# 2000–01 Biathlon World Cup

The 2000–01 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 2000 in Antholz-Anterselva, Italy, and ended on 18 March 2001 in Holmenkollen, Norway. It was the 24th season of the Biathlon World Cup.

## Calendar

Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2000–01 season.
| Location | Date | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay | Details |
| Antholz-Anterselva | 30 November–3 December | ● | ● | | | ● | details |
| Antholz-Anterselva | 7–10 December | | ● | ● | | ● | details |
| Antholz-Anterselva | 14–17 December | ● | ● | ● | | | details |
| Oberhof | 4–7 January | | ● | ● | ● | | details |
| Ruhpolding | 10–14 January | | ● | ● | | ● | details |
| Antholz-Anterselva | 18–21 January | | ● | | ● | ● | details |
| Pokljuka | 3–11 February | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | World Championships |
| Salt Lake City | 28 February–3 March | ● | ● | ● | | | details |
| Lake Placid | 7 March | | ● | | | | details |
| Holmenkollen | 16–18 March | | ● | ● | ● | | details |
| Total | Total | 4 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 5 | |

## World Cup Podium
### Men

| Stage | Date | Place | Discipline | Winner | Second | Third | Yellow bib (After competition) | Det. |
| 1 | 30 November 2000 | Antholz-Anterselva | 20 km Individual | Zdeněk Vítek | Carsten Heymann | Sergei Rozhkov | Zdeněk Vítek | Detail |
| 1 | 1 December 2000 | Antholz-Anterselva | 10 km Sprint | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Raphaël Poirée | Sven Fischer | Raphaël Poirée | Detail |
| 2 | 7 December 2000 | Antholz-Anterselva | 10 km Sprint | Raphaël Poirée | Pavel Rostovtsev | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Raphaël Poirée | Detail |
| 2 | 8 December 2000 | Antholz-Anterselva | 12.5 km Pursuit | Raphaël Poirée | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Frode Andresen | Raphaël Poirée | Detail |
| 3 | 14 December 2000 | Antholz-Anterselva | 20 km Individual | Sergei Rozhkov | Raphaël Poirée | Ricco Groß | Raphaël Poirée | Detail |
| 3 | 15 December 2000 | Antholz-Anterselva | 10 km Sprint | Raphaël Poirée | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Vadim Sashurin | Raphaël Poirée | Detail |
| 3 | 17 December 2000 | Antholz-Anterselva | 12.5 km Pursuit | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Raphaël Poirée | Sven Fischer | Raphaël Poirée | Detail |
| 4 | 4 January 2001 | Oberhof | 10 km Sprint | Raphaël Poirée | Tord Wiksten | Carsten Heymann | Raphaël Poirée | Detail |
| 4 | 6 January 2001 | Oberhof | 12.5 km Pursuit | Viktor Maigourov | Raphaël Poirée | Frode Andresen | Raphaël Poirée | Detail |
| 4 | 7 January 2001 | Oberhof | 15 km Mass Start | Sven Fischer | Egil Gjelland | Tomaž Globočnik | Raphaël Poirée | Detail |
| 5 | 12 January 2001 | Ruhpolding | 10 km Sprint | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Raphaël Poirée | Egil Gjelland | Raphaël Poirée | Detail |
| 5 | 14 January 2001 | Ruhpolding | 12.5 km Pursuit | Raphaël Poirée | Frank Luck | Ricco Groß | Raphaël Poirée | Detail |
| 6 | 18 January 2001 | Antholz-Anterselva | 10 km Sprint | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Raphaël Poirée | Frode Andresen | Raphaël Poirée | Detail |
| 6 | 21 January 2001 | Antholz-Anterselva | 15 km Mass Start | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Carsten Heymann | Pavel Rostovtsev | Raphaël Poirée | Detail |
| WC | 3 February 2001 | Pokljuka | 10 km Sprint | Pavel Rostovtsev | René Cattarinussi | Halvard Hanevold | Raphaël Poirée | Detail |
| WC | 4 February 2001 | Pokljuka | 12.5 km Pursuit | Pavel Rostovtsev | Raphaël Poirée | Sven Fischer | Raphaël Poirée | Detail |
| WC | 7 February 2001 | Pokljuka | 20 km Individual | Paavo Puurunen | Vadim Sashurin | Ilmārs Bricis | Raphaël Poirée | Detail |
| WC | 9 February 2001 | Pokljuka | 15 km Mass Start | Raphaël Poirée | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Sven Fischer | Raphaël Poirée | Detail |
| 7 | 28 February 2001 | Salt Lake City | 20 km Individual | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Sven Fischer | Julien Robert | Raphaël Poirée | Detail |
| 7 | 2 March 2001 | Salt Lake City | 10 km Sprint | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Frode Andresen | Frank Luck | Raphaël Poirée | Detail |
| 7 | 3 March 2001 | Salt Lake City | 12.5 km Pursuit | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Vadim Sashurin | Pavel Rostovtsev | Raphaël Poirée | Detail |
| 8 | 7 March 2001 | Lake Placid | 10 km Sprint | Frode Andresen | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Henrik Forsberg | Raphaël Poirée | Detail |
| 9 | 16 March 2001 | Oslo Holmenkollen | 10 km Sprint | Frode Andresen | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Halvard Hanevold | Raphaël Poirée | Detail |
| 9 | 17 March 2001 | Oslo Holmenkollen | 12.5 km Pursuit | Frode Andresen | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Egil Gjelland | Raphaël Poirée | Detail |
| 9 | 18 March 2001 | Oslo Holmenkollen | 15 km Mass Start | Sven Fischer | Raphaël Poirée | Frode Andresen | Raphaël Poirée | Detail |

