The 2005–06 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The 2006 Winter Olympics were part of the Biathlon World Cup. The season lasted from 26 November 2005 to 26 March 2006.
The men's overall World Cup was won by Norway's Ole Einar Bjørndalen, while Kati Wilhelm of Germany claimed the women's overall World Cup.
Calendar Below is the World Cup calendar for the 2005–06 season. LocationDateIndividualSprintPursuitRelayDetails Östersund25–29 November●●● Hochfilzen7–11 December●●● Brezno-Osrblie14–18 December●●● Oberhof3–8 January●●● Ruhpolding10–15 January●●● Antholz18–22 January●●● Cesana San Sicario10–26 February●●●●●Winter Olympics Pokljuka7–11 March●● Kontiolahti15–19 March●●● Oslo22–26 March●●●Total310855
World Cup Podium
Men Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib Det. 1 26 November 2005 Östersund 10 km Sprint Stian Eckhoff Raphaël Poirée Ilmārs Bricis Stian Eckhoff Detail 1 27 November 2005 Östersund 12.5 km Pursuit Ole Einar Bjørndalen Vincent Defrasne Ivan Tcherezov Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail 2 8 December 2005 Hochfilzen 20 km Individual Raphaël Poirée Ole Einar Bjørndalen Michael Greis Detail 2 10 December 2005 Hochfilzen 10 km Sprint Frode Andresen Lars Berger Sven Fischer Detail 3 15 December 2005 Brezno-Osrblie 20 km Individual Sven Fischer Maxim Tchoudov Michael Rösch Detail 3 16 December 2005 Brezno-Osrblie 10 km Sprint Alexander Wolf Michael Rösch Sven Fischer Raphaël Poirée Detail 3 18 December 2005 Brezno-Osrblie 12.5 km Pursuit Sven Fischer Alexander Wolf Michael Rösch Alexander Wolf Detail 4 7 January 2006 Oberhof 10 km Sprint Vincent Defrasne Alexander Wolf Maxim Tchoudov Detail 4 8 January 2006 Oberhof 15 km Mass Start Halvard Hanevold Sven Fischer Raphaël Poirée Detail 5 14 January 2006 Ruhpolding 10 km Sprint Frode Andresen Michael Rösch Michael Greis Raphaël Poirée Detail 5 15 January 2006 Ruhpolding 12.5 km Pursuit Michael Rösch Raphaël Poirée Sergei Tchepikov Detail 6 19 January 2006 Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Sprint Frode Andresen Ricco Groß Maxim Tchoudov Detail 6 20 January 2006 Antholz-Anterselva 12.5 km Pursuit Ricco Groß Halvard Hanevold Frode Andresen Detail 6 22 January 2006 Antholz-Anterselva 15 km Mass Start Ole Einar Bjørndalen Raphaël Poirée Frode Andresen Detail OG 11 February 2006 Turin 20 km Individual Michael Greis Ole Einar Bjørndalen Halvard Hanevold Detail OG 14 February 2006 Turin 10 km Sprint Sven Fischer Halvard Hanevold Frode Andresen Detail OG 18 February 2006 Turin 12.5 km Pursuit Vincent Defrasne Ole Einar Bjørndalen Sven Fischer Sven Fischer Detail OG 25 February 2006 Turin 15 km Mass Start Michael Greis Tomasz Sikora Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail 7 8 March 2006 Pokljuka 10 km Sprint Ole Einar Bjørndalen Raphaël Poirée Carl Johan Bergman Raphaël Poirée Detail 7 11 March 2006 Pokljuka 12.5 km Pursuit Ole Einar Bjørndalen Raphaël Poirée Carl Johan Bergman Detail 8 16 March 2006 Kontiolahti 10 km Sprint Carl Johan Bergman Tomasz Sikora Sven Fischer Detail 8 18 March 2006 Kontiolahti 12.5 km Pursuit Ole Einar Bjørndalen Raphaël Poirée Lars Berger Detail 8 19 March 2006 Kontiolahti 15 km Mass Start Tomasz Sikora Raphaël Poirée Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail 9 23 March 2006 Oslo Holmenkollen 10 km Sprint Ole Einar Bjørndalen Ilmārs Bricis Mattias Nilsson Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail 9 25 March 2006 Oslo Holmenkollen 12.5 km Pursuit Ole Einar Bjørndalen Tomasz Sikora Ricco Groß Detail 9 26 March 2006 Oslo Holmenkollen 15 km Mass Start Ole Einar Bjørndalen Roman Dostál Sergei Rozhkov Detail
