The 2023–24 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 47th edition for men and 42nd edition for women of the highest international race series in biathlon.
The season started on 25 November 2023 in Östersund, Sweden and concluded on 17 March 2024 in Canmore, Canada.
The highlight of the season were the 2024 Biathlon World Championships in Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic, whose results were not included in the World Cup standings (except for the national standings).
For the first time since the 2018–19 season World Cup races was held in North America.
Norwegian men were represented on the podium in every race this season. This is the first time a country has done this since East Germany in the 1979–1980 season.
Johannes Thingnes Bø from Norway (men's) and Julia Simon from France (women's) were the reigning champions from the previous season. Bø defended the title, while Simon finished the season in fifth place.
Map of world cup hosts All 10 locations hosting world cup events in this season (including Nové Město na Moravě – venue of the World Championships). Östersund Hochfilzen Lenzerheide Oberhof Ruhpolding Europe Antholz-Anterselva Nové Město na Moravě Oslo Holmenkollen Soldier Hollow Canmore North America World Championships
Calendar StageLocationDateIndividual /Short individualSprintPursuitRelaySingle mixed relayDetails1 Östersund●●●●●●details2 Hochfilzen8–10 December●●●details3 Lenzerheide14–17 December ●●●details4 Oberhof4–7 January●●●details5 Ruhpolding10–14 January●●●details6 Antholz-Anterselva18–21 January●●●●detailsWCH7–18 February●●●●●●●7 Oslo Holmenkollen29 February–3 March●●●●details8 Soldier Hollow, Utah8–10 March●●●details9 Canmore14–17 March●●●detailsTotal: 70 (31 men's, 31 women's, 8 mixed)4885644
Men
Calendar +Key: IND – Individual / SIND – Short Individual / SPR – Sprint / PUR – Pursuit / MSS – Mass StartDatePlace DisciplineWinnerSecondThird126 November 2023 Östersund (1) 20 km IND Roman Rees Justus Strelow Johannes Thingnes Bø 22 December 2023 10 km SPR Philipp Nawrath Tarjei Bø Vebjørn Sørum 33 December 2023 12.5 km PUR Sebastian Samuelsson Philipp Nawrath Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen 48 December 2023 Hochfilzen (2) 10 km SPR Tarjei Bø Sturla Holm Lægreid Sebastian Samuelsson 59 December 2023 12.5 km PUR Johannes Thingnes Bø Johannes Dale-Skjevdal Tarjei Bø 615 December 2023 Lenzerheide (3) 10 km SPR Benedikt Doll Johannes Thingnes Bø Philipp Nawrath 716 December 2023 12.5 km PUR Johannes Thingnes Bø Endre Strømsheim Sturla Holm Lægreid 817 December 2023 15 km MSS Johannes Thingnes Bø Johannes Dale-Skjevdal Tarjei Bø 95 January 2024 Oberhof (4) 10 km SPR Benedikt Doll Sturla Holm Lægreid Endre Strømsheim 106 January 2024 12.5 km PUR Endre Strømsheim Sturla Holm Lægreid Johannes Dale-Skjevdal 1113 January 2024 Ruhpolding (5) 10 km SPR Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Tommaso Giacomel Tarjei Bø 1214 January 2024 12.5 km PUR Johannes Dale-Skjevdal Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Johannes Thingnes Bø 1318 January 2024 Antholz-Anterselva (6) 15 km SIND Johannes Thingnes Bø Tarjei Bø Johannes Kühn 1421 January 2024 15 km MSS Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Johannes Dale-Skjevdal Vebjørn Sørum Biathlon World Championships 2024 (7–18 February)10 February 2024 Nové Město na Moravě 10 km SPR Sturla Holm Lægreid Johannes Thingnes Bø Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen 11 February 2024 12.5 km PUR Johannes Thingnes Bø Sturla Holm Lægreid Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen 14 February 2024 20 km IND Johannes Thingnes Bø Tarjei Bø Benedikt Doll 18 February 2024 15 km MSS Johannes Thingnes Bø Andrejs Rastorgujevs Quentin Fillon Maillet 151 March 2024 Oslo Holmenkollen (7) 20 km IND Sturla Holm Lægreid Tarjei Bø Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen 162 March 2024 15 km MSS Sturla Holm Lægreid Benedikt Doll Jesper Nelin 179 March 2024 Soldier Hollow, Utah (8) 10 km SPR Éric Perrot Émilien Jacquelin Johan-Olav Botn 1810 March 2024 12.5 km PUR Johannes Thingnes Bø Tarjei Bø Émilien Jacquelin 1915 March 2024 Canmore (9) 10 km SPR Johannes Thingnes Bø Tommaso Giacomel Tarjei Bø 2016 March 2024 12.5 km PUR Johannes Thingnes Bø Sebastian Samuelsson Éric Perrot 2117 March 2024 15 km MSS Johannes Thingnes Bø Johannes Dale-Skjevdal Émilien Jacquelin 47th Biathlon World Cup Overall(26 November 2023 – 17 March 2024) Johannes Thingnes Bø Tarjei Bø Johannes Dale-Skjevdal
