The 1997–98 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 1997 in Lillehammer, Norway, and ended on 15 March 1998 in Hochfilzen, Austria. It was the 21st season of the Biathlon World Cup.

Calendar Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 1997–98 season.

Location Date Individual Sprint Pursuit Relay Lillehammer 6–7 December ● ● Östersund 11–14 December ● ● ● Kontiolahti 18–21 December ● ● ● Ruhpolding 8–11 January ●● ● Antholz 15–18 January ● ● ● Nagano 11–21 February ● ● ● Pokljuka 3–8 March ● ●● ● Hochfilzen 12–15 March ● ● Total 5 10 3 0 5

World Cup Podium

Men Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib Det. 1 6 December 1997 Lillehammer 10 km Sprint Frank Luck Dag Bjørndalen Raphaël Poirée Frank Luck Detail 1 7 December 1997 Lillehammer 12.5 km Pursuit Alexei Aidarov Halvard Hanevold Pavel Mouslimov Detail 2 11 December 1997 Östersund 20 km Individual Sylfest Glimsdal Alexei Kobelev Viktor Maigourov Dag Bjørndalen Detail 2 13 December 1997 Östersund 10 km Sprint Alexei Kobelev Raphaël Poirée Carsten Heymann Pavel Mouslimov Detail 3 18 December 1997 Kontiolahti 10 km Sprint Jan Wüstenfeld Ricco Groß Sven Fischer Frank Luck Detail 3 20 December 1997 Kontiolahti 12.5 km Pursuit Sven Fischer Ludwig Gredler Jan Wüstenfeld Sven Fischer Detail 4 8 January 1998 Ruhpolding 10 km Sprint Raphaël Poirée Ole Einar Bjørndalen Ricco Groß Ricco Groß Detail 4 10 January 1998 Ruhpolding 10 km Sprint Frode Andresen Ole Einar Bjørndalen Raphaël Poirée Raphaël Poirée Detail 5 15 January 1998 Antholz-Anterselva 20 km Individual Halvard Hanevold Ricco Groß Alexei Aidarov Ricco Groß Detail 5 17 January 1998 Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Sprint Ole Einar Bjørndalen Frode Andresen Viktor Maigourov Detail OG 11 February 1998 Nagano 20 km Individual Halvard Hanevold Pieralberto Carrara Alexei Aidarov Detail OG 18 February 1998 Nagano 10 km Sprint Ole Einar Bjørndalen Frode Andresen Ville Räikkönen Detail 6 3 March 1998 Pokljuka 20 km Individual Ricco Groß Egil Gjelland Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail 6 5 March 1998 Pokljuka 10 km Sprint Frank Luck Raphaël Poirée Viktor Maigourov Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail 7 7 March 1998 Pokljuka 10 km Sprint Vladimir Drachev Sven Fischer Ilmārs Bricis Detail WC 8 March 1998 Pokljuka 12.5 km Pursuit Vladimir Drachev Ole Einar Bjørndalen Raphaël Poirée Detail 8 12 March 1998 Hochfilzen 20 km Individual Vladimir Drachev Halvard Hanevold Viktor Maigourov Detail 8 14 March 1998 Hochfilzen 10 km Sprint Vladimir Drachev Ilmārs Bricis Sven Fischer Detail

Women Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib Det. 1 6 December 1997 Lillehammer 7.5 km Sprint Galina Koukleva Olga Melnik Magdalena Forsberg Galina Koukleva Detail 1 7 December 1997 Lillehammer 10 km Pursuit Galina Koukleva Magdalena Forsberg Uschi Disl Detail 2 11 December 1997 Östersund 15 km Individual Andreja Grašič Magdalena Forsberg Olena Petrova Detail 2 13 December 1997 Östersund 7.5 km Sprint Magdalena Forsberg Olena Zubrilova Galina Koukleva Magdalena Forsberg Detail 3 18 December 1997 Kontiolahti 7.5 km Sprint Uschi Disl Martina Zellner Svetlana Ishmouratova Detail 3 20 December 1997 Kontiolahti 10 km Pursuit Magdalena Forsberg Svetlana Ishmouratova Martina Zellner Detail 4 8 January 1998 Ruhpolding 7.5 km Sprint Magdalena Forsberg Petra Behle Corinne Niogret Detail 4 10 January 1998 Ruhpolding 7.5 km Sprint Petra Behle Martina Zellner Corinne Niogret Detail 5 15 January 1998 Antholz-Anterselva 15 km Individual Olga Romasko Liv Grete Skjelbreid Magdalena Forsberg Detail 5 17 January 1998 Antholz-Anterselva 7.5 km Sprint Nina Lemesh Svetlana Ishmouratova Magdalena Forsberg Detail OG 9 February 1998 Nagano 15 km Individual Ekaterina Dafovska Olena Petrova Uschi Disl Detail OG 15 February 1998 Nagano 7.5 km Sprint Galina Koukleva Uschi Disl Katrin Apel Detail 6 3 March 1998 Pokljuka 15 km Individual Magdalena Forsberg Florence Baverel Uschi Disl Detail 6 5 March 1998 Pokljuka 7.5 km Sprint Corinne Niogret Emmanuelle Claret Annette Sikveland Detail 7 7 March 1998 Pokljuka 7.5 km Sprint Magdalena Forsberg Ann-Elen Skjelbreid Christelle Gros Detail WC 8 March 1998 Pokljuka 10 km Pursuit Magdalena Forsberg Corinne Niogret Martina Zellner Detail 8 12 March 1998 Hochfilzen 15 km Individual Uschi Disl Andreja Grašič Martina Zellner Detail 8 14 March 1998 Hochfilzen 7.5 km Sprint Uschi Disl Magdalena Forsberg Liv Grete Skjelbreid Detail