Women Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib Det. 1 26 November 2005 Östersund 7.5 km Sprint Uschi Disl Tadeja Brankovič Katrin Apel Uschi Disl Detail 1 27 November 2005 Östersund 10 km Pursuit Olga Zaitseva Kati Wilhelm Andrea Henkel Detail 2 7 December 2005 Hochfilzen 15 km Individual Anna Carin Olofsson Olga Zaitseva Natalia Guseva Olga Zaitseva Detail 2 9 December 2005 Hochfilzen 7.5 km Sprint Kati Wilhelm Svetlana Ishmouratova Uschi Disl Detail 3 15 December 2005 Brezno-Osrblie 15 km Individual Svetlana Ishmouratova Albina Akhatova Florence Baverel-Robert Detail 3 17 December 2005 Brezno-Osrblie 7.5 km Sprint Anna Carin Olofsson Kati Wilhelm Lilia Efremova Kati Wilhelm Detail 3 18 December 2005 Brezno-Osrblie 10 km Pursuit Anna Carin Olofsson Kati Wilhelm Uschi Disl Detail 4 7 January 2006 Oberhof 7.5 km Sprint Kati Wilhelm Anna Carin Olofsson Linda Tjørhom Detail 4 8 January 2006 Oberhof 12.5 km Mass Start Martina Glagow Olga Pyleva Katrin Apel Detail 5 13 January 2006 Ruhpolding 7.5 km Sprint Sandrine Bailly Kati Wilhelm Svetlana Ishmouratova Detail 5 15 January 2006 Ruhpolding 10 km Pursuit Liv Grete Poirée Kati Wilhelm Albina Akhatova Detail 6 19 January 2006 Antholz-Anterselva 7.5 km Sprint Kati Wilhelm Sandrine Bailly Albina Akhatova Detail 6 21 January 2006 Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Pursuit Kati Wilhelm Sandrine Bailly Albina Akhatova Detail 6 22 January 2006 Antholz-Anterselva 12.5 km Mass Start Martina Glagow Andrea Henkel Uschi Disl Detail OG 13 February 2006 Turin 15 km Individual Svetlana Ishmouratova Olga Pyleva Martina Glagow Detail OG 16 February 2006 Turin 7.5 km Sprint Florence Baverel-Robert Anna Carin Olofsson Lilia Efremova Detail OG 18 February 2006 Turin 10 km Pursuit Kati Wilhelm Martina Glagow Albina Akhatova Detail OG 25 February 2006 Turin 12.5 km Mass Start Anna Carin Olofsson Kati Wilhelm Uschi Disl Detail 7 9 March 2006 Pokljuka 7.5 km Sprint Linda Tjørhom Sandrine Bailly Florence Baverel-Robert Detail 7 11 March 2006 Pokljuka 10 km Pursuit Sandrine Bailly Kati Wilhelm Katrin Apel Detail 8 16 March 2005 Kontiolahti 7.5 km Sprint Anna Carin Olofsson Olena Zubrilova Tadeja Brankovič Detail 8 18 March 2006 Kontiolahti 10 km Pursuit Anna Carin Olofsson Kati Wilhelm Olena Zubrilova Detail 8 19 March 2006 Kontiolahti 12.5 km Mass Start Olena Zubrilova Kati Wilhelm Tadeja Brankovič Detail 9 23 March 2006 Oslo Holmenkollen 7.5 km Sprint Martina Glagow Michela Ponza Ekaterina Ivanova Detail 9 25 March 2006 Oslo Holmenkollen 10 km Pursuit Kati Wilhelm Anna Bogaliy-Titovets Anna Carin Olofsson Detail 9 26 March 2006 Oslo Holmenkollen 12.5 km Mass Start Linda Tjørhom Sandrine Bailly Olga Nazarova Detail
Men's team Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third 1 29 November 2005 Östersund 4x7.5 km Relay 2 11 December 2005 Hochfilzen 4x7.5 km Relay 4 4 January 2006 Oberhof 4x7.5 km Relay 5 12 January 2006 Ruhpolding 4x7.5 km Relay OG 21 February 2006 Turin 4x7.5 km Relay
Women's team Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third 1 29 November 2005 Östersund 4x6 km Relay 2 10 December 2005 Hochfilzen 4x6 km Relay 4 5 January 2006 Oberhof 4x6 km Relay 5 11 January 2006 Ruhpolding 4x6 km Relay OG 23 February 2006 Turin 4x6 km Relay
Mixed Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third WC 12 March 2006 Pokljuka 2x6 km + 2x7.5 km Mixed Relay
Standings: Men
Overall Pos.Points 1. Ole Einar Bjørndalen 814 2. Raphaël Poirée 695 3. Sven Fischer 674 4. Tomasz Sikora 606 5. Michael Rösch 573 Final standings after 26 races.
