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2003–04 Biathlon World Cup

Biathlon competition

Field	Value
title	2003–04 World Cup
competition1	Overall
competition1men	FRA Raphaël Poirée
competition1ladies	NOR Liv Grete Poirée
competition2	Nations Cup
competition2men	NOR Norway
competition2ladies	RUS Russia
competition3	Individual
competition3men	FRA Raphaël Poirée
competition3ladies	RUS Olga Pyleva
competition4	Sprint
competition4men	FRA Raphaël Poirée
competition4ladies	NOR Liv Grete Poirée
competition5	Pursuit
competition5men	FRA Raphaël Poirée
competition5ladies	NOR Liv Grete Poirée
competition6	Mass start
competition6men	FRA Raphaël Poirée
competition6ladies	NOR Liv Grete Poirée
competition7	Relay
competition7men	NOR Norway
competition7ladies	NOR Norway
previous	2002–03
next	2004–05

The 2003–04 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The Biathlon World Championships 2004 were part of the Biathlon World Cup.

The men's overall World Cup was won by Raphaël Poirée, while Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée of Norway claimed the women's overall World Cup.

Calendar

Below is the World Cup calendar for the 2003–04 season.

Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay
FIN Kontiolahti	4–7 December		●	●		●
AUT Hochfilzen	11–14 December		●	●		●
SVK Osrblie	18–21 December	●	●	●
SLO Pokljuka	7–11 January		●	●	●
GER Ruhpolding	14–18 January		●	●		●
ITA Antholz	21–25 January	●	●		●
GER Oberhof	7–15 February	●	●	●	●	●
USA Lake Placid	27–29 February		●	●
USA Fort Kent	3–6 March		●	●	●
NOR Holmenkollen	16–19 March		●	●

World Cup Podium

Men

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib
(After competition)	Det.
1	4 December 2003	FIN Kontiolahti	10 km Sprint	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen	NOR Halvard Hanevold	NOR Frode Andresen	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Detail
1	7 December 2003	FIN Kontiolahti	12.5 km Pursuit	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen	FRA Raphaël Poirée	RUS Sergei Rozhkov	Detail
2	11 December 2003	AUT Hochfilzen	10 km Sprint	NOR Lars Berger	BLR Vladimir Drachev	NOR Halvard Hanevold	Detail
2	14 December 2003	AUT Hochfilzen	12.5 km Pursuit	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen	BLR Vladimir Drachev	NOR Stian Eckhoff	Detail
3	18 December 2003	SVK Brezno-Osrblie	20 km Individual	FRA Raphaël Poirée	GER Ricco Groß	GER Peter Sendel	FRA Raphaël Poirée	Detail
3	19 December 2003	SVK Brezno-Osrblie	10 km Sprint	RUS Sergei Rozhkov	AUT Ludwig Gredler	RUS Sergei Tchepikov	RUS Sergei Rozhkov	Detail
