The 2000–01 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 30 November 2000 in Antholz-Anterselva, Italy, and ended on 18 March 2001 in Holmenkollen, Norway. It was the 24th season of the Biathlon World Cup.

Calendar Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2000–01 season.

Location Date Individual Sprint Pursuit Relay Details Antholz-Anterselva 30 November–3 December ● ● ● details Antholz-Anterselva 7–10 December ● ● ● details Antholz-Anterselva 14–17 December ● ● ● details Oberhof 4–7 January ● ● ● details Ruhpolding 10–14 January ● ● ● details Antholz-Anterselva 18–21 January ● ● ● details Pokljuka 3–11 February ● ● ● ● ● World Championships Salt Lake City 28 February–3 March ● ● ● details Lake Placid 7 March ● details Holmenkollen 16–18 March ● ● ● details Total 4 10 7 4 5

World Cup Podium

Men Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib Det. 1 30 November 2000 Antholz-Anterselva 20 km Individual Zdeněk Vítek Carsten Heymann Sergei Rozhkov Zdeněk Vítek Detail 1 1 December 2000 Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Sprint Ole Einar Bjørndalen Raphaël Poirée Sven Fischer Raphaël Poirée Detail 2 7 December 2000 Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Sprint Raphaël Poirée Pavel Rostovtsev Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail 2 8 December 2000 Antholz-Anterselva 12.5 km Pursuit Raphaël Poirée Ole Einar Bjørndalen Frode Andresen Detail 3 14 December 2000 Antholz-Anterselva 20 km Individual Sergei Rozhkov Raphaël Poirée Ricco Groß Detail 3 15 December 2000 Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Sprint Raphaël Poirée Ole Einar Bjørndalen Vadim Sashurin Detail 3 17 December 2000 Antholz-Anterselva 12.5 km Pursuit Ole Einar Bjørndalen Raphaël Poirée Sven Fischer Detail 4 4 January 2001 Oberhof 10 km Sprint Raphaël Poirée Tord Wiksten Carsten Heymann Detail 4 6 January 2001 Oberhof 12.5 km Pursuit Viktor Maigourov Raphaël Poirée Frode Andresen Detail 4 7 January 2001 Oberhof 15 km Mass Start Sven Fischer Egil Gjelland Tomaž Globočnik Detail 5 12 January 2001 Ruhpolding 10 km Sprint Ole Einar Bjørndalen Raphaël Poirée Egil Gjelland Detail 5 14 January 2001 Ruhpolding 12.5 km Pursuit Raphaël Poirée Frank Luck Ricco Groß Detail 6 18 January 2001 Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Sprint Ole Einar Bjørndalen Raphaël Poirée Frode Andresen Detail 6 21 January 2001 Antholz-Anterselva 15 km Mass Start Ole Einar Bjørndalen Carsten Heymann Pavel Rostovtsev Detail WC 3 February 2001 Pokljuka 10 km Sprint Pavel Rostovtsev René Cattarinussi Halvard Hanevold Detail WC 4 February 2001 Pokljuka 12.5 km Pursuit Pavel Rostovtsev Raphaël Poirée Sven Fischer Detail WC 7 February 2001 Pokljuka 20 km Individual Paavo Puurunen Vadim Sashurin Ilmārs Bricis Detail WC 9 February 2001 Pokljuka 15 km Mass Start Raphaël Poirée Ole Einar Bjørndalen Sven Fischer Detail 7 28 February 2001 Salt Lake City 20 km Individual Ole Einar Bjørndalen Sven Fischer Julien Robert Detail 7 2 March 2001 Salt Lake City 10 km Sprint Ole Einar Bjørndalen Frode Andresen Frank Luck Detail 7 3 March 2001 Salt Lake City 12.5 km Pursuit Ole Einar Bjørndalen Vadim Sashurin Pavel Rostovtsev Detail 8 7 March 2001 Lake Placid 10 km Sprint Frode Andresen Ole Einar Bjørndalen Henrik Forsberg Detail 9 16 March 2001 Oslo Holmenkollen 10 km Sprint Frode Andresen Ole Einar Bjørndalen Halvard Hanevold Detail 9 17 March 2001 Oslo Holmenkollen 12.5 km Pursuit Frode Andresen Ole Einar Bjørndalen Egil Gjelland Detail 9 18 March 2001 Oslo Holmenkollen 15 km Mass Start Sven Fischer Raphaël Poirée Frode Andresen Detail

