The 1993–94 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 9 December 1993 in Bad Gastein, Austria, and ended on 20 March 1994 in Canmore, Canada. It was the 17th season of the Biathlon World Cup.

Calendar Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 1993–94 season.

Location Date Individual Sprint Pursuit Relay Bad Gastein 9–12 December ● ● ● Pokljuka 16–19 December ● ● ● Ruhpolding 13–16 January ● ● ● Antholz 20–23 January ● ● ● Lillehammer 18–26 February ● ● ● Hinton 10–13 March ● ● ● Canmore 17–20 March ● ● ● Total 6 6 0 0 6

Results from the Olympic Games did not count toward the World Cup. The relays were technically unofficial races as they did not count towards anything in the World Cup.

World Cup Podium

Men Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib Det. 1 9 December 1993 Bad Gastein 20 km Individual Sergei Tarasov Ricco Groß Tomasz Sikora Sergei Tarasov Detail 1 11 December 1993 Bad Gastein 10 km Sprint Patrice Bailly-Salins Vesa Hietalahti Valeri Kiriyenko Ricco Groß Detail 2 16 December 1993 Pokljuka 20 km Individual Patrice Bailly-Salins Sergei Tchepikov Valeri Kiriyenko Detail 2 18 December 1993 Pokljuka 10 km Sprint Viktor Maigourov Sven Fischer Alexandr Popov Detail 3 13 January 1994 Ruhpolding 20 km Individual Patrice Bailly-Salins Viktor Maigourov Andreas Zingerle Patrice Bailly-Salins Detail 3 15 January 1994 Ruhpolding 10 km Sprint Patrick Favre Petr Garabík Oleg Ryzhenkov Detail 4 20 January 1994 Antholz-Anterselva 20 km Individual Sven Fischer Patrick Favre Frank Luck Detail 4 22 January 1994 Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Sprint Frank Luck Pieralberto Carrara Sergei Tarasov Detail 5 10 March 1994 Hinton 20 km Individual Wilfried Pallhuber Valeri Kiriyenko Frank Luck Sven Fischer Detail 5 12 March 1994 Hinton 10 km Sprint Sven Fischer Vladimir Drachev Frank Luck Detail 6 17 March 1994 Canmore 20 km Individual Hubert Leitgeb Vadim Sashurin Jon Åge Tyldum Patrice Bailly-Salins Detail 6 19 March 1994 Canmore 10 km Sprint Sylfest Glimsdal Viktor Maigourov Patrice Bailly-Salins Detail

Women Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib Det. 1 9 December 1993 Bad Gastein 15 km Individual Nathalie Santer Nadiya Billova Simone Greiner-Petter-M. Nathalie Santer Detail 1 11 December 1993 Bad Gastein 7.5 km Sprint Nathalie Santer Hildegunn Fossen Gunn Margit Andreassen Detail 2 16 December 1993 Pokljuka 15 km Individual Anne Briand Natalya Snytina Nathalie Santer Detail 2 18 December 1993 Pokljuka 7.5 km Sprint Elin Kristiansen Anne Elvebakk Nathalie Santer Detail 3 13 January 1994 Ruhpolding 15 km Individual Emmanuelle Claret Svetlana Paramygina Corinne Niogret Detail 3 15 January 1994 Ruhpolding 7.5 km Sprint Svetlana Paramygina Nathalie Santer Nadezhda Talanova Detail 4 20 January 1994 Antholz-Anterselva 15 km Individual Anne Briand Lyubov Belyakova Uschi Disl Detail 4 22 January 1994 Antholz-Anterselva 7.5 km Sprint Svetlana Paramygina Antje Misersky Olga Simushina Detail 5 10 March 1994 Hinton 15 km Individual Svetlana Paramygina Véronique Claudel Anne Briand Svetlana Paramygina Detail 5 12 March 1994 Hinton 7.5 km Sprint Svetlana Paramygina Véronique Claudel Uschi Disl Detail 6 17 March 1994 Canmore 15 km Individual Uschi Disl Myriam Bédard Nathalie Santer Detail 6 19 March 1994 Canmore 7.5 km Sprint Nadezhda Talanova Svetlana Paramygina Nathalie Santer Detail

Men's team Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third 1 12 December 1993 Bad Gastein 4x7.5 km Relay 2 19 December 1993 Pokljuka 4x7.5 km Relay 3 16 January 1994 Ruhpolding 4x7.5 km Relay 4 23 January 1994 Antholz 4x7.5 km Relay 5 13 March 1994 Hinton 4x7.5 km Relay 6 20 March 1994 Canmore 4x7.5 km Relay

Women's team Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third 1 12 December 1993 Bad Gastein 4x7.5 km Relay 2 19 December 1993 Pokljuka 4x7.5 km Relay 3 16 January 1994 Ruhpolding 4x7.5 km Relay 4 23 January 1994 Antholz 4x7.5 km Relay 5 13 March 1994 Hinton 4x7.5 km Relay 6 20 March 1994 Canmore 4x7.5 km Relay

Standings: Men

Overall Pos.Points 1. Patrice Bailly-Salins 193 2. Sven Fischer 191 3. Frank Luck 163 4. Valeri Kiriyenko 147 5. Wilfried Pallhuber 142 Final standings after 12 races.

Individual Pos.Points 1. Patrice Bailly-Salins 96 2. Sven Fischer 93 3. Ricco Groß 88 4. Valeri Kiriyenko 86 5. Frank Luck 85 Final standings after 6 races.

Sprint Pos.Points 1. Sven Fischer 98 2. Patrice Bailly-Salins 97 3. Viktor Maigourov 87 4. Vladimir Drachev 84 5. Frank Luck 78 Final standings after 6 races.

Nation Pos.Points 1. 3737 2. 3681 3. 3643 4. 3528 5. 3513 Final standings after 18 races.

Standings: Women

Overall Pos.Points 1. Svetlana Paramygina 215 2. Nathalie Santer 204 3. Anne Briand 173 4. Uschi Disl 167 5. Nadezhda Talanova 138 Final standings after 12 races.

Individual Pos.Points 1. Nathalie Santer 100 2. Svetlana Paramygina 99 3. Anne Briand 97 4. Uschi Disl 88 5. Simone Greiner 80 Final standings after 6 races.

Sprint Pos.Points 1. Svetlana Paramygina 116 2. Nathalie Santer 104 3. Nadezhda Talanova 82 4. Uschi Disl 79 5. Anne Briand 76 Final standings after 6 races.

Nation Pos.Points 1. 3658 2. 3460 3. 3605 4. 3579 5. 3244 Final standings after 18 races.

Medal table

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

Men , 3 (5) first places , 2 (3) first places , 1 (4) 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 , 4 (4) first places , 2 (3) first places , 2 (2) first places , 1 (3) first place , 1 (3) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place

Retirements Following notable biathletes retired during or after the 1993–94 season:

External links IBU official site

References