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Birkebeineren Ski Stadium

March 09, 2023

Birkebeineren Ski Stadium (Norwegian: Birkebeineren skistadion) is a cross-country skiing and biathlon venue located in Lillehammer, Norway. Situated 3 kilometers (2 mi) from the town center and at 485 meters (1,591 ft) above mean sea level, it has two stadium areas, one for cross-country and one for biathlon. The former has a capacity for 31,000 spectators, and the latter for 13,500. The venue was built for the 1994 Winter Olympics, costing 83.6 million Norwegian krone (NOK). It was subsequently used by the 1994 Winter Paralympics for Paralympic Nordic skiing and Paralympic biathlon. After the games, ownership was transferred to the municipal Lillehammer Olympiapark. The venue has since been used for one Biathlon World Cup, three FIS Cross-Country World Cup and nine FIS Nordic Combined World Cup tournaments, the latter with the ski jumping competition taking place at the nearby Lysgårdsbakkene Ski Jumping Arena. Birkebeineren hosted the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics.

Birkebeineren Ski Stadium
Full nameBirkebeineren skistadion
LocationLillehammer, Norway
Coordinates61°08′03″N 10°30′23″E / 61.134107°N 10.506368°E / 61.134107; 10.506368Coordinates: 61°08′03″N 10°30′23″E / 61.134107°N 10.506368°E / 61.134107; 10.506368
OwnerLillehammer Olympiapark
Capacity31,000 (cross-country)
13,500 (biathlon)
Record attendance100,000
Construction
Broke ground1991; 32 years ago (1991)
OpenedNovember 28, 1992; 30 years ago (1992-11-28)
Tenants
1994 Winter Olympics
1994 Winter Paralympics
FIS Cross-Country World Cup (1993, 2000, 2002, 2013-)
Biathlon World Cup (1993–97)
FIS Nordic Combined World Cup (1998, 2000, 2003, 2005–06, 2009–10, 2013-)
2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Construction

The location of the venue was decided in January 1990, following Lillehammer's successful bid to host the 1994 Winter Olympics. Construction was managed by the Lillehammer Olympic Organizing Committee (LOOC). Architects were 2Ø Arkitekter and the main consultant was Tonning & Lieng.[1] Construction started in early 1991, before planning was completed, and lasted until 1993. The construction work was subcontracted to several companies. Landscaping was completed in 1994. The facilities used concrete and wood as the main materials. The stadium included 3,000-square-meter (32,000 sq ft) of temporary buildings, a 1,620-square-meter (17,400 sq ft) building converted to a riding center after the Olympics, and a 3,200-square-meter (34,000 sq ft) tent. The land around the venue is a swamp, and most of the surface soil had to be removed and replaced with harder earth. The soil was used as fertilizer or fill in other parts of the arena. A creek had to be bypassed with a 220 meters (720 ft) long pipe. The arena is also so flat that a drainage system had to be installed. After the Olympics, four temporary overpasses were removed.[2] Construction of the tracks was done to minimize the impact on the forest.[3]

The venue cost NOK 83.6 million,[1] and was inaugurated on 28 November 1992 with an international biathlon competition.[4] In December 1992, the LOOC stated that they wanted to upgrade the stadium spectator capacity, but that the transport systems would not allow more people.[5] In 1993, the stadium had World Cup tournaments in biathlon and cross-country skiing as a trial before the Olympics. During several events, the computer system controlling the scoreboard and television scores collapsed. President Johan Baumann of the Norwegian Ski Federation criticized the venue and demanded that a new stadium be built. He stated that the stadium had been built to optimize television pictures, and that it had insufficient facilities for the spectators. In particular, he criticized the fact that the spectators were too far away from the skiers and the lack of a television screen and more scoreboards.[6] In May, the LOOC announced that the stadium would be expanded for another 6,000 people before the Olympics.[7] On 7 September, the ownership of the venue was transferred from the LOOC to Lillehammer Municipality via the subsidiary Lillehammer Olympiavekst, which later changed its name to Lillehammer Olympiapark.[8] In October, the forest along the tracks were partially cleared to allow spectators without tickets to watch the events.[9]

