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.
The men's overall World Cup was won by Raphaël Poirée, while Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée of Norway claimed the women's overall World Cup.
Calendar Below is the World Cup calendar for the 2003–04 season. LocationDateIndividualSprintPursuitRelay Kontiolahti4–7 December●●● Hochfilzen11–14 December●●● Osrblie18–21 December●●● Pokljuka7–11 January●●● Ruhpolding14–18 January●●● Antholz21–25 January●●● Oberhof7–15 February●●●●● Lake Placid27–29 February●● Fort Kent3–6 March●●● Holmenkollen16–19 March●●Total3109440
World Cup Podium
Men Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib 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 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 2 13 December 2003 Hochfilzen 4x7.5 km Relay 5 15 January 2004 Ruhpolding 4x7.5 km Relay WC 13 February 2004 Oberhof 4x7.5 km Relay
Women's team Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third 1 5 December 2003 Kontiolahti 4x6 km Relay 2 12 December 2003 Hochfilzen 4x6 km Relay 5 14 January 2004 Ruhpolding 4x6 km Relay WC 12 February 2004 Oberhof 4x6 km Relay
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. 4434 2. 4287 3. 4185 4. 4097 5. 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. 4490 2. 4455 3. 4116 4. 3884 5. 3865 Final standings after 17 races.
Medal table
Achievements Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses)
Men , 11 (34) first places , 5 (43) first places , 3 (3) first places , 2 (25) first places , 2 (8) first places , 1 (8) first place , 1 (6) first place , 1 (3) first place
Women , 7 (20) first places , 6 (8) first places , 4 (7) first places , 3 (24) first places , 2 (2) first places , 1 (19) first place , 1 (5) first place , 1 (2) first place , 1 (1) first place
Retirements The following notable biathletes retired after the 2003–04 season:
References
External links
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