The 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup (BWC) was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 27 November 2016 in Östersund, Sweden and ended on 19 March 2017 in Holmenkollen, Norway. The defending overall champions from the 2015–16 Biathlon World Cup were Martin Fourcade of France and Gabriela Koukalová of the Czech Republic.

Calendar Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2016–17 season.

Stage Location Date Individual Sprint Pursuit Relay Details 1 Östersund 27 November–4 December ● ● ● ● ● details 2 Pokljuka 9–11 December ● ● ● details 3 Nové Město 15–18 December ● ● ● details 4 Oberhof 5–8 January ● ● ● details 5 Ruhpolding 11–15 January ● ● ● details 6 Antholz-Anterselva 19–22 January ● ● ● details WC Hochfilzen 9–19 February ● ● ● ● ● ● World Championships 7 Pyeongchang 2–5 March ● ● ● details 8 Kontiolahti 10–12 March ● ● ● ● details 9 Oslo Holmenkollen 17–19 March ● ● ● details Total: 67 (31 men's, 31 women's, 5 mixed) 3 9 9 5 5 3 2

World Cup podiums

Men Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib Det. 1 1 December 2016 Östersund 20 km Individual Martin Fourcade Johannes Thingnes Bø Vladimir Chepelin Martin Fourcade Detail 1 3 December 2016 Östersund 10 km Sprint Martin Fourcade Fredrik Lindström Arnd Peiffer Detail 1 4 December 2016 Östersund 12.5 km Pursuit Anton Babikov Maxim Tsvetkov Martin Fourcade Detail 2 9 December 2016 Pokljuka 10 km Sprint Martin Fourcade Johannes Thingnes Bø Anton Shipulin Detail 2 10 December 2016 Pokljuka 12.5 km Pursuit Martin Fourcade Emil Hegle Svendsen Anton Shipulin Detail 3 15 December 2016 Nové Město 10 km Sprint Martin Fourcade Anton Shipulin Emil Hegle Svendsen Detail 3 17 December 2016 Nové Město 12.5 km Pursuit Martin Fourcade Anton Shipulin Quentin Fillon Maillet Detail 3 18 December 2016 Nové Město 15 km Mass Start Martin Fourcade Simon Schempp Anton Babikov Detail 4 5 January 2017 Oberhof 10 km Sprint Julian Eberhard Michal Šlesingr Dominik Windisch Detail 4 7 January 2017 Oberhof 12.5 km Pursuit Martin Fourcade Arnd Peiffer Dominik Windisch Detail 4 8 January 2017 Oberhof 15 km Mass Start Simon Schempp Erik Lesser Martin Fourcade Detail 5 13 January 2017 Ruhpolding 10 km Sprint Martin Fourcade Julian Eberhard Emil Hegle Svendsen Detail 5 15 January 2017 Ruhpolding 12.5 km Pursuit Martin Fourcade Emil Hegle Svendsen Michal Krčmář Detail 6 20 January 2017 Antholz-Anterselva 20 km Individual Anton Shipulin Martin Fourcade Serhiy Semenov Detail 6 22 January 2017 Antholz-Anterselva 15 km Mass Start Johannes Thingnes Bø Quentin Fillon Maillet Anton Shipulin Detail WC 11 February 2017 Hochfilzen 10 km Sprint Benedikt Doll Johannes Thingnes Bø Martin Fourcade Detail WC 12 February 2017 Hochfilzen 12.5 km Pursuit Martin Fourcade Johannes Thingnes Bø Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail WC 16 February 2017 Hochfilzen 20 km Individual Lowell Bailey Ondřej Moravec Martin Fourcade Detail WC 19 February 2017 Hochfilzen 15 km Mass Start Simon Schempp Johannes Thingnes Bø Simon Eder Detail 7 3 March 2017 Pyeongchang 10 km Sprint Julian Eberhard Lowell Bailey Martin Fourcade Detail 7 4 March 2017 Pyeongchang 12.5 km Pursuit Martin Fourcade Anton Shipulin Julian Eberhard Detail 8 10 March 2017 Kontiolahti 10 km Sprint Martin Fourcade Ondřej Moravec Emil Hegle Svendsen Detail 8 11 March 2017 Kontiolahti 12.5 km Pursuit Arnd Peiffer Simon Eder Emil Hegle Svendsen Detail 9 17 March 2017 Oslo Holmenkollen 10 km Sprint Johannes Thingnes Bø Martin Fourcade Anton Shipulin Detail 9 18 March 2017 Oslo Holmenkollen 12.5 km Pursuit Anton Shipulin Martin Fourcade Johannes Thingnes Bø Detail 9 19 March 2017 Oslo Holmenkollen 15 km Mass Start Martin Fourcade Andrejs Rastorgujevs Simon Eder Detail

