Stage 1 Individual in Kontiolahti – 2nd place Tommaso Giacomel (22), in his 4th season – Stage 8 Individual in Östersund – 2nd place David Zobel (26), in his 3rd season – Stage 1 Individual in Kontiolahti – 3rd place Éric Perrot (21), in his 3rd season – Stage 8 Mass Start in Östersund – 3rd place

Women Anna Magnusson (27), in her 9th season – Stage 3 Sprint in Annecy-Le Grand-Bornand – 1st place Lou Jeanmonnot (24), in her 3rd season – Stage 5 Individual in Ruhpolding – 2nd place Chloé Chevalier (27), in her 7th season – Stage 6 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva – 2nd place

Team

Mixed

•  Switzerland – no. 3 in Stage 4 Single Mixed Relay in Pokljuka^[87]
•  Latvia – no. 3 in Stage 7 Single Mixed Relay in Nové Město^[88]

Number of wins this season (in brackets are all-time wins)

Men [89] [90] Johannes Thingnes Bø – 16 (68) Sturla Holm Lægreid – 1 (10) Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen – 1 (4) Benedikt Doll – 1 (4) Johannes Dale – 1 (2) Martin Ponsiluoma – 1 (2)

Women [91] [92] Dorothea Wierer – 3 (16) Denise Herrmann-Wick – 3 (11) Elvira Öberg – 3 (7) Julia Simon – 3 (7) Marte Olsbu Røiseland – 2 (17) Hanna Öberg – 2 (8) Lisa Theresa Hauser – 2 (5) Lisa Vittozzi – 1 (3) Anna Magnusson – 1 (1)

Retirements

The following notable biathletes retired during or after the 2022–23 season:

Men Lucas Pitzer[93] Jules Burnotte[94] Adam Buki[95] Soma Gyallai[96] Shohei Kodama Sergey Sirik [de][97] Aleksander Fjeld Andersen[98] Erlend Bjøntegaard[99] Sindre Pettersen [de][100] Grzegorz Guzik[101] Ilia Gavrilov[102] Semen Suchilov [de][103] Tomáš Hasilla[104] Michal Šíma[105] Rok Tršan[106]    Laurin Fravi [de][107]    Serafin Wiestner[108] Gabriel Stegmayr [de]

Women Mari Eder[109] Nastassia Kinnunen[110] Sanna Laari[111] Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet[112] Denise Herrmann-Wick[113] Vanessa Hinz[114] Eleonora Fauner [de][115] Federica Sanfilippo[116] Asuka Hachisuka[117] Fuyuko Tachizaki[118] Lyudmila Akhatova[119] Alina Raikova[120] Gabrielė Leščinskaitė[121] Tiril Eckhoff[122] Marte Olsbu Røiseland[123] Magdalena Gwizdoń[124] Kinga Zbylut[125] Ekaterina Glazyrina[126] Tais Vozelj[127] Ivona Fialková[128]    Ladina Meier-Ruge [de][129] Joanne Reid[130]

See also

• 2022–23 Biathlon IBU Cup

Notes

1. not included in the World Cup
2. Women's Sprint originally scheduled for 17 March 2023 (Friday), was rescheduled to 18 March 2023 (Saturday), due to bad weather.