{"id":1615,"date":"2021-02-15T20:18:27","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T19:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realbiathlon.com\/blog\/?p=1615"},"modified":"2021-02-16T15:46:38","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T14:46:38","slug":"all-time-biggest-gains-in-world-cup-level-pursuits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realbiathlon.com\/blog\/index.php\/2021\/02\/15\/all-time-biggest-gains-in-world-cup-level-pursuits\/","title":{"rendered":"All-time records for World Cup level pursuits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

At every major championship, there’s always the question of all-time records for pursuit performances. Let’s take a more detailed look at this. Pursuits are held since 1996\u201397 on World Cup level; there have been 185 men’s and 184 women’s pursuits in total. Records for a few of the earliest pursuits (1996\u201397 and 1997\u201398) don’t have bib numbers and\/or time deficits and couldn’t be included here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Men<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Andreas Birnbacher<\/a> holds the record for winning from furthest back (starting in 26th position), while Sven Fischer<\/a> won with the biggest time gap at the start (1:36 min). Tarjei B\u00f8<\/a> once made second place with bib 44, which is a record for both biggest position and biggest time gain for a podium finisher (it’s also the biggest time gain overall, 2:14.4). Julien Robert<\/a> has the record for the biggest improvement overall (50 positions).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Win from furthest back<\/strong> (position)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\n
Rank<\/th>Bib<\/th>Family Name<\/th>Given Name<\/th>Nation<\/th>Year<\/th>Location<\/th>Rank Diff.<\/th>Start Deficit<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
1<\/td>26<\/td>Birnbacher<\/b><\/td>Andreas<\/td>GER
<\/div><\/td>
2011<\/td>Hochfilzen<\/td>-25<\/td>1:09.0<\/td><\/tr>\n
1<\/td>20<\/td>Drachev<\/b><\/td>Vladimir<\/td>BLR
<\/div><\/td>
2003<\/td>Oestersund<\/td>-19<\/td>1:18.0<\/td><\/tr>\n
1<\/td>18<\/td>Samuelsson<\/b><\/td>Sebastian<\/td>SWE
<\/div><\/td>
2020<\/td>Kontiolahti<\/td>-17<\/td>1:10.0<\/td><\/tr>\n
1<\/td>17<\/td>Sumann<\/b><\/td>Christoph<\/td>AUT
<\/div><\/td>
2007<\/td>Pokljuka<\/td>-16<\/td>0:59.0<\/td><\/tr>\n
1<\/td>16<\/td>Bjoerndalen<\/b><\/td>Ole Einar<\/td>NOR
<\/div><\/td>
2006<\/td>Kontiolahti<\/td>-15<\/td>0:48.0<\/td><\/tr>\n
1<\/td>15<\/td>Poiree<\/b><\/td>Raphael<\/td>FRA
