# 2006–07 Biathlon World Cup

The 2006–07 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season lasted from 29 November 2006 to 18 March 2007.
This article contains the top ten result listings and concise summary comments for each of the season's twenty-seven individual races and five relays for both genders, arranged by World Cup meet 1 through 9 (denoted WC 1–9), accompanied by the top ten Total Cup rankings after each of the meets plus the 2007 World Championships (held between WC 6 and 7, and in the usual way counted as a World Cup meet towards the accumulated scores).

## Calendar

Below is the World Cup calendar for the 2006–07 season.
| Location | Date | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay | Details |
| Östersund | 29. November–3. December | ● | ● | ● | | | |
| Hochfilzen | 8.–10. December | | ● | ● | | ● | |
| Hochfilzen $^1$ | 13.–16. December | ● (Women) | ● (Men x2, Women x1) | | | ● | |
| Oberhof | 3.–7. January | | ● | ● | | ● | |
| Ruhpolding | 10.–14. January | | ● | | ● | ● | |
| Pokljuka | 17.–21. January | | ● | ● | ● | | |
| Antholz | 3.–11. February | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | World Championships |
| Lahti | 28. February–4. March | ● | ● | ● | | | |
| Holmenkollen | 8.–11. March | ● (Men) | ● (Women) | ● | ● | | |
| Khanty-Mansijsk | 15.–18. March | | ● | ● | ● | | |
| Total | Total | 4 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 5 | |
* $^1$ Rescheduled from Osrblie

## Scores and leader bibs

* For the seventh successive season, the race victory gives 50 points, a 2nd place gives 46 pts, a 3rd place 43 pts, a 4th place 40 pts, a fifth place 37 pts, a 6th place 34 pts, then further decreasing by two pts down to the 15th place (16 pts), then linearly decreasing by one point down to the 30th place (see the Place/Points table on the page's upper right). Equal placings, i.e. same-time finishes (ties) give an equal number of points.
* The sum of all WC points of the season, minus the score from a predetermined number of events (say, 3) give the biathlete's accumulated WC score (naturally, the races chosen to be eliminated from the total will be those with the lowest scores). Biathletes with an equal number of accumulated points are ranked by number of victories, 2nd places, 3rd places, and so on, in practice reducing the possibility of ties to just about nil.
* In addition to the Total WC score as described above, the points from races in each separate single-biathlete format—Individual, Sprint, Pursuit, and Mass start—accumulate toward separate scores with associated "sub-Cups" to be won. See the main Biathlon article for a detailed description of the race formats.
* In any given race, the biathlete with the highest accumulated Total WC score before the race wears a yellow number bib. The leader of the specific race format wears a red bib. If the same biathlete leads both the Total and the specific format's World Cup, a combined yellow-and-red bib is worn. In the first races of the season, the winners of the previous season's Cups wear the associated bibs.
* There are also two multi-biathlete Cups to be won, namely the Relay and Nation Cups. The scores of the Relay races are awarded to each nation's team in the same manner as in the single-biathlete Cups. No leader bibs are worn during the Relays. For the Nation Cup, the combined scores of the three best biathletes from each nation in the Individual and Sprint races, as well as the Relay scores, are accumulated. The Nation Cup points scale is different from the World Cup points scale; each place from 1st through 30th scores 100 more points than in the World Cup, and from 31st down to 130th points are awarded on a scale from 100 to 1.

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Germany | 21 | 26 | 25 | 72 |
| 2 | Norway | 16 | 7 | 8 | 31 |
| 3 | Russia | 10 | 13 | 7 | 30 |
| 4 | France | 9 | 9 | 7 | 25 |
| 5 | Sweden | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 |
| 6 | Austria | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Ukraine | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Poland | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | China | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 11 | Belarus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (15 entries) | Totals (15 entries) | 64 | 64 | 64 | 192 |