Facilities

The arena covers an area of 200 hectares (490 acres),[2] and is 3 kilometers (2 mi) from the town center.[1] For the Olympics, 27 kilometers (17 mi) of cross-country tracks and 9 kilometers (5.6 mi) of biathlon tracks were built. There are two stadiums, one for cross-country skiing and one for biathlon. The former has a spectator capacity for 31,000, while the latter has a capacity for 13,500.[2] In addition, up to 75,000 people watched the events the trackside during the Olympics.[10] Permanent buildings include a 214-square-meter (2,300 sq ft) finishing house for biathlon, a 155-square-meter (1,670 sq ft) finishing house for cross-country, a 355-square-meter (3,820 sq ft) plant room. The cross-country stadium is 200 square meters (2,200 sq ft) long, while the biathlon stadium is 150 square meters (1,600 sq ft) long.[2] The biathlon stadium has 30 shooting stations.[11] The facility has a 1,250 kVA transformer, with an additional transformer used during the Olympics. Critical systems, such as computers and time-keeping equipment, have an uninterruptible power supply.[2]

As a recreational venue, Birkebeineren connects to 450 kilometers (280 mi) of skiing tracks, including a 5 kilometers (3 mi) lighted track which is lit until 22:00 every day during winter, and is open to the public. During the summer, the tracks are available for jogging, running, roller skiing and similar activities. There is a café between the two stadiums, which also have dressing rooms and showers. The biathlon venue can be rented to hold private biathlon competition, with or without skis.[11]

The dominant means of transport during the Olympics was by railway. Spectators heading to Birkebeineren were transported by train to Hovemoen Station on the Dovre Line, and would then be transported by shuttle bus to the stadium. In addition, spectators from certain areas were transported by bus directly to the stadium.[12]

Events

During the 1994 Winter Olympics, the venue hosted ten cross-country skiing events, six biathlon events and two Nordic combined events. Over 203,000 people applied for the 31,000 seats for the relay.[13] During the 1994 Winter Paralympics, the venue hosted the Paralympic Nordic skiing events and Paralympic biathlon.[11]

The FIS Cross-Country World Cup has been hosted three times, in 1993, 2000 and 2002, all in February or March.[14] The FIS Nordic Combined World Cup has been hosted seven times at the stadium, in 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009 and 2010. All tournaments have been held in December, and have seen the ski jumping competition hosted at Lysgårdsbakken, the Olympic ski jumping hill in Lillehammer.[15] Birkebeineren hosted Biathlon World Cup events from 1993 to 1997.[16] The stadium has also since 1992 been used as the goal area for Birkebeinerrennet, an annual ski marathon with thousands of participants.[17] It has also hosted the Norwegian Nordic Ski Championships in 1993.[18] Lillehammer hosted the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics;[19] the cross-country, Nordic combined and biathlon events took place at Birkebeineren.[20]

Results

The following is a list of all Winter Olympics and World Cup events to be held at the stadium. It includes date, sport (cross-country skiing, Nordic combined or biathlon), tournament, distance, and top three athletes (gold, silver and bronze).