<\/div><\/td>
1999<\/td>Ruhpolding<\/td>-14<\/td>0:47.0<\/td><\/tr>\n
1<\/td>13<\/td>Maigourov<\/b><\/td>Viktor<\/td>RUS
<\/div><\/td>
2001<\/td>Oberhof<\/td>-12<\/td>1:32.0<\/td><\/tr>\n
1<\/td>12<\/td>Maigourov<\/b><\/td>Viktor<\/td>RUS
<\/div><\/td>
1997<\/td>Brezno-Osrblie (WCH)<\/td>-11<\/td>0:48.0<\/td><\/tr>\n
1<\/td>11<\/td>Poiree<\/b><\/td>Raphael<\/td>FRA
<\/div><\/td>
1999<\/td>Lake Placid<\/td>-10<\/td>0:52.0<\/td><\/tr>\n
1<\/td>10<\/td>Fischer<\/b><\/td>Sven<\/td>GER
<\/div><\/td>
2004<\/td>Oslo <\/td>-9<\/td>1:36.0<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Win from furthest back<\/strong> (time deficit)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\n
Rank<\/th>Bib<\/th>Family Name<\/th>Given Name<\/th>Nation<\/th>Year<\/th>Location<\/th>Rank Diff.<\/th>Start Deficit<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
1<\/td>10<\/td>Fischer<\/b><\/td>Sven<\/td>GER
<\/div><\/td>
2004<\/td>Oslo <\/td>-9<\/td>1:36.0<\/td><\/tr>\n
1<\/td>13<\/td>Maigourov<\/b><\/td>Viktor<\/td>RUS
<\/div><\/td>
2001<\/td>Oberhof<\/td>-12<\/td>1:32.0<\/td><\/tr>\n
1<\/td>20<\/td>Drachev<\/b><\/td>Vladimir<\/td>BLR
<\/div><\/td>
2003<\/td>Oestersund<\/td>-19<\/td>1:18.0<\/td><\/tr>\n
1<\/td>9<\/td>Boeuf<\/b><\/td>Alexis<\/td>FRA
<\/div><\/td>
2011<\/td>Presque Isle ME<\/td>-8<\/td>1:14.0<\/td><\/tr>\n
1<\/td>8<\/td>Ferry<\/b><\/td>Bjoern<\/td>SWE
<\/div><\/td>
2010<\/td>Whistler<\/td>-7<\/td>1:12.0<\/td><\/tr>\n
1<\/td>18<\/td>Samuelsson<\/b><\/td>Sebastian<\/td>SWE
<\/div><\/td>
2020<\/td>Kontiolahti<\/td>-17<\/td>1:10.0<\/td><\/tr>\n
1<\/td>26<\/td>Birnbacher<\/b><\/td>Andreas<\/td>GER
<\/div><\/td>
2011<\/td>Hochfilzen<\/td>-25<\/td>1:09.0<\/td><\/tr>\n
1<\/td>7<\/td>Bjoerndalen<\/b><\/td>Ole Einar<\/td>NOR
<\/div><\/td>
2003<\/td>Oslo <\/td>-6<\/td>1:07.0<\/td><\/tr>\n
1<\/td>6<\/td>Svendsen<\/b><\/td>Emil Hegle<\/td>NOR
<\/div><\/td>
2011<\/td>Oslo <\/td>-5<\/td>1:04.0<\/td><\/tr>\n
1<\/td>10<\/td>Greis<\/b><\/td>Michael<\/td>GER
<\/div><\/td>
2008<\/td>PyeongChang<\/td>-9<\/td>1:01.0<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Podium from furthest back<\/strong> (position)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\n
Rank<\/th>Bib<\/th>Family Name<\/th>Given Name<\/th>Nation<\/th>Year<\/th>Location<\/th>Rank Diff.<\/th>Start Deficit<\/th>Behind (Finish)<\/th>Time Gain<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
2<\/td>44<\/td>Boe<\/b><\/td>Tarjei<\/td>NOR
<\/div><\/td>
2011<\/td>Oslo<\/td>-42<\/td>2:15.0<\/td>0:00.6<\/td>2:14.4<\/td><\/tr>\n
3<\/td>35<\/td>Fourcade<\/b><\/td>Martin<\/td>FRA