## World Cup podiums
### Men

| Stage | Date | Place | Discipline | Winner | Second | Third | Yellow bib (After competition) | Det. |
| 1 | 30 November 2006 | Östersund | 20 km Individual | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Andreas Birnbacher | Michael Greis | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Detail |
| 1 | 2 December 2006 | Östersund | 10 km Sprint | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Dmitry Yaroshenko | Michael Greis | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Detail |
| 1 | 3 December 2006 | Östersund | 12.5 km Pursuit | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Dmitry Yaroshenko | Raphaël Poirée | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Detail |
| 2 | 8 December 2006 | Hochfilzen | 10 km Sprint | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Michael Greis | Matthias Simmen | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Detail |
| 2 | 9 December 2006 | Hochfilzen | 12.5 km Pursuit | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Dmitry Yaroshenko | Ivan Tcherezov | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Detail |
| 3 | 14 December 2006 | Hochfilzen | 10 km Sprint | Michael Greis | Maxim Tchoudov | Björn Ferry | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Detail |
| 3 | 16 December 2006 | Hochfilzen | 10 km Sprint | Raphaël Poirée | Michael Rösch | Sven Fischer | Michael Greis | Detail |
| 4 | 6 January 2007 | Oberhof | 10 km Sprint | Nikolay Kruglov | Michael Greis | René-Laurent Vuillermoz | Michael Greis | Detail |
| 4 | 7 January 2007 | Oberhof | 12.5 km Pursuit | Nikolay Kruglov | Dmitry Yaroshenko | Maxim Tchoudov | Michael Greis | Detail |
| 5 | 13 January 2007 | Ruhpolding | 10 km Sprint | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Halvard Hanevold | Emil Hegle Svendsen | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Detail |
| 5 | 14 January 2007 | Ruhpolding | 15 km Mass Start | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Emil Hegle Svendsen | Christoph Sumann | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Detail |
| 6 | 18 January 2007 | Pokljuka | 10 km Sprint | Alexander Wolf | Björn Ferry | Emil Hegle Svendsen | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Detail |
| 6 | 20 January 2007 | Pokljuka | 12.5 km Pursuit | Christoph Sumann | Alexander Wolf | Vincent Defrasne | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Detail |
| 6 | 21 January 2007 | Pokljuka | 15 km Mass Start | Christoph Sumann | Vincent Defrasne | Andreas Birnbacher | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Detail |
| WC | 3 February 2007 | Antholz-Anterselva | 10 km Sprint | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Michal Šlesingr | Andriy Deryzemlya | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Detail |
| WC | 4 February 2007 | Antholz-Anterselva | 12.5 km Pursuit | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Maxim Tchoudov | Vincent Defrasne | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Detail |
| WC | 6 February 2007 | Antholz-Anterselva | 20 km Individual | Raphaël Poirée | Michael Greis | Michal Šlesingr | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Detail |
| WC | 11 February 2007 | Antholz-Anterselva | 15 km Mass Start | Michael Greis | Andreas Birnbacher | Raphaël Poirée | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Detail |
| 7 | 1 March 2007 | Lahti | 20 km Individual | Raphaël Poirée | Simon Fourcade | Alexander Wolf | Michael Greis | Detail |
| 7 | 3 March 2007 | Lahti | 10 km Sprint | Raphaël Poirée | Alexander Os | Hans Martin Gjedrem | Michael Greis | Detail |
| 7 | 4 March 2007 | Lahti | 12.5 km Pursuit | Raphaël Poirée | Michael Greis | Sven Fischer | Michael Greis | Detail |
| 8 | 8 March 2007 | Oslo Holmenkollen | 20 km Individual | Raphaël Poirée | Michael Greis | Dmitry Yaroshenko | Michael Greis | Detail |
| 8 | 10 March 2007 | Oslo Holmenkollen | 12.5 km Pursuit | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Raphaël Poirée | Michael Greis | Michael Greis | Detail |
| 8 | 11 March 2007 | Oslo Holmenkollen | 15 km Mass Start | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Raphaël Poirée | Sven Fischer | Michael Greis | Detail |
| 9 | 15 March 2007 | Khanty-Mansiysk | 10 km Sprint | Michael Rösch | Maxim Tchoudov | Andrei Makoveev | Michael Greis | Detail |
| 9 | 17 March 2007 | Khanty-Mansiysk | 12.5 km Pursuit | Maxim Tchoudov | Björn Ferry | Stian Eckhoff | Michael Greis | Detail |
| 9 | 18 March 2007 | Khanty-Mansiysk | 15 km Mass Start | Ivan Tcherezov | Michael Greis | Sven Fischer | Michael Greis | Detail |

