The 2021–22 Biathlon World Cup (BWC) was a multi-race series over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 27 November 2021 in Östersund, Sweden and ended on 20 March 2022 in Oslo Holmenkollen, Norway.
Norwegians Johannes Thingnes Bø and Tiril Eckhoff were the defending overall champions from the 2020–21 season.
For the first time in the history of the Biathlon World Cup, the competition will be held in Estonia, specifically in Otepää.
Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian and Belarusian biathletes are only allowed to compete under a neutral flag since the competition in Kontiolahti. Their performances are not included in the previous classifications of their countries. Previously, the Ukrainian national team announced the withdrawal from the biathlon competition by the end of the season.
On 2 March 2022, IBU announced that Russian and Belarusian biathletes are banned from IBU events.
Polish biathlete Magdalena Gwizdoń starting in the sprint in Otepää broke the all-time record of the World Cup (starting in her 27th season). The previous record for starting in 26 seasons was held by Ole Einar Bjørndalen.
Calendar
Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2021–22 season. The 2022 Olympic Games events are not included into the Biathlon World Cup score.
StageLocationDateIndividualSprintPursuitRelayDetails1 Östersund27–28 November●●details22–5 December ●●●details3 Hochfilzen10–12 December●●●details4 Annecy-Le Grand-Bornand16–19 December●●●details5 Oberhof7–9 January●●●●details6 Ruhpolding12–16 January●●●details7 Antholz-Anterselva20–23 January●●●details OG Beijing 5–18 February●●●●●● details8 Kontiolahti3–6 March●●●details9 Otepää10–13 March●●●●details10 Oslo Holmenkollen17–20 March●●●detailsTotal: 58 (27 men's, 27 women's, 4 mixed)29 74522
Men
Calendar Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib Dark blue bib Ref. 1 27 November 2021 Östersund 20 km Individual Sturla Holm Lægreid Tarjei Bø Simon Desthieux Sturla Holm Lægreid Sturla Holm Lægreid 28 November 2021 10 km Sprint Sebastian Samuelsson Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Johannes Thingnes Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø Simon Desthieux Sivert Guttorm Bakken 2 2 December 2021 10 km Sprint Sebastian Samuelsson Émilien Jacquelin Quentin Fillon Maillet Sebastian Samuelsson Sebastian Samuelsson 5 December 2021 12.5 km Pursuit Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Sebastian Samuelsson Émilien Jacquelin Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen 3 10 December 2021 Hochfilzen 10 km Sprint Johannes Kühn Martin Ponsiluoma Anton Smolski 11 December 2021 12.5 km Pursuit Quentin Fillon Maillet Émilien Jacquelin Sebastian Samuelsson Sebastian Samuelsson 4 17 December 2021 Le Grand-Bornand 10 km Sprint Johannes Thingnes Bø Eduard Latypov Filip Fjeld Andersen 18 December 2021 12.5 km Pursuit Quentin Fillon Maillet Eduard Latypov Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Quentin Fillon Maillet 19 December 2021 15 km Mass Start Émilien Jacquelin Quentin Fillon Maillet Tarjei Bø Émilien Jacquelin 5 7 January 2022 Oberhof 10 km Sprint Alexandr Loginov Émilien Jacquelin Sturla Holm Lægreid 9 January 2022 12.5 km Pursuit Quentin Fillon Maillet Sebastian Samuelsson Tarjei Bø Quentin Fillon Maillet 6 13 January 2022 Ruhpolding 10 km Sprint Quentin Fillon Maillet Benedikt Doll Anton Smolski 16 January 2022 12.5 km Pursuit Quentin Fillon Maillet Alexandr Loginov Anton Smolski 7 20 January 2022 Antholz-Anterselva 20 km Individual Anton Babikov Tarjei Bø Said Karimulla Khalili 22 January 2022 15 km Mass Start Benedikt Doll Johannes Thingnes Bø Sturla Holm Lægreid OG 8 February 2022 Beijing 20 km Individual Quentin Fillon Maillet Anton Smolski Johannes Thingnes Bø — — 12 February 2022 10 km Sprint Johannes Thingnes Bø Quentin Fillon Maillet Tarjei Bø — — 13 February 2022 12.5 km Pursuit Quentin Fillon Maillet Tarjei Bø Eduard Latypov — — 18 February 2022 15 km Mass Start Johannes Thingnes Bø Martin Ponsiluoma Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen — — 8 5 March 