Date Sport Tournament Distance Gender Gold Silver Bronze Ref
4 March 1993 Biathlon World Cup 15 km F   Anfisa Reztsova   Nathalie Santer   Myriam Bédard [21]
4 March 1993 Biathlon World Cup 20 km M   Wilfried Pallhuber   Ricco Groß   Andreas Zingerle [22]
6 March 1993 Biathlon World Cup 7.5 km F   Anfisa Reztsova   Svetlana Paramygina   Antje Harvey [23]
6 March 1993 Biathlon World Cup 10 km M   Frank Luck   Sven Fischer   Ludwig Gredler [24]
9 March 1993 Cross-country World Cup 5 km C F   Trude Dybendal Hartz   Lyubov Yegorova   Manuela Di Centa [25]
9 March 1993 Cross-country World Cup 5 km C F   Lyubov Yegorova   Manuela Di Centa   Elena Välbe [26]
8 February 1994 Combined Olympics 15 km M   Fred Børre Lundberg   Takanori Kono   Bjarte Engen Vik [27]
9 February 1994 Combined Olympics 3 × 10 km team M   Japan   Norway   Switzerland [28]
13 February 1994 Cross-country Olympics 15 km F F   Manuela Di Centa   Lyubov Yegorova   Nina Gavrilyuk [29]
14 February 1994 Cross-country Olympics 30 km F M   Thomas Alsgaard   Bjørn Dæhlie   Mika Myllylä [30]
15 February 1994 Cross-country Olympics 5 km C F   Lyubov Yegorova   Manuela Di Centa   Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi [31]
17 February 1994 Cross-country Olympics 15 km M pursuit F   Lyubov Yegorova   Manuela Di Centa   Stefania Belmondo [32]
17 February 1994 Cross-country Olympics 10 km C M   Bjørn Dæhlie   Vladimir Smirnov   Marco Albarello [33]
18 February 1994 Biathlon Olympics 15 km F   Myriam Bédard   Anne Briand   Uschi Disl [34]
19 February 1994 Cross-country Olympics 25 km M pursuit M   Bjørn Dæhlie   Vladimir Smirnov   Silvio Fauner [35]
20 February 1994 Biathlon Olympics 20 km M   Sergei Tarasov   Frank Luck   Sven Fischer [36]
22 February 1994 Cross-country Olympics 4 × 10 km relay M   Italy   Norway   Finland [37]
22 February 1994 Cross-country Olympics 4 × 5 km relay F   Russia   Norway   Italy [38]
23 February 1994 Biathlon Olympics 15 km F   Myriam Bédard   Svetlana Paramygina   Valentina Tserbe-Nessina [39]
23 February 1994 Biathlon Olympics 20 km M   Sergei Tchepikov   Ricco Groß   Sergei Tarasov [40]
24 February 1994 Cross-country Olympics 30 km C F   Manuela Di Centa   Marit Mikkelsplass   Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi [41]
25 February 1994 Biathlon Olympics 4 × 7.5 km relay F   Russia   Germany   France [42]
26 February 1994 Biathlon Olympics 4 × 7.5 km relay M   Germany   Russia   France [43]
27 February 1994 Cross-country Olympics 50 km C M   Vladimir Smirnov   Mika Myllylä   Sture Sivertsen [44]
16 March 1995 Biathlon World Cup 15 km F   Svetlana Paramygina   Nadezhda Talanova   Galina Koukleva [45]
16 March 1995 Biathlon World Cup 20 km M   Vesa Hietalahti   Ludwig Gredler   Peter Sendel [46]