### Women

| Stage | Date | Place | Discipline | Winner | Second | Third | Yellow bib (After competition) | Det. |
| 1 | 29 November 2006 | Östersund | 15 km Individual | Irina Malgina | Liv-Kjersti Eikeland | Zina Kocher | Irina Malgina | Detail |
| 1 | 1 December 2006 | Östersund | 7.5 km Sprint | Magdalena Gwizdoń | Kati Wilhelm | Martina Glagow | Andrea Henkel | Detail |
| 1 | 3 December 2006 | Östersund | 10 km Pursuit | Linda Grubben | Anna Carin Olofsson | Magdalena Gwizdoń | Andrea Henkel | Detail |
| 2 | 8 December 2006 | Hochfilzen | 7.5 km Sprint | Andrea Henkel | Magdalena Gwizdoń | Kong Yingchao | Andrea Henkel | Detail |
| 2 | 9 December 2006 | Hochfilzen | 10 km Pursuit | Andrea Henkel | Linda Grubben | Anna Carin Olofsson | Andrea Henkel | Detail |
| 3 | 13 December 2006 | Hochfilzen | 15 km Individual | Andrea Henkel | Martina Glagow | Oksana Khvostenko | Andrea Henkel | Detail |
| 3 | 15 December 2006 | Hochfilzen | 7.5 km Sprint | Anna Carin Olofsson | Sandrine Bailly | Andrea Henkel | Andrea Henkel | Detail |
| 4 | 5 January 2007 | Oberhof | 7.5 km Sprint | Magdalena Neuner | Andrea Henkel | Martina Glagow | Andrea Henkel | Detail |
| 4 | 7 January 2007 | Oberhof | 10 km Pursuit | Linda Grubben | Sandrine Bailly | Magdalena Neuner | Andrea Henkel | Detail |
| 5 | 12 January 2007 | Ruhpolding | 7.5 km Sprint | Sandrine Bailly | Anna Carin Olofsson | Florence Baverel-Robert | Andrea Henkel | Detail |
| 5 | 14 January 2007 | Ruhpolding | 12.5 km Mass Start | Anna Carin Olofsson | Kati Wilhelm | Linda Grubben | Anna Carin Olofsson | Detail |
| 6 | 17 January 2007 | Pokljuka | 7.5 km Sprint | Anna Carin Olofsson | Tatiana Moiseeva | Kati Wilhelm | Anna Carin Olofsson | Detail |
| 6 | 19 January 2007 | Pokljuka | 10 km Pursuit | Kati Wilhelm | Tatiana Moiseeva | Natalya Sokolova | Anna Carin Olofsson | Detail |
| 6 | 21 January 2007 | Pokljuka | 12.5 km Mass Start | Oksana Khvostenko | Kati Wilhelm | Tadeja Brankovič | Anna Carin Olofsson | Detail |
| WC | 3 February 2007 | Antholz-Anterselva | 7.5 km Sprint | Magdalena Neuner | Anna Carin Olofsson | Natalia Guseva | Anna Carin Olofsson | Detail |
| WC | 4 February 2007 | Antholz-Anterselva | 10 km Pursuit | Magdalena Neuner | Linda Grubben | Anna Carin Olofsson | Anna Carin Olofsson | Detail |
| WC | 7 February 2007 | Antholz-Anterselva | 15 km Individual | Linda Grubben | Florence Baverel-Robert | Martina Glagow | Anna Carin Olofsson | Detail |
| WC | 10 February 2007 | Antholz-Anterselva | 12.5 km Mass Start | Andrea Henkel | Martina Glagow | Kati Wilhelm | Anna Carin Olofsson | Detail |
| 7 | 28 February 2007 | Lahti | 15 km Individual | Andrea Henkel | Florence Baverel-Robert | Kati Wilhelm | Anna Carin Olofsson | Detail |
| 7 | 2 March 2007 | Lahti | 7.5 km Sprint | Martina Glagow | Kati Wilhelm | Ekaterina Iourieva | Kati Wilhelm | Detail |
| 7 | 4 March 2007 | Lahti | 10 km Pursuit | Martina Glagow | Kati Wilhelm | Kathrin Hitzer | Kati Wilhelm | Detail |
| 8 | 8 March 2007 | Oslo Holmenkollen | 7.5 km Sprint | Andrea Henkel | Ekaterina Iourieva | Magdalena Neuner | Anna Carin Olofsson | Detail |
| 8 | 10 March 2007 | Oslo Holmenkollen | 10 km Pursuit | Magdalena Neuner | Andrea Henkel | Kati Wilhelm | Kati Wilhelm | Detail |
| 8 | 11 March 2007 | Oslo Holmenkollen | 12.5 km Mass Start | Magdalena Neuner | Kathrin Hitzer | Ekaterina Iourieva | Kati Wilhelm | Detail |
| 9 | 15 March 2007 | Khanty-Mansiysk | 7.5 km Sprint | Magdalena Neuner | Andrea Henkel | Anna Carin Olofsson | Kati Wilhelm | Detail |
| 9 | 17 March 2007 | Khanty-Mansiysk | 10 km Pursuit | Magdalena Neuner | Anna Carin Olofsson | Andrea Henkel | Anna Carin Olofsson | Detail |
| 9 | 18 March 2007 | Khanty-Mansiysk | 12.5 km Mass Start | Helena Jonsson | Oksana Khvostenko | Kathrin Hitzer | Andrea Henkel | Detail |

