The 2004–05 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The Biathlon World Championships 2005 were part of the Biathlon World Cup.
The men's overall World Cup was won by Norway's Ole Einar Bjørndalen, while Sandrine Bailly of France claimed the women's overall World Cup.
Calendar Below is the World Cup calendar for the 2004–05 season. LocationDateIndividualSprintPursuitRelay Beitostolen2–5 December●●● Oslo9–12 December●●● Östersund15–19 December●●● Oberhof6–9 January●●● Ruhpolding12–16 January●●● Antholz19–23 January●●● Cesana San Sicario9–13 February●●● Pokljuka16–20 February●●● Hochfilzen4–13 March●●●●● Khanty-Mansiysk16–19 March●●●Total4109450
World Cup Podium
Men Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib Det. 1 2 December 2004 Beitostølen 10 km Sprint Ole Einar Bjørndalen Nikolay Kruglov Raphaël Poirée Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail 1 4 December 2004 Beitostølen 12.5 km Pursuit Sven Fischer Nikolay Kruglov Sergei Rozhkov Nikolay Kruglov Detail 2 9 December 2004 Oslo Holmenkollen 20 km Individual Sven Fischer Ole Einar Bjørndalen Tomasz Sikora Sven Fischer Detail 2 11 December 2004 Oslo Holmenkollen 10 km Sprint Ole Einar Bjørndalen Raphaël Poirée Halvard Hanevold Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail 2 12 December 2004 Oslo Holmenkollen 12.5 km Pursuit Sven Fischer Raphaël Poirée Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail 3 15 December 2004 Östersund 10 km Sprint Stian Eckhoff Frode Andresen Sergei Rozhkov Raphaël Poirée Detail 3 17 December 2004 Östersund 12.5 km Pursuit Egil Gjelland Sergei Rozhkov Raphaël Poirée Detail 3 19 December 2004 Östersund 15 km Mass Start Raphaël Poirée Sergei Rozhkov Ivan Tcherezov Detail 4 7 January 2005 Oberhof 10 km Sprint Sven Fischer Frode Andresen Egil Gjelland Detail 4 9 January 2005 Oberhof 12.5 km Pursuit Raphaël Poirée Sven Fischer Alexander Wolf Detail 5 15 January 2005 Ruhpolding 10 km Sprint Ole Einar Bjørndalen Raphaël Poirée René-Laurent Vuillermoz Detail 5 16 January 2005 Ruhpolding 12.5 km Pursuit Ole Einar Bjørndalen Lars Berger Ricco Groß Detail 6 19 January 2005 Antholz-Anterselva 20 km Individual Ole Einar Bjørndalen Zhang Chengye Nikolay Kruglov Detail 6 21 January 2005 Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Sprint Ole Einar Bjørndalen Frode Andresen Sven Fischer Detail 6 23 January 2005 Antholz-Anterselva 12.5 km Pursuit Ole Einar Bjørndalen Sergei Tchepikov Halvard Hanevold Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail 7 9 February 2005 Turin 20 km Individual Michael Greis Sergei Tchepikov Sergei Rozhkov Raphaël Poirée Detail 7 11 February 2005 Turin 10 km Sprint Sergei Rozhkov Björn Ferry Alexander Syman Detail 8 16 February 2005 Pokljuka 10 km Sprint Alexander Syman Sergei Rozhkov Andreas Birnbacher Detail 8 18 February 2005 Pokljuka 12.5 km Pursuit Nikolay Kruglov Sergei Rozhkov Andreas Birnbacher Detail 8 20 February 2005 Pokljuka 15 km Mass Start Ole Einar Bjørndalen Raphaël Poirée Stian Eckhoff Detail WC 5 March 2005 Hochfilzen 10 km Sprint Ole Einar Bjørndalen Sven Fischer Ilmārs Bricis Sven Fischer Detail WC 6 March 2005 Hochfilzen 12.5 km Pursuit Ole Einar Bjørndalen Sergei Tchepikov Sven Fischer Detail WC 9 March 2005 Hochfilzen 20 km Individual Roman Dostál Michael Greis Ricco Groß Detail WC 13 March 2005 Hochfilzen 15 km Mass Start Ole Einar Bjørndalen Sven Fischer Raphaël Poirée Detail 9 16 March 2005 Khanty-Mansiysk 10 km Sprint Sven Fischer Oleg Ryzhenkov Halvard Hanevold Detail 9 17 March 2005 Khanty-Mansiysk 12.5 km Pursuit Ole Einar Bjørndalen Andriy Deryzemlya Tomasz Sikora Detail 9 19 March 2005 Khanty-Mansiysk 15 km Mass Start Raphaël Poirée Ole Einar Bjørndalen Sergei Rozhkov Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail
Women Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib Det. 1 2 December 2004 Beitostølen 7.5 km Sprint Uschi Disl Andrea Henkel Albina Akhatova Uschi Disl Detail 1 4 December 2004 Beitostølen 10 km Pursuit Uschi Disl Olga Pyleva Martina Glagow Detail 2 9 December 2004 Oslo Holmenkollen 15 km Individual Martina Glagow Svetlana Ishmouratova Magdalena Gwizdoń Detail 2 11 December 2004 Oslo Holmenkollen 7.5 km Sprint Olga Zaitseva Olga Pyleva Tadeja Brankovič Detail 2 12 December 2004 Oslo Holmenkollen 10 km Pursuit Sandrine Bailly Olga Zaitseva Olena Zubrilova Detail 3 16 December 2004 Östersund 7.5 km Sprint Sandrine Bailly Olga Zaitseva Tadeja Brankovič Detail 3 18 December 2004 Östersund 10 km Pursuit Olga Zaitseva Sandrine Bailly Olga Pyleva Olga Pyleva Detail 3 19 December 2004 Östersund 12.5 km Mass Start Liv Grete Poirée Olga Zaitseva Linda Tjørhom Detail 4 8 January 2005 Oberhof 7.5 km Sprint Linda Tjørhom Uschi Disl Kati Wilhelm Olga Zaitseva Detail 4 9 January 2005 Oberhof 10 km Pursuit Uschi Disl Kati Wilhelm Linda Tjørhom Uschi Disl Detail 5 14 January 2005 Ruhpolding 7.5 km Sprint Olga Pyleva Svetlana Tchernousova Martina Glagow Olga Pyleva Detail 5 16 January 2005 Ruhpolding 10 km Pursuit Olga Pyleva Liu Xianying Linda Tjørhom Detail 6 20 January 2005 Antholz-Anterselva 15 km Individual Olena Zubrilova Anna Carin Olofsson Olga Pyleva Detail 6 22 January 2005 Antholz-Anterselva 7.5 km Sprint Kati Wilhelm Tora Berger Linda Tjørhom Detail 6 23 January 2005 Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Pursuit Sandrine Bailly Tora Berger Simone Denkinger Detail 7 10 February 2005 Turin 15 km Individual Anna Bogaliy Olga Pyleva Kati Wilhelm Detail 7 12 February 2005 Turin 7.5 km Sprint Kati Wilhelm Magdalena Gwizdoń Liu Xianying Detail 8 17 February 2005 Pokljuka 7.5 km Sprint Sandrine Bailly Kong Yingchao Gro Marit Istad-Kristiansen Kati Wilhelm Detail 8 19 February 2005 Pokljuka 10 km Pursuit Sandrine Bailly Kong Yingchao Olga Zaitseva Detail 8 20 February 2005 Pokljuka 12.5 km Mass Start Sandrine Bailly Olga Pyleva Kati Wilhelm Detail WC 5 March 2005 Hochfilzen 7.5 km Sprint Uschi Disl Olga Zaitseva Olena Zubrilova Olga Pyleva Detail WC 6 March 2005 Hochfilzen 10 km Pursuit Uschi Disl Liu Xianying Olga Zaitseva Detail WC 8 March 2005 Hochfilzen 15 km Individual Andrea Henkel Sun Ribo Linda Tjørhom Detail WC 13 March 2005 Hochfilzen 12.5 km Mass Start Gro Marit Istad-Kristiansen Anna Carin Olofsson Olga Pyleva Detail 9 16 March 2005 Khanty-Mansiysk 7.5 km Sprint Katrin Apel Svetlana Ishmouratova Simone Denkinger Detail 9 17 March 2005 Khanty-Mansiysk 10 km Pursuit Kati Wilhelm Sandrine Bailly Olga Zaitseva Sandrine Bailly Detail 9 19 March 2005 Khanty-Mansiysk 12.5 km Mass Start Olga Zaitseva Kati Wilhelm Anna Bogaliy Detail
Men's team Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third 1 6 December 2004 Beitostolen 4x7.5 km Relay 4 6 January 2005 Oberhof 4x7.5 km Relay 5 13 January 2005 Ruhpolding 4x7.5 km Relay 7 13 February 2005 Cesana San Sicario 4x7.5 km Relay WC 12 March 2005 Hochfilzen 4x7.5 km Relay
Women's team Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third 1 5 December 2004 Beitostolen 4x6 km Relay 4 6 January 2005 Oberhof 4x6 km Relay 5 13 January 2005 Ruhpolding 4x6 km Relay 7 13 February 2005 Cesana San Sicario 4x6 km Relay WC 12 March 2005 Hochfilzen 4x6 km Relay
Standings: Men
Overall Pos.Points 1. Ole Einar Bjørndalen 923 2. Sven Fischer 912 3. Raphaël Poirée 869 4. Sergei Tchepikov 672 5. Sergei Rozhkov 656 Final standings after 27 races.
