2018–19 Biathlon World Cup

The 2018–19 Biathlon World Cup (BWC) was a multi-race series over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 2 December 2018 in Pokljuka, Slovenia and ended on 24 March 2019 in Oslo Holmenkollen, Norway. The defending overall champions from the 2017–18 Biathlon World Cup were Martin Fourcade of France and Kaisa Mäkäräinen of Finland.

Discipline Men

Overall

Johannes Thingnes Bø

Nations Cup

Norway

Individual

Johannes Thingnes Bø

Quick facts Discipline, Overall ...

2018–19 Biathlon World Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Dorothea Wierer
Nations Cup	Norway	Norway
Individual	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Lisa Vittozzi
Sprint	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Anastasiya Kuzmina
Pursuit	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Dorothea Wierer
Mass start	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Hanna Öberg
Relay	Norway	Norway
Mixed	Norway
Competition
←2017–18 2019–20→

Close

Calendar

Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2018–19 season.^[1]

More information Stage, Location ...

Stage	Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay	Single mixed relay	Details
1	Pokljuka	2–9 December	●	●	●			●	●	details
2	Hochfilzen	13–16 December		●	●		●			details
3	Nové Město	20–23 December		●	●	●				details
4	Oberhof	10–13 January		●	●		●			details
5	Ruhpolding	17–20 January		●		●	●			details
6	Antholz-Anterselva	24–27 January		●	●	●				details
7	Canmore	7–10 February	●^{[nb 1]}				●			details
8	Salt Lake City	14–17 February		●	●			●	●	details
WC	Östersund	7–17 March	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	World Championships
9	Oslo Holmenkollen	21–24 March		●	●	●				details
Total: 68 (31 men's, 31 women's, 6 mixed)			3	9	8	5	5	3	3

Close

World Cup podiums

Men

More information Stage, Date ...

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib (After competition)	Det.
1	6 December 2018	Pokljuka	20 km Individual	Martin Fourcade	Johannes Kühn	Simon Eder	Martin Fourcade	Detail
1	7 December 2018	Pokljuka	10 km Sprint	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Antonin Guigonnat	Alexandr Loginov	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Detail
1	9 December 2018	Pokljuka	12.5 km Pursuit	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Quentin Fillon Maillet	Alexandr Loginov		Detail
2	14 December 2018	Hochfilzen	10 km Sprint	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Martin Fourcade	Benedikt Doll		Detail
2	15 December 2018	Hochfilzen	12.5 km Pursuit	Martin Fourcade	Arnd Peiffer	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen		Detail
3	20 December 2018	Nové Město na M.	10 km Sprint	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Alexandr Loginov	Martin Ponsiluoma		Detail
3	22 December 2018	Nové Město na M.	12.5 km Pursuit	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Alexandr Loginov	Tarjei Bø		Detail
3	23 December 2018	Nové Město na M.	15 km Mass Start	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Quentin Fillon Maillet	Evgeny Garanichev		Detail
4	11 January 2019	Oberhof	10 km Sprint	Alexandr Loginov	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Sebastian Samuelsson		Detail
4	12 January 2019	Oberhof	12.5 km Pursuit	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Arnd Peiffer	Lukas Hofer		Detail
5	17 January 2019	Ruhpolding	10 km Sprint	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Tarjei Bø	Benedikt Doll		Detail
5	20 January 2019	Ruhpolding	15 km Mass Start	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Julian Eberhard	Quentin Fillon Maillet		Detail
6	25 January 2019	Antholz-Anterselva	10 km Sprint	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Erlend Bjøntegaard	Antonin Guigonnat		Detail
6	26 January 2019	Antholz-Anterselva	12.5 km Pursuit	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Antonin Guigonnat	Quentin Fillon Maillet		Detail
6	27 January 2019	Antholz-Anterselva	15 km Mass Start	Quentin Fillon Maillet	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Arnd Peiffer		Detail
7	7 February 2019	Canmore	15 km Short Individual	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	Alexandr Loginov		Detail
7	10 February 2019	Canmore	15 km Mass Start	Cancelled due to freezing temperatures				Detail
8	15 February 2019	Soldier Hollow	10 km Sprint	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	Simon Desthieux	Roman Rees		Detail
8	16 February 2019	Soldier Hollow	12.5 km Pursuit	Quentin Fillon Maillet	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	Simon Desthieux		Detail
WC	9 March 2019	Östersund	10 km Sprint	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Alexandr Loginov	Quentin Fillon Maillet		Detail
WC	10 March 2019	Östersund	12.5 km Pursuit	Dmytro Pidruchnyi	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Quentin Fillon Maillet		Detail
WC	13 March 2019	Östersund	20 km Individual	Arnd Peiffer	Vladimir Iliev	Tarjei Bø		Detail
WC	17 March 2019	Östersund	15 km Mass Start	Dominik Windisch	Antonin Guigonnat	Julian Eberhard		Detail
9	22 March 2019	Oslo Holmenkollen	10 km Sprint	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Lukas Hofer	Quentin Fillon Maillet		Detail
9	23 March 2019	Oslo Holmenkollen	12.5 km Pursuit	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Tarjei Bø	Arnd Peiffer		Detail
9	24 March 2019	Oslo Holmenkollen	15 km Mass Start	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Arnd Peiffer	Benedikt Doll		Detail