Relay – 4 x 7.5 km DatePlace WinnerSecondThirdLeader 130 November 2023 Östersund (1) 210 December 2023 Hochfilzen (2) 37 January 2024 Oberhof (4) 411 January 2024 Ruhpolding (5) WCH17 February 2024 Nové Město na Moravě not included in the World Cup 58 March 2024 Soldier Hollow, Utah (8)
Overall leaders Overall No. Holder Date gained Place Date forfeited Place Number of competitions 1. Roman Rees 26 November 2023 Östersund 2 December 2023 Östersund1 2. Philipp Nawrath 2 December 2023 Östersund 8 December 2023 Hochfilzen2 3. Sebastian Samuelsson 8 December 2023 Hochfilzen 9 December 2023 Hochfilzen1 4. Tarjei Bø 9 December 2023 Hochfilzen 16 December 2023 Lenzerheide2 5. Johannes Thingnes Bø 16 December 2023 Lenzerheide Overall Winner15
Under 25 No. Holder Date gained Place Date forfeited Place Number of competitions 1. Tommaso Giacomel 26 November 2023 Östersund U25 Winner21
Standings
Overall Rankafter 21 eventsPoints Johannes Thingnes Bø 1262 2 Tarjei Bø 1080 3 Johannes Dale-Skjevdal 949 4 Sturla Holm Lægreid 862 5 Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen 817 6 Émilien Jacquelin 712 7 Endre Strømsheim 700 8 Tommaso Giacomel 688 9 Sebastian Samuelsson 671 10 Martin Ponsiluoma 638
Under 25 Rankafter 21 eventsPoints Tommaso Giacomel 688 2 Éric Perrot 622 3 Didier Bionaz 348 4 Johan-Olav Botn 231 5 Campbell Wright 216 6 Niklas Hartweg 206 7 Otto Invenius 161 8 Danilo Riethmüller 153 9 Lovro Planko 108 10 Anton Vidmar 64
Individual Rankafter 3 eventsPoints Johannes Thingnes Bø 195 2 Tarjei Bø 165 3 Roman Rees 137 4 Sturla Holm Lægreid 135 5 Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen 128
Sprint Rankafter 7 eventsPoints Tarjei Bø 384 2 Johannes Thingnes Bø 324 3 Sturla Holm Lægreid 302 4 Benedikt Doll 301 5 Tommaso Giacomel 282
Pursuit Rankafter 7 eventsPoints Johannes Thingnes Bø 491 2 Johannes Dale-Skjevdal 353 3 Tarjei Bø 350 4 Sebastian Samuelsson 315 5 Sturla Holm Lægreid 294
Mass start Rankafter 4 eventsPoints Johannes Thingnes Bø 252 2 Johannes Dale-Skjevdal 249 3 Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen 200 4 Tarjei Bø 181 5 Émilien Jacquelin 151
Relay Rankafter 5 eventsPoints 1 450 2 330 3 290 4 270 5 209
Nations Cup Rankafter 26 events Points 1 9375 2 8309 3 8131 4 7593 5 7546
Women
Calendar +Key: IND – Individual / SIND – Short Individual / SPR – Sprint / PUR – Pursuit / MSS – Mass StartDatePlace DisciplineWinnerSecondThird126 November 2023 Östersund (1) 15 km IND Lisa Vittozzi Franziska Preuß Vanessa Voigt 21 December 2023 7.5 km SPR Lou Jeanmonnot Karoline Offigstad Knotten Juni Arnekleiv 33 December 2023 10 km PUR Lou Jeanmonnot Franziska Preuß Vanessa Voigt 48 December 2023 Hochfilzen (2) 7.5 km SPR Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Elvira Öberg Justine Braisaz-Bouchet 59 December 2023 10 km PUR Elvira Öberg Lena Häcki-Groß Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold 614 December 2023 Lenzerheide (3) 7.5 km SPR Justine Braisaz-Bouchet Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Lisa Vittozzi 716 December 2023 10 km PUR Justine Braisaz-Bouchet Julia Simon Marit Ishol Skogan 817 December 2023 12.5 km MSS Justine Braisaz-Bouchet Elvira Öberg Hanna Öberg 95 January 2024 Oberhof (4) 7.5 km SPR Justine Braisaz-Bouchet Franziska Preuß Sophie Chauveau 106 January 2024 10 km PUR Julia Simon Justine Braisaz-Bouchet Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold 1112 January 2024 Ruhpolding (5) 7.5 km SPR Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Mona Brorsson Lisa Vittozzi 1214 January 2024 10 km PUR Lisa Vittozzi Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Juni Arnekleiv 1319 