2002–03 Biathlon World Cup

The 2002–03 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union.

The men's overall World Cup was won by Norway's Ole Einar Bjørndalen, while Martina Glagow of Germany claimed the women's overall World Cup.

Calendar Below is the World Cup calendar for the 2004–05 season. LocationDateIndividualSprintPursuitRelay Östersund5–8 December●●● Östersund11–15 December●●● Osrblie19–22 December●●● Oberhof8–12 January●●● Ruhpolding16–19 January●●● Antholz23–26 January●●● Lahti8–9 February●● Holmenkollen13–16 February●●● Östersund20–23 February●●● Khanty-Mansiysk15–23 March●●●●●Total397480

World Cup Podium

Men Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib Det. 1 5 December 2002 Östersund 10 km Sprint Frode Andresen Raphaël Poirée Oleg Ryzhenkov Frode Andresen Detail 1 8 December 2002 Östersund 12.5 km Pursuit Ole Einar Bjørndalen Raphaël Poirée Egil Gjelland Raphaël Poirée Detail 2 14 December 2002 Östersund 10 km Sprint Ole Einar Bjørndalen Frode Andresen Andriy Deryzemlya Detail 2 15 December 2002 Östersund 12.5 km Pursuit Ole Einar Bjørndalen Ricco Groß Frode Andresen Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail 3 19 December 2002 Brezno-Osrblie 10 km Sprint Raphaël Poirée Janez Marič Frode Andresen Raphaël Poirée Detail 3 22 December 2002 Brezno-Osrblie 12.5 km Pursuit Raphaël Poirée Ricco Groß Vladimir Drachev Detail 4 9 January 2003 Oberhof 10 km Sprint Ole Einar Bjørndalen Sergei Tchepikov Wolfgang Rottmann Detail 4 12 January 2003 Oberhof 15 km Mass Start Ole Einar Bjørndalen Vladimir Drachev Raphaël Poirée Detail 5 18 January 2003 Ruhpolding 10 km Sprint Ole Einar Bjørndalen Frode Andresen Raphaël Poirée Detail 5 19 January 2003 Ruhpolding 12.5 km Pursuit Ole Einar Bjørndalen Raphaël Poirée Frank Luck Detail 6 23 January 2003 Antholz-Anterselva 20 km Individual Vladimir Drachev Halvard Hanevold Stian Eckhoff Detail 6 26 January 2003 Antholz-Anterselva 15 km Mass Start Andriy Deryzemlya Pavel Rostovtsev Ricco Groß Detail 7 8 February 2003 Lahti 10 km Sprint Alexander Wolf Sergei Tchepikov Alexei Aidarov Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail 7 9 February 2003 Lahti 15 km Mass Start Ole Einar Bjørndalen Oleg Ryzhenkov Halvard Hanevold Detail 8 15 February 2003 Oslo Holmenkollen 10 km Sprint Vladimir Drachev Pavel Rostovtsev Sven Fischer Detail 8 16 February 2003 Oslo Holmenkollen 12.5 km Pursuit Ole Einar Bjørndalen Sven Fischer Stian Eckhoff Detail 9 20 February 2003 Östersund 10 km Sprint Sven Fischer Vladimir Drachev Lars Berger Detail 9 21 February 2003 Östersund 20 km Individual Janez Marič Zdeněk Vítek Marko Dolenc Detail 9 23 February 2003 Östersund 12.5 km Pursuit Vladimir Drachev Zdeněk Vítek Halvard Hanevold Detail WC 15 March 2003 Khanty-Mansiysk 10 km Sprint Ole Einar Bjørndalen Ricco Groß Zdeněk Vítek Detail WC 16 March 2003 Khanty-Mansiysk 12.5 km Pursuit Ricco Groß Halvard Hanevold Paavo Puurunen Detail WC 19 March 2003 Khanty-Mansiysk 20 km Individual Halvard Hanevold Vesa Hietalahti Ricco Groß Detail WC 23 March 2003 Khanty-Mansiysk 15 km Mass Start Ole Einar Bjørndalen Sven Fischer Raphaël Poirée Detail

