The 2001–02 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 6 December 2001 in Hochfilzen, Austria, and ended on 24 March 2002 in Holmenkollen, Norway. It was the 25th season of the Biathlon World Cup.

Calendar Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2001–02 season.

Location Date Individual Sprint Pursuit Relay Details Hochfilzen 6–9 December ● ● ● details Pokljuka 12–16 December ● ● ● details Brezno-Osrblie 19–22 December ● ● ● details Oberhof 9–13 January ● ● ● details Ruhpolding 16–20 January ● ● ● details Antholz-Anterselva 23–27 January ● ● ● details Salt Lake City 9–20 February ● ● ● ● Winter Olympics Östersund 9–10 March ● ● details Lahti 14–17 March ● ● ● details Holmenkollen 21–23 March ● ● ● details Total 4 8 9 3 6

World Cup Podium

Men Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib Det. 1 6 December 2001 Hochfilzen 10 km Sprint Ole Einar Bjørndalen Vesa Hietalahti Frank Luck Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail 1 9 December 2001 Hochfilzen 12.5 km Pursuit Ole Einar Bjørndalen Frank Luck Ricco Groß Detail 2 13 December 2001 Pokljuka 20 km Individual Pavel Rostovtsev Ilmārs Bricis Vincent Defrasne Pavel Rostovtsev Detail 2 16 December 2001 Pokljuka 12.5 km Pursuit Raphaël Poirée Pavel Rostovtsev Halvard Hanevold Detail 3 19 December 2001 Brezno-Osrblie 20 km Individual Frank Luck Sven Fischer Sergei Rozhkov Frank Luck Detail 3 21 December 2001 Brezno-Osrblie 10 km Sprint Christoph Sumann Henrik Forsberg Andriy Deryzemlya Detail 3 22 December 2001 Brezno-Osrblie 15 km Mass Start Vesa Hietalahti Alexander Wolf Vyacheslav Derkach Detail 4 9 January 2002 Oberhof 10 km Sprint Pavel Rostovtsev Sven Fischer Vesa Hietalahti Pavel Rostovtsev Detail 4 11 January 2002 Oberhof 12.5 km Pursuit Pavel Rostovtsev Raphaël Poirée Sven Fischer Detail 4 12 January 2002 Oberhof 15 km Mass Start Raphaël Poirée Vincent Defrasne Viktor Maigourov Detail 5 18 January 2002 Ruhpolding 10 km Sprint Raphaël Poirée Michael Greis Frode Andresen Detail 5 20 January 2002 Ruhpolding 12.5 km Pursuit Sven Fischer Frank Luck Pavel Rostovtsev Detail 6 24 January 2002 Antholz-Anterselva 20 km Individual Daniel Mesotitsch Ole Einar Bjørndalen Michail Kochkin Detail 6 27 January 2002 Antholz-Anterselva 12.5 km Pursuit Raphaël Poirée Ole Einar Bjørndalen Daniel Mesotitsch Raphaël Poirée Detail OG 11 February 2002 Salt Lake City 20 km Individual Ole Einar Bjørndalen Frank Luck Viktor Maigourov Detail OG 13 February 2002 Salt Lake City 10 km Sprint Ole Einar Bjørndalen Sven Fischer Wolfgang Perner Detail OG 16 February 2002 Salt Lake City 12.5 km Pursuit Ole Einar Bjørndalen Raphaël Poirée Ricco Groß Detail 7 9 March 2002 Östersund 10 km Sprint Sven Fischer Michael Greis Ole Einar Bjørndalen Pavel Rostovtsev Detail 7 10 March 2002 Östersund 12.5 km Pursuit Pavel Rostovtsev Sven Fischer Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail 8 14 March 2002 Lahti 10 km Sprint Raphaël Poirée Frode Andresen Sven Fischer Detail 8 17 March 2002 Lahti 12.5 km Pursuit Raphaël Poirée Frode Andresen Sven Fischer Raphaël Poirée Detail 9 21 March 2002 Oslo Holmenkollen 10 km Sprint Frank Luck Sven Fischer Vesa Hietalahti Detail 9 23 March 2002 Oslo Holmenkollen 12.5 km Pursuit Sven Fischer Frode Andresen Raphaël Poirée Detail WC 24 March 2002 Oslo Holmenkollen 15 km Mass Start Raphaël Poirée Sven Fischer Frode Andresen Detail