3	21 December 2003	SVK Brezno-Osrblie	12.5 km Pursuit	FRA Raphaël Poirée	GER Peter Sendel	SVK Pavol Hurajt	Detail
4	8 January 2004	SLO Pokljuka	10 km Sprint	FRA Raphaël Poirée	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen	BLR Vladimir Drachev	FRA Raphaël Poirée	Detail
4	10 January 2004	SLO Pokljuka	12.5 km Pursuit	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen	RUS Nikolay Kruglov	RUS Sergei Tchepikov	Detail
4	11 January 2004	SLO Pokljuka	15 km Mass Start	NOR Halvard Hanevold	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen	GER Michael Greis	Detail
5	17 January 2004	GER Ruhpolding	10 km Sprint	NOR Halvard Hanevold	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen	NOR Lars Berger	Detail
5	18 January 2004	GER Ruhpolding	12.5 km Pursuit	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen	NOR Lars Berger	NOR Halvard Hanevold	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Detail
6	22 January 2004	ITA Antholz-Anterselva	20 km Individual	GER Sven Fischer	FRA Raphaël Poirée	GER Ricco Groß	Detail
6	24 January 2004	ITA Antholz-Anterselva	10 km Sprint	RUS Sergei Tchepikov	SLO Janez Marič	GER Ricco Groß	Detail
6	25 January 2004	ITA Antholz-Anterselva	15 km Mass Start	FRA Raphaël Poirée	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen	GER Ricco Groß	Detail
WC	7 February 2004	GER Oberhof	10 km Sprint	FRA Raphaël Poirée	GER Ricco Groß	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Detail
WC	8 February 2004	GER Oberhof	12.5 km Pursuit	GER Ricco Groß	FRA Raphaël Poirée	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Detail
WC	12 February 2004	GER Oberhof	20 km Individual	FRA Raphaël Poirée	POL Tomasz Sikora	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Detail
WC	15 February 2004	GER Oberhof	15 km Mass Start	FRA Raphaël Poirée	NOR Lars Berger	RUS Sergei Konovalov	FRA Raphaël Poirée	Detail
7	27 February 2004	USA Lake Placid	10 km Sprint	NOR Lars Berger	FRA Raphaël Poirée	SLO Janez Marič	Detail
7	29 February 2004	USA Lake Placid	12.5 km Pursuit	FRA Raphaël Poirée	RUS Nikolay Kruglov	GER Ricco Groß	Detail
8	4 March 2004	USA Fort Kent	10 km Sprint	FRA Raphaël Poirée	GER Michael Greis	SVK Pavol Hurajt	Detail
8	5 March 2004	USA Fort Kent	12.5 km Pursuit	FRA Raphaël Poirée	SWE Carl Johan Bergman	RUS Nikolay Kruglov	Detail
8	6 March 2004	USA Fort Kent	15 km Mass Start	GER Sven Fischer	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen	RUS Sergei Rozhkov	Detail
9	11 March 2004	NOR Oslo Holmenkollen	10 km Sprint	NOR Lars Berger	NOR Frode Andresen	POL Tomasz Sikora	Detail
9	13 March 2004	NOR Oslo Holmenkollen	12.5 km Pursuit	FRA Raphaël Poirée	POL Tomasz Sikora	BLR Vladimir Drachev	Detail