18 March 1995 Biathlon World Cup 7.5 km F   Galina Koukleva   Anne Briand   Emmanuelle Claret [47]
18 March 1995 Biathlon World Cup 10 km M   Viktor Maigourov   Johann Passler   Ole Einar Bjørndalen [48]
30 November 1996 Biathlon World Cup 15 km F   Petra Behle   Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm   Olga Melnik [49]
30 November 1996 Biathlon World Cup 20 km M   Sven Fischer   Sergei Tarasov   Pavel Rostovtsev [50]
1 December 1996 Biathlon World Cup 7.5 km F   Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm   Galina Koukleva   Magdalena Forsberg [51]
1 December 1996 Biathlon World Cup 10 km M   Sven Fischer   Pavel Rostovtsev   René Cattarinussi [52]
6 December 1997 Biathlon World Cup 10 km M   Frank Luck   Ole Einar Bjørndalen   Raphael Poiree [53]
6 December 1997 Biathlon World Cup 7.5 km F   Galina Koukleva   Olga Melnik   Magdalena Forsberg [54]
7 December 1997 Biathlon World Cup 20 km M   Alexei Aidarov   Halvard Hanevold   Pavel Mouslimov [55]
7 December 1997 Biathlon World Cup 15 km F   Galina Koukleva   Magdalena Forsberg   Uschi Disl [56]
27 November 1998 Combined World Cup 15 km M   Bjarte Engen Vik   Ladislav Rygl   Hannu Manninen [57]
29 November 1998 Combined World Cup 7.5 km M   Hannu Manninen   Felix Gottwald   Bjarte Engen Vik [58]
5 February 2000 Cross-country World Cup 5+5 km F   Larissa Lazutina   Olga Danilova   Svetlana Nageykina [59]
5 February 2000 Cross-country World Cup 10+10 km M   Jari Isometsä   Johann Mühlegg   Michail Botvinov [60]
29 December 2000 Combined World Cup 15 km M   Kristian Hammer   Bjarte Engen Vik   Samppa Lajunen [61]
30 December 2000 Combined World Cup 7.5 km M   Bjarte Engen Vik   Samppa Lajunen   Ladislav Rygl [62]
23 March 2002 Cross-country World Cup 58 km C MS F   Anita Moen   Vibeke Skofterud   Manuela Henkel [63]
23 March 2002 Cross-country World Cup 58 km C MS M   Thomas Alsgaard   Anders Aukland   Frode Estil [64]
3 December 2005 Combined World Cup 15 km M   Hannu Manninen   Felix Gottwald   Ronny Ackermann [65]
3 December 2005 Combined World Cup 7.5 km M   Hannu Manninen   Todd Lodwick   Ronny Ackermann [66]
2 December 2006 Combined World Cup 15 km M   Magnus Moan   Sebastian Haseney   Hannu Manninen [67]
3 December 2006 Combined World Cup 7.5 km M   Christoph Bieler   Anssi Koivuranta   Maxime Laheurte [68]
5 December 2009 Combined World Cup 10 km M   Jason Lamy-Chappuis   Petter Tande   Eric Frenzel [69]
6 December 2009 Combined World Cup 10 km M   Tino Edelmann   Anssi Koivuranta   Jason Lamy-Chappuis [70]
4 December 2010 Combined World Cup 10 km M   Mikko Kokslien   Jason Lamy-Chappuis   Felix Gottwald [71]
5 December 2010 Combined World Cup 10 km M   Jason Lamy-Chappuis   Mikko Kokslien   Mario Stecher [72]

