# 1994–95 Biathlon World Cup

The 1994–95 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 8 December 1994 in Bad Gastein, Austria, and ended on 19 March 1995 in Lillehammer, Norway. It was the 18th season of the Biathlon World Cup.

## Calendar

Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 1994–95 season.
| Location | Date | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay |
| Bad Gastein | 8–11 December | ● | ● | | | ● |
| Bad Gastein | 15–18 December | ● | ● | | | ● |
| Oberhof | 19–22 January | ● | ● | | | |
| Ruhpolding | 26–29 January | ● | ● | | | ● |
| Antholz | 14–19 February | ● | ● | | | ● |
| Lahti | 9–12 March | ● | ● | | | ● |
| Lillehammer | 16–19 March | ● | ● | | | ● |
| Total | Total | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 |

## World Cup Podium
### Men

| Stage | Date | Place | Discipline | Winner | Second | Third | Yellow bib (After competition) | Det. |
| 1 | 8 December 1994 | Bad Gastein | 20 km Individual | Vladimir Drachev | Tomasz Sikora | Dmitry Pantov | Vladimir Drachev | Detail |
| 1 | 10 December 1994 | Bad Gastein | 10 km Sprint | Jon Åge Tyldum | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Alexei Kobelev | Vladimir Drachev | Detail |
| 2 | 15 December 1994 | Bad Gastein (2) | 20 km Individual | Patrick Favre | Vadim Sashurin | Jaakko Niemi | Jon Åge Tyldum | Detail |
| 2 | 16 December 1994 | Bad Gastein (2) | 10 km Sprint | Sylfest Glimsdal | Oleg Ryzhenkov | Frank Luck | Jon Åge Tyldum | Detail |
| 3 | 19 January 1995 | Oberhof | 20 km Individual | Wilfried Pallhuber | Patrice Bailly-Salins | Eduard Ryabov | Jon Åge Tyldum | Detail |
| 3 | 21 January 1995 | Oberhof | 10 km Sprint | Alexei Kobelev | Ricco Groß | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Jon Åge Tyldum | Detail |
| 4 | 26 January 1995 | Ruhpolding | 20 km Individual | Patrice Bailly-Salins | Fredrik Kuoppa | Ricco Groß | Jon Åge Tyldum | Detail |
| 4 | 28 January 1995 | Ruhpolding | 10 km Sprint | Oleg Ryzhenkov | Ludwig Gredler | Patrick Favre | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Detail |
| WC | 16 February 1995 | Antholz-Anterselva | 20 km Individual | Tomasz Sikora | Jon Åge Tyldum | Oleg Ryzhenkov | Jon Åge Tyldum | Detail |
| WC | 18 February 1995 | Antholz-Anterselva | 10 km Sprint | Patrice Bailly-Salins | Pavel Mouslimov | Ricco Groß | Jon Åge Tyldum | Detail |
| 5 | 9 March 1995 | Lahti | 20 km Individual | Ludwig Gredler | Hervé Flandin | Wilfried Pallhuber | Jon Åge Tyldum | Detail |
| 5 | 11 March 1995 | Lahti | 10 km Sprint | Oleg Ryzhenkov | Sven Fischer | Matjaž Poklukar | Jon Åge Tyldum | Detail |
| 6 | 16 March 1995 | Lillehammer | 20 km Individual | Vesa Hietalahti | Ludwig Gredler | Peter Sendel | Jon Åge Tyldum | Detail |
| 6 | 18 March 1995 | Lillehammer | 10 km Sprint | Viktor Maigourov | Johann Passler | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Jon Åge Tyldum | Detail |