<\/div><\/td>
2011<\/td>Oslo<\/td>-32<\/td>1:57.0<\/td>0:07.3<\/td>1:49.7<\/td><\/tr>\n
3<\/td>29<\/td>Krcmar<\/b><\/td>Michal<\/td>CZE
<\/div><\/td>
2017<\/td>Ruhpolding<\/td>-26<\/td>1:33.0<\/td>0:19.5<\/td>1:13.5<\/td><\/tr>\n
1<\/td>26<\/td>Birnbacher<\/b><\/td>Andreas<\/td>GER
<\/div><\/td>
2011<\/td>Hochfilzen<\/td>-25<\/td>1:09.0<\/td> <\/td>1:09.0<\/td><\/tr>\n
3<\/td>25<\/td>Gross<\/b><\/td>Ricco<\/td>GER
<\/div><\/td>
2001<\/td>Hochfilzen<\/td>-22<\/td>2:38.0<\/td>0:26.3<\/td>2:11.7<\/td><\/tr>\n
2<\/td>23<\/td>Shipulin<\/b><\/td>Anton<\/td>RUS
<\/div><\/td>
2017<\/td>PyeongChang<\/td>-21<\/td>1:30.0<\/td>0:34.5<\/td>0:55.5<\/td><\/tr>\n
3<\/td>23<\/td>Shipulin<\/b><\/td>Anton<\/td>RUS
<\/div><\/td>
2012<\/td>Oestersund<\/td>-20<\/td>1:08.0<\/td>0:03.3<\/td>1:04.7<\/td><\/tr>\n
2<\/td>22<\/td>Fourcade<\/b><\/td>Simon<\/td>FRA
<\/div><\/td>
2013<\/td>Khanty-Mansiysk<\/td>-20<\/td>1:32.0<\/td>0:35.7<\/td>0:56.3<\/td><\/tr>\n
3<\/td>23<\/td>Kruglov<\/b><\/td>Nikolay<\/td>RUS
<\/div><\/td>
2004<\/td>Fort Kent <\/td>-20<\/td>2:20.0<\/td>1:27.4<\/td>0:52.6<\/td><\/tr>\n
1<\/td>20<\/td>Drachev<\/b><\/td>Vladimir<\/td>BLR
<\/div><\/td>
2003<\/td>Oestersund<\/td>-19<\/td>1:18.0<\/td> <\/td>1:18.0<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Podium from furthest back<\/strong> (time deficit)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\n
Rank<\/th>Bib<\/th>Family Name<\/th>Given Name<\/th>Nation<\/th>Year<\/th>Location<\/th>Rank Diff.<\/th>Start Deficit<\/th>Behind (Finish)<\/th>Time Gain<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
2<\/td>44<\/td>Boe<\/b><\/td>Tarjei<\/td>NOR
<\/div><\/td>
2011<\/td>Oslo<\/td>-42<\/td>2:15.0<\/td>0:00.6<\/td>2:14.4<\/td><\/tr>\n
3<\/td>25<\/td>Gross<\/b><\/td>Ricco<\/td>GER
<\/div><\/td>
2001<\/td>Hochfilzen<\/td>-22<\/td>2:38.0<\/td>0:26.3<\/td>2:11.7<\/td><\/tr>\n
3<\/td>35<\/td>Fourcade<\/b><\/td>Martin<\/td>FRA
<\/div><\/td>
2011<\/td>Oslo<\/td>-32<\/td>1:57.0<\/td>0:07.3<\/td>1:49.7<\/td><\/tr>\n
1<\/td>10<\/td>Fischer<\/b><\/td>Sven<\/td>GER
<\/div><\/td>
2004<\/td>Oslo<\/td>-9<\/td>1:36.0<\/td> <\/td>1:36.0<\/td><\/tr>\n
1<\/td>13<\/td>Maigourov<\/b><\/td>Viktor<\/td>RUS
<\/div><\/td>
2001<\/td>Oberhof<\/td>-12<\/td>1:32.0<\/td> <\/td>1:32.0<\/td><\/tr>\n
3<\/td>21<\/td>Puurunen<\/b><\/td>Paavo<\/td>FIN
<\/div><\/td>
2003<\/td>Khanty-Mansiysk (WCH)<\/td>-18<\/td>2:16.0<\/td>0:56.3<\/td>1:19.7<\/td><\/tr>\n
3<\/td>14<\/td>Wolf<\/b><\/td>Alexander<\/td>GER
<\/div><\/td>
2005<\/td>Oberhof<\/td>-11<\/td>1:25.0<\/td>0:06.5<\/td>1:18.5<\/td><\/tr>\n
1<\/td>20<\/td>Drachev<\/b><\/td>Vladimir<\/td>BLR
