The 2017–18 Biathlon World Cup (BWC) was a multi-race series over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 24 November 2017 in Östersund, Sweden and ended on 25 March 2018 in Tyumen, Russia. The defending overall champions from the 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup were Martin Fourcade of France and Laura Dahlmeier of Germany.

Calendar Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2017–18 season.

Stage Location Date Individual Sprint Pursuit Relay Details 1 Östersund 26 November–3 December ● ● ● ● ● details 2 Hochfilzen 8–10 December ● ● ● details 3 Annecy-Le Grand-Bornand 14–17 December ● ● ● details 4 Oberhof 4–7 January ● ● ● details 5 Ruhpolding 10–14 January ● ● ● details 6 Antholz-Anterselva 18–21 January ● ● ● details OG Pyeongchang 9–25 February Olympic Games 7 Kontiolahti 8–11 March ● ● ● ● details 8 Oslo Holmenkollen 13–18 March ● ● ● details 9 Tyumen 20–25 March ● ● ● details Total: 56 (26 men's, 26 women's, 4 mixed) 2 8 7 5 4 2 2

World Cup podiums

Men Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib Det. 1 30 November 2017 Östersund 20 km Individual Johannes Thingnes Bø Quentin Fillon Maillet Martin Fourcade Johannes Thingnes Bø Detail 1 2 December 2017 Östersund 10 km Sprint Tarjei Bø Martin Fourcade Erik Lesser Martin Fourcade Detail 1 3 December 2017 Östersund 12.5 km Pursuit Martin Fourcade Jakov Fak Quentin Fillon Maillet Detail 2 8 December 2017 Hochfilzen 10 km Sprint Johannes Thingnes Bø Martin Fourcade Jakov Fak Detail 2 9 December 2017 Hochfilzen 12.5 km Pursuit Johannes Thingnes Bø Jakov Fak Martin Fourcade Detail 3 15 December 2017 Le Grand-Bornand 10 km Sprint Johannes Thingnes Bø Martin Fourcade Antonin Guigonnat Detail 3 16 December 2017 Le Grand-Bornand 12.5 km Pursuit Johannes Thingnes Bø Martin Fourcade Anton Shipulin Detail 3 17 December 2017 Le Grand-Bornand 15 km Mass Start Martin Fourcade Johannes Thingnes Bø Erik Lesser Detail 4 5 January 2018 Oberhof 10 km Sprint Martin Fourcade Emil Hegle Svendsen Johannes Thingnes Bø Detail 4 6 January 2018 Oberhof 12.5 km Pursuit Martin Fourcade Johannes Thingnes Bø Tarjei Bø Detail 5 10 January 2018 Ruhpolding 20 km Individual Martin Fourcade Ondřej Moravec Johannes Thingnes Bø Detail 5 14 January 2018 Ruhpolding 15 km Mass Start Johannes Thingnes Bø Martin Fourcade Antonin Guigonnat Detail 6 19 January 2018 Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Sprint Johannes Thingnes Bø Martin Fourcade Arnd Peiffer Detail 6 20 January 2018 Antholz-Anterselva 12.5 km Pursuit Johannes Thingnes Bø Martin Fourcade Anton Shipulin Detail 6 21 January 2018 Antholz-Anterselva 15 km Mass Start Martin Fourcade Tarjei Bø Erlend Bjøntegaard Detail OG 11 February 2018 Pyeongchang 10 km Sprint Arnd Peiffer Michal Krčmář Dominik Windisch Detail 12 February 2018 Pyeongchang 12.5 km Pursuit Martin Fourcade Sebastian Samuelsson Benedikt Doll Detail 15 February 2018 Pyeongchang 20 km Individual Johannes Thingnes Bø Jakov Fak Dominik Landertinger Detail 18 February 2018 Pyeongchang 15 km Mass Start Martin Fourcade Simon Schempp Emil Hegle Svendsen Detail 7 8 March 2018 Kontiolahti 10 km Sprint Anton Shipulin Andrejs Rastorgujevs Quentin Fillon Maillet Martin Fourcade Detail 7 11 March 2018 Kontiolahti 15 km Mass Start Julian Eberhard Martin Fourcade Anton Shipulin Detail 8 15 March 2018 Oslo Holmenkollen 10 km Sprint Henrik L'Abée-Lund Johannes Thingnes Bø Martin Fourcade Detail 8 17 March 2018 Oslo Holmenkollen 12.5 km Pursuit Martin Fourcade Lukas Hofer Johannes Thingnes Bø Detail 9 22 March 2018 Tyumen 10 km Sprint Martin Fourcade Simon Desthieux Fredrik Lindström Detail 9 24 March 2018 Tyumen 12.5 km Pursuit Martin Fourcade Johannes Thingnes Bø Lukas Hofer Detail 9 25 March 2018 Tyumen 15 km Mass Start Maxim Tsvetkov Erlend Bjøntegaard Johannes Thingnes Bø Detail

