The 2001–02 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 6 December 2001 in Hochfilzen, Austria, and ended on 24 March 2002 in Holmenkollen, Norway.^[1] It was the 25th season of the Biathlon World Cup.

Quick Facts Discipline, Overall ...

2001–02 World Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Raphaël Poirée	Magdalena Forsberg
Nations Cup	Germany	Germany
Individual	Frank Luck	Magdalena Forsberg
Sprint	Sven Fischer	Magdalena Forsberg
Pursuit	Raphaël Poirée	Magdalena Forsberg
Mass start	Viktor Maigourov	Magdalena Forsberg
Relay	Norway	Germany
Competition
←2000–01 2002–03→

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Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2001–02 season.^[1]

More information Location, Date ...

Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Details
Hochfilzen	6–9 December		●	●		●	details
Pokljuka	12–16 December	●		●		●	details
Brezno-Osrblie	19–22 December	●	●		●		details
Oberhof	9–13 January		●	●	●		details
Ruhpolding	16–20 January		●	●		●	details
Antholz-Anterselva	23–27 January	●		●		●	details
Salt Lake City	9–20 February	●	●	●		●	Winter Olympics
Östersund	9–10 March		●	●			details
Lahti	14–17 March		●	●		●	details
Holmenkollen	21–23 March		●	●	●		details
Total		4	8	9	3	6

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First World Cup career victory

•  Christoph Sumann (AUT), 25, in his 2nd season — the WC 3 Sprint in Brezno-Osrblie; it also was his first podium
•  Katja Holanti (FIN), 27, in her 9th season — the WC 3 Sprint in Brezno-Osrblie; first podium was 2001–02 Individual in Brezno-Osrblie
•  Daniel Mesotitsch (AUT), 25, in his 3rd season — the WC 6 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva; it also was his first podium
•  Olga Pyleva (RUS), 26, in her 3rd season — the Olympic Pursuit in Salt Lake City; first podium was 1999–2000 Sprint in Ruhpolding
•  Katrin Apel (GER), 28, in her 7th season — the WC 8 Sprint in Lahti; first podium was 1995–96 Individual in Pokljuka

First World Cup podium

•  Vincent Defrasne (FRA), 24, in his 4th season — no. 3 in the WC 2 Individual in Pokljuka
•  Katja Holanti (FIN), 27, in her 9th season — no. 3 in the WC 3 Individual in Brezno-Osrblie
•  Alexander Wolf (GER), 23, in his 4th season — no. 2 in the WC 3 Mass Start in Brezno-Osrblie
•  Michael Greis (GER), 25, in his 2nd season — no. 2 in the WC 5 Sprint in Ruhpolding
•  Mikhail Kochkin (RUS), 22, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 6 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva
•  Linda Tjørhom (NOR), 22, in her 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 6 Pursuit in Antholz-Anterselva
•  Katja Beer (GER), 25, in her 7th season — no. 3 in the WC 8 Pursuit in Lahti
•  Olga Nazarova (BLR), 24, in her 3rd season — no. 3 in the World Championships Mass Start in Holmenkollen

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

Following notable biathletes announced their retirement during or after the 2001–02 season:

•  Ivan Masařík (CZE)
•  Ville Raikkonen (FIN)
•  Dmitry Pantov (KAZ)
•  Henrik Forsberg (SWE)
•  Eva Háková (CZE)
•  Katja Holanti (FIN)
•  Delphyne Heymann (FRA)
•  Martina Zellner (GER)
•  Anna Stera (POL)
•  Olga Romasko (RUS)
•  Magdalena Forsberg (SWE)
•  Tetyana Vodopyanova (UKR)