The 2022–23 Biathlon World Cup (official: BMW IBU World Cup Biathlon) was a multi-race series over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union (IBU). It was the 46th edition for men and 41st edition for women of the highest international race series in biathlon.
The season started on 29 November 2022 in Kontiolahti, Finland and ended on 19 March 2023 in Oslo Holmenkollen, Norway.
The highlight of the season were the 2023 Biathlon World Championships in Oberhof, Germany. For the first time since 1993, the results of the World Championships were not included in the World Cup rankings (except for the national standings).
Quentin Fillon Maillet from France and Marte Olsbu Røiseland from Norway were the defending overall champions from the 2021–22 season. Fillon Maillet finished the season in 8th place and Olsbu Røiseland in 15th place.
Map of world cup hosts All 10 locations hosting world cup events in this season (including Oberhof – venue of the World Championships). Kontiolahti Hochfilzen Annecy-Le Grand-Bornand Pokljuka Ruhpolding Europe Antholz-Anterselva Oberhof Nové Město Östersund Oslo Holmenkollen World Championships
Calendar StageLocationDateIndividual /Short individualSprintPursuitRelaySingle mixed relayDetails1 Kontiolahti●●●●details2 Hochfilzen8–11 December●●●details315–18 December ●●●details4 Pokljuka5–8 January●●●●details5 Ruhpolding11–15 January●●●details6 Antholz-Anterselva19–22 January●●●detailsWC Oberhof8–19 February●●●●●●●World Championships7 Nové Město na Moravě2–5 March●●●●details8 Östersund9–12 March●●●details9 Oslo Holmenkollen16–19 March●●●detailsTotal: 68 (31 men's, 31 women's, 6 mixed)4885633
Men
Calendar +Key: IND – Individual / SIND – Short Individual / SPR – Sprint / PUR – Pursuit / MSS – Mass StartDatePlace DisciplineWinnerSecondThird129 November 2022 Kontiolahti (1) 20 km IND Martin Ponsiluoma Niklas Hartweg David Zobel 23 December 2022 10 km SPR Johannes Thingnes Bø Sturla Holm Lægreid Roman Rees 34 December 2022 12.5 km PUR Johannes Thingnes Bø Sturla Holm Lægreid Émilien Jacquelin 49 December 2022 Hochfilzen (2) 10 km SPR Johannes Thingnes Bø Émilien Jacquelin Sturla Holm Lægreid 511 December 2022 12.5 km PUR Johannes Thingnes Bø Sturla Holm Lægreid Émilien Jacquelin 615 December 2022 Annecy-Le Grand-Bornand (3) 10 km SPR Johannes Thingnes Bø Sturla Holm Lægreid Benedikt Doll 717 December 2022 12.5 km PUR Sturla Holm Lægreid Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Johannes Thingnes Bø 818 December 2022 15 km MSS Johannes Dale Sturla Holm Lægreid Johannes Thingnes Bø 96 January 2023 Pokljuka (4) 10 km SPR Johannes Thingnes Bø Tarjei Bø Sturla Holm Lægreid 107 January 2023 12.5 km PUR Johannes Thingnes Bø Quentin Fillon Maillet Tarjei Bø 1111 January 2023 Ruhpolding (5) 20 km IND Johannes Thingnes Bø Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Jakov Fak 1215 January 2023 15 km MSS Johannes Thingnes Bø Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Sturla Holm Lægreid 1320 January 2023 Antholz-Anterselva (6) 10 km SPR Johannes Thingnes Bø Martin Ponsiluoma Sturla Holm Lægreid 1421 January 2023 12.5 km PUR Johannes Thingnes Bø Sturla Holm Lægreid Martin Ponsiluoma Biathlon World Championships 2023 (8–19 February)WCH11 February 2023 Oberhof 10 km SPR Johannes Thingnes Bø Tarjei Bø Sturla Holm Lægreid 12 February 2023 12.5 km PUR Johannes Thingnes Bø Sturla Holm Lægreid Sebastian Samuelsson 14 February 2023 20 km IND Johannes Thingnes Bø Sturla Holm Lægreid Sebastian Samuelsson 19 February 2023 15 km MSS Sebastian Samuelsson Martin Ponsiluoma Johannes Thingnes Bø 152 March 2023 Nové Město (7) 10 km SPR Johannes Thingnes Bø Tarjei Bø Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen 164 March 2023 12.5 km PUR Johannes Thingnes Bø Tarjei Bø Martin Ponsiluoma 179 March 2023 Östersund (8) 20 km IND Benedikt Doll Tommaso Giacomel Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen 1812 March 2023 15 km MSS Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Johannes Dale Éric Perrot 1916 March 2023 Oslo Holmenkollen (9) 10 km SPR Johannes Thingnes Bø Martin Ponsiluoma Benedikt Doll 2018 March 2023 12.5 km PUR Johannes Thingnes Bø Quentin Fillon Maillet Sturla Holm Lægreid 2119 March 2023 15 km MSS Johannes Thingnes Bø Niklas Hartweg Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen
Relay – 4 x 7.5 km DatePlace WinnerSecondThirdLeader 11 December 2022 Kontiolahti (1) 210 December 2022 Hochfilzen (2) 313 January 2023 Ruhpolding (5) 422 January 2023 Antholz-Anterselva (6) WCH18 February 2023 Oberhof not included in the World Cup 511 March 2023 Östersund (8)
Overall leaders Overall No. Holder Date gained Place Date forfeited Place Number of competitions 1. Martin Ponsiluoma 29 November 2022 Kontiolahti 3 December 2022 Kontiolahti1 2. Johannes Thingnes Bø 3 December 2022 Kontiolahti Overall Winner20
Under 25 No. Holder Date gained Place Date forfeited Place Number of competitions 1. Niklas Hartweg 29 November 2022 Kontiolahti 17 December 2022 Annecy-Le Grand-Bornand6 2. Filip Fjeld Andersen 17 December 2022 Annecy-Le Grand-Bornand 15 January 2023 Ruhpolding5 3. Niklas Hartweg 15 January 2023 Ruhpolding 9 March 2023 Östersund5 4. Tommaso Giacomel 9 March 2023 Östersund 19 March 2023 Oslo-Holmenkollen4 5. Niklas Hartweg 19 March 2023 Oslo-Holmenkollen U25 Winner1
Standings
Overall Rankafter all 21 eventsPoints Johannes Thingnes Bø 1589 2 Sturla Holm Lægreid 1098 3 Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen 935 4 Benedikt Doll 782 5 Martin Ponsiluoma 779 6 Tarjei Bø 684 7 Johannes Dale 674 8 Quentin Fillon Maillet 671 9 Roman Rees 658 10 Fabien Claude 635
Under 25 Rankafter all 21 eventsPoints Niklas Hartweg 608 2 Tommaso Giacomel 592 3 Sebastian Stalder 426 4 Filip Fjeld Andersen 324 5 Éric Perrot 189 6 Adam Runnalls 109 7 Anton Vidmar 95 8 Tuomas Harjula 94 9 Jakub Štvrtecký 86 10 Didier Bionaz 78
Individual Rankafter all 3 eventsPoints Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen 171 2 Benedikt Doll 151 3 Martin Ponsiluoma 132 4 Roman Rees 123 5 Tommaso Giacomel 120
Sprint Rankafter all 7 eventsPoints Johannes Thingnes Bø 630 2 Sturla Holm Lægreid 375 3 Martin Ponsiluoma 328 4 Benedikt Doll 285 5 Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen 257
Pursuit Rankafter all 7 eventsPoints Johannes Thingnes Bø 600 2 Sturla Holm Lægreid 425 3 Quentin Fillon Maillet 295 4 Tarjei Bø 277 5 Fabien Claude 252
Mass start Rankafter all 4 eventsPoints Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen 270 2 Johannes Thingnes Bø 240 3 Sturla Holm Lægreid 208 4 Johannes Dale 206 5 Sebastian Stalder 143
Relay Rankafter all 5 eventsPoints 1 450 2 330 3 320 4 256 5 190
Nations Cup Rankafter all 24 events Points 1 8993 2 7977 3 7813 4 7399 5 6345
Women
Calendar +Key: IND – Individual / SIND – Short Individual / SPR – Sprint / PUR – Pursuit / MSS – Mass StartDatePlace DisciplineWinnerSecondThird130 November 2022 Kontiolahti (1) 15 km IND Hanna Öberg Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Lisa Vittozzi 23 December 2022 7.5 km SPR Lisa Theresa Hauser Lisa Vittozzi Linn Persson 34 December 2022 10 km PUR Julia Simon Dorothea Wierer Elvira Öberg 48 December 2022 Hochfilzen (2) 7.5 km SPR Denise Herrmann-Wick Markéta Davidová Julia Simon 510 December 2022 10 km PUR Julia Simon Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Markéta Davidová 616 December 2022 Annecy-Le Grand-Bornand (3) 7.5 km SPR Anna Magnusson Linn Persson Denise Herrmann-Wick 717 December 2022 10 km PUR Elvira Öberg Lisa Vittozzi Julia Simon 818 December 2022 12.5 km MSS Lisa Theresa Hauser Julia Simon Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet 95 January 2023 Pokljuka (4) 7.5 km SPR Elvira Öberg Julia Simon Dorothea Wierer 107 January 2023 10 km PUR Elvira Öberg Dorothea Wierer Julia Simon 1112 January 2023 Ruhpolding (5) 15 km IND Lisa Vittozzi Lou Jeanmonnot Julia Simon 1215 January 2023 12.5 km MSS Julia Simon Lisa