The 1996–97 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 30 November 1996 in Lillehammer, Norway, and ended on 16 March 1997 in Novosibirsk, Russia. It was the 20th season of the Biathlon World Cup.

Calendar Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 1996–97 season.

Location Date Individual Sprint Pursuit Relay Lillehammer 30 November–1 December ● ● Östersund 5–8 December ● ● ● Holmenkollen 12–15 December ● ● ● Oberhof 4–5 January ● ● Ruhpolding 9–12 January ● ● Antholz 16–19 January ● ● ● Osrblie 1–17 February ● ● ● ● Nagano 6–9 March ● ● ● Novosibirsk 13–16 March ● ● ● Total 6 9 4 1 5

World Cup Podium

Men Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib Det. 1 30 November 1996 Lillehammer 10 km Sprint Sven Fischer Sergei Tarasov Pavel Rostovtsev Sven Fischer Detail 1 1 December 1996 Lillehammer 12.5 km Pursuit Sven Fischer Pavel Rostovtsev René Cattarinussi Detail 2 5 December 1996 Östersund 20 km Individual Wilfried Pallhuber Vesa Hietalahti Pavel Mouslimov Pavel Mouslimov Detail 2 7 December 1996 Östersund 10 km Sprint Vadim Sashurin Frode Andresen Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail 3 12 December 1996 Oslo Holmenkollen 10 km Sprint Viktor Maigourov Frode Andresen Sven Fischer Sven Fischer Detail 3 14 December 1996 Oslo Holmenkollen 12.5 km Pursuit Viktor Maigourov Sven Fischer Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail 4 4 January 1997 Oberhof 10 km Sprint Ole Einar Bjørndalen Pavel Mouslimov Halvard Hanevold Detail 4 5 January 1997 Oberhof 12.5 km Pursuit Ole Einar Bjørndalen Viktor Maigourov Ludwig Gredler Detail 5 9 January 1997 Ruhpolding 20 km Individual Ricco Groß Ole Einar Bjørndalen Viktor Maigourov Detail 5 11 January 1997 Ruhpolding 10 km Sprint Ole Einar Bjørndalen Pavel Rostovtsev Sven Fischer Detail 6 16 January 1997 Antholz-Anterselva 20 km Individual Ludwig Gredler Ricco Groß Sergei Rozhkov Detail 6 18 January 1997 Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Sprint Viktor Maigourov Pieralberto Carrara Raphaël Poirée Detail WC 1 February 1997 Brezno-Osrblie 10 km Sprint Wilfried Pallhuber René Cattarinussi Oleg Ryzhenkov Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail WC 2 February 1997 Brezno-Osrblie 12.5 km Pursuit Viktor Maigourov Sergei Tarasov Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail WC 7 February 1997 Brezno-Osrblie 20 km Individual Ricco Groß Oleg Ryzhenkov Ludwig Gredler Detail 7 6 March 1997 Nagano 20 km Individual Mark Kirchner Vesa Hietalahti Oleg Ryzhenkov Detail 7 8 March 1997 Nagano 10 km Sprint Sven Fischer Ole Einar Bjørndalen René Cattarinussi Detail 8 13 March 1997 Novosibirsk 20 km Individual Pavel Mouslimov Ricco Groß Sven Fischer Sven Fischer Detail 8 15 March 1997 Novosibirsk 10 km Sprint Ludwig Gredler Ricco Groß Sergei Tarasov Detail

Women Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib Det. 1 30 November 1996 Lillehammer 7.5 km Sprint Petra Behle Simone Greiner-Petter-M. Olga Melnik Petra Behle Detail 1 1 December 1996 Lillehammer 10 km Pursuit Simone Greiner-Petter-M. Galina Koukleva Magdalena Forsberg Simone Greiner-Petter-M. Detail 2 5 December 1996 Östersund 15 km Individual Anna Volkova Yu Shumei Svetlana Paramygina Petra Behle Detail 2 7 December 1996 Östersund 7.5 km Sprint Olga Melnik Svetlana Paramygina Gunn Margit Andreassen Detail 3 12 December 1996 Oslo Holmenkollen 7.5 km Sprint Uschi Disl Simone Greiner-Petter-M. Galina Koukleva Detail 3 14 December 1996 Oslo Holmenkollen 10 km Pursuit Uschi Disl Galina Koukleva Olga Romasko Magdalena Forsberg Detail 4 4 January 1997 Oberhof 7.5 km Sprint Magdalena Forsberg Hildegunn Mikkelsplass Kathi Schwaab Detail 4 5 January 1997 Oberhof 10 km Pursuit Magdalena Forsberg Simone Greiner-Petter-M. Annette Sikveland Detail 5 9 January 1997 Ruhpolding 15 km Individual Annette Sikveland Simone Greiner-Petter-M. Corinne Niogret Detail 5 11 January 1997 Ruhpolding 7.5 km Sprint Petra Behle Uschi Disl Olga Romasko Detail 6 16 January 1997 Antholz-Anterselva 15 km Individual Tetyana Vodopyanova Annette Sikveland Uschi Disl Detail 6 18 January 1997 Antholz-Anterselva 7.5 km Sprint Uschi Disl Ann-Elen Skjelbreid Corinne Niogret Detail WC 1 February 1997 Brezno-Osrblie 7.5 km Sprint Olga Romasko Olena Zubrilova Magdalena Forsberg Detail WC 2 February 1997 Brezno-Osrblie 10 km Pursuit Magdalena Forsberg Olena Zubrilova Olga Romasko Detail WC 6 February 1997 Brezno-Osrblie 15 km Individual Magdalena Forsberg Olena Zubrilova Ekaterina Dafovska Detail 7 6 March 1997 Nagano 15 km Individual Andreja Grašič Uschi Disl Anna Stera Detail 7 8 March 1997 Nagano 7.5 km Sprint Olga Romasko Uschi Disl Ekaterina Dafovska Detail 8 13 March 1997 Novosibirsk 15 km Individual Svetlana Paramygina Uschi Disl Anna Volkova Detail 8 15 March 1997 Novosibirsk 7.5 km Sprint Petra Behle Andreja Grašič Svetlana Paramygina Detail