Women Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib Det. 1 30 November 2016 Östersund 15 km Individual Laura Dahlmeier Anaïs Bescond Darya Yurkevich Laura Dahlmeier Detail 1 3 December 2016 Östersund 7.5 km Sprint Marie Dorin Habert Kaisa Mäkäräinen Gabriela Koukalová Detail 1 4 December 2016 Östersund 10 km Pursuit Gabriela Koukalová Laura Dahlmeier Dorothea Wierer Detail 2 9 December 2016 Pokljuka 7.5 km Sprint Laura Dahlmeier Justine Braisaz Marte Olsbu Detail 2 10 December 2016 Pokljuka 10 km Pursuit Laura Dahlmeier Kaisa Mäkäräinen Eva Puskarčíková Detail 3 16 December 2016 Nové Město 7.5 km Sprint Tatiana Akimova Anaïs Chevalier Susan Dunklee Detail 3 17 December 2016 Nové Město 10 km Pursuit Anaïs Chevalier Dorothea Wierer Tatiana Akimova Detail 3 18 December 2016 Nové Město 12.5 km Mass Start Gabriela Koukalová Laura Dahlmeier Dorothea Wierer Detail 4 6 January 2017 Oberhof 7.5 km Sprint Gabriela Koukalová Kaisa Mäkäräinen Marie Dorin Habert Detail 4 7 January 2017 Oberhof 10 km Pursuit Marie Dorin Habert Gabriela Koukalová Kaisa Mäkäräinen Gabriela Koukalová Detail 4 8 January 2017 Oberhof 12.5 km Mass Start Gabriela Koukalová Laura Dahlmeier Eva Puskarčíková Detail 5 14 January 2017 Ruhpolding 7.5 km Sprint Kaisa Mäkäräinen Gabriela Koukalová Laura Dahlmeier Detail 5 15 January 2017 Ruhpolding 10 km Pursuit Kaisa Mäkäräinen Gabriela Koukalová Marie Dorin Habert Detail 6 19 January 2017 Antholz-Anterselva 15 km Individual Laura Dahlmeier Anaïs Chevalier Alexia Runggaldier Laura Dahlmeier Detail 6 21 January 2017 Antholz-Anterselva 12.5 km Mass Start Nadine Horchler Laura Dahlmeier Gabriela Koukalová Detail WC 10 February 2017 Hochfilzen 7.5 km Sprint Gabriela Koukalová Laura Dahlmeier Anaïs Chevalier Detail WC 12 February 2017 Hochfilzen 10 km Pursuit Laura Dahlmeier Darya Domracheva Gabriela Koukalová Detail WC 15 February 2017 Hochfilzen 15 km Individual Laura Dahlmeier Gabriela Koukalová Alexia Runggaldier Detail WC 19 February 2017 Hochfilzen 12.5 km Mass Start Laura Dahlmeier Susan Dunklee Kaisa Mäkäräinen Detail 7 2 March 2017 Pyeongchang 7.5 km Sprint Laura Dahlmeier Tiril Eckhoff Anaïs Chevalier Detail 7 4 March 2017 Pyeongchang 10 km Pursuit Laura Dahlmeier Kaisa Mäkäräinen Anaïs Bescond Detail 8 10 March 2017 Kontiolahti 7.5 km Sprint Tiril Eckhoff Laura Dahlmeier Darya Domracheva Detail 8 11 March 2017 Kontiolahti 10 km Pursuit Laura Dahlmeier Marie Dorin Habert Lisa Vittozzi Detail 9 17 March 2017 Oslo Holmenkollen 7.5 km Sprint Mari Laukkanen Justine Braisaz Anaïs Bescond Detail 9 18 March 2017 Oslo Holmenkollen 10 km Pursuit Mari Laukkanen Gabriela Koukalová Justine Braisaz Detail 9 19 March 2017 Oslo Holmenkollen 12.5 km Mass Start Tiril Eckhoff Gabriela Koukalová Kaisa Mäkäräinen Detail

Men's team Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Det. 2 11 December 2016 Pokljuka 4x7.5 km Relay Detail 5 11 January 2017 Ruhpolding 4x7.5 km Relay Detail 6 21 January 2017 Antholz-Anterselva 4x7.5 km Relay Detail WC 18 February 2017 Hochfilzen 4x7.5 km Relay Detail 7 5 March 2017 Pyeongchang 4x7.5 km Relay Detail

Women's team Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Det. 2 11 December 2016 Pokljuka 4x6 km Relay Detail 5 12 January 2017 Ruhpolding 4x6 km Relay Detail 6 22 January 2017 Antholz-Anterselva 4x6 km Relay Detail WC 17 February 2017 Hochfilzen 4x6 km Relay Detail 7 5 March 2017 Pyeongchang 4x6 km Relay Detail

Mixed Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Det. 1 27 November 2016 Östersund 2x6 km + 2x7.5 km Mixed Relay Detail 1 27 November 2016 Östersund 1x6 km + 1x7.5 km Single Mixed Relay Detail WC 9 February 2017 Hochfilzen 2x6 km + 2x7.5 km Mixed Relay Detail 8 12 March 2017 Kontiolahti 1x6 km + 1x7.5 km Single Mixed Relay Detail 8 12 March 2017 Kontiolahti 2x6 km + 2x7.5 km Mixed Relay Detail

Standings: Men

Overall Pos.Points 1. Martin Fourcade 1322 2. Anton Shipulin 918 3. Johannes Thingnes Bø 812 4. Arnd Peiffer 746 5. Simon Schempp 741 Final standings after 26 races.

