2017–18 Biathlon World Cup

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.

2017–18 Biathlon World Cup
Discipline Men Women
Overall Martin Fourcade Kaisa Mäkäräinen
Nations Cup Norway Germany
Individual Martin Fourcade
Johannes Thingnes Bø
Nadezhda Skardino
Sprint Martin Fourcade Anastasiya Kuzmina
Pursuit Martin Fourcade Anastasiya Kuzmina
Mass start Martin Fourcade Kaisa Mäkäräinen
Relay Norway Germany
Mixed Italy
Competition

Calendar

Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2017–18 season.[1]

Stage Location Date Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay Single mixed 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
(After competition)
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
7 8 March 2018 Kontiolahti 10 km Sprint Anton Shipulin Andrejs Rastorgujevs Quentin Fillon Maillet 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
(After competition)
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
7 9 March 2018 Kontiolahti 7.5 km Sprint Darya Domracheva Franziska Hildebrand Lisa Vittozzi 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  Norway
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Henrik L'Abée-Lund
Erlend Bjøntegaard
Lars Helge Birkeland
 Germany
Erik Lesser
Benedikt Doll
Arnd Peiffer
Simon Schempp
 France
Jean-Guillaume Béatrix
Simon Desthieux
Emilien Jacquelin
Quentin Fillon Maillet
Detail
4 7 January 2018 Oberhof 4x7.5 km Relay  Sweden
Martin Ponsiluoma
Jesper Nelin
Sebastian Samuelsson
Fredrik Lindström
 Italy
Thomas Bormolini
Lukas Hofer
Dominik Windisch
Thierry Chenal
 Norway
Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen
Henrik L'Abée-Lund
Lars Helge Birkeland
Tarjei Bø
Detail
5 12 January 2018 Ruhpolding 4x7.5 km Relay  Norway
Lars Helge Birkeland
Tarjei Bø
Emil Hegle Svendsen
Johannes Thingnes Bø
 France
Simon Desthieux
Quentin Fillon Maillet
Martin Fourcade
Antonin Guigonnat
 Russia
Alexey Volkov
Maxim Tsvetkov
Anton Babikov
Anton Shipulin
Detail
8 18 March 2018 Oslo Holmenkollen 4x7.5 km Relay  Norway
Lars Helge Birkeland
Henrik L'Abée-Lund
Tarjei Bø
Johannes Thingnes Bø
 Austria
Dominik Landertinger
Felix Leitner
Simon Eder
Julian Eberhard
 Russia
Maxim Tsvetkov
Anton Babikov
Dmitry Malyshko
Anton Shipulin
Detail

Women's team

Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Det.
2 10 December 2017 Hochfilzen 4x6 km Relay  Germany
Vanessa Hinz
Franziska Hildebrand
Maren Hammerschmidt
Laura Dahlmeier
 Ukraine
Vita Semerenko
Yuliia Dzhima
Valentyna Semerenko
Olena Pidhrushna
 France
Marie Dorin Habert
Célia Aymonier
Justine Braisaz
Anaïs Bescond
Detail
4 7 January 2018 Oberhof 4x6 km Relay  France
Anaïs Bescond
Anaïs Chevalier
Célia Aymonier
Justine Braisaz
 Germany
Vanessa Hinz
Denise Herrmann
Franziska Preuß
Maren Hammerschmidt
 Sweden
Linn Persson
Anna Magnusson
Elisabeth Högberg
Mona Brorsson
Detail
5 13 January 2018 Ruhpolding 4x6 km Relay  Germany
Franziska Preuß
Denise Herrmann
Franziska Hildebrand
Laura Dahlmeier
 Italy
Lisa Vittozzi
Dorothea Wierer
Nicole Gontier
Federica Sanfilippo
 Sweden
Linn Persson
Mona Brorsson
Anna Magnusson
Hanna Öberg
Detail
8 17 March 2018 Oslo Holmenkollen 4x6 km Relay  France
Anaïs Chevalier
Célia Aymonier
Marie Dorin Habert
Anaïs Bescond
 Germany
Maren Hammerschmidt
Denise Herrmann
Franziska Preuß
Laura Dahlmeier
 Italy
Lisa Vittozzi
Dorothea Wierer
Nicole Gontier
Federica Sanfilippo
Detail

Mixed

Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Det.
1 26 November 2017 Östersund 1x6 km + 1x7.5 km
Single Mixed Relay
 Austria
Lisa Theresa Hauser
Simon Eder
 Germany
Vanessa Hinz
Erik Lesser
 Kazakhstan
Galina Vishnevskaya
Maxim Braun
Detail
1 26 November 2017 Östersund 2x6 km + 2x7.5 km
Mixed Relay
 Norway
Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold
Tiril Eckhoff
Johannes Thingnes Bø
Emil Hegle Svendsen
 Italy
Lisa Vittozzi
Dorothea Wierer
Dominik Windisch
Lukas Hofer
 Germany
Franziska Preuß
Maren Hammerschmidt
Benedikt Doll
Arnd Peiffer
Detail
7 10 March 2018 Kontiolahti 1x6 km + 1x7.5 km
Single Mixed Relay
 France
Anaïs Chevalier
Antonin Guigonnat
 Austria
Lisa Theresa Hauser
Julian Eberhard
 Norway
Marte Olsbu
Johannes Thingnes Bø
Detail
7 10 March 2018 Kontiolahti 2x6 km + 2x7.5 km
Mixed Relay
 Italy
Lisa Vittozzi
Dorothea Wierer
Dominik Windisch
Lukas Hofer
 Ukraine
Anastasiya Merkushyna
Vita Semerenko
Artem Pryma
Dmytro Pidruchnyi
 Norway
Synnøve Solemdal
Tiril Eckhoff
Henrik L'Abée-Lund
Tarjei Bø
Detail

Standings: Men

Overall

Pos. Points
1. Martin Fourcade1116
2. Johannes Thingnes Bø1027
3. Anton Shipulin697
4. Arnd Peiffer668
5. Lukas Hofer637
  • Final standings after 22 races.

Standings: Women

Overall

Pos. Points
1. Kaisa Mäkäräinen822
2. Anastasiya Kuzmina819
3. Darya Domracheva804
4. Laura Dahlmeier730
5. Dorothea Wierer681
  • Final standings after 22 races.

Standings: Mixed

Mixed relay

Pos. Points
1. Italy188
2. Norway188
3. France179
4. Austria171
5. Germany168
  • Final standings after 4 races.

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Norway1581134
2 France13141138
3 Germany78621
4 Belarus72211
5 Slovakia55010
6 Italy27514
7 Finland2417
8 Austria2204
9 Russia2057
10 Sweden1034
11 Ukraine0257
12 Slovenia0213
13 Czech Republic0134
14 Latvia0101
15 Canada0011
 Kazakhstan0011
 United States0011
Totals (17 nations)565656168

Achievements

First World Cup career victory
First World Cup podium
Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses)

Retirements

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

Notes

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