Women Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib Det. 1 5 December 2002 Östersund 7.5 km Sprint Olga Zaitseva Sylvie Becaert Olga Pyleva Olga Zaitseva Detail 1 8 December 2002 Östersund 10 km Pursuit Kati Wilhelm Olga Zaitseva Katja Beer Detail 2 13 December 2002 Östersund 7.5 km Sprint Linda Tjørhom Svetlana Ishmouratova Ekaterina Dafovska Detail 2 15 December 2002 Östersund 10 km Pursuit Katja Beer Linda Tjørhom Sanna-Leena Perunka Linda Tjørhom Detail 3 19 December 2002 Brezno-Osrblie 7.5 km Sprint Galina Koukleva Albina Akhatova Uschi Disl Detail 3 22 December 2002 Brezno-Osrblie 10 km Pursuit Ekaterina Dafovska Galina Koukleva Martina Glagow Galina Koukleva Detail 4 8 January 2003 Oberhof 7.5 km Sprint Ekaterina Dafovska Sylvie Becaert Kateřina Holubcová Ekaterina Dafovska Detail 4 12 January 2003 Oberhof 12.5 km Mass Start Uschi Disl Ekaterina Dafovska Sylvie Becaert Detail 5 17 January 2003 Ruhpolding 7.5 km Sprint Galina Koukleva Martina Glagow Olga Pyleva Detail 5 19 January 2003 Ruhpolding 10 km Pursuit Ekaterina Dafovska Martina Glagow Svetlana Ishmouratova Detail 6 23 January 2003 Antholz-Anterselva 15 km Individual Ekaterina Dafovska Sandrine Bailly Linda Tjørhom Detail 6 26 January 2003 Antholz-Anterselva 12.5 km Mass Start Albina Akhatova Sylvie Becaert Corinne Niogret Detail 7 8 February 2003 Lahti 7.5 km Sprint Olga Pyleva Albina Akhatova Kati Wilhelm Detail 7 9 February 2003 Lahti 12.5 km Mass Start Kati Wilhelm Martina Glagow Ekaterina Dafovska Detail 8 15 February 2003 Oslo Holmenkollen 7.5 km Sprint Sandrine Bailly Albina Akhatova Martina Glagow Detail 8 16 February 2003 Oslo Holmenkollen 10 km Pursuit Martina Glagow Olena Zubrilova Michela Ponza Detail 9 20 February 2003 Östersund 7.5 km Sprint Kati Wilhelm Olena Zubrilova Uschi Disl Detail 9 22 February 2003 Östersund 15 km Individual Olga Zaitseva Linda Tjørhom Olga Pyleva Detail 9 23 February 2003 Östersund 10 km Pursuit Olena Zubrilova Linda Tjørhom Kateřina Holubcová Martina Glagow Detail WC 15 March 2003 Khanty-Mansiysk 7.5 km Sprint Sylvie Becaert Olena Petrova Kateřina Holubcová Detail WC 16 March 2003 Khanty-Mansiysk 10 km Pursuit Martina Glagow Sandrine Bailly Svetlana Ishmouratova Detail WC 18 March 2003 Khanty-Mansiysk 15 km Individual Kateřina Holubcová Olena Zubrilova Gunn Margit Andreassen Detail WC 22 March 2003 Khanty-Mansiysk 12.5 km Mass Start Albina Akhatova Svetlana Ishmouratova Sandrine Bailly Detail

Men's team Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third 1 7 December 2002 Östersund 4x7.5 km Relay 2 12 December 2002 Östersund 4x7.5 km Relay 3 20 December 2002 Osrblie 4x7.5 km Relay 4 11 January 2003 Oberhof 4x7.5 km Relay 5 16 January 2003 Ruhpolding 4x7.5 km Relay 6 25 January 2003 Antholz-Anterselva 4x7.5 km Relay 8 13 February 2003 Holmenkollen 4x7.5 km Relay WC 21 March 2003 Khanty-Mansiysk 4x7.5 km Relay