### Men's team

| Event | Date | Place | Discipline | Winner | Second | Third |
| 2 | 10 December 2006 | Hochfilzen | 4x7.5 km Relay | Russia Ivan Tcherezov Dmitry Yaroshenko Maxim Tchoudov Sergei Rozhkov | Germany Michael Rösch Alexander Wolf Sven Fischer Andreas Birnbacher | France Julien Robert Vincent Defrasne Ferréol Cannard Raphael Poiree |
| 3 | 17 December 2006 | Hochfilzen | 4x7.5 km Relay | Norway Emil Hegle Svendsen Frode Andresen Lars Berger Halvard Hanevold | Russia Ivan Tcherezov Maxim Tchoudov Dmitry Yaroshenko Nikolay Kruglov | Germany Ricco Gross Michael Rösch Sven Fischer Michael Greis |
| 4 | 4 January 2007 | Oberhof | 4x7.5 km Relay | Russia Ivan Tcherezov Maxim Tchoudov Dmitry Yaroshenko Nikolay Kruglov | Germany Michael Rösch Sven Fischer Andreas Birnbacher Michael Greis | Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen Lars Berger Emil Hegle Svendsen Halvard Hanevold |
| 5 | 11 January 2007 | Ruhpolding | 4x7.5 km Relay | Norway Emil Hegle Svendsen Halvard Hanevold Frode Andresen Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Russia Ivan Tcherezov Maxim Tchoudov Dmitry Yaroshenko Nikolay Kruglov | Germany Ricco Gross Michael Rösch Andreas Birnbacher Alexander Wolf |
| WC | 10 February 2007 | Antholz-Anterselva | 4x7.5 km Relay | Russia Ivan Tcherezov Maxim Tchoudov Dmitry Yaroshenko Nikolay Kruglov | Norway Halvard Hanevold Lars Berger Frode Andresen Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Germany Ricco Gross Michael Rösch Sven Fischer Michael Greis |

### Women's team

| Event | Date | Place | Discipline | Winner | Second | Third |
| 2 | 10 December 2006 | Hochfilzen | 4x6 km Relay | Russia Anna Bogaliy-Titovets Olga Anisimova Irina Malgina Natalia Guseva | Germany Martina Glagow Andrea Henkel Magdalena Neuner Kati Wilhelm | Norway Tora Berger Ann Kristin Flatland Jori Morkve Linda Grubben |
| 3 | 17 December 2006 | Hochfilzen | 4x6 km Relay | France Florence Baverel-Robert Delphyne Peretto Sylvie Becaert Sandrine Bailly | Russia Anna Bogaliy-Titovets Tatiana Moiseeva Anna Boulygina Natalia Guseva | China Kong Yingchao Dong Xue Yin Qiao Liu Xianying |
| 4 | 3 January 2007 | Oberhof | 4x6 km Relay | France Florence Baverel-Robert Delphyne Peretto Sylvie Becaert Sandrine Bailly | Germany Martina Glagow Andrea Henkel Kathrin Hitzer Kati Wilhelm | China Kong Yingchao Dong Xue Yin Qiao Liu Xianying |
| 5 | 10 January 2007 | Ruhpolding | 4x6 km Relay | Russia Anna Bogaliy-Titovets Olga Anisimova Irina Malgina Natalia Guseva | Germany Kathrin Hitzer Magdalena Neuner Simone Denkinger Kati Wilhelm | France Florence Baverel-Robert Delphyne Peretto Sylvie Becaert Sandrine Bailly |
| WC | 11 February 2007 | Antholz-Anterselva | 4x6 km Relay | Germany Martina Glagow Andrea Henkel Magdalena Neuner Kati Wilhelm | France Florence Baverel-Robert Delphyne Peretto Sylvie Becaert Sandrine Bailly | Norway Tora Berger Ann Kristin Flatland Jori Morkve Linda Grubben |

## Standings: Men
### Overall

| Pos. | | Points |
| 1. | Michael Greis | 794 |
| 2. | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | 736 |
| 3. | Raphaël Poirée | 709 |
| 4. | Ivan Tcherezov | 673 |
| 5. | Dmitry Yaroshenko | 619 |
* Final standings after 27 races.