### Women

| Stage | Date | Place | Discipline | Winner | Second | Third | Yellow bib (After competition) | Det. |
| 1 | 30 November 2000 | Antholz-Anterselva | 15 km Individual | Corinne Niogret | Andrea Henkel | Magdalena Forsberg | Corinne Niogret | Detail |
| 1 | 1 December 2000 | Antholz-Anterselva | 7.5 km Sprint | Olena Zubrilova | Corinne Niogret | Olena Petrova | Corinne Niogret | Detail |
| 2 | 7 December 2000 | Antholz-Anterselva | 7.5 km Sprint | Gro Marit Istad | Olga Pyleva | Kati Wilhelm | Corinne Niogret | Detail |
| 2 | 8 December 2000 | Antholz-Anterselva | 10 km Pursuit | Magdalena Forsberg | Corinne Niogret | Olena Zubrilova | Corinne Niogret | Detail |
| 3 | 14 December 2000 | Antholz-Anterselva | 15 km Individual | Sandrine Bailly | Corinne Niogret | Magdalena Forsberg | Corinne Niogret | Detail |
| 3 | 16 December 2000 | Antholz-Anterselva | 7.5 km Sprint | Magdalena Forsberg | Liv Grete Poirée | Tetyana Vodopyanova | Magdalena Forsberg | Detail |
| 3 | 17 December 2000 | Antholz-Anterselva | 10 km Pursuit | Magdalena Forsberg | Andrea Henkel | Uschi Disl | Magdalena Forsberg | Detail |
| 4 | 5 January 2001 | Oberhof | 7.5 km Sprint | Magdalena Forsberg | Olena Zubrilova | Corinne Niogret | Magdalena Forsberg | Detail |
| 4 | 6 January 2001 | Oberhof | 10 km Pursuit | Magdalena Forsberg | Olena Zubrilova | Uschi Disl | Magdalena Forsberg | Detail |
| 4 | 7 January 2001 | Oberhof | 12.5 km Mass Start | Magdalena Forsberg | Svetlana Tchernousova | Liv Grete Poirée | Magdalena Forsberg | Detail |
| 5 | 13 January 2001 | Ruhpolding | 7.5 km Sprint | Magdalena Forsberg | Liv Grete Poirée | Katrin Apel | Magdalena Forsberg | Detail |
| 5 | 14 January 2001 | Ruhpolding | 10 km Pursuit | Magdalena Forsberg | Liv Grete Poirée | Galina Koukleva | Magdalena Forsberg | Detail |
| 6 | 18 January 2001 | Antholz-Anterselva | 7.5 km Sprint | Magdalena Forsberg | Olga Pyleva | Martina Glagow | Magdalena Forsberg | Detail |
| 6 | 21 January 2001 | Antholz-Anterselva | 12.5 km Mass Start | Corinne Niogret | Delphyne Heymann-Burlet | Uschi Disl | Magdalena Forsberg | Detail |
| WC | 3 February 2001 | Pokljuka | 7.5 km Sprint | Kati Wilhelm | Uschi Disl | Liv Grete Poirée | Magdalena Forsberg | Detail |
| WC | 4 February 2001 | Pokljuka | 10 km Pursuit | Liv Grete Poirée | Corinne Niogret | Magdalena Forsberg | Magdalena Forsberg | Detail |
| WC | 6 February 2001 | Pokljuka | 15 km Individual | Magdalena Forsberg | Liv Grete Poirée | Olena Zubrilova | Magdalena Forsberg | Detail |
| WC | 9 February 2001 | Pokljuka | 12.5 km Mass Start | Magdalena Forsberg | Martina Glagow | Liv Grete Poirée | Magdalena Forsberg | Detail |
| 7 | 28 February 2001 | Salt Lake City | 15 km Individual | Magdalena Forsberg | Martina Zellner | Martina Glagow | Magdalena Forsberg | Detail |
| 7 | 2 March 2001 | Salt Lake City | 7.5 km Sprint | Uschi Disl | Liv Grete Poirée | Andrea Henkel | Magdalena Forsberg | Detail |
| 7 | 3 March 2001 | Salt Lake City | 10 km Pursuit | Magdalena Forsberg | Liv Grete Poirée | Corinne Niogret | Magdalena Forsberg | Detail |
| 8 | 7 March 2001 | Lake Placid | 7.5 km Sprint | Kati Wilhelm | Martina Zellner | Delphyne Heymann-Burlet | Magdalena Forsberg | Detail |
| 9 | 16 March 2001 | Oslo Holmenkollen | 7.5 km Sprint | Liv Grete Poirée | Magdalena Forsberg | Nathalie Santer | Magdalena Forsberg | Detail |
| 9 | 17 March 2001 | Oslo Holmenkollen | 10 km Pursuit | Magdalena Forsberg | Liv Grete Poirée | Martina Glagow | Magdalena Forsberg | Detail |
| 9 | 18 March 2001 | Oslo Holmenkollen | 12.5 km Mass Start | Yu Shumei | Magdalena Forsberg | Olena Zubrilova | Magdalena Forsberg | Detail |