### Women

| Stage | Date | Place | Discipline | Winner | Second | Third | Yellow bib (After competition) | Det. |
| 1 | 8 December 1994 | Bad Gastein | 15 km Individual | Anne Briand | Simone Greiner-Petter-M. | Svetlana Paramygina | Anne Briand | Detail |
| 1 | 10 December 1994 | Bad Gastein | 7.5 km Sprint | Hildegunn Mikkelsplass | Elin Kristiansen | Irina Mileshina | Svetlana Paramygina | Detail |
| 2 | 14 December 1994 | Bad Gastein | 15 km Individual | Petra Behle | Anne Briand | Valentina Tserbe-Nessina | Anne Briand | Detail |
| 2 | 16 December 1994 | Bad Gastein | 7.5 km Sprint | Simone Greiner-Petter-M. | Antje Harvey | Uschi Disl | Anne Briand | Detail |
| 3 | 19 January 1995 | Oberhof | 15 km Individual | Uschi Disl | Simone Greiner-Petter-M. | Iva Shkodreva | Anne Briand | Detail |
| 3 | 21 January 1995 | Oberhof | 7.5 km Sprint | Anne Briand | Nadezhda Talanova | Mari Lampinen | Anne Briand | Detail |
| 4 | 26 January 1995 | Ruhpolding | 15 km Individual | Svetlana Paramygina | Florence Baverel | Nathalie Santer | Anne Briand | Detail |
| 4 | 28 January 1995 | Ruhpolding | 7.5 km Sprint | Magdalena Wallin | Florence Baverel | Nadezhda Talanova | Anne Briand | Detail |
| WC | 16 February 1995 | Antholz-Anterselva | 15 km Individual | Corinne Niogret | Uschi Disl | Ekaterina Dafovska | Anne Briand | Detail |
| WC | 18 February 1995 | Antholz-Anterselva | 7.5 km Sprint | Anne Briand | Uschi Disl | Corinne Niogret | Anne Briand | Detail |
| 5 | 9 March 1995 | Lahti | 15 km Individual | Martina Jašicová | Andreja Grašič | Corinne Niogret | Anne Briand | Detail |
| 5 | 11 March 1995 | Lahti | 7.5 km Sprint | Svetlana Paramygina | Galina Koukleva | Emmanuelle Claret | Anne Briand | Detail |
| 6 | 16 March 1995 | Lillehammer | 15 km Individual | Svetlana Paramygina | Nadezhda Talanova | Galina Koukleva | Anne Briand | Detail |
| 6 | 18 March 1995 | Lillehammer | 7.5 km Sprint | Galina Koukleva | Anne Briand | Emmanuelle Claret | Anne Briand | Detail |

### Men's team

| Event | Date | Place | Discipline | Winner | Second | Third |
| 1 | 11 December 1994 | Bad Gastein | 4x7.5 km Relay | Russia Viktor Maigourov Vladimir Drachev Eduard Ryabov Alexei Kobelev | Italy Rene Cattarinussi Andreas Zingerle Pieralberto Carrara Patrick Favre | Norway Frode Andresen Halvard Hanevold Ivar Ulekleiv Jon Åge Tyldum |
| 2 | 17 December 1994 | Bad Gastein | 4x7.5 km Relay | Russia Pavel Mouslimov Vladimir Drachev Valeri Gaevoi Alexei Kobelev | Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen Halvard Hanevold Sylfest Glimsdal Jon Åge Tyldum | Germany Ricco Gross Peter Sendel Frank Luck Sven Fischer |
| 3 | 22 January 1995 | Oberhof | Team event | Germany Frank Luck Carsten Heymann Ricco Gross Sven Fischer | Austria Wolfgang Perner Anton Lengauer-Stockner Ludwig Gredler Hannes Obererlacher | Sweden Per Brandt Anders Mannelqvist Fredrik Kuoppa Jonas Eriksson |
| 4 | 29 January 1995 | Ruhpolding | 4x7.5 km Relay | Germany Ricco Gross Peter Sendel Frank Luck Sven Fischer | Italy Rene Cattarinussi Wilfried Pallhuber Patrick Favre Pieralberto Carrara | Austria Hannes Obererlacher Wolfgang Perner Reinhard Neuner Ludwig Gredler |
| WC | 14 February 1995 | Antholz | Team event | Norway Frode Andresen Dag Bjørndalen Halvard Hanevold Jon Åge Tyldum | Czech Republic Petr Garabík Roman Dostál Jiří Holubec Ivan Masařík | France Thierry Dusserre Franck Perrot Lionel Laurent Stéphane Bouthiaux |
| WC | 19 February 1995 | Antholz | 4x7.5 km Relay | Germany Ricco Gross Mark Kirchner Frank Luck Sven Fischer | France Lionel Laurent Patrice Bailly-Salins Thierry Dusserre Hervé Flandin | Belarus Igor Khokhriakov Alexander Popov Oleg Ryzhenkov Vadim Sashurin |
| 5 | 12 March 1995 | Lahti | 4x7.5 km Relay | Russia Viktor Maigourov Vladimir Drachev Eduard Ryabov Alexei Kobelev | France Franck Perrot Patrice Bailly-Salins Thierry Dusserre Hervé Flandin | Finland Vesa Hietalahti Ville Raikkonen Harri Eloranta Erkki Latvala |
| 6 | 19 March 1995 | Lillehammer | 4x7.5 km Relay | Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen Jon Åge Tyldum Frode Andresen Kjell Ove Oftedal | France Raphael Poiree Patrice Bailly-Salins Thierry Dusserre Hervé Flandin | Germany Peter Sendel Jens Steinigen Carsten Heymann Sven Fischer |

