The 2015–16 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season began on 29 November 2015 in Östersund, Sweden, and ended on 19 March 2016 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. The defending overall champions from the 2014–15 Biathlon World Cup were Martin Fourcade of France and Darya Domracheva of Belarus, but Domracheva missed the season due to illness.
Calendar Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2015–16 season.
Stage Location Date Individual Sprint Pursuit Relay Details 1 Östersund 29 November–6 December ● ● ● ● ● details 2 Hochfilzen 11–13 December ● ● ● details 3 Pokljuka 17–20 December ● ● ● details 4 Ruhpolding 8–10 January ● ● ● details 5 Ruhpolding 13–17 January ● ● ● details 6 Antholz-Anterselva 21–24 January ● ● ● details 7 Canmore 4–7 February ● ● ● ● details 8 Presque Isle 11–13 February ● ● ● details WC Holmenkollen 3–13 March ● ● ● ● ● ● World Championships 9 Khanty-Mansiysk 17–19 March ● ● Cancelled details Total: 65 (30 men's, 30 women's, 5 mixed) 3 9 8 5 5 3 2
Men
World Cup podiums DatePlaceDisciplineWinnerSecondThirdYellow bib 1 Östersund 20 km Individual Ole Einar Bjørndalen Simon Schempp Alexey Volkov Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail 10 km Sprint Martin Fourcade Arnd Peiffer Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail 12.5 km Pursuit Martin Fourcade Arnd Peiffer Quentin Fillon Maillet Martin Fourcade Detail2 Hochfilzen 10 km Sprint Simon Schempp Martin Fourcade Tarjei Bø Detail 12.5 km Pursuit Martin Fourcade Simon Schempp Anton Shipulin Detail3 Pokljuka 10 km Sprint Simon Schempp Ole Einar Bjørndalen Evgenii Garanichev Detail 12.5 km Pursuit Simon Schempp Martin Fourcade Anton Shipulin Detail 15 km Mass Start Jean-Guillaume Béatrix Emil Hegle Svendsen Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail4 Ruhpolding 10 km Sprint Johannes Thingnes Bø Tarjei Bø Emil Hegle Svendsen Detail 12.5 km Pursuit Simon Eder Martin Fourcade Michal Šlesingr Detail 15 km Mass Start Martin Fourcade Ondřej Moravec Tarjei Bø Detail5 Ruhpolding 20 km Individual Martin Fourcade Simon Eder Anton Shipulin Detail 15 km Mass Start Erik Lesser Martin Fourcade Evgenii Garanichev Detail6 Anterselva 10 km Sprint Simon Schempp Maxim Tsvetkov Tarjei Bø Detail 12.5 km Pursuit Anton Shipulin Simon Schempp Johannes Thingnes Bø Detail7 Canmore 10 km Sprint Martin Fourcade Anton Shipulin Simon Schempp Detail 15 km Mass Start Dominik Windisch Benedikt Doll Quentin Fillon Maillet Detail8 Presque Isle 10 km Sprint Johannes Thingnes Bø Anton Shipulin Martin Fourcade Detail 12.5 km Pursuit Martin Fourcade Johannes Thingnes Bø Anton Shipulin DetailWCH Oslo 10 km Sprint Martin Fourcade Ole Einar Bjørndalen Serhiy Semenov Detail 12.5 km Pursuit Martin Fourcade Ole Einar Bjørndalen Emil Hegle Svendsen Detail 20 km Individual Martin Fourcade Dominik Landertinger Simon Eder Detail 15 km Mass Start Johannes Thingnes Bø Martin Fourcade Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail9 Khanty-Mansiysk 10 km Sprint Julian Eberhard Simon Schempp Arnd Peiffer Detail 12.5 km Pursuit Simon Schempp Johannes Thingnes Bø Erik Lesser Detail 15 km Mass Start Cancelled due to strong winds Detail
Men's Relay Podiums DatePlaceDisciplineWinnerSecondThirdLeader 2 Hochfilzen 4 × 7.5 km Relay Detail5 Ruhpolding 4 × 7.5 km Relay / Detail6 Anterselva 4 × 7.5 km Relay Detail8 Presque Isle 4 × 7.5 km Relay DetailWCH Oslo 4 × 7.5 km Relay Detail
Standings