Men's team Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third 2 8 December 1996 Östersund 4x7.5 km Relay 3 15 December 1996 Holmenkollen 4x7.5 km Relay 5 12 January 1997 Ruhpolding Team event 6 19 January 1997 Antholz-Anterselva 4x7.5 km Relay WC 5 February 1997 Osrblie Team event WC 9 February 1997 Osrblie 4x7.5 km Relay 7 9 March 1997 Nagano 4x7.5 km Relay

Women's team Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third 2 8 December 1996 Östersund 4x7.5 km Relay 3 15 December 1996 Holmenkollen 4x7.5 km Relay 6 19 January 1997 Antholz-Anterselva 4x7.5 km Relay WC 9 February 1997 Osrblie 4x7.5 km Relay 7 9 March 1997 Nagano 4x7.5 km Relay

Standings: Men

Overall Pos.Points 1. Sven Fischer 314 2. Ole Einar Bjørndalen 303 3. Viktor Maigourov 294 4. Ricco Groß 281 5. Pavel Mouslimov 255 Final standings after 19 races.

Individual Pos.Points 1. Ricco Groß 134 2. Pavel Mouslimov 101 3. Mark Kirchner 82 4. Carsten Heymann 82 5. Sven Fischer 79 Final standings after 6 races.

Sprint Pos.Points 1. Ole Einar Bjørndalen 158 2. Sven Fischer 157 3. Viktor Maigourov 136 4. Ludwig Gredler 127 5. Frode Andresen 124 Final standings after 9 races.

Pursuit Pos.Points 1. Viktor Maigourov 86 2. Sven Fischer 78 2. Ole Einar Bjørndalen 78 4. René Cattarinussi 60 5. Pavel Rostovtsev 50 Final standings after 4 races.

Relay Pos.Points 1. Germany 120 2. Norway 104 3. Russia 95 4. Belarus 90 5. Italy 88 Final standings after 5 races.

Nation Pos.Points 1. 5225 2. 5098 3. 4883 4. 4857 5. 4542 Final standings after 20 races.

Standings: Women

Overall Pos.Points 1. Magdalena Forsberg 340 2. Uschi Disl 333 3. Simone Greiner-Petter-M. 283 4. Olga Romasko 240 5. Corinne Niogret 240 Final standings after 19 races.

Individual Pos.Points 1. Uschi Disl 110 2. Magdalena Forsberg 106 3. Svetlana Paramygina 86 4. Annette Sikveland 85 5. Corinne Niogret 84 Final standings after 6 races.

Sprint Pos.Points 1. Uschi Disl 164 2. Simone Greiner-Petter-M. 156 3. Magdalena Forsberg 150 4. Olga Romasko 140 5. Petra Behle 135 Final standings after 9 races.

Pursuit Pos.Points 1. Magdalena Forsberg 84 2. Simone Greiner-Petter-M. 75 3. Olga Romasko 70 4. Galina Kukleva 64 5. Uschi Disl 59 Final standings after 4 races.

Relay Pos.Points 1. Russia 116 2. Germany 103 3. Norway 100 4. Ukraine 90 5. France 89 Final standings after 5 races.

Nation Pos.Points 1. 5176 2. 4955 3. 4902 4. 4791 5. 4526 Final standings after 20 races.

Medal table

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

Men , 4 (7) first places , 3 (8) first places , 3 (4) first places , 2 (6) first places , 2 (6) first places , 2 (2) first places , 1 (5) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place

Women , 4 (6) first places , 3 (11) first places , 3 (5) first places , 2 (3) first places , 1 (9) first place , 1 (3) first place , 1 (2) first place , 1 (2) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place

Retirements The following notable biathletes retired after the 1996–97 season:

References

External links IBU official website