Individual Pos.Points 1. Ole Einar Bjørndalen 130 1. Michael Greis 130 3. Sven Fischer 127 4. Sergei Tchepikov 114 5. Tomasz Sikora 104 Final standings after 4 races.
Sprint Pos.Points 1. Ole Einar Bjørndalen 330 2. Sven Fischer 323 3. Raphaël Poirée 277 4. Sergei Tchepikov 247 5. Sergei Rozhkov 236 Final standings after 10 races.
Pursuit Pos.Points 1. Sven Fischer 326 2. Ole Einar Bjørndalen 317 3. Raphaël Poirée 274 4. Sergei Rozhkov 272 5. Ricco Groß 250 Final standings after 9 races.
Mass Start Pos.Points 1. Raphaël Poirée 146 1. Ole Einar Bjørndalen 146 3. Sven Fischer 123 4. Tomasz Sikora 108 5. Stian Eckhoff 103 Final standings after 4 races.
Relay Pos.Points 1. Norway 200 2. Germany 181 3. Russia 178 4. Austria 155 5. France 151 Final standings after 5 races.
Nation Pos.Points 1. 4889 2. 4746 3. 4632 4. 4435 5. 4003 Final standings after 19 races.
Standings: Women
Overall Pos.Points 1. Sandrine Bailly 847 2. Kati Wilhelm 833 3. Olga Pyleva 830 4. Olga Zaitseva 752 5. Uschi Disl 659 Final standings after 27 races.
Individual Pos.Points 1. Olga Pyleva 123 2. Martina Glagow 115 3. Svetlana Ishmouratova 104 4. Sandrine Bailly 90 5. Anna Carin Olofsson 89 Final standings after 4 races.
Sprint Pos.Points 1. Kati Wilhelm 305 2. Sandrine Bailly 294 3. Olga Zaitseva 292 4. Uschi Disl 282 5. Olga Pyleva 266 Final standings after 10 races.
Pursuit Pos.Points 1. Sandrine Bailly 322 2. Olga Pyleva 298 3. Olga Zaitseva 290 4. Kati Wilhelm 281 5. Uschi Disl 247 Final standings after 9 races.
Mass Start Pos.Points 1. Olga Zaitseva 136 2. Olga Pyleva 129 3. Kati Wilhelm 126 4. Sandrine Bailly 110 5. Liu Xianying 94 Final standings after 4 races.
Relay Pos.Points 1. Russia 200 2. Germany 188 3. Norway 163 4. France 159 5. Belarus 150 Final standings after 5 races.
Nation Pos.Points 1. 4910 2. 4815 3. 4367 4. 4206 5. 4012 Final standings after 19 races.
Medal table
Achievements Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses)
Men , 12 (55) first places , 5 (30) first places , 3 (37) first places , 1 (4) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place
Women , 6 (13) first places , 5 (29) first places , 3 (9) first places , 3 (5) first places , 2 (10) first places , 1 (21) first place , 1 (20) first place , 1 (6) first place , 1 (4) first place , 1 (4) first place , 1 (3) first place , 1 (3) first place , 1 (3) first place , 1 (1) first place
Retirements Following notable biathletes retired during or after the 2004–05 season:
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