Close

Women

More information Stage, Date ...

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib (After competition)	Det.
1	6 December 2018	Pokljuka	15 km Individual	Yuliia Dzhima	Monika Hojnisz	Markéta Davidová	Yuliia Dzhima	Detail
1	8 December 2018	Pokljuka	7.5 km Sprint	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Dorothea Wierer	Justine Braisaz	Dorothea Wierer	Detail
1	9 December 2018	Pokljuka	10 km Pursuit	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Dorothea Wierer	Paulína Fialková		Detail
2	13 December 2018	Hochfilzen	7.5 km Sprint	Dorothea Wierer	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Ekaterina Yurlova-Percht		Detail
2	15 December 2018	Hochfilzen	10 km Pursuit	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Paulína Fialková	Dorothea Wierer		Detail
3	21 December 2018	Nové Město na M.	7.5 km Sprint	Marte Olsbu Røiseland	Laura Dahlmeier	Paulína Fialková		Detail
3	22 December 2018	Nové Město na M.	10 km Pursuit	Marte Olsbu Røiseland	Dorothea Wierer	Hanna Öberg		Detail
3	23 December 2018	Nové Město na M.	12.5 km Mass Start	Anastázia Kuzminová	Paulína Fialková	Anaïs Chevalier		Detail
4	10 January 2019	Oberhof	7.5 km Sprint	Lisa Vittozzi	Anaïs Chevalier	Hanna Öberg		Detail
4	12 January 2019	Oberhof	10 km Pursuit	Lisa Vittozzi	Anastázia Kuzminová	Anaïs Chevalier		Detail
5	17 January 2019	Ruhpolding	7.5 km Sprint	Anastázia Kuzminová	Lisa Vittozzi	Hanna Öberg		Detail
5	20 January 2019	Ruhpolding	12.5 km Mass Start	Franziska Preuß	Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold	Paulína Fialková		Detail
6	24 January 2019	Antholz-Anterselva	7.5 km Sprint	Markéta Davidová	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Marte Olsbu Røiseland		Detail
6	26 January 2019	Antholz-Anterselva	10 km Pursuit	Dorothea Wierer	Laura Dahlmeier	Lisa Vittozzi		Detail
6	27 January 2019	Antholz-Anterselva	12.5 km Mass Start	Laura Dahlmeier	Markéta Davidová	Vanessa Hinz		Detail
7	7 February 2019	Canmore	12.5 km Short Individual	Tiril Eckhoff	Markéta Davidová	Lisa Vittozzi		Detail
7	10 February 2019	Canmore	12.5 km Mass Start	Cancelled due to freezing temperatures				Detail
8	14 February 2019	Soldier Hollow	7.5 km Sprint	Marte Olsbu Røiseland	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Franziska Hildebrand		Detail
8	16 February 2019	Soldier Hollow	10 km Pursuit	Denise Herrmann	Franziska Hildebrand	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Lisa Vittozzi	Detail
WC	8 March 2019	Östersund	7.5 km Sprint	Anastázia Kuzminová	Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold	Laura Dahlmeier	Dorothea Wierer	Detail
WC	10 March 2019	Östersund	10 km Pursuit	Denise Herrmann	Tiril Eckhoff	Laura Dahlmeier	Lisa Vittozzi	Detail
WC	12 March 2019	Östersund	15 km Individual	Hanna Öberg	Lisa Vittozzi	Justine Braisaz	Lisa Vittozzi	Detail
WC	17 March 2019	Östersund	12.5 km Mass Start	Dorothea Wierer	Ekaterina Yurlova-Percht	Denise Herrmann	Dorothea Wierer	Detail
9	21 March 2019	Oslo Holmenkollen	7.5 km Sprint	Anastázia Kuzminová	Franziska Preuß	Paulína Fialková		Detail
9	23 March 2019	Oslo Holmenkollen	10 km Pursuit	Anastázia Kuzminová	Denise Herrmann	Hanna Öberg		Detail
9	24 March 2019	Oslo Holmenkollen	12.5 km Mass Start	Hanna Öberg	Tiril Eckhoff	Clare Egan		Detail

Close

Men's team

More information Stage, Date ...