2022 Kontiolahti 10 km Sprint Quentin Fillon Maillet Filip Fjeld Andersen Johannes Kühn Quentin Fillon Maillet Sebastian Samuelsson 6 March 2022 12.5 km Pursuit Quentin Fillon Maillet Erik Lesser Lukas Hofer 9 10 March 2022 Otepää 10 km Sprint Quentin Fillon Maillet Sturla Holm Lægreid Benedikt Doll 12 March 2022 15 km Mass Start Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Quentin Fillon Maillet Sivert Guttorm Bakken 10 18 March 2022 Oslo Holmenkollen 10 km Sprint Sturla Holm Lægreid Quentin Fillon Maillet Sebastian Samuelsson 19 March 2022 12.5 km Pursuit Erik Lesser Quentin Fillon Maillet Sturla Holm Lægreid 20 March 2022 15 km Mass Start Sivert Guttorm Bakken Sturla Holm Lægreid Émilien Jacquelin Sturla Holm Lægreid
Relay – 4 x 7.5 km Stage Date Place Winner Second Third Leader Ref.2 4 December 2021 Östersund 3 12 December 2021 Hochfilzen 6 15 January 2022 Ruhpolding 7 23 January 2022 Antholz-Anterselva OG 15 February 2022 Beijing — 8 4 March 2022 Kontiolahti
Standings
Overall Rankafter all 22 racesPoints Quentin Fillon Maillet 984 2. Sturla Holm Lægreid 736 3. Sebastian Samuelsson 717 4. Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen 708 5. Émilien Jacquelin 706 6. Tarjei Bø 601 7. Simon Desthieux 590 8. Benedikt Doll 557 9. Sivert Guttorm Bakken 553 10. Erik Lesser 535
Under 25 Rankafter all 22 racesPoints Sturla Holm Lægreid 736 2. Sebastian Samuelsson 717 3. Sivert Guttorm Bakken 553 4. Filip Fjeld Andersen 403 5. Said Karimulla Khalili 222 6. Daniil Serokhvostov 199 7. Aleksander Fjeld Andersen 165 8. Tommaso Giacomel 160 9. Sebastian Stalder 119 10. Dzmitry Lazouski 113
Individual Rankafter all 2 racesPoints Tarjei Bø 108 2. Sturla Holm Lægreid 100 3. Simon Desthieux 86 4. Johannes Thingnes Bø 83 5. Fabien Claude 64
Sprint Rankafter all 9 racesPoints Quentin Fillon Maillet 402 2. Sebastian Samuelsson 340 3. Sturla Holm Lægreid 284 4. Émilien Jacquelin 283 5. Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen 274
Pursuit Rankafter all 7 racesPoints Quentin Fillon Maillet 379 2. Sebastian Samuelsson 282 3. Erik Lesser 253 4. Émilien Jacquelin 244 5. Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen 217
Mass start Rankafter all 4 racesPoints Sivert Guttorm Bakken 182 2. Quentin Fillon Maillet 178 3. Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen 165 4. Sturla Holm Lægreid 153 5. Émilien Jacquelin 142
Relay Rankafter all 5 racesPoints 1. 276 2. 239 3. 231 4. 210 5. 188
Nation Rankafter all 20 races Points 1. 7277 2. 6954 3. 6707 4. 5851 5. 5475
Women
Calendar Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib Dark blue bib Ref. 1 27 November 2021 Östersund 15 km Individual Markéta Davidová Lisa Theresa Hauser Denise Herrmann Markéta Davidová Markéta Davidová 28 November 2021 7.5 km Sprint Hanna Öberg Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet Marte Olsbu Røiseland 2 2 December 2021 7.5 km Sprint Lisa Theresa Hauser Elvira Öberg Hanna Sola Lisa Theresa Hauser Elvira Öberg 4 December 2021 10 km Pursuit Marte Olsbu Røiseland Anaïs Bescond Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet 3 10 December 2021 Hochfilzen 7.5 km Sprint Hanna Sola Justine Braisaz-Bouchet Marte Olsbu Røiseland Marte Olsbu Røiseland 12 December 2021 10 km Pursuit Marte Olsbu Røiseland Hanna Sola Elvira Öberg 4 16 December 2021 Le Grand-Bornand 7.5 km Sprint Marte Olsbu Røiseland Anaïs Bescond Elvira Öberg 18 December 2021 10 km Pursuit Elvira Öberg Julia Simon Hanna Öberg 19 December 2021 12.5 km Mass Start Elvira Öberg Julia Simon Kristina Reztsova 5 7 January 2022 Oberhof 7.5 km Sprint Marte Olsbu Røiseland Julia Simon Hanna Sola 9 January 2022 10 km Pursuit Marte Olsbu Røiseland Hanna Öberg Dzinara Alimbekava 6 12 January 2022 Ruhpolding 7.5 km Sprint Elvira Öberg Marte Olsbu Røiseland Dorothea Wierer 16 January 2022 10 km Pursuit Marte Olsbu Røiseland Elvira Öberg Hanna Öberg 7 21 January 2022 Antholz-Anterselva 15 km Individual Justine Braisaz-Bouchet Julia Simon Mona Brorsson 23 January 2022 12.5 km Mass Start Dorothea Wierer Dzinara Alimbekava Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet OG 7 February 2022 Beijing 15 km Individual Denise Herrmann Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet Marte Olsbu Røiseland — — 11 February 2022 7.5 km Sprint Marte Olsbu Røiseland Elvira Öberg Dorothea Wierer — — 13 February 2022 10 km Pursuit Marte Olsbu Røiseland Elvira Öberg Tiril Eckhoff — — 18 February 2022 12.5 km Mass Start Justine Braisaz-Bouchet Tiril Eckhoff Marte Olsbu Røiseland — — 8 5 March 2022 Kontiolahti 7.5 km Sprint Denise Herrmann Tiril Eckhoff Stina Nilsson Marte Olsbu Røiseland Elvira Öberg 6 March 2022 10 km Pursuit Tiril Eckhoff Dorothea Wierer Denise Herrmann 9 11 March 2022 Otepää 7.5 km Sprint Julia Simon Vanessa Voigt Karoline Offigstad Knotten 12 March 2022 12.5 km Mass Start Elvira Öberg Denise Herrmann Marte Olsbu Røiseland 10 18 March 2022 Oslo Holmenkollen 7.5 km Sprint Tiril Eckhoff Lisa Theresa Hauser Marte Olsbu Røiseland 19 March 2022 10 km Pursuit Tiril Eckhoff Marte Olsbu Røiseland Paulína Fialková 20 March 2022 12.5 km Mass Start Justine Braisaz-Bouchet Franziska Preuß Marte Olsbu Røiseland
Relay – 4 x 6 km Stage Date Place Winner Second Third Leader Ref.2 5 December 2021 Östersund 3 11 December 2021 Hochfilzen 6 14 January 2022 Ruhpolding 7 22 January 2022 Antholz-Anterselva OG 16 February 2022 Beijing — 8 3 March 2022 Kontiolahti
Standings
Overall Rankafter all 22 racesPoints Marte Olsbu Røiseland 957 2. Elvira Öberg 823 3. Lisa Theresa Hauser 684 4. Hanna Öberg 661 5. Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet 642 6. Denise Herrmann 589 7. Dzinara Alimbekava 589 8. Justine Braisaz-Bouchet 581 9. Dorothea Wierer 577 10. Markéta Davidová 560
Under 25 Rankafter all 22 racesPoints Elvira Öberg 823 2. Markéta Davidová 560 3. Vanessa Voigt 522 4. Irina Kazakevich 189 5. Ida Lien 187 6. Valeriia Vasnetsova 153 7. Milena Todorova 97 8. Emilie Ågheim Kalkenberg 81 9. Karoline Erdal 61 10. Kamila Żuk 41
Individual Rankafter all 2 racesPoints Markéta Davidová 98 2. Lisa Theresa Hauser 86 3. Dzinara Alimbekava 79 4. Mona Brorsson 78 5. Uliana Nigmatullina 71
Sprint Rankafter all 9 racesPoints Marte Olsbu Røiseland 412 2. Elvira Öberg 340 3. Hanna Öberg 306 4. Lisa Theresa Hauser 300 5. Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet 289
Pursuit Rankafter all 7 racesPoints Marte Olsbu Røiseland 380 2. Elvira Öberg 300 3. Hanna Öberg 262 4. Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet 240 5. Lisa Theresa Hauser 222
Mass start Rankafter all 4 racesPoints Justine Braisaz-Bouchet 162 2. Elvira Öberg 160 3. Dorothea Wierer 152 4. Marte Olsbu Røiseland 134 5. Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold 120
Relay Rankafter all 5 racesPoints 1. 243 2. 235 3. 216 4. 203 5. 195
Nation Rankafter all 20 races Points 1. 6856 2. 6765 3. 6572 4. 6402 5. 5488
Mixed Relay Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Leader Ref. 58 January 2022 Oberhof 4 x 7.5 km 1 x 6 km + 1 x 7.5 km OG 5 February 2022 Beijing 4 x 6 km — 913 March 2022 Otepää 4 x 7.5 km 1 x 6 km + 1 x 7.5 km
Rankings
Rankafter all 4 racesPoints 1. 205 2. 191 3. 169 4. 165 5. 154
Podium table by nation Table showing the World Cup podium places (gold–1st place, silver–2nd place, bronze–3rd place) by the countries represented by the athletes.
Points distribution The table shows the number of points won in the 2021–22 Biathlon World Cup for men and women. Relay events do not impact individual rankings. Place1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 Individual60 54 48 43 40 38 36 34 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Sprint Pursuit Mass Start 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2
Achievements First World Cup career victory
Men Johannes Kühn (30), in his 9th season – Stage 3 Sprint in Hochfilzen Sivert Guttorm Bakken (23), in his 2nd season – Stage 10 Mass Start in Oslo Holmenkollen
Women Hanna Sola (25), in her 5th season – Stage 3 Sprint in Hochfilzen Elvira Öberg (22), in her 3rd season – Stage 4 Pursuit in Annecy-Le Grand-Bornand
First World Cup podium
Men Anton Smolski (24), in his 5th season – Stage 3 Sprint in Hochfilzen – 3rd place