Women

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib
(After competition)	Det.
1	4 December 2003	FIN Kontiolahti	7.5 km Sprint	FRA Sandrine Bailly	NOR Liv Grete Poirée	GER Uschi Disl	FRA Sandrine Bailly	Detail
1	7 December 2003	FIN Kontiolahti	10 km Pursuit	NOR Liv Grete Poirée	GER Kati Wilhelm	GER Uschi Disl	NOR Liv Grete Poirée	Detail
2	11 December 2003	AUT Hochfilzen	7.5 km Sprint	BLR Olena Zubrilova	NOR Gro Marit Istad-Kristiansen	NOR Liv Grete Poirée	Detail
2	14 December 2003	AUT Hochfilzen	10 km Pursuit	FRA Sandrine Bailly	GER Martina Glagow	RUS Olga Zaitseva	Detail
3	18 December 2003	SVK Brezno-Osrblie	15 km Individual	GER Martina Glagow	NOR Liv Grete Poirée	RUS Olga Pyleva	Detail
3	20 December 2003	SVK Brezno-Osrblie	7.5 km Sprint	FRA Sandrine Bailly	GER Katja Beer	GER Martina Glagow	FRA Sandrine Bailly	Detail
3	21 December 2003	SVK Brezno-Osrblie	10 km Pursuit	FRA Sandrine Bailly	RUS Olga Pyleva	GER Katrin Apel	Detail
4	7 January 2004	SLO Pokljuka	7.5 km Sprint	NOR Liv Grete Poirée	GER Uschi Disl	FRA Sandrine Bailly	Detail
4	9 January 2004	SLO Pokljuka	10 km Pursuit	GER Uschi Disl	FRA Sandrine Bailly	RUS Olga Pyleva	Detail
4	11 January 2004	SLO Pokljuka	12.5 km Mass Start	RUS Anna Bogaliy	NOR Liv Grete Poirée	GER Uschi Disl	Detail
5	16 January 2004	GER Ruhpolding	7.5 km Sprint	NOR Liv Grete Poirée	RUS Svetlana Ishmouratova	GER Martina Glagow	NOR Liv Grete Poirée	Detail
5	18 January 2004	GER Ruhpolding	10 km Pursuit	NOR Liv Grete Poirée	RUS Svetlana Ishmouratova	RUS Olga Pyleva	Detail
6	21 January 2004	ITA Antholz-Anterselva	15 km Individual	RUS Anna Bogaliy	RUS Svetlana Ishmouratova	SVK Anna Murínová	Detail
6	23 January 2004	ITA Antholz-Anterselva	7.5 km Sprint	RUS Natalia Guseva	CZE Kateřina Holubcová	RUS Svetlana Ishmouratova	Detail
6	25 January 2004	ITA Antholz-Anterselva	12.5 km Mass Start	NOR Linda Tjørhom	RUS Natalia Guseva	RUS Anna Bogaliy	Detail
WC	7 February 2004	GER Oberhof	7.5 km Sprint	NOR Liv Grete Poirée	RUS Anna Bogaliy	GER Martina Glagow	Detail
WC	8 February 2004	GER Oberhof	10 km Pursuit	NOR Liv Grete Poirée	GER Martina Glagow	RUS Anna Bogaliy	Detail
WC	10 February 2004	GER Oberhof	15 km Individual	RUS Olga Pyleva	RUS Albina Akhatova	UKR Olena Petrova	Detail
WC	14 February 2004	GER Oberhof	12.5 km Mass Start	NOR Liv Grete Poirée	GER Katrin Apel	FRA Sandrine Bailly	Detail
7	27 February 2004	USA Lake Placid	7.5 km Sprint	RUS Olga Pyleva	GER Kati Wilhelm	RUS Anna Bogaliy	Detail
7	28 February 2004	USA Lake Placid	10 km Pursuit	RUS Olga Pyleva	RUS Anna Bogaliy	FRA Sandrine Bailly	Detail
8	3 March 2004	USA Fort Kent	7.5 km Sprint	GER Uschi Disl	NOR Liv Grete Poirée	RUS Olga Zaitseva	Detail
8	5 March 2004	USA Fort Kent	10 km Pursuit	GER Uschi Disl	NOR Liv Grete Poirée	GER Kati Wilhelm	Detail
8	6 March 2004	USA Fort Kent	12.5 km Mass Start	RUS Olga Pyleva	RUS Anna Bogaliy	NOR Liv Grete Poirée	Detail
9	11 March 2004	NOR Oslo Holmenkollen	7.5 km Sprint	RUS Olga Pyleva	GER Kati Wilhelm	RUS Svetlana Ishmouratova	Detail
9	13 March 2004	NOR Oslo Holmenkollen	10 km Pursuit	RUS Olga Pyleva	BUL Ekaterina Dafovska	NOR Liv Grete Poirée	Detail

Men's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline
1	6 December 2003	FIN Kontiolahti	4x7.5 km Relay
2	13 December 2003	AUT Hochfilzen	4x7.5 km Relay
5	15 January 2004	GER Ruhpolding	4x7.5 km Relay
WC	13 February 2004	GER Oberhof	4x7.5 km Relay

Women's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline
1	5 December 2003	FIN Kontiolahti	4x6 km Relay
2	12 December 2003	AUT Hochfilzen	4x6 km Relay
5	14 January 2004	GER Ruhpolding	4x6 km Relay
WC	12 February 2004	GER Oberhof	4x6 km Relay

Standings: Men

Overall

Pos.	Points
1.	FRA Raphaël Poirée
2.	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen
3.	GER Ricco Groß
4.	NOR Halvard Hanevold
5.	NOR Lars Berger

Final standings after 26 races.