Overall Rankafter all 25 racesPoints Martin Fourcade 1151 2. Johannes Thingnes Bø 820 3. Anton Shipulin 806 4. Simon Schempp 769 5. Simon Eder 714 6. Tarjei Bø 708 7. Evgenii Garanichev 659 8. Benedikt Doll 602 9. Dominik Landertinger 600 10. Emil Hegle Svendsen 595
Individual Rankafter all 3 racesPoints Martin Fourcade 140 2. Simon Eder 138 3. Dominik Landertinger 105 4. Anton Shipulin 100 5. Johannes Thingnes Bø 90
Sprint Rankafter all 9 racesPoints Martin Fourcade 379 2. Simon Schempp 316 3. Johannes Thingnes Bø 298 4. Arnd Peiffer 262 5. Anton Shipulin 251
Pursuit Rankafter all 8 racesPoints Martin Fourcade 391 2. Anton Shipulin 300 3. Johannes Thingnes Bø 278 4. Tarjei Bø 267 5. Simon Eder 254
Mass start Rankafter all 5 racesPoints Martin Fourcade 242 2. Quentin Fillon Maillet 162 3. Anton Shipulin 155 4. Johannes Thingnes Bø 154 5. Evgenii Garanichev 153
Relay Rankafter all 5 racesPoints 1. 282 2. 255 3. 236 4. 217 5. 209
Nation Rankafter all 22 races Points 1. 7808 2. 7518 3. 7178 4. 7113 5. 6795
Women
World Cup podiums DatePlaceDisciplineWinnerSecondThirdYellow bib 1 Östersund 15 km Individual Dorothea Wierer Marie Dorin Habert Olena Pidhrushna Dorothea Wierer Detail 7.5 km Sprint Gabriela Soukalová Federica Sanfilippo Olena Pidhrushna Gabriela Soukalová Detail 10 km Pursuit Kaisa Mäkäräinen Dorothea Wierer Franziska Hildebrand Detail2 Hochfilzen 7.5 km Sprint Franziska Hildebrand Maren Hammerschmidt Miriam Gössner Detail 10 km Pursuit Laura Dahlmeier Maren Hammerschmidt Gabriela Soukalová Detail3 Pokljuka 7.5 km Sprint Marie Dorin Habert Laura Dahlmeier Franziska Hildebrand Detail 10 km Pursuit Laura Dahlmeier Marie Dorin Habert Kaisa Mäkäräinen Marie Dorin Habert Detail 12.5 km Mass Start Kaisa Mäkäräinen Gabriela Soukalová Olga Podchufarova Gabriela Soukalová Detail4 Ruhpolding 7.5 km Sprint Franziska Hildebrand Gabriela Soukalová Kaisa Mäkäräinen Detail 10 km Pursuit Laura Dahlmeier Gabriela Soukalová Dorothea Wierer Detail 12.5 km Mass Start Laura Dahlmeier Marie Dorin Habert Tiril Eckhoff Detail5 Ruhpolding 15 km Individual Dorothea Wierer Kaisa Mäkäräinen Gabriela Soukalová Detail 12.5 km Mass Start Gabriela Soukalová Franziska Hildebrand Laura Dahlmeier Detail6 Anterselva 7.5 km Sprint Olga Podchufarova Dorothea Wierer Ekaterina Yurlova Detail 10 km Pursuit Ekaterina Yurlova Selina Gasparin Dorothea Wierer Detail7 Canmore 7.5 km Sprint Olena Pidhrushna Krystyna Guzik Dorothea Wierer Detail 12.5 km Mass Start Dorothea Wierer Marie Dorin Habert Gabriela Soukalová Detail8 Presque Isle 7.5 km Sprint Gabriela Soukalová Susan Dunklee Krystyna Guzik Detail 10 km Pursuit Gabriela Soukalová Kaisa Mäkäräinen Marie Dorin Habert DetailWCH Oslo 7.5 km Sprint Tiril Eckhoff Marie Dorin Habert Laura Dahlmeier Detail 10 km Pursuit Laura Dahlmeier Dorothea Wierer Marie Dorin Habert Detail 15 km Individual Marie Dorin Habert Anaïs Bescond Laura Dahlmeier Detail 12.5 km Mass Start Marie Dorin Habert Laura Dahlmeier Kaisa Mäkäräinen Detail9 Khanty-Mansiysk 7.5 km Sprint Kaisa Mäkäräinen Gabriela Soukalová Marte Olsbu Detail 10 km Pursuit Kaisa Mäkäräinen Marie Dorin Habert Dorothea Wierer Detail 12.5 km Mass Start Cancelled due to strong winds Detail
Women's Relay Podiums DatePlaceDisciplineWinnerSecondThirdLeader 2 Hochfilzen 4 × 6 km Relay Detail5 Ruhpolding 4 × 6 km Relay / Detail6 Anterselva 4 × 6 km Relay Detail8 Presque Isle 4 × 6 km Relay DetailWCH Oslo 4 × 6 km Relay Detail
Standings