Women's team Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third 1 6 December 2002 Östersund 4x6 km Relay 2 11 December 2002 Östersund 4x6 km Relay 3 21 December 2002 Osrblie 4x6 km Relay 4 10 January 2003 Oberhof 4x6 km Relay 5 15 January 2003 Ruhpolding 4x6 km Relay 6 24 January 2003 Antholz-Anterselva 4x6 km Relay 8 13 February 2003 Holmenkollen 4x6 km Relay WC 20 March 2003 Khanty-Mansiysk 4x6 km Relay

Standings: Men

Overall Pos.Points 1. Ole Einar Bjørndalen 737 2. Vladimir Drachev 630 3. Ricco Groß 613 4. Raphaël Poirée 591 5. Halvard Hanevold 553 Final standings after 23 races.

Individual Pos.Points 1. Halvard Hanevold 96 2. Vesa Hietalahti 83 3. Ricco Groß 80 4. Egil Gjelland 64 5. Janez Marič 61 Final standings after 3 races.

Sprint Pos.Points 1. Ole Einar Bjørndalen 328 2. Frode Andresen 252 3. Vladimir Drachev 247 4. Raphaël Poirée 226 5. Sven Fischer 213 Final standings after 9 races.

Pursuit Pos.Points 1. Ole Einar Bjørndalen 230 2. Ricco Groß 205 3. Raphaël Poirée 199 4. Vladimir Drachev 197 5. Halvard Hanevold 154 Final standings after 7 races.

Mass Start Pos.Points 1. Ole Einar Bjørndalen 150 2. Vladimir Drachev 114 3. Raphaël Poirée 114 4. Ricco Groß 109 5. Oleg Ryzhenkov 100 Final standings after 4 races.

Relay Pos.Points 1. Belarus 319 2. Russia 318 3. Norway 298 4. Germany 288 5. France 279 Final standings after 8 races.

Nation Pos.Points 1. 4029 2. 3778 3. 3704 4. 3599 5. 3547 Final standings after 20 races.

Standings: Women

Overall Pos.Points 1. Martina Glagow 729 2. Albina Akhatova 699 3. Sylvie Becaert 680 4. Ekaterina Dafovska 644 5. Olena Zubrilova 634 Final standings after 23 races.

Individual Pos.Points 1. Linda Tjørhom 89 2. Ekaterina Dafovska 80 3. Olena Zubrilova 80 4. Gunn Margit Andreassen 77 5. Kateřina Holubcová 76 Final standings after 3 races.

Sprint Pos.Points 1. Sylvie Becaert 280 2. Martina Glagow 270 3. Ekaterina Dafovska 253 4. Albina Akhatova 238 5. Olga Pyleva 234 Final standings after 9 races.

Pursuit Pos.Points 1. Martina Glagow 257 2. Olena Zubrilova 244 3. Sylvie Becaert 197 4. Albina Akhatova 194 5. Sandrine Bailly 180 Final standings after 7 races.

Mass Start Pos.Points 1. Albina Akhatova 126 2. Svetlana Ishmouratova 120 3. Sylvie Becaert 119 4. Uschi Disl 118 5. Corinne Niogret 115 Final standings after 8 races.

Relay Pos.Points 1. Russia 339 2. Germany 327 3. Belarus 293 4. Norway 278 5. France 249 Final standings after 8 races.

Nation Pos.Points 1. 4086 2. 4034 3. 3760 4. 3532 5. 3393 Final standings after 20 races.

Medal table

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

Men , 11 (38) first places , 3 (15) first places , 2 (23) first places , 1 (23) first place , 1 (12) first place , 1 (7) first place , 1 (6) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place

Women , 4 (5) first places , 3 (6) first places , 2 (9) first places , 2 (4) first places , 2 (3) first places , 2 (2) first places , 2 (2) first places , 1 (21) first place , 1 (18) first place , 1 (2) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place

Retirements The following notable biathletes retired after the 2002–03 season:

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