### Women's team

| Event | Date | Place | Discipline | Winner | Second | Third |
| 1 | 11 December 1994 | Bad Gastein | 4x7.5 km Relay | France Corinne Niogret Veronique Claudel Emmanuelle Claret Anne Briand | Norway Elin Kristiansen Ase Idland Annette Sikveland Hildegunn Fossen | Germany Uschi Disl Antje Harvey Simone Greiner Petra Behle |
| 2 | 17 December 1994 | Bad Gastein | 4x7.5 km Relay | Norway Ase Idland Annette Sikveland Hildegunn Fossen Elin Kristiansen | Germany Antje Harvey Uschi Disl Simone Greiner Petra Behle | France Corinne Niogret Veronique Claudel Emmanuelle Claret Anne Briand |
| 4 | 29 January 1995 | Ruhpolding | 4x7.5 km Relay | Germany Uschi Disl Antje Harvey Simone Greiner Petra Behle | Russia Nadezhda Talanova Svetlana Petcherskaia Galina Kukleva Anfisa Reztsova | France Corinne Niogret Emmanuelle Claret Florence Baverel Anne Briand |
| WC | 19 February 1995 | Antholz | 4x7.5 km Relay | Germany Uschi Disl Antje Harvey Simone Greiner Petra Behle | France Corinne Niogret Veronique Claudel Florence Baverel Anne Briand | Norway Ann-Elen Skjelbreid Hildegunn Fossen Annette Sikveland Gunn Margit Andreassen |
| 5 | 12 March 1995 | Lahti | 4x7.5 km Relay | Germany Uschi Disl Antje Harvey Simone Greiner Petra Behle | Norway Ann-Elen Skjelbreid Liv Grete Skjelbreid Hildegunn Fossen Elin Kristiansen | Russia Olga Melnik Nadezhda Talanova Irina Mileshina Galina Kukleva |
| 6 | 19 March 1995 | Lillehammer | 4x7.5 km Relay | France Florence Baverel Emmanuelle Claret Anne Briand Corinne Niogret | Germany Uschi Disl Antje Harvey Simone Greiner Petra Behle | Norway Ann-Elen Skjelbreid Liv Grete Skjelbreid Annette Sikveland Elin Kristiansen |

## Standings: Men
### Overall

| Pos. | | Points |
| 1. | Jon Åge Tyldum | 195 |
| 2. | Patrick Favre | 193 |
| 3. | Wilfried Pallhuber | 178 |
| 4. | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | 178 |
| 5. | Oleg Ryzhenkov | 169 |
* Final standings after 14 races.

## Standings: Women
### Overall

| Pos. | | Points |
| 1. | Anne Briand | 241 |
| 2. | Svetlana Paramygina | 232 |
| 3. | Uschi Disl | 220 |
| 4. | Corinne Niogret | 208 |
| 5. | Magdalena Wallin | 178 |
* Final standings after 14 races.

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | France | 8 | 10 | 6 | 24 |
| 2 | Germany | 8 | 9 | 8 | 25 |
| 3 | Russia | 7 | 5 | 6 | 18 |
| 4 | Norway | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 |
| 5 | Belarus | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | Italy | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | Austria | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Poland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Sweden | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Finland | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | Slovakia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Slovenia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (15 entries) | Totals (15 entries) | 40 | 40 | 40 | 120 |

## Retirements

Following notable biathletes retired after the 1994–95 season:
* Alfred Eder (AUT)
* Andreas Zingerle (ITA)
* Evgeny Redkin (BLR)
* Ulf Johansson (SWE)
* Antje Harvey (GER)
* Elin Kristiansen (NOR)
* Nadezhda Aleksieva (BUL)
* Luisa Tcherepanova (RUS)
* Nadiya Billova (UKR)