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Det.
2	16 December 2018	Hochfilzen	4x7.5 km Relay	Sweden Peppe Femling Martin Ponsiluoma Torstein Stenersen Sebastian Samuelsson	Norway Lars Helge Birkeland Henrik L'Abée-Lund Tarjei Bø Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	Germany Simon Schempp Johannes Kühn Arnd Peiffer Benedikt Doll	Detail
4	13 January 2019	Oberhof	4x7.5 km Relay	Russia Maxim Tsvetkov Evgeniy Garanichev Dmitry Malyshko Alexandr Loginov	France Antonin Guigonnat Simon Desthieux Quentin Fillon Maillet Martin Fourcade	Austria Tobias Eberhard Simon Eder Dominik Landertinger Julian Eberhard	Detail
5	18 January 2019	Ruhpolding	4x7.5 km Relay	Norway Lars Helge Birkeland Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Tarjei Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø	Germany Roman Rees Johannes Kühn Arnd Peiffer Benedikt Doll	France Émilien Jacquelin Martin Fourcade Quentin Fillon Maillet Simon Desthieux	Detail
7	8 February 2019	Canmore	4x7.5 km Relay	Norway Lars Helge Birkeland Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Erlend Bjøntegaard Johannes Thingnes Bø	France Antonin Guigonnat Émilien Jacquelin Simon Fourcade Quentin Fillon Maillet	Russia Evgeniy Garanichev Eduard Latypov Alexandr Loginov Alexander Povarnitsyn	Detail
WC	16 March 2019	Östersund	4x7.5 km Relay	Norway Lars Helge Birkeland Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Tarjei Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø	Germany Erik Lesser Roman Rees Arnd Peiffer Benedikt Doll	Russia Matvey Eliseev Nikita Porshnev Dmitry Malyshko Alexandr Loginov	Detail

Close

Women's team

More information Stage, Date ...

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Det.
2	16 December 2018	Hochfilzen	4x6 km Relay	Italy Lisa Vittozzi Alexia Runggaldier Dorothea Wierer Federica Sanfilippo	Sweden Linn Persson Mona Brorsson Emma Nilsson Hanna Öberg	France Anaïs Chevalier Julia Simon Célia Aymonier Anaïs Bescond	Detail
4	13 January 2019	Oberhof	4x6 km Relay	Russia Evgeniya Pavlova Margarita Vasileva Larisa Kuklina Ekaterina Yurlova-Percht	Germany Karolin Horchler Franziska Hildebrand Franziska Preuß Denise Herrmann	Czech Republic Lucie Charvátová Veronika Vítková Markéta Davidová Eva Puskarčíková	Detail
5	19 January 2019	Ruhpolding	4x6 km Relay	France Julia Simon Anaïs Bescond Justine Braisaz Anaïs Chevalier	Norway Synnøve Solemdal Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Tiril Eckhoff Marte Olsbu Røiseland	Germany Vanessa Hinz Laura Dahlmeier Franziska Preuß Denise Herrmann	Detail
7	8 February 2019	Canmore	4x6 km Relay	Germany Vanessa Hinz Franziska Hildebrand Denise Herrmann Laura Dahlmeier	Norway Emilie Ågheim Kalkenberg Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Tiril Eckhoff Marte Olsbu Røiseland	France Anaïs Chevalier Justine Braisaz Anaïs Bescond Julia Simon	Detail
WC	16 March 2019	Östersund	4x6 km Relay	Norway Synnøve Solemdal Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Tiril Eckhoff Marte Olsbu Røiseland	Sweden Linn Persson Mona Brorsson Anna Magnusson Hanna Öberg	Ukraine Anastasiya Merkushyna Vita Semerenko Yuliia Dzhima Valentyna Semerenko	Detail

Close

Mixed

More information Stage, Date ...