January 2024 Antholz-Anterselva (6) 12.5 km SIND Lena Häcki-Groß Julia Simon Lou Jeanmonnot 1421 January 2024 12.5 km MSS Julia Simon Lou Jeanmonnot Lena Häcki-Groß Biathlon World Championships 2024 (7–18 February)9 February 2024 Nové Město na Moravě 7.5 km SPR Julia Simon Justine Braisaz-Bouchet Lou Jeanmonnot 11 February 2024 10 km PUR Julia Simon Lisa Vittozzi Justine Braisaz-Bouchet 13 February 2024 15 km IND Lisa Vittozzi Janina Hettich-Walz Julia Simon 18 February 2024 12.5 km MSS Justine Braisaz-Bouchet Lisa Vittozzi Lou Jeanmonnot 151 March 2024 Oslo Holmenkollen (7) 15 km IND Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Elvira Öberg Ida Lien 162 March 2024 12.5 km MSS Lena Häcki-Groß Julia Simon Lou Jeanmonnot 178 March 2024 Soldier Hollow, Utah (8) 7.5 km SPR Justine Braisaz-Bouchet Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Lou Jeanmonnot 1810 March 2024 10 km PUR Lou Jeanmonnot Lisa Vittozzi Julia Simon 1914 March 2024 Canmore (9) 7.5 km SPR Lisa Vittozzi Lou Jeanmonnot Lena Häcki-Groß 2016 March 2024 10 km PUR Lisa Vittozzi Lou Jeanmonnot Justine Braisaz-Bouchet 2117 March 2024 12.5 km MSS Lou Jeanmonnot Janina Hettich-Walz Gilonne Guigonnat 42nd Biathlon World Cup Overall(26 November 2023 – 17 March 2024) Lisa Vittozzi Lou Jeanmonnot Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold
Relay – 4 x 6 km DatePlace WinnerSecondThirdLeader 129 November 2023 Östersund (1) 210 December 2023 Hochfilzen (2) 37 January 2024 Oberhof (4) 410 January 2024 Ruhpolding (5) WCH17 February 2024 Nové Město na Moravě not included in the World Cup 59 March 2024 Soldier Hollow, Utah (8)
Overall leaders Overall No. Holder Date gained Place Date forfeited Place Number of competitions 1. Lisa Vittozzi 26 November 2023 Östersund 1 December 2023 Östersund1 2. Karoline Offigstad Knotten 1 December 2023 Östersund 3 December 2023 Östersund1 3. Franziska Preuß 1 December 2023 Östersund 8 December 2023 Hochfilzen2 4. Lou Jeanmonnot 8 December 2023 Hochfilzen 9 December 2023 Hochfilzen1 5. Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold 9 December 2023 Hochfilzen 17 December 2023 Lenzerheide3 6. Justine Braisaz-Bouchet 17 December 2023 Lenzerheide 14 January 2024 Ruhpolding4 7. Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold 14 January 2024 Ruhpolding 16 March 2024 Canmore7 8. Lisa Vittozzi 16 March 2024 Canmore Overall Winner2
Under 25 No. Holder Date gained Place Date forfeited Place Number of competitions 1. Marthe Kråkstad Johansen 26 November 2023 Östersund 1 December 2023 Östersund1 2. Juni Arnekleiv 1 December 2023 Östersund 8 December 2023 Hochfilzen2 3. Elvira Öberg 8 December 2023 Hochfilzen U25 Winner18
Standings
Overall Rankafter 21 eventsPoints Lisa Vittozzi 1091 2 Lou Jeanmonnot 1068 3 Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold 1044 4 Justine Braisaz-Bouchet 1025 5 Julia Simon 994 6 Lena Häcki-Groß 853 7 Elvira Öberg 829 8 Vanessa Voigt 631 9 Karoline Offigstad Knotten 629 10 Janina Hettich-Walz 543
Under 25 Rankafter 21 eventsPoints Elvira Öberg 829 2 Juni Arnekleiv 492 3 Tereza Voborníková 409 4 Anna Gandler 351 5 Sophie Chauveau 347 6 Amy Baserga 264 7 Selina Grotian 221 8 Marthe Kråkstad Johansen 181 9 Jeanne Richard 157 10 Beatrice Trabucchi 95
Individual Rankafter 3 eventsPoints Lisa Vittozzi 165 2 Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold 155 3 Vanessa Voigt 150 4 Lena Häcki-Groß 122 5 Julia Simon 110
Sprint Rankafter 7 eventsPoints Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold 418 2 Justine Braisaz-Bouchet 410 3 Lisa Vittozzi 373 4 Lou Jeanmonnot 333 5 Elvira Öberg 265
Pursuit Rankafter 7 eventsPoints Lisa Vittozzi 398 2 Julia Simon 384 3 Lou Jeanmonnot 378 4 Justine Braisaz-Bouchet 357 5 Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold 318
Mass start Rankafter 4 eventsPoints Lou Jeanmonnot 252 2 Julia Simon 241 3 Lena Häcki-Groß 205 4 Justine Braisaz-Bouchet 202 5 Elvira Öberg 159
Relay Rankafter 5 eventsPoints 1 376 2 345 3 325 4 285 5 206
Nations Cup Rankafter 26 events Points 1 8719 2 8376 3 8295 4 8058 5 7380
Mixed Relay