Individual

Pos.	Points
1.	FRA Raphaël Poirée
2.	GER Ricco Groß
3.	POL Tomasz Sikora
4.	GER Sven Fischer
5.	GER Peter Sendel

Final standings after 3 races.

Sprint

Pos.	Points
1.	FRA Raphaël Poirée
2.	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen
3.	NOR Lars Berger
4.	NOR Halvard Hanevold
5.	GER Ricco Groß

Final standings after 10 races.

Pursuit

Pos.	Points
1.	FRA Raphaël Poirée
2.	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen
3.	GER Ricco Groß
4.	NOR Halvard Hanevold
5.	NOR Stian Eckhoff

Final standings after 9 races.

Mass Start

Pos.	Points
1.	FRA Raphaël Poirée
2.	NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen
3.	NOR Halvard Hanevold
4.	GER Sven Fischer
5.	GER Ricco Groß

Final standings after 4 races.

Relay

Pos.	Points
1.	NOR Norway
2.	GER Germany
3.	FRA France
4.	RUS Russia
5.	BLR Belarus

Final standings after 4 races.

Nation

Pos.	Points
1.	NOR
2.	GER
3.	RUS
4.	FRA
5.	BLR

Final standings after 17 races.

Standings: Women

Overall

Pos.	Points
1.	NOR Liv Grete Poirée
2.	RUS Olga Pyleva
3.	FRA Sandrine Bailly
4.	GER Uschi Disl
5.	RUS Anna Bogaliy

Final standings after 26 races.

Individual

Pos.	Points
1.	RUS Olga Pyleva
2.	RUS Anna Bogaliy
3.	GER Martina Glagow
4.	NOR Liv Grete Poirée
5.	RUS Albina Akhatova

Final standings after 3 races.

Sprint

Pos.	Points
1.	NOR Liv Grete Poirée
2.	FRA Sandrine Bailly
3.	RUS Olga Pyleva
4.	GER Martina Glagow
5.	GER Katrin Apel

Final standings after 10 races.

Pursuit

Pos.	Points
1.	NOR Liv Grete Poirée
2.	RUS Olga Pyleva
3.	FRA Sandrine Bailly
4.	GER Uschi Disl
5.	GER Katrin Apel

Final standings after 9 races.

Mass Start

Pos.	Points
1.	NOR Liv Grete Poirée
2.	RUS Anna Bogaliy
3.	GER Uschi Disl
4.	FRA Sandrine Bailly
5.	RUS Olga Pyleva

Final standings after 4 races.

Relay

Pos.	Points
1.	NOR Norway
2.	RUS Russia
3.	GER Germany
4.	FRA France
5.	ITA Italy

Final standings after 4 races.

Nation

Pos.	Points
1.	RUS
2.	GER
3.	NOR
4.	FRA
5.	BLR

Final standings after 17 races.

Medal table

Achievements

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

Raphaël Poirée, 11 (34) first places
Ole Einar Bjørndalen, 5 (43) first places
Lars Berger, 3 (3) first places
Sven Fischer, 2 (25) first places
Halvard Hanevold, 2 (8) first places
Ricco Groß, 1 (8) first place
Sergei Tchepikov, 1 (6) first place
Sergei Rozhkov, 1 (3) first place ;Women
Liv Grete Poirée, 7 (20) first places
Olga Pyleva, 6 (8) first places
Sandrine Bailly, 4 (7) first places
Uschi Disl, 3 (24) first places
Anna Bogaliy, 2 (2) first places
Olena Zubrilova, 1 (19) first place
Martina Glagow, 1 (5) first place
Linda Tjørhom, 1 (2) first place
Natalia Guseva, 1 (1) first place

Retirements

The following notable biathletes retired after the 2003–04 season:

Frank Luck
Peter Sendel
Patrick Favre
Marko Dolenc
Ann Elen Skjelbreid
Iryna Merkushina

References

(25 November 2004). "World Cup Total Score - Men".
(25 November 2004). "World Cup Total Score - Women".
"World Cup Schedule".

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