Men's team Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third 2 14 December 1997 Östersund 4x7.5 km Relay 3 21 December 1997 Kontiolahti 4x7.5 km Relay 4 11 January 1998 Ruhpolding 4x7.5 km Relay 5 18 January 1998 Antholz-Anterselva 4x7.5 km Relay OG 21 February 1998 Nagano 4x7.5 km Relay WC 15 March 1998 Hochfilzen Team event

Women's team Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third 2 14 December 1997 Östersund 4x7.5 km Relay 3 21 December 1997 Kontiolahti 4x7.5 km Relay 4 11 January 1998 Ruhpolding 4x7.5 km Relay 5 18 January 1998 Antholz-Anterselva 4x7.5 km Relay OG 19 February 1998 Nagano 4x7.5 km Relay

Standings: Men

Overall Pos.Points 1. Ole Einar Bjørndalen 289 2. Ricco Groß 286 3. Sven Fischer 270 4. Halvard Hanevold 263 5. Raphaël Poirée 249 Final standings after 18 races.

Individual Pos.Points 1. Halvard Hanevold 103 2. Ricco Groß 94 3. Ole Einar Bjørndalen 71 4. Pieralberto Carrara 70 5. Viktor Maigourov 68 Final standings after 5 races.

Sprint Pos.Points 1. Ole Einar Bjørndalen 185 2. Raphaël Poirée 161 3. Frode Andresen 147 4. Sven Fischer 147 5. Vladimir Drachev 145 Final standings after 10 races.

Pursuit Pos.Points 1. Sven Fischer 72 2. Ricco Groß 59 3. Sergei Rozhkov 54 4. Vladimir Drachev 51 5. Frank Luck 51 Final standings after 3 races.

Relay Pos.Points 1. Germany 112 1. Norway 112 3. Russia 98 4. Belarus 90 5. Italy 87 Final standings after 5 races.

Nation Pos.Points 1. 5660 2. 5493 3. 5481 4. 4943 5. 4522 Final standings after 20 races.

Standings: Women

Overall Pos.Points 1. Magdalena Forsberg 387 2. Uschi Disl 325 3. Martina Zellner 255 4. Corinne Niogret 238 5. Galina Kukleva 227 Final standings after 18 races.

Individual Pos.Points 1. Magdalena Forsberg 99 2. Uschi Disl 97 3. Andreja Grašič 83 4. Martina Zellner 78 5. Olena Petrova 77 Final standings after 5 races.

Sprint Pos.Points 1. Magdalena Forsberg 202 2. Uschi Disl 171 3. Corinne Niogret 152 4. Galina Kukleva 141 5. Martina Zellner 129 Final standings after 10 races.

Pursuit Pos.Points 1. Magdalena Forsberg 86 2. Uschi Disl 57 3. Corinne Niogret 53 4. Galina Kukleva 49 5. Martina Zellner 48 Final standings after 3 races.

Relay Pos.Points 1. Russia 110 2. Germany 106 3. France 100 4. Norway 96 5. Czech Republic 91 Final standings after 5 races.

Nation Pos.Points 1. 5560 2. 5454 3. 5151 4. 5108 5. 4601 Final standings after 20 races.

Medal table

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

Men , 4 (10) first places , 2 (6) first places , 2 (6) first places , 2 (2) first places , 1 (9) first place , 1 (3) first place , 1 (3) first place , 1 (2) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place

Women , 6 (12) first places , 3 (14) first places , 3 (4) first places , 1 (6) first place , 1 (4) first place , 1 (3) first place , 1 (2) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place

Retirements Following notable biathletes retired after the 1997–98 season:

References

External links

IBU official site