Women Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib Det. 1 29 November 2017 Östersund 15 km Individual Nadezhda Skardino Synnøve Solemdal Yuliia Dzhima Nadezhda Skardino Detail 1 1 December 2017 Östersund 7.5 km Sprint Denise Herrmann Justine Braisaz Yuliia Dzhima Synnøve Solemdal Detail 1 3 December 2017 Östersund 10 km Pursuit Denise Herrmann Justine Braisaz Marte Olsbu Justine Braisaz Detail 2 8 December 2017 Hochfilzen 7.5 km Sprint Darya Domracheva Anastasiya Kuzmina Dorothea Wierer Detail 2 9 December 2017 Hochfilzen 10 km Pursuit Anastasiya Kuzmina Kaisa Mäkäräinen Darya Domracheva Kaisa Mäkäräinen Detail 3 14 December 2017 Le Grand-Bornand 7.5 km Sprint Anastasiya Kuzmina Laura Dahlmeier Vita Semerenko Detail 3 16 December 2017 Le Grand-Bornand 10 km Pursuit Laura Dahlmeier Anastasiya Kuzmina Lisa Vittozzi Anastasiya Kuzmina Detail 3 17 December 2017 Le Grand-Bornand 12.5 km Mass Start Justine Braisaz Iryna Kryuko Laura Dahlmeier Detail 4 4 January 2018 Oberhof 7.5 km Sprint Anastasiya Kuzmina Kaisa Mäkäräinen Veronika Vítková Detail 4 6 January 2018 Oberhof 10 km Pursuit Anastasiya Kuzmina Dorothea Wierer Vita Semerenko Detail 5 11 January 2018 Ruhpolding 15 km Individual Dorothea Wierer Kaisa Mäkäräinen Rosanna Crawford Detail 5 14 January 2018 Ruhpolding 12.5 km Mass Start Kaisa Mäkäräinen Laura Dahlmeier Veronika Vítková Kaisa Mäkäräinen Detail 6 18 January 2018 Antholz-Anterselva 7.5 km Sprint Tiril Eckhoff Laura Dahlmeier Veronika Vítková Detail 6 20 January 2018 Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Pursuit Laura Dahlmeier Dorothea Wierer Darya Domracheva Detail 6 21 January 2018 Antholz-Anterselva 12.5 km Mass Start Darya Domracheva Anastasiya Kuzmina Kaisa Mäkäräinen Detail OG 10 February 2018 Pyeongchang 7.5 km Sprint Laura Dahlmeier Marte Olsbu Veronika Vítková Detail 12 February 2018 Pyeongchang 10 km Pursuit Laura Dahlmeier Anastasiya Kuzmina Anaïs Bescond Detail 15 February 2018 Pyeongchang 15 km Individual Hanna Öberg Anastasiya Kuzmina Laura Dahlmeier Detail 17 February 2018 Pyeongchang 12.5 km Mass Start Anastasiya Kuzmina Darya Domracheva Tiril Eckhoff Detail 7 9 March 2018 Kontiolahti 7.5 km Sprint Darya Domracheva Franziska Hildebrand Lisa Vittozzi Kaisa Mäkäräinen Detail 7 11 March 2018 Kontiolahti 12.5 km Mass Start Vanessa Hinz Lisa Vittozzi Anaïs Chevalier Detail 8 15 March 2018 Oslo Holmenkollen 7.5 km Sprint Anastasiya Kuzmina Darya Domracheva Yuliia Dzhima Anastasiya Kuzmina Detail 8 18 March 2018 Oslo Holmenkollen 10 km Pursuit Darya Domracheva Anastasiya Kuzmina Susan Dunklee Detail 9 23 March 2018 Tyumen 7.5 km Sprint Darya Domracheva Kaisa Mäkäräinen Tiril Eckhoff Detail 9 24 March 2018 Tyumen 10 km Pursuit Kaisa Mäkäräinen Anaïs Bescond Laura Dahlmeier Kaisa Mäkäräinen Detail 9 25 March 2018 Tyumen 12.5 km Mass Start Darya Domracheva Paulína Fialková Anaïs Chevalier Detail

Men's team Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Det. 2 10 December 2017 Hochfilzen 4x7.5 km Relay Detail 4 7 January 2018 Oberhof 4x7.5 km Relay Detail 5 12 January 2018 Ruhpolding 4x7.5 km Relay DetailOG 23 February 2018 Pyeongchang 4x7.5 km Relay Detail 8 18 March 2018 Oslo Holmenkollen 4x7.5 km Relay Detail

Women's team Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Det. 2 10 December 2017 Hochfilzen 4x6 km Relay Detail 4 7 January 2018 Oberhof 4x6 km Relay Detail 5 13 January 2018 Ruhpolding 4x6 km Relay DetailOG 22 February 2018 Pyeongchang 4x6 km Relay Detail 8 17 March 2018 Oslo Holmenkollen 4x6 km Relay Detail

Mixed Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Det. 1 26 November 2017 Östersund 1x6 km + 1x7.5 km Single Mixed Relay Detail 1 26 November 2017 Östersund 2x6 km + 2x7.5 km Mixed Relay DetailOG 20 February 2018 Pyeongchang 2x6 km + 2x7.5 km Mixed Relay Detail 7 10 March 2018 Kontiolahti 1x6 km + 1x7.5 km Single Mixed Relay Detail 7 10 March 2018 Kontiolahti 2x6 km + 2x7.5 km Mixed Relay Detail

Standings: Men

Overall Pos.Points 1. Martin Fourcade 1116 2. Johannes Thingnes Bø 1027 3. Anton Shipulin 697 4. Arnd Peiffer 668 5. Lukas Hofer 637 Final standings after 22 races.