## Standings: Women
### Overall

| Pos. | | Points |
| 1. | Andrea Henkel | 870 |
| 2. | Kati Wilhelm | 863 |
| 3. | Anna Carin Olofsson | 860 |
| 4. | Magdalena Neuner | 720 |
| 5. | Florence Baverel-Robert | 671 |
* Final standings after 27 races.

## Post-season brief on participants

First World Cup career victory:
* Magdalena Gwizdoń (POL), 27, in her 9th season — the WC 1 Sprint in Östersund; first podium was 2004-05 WC 2 IN in Holmenkollen
* Helena Jonsson (SWE), 22, in her 2nd season — the WC 9 Mass start in Khanty-Mansyisk; also her first individual podium
* Oksana Khvostenko (UKR), 29, in her 11th season — the WC 6 Mass start in Pokljuka; first podium was 1998-99 WC 8 MS in Holmenkollen
* Irina Malgina (RUS), 33, in her 5th season — the WC 1 Individual in Östersund; also her first individual podium
* Magdalena Neuner (GER), 19, in her 2nd season — the WC 4 Sprint in Oberhof; also her first individual podium
* Maxim Tchoudov (RUS) 24, in his 3rd season — the WC 9 Pursuit in Khanty-Mansyisk; first podium was 2005-06 WC 3 IN in Brezno-Osrblie
* Ivan Tcherezov (RUS), 26, in his 4th season — the WC 9 Mass start in Khanty-Mansyisk; first podium was 2004-05 WC 3 MS in Östersund
First podium placement:
* Liv Kjersti Eikeland (NOR), 27, in her 5th season — no. 2 in the WC 1 Individual in Östersund
* Simon Fourcade (FRA), 22, in his 3rd season — no. 2 in the WC 7 Individual in Lahti
* Hans Martin Gjedrem (NOR), 26, in his 2nd season — no. 3 in the WC 7 Sprint in Lahti
* Kathrin Hitzer (GER), 20, in her 1st season — no. 3 in the WC 7 Pursuit in Lahti
* Dmitri Yaroshenko (RUS), 30, in his 6th season — no. 2 in the WC 1 Sprint in Östersund
* Zina Kocher (CAN), 23, in her 4th season — no. 3 in the WC 1 Individual in Östersund
* Andrei Makoveev (RUS), 23, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 9 Sprint in Khanty-Mansyisk
* Tatiana Moiseeva (RUS), 25, in her 2nd season — no. 2 in the WC 6 Sprint in Pokljuka
* Alexander Os (NOR), 27, in his 3rd season — no. 2 in the WC 7 Sprint in Lahti
* Matthias Simmen (SUI), 34, in his 5th season — no. 3 in the WC 2 Sprint; Switzerland's first podium placement
* Michal Šlesingr (CZE), 24, in his 5th season — no. 2 in the BWCH Sprint in Antholz
* Natalya Sokolova (BLR), 33, in her 6th season — no. 3 in the WC 6 Pursuit in Pokljuka
* Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR), 21, in his 2nd season — no. 3 in the WC 5 Sprint in Ruhpolding

## Retirements

Following notable biathletes retired during or after the 2006–07 season:
* Ricco Gross (GER)
* Sven Fischer (GER)
* Wilfried Pallhuber (ITA)
* Egil Gjelland (NOR)
* Sergei Rozhkov (RUS)
* Sergei Tchepikov (RUS)
* Irina Nikulchina (BUL)
* Christelle Gros (FRA)
* Florence Baverel-Robert (FRA)
* Katrin Apel (GER)
* Linda Grubben (NOR)
* Irina Malgina (RUS)
* Sona Mihokova (SVK)
* Nina Lemesh (UKR)
* Olena Petrova (UKR)

## Footnotes and references

* ↑ "World Cup Schedule". Archived from the original on 2008-12-18. Retrieved 2018-01-15.
* ↑ Time to say goodbye... (in German), Biathlon-Online, 19 March 2007 (updated 21 March 2007)
* ↑ Review of the 2006/2007 World Cup Season – Part VIII Archived 2007-04-03 at the Wayback Machine, biathlonworld.com, by Tom Klein, Jürgen Palme (eds.), ZDF-digital productions, 26 March 2007