Overall Rankafter all 25 racesPoints Gabriela Soukalová 1074 2. Marie Dorin Habert 1028 3. Dorothea Wierer 944 4. Kaisa Mäkäräinen 892 5. Franziska Hildebrand 793 6. Laura Dahlmeier 786 7. Olena Pidhrushna 754 8. Veronika Vítková 705 9. Anaïs Bescond 666 10. Krystyna Guzik 566
Individual Rankafter all 3 racesPoints Dorothea Wierer 154 2. Marie Dorin Habert 152 3. Gabriela Soukalová 128 4. Franziska Hildebrand 112 5. Anaïs Bescond 107
Sprint Rankafter all 9 racesPoints Gabriela Soukalová 413 2. Marie Dorin Habert 336 3. Dorothea Wierer 327 4. Kaisa Mäkäräinen 309 5. Olena Pidhrushna 299
Pursuit Rankafter all 8 racesPoints Gabriela Soukalová 354 2. Dorothea Wierer 348 3. Marie Dorin Habert 331 4. Kaisa Mäkäräinen 324 5. Laura Dahlmeier 265
Mass start Rankafter all 5 racesPoints Gabriela Soukalová 241 2. Marie Dorin Habert 236 3. Laura Dahlmeier 228 4. Kaisa Mäkäräinen 179 5. Franziska Hildebrand 169
Relay Rankafter all 5 racesPoints 1. 236 2. 228 3. 228 4. 227 5. 202
Nation Rankafter all 22 races Points 1. 7417 2. 7176 3. 6944 4. 6822 5. 6573
Mixed Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Det. 1 29 November 2015 Östersund 1x6 km + 1x7.5 km Single Mixed Relay Detail 1 29 November 2015 Östersund 2x6 km + 2x7.5 km Mixed Relay Detail 7 7 February 2016 Canmore 1x6 km + 1x7.5 km Single Mixed Relay Detail 7 7 February 2016 Canmore 2x6 km + 2x7.5 km Mixed Relay Detail WC 3 March 2016 Oslo Holmenkollen 2x6 km + 2x7.5 km Mixed Relay Detail
Standings: Mixed
Mixed relay Pos.Points 1. Norway 264 2. Germany 252 3. France 223 4. Russia 191 5. Canada 183 Final standings after 5 races.
Medal table
Achievements First World Cup career victory
Men , 27, in his 9th season — the WC 3 Mass Start in Pokljuka; first podium was 2013–14 Pursuit in Antholz-Anterselva , 26, in his 9th season — the WC 7 Mass Start in Canmore; it also was his first podium , 29, in his 8th season — the WC 9 Sprint in Khanty-Mansiysk; it also was his first podium
Women , 25, in her 6th season — the WC 1 Individual in Östersund; first podium was 2013–14 Pursuit in Pokljuka , 28, in her 5th season — the WC 2 Sprint in Hochfilzen; first podium was 2014–15 Sprint in Nové Město , 23, in her 4th season — the WC 6 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva; first podium was 2014–15 Pursuit in Hochfilzen
First World Cup podium
Men , 24, in his 4th season — no. 2 in the WC 6 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva , 26, in his 9th season — no. 1 WC 7 Mass Start in Canmore , 29, in his 8th season — no. 1 in the WC 9 Sprint in Khanty-Mansiyk
Women , 25, in her 3rd season — no. 2 in the WC 1 Sprint in Östersund , 26, in her 4th season — no. 2 in the WC 2 Sprint in Hochfilzen , 25, in her 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 9 Sprint in Khanty-Mansiysk
Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses)
Men , 10 (47) first places , 5 (10) first places , 3 (11) first places , 1 (94) first place , 1 (8) first place , 1 (3) first place , 1 (2) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place
Women , 5 (7) first places , 4 (19) first places , 4 (12) first places , 3 (5) first places , 3 (3) first places , 2 (2) first places , 1 (2) first place , 1 (2) first place , 1 (2) first place , 1 (1) first place
Retirements
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Footnotes
References
External links IBU official site IBU Guide 2015–16 season (PDF) RealBiathlon - statistics and analyses