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birkebeineren, stadium, norwegian, birkebeineren, skistadion, cross, country, skiing, biathlon, venue, located, lillehammer, norway, situated, kilometers, from, town, center, meters, above, mean, level, stadium, areas, cross, country, biathlon, former, capacit. Birkebeineren Ski Stadium Norwegian Birkebeineren skistadion is a cross country skiing and biathlon venue located in Lillehammer Norway Situated 3 kilometers 2 mi from the town center and at 485 meters 1 591 ft above mean sea level it has two stadium areas one for cross country and one for biathlon The former has a capacity for 31 000 spectators and the latter for 13 500 The venue was built for the 1994 Winter Olympics costing 83 6 million Norwegian krone NOK It was subsequently used by the 1994 Winter Paralympics for Paralympic Nordic skiing and Paralympic biathlon After the games ownership was transferred to the municipal Lillehammer Olympiapark The venue has since been used for one Biathlon World Cup three FIS Cross Country World Cup and nine FIS Nordic Combined World Cup tournaments the latter with the ski jumping competition taking place at the nearby Lysgardsbakkene Ski Jumping Arena Birkebeineren hosted the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics Birkebeineren Ski StadiumFull nameBirkebeineren skistadionLocationLillehammer NorwayCoordinates61 08 03 N 10 30 23 E 61 134107 N 10 506368 E 61 134107 10 506368 Coordinates 61 08 03 N 10 30 23 E 61 134107 N 10 506368 E 61 134107 10 506368OwnerLillehammer OlympiaparkCapacity31 000 cross country 13 500 biathlon Record attendance100 000ConstructionBroke ground1991 32 years ago 1991 OpenedNovember 28 1992 30 years ago 1992 11 28 Tenants1994 Winter Olympics1994 Winter ParalympicsFIS Cross Country World Cup 1993 2000 2002 2013 Biathlon World Cup 1993 97 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup 1998 2000 2003 2005 06 2009 10 2013 2016 Winter Youth Olympics Contents 1 Construction 2 Facilities 3 Events 4 Results 5 ReferencesConstruction EditThe location of the venue was decided in January 1990 following Lillehammer s successful bid to host the 1994 Winter Olympics Construction was managed by the Lillehammer Olympic Organizing Committee LOOC Architects were 2O Arkitekter and the main consultant was Tonning amp Lieng 1 Construction started in early 1991 before planning was completed and lasted until 1993 The construction work was subcontracted to several companies Landscaping was completed in 1994 The facilities used concrete and wood as the main materials The stadium included 3 000 square meter 32 000 sq ft of temporary buildings a 1 620 square meter 17 400 sq ft building converted to a riding center after the Olympics and a 3 200 square meter 34 000 sq ft tent The land around the venue is a swamp and most of the surface soil had to be removed and replaced with harder earth The soil was used as fertilizer or fill in other parts of the arena A creek had to be bypassed with a 220 meters 720 ft long pipe The arena is also so flat that a drainage system had to be installed After the Olympics four temporary overpasses were removed 2 Construction of the tracks was done to minimize the impact on the forest 3 The venue cost NOK 83 6 million 1 and was inaugurated on 28 November 1992 with an international biathlon competition 4 In December 1992 the LOOC stated that they wanted to upgrade the stadium spectator capacity but that the transport systems would not allow more people 5 In 1993 the stadium had World Cup tournaments in biathlon and cross country skiing as a trial before the Olympics During several events the computer system controlling the scoreboard and television scores collapsed President Johan Baumann of the Norwegian Ski Federation criticized the venue and demanded that a new stadium be built He stated that the stadium had been built to optimize television pictures and that it had insufficient facilities for the spectators In particular he criticized the fact that the spectators were too far away from the skiers and the lack of a television screen and more scoreboards 6 In May the LOOC announced that the stadium would be expanded for another 6 000 people before the Olympics 7 On 7 September the ownership of the venue was transferred from the LOOC to Lillehammer Municipality via the subsidiary Lillehammer Olympiavekst which later changed its name to Lillehammer Olympiapark 8 In October the forest along the tracks