Women Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib Det. 1 30 November 2000 Antholz-Anterselva 15 km Individual Corinne Niogret Andrea Henkel Magdalena Forsberg Corinne Niogret Detail 1 1 December 2000 Antholz-Anterselva 7.5 km Sprint Olena Zubrilova Corinne Niogret Olena Petrova Detail 2 7 December 2000 Antholz-Anterselva 7.5 km Sprint Gro Marit Istad Olga Pyleva Kati Wilhelm Detail 2 8 December 2000 Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Pursuit Magdalena Forsberg Corinne Niogret Olena Zubrilova Detail 3 14 December 2000 Antholz-Anterselva 15 km Individual Sandrine Bailly Corinne Niogret Magdalena Forsberg Detail 3 16 December 2000 Antholz-Anterselva 7.5 km Sprint Magdalena Forsberg Liv Grete Poirée Tetyana Vodopyanova Magdalena Forsberg Detail 3 17 December 2000 Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Pursuit Magdalena Forsberg Andrea Henkel Uschi Disl Detail 4 5 January 2001 Oberhof 7.5 km Sprint Magdalena Forsberg Olena Zubrilova Corinne Niogret Detail 4 6 January 2001 Oberhof 10 km Pursuit Magdalena Forsberg Olena Zubrilova Uschi Disl Detail 4 7 January 2001 Oberhof 12.5 km Mass Start Magdalena Forsberg Svetlana Tchernousova Liv Grete Poirée Detail 5 13 January 2001 Ruhpolding 7.5 km Sprint Magdalena Forsberg Liv Grete Poirée Katrin Apel Detail 5 14 January 2001 Ruhpolding 10 km Pursuit Magdalena Forsberg Liv Grete Poirée Galina Koukleva Detail 6 18 January 2001 Antholz-Anterselva 7.5 km Sprint Magdalena Forsberg Olga Pyleva Martina Glagow Detail 6 21 January 2001 Antholz-Anterselva 12.5 km Mass Start Corinne Niogret Delphyne Heymann-Burlet Uschi Disl Detail WC 3 February 2001 Pokljuka 7.5 km Sprint Kati Wilhelm Uschi Disl Liv Grete Poirée Detail WC 4 February 2001 Pokljuka 10 km Pursuit Liv Grete Poirée Corinne Niogret Magdalena Forsberg Detail WC 6 February 2001 Pokljuka 15 km Individual Magdalena Forsberg Liv Grete Poirée Olena Zubrilova Detail WC 9 February 2001 Pokljuka 12.5 km Mass Start Magdalena Forsberg Martina Glagow Liv Grete Poirée Detail 7 28 February 2001 Salt Lake City 15 km Individual Magdalena Forsberg Martina Zellner Martina Glagow Detail 7 2 March 2001 Salt Lake City 7.5 km Sprint Uschi Disl Liv Grete Poirée Andrea Henkel Detail 7 3 March 2001 Salt Lake City 10 km Pursuit Magdalena Forsberg Liv Grete Poirée Corinne Niogret Detail 8 7 March 2001 Lake Placid 7.5 km Sprint Kati Wilhelm Martina Zellner Delphyne Heymann-Burlet Detail 9 16 March 2001 Oslo Holmenkollen 7.5 km Sprint Liv Grete Poirée Magdalena Forsberg Nathalie Santer Detail 9 17 March 2001 Oslo Holmenkollen 10 km Pursuit Magdalena Forsberg Liv Grete Poirée Martina Glagow Detail 9 18 March 2001 Oslo Holmenkollen 12.5 km Mass Start Yu Shumei Magdalena Forsberg Olena Zubrilova Detail

Men's team Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third 1 3 December 2000 Antholz-Anterselva 4x7.5 km Relay 2 9 December 2000 Antholz 4x7.5 km Relay 5 10 January 2001 Ruhpolding 4x7.5 km Relay 6 20 January 2001 Antholz-Anterselva 4x7.5 km Relay WC 11 February 2001 Pokljuka 4x7.5 km Relay

Women's team Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third 1 3 December 2000 Antholz-Anterselva 4x7.5 km Relay 2 10 December 2000 Antholz 4x7.5 km Relay 5 11 January 2001 Ruhpolding 4x7.5 km Relay 6 19 January 2001 Antholz-Anterselva 4x7.5 km Relay WC 10 February 2001 Pokljuka 4x7.5 km Relay

Standings: Men

Overall Pos.Points 1. Raphaël Poirée 921 2. Ole Einar Bjørndalen 911 3. Frode Andresen 712 4. Pavel Rostovtsev 707 5. Sven Fischer 675 Final standings after 25 races.