### Men's team

| Event | Date | Place | Discipline | Winner | Second | Third |
| 1 | 3 December 2000 | Antholz-Anterselva | 4x7.5 km Relay | Czech Republic Petr Garabík Ivan Masařík Tomáš Holubec Zdeněk Vítek | Ukraine Vyacheslav Derkach Andriy Deryzemlya Olexander Bilanenko Ruslan Lysenko | Germany Peter Sendel Sven Fischer Carsten Heymann Ricco Gross |
| 2 | 9 December 2000 | Antholz | 4x7.5 km Relay | Norway Halvard Hanevold Frode Andresen Egil Gjelland Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Czech Republic Petr Garabík Ivan Masařík Roman Dostál Zdeněk Vítek | Russia Sergei Rozhkov Andrei Prokunin Mikhail Kochkin Alexei Kobelev |
| 5 | 10 January 2001 | Ruhpolding | 4x7.5 km Relay | Norway Egil Gjelland Frode Andresen Dag Bjørndalen Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Germany Marco Morgenstern Peter Sendel Alexander Wolf Ricco Gross | Belarus Alexei Aidarov Alexandr Syman Oleg Ryzhenkov Vadim Sashurin |
| 6 | 20 January 2001 | Antholz-Anterselva | 4x7.5 km Relay | Germany Marco Morgenstern Sven Fischer Frank Luck Ricco Gross | Norway Egil Gjelland Frode Andresen Halvard Hanevold Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Russia Sergei Rozhkov Andrei Prokunin Pavel Rostovtsev Viktor Maigourov |
| WC | 11 February 2001 | Pokljuka | 4x7.5 km Relay | France Gilles Marguet Vincent Defrasne Julien Robert Raphael Poiree | Belarus Alexei Aidarov Alexandr Syman Oleg Ryzhenkov Vadim Sashurin | Norway Egil Gjelland Frode Andresen Halvard Hanevold Ole Einar Bjørndalen |