Individual Pos.Points 1. Martin Fourcade 162 2. Anton Shipulin 126 3. Lowell Bailey 117 4. Johannes Thingnes Bø 115 5. Lars Helge Birkeland 103 Final standings after 3 races.

Sprint Pos.Points 1. Martin Fourcade 484 2. Julian Eberhard 345 3. Emil Hegle Svendsen 276 4. Arnd Peiffer 275 5. Johannes Thingnes Bø 269 Final standings after 9 races.

Pursuit Pos.Points 1. Martin Fourcade 502 2. Anton Shipulin 392 3. Arnd Peiffer 298 4. Johannes Thingnes Bø 278 5. Emil Hegle Svendsen 249 Final standings after 9 races.

Mass start Pos.Points 1. Martin Fourcade 248 2. Simon Schempp 231 3. Anton Shipulin 177 4. Jean-Guillaume Béatrix 168 5. Erik Lesser 165 Final standings after 5 races.

Relay Pos.Points 1. Russia 259 2. France 242 3. Germany 237 4. Norway 228 5. Austria 216 Final standings after 5 races.

Nation Pos.Points 1. Germany 7448 2. France 7416 3. Russia 7192 4. Norway 7181 5. Austria 6926 Final standings after 22 races.

Standings: Women

Overall Pos.Points 1. Laura Dahlmeier 1211 2. Gabriela Koukalová 1090 3. Kaisa Mäkäräinen 972 4. Marie Dorin Habert 857 5. Dorothea Wierer 721 Final standings after 26 races.

Individual Pos.Points 1. Laura Dahlmeier 180 2. Vanessa Hinz 104 3. Gabriela Koukalová 96 4. Alexia Runggaldier 96 5. Olena Pidhrushna 84 Final standings after 3 races.

Sprint Pos.Points 1. Gabriela Koukalová 377 2. Laura Dahlmeier 372 3. Kaisa Mäkäräinen 337 4. Marie Dorin Habert 297 5. Justine Braisaz 282 Final standings after 9 races.

Pursuit Pos.Points 1. Laura Dahlmeier 405 2. Gabriela Koukalová 385 3. Kaisa Mäkäräinen 368 4. Marie Dorin Habert 346 5. Dorothea Wierer 287 Final standings after 9 races.

Mass start Pos.Points 1. Gabriela Koukalová 265 2. Laura Dahlmeier 254 3. Kaisa Mäkäräinen 207 4. Yuliia Dzhima 162 5. Dorothea Wierer 156 Final standings after 5 races.

Relay Pos.Points 1. Germany 300 2. France 248 3. Ukraine 224 4. Norway 203 5. Czech Republic 198 Final standings after 5 races.

Nation Pos.Points 1. Germany 7953 2. France 7647 3. Ukraine 6612 4. Czech Republic 6565 5. Italy 6489 Final standings after 22 races.

Standings: Mixed

Mixed relay Pos.Points 1. Germany 264 2. France 257 3. Austria 201 4. Norway 195 5. Russia 195 Final standings after 5 races.

Medal table

Achievements First World Cup career victory

Men , 25, in his 3rd season — the WC 1 Pursuit in Östersund; it also was his first podium , 26, in his 7th season — the World Championships Sprint in Hochfilzen; first podium was 2014-15 Sprint in Khanty-Mansiysk , 35, in his 15th season — the World Championships Individual in Hochfilzen; first podium was 2013-14 Sprint in Kontiolahti

Women , 26, in her 2nd season — the WC 3 Sprint in Nove Mesto; it also was her first podium , 23, in her 3rd season — the WC 3 Pursuit in Nove Mesto; first podium was 2016-17 Sprint in Nove Mesto , 30, in her 7th season — the WC 6 Mass Start in Antholz; it also was her first podium , 29, in her 10th season — the WC 9 Sprint in Oslo Holmenkollen; first podium was 2013-14 Sprint in Kontiolahti

First World Cup podium

Men , 28, in his 8th season — no. 3 in the WC 1 Individual in Östersund , 25, in his 5th season — no. 3 in the WC 5 Pursuit in Ruhpolding , 28, in his 8th season — no. 2 in the WC 9 Mass Start in Oslo Holmenkollen

Women , 28, in her 4th season — no. 3 in the WC 1 Individual in Östersund , 20, in her 3rd season — no. 2 in the WC 2 Sprint in Pokljuka , 25, in her 4th season — no. 3 in the WC 2 Pursuit in Pokljuka , 23, in her 3rd season — no. 2 in the WC 3 Sprint in Nove Mesto , 25, in her 4th season — no. 3 in the WC 6 Individual Antholtz , 22, in her 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 8 Pursuit Kontiolahti

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

Men , 14 (61) first places , 2 (13) first place , 2 (12) first places , 2 (10) first places , 2 (3) first places , 1 (8) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place

Women , 10 (17) first places , 5 (17) first places , 2 (21) first places , 2 (7) first places , 2 (4) first places , 2 (2) first places , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place

Retirements