Women Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib Det. 1 6 December 2001 Hochfilzen 7.5 km Sprint Magdalena Forsberg Andrea Henkel Uschi Disl Martina Zellner Magdalena Forsberg Detail 9 December 2001 Hochfilzen 10 km Pursuit Magdalena Forsberg Olena Zubrilova Uschi Disl Detail 2 12 December 2001 Pokljuka 15 km Individual Magdalena Forsberg Uschi Disl Andrea Henkel Detail 2 16 December 2001 Pokljuka 10 km Pursuit Magdalena Forsberg Olga Pyleva Andrea Henkel Detail 3 20 December 2001 Brezno-Osrblie 15 km Individual Magdalena Forsberg Olena Zubrilova Katja Holanti Detail 3 21 December 2001 Brezno-Osrblie 7.5 km Sprint Katja Holanti Kati Wilhelm Katrin Apel Detail 3 22 December 2001 Brezno-Osrblie 12.5 km Mass Start Magdalena Forsberg Olga Pyleva Uschi Disl Detail 4 10 January 2002 Oberhof 7.5 km Sprint Liv Grete Poirée Olga Pyleva Magdalena Forsberg Detail 4 11 January 2002 Oberhof 10 km Pursuit Magdalena Forsberg Olena Zubrilova Liv Grete Poirée Detail 4 13 January 2002 Oberhof 12.5 km Mass Start Olena Zubrilova Liv Grete Poirée Magdalena Forsberg Detail 5 19 January 2002 Ruhpolding 7.5 km Sprint Liv Grete Poirée Olena Zubrilova Irina Nikulchina Detail 5 20 January 2002 Ruhpolding 10 km Pursuit Liv Grete Poirée Magdalena Forsberg Olena Zubrilova Detail 6 23 January 2002 Antholz-Anterselva 15 km Individual Liv Grete Poirée Gunn Margit Andreassen Andreja Grašič Detail 6 27 January 2002 Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Pursuit Liv Grete Poirée Gunn Margit Andreassen Linda Tjørhom Detail OG 11 February 2002 Salt Lake City 15 km Individual Andrea Henkel Liv Grete Poirée Magdalena Forsberg Detail OG 13 February 2002 Salt Lake City 7.5 km Sprint Kati Wilhelm Uschi Disl Magdalena Forsberg Detail OG 16 February 2002 Salt Lake City 10 km Pursuit Olga Pyleva Kati Wilhelm Irina Nikulchina Detail 7 9 March 2002 Östersund 7.5 km Sprint Liv Grete Poirée Sandrine Bailly Magdalena Forsberg Detail 7 10 March 2002 Östersund 10 km Pursuit Magdalena Forsberg Florence Baverel-Robert Ekaterina Dafovska Detail 8 14 March 2002 Lahti 7.5 km Sprint Katrin Apel Magdalena Forsberg Sandrine Bailly Detail 8 17 March 2002 Lahti 10 km Pursuit Katrin Apel Magdalena Forsberg Katja Beer Detail 9 21 March 2002 Oslo Holmenkollen 7.5 km Sprint Katrin Apel Ekaterina Dafovska Svetlana Ishmouratova Detail 9 23 March 2002 Oslo Holmenkollen 10 km Pursuit Magdalena Forsberg Katrin Apel Uschi Disl Detail WC 24 March 2002 Oslo Holmenkollen 12.5 km Mass Start Olena Zubrilova Olga Pyleva Olga Nazarova Detail

Men's team Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third 1 8 December 2001 Hochfilzen 4x7.5 km Relay 2 15 December 2001 Pokljuka 4x7.5 km Relay 5 18 January 2002 Ruhpolding 4x7.5 km Relay 6 26 January 2002 Antholz-Anterselva 4x7.5 km Relay OG 20 February 2002 Salt Lake City 4x7.5 km Relay 8 16 March 2002 Lahti 4x7.5 km Relay

Women's team Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third 1 7 December 2001 Hochfilzen 4x7.5 km Relay 2 14 December 2001 Pokljuka 4x7.5 km Relay 5 17 January 2002 Ruhpolding 4x7.5 km Relay 6 25 January 2002 Antholz-Anterselva 4x7.5 km Relay OG 18 February 2002 Salt Lake City 4x7.5 km Relay 8 15 March 2002 Lahti 4x7.5 km Relay

Standings: Men

Overall Pos.Points 1. Raphaël Poirée 805 2. Pavel Rostovtsev 719 3. Ole Einar Bjørndalen 692 4. Sven Fischer 681 5. Frode Andresen 664 Final standings after 24 races.