### Women's team

| Event | Date | Place | Discipline | Winner | Second | Third |
| 1 | 3 December 2000 | Antholz-Anterselva | 4x7.5 km Relay | Norway Ann-Elen Skjelbreid Gro Marit Istad Gunn Margit Andreassen Liv Grete Poiree | Germany Uschi Disl Andrea Henkel Katrin Apel Martina Glagow | Ukraine Olena Zubrilova Olena Petrova Nina Lemesh Tetyana Vodopyanova |
| 2 | 10 December 2000 | Antholz | 4x7.5 km Relay | Germany Uschi Disl Kati Wilhelm Katrin Apel Andrea Henkel | France Sylvie Becaert Delphyne Heymann Sandrine Bailly Corinne Niogret | Russia Olga Pyleva Galina Kukleva Anna Bogaliy Svetlana Tchernousova |
| 5 | 11 January 2001 | Ruhpolding | 4x7.5 km Relay | Norway Ann-Elen Skjelbreid Gro Marit Istad Linda Tjorhom Liv Grete Poiree | Germany Uschi Disl Martina Glagow Katrin Apel Andrea Henkel | Russia Olga Pyleva Svetlana Ishmouratova Galina Kukleva Svetlana Tchernousova |
| 6 | 19 January 2001 | Antholz-Anterselva | 4x7.5 km Relay | Norway Ann-Elen Skjelbreid Gro Marit Istad Linda Tjorhom Gunn Margit Andreassen | Russia Anna Bogaliy Svetlana Tchernousova Svetlana Ishmouratova Olga Pyleva | Ukraine Olena Zubrilova Olena Petrova Nina Lemesh Tetyana Vodopyanova |
| WC | 10 February 2001 | Pokljuka | 4x7.5 km Relay | Russia Olga Pyleva Anna Bogaliy Galina Kukleva Svetlana Ishmouratova | Germany Uschi Disl Katrin Apel Andrea Henkel Kati Wilhelm | Ukraine Olena Zubrilova Olena Petrova Nina Lemesh Tetyana Vodopyanova |

## Standings: Men
### Overall

| Pos. | | Points |
| 1. | Raphaël Poirée | 921 |
| 2. | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | 911 |
| 3. | Frode Andresen | 712 |
| 4. | Pavel Rostovtsev | 707 |
| 5. | Sven Fischer | 675 |
* Final standings after 25 races.

## Standings: Women
### Overall

| Pos. | | Points |
| 1. | Magdalena Forsberg | 1021 |
| 2. | Liv Grete Poirée | 804 |
| 3. | Olena Zubrilova | 774 |
| 4. | Corinne Niogret | 665 |
| 5. | Andrea Henkel | 635 |
* Final standings after 25 races.

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Norway | 19 | 16 | 13 | 48 |
| 2 | Sweden | 14 | 3 | 4 | 21 |
| 3 | France | 10 | 14 | 4 | 28 |
| 4 | Germany | 7 | 14 | 18 | 39 |
| 5 | Russia | 5 | 5 | 8 | 18 |
| 6 | Czech Republic | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Ukraine | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 |
| 8 | China | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Finland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Belarus | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 11 | Italy | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Latvia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (13 entries) | Totals (13 entries) | 60 | 60 | 60 | 180 |

## Achievements
### First World Cup career victory

* Zdeněk Vítek (CZE), 23, in his 5th season — the WC 1 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva; first podium was 1999–2000 Pursuit in Oberhof
* Sandrine Bailly (FRA), 21, in her 2nd season — the WC 3 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva; it also was her first podium
* Kati Wilhelm (GER), 24, in her 1st season — the World Championships Sprint in Pokljuka; first podium was 2000–01 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva
* Paavo Puurunen (FIN), 27, in his 7th season — the World Championships Individual in Pokljuka; it also was his first podium
* Yu Shumei (CHN), 23, in her 6th season — the WC 9 Mass Start in Holmenkollen; first podium was 1995–96 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva

### First World Cup podium

* Kati Wilhelm (GER), 24, in her 1st season — no. 3 in the WC 2 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva
* Tord Wiksten (SWE), 29, in his 8th season — no. 2 in the WC 4 Sprint in Oberhof
* Tomaž Globočnik (SLO), 28, in his 7th season — no. 3 in the WC 4 Mass Start in Oberhof
* Julien Robert (FRA), 26, in his 6th season — no. 3 in the WC 7 Individual in Salt Lake City
* Henrik Forsberg (SWE), 34, in his 2nd season — no. 3 in the WC 8 Sprint in Lake Placid

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

Following notable biathletes announced their retirement during or after the 2000–01 season:
* Pavel Mouslimov (RUS)
* Svetlana Paramygina (BLR)

## Footnotes

* ↑ Originally scheduled to be held in Hochfilzen, Austria
* ↑ Originally scheduled to be held in Pokljuka, Slovenia
* ↑ Originally scheduled to be held in Brezno-Osrblie, Slovakia