Individual Pos.Points 1. Michael Greis 133 2. Ole Einar Bjørndalen 92 3. Raphaël Poirée 83 4. Sven Fischer 77 5. Halvard Hanevold 77 Final standings after 3 races.
Sprint Pos.Points 1. Tomasz Sikora 257 2. Ole Einar Bjørndalen 253 3. Raphaël Poirée 245 4. Sven Fischer 232 5. Vincent Defrasne 230 Final standings after 10 races.
Pursuit Pos.Points 1. Ole Einar Bjørndalen 283 2. Sven Fischer 229 3. Raphaël Poirée 200 4. Vincent Defrasne 198 5. Michael Rösch 195 Final standings after 8 races.
Mass Start Pos.Points 1. Ole Einar Bjørndalen 186 2. Raphaël Poirée 157 3. Tomasz Sikora 140 4. Sven Fischer 124 5. Maxim Tchoudov 120 Final standings after 5 races.
Relay Pos.Points 1. Germany 200 2. Russia 184 3. France 169 4. Norway 164 5. Belarus 147 Final standings after 5 races.
Nation Pos.Points 1. 5843 2. 5531 3. 5462 4. 5067 5. 4668 Final standings after 19 races.
Standings: Women
Overall Pos.Points 1. Kati Wilhelm 969 2. Anna Carin Olofsson 818 3. Martina Glagow 694 4. Sandrine Bailly 674 5. Uschi Disl 580 Final standings after 26 races.
Individual Pos.Points 1. Svetlana Ishmouratova 100 2. Albina Akhatova 99 3. Anna Carin Olofsson 96 4. Martina Glagow 80 5. Sandrine Bailly 74 Final standings after 3 races.
Sprint Pos.Points 1. Kati Wilhelm 368 2. Anna Carin Olofsson 333 3. Svetlana Ishmouratova 244 4. Sandrine Bailly 242 5. Martina Glagow 220 Final standings after 10 races.
Pursuit Pos.Points 1. Kati Wilhelm 334 2. Anna Carin Olofsson 254 3. Sandrine Bailly 221 4. Martina Glagow 209 5. Katrin Apel 195 Final standings after 8 races.
Mass Start Pos.Points 1. Martina Glagow 170 2. Kati Wilhelm 169 3. Linda Tjørhom 142 4. Uschi Disl 141 5. Anna Carin Olofsson 135 Final standings after 5 races.
Relay Pos.Points 1. Russia 189 2. Germany 181 3. France 179 4. Norway 171 5. Slovenia 157 Final standings after 5 races.
Nation Pos.Points 1. 5758 2. 5631 3. 5242 4. 5082 5. 4942 Final standings after 19 races.
Medal table
Achievements Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses)
Men , 8 (63) first places , 3 (33) first places , 3 (15) first places , 2 (3) first places , 2 (2) first places , 1 (38) first place , 1 (9) first place , 1 (9) first place , 1 (2) first place , 1 (2) first place , 1 (2) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place
Women , 6 (15) first places , 6 (6) first places , 3 (9) first places , 2 (15) first places , 2 (5) first places , 2 (2) first places , 1 (30) first place , 1 (22) first place , 1 (21) first place , 1 (6) first place , 1 (1) first place
Retirements The following notable biathletes retired after the 2005–06 season:
References
External links Season statistics at Biathlonworld.com