Individual Pos.Points 1. Martin Fourcade 108 1. Johannes Thingnes Bø 108 3. Quentin Fillon Maillet 75 4. Lukas Hofer 70 5. Ondřej Moravec 65 Final standings after 2 races.

Sprint Pos.Points 1. Martin Fourcade 384 2. Johannes Thingnes Bø 382 3. Arnd Peiffer 259 4. Anton Shipulin 256 5. Andrejs Rastorgujevs 224 Final standings after 8 races.

Pursuit Pos.Points 1. Martin Fourcade 396 2. Johannes Thingnes Bø 364 3. Anton Shipulin 254 4. Lukas Hofer 247 5. Arnd Peiffer 227 Final standings after 7 races.

Mass start Pos.Points 1. Martin Fourcade 250 2. Johannes Thingnes Bø 222 3. Benedikt Doll 184 4. Tarjei Bø 183 5. Anton Shipulin 174 Final standings after 5 races.

Relay Pos.Points 1. Norway 228 2. Sweden 184 3. France 180 4. Germany 175 5. Russia 173 Final standings after 4 races.

Nation Pos.Points 1. 6458 2. 6129 3. 5910 4. 5623 5. 5228 Final standings after 18 races.

Standings: Women

Overall Pos.Points 1. Kaisa Mäkäräinen 822 2. Anastasiya Kuzmina 819 3. Darya Domracheva 804 4. Laura Dahlmeier 730 5. Dorothea Wierer 681 Final standings after 22 races.

Individual Pos.Points 1. Nadezhda Skardino 96 2. Yuliia Dzhima 91 3. Kaisa Mäkäräinen 84 4. Valj Semerenko 83 5. Darya Domracheva 65 Final standings after 2 races.

Sprint Pos.Points 1. Anastasiya Kuzmina 323 2. Darya Domracheva 313 3. Kaisa Mäkäräinen 258 4. Laura Dahlmeier 252 5. Veronika Vítková 245 Final standings after 8 races.

Pursuit Pos.Points 1. Anastasiya Kuzmina 301 2. Kaisa Mäkäräinen 280 3. Laura Dahlmeier 271 4. Dorothea Wierer 264 5. Darya Domracheva 237 Final standings after 7 races.

Mass start Pos.Points 1. Kaisa Mäkäräinen 216 2. Laura Dahlmeier 207 3. Vanessa Hinz 195 4. Darya Domracheva 189 5. Anaïs Chevalier 176 Final standings after 5 races.

Relay Pos.Points 1. Germany 228 2. France 200 3. Italy 169 4. Sweden 168 5. Ukraine 158 Final standings after 4 races.

Nation Pos.Points 1. 6179 2. 5887 3. 5407 4. 5237 5. 5232 Final standings after 18 races.

Standings: Mixed

Mixed relay Pos.Points 1. 188 2. 188 3. 179 4. 171 5. 168 Final standings after 4 races.

Medal table

Achievements First World Cup career victory

Men , 31, in his 8th season — Stage 8 Sprint in Oslo Holmenkollen; first podium was 2012–13 Sprint in Sochi , 26, in his 6th season — Stage 9 Mass start in Tyumen; first podium was 2015–16 Sprint in Antholz–Anterselva

Women , 32, in her 9th season — Stage 1 Individual in Östersund; first podium was 2012–13 Sprint in Pokljuka , 28, in her 2nd season — Stage 1 Sprint in Östersund; it was also her first podium , 21, in her 4th season — Stage 3 Mass start in Le Grand-Bornand; first podium was 2016–17 Pursuit in Pokljuka , 25, in her 6th season — Stage 7 Mass start in Kontiolahti; it was also her first podium

First World Cup podium

Men , 26, in his 5th season — no. 3 in the Stage 3 Sprint in Le Grand-Bornand , 27, in his 6th season — no. 3 in the Stage 6 Mass start in Anterselva , 26, in his 6th season — no. 2 in the Stage 9 Sprint in Tyumen

Women , 26, in her 7th season — no. 2 in the Stage 3 Mass start in Le Grand-Bornand , 29, in her 9th season — no. 3 in the Stage 5 Individual in Ruhpolding , 25, in her 7th season — no. 2 in the Stage 9 Mass start in Tyumen

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

Men , 9 (70) first places , 8 (21) first places , 1 (11) first place , 1 (9) first place , 1 (4) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place

Women , 6 (31) first places , 5 (11) first places , 2 (23) first place , 2 (19) first places , 2 (2) first places , 1 (5) first place , 1 (4) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place

Retirements The following notable biathletes retired during or after the 2017–18 season:

Men

Women

Notes

References

External links IBU official site