Individual Pos.Points 1. Sergei Rozhkov 133 2. Ole Einar Bjørndalen 110 3. Ricco Groß 109 4. Sven Fischer 107 5. Carsten Heymann 101 Final standings after 4 races.

Sprint Pos.Points 1. Ole Einar Bjørndalen 393 2. Raphaël Poirée 375 3. Frode Andresen 337 4. Pavel Rostovtsev 282 5. Halvard Hanevold 280 Final standings after 10 races.

Pursuit Pos.Points 1. Raphaël Poirée 278 2. Ole Einar Bjørndalen 272 3. Frode Andresen 247 4. Pavel Rostovtsev 228 5. Sven Fischer 190 Final standings after 7 races.

Mass Start Pos.Points 1. Sven Fischer 143 2. Ole Einar Bjørndalen 136 3. Raphaël Poirée 136 4. Egil Gjelland 120 5. Ricco Groß 109 Final standings after 4 races.

Relay Pos.Points 1. Norway 189 2. Germany 173 3. Czech Republic 167 4. Belarus 165 5. Russia 158 Final standings after 5 races.

Nation Pos.Points 1. 4919 2. 4713 3. 4455 4. 4356 5. 3905 Final standings after 19 races.

Standings: Women

Overall Pos.Points 1. Magdalena Forsberg 1021 2. Liv Grete Poirée 804 3. Olena Zubrilova 774 4. Corinne Niogret 665 5. Andrea Henkel 635 Final standings after 25 races.

Individual Pos.Points 1. Magdalena Forsberg 143 2. Corinne Niogret 110 3. Liv Grete Poirée 110 4. Andrea Henkel 110 5. Martina Glagow 102 Final standings after 4 races.

Sprint Pos.Points 1. Magdalena Forsberg 368 2. Liv Grete Poirée 312 3. Olena Zubrilova 284 4. Olga Pyleva 252 5. Corinne Niogret 245 Final standings after 10 races.

Pursuit Pos.Points 1. Magdalena Forsberg 300 2. Liv Grete Poirée 252 3. Olena Zubrilova 246 4. Corinne Niogret 213 5. Andrea Henkel 210 Final standings after 7 races.

Mass Start Pos.Points 1. Magdalena Forsberg 146 2. Liv Grete Poirée 120 3. Martina Glagow 117 4. Olena Zubrilova 113 5. Uschi Disl 111 Final standings after 4 races.

Relay Pos.Points 1. Norway 190 2. Germany 188 3. Russia 182 4. Ukraine 169 5. France 149 Final standings after 5 races.

Nation Pos.Points 1. 4851 2. 4635 3. 4470 4. 4406 5. 4393 Final standings after 19 races.

Medal table

Achievements First World Cup career victory , 23, in his 5th season — the WC 1 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva; first podium was 1999–2000 Pursuit in Oberhof , 21, in her 2nd season — the WC 3 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva; it also was her first podium , 24, in her 1st season — the World Championships Sprint in Pokljuka; first podium was 2000–01 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva , 27, in his 7th season — the World Championships Individual in Pokljuka; it also was his first podium , 23, in her 6th season — the WC 9 Mass Start in Holmenkollen; first podium was 1995–96 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva

First World Cup podium , 24, in her 1st season — no. 3 in the WC 2 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva , 29, in his 8th season — no. 2 in the WC 4 Sprint in Oberhof , 28, in his 7th season — no. 3 in the WC 4 Mass Start in Oberhof , 26, in his 6th season — no. 3 in the WC 7 Individual in Salt Lake City , 34, in his 2nd season — no. 3 in the WC 8 Sprint in Lake Placid

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

Men , 8 (22) first places , 6 (14) first places , 3 (11) first places , 2 (19) first places , 2 (3) first places , 1 (8) first place , 1 (2) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place

Women , 14 (33) first places , 2 (8) first places , 2 (7) first places , 2 (2) first places , 1 (20) first place , 1 (15) first place , 1 (2) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place

Retirements Following notable biathletes announced their retirement during or after the 2000–01 season:

Footnotes

References

External links IBU official site