were partially cleared to allow spectators without tickets to watch the events 9 Facilities EditThe arena covers an area of 200 hectares 490 acres 2 and is 3 kilometers 2 mi from the town center 1 For the Olympics 27 kilometers 17 mi of cross country tracks and 9 kilometers 5 6 mi of biathlon tracks were built There are two stadiums one for cross country skiing and one for biathlon The former has a spectator capacity for 31 000 while the latter has a capacity for 13 500 2 In addition up to 75 000 people watched the events the trackside during the Olympics 10 Permanent buildings include a 214 square meter 2 300 sq ft finishing house for biathlon a 155 square meter 1 670 sq ft finishing house for cross country a 355 square meter 3 820 sq ft plant room The cross country stadium is 200 square meters 2 200 sq ft long while the biathlon stadium is 150 square meters 1 600 sq ft long 2 The biathlon stadium has 30 shooting stations 11 The facility has a 1 250 kVA transformer with an additional transformer used during the Olympics Critical systems such as computers and time keeping equipment have an uninterruptible power supply 2 As a recreational venue Birkebeineren connects to 450 kilometers 280 mi of skiing tracks including a 5 kilometers 3 mi lighted track which is lit until 22 00 every day during winter and is open to the public During the summer the tracks are available for jogging running roller skiing and similar activities There is a cafe between the two stadiums which also have dressing rooms and showers The biathlon venue can be rented to hold private biathlon competition with or without skis 11 The dominant means of transport during the Olympics was by railway Spectators heading to Birkebeineren were transported by train to Hovemoen Station on the Dovre Line and would then be transported by shuttle bus to the stadium In addition spectators from certain areas were transported by bus directly to the stadium 12 Events Edit Kazakh stamp depicting Cross country skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics During the 1994 Winter Olympics the venue hosted ten cross country skiing events six biathlon events and two Nordic combined events Over 203 000 people applied for the 31 000 seats for the relay 13 During the 1994 Winter Paralympics the venue hosted the Paralympic Nordic skiing events and Paralympic biathlon 11 The FIS Cross Country World Cup has been hosted three times in 1993 2000 and 2002 all in February or March 14 The FIS Nordic Combined World Cup has been hosted seven times at the stadium in 1998 2000 2003 2005 2006 2009 and 2010 All tournaments have been held in December and have seen the ski jumping competition hosted at Lysgardsbakken the Olympic ski jumping hill in Lillehammer 15 Birkebeineren hosted Biathlon World Cup events from 1993 to 1997 16 The stadium has also since 1992 been used as the goal area for Birkebeinerrennet an annual ski marathon with thousands of participants 17 It has also hosted the Norwegian Nordic Ski Championships in 1993 18 Lillehammer hosted the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics 19 the cross country Nordic combined and biathlon events took place at Birkebeineren 20 Results EditThe following is a list of all Winter Olympics and World Cup events to be held at the stadium It includes date sport cross country skiing Nordic combined or biathlon tournament distance and top three athletes gold silver and bronze Date Sport Tournament Distance Gender Gold Silver Bronze Ref4 March 1993 Biathlon World Cup 15 km F Anfisa Reztsova Nathalie Santer Myriam Bedard 21 4 March 1993 Biathlon World Cup 20 km M Wilfried Pallhuber Ricco Gross Andreas Zingerle 22 6 March 1993 Biathlon World Cup 7 5 km F Anfisa Reztsova Svetlana Paramygina Antje Harvey 23 6 March 1993 Biathlon World Cup 10 km M Frank Luck Sven Fischer Ludwig Gredler 24 9 March 1993 Cross country World Cup 5 km C F Trude Dybendal Hartz Lyubov Yegorova Manuela Di Centa 25 9 March 1993 Cross country World Cup 5 km C F Lyubov Yegorova Manuela Di Centa Elena Valbe 26 8 February 1994 Combined Olympics 15 km M Fred Borre Lundberg Takanori Kono Bjarte Engen Vik 27 9 February 1994 Combined Olympics 3 10 km team M Japan Norway Switzerland 28 13 February 1994 Cross country Olympics 15 km F F Manuela Di Centa Lyubov Yegorova Nina Gavrilyuk 29 14 February 1994 Cross country Olympics 30 km F M Thomas Alsgaard Bjorn Daehlie Mika Myllyla 30 15 February 1994 Cross country Olympics 5 km C F Lyubov