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Det.
1	2 December 2018	Pokljuka	1x6 km + 1x7.5 km Single Mixed Relay	Norway Thekla Brun-Lie Lars Helge Birkeland	Austria Lisa Theresa Hauser Simon Eder	Ukraine Anastasiya Merkushyna Artem Tyshchenko	Detail
1	2 December 2018	Pokljuka	2x6 km + 2x7.5 km Mixed Relay	France Anaïs Bescond Justine Braisaz Martin Fourcade Simon Desthieux	Switzerland Elisa Gasparin Lena Häcki Benjamin Weger Jeremy Finello	Italy Lisa Vittozzi Dorothea Wierer Dominik Windisch Lukas Hofer	Detail
8	17 February 2019	Salt Lake City	1x6 km + 1x7.5 km Single Mixed Relay	Italy Lukas Hofer Dorothea Wierer	Austria Simon Eder Lisa Theresa Hauser	France Antonin Guigonnat Julia Simon	Detail
8	17 February 2019	Salt Lake City	2x7.5 km + 2x6 km Mixed Relay	France Quentin Fillon Maillet Simon Desthieux Célia Aymonier Anaïs Chevalier	Germany Erik Lesser Benedikt Doll Franziska Hildebrand Vanessa Hinz	Norway Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Johannes Thingnes Bø Tiril Eckhoff Marte Olsbu Røiseland	Detail
WC	7 March 2019	Östersund	2x6 km + 2x7.5 km Mixed Relay	Norway Marte Olsbu Røiseland Tiril Eckhoff Johannes Thingnes Bø Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	Germany Vanessa Hinz Denise Herrmann Arnd Peiffer Benedikt Doll	Italy Lisa Vittozzi Dorothea Wierer Lukas Hofer Dominik Windisch	Detail
WC	14 March 2019	Östersund	1x6 km + 1x7.5 km Single Mixed Relay	Norway Marte Olsbu Røiseland Johannes Thingnes Bø	Italy Dorothea Wierer Lukas Hofer	Sweden Hanna Öberg Sebastian Samuelsson	Detail

Close

Standings (men)

Overall

More information Pos., Points ...

Pos.		Points
1.	Johannes Thingnes Bø	1262
2.	Alexandr Loginov	854
3.	Quentin Fillon Maillet	843
4.	Simon Desthieux	831
5.	Arnd Peiffer	802

Close

Final standings after 25 races.

More information Pos., Points ...

Individual

Pos.		Points
1.	Johannes Thingnes Bø	128
2.	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	118
3.	Lars Helge Birkeland	97
4.	Arnd Peiffer	88
5.	Alexandr Loginov	87

Final standings after 3 races.

Sprint

Pos.		Points
1.	Johannes Thingnes Bø	514
2.	Alexandr Loginov	350
3.	Simon Desthieux	338
4.	Benedikt Doll	305
5.	Antonin Guigonnat	271

Final standings after 9 races.

Pursuit

Pos.		Points
1.	Johannes Thingnes Bø	386
2.	Quentin Fillon Maillet	315
3.	Alexandr Loginov	305
4.	Simon Desthieux	271
5.	Tarjei Bø	266

Final standings after 8 races.

Close

More information Pos., Points ...

Mass start

Pos.		Points
1.	Johannes Thingnes Bø	262
2.	Arnd Peiffer	219
3.	Quentin Fillon Maillet	218
4.	Julian Eberhard	196
5.	Benedikt Doll	167

Final standings after 5 races.

Relay

Pos.		Points
1.	Norway	270
2.	Russia	236
3.	Germany	233
4.	France	226
5.	Austria	208

Final standings after 5 races.

Nation

Pos.		Points
1.	Norway	8147
2.	France	7598
3.	Germany	7447
4.	Russia	6975
5.	Austria	6789

Final standings after 23 races.

Close

Standings (women)

Overall

More information Pos., Points ...

Pos.		Points
1.	Dorothea Wierer	905
2.	Lisa Vittozzi	882
3.	Anastasiya Kuzmina	870
4.	Marte Olsbu Røiseland	855
5.	Hanna Öberg	741

Close

Final standings after 25 races.

More information Pos., Points ...

Individual

Pos.		Points
1.	Lisa Vittozzi	140
2.	Paulína Fialková	111
3.	Markéta Davidová	102
4.	Hanna Öberg	94
5.	Lisa Theresa Hauser	94

Final standings after 3 races.

Sprint

Pos.		Points
1.	Anastasiya Kuzmina	371
2.	Dorothea Wierer	330
3.	Marte Olsbu Røiseland	326
4.	Lisa Vittozzi	309
5.	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	280

Final standings after 9 races.