Vittozzi Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet 1319 January 2023 Antholz-Anterselva (6) 7.5 km SPR Dorothea Wierer Chloé Chevalier Elvira Öberg 1421 January 2023 10 km PUR Denise Herrmann-Wick Lisa Vittozzi Elvira Öberg Biathlon World Championships 2023 (8–19 February)WCH10 February 2023 Oberhof 7.5km SPR Denise Herrmann-Wick Hanna Öberg Linn Persson 12 February 2023 10 km PUR Julia Simon Denise Herrmann-Wick Marte Olsbu Roeiseland 15 February 2023 15 km IND Hanna Öberg Linn Persson Lisa Vittozzi 19 February 2023 12.5 km MSS Hanna Öberg Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Julia Simon 153 March 2023 Nové Město (7) 7.5 km SPR Marte Olsbu Røiseland Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet 164 March 2023 10 km PUR Marte Olsbu Røiseland Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet 179 March 2023 Östersund (8) 15 km IND Dorothea Wierer Lisa Vittozzi Denise Herrmann-Wick 1812 March 2023 12.5 km MSS Dorothea Wierer Lou Jeanmonnot Julia Simon 1918 March 2023 Oslo Holmenkollen (9) 7.5 km SPR Denise Herrmann-Wick Hanna Öberg Anna Magnusson 18 March 2023 10 km PUR Cancelled due to delayed Sprint2019 March 2023 12.5 km MSS Hanna Öberg Marte Olsbu Røiseland Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet
Relay – 4 x 6 km DatePlace WinnerSecondThirdLeader 11 December 2022 Kontiolahti (1) 211 December 2022 Hochfilzen (2) 314 January 2023 Ruhpolding (5) 422 January 2023 Antholz-Anterselva (6) WCH18 February 2023 Oberhof not included in the World Cup 511 March 2023 Östersund (8)
Overall leaders Overall No. Holder Date gained Place Date forfeited Place Number of competitions 1. Hanna Öberg 30 November 2022 Kontiolahti 3 December 2022 Kontiolahti1 2. Lisa Vittozzi 3 December 2022 Kontiolahti 8 December 2022 Hochfilzen2 3. Julia Simon 8 December 2022 Hochfilzen Overall Winner17
Under 25 No. Holder Date gained Place Date forfeited Place Number of competitions 1. Elvira Öberg 30 November 2022 Kontiolahti U25 Winner20
Standings
Overall Rankafter all 20 eventsPoints Julia Simon 1093 2 Dorothea Wierer 911 3 Lisa Vittozzi 882 4 Denise Herrmann-Wick 874 5 Elvira Öberg 764 6 Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold 731 7 Hanna Öberg 710 8 Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet 670 9 Markéta Davidová 668 10 Lisa Theresa Hauser 604
Under 25 Rankafter all 20 eventsPoints Elvira Öberg 764 2 Lou Jeanmonnot 593 3 Sophie Chauveau 321 4 Anna Gandler 177 5 Amy Baserga 157 6 Samuela Comola 138 7 Rebecca Passler 133 8 Tereza Voborníková 109 9 Milena Todorova 80 10 Anna Juppe 62
Individual Rankafter all 3 eventsPoints Lisa Vittozzi 225 2 Julia Simon 155 3 Hanna Öberg 153 4 Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold 147 5 Dorothea Wierer 143
Sprint Rankafter all 7 eventsPoints Denise Herrmann-Wick 400 2 Dorothea Wierer 314 3 Julia Simon 295 4 Elvira Öberg 263 5 Markéta Davidová 245
Pursuit Rankafter all 6 eventsPoints Julia Simon 373 2 Elvira Öberg 350 3 Dorothea Wierer 285 4 Lisa Vittozzi 279 5 Denise Herrmann-Wick 272
Mass start Rankafter all 4 eventsPoints Julia Simon 270 2 Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet 206 3 Hanna Öberg 195 4 Dorothea Wierer 169 5 Lou Jeanmonnot 166
Relay Rankafter all 5 eventsPoints 1 345 2 325 3 321 4 320 5 252
Nations Cup Rankafter all 24 events Points 1 8128 2 7884 3 7859 4 7833 5 7575
Mixed Relay DatePlace DisciplineWinnerSecondThirdLeader 18 January 2023 Pokljuka (4) 6 km + 7.5 km 2 4 x 7.5 km WCH8 February 2023 Oberhof 4 x 6 km not includedin the World Cup 16 February 2023 6 km + 7.5 km 35 March 2023 Nové Město (7) 4 x 6 km 4 6 km + 7.5 km
Rankings
Rankafter all 4 eventsPoints 1 305 2 280 3 217 4 198 5 173
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 2022–23 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 Individual90 75 60 50 45 40 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
Women Anna Magnusson (27), in her 9th season – Stage 3 Sprint in Annecy-Le Grand-Bornand
First World Cup podium
Men