Individual Pos.Points 1. Frank Luck 128 2. Ole Einar Bjørndalen 108 3. Pavel Rostovtsev 100 4. Sergei Tchepikov 92 5. Raphaël Poirée 88 Final standings after 4 races.

Sprint Pos.Points 1. Sven Fischer 291 2. Frode Andresen 255 3. Raphaël Poirée 233 4. Pavel Rostovtsev 231 5. Ole Einar Bjørndalen 219 Final standings after 8 races.

Pursuit Pos.Points 1. Raphaël Poirée 362 2. Pavel Rostovtsev 324 3. Ole Einar Bjørndalen 315 4. Frode Andresen 259 5. Sven Fischer 254 Final standings after 9 races.

Mass Start Pos.Points 1. Viktor Maigourov 109 2. Raphaël Poirée 100 3. Sven Fischer 88 4. Vesa Hietalahti 81 5. Ricco Groß 73 Final standings after 4 races.

Relay Pos.Points 1. Norway 238 2. Germany 230 3. Belarus 202 4. France 197 5. Austria 193 Final standings after 6 races.

Nation Pos.Points 1. 4095 2. 3969 3. 3852 4. 3551 5. 3422 Final standings after 18 races.

Standings: Women

Overall Pos.Points 1. Magdalena Forsberg 944 2. Liv Grete Poirée 795 3. Uschi Disl 739 4. Olga Pyleva 726 5. Katrin Apel 639 Final standings after 24 races.

Individual Pos.Points 1. Magdalena Forsberg 143 2. Liv Grete Poirée 133 3. Olga Pyleva 120 4. Andrea Henkel 117 5. Gunn Margit Andreassen 100 Final standings after 4 races.

Sprint Pos.Points 1. Magdalena Forsberg 302 2. Liv Grete Poirée 262 3. Uschi Disl 260 4. Katrin Apel 245 5. Olga Pyleva 217 Final standings after 8 races.

Pursuit Pos.Points 1. Magdalena Forsberg 376 2. Liv Grete Poirée 327 3. Uschi Disl 277 4. Katrin Apel 268 5. Olga Pyleva 267 Final standings after 9 races.

Mass Start Pos.Points 1. Magdalena Forsberg 123 2. Olga Pyleva 122 3. Olena Zubrilova 114 4. Uschi Disl 108 5. Svetlana Ishmouratova 80 Final standings after 4 races.

Relay Pos.Points 1. Germany 250 2. Norway 221 3. Russia 221 4. France 207 5. Bulgaria 181 Final standings after 6 races.

Nation Pos.Points 1. 4099 2. 3895 3. 3623 4. 3571 5. 3381 Final standings after 18 races.

Medal table

Achievements First World Cup career victory , 25, in his 2nd season — the WC 3 Sprint in Brezno-Osrblie; it also was his first podium , 27, in her 9th season — the WC 3 Sprint in Brezno-Osrblie; first podium was 2001–02 Individual in Brezno-Osrblie , 25, in his 3rd season — the WC 6 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva; it also was his first podium , 26, in her 3rd season — the Olympic Pursuit in Salt Lake City; first podium was 1999–2000 Sprint in Ruhpolding , 28, in her 7th season — the WC 8 Sprint in Lahti; first podium was 1995–96 Individual in Pokljuka

First World Cup podium , 24, in his 4th season — no. 3 in the WC 2 Individual in Pokljuka , 27, in her 9th season — no. 3 in the WC 3 Individual in Brezno-Osrblie , 23, in his 4th season — no. 2 in the WC 3 Mass Start in Brezno-Osrblie , 25, in his 2nd season — no. 2 in the WC 5 Sprint in Ruhpolding , 22, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 6 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva , 22, in her 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 6 Pursuit in Antholz-Anterselva , 25, in her 7th season — no. 3 in the WC 8 Pursuit in Lahti , 24, in her 3rd season — no. 3 in the World Championships Mass Start in Holmenkollen

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

Men , 7 (21) first places , 5 (27) first places , 4 (7) first places , 3 (22) first places , 2 (11) first places , 1 (3) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place

Women , 9 (42) first places , 6 (13) first places , 3 (3) first places , 2 (17) first places , 1 (3) first place , 1 (3) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place

Retirements Following notable biathletes announced their retirement during or after the 2001–02 season:

References

External links IBU official site