Yegorova Manuela Di Centa Marja Liisa Kirvesniemi 31 17 February 1994 Cross country Olympics 15 km M pursuit F Lyubov Yegorova Manuela Di Centa Stefania Belmondo 32 17 February 1994 Cross country Olympics 10 km C M Bjorn Daehlie Vladimir Smirnov Marco Albarello 33 18 February 1994 Biathlon Olympics 15 km F Myriam Bedard Anne Briand Uschi Disl 34 19 February 1994 Cross country Olympics 25 km M pursuit M Bjorn Daehlie Vladimir Smirnov Silvio Fauner 35 20 February 1994 Biathlon Olympics 20 km M Sergei Tarasov Frank Luck Sven Fischer 36 22 February 1994 Cross country Olympics 4 10 km relay M Italy Norway Finland 37 22 February 1994 Cross country Olympics 4 5 km relay F Russia Norway Italy 38 23 February 1994 Biathlon Olympics 15 km F Myriam Bedard Svetlana Paramygina Valentina Tserbe Nessina 39 23 February 1994 Biathlon Olympics 20 km M Sergei Tchepikov Ricco Gross Sergei Tarasov 40 24 February 1994 Cross country Olympics 30 km C F Manuela Di Centa Marit Mikkelsplass Marja Liisa Kirvesniemi 41 25 February 1994 Biathlon Olympics 4 7 5 km relay F Russia Germany France 42 26 February 1994 Biathlon Olympics 4 7 5 km relay M Germany Russia France 43 27 February 1994 Cross country Olympics 50 km C M Vladimir Smirnov Mika Myllyla Sture Sivertsen 44 16 March 1995 Biathlon World Cup 15 km F Svetlana Paramygina Nadezhda Talanova Galina Koukleva 45 16 March 1995 Biathlon World Cup 20 km M Vesa Hietalahti Ludwig Gredler Peter Sendel 46 18 March 1995 Biathlon World Cup 7 5 km F Galina Koukleva Anne Briand Emmanuelle Claret 47 18 March 1995 Biathlon World Cup 10 km M Viktor Maigourov Johann Passler Ole Einar Bjorndalen 48 30 November 1996 Biathlon World Cup 15 km F Petra Behle Simone Greiner Petter Memm Olga Melnik 49 30 November 1996 Biathlon World Cup 20 km M Sven Fischer Sergei Tarasov Pavel Rostovtsev 50 1 December 1996 Biathlon World Cup 7 5 km F Simone Greiner Petter Memm Galina Koukleva Magdalena Forsberg 51 1 December 1996 Biathlon World Cup 10 km M Sven Fischer Pavel Rostovtsev Rene Cattarinussi 52 6 December 1997 Biathlon World Cup 10 km M Frank Luck Ole Einar Bjorndalen Raphael Poiree 53 6 December 1997 Biathlon World Cup 7 5 km F Galina Koukleva Olga Melnik Magdalena Forsberg 54 7 December 1997 Biathlon World Cup 20 km M Alexei Aidarov Halvard Hanevold Pavel Mouslimov 55 7 December 1997 Biathlon World Cup 15 km F Galina Koukleva Magdalena Forsberg Uschi Disl 56 27 November 1998 Combined World Cup 15 km M Bjarte Engen Vik Ladislav Rygl Hannu Manninen 57 29 November 1998 Combined World Cup 7 5 km M Hannu Manninen Felix Gottwald Bjarte Engen Vik 58 5 February 2000 Cross country World Cup 5 5 km F Larissa Lazutina Olga Danilova Svetlana Nageykina 59 5 February 2000 Cross country World Cup 10 10 km M Jari Isometsa Johann Muhlegg Michail Botvinov 60 29 December 2000 Combined World Cup 15 km M Kristian Hammer Bjarte Engen Vik Samppa Lajunen 61 30 December 2000 Combined World Cup 7 5 km M Bjarte Engen Vik Samppa Lajunen Ladislav Rygl 62 23 March 2002 Cross country World Cup 58 km C MS F Anita Moen Vibeke Skofterud Manuela Henkel 63 23 March 2002 Cross country World Cup 58 km C MS M Thomas Alsgaard Anders Aukland Frode Estil 64 3 December 2005 Combined World Cup 15 km M Hannu Manninen Felix Gottwald Ronny Ackermann 65 3 December 2005 Combined World Cup 7 5 km M Hannu Manninen Todd Lodwick Ronny Ackermann 66 2 December 2006 Combined World Cup 15 km M Magnus Moan Sebastian Haseney Hannu Manninen 67 3 December 2006 Combined World Cup 7 5 km M Christoph Bieler Anssi Koivuranta Maxime Laheurte 68 5 December 2009 Combined World Cup 10 km M Jason Lamy Chappuis Petter Tande Eric Frenzel 69 6 December 2009 Combined World Cup 10 km M Tino Edelmann Anssi Koivuranta Jason Lamy Chappuis 70 4 December 2010 Combined World Cup 10 km M Mikko Kokslien Jason Lamy Chappuis Felix Gottwald 71 5 December 2010 Combined World Cup 10 km M Jason Lamy Chappuis Mikko Kokslien Mario Stecher 72 References Edit a b c LOOC III 31 a b c d e LOOC III 33 LOOC III 36 Birkebeineren skistadion innviet in Norwegian Norwegian News Agency 28 November 1992 Eriksen Arvid Sjem Sturla 18 December 1992 Tor ikke utvide OL stadion Verdens Gang in Norwegian p 31 Stenberg Morten Gimnes Lasse Nakkim Frode 12 March 1993 Nadelos dom over prove O Skandale Verdens Gang in Norwegian p 1 Gravdal Gunn 26 May 1993 LOOC ma justere for 30 millioner Dyrt a forbedre OL Aftenposten Aften in Norwegian p 12 Na eier OL 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