Pursuit

Pos.		Points
1.	Dorothea Wierer	328
2.	Marte Olsbu Røiseland	312
3.	Anastasiya Kuzmina	309
4.	Lisa Vittozzi	301
5.	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	286

Final standings after 8 races.

Close

More information Pos., Points ...

Mass start

Pos.		Points
1.	Hanna Öberg	220
2.	Dorothea Wierer	194
2.	Paulína Fialková	194
4.	Marte Olsbu Røiseland	161
5.	Ekaterina Yurlova-Percht	155

Final standings after 5 races.

Relay

Pos.		Points
1.	Norway	249
2.	Germany	241
3.	France	230
4.	Sweden	216
5.	Italy	190

Final standings after 5 races.

Nation

Pos.		Points
1.	Norway	7432
2.	Germany	7372
3.	France	7222
4.	Italy	6808
5.	Sweden	6641

Final standings after 23 races.

Close

Standings: Mixed

Mixed relay

More information Pos., Points ...

Pos.		Points
1.	Norway	306
2.	France	281
3.	Italy	267
4.	Germany	264
5.	Sweden	238

Close

Final standings after 6 races.

Medal table

More information Rank, Nation ...

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway	28	15	5	48
2	Italy	8	7	6	21
3	France	7	10	15	32
4	Germany	6	14	13	33
5	Slovakia	5	3	4	12
6	Russia	3	4	7	14
7	Finland	3	3	1	7
8	Sweden	3	2	7	12
9	Ukraine	2	0	2	4
10	Czech Republic	1	2	2	5
11	Austria	0	3	3	6
12	Bulgaria	0	1	0	1
Poland	0	1	0	1
Switzerland	0	1	0	1
15	United States	0	0	1	1
Totals (15 entries)	66	66	66	198

Close

Achievements

First World Cup career victory

Men

Alexandr Loginov (RUS), 26, in his 5th season — Stage 4 Sprint in Oberhof; first podium was 2012–13 Pursuit in Oslo Holmenkollen
Quentin Fillon Maillet (FRA), 26, in his 6th season — Stage 6 Mass Start in Anterselva; first podium was 2014–15 Mass Start in Ruhpolding
Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen (NOR), 26, in his 7th season — Stage 8 Sprint in Salt Lake City; first podium was 2018–19 Pursuit in Hochfilzen
Dmytro Pidruchnyi (UKR), 27, in his 7th season — World Championships Pursuit in Östersund; it also was his first podium

Women

Yuliia Dzhima (UKR), 28, in her 7th season — Stage 1 Individual in Pokljuka; first podium was 2013–14 Pursuit in Hochfilzen
Marte Olsbu Røiseland (NOR), 28, in her 7th season — Stage 3 Sprint in Nové Město; first podium was 2015–16 Sprint in Khanty-Mansiysk
Lisa Vittozzi (ITA), 23, in her 5th season — Stage 4 Sprint in Oberhof; first podium was 2016–17 Pursuit in Kontiolahti
Franziska Preuß (GER), 24, in her 6th season — Stage 5 Mass start in Ruhpolding; first podium was 2014–15 Mass start in Ruhpolding
Markéta Davidová (CZE), 22, in her 3rd season — Stage 6 Sprint in Anterselva; first podium was 2018–19 Individual in Pokljuka
Hanna Öberg (SWE), 23, in her 3rd season — World Championships Individual in Östersund; first podium was 2018–19 Pursuit in Nové Město

First World Cup podium

Men

Johannes Kühn (GER), 27, in his 6th season — no. 2 in the Stage 1 Individual in Pokljuka
Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen (NOR), 26, in his 7th season — no. 3 in the Stage 2 Pursuit in Hochfilzen
Martin Ponsiluoma (SWE), 23, in his 2nd season — no. 3 in the Stage 3 Sprint in Nové Město
Sebastian Samuelsson (SWE), 21, in his 2nd season — no. 3 in the Stage 4 Sprint in Oberhof
Roman Rees (GER), 25, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the Stage 8 Sprint in Salt Lake City
Vladimir Iliev (BUL), 31, in his 13th season — no. 2 in the World Championships Individual in Östersund

Women

Markéta Davidová (CZE), 21, in her 3rd season — no. 3 in the Stage 1 Individual in Pokljuka
Hanna Öberg (SWE), 23, in her 3rd season — no. 3 in the Stage 3 Pursuit in Nové Město
Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold (NOR), 22, in her 4th season — no. 2 in the Stage 5 Mass start in Ruhpolding
Clare Egan (USA), 31, in her 5th season — no. 3 in the Stage 9 Mass start in Oslo Holmenkollen