<\/div><\/td>
2003<\/td>Oestersund<\/td>-19<\/td>1:18.0<\/td> <\/td>1:18.0<\/td><\/tr>\n
3<\/td>16<\/td>Andresen<\/b><\/td>Frode<\/td>NOR
<\/div><\/td>
2000<\/td>Lahti<\/td>-13<\/td>1:37.0<\/td>0:22.8<\/td>1:14.2<\/td><\/tr>\n
1<\/td>9<\/td>Boeuf<\/b><\/td>Alexis<\/td>FRA
<\/div><\/td>
2011<\/td>Presque Isle <\/td>-8<\/td>1:14.0<\/td> <\/td>1:14.0<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Biggest improvement overall<\/strong> (position)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\n
Rank<\/th>Bib<\/th>Family Name<\/th>Given Name<\/th>Nation<\/th>Year<\/th>Location<\/th>Rank Diff.<\/th>Start Deficit<\/th>Behind (Finish)<\/th>Time Gain<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
10<\/td>60<\/td>Robert<\/b><\/td>Julien<\/td>FRA
<\/div><\/td>
2005<\/td>Oestersund<\/td>-50<\/td>1:42.0<\/td>0:57.8<\/td>0:44.2<\/td><\/tr>\n
9<\/td>57<\/td>Pryma<\/b><\/td>Artem<\/td>UKR
<\/div><\/td>
2017<\/td>Oberhof<\/td>-48<\/td>2:28.0<\/td>1:55.3<\/td>0:32.7<\/td><\/tr>\n
11<\/td>58<\/td>Cattarinussi<\/b><\/td>Rene<\/td>ITA
<\/div><\/td>
1999<\/td>Ruhpolding<\/td>-47<\/td>1:52.0<\/td>0:52.7<\/td>0:59.3<\/td><\/tr>\n
9<\/td>56<\/td>Kruglov<\/b><\/td>Nikolay<\/td>RUS
<\/div><\/td>
2006<\/td>Hochfilzen<\/td>-47<\/td>2:34.0<\/td>2:59.7<\/td>-0:25.7<\/td><\/tr>\n
14<\/td>59<\/td>Dostal<\/b><\/td>Roman<\/td>CZE
<\/div><\/td>
2003<\/td>Hochfilzen<\/td>-45<\/td>2:22.0<\/td>2:34.7<\/td>-0:12.7<\/td><\/tr>\n
12<\/td>56<\/td>Rostovtsev<\/b><\/td>Pavel<\/td>RUS
<\/div><\/td>
1996<\/td>Oslo <\/td>-44<\/td>2:17.0<\/td>1:38.6<\/td>0:38.4<\/td><\/tr>\n
17<\/td>60<\/td>\tBailly-Salins<\/b><\/td>Patrice<\/td>FRA
<\/div><\/td>
1996<\/td>Oslo <\/td>-43<\/td>2:25.0<\/td>2:08.8<\/td>0:16.2<\/td><\/tr>\n
14<\/td>57<\/td>Hofer<\/b><\/td>Lukas<\/td>ITA
<\/div><\/td>
2015<\/td>Khanty-Mansiysk<\/td>-43<\/td>2:00.0<\/td>1:48.8<\/td>0:11.2<\/td><\/tr>\n
8<\/td>51<\/td>Tchepikov<\/b><\/td>Sergei<\/td>RUS
<\/div><\/td>
2002<\/td>Oestersund<\/td>-43<\/td>2:07.0<\/td>1:04.5<\/td>1:02.5<\/td><\/tr>\n
10<\/td>52<\/td>Samuelsson<\/b><\/td>Sebastian<\/td>SWE
<\/div><\/td>
2018<\/td>Nove Mesto<\/td>-42<\/td>2:26.0<\/td>1:47.1<\/td>0:38.9<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Biggest improvement overall<\/strong> (time)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\n
Rank<\/th>Bib<\/th>Family Name<\/th>Given Name<\/th>Nation<\/th>Year<\/th>Location<\/th>Rank Diff.<\/th>Start Deficit<\/th>Behind (Finish)<\/th>Time Gain<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
2<\/td>44<\/td>Boe<\/b><\/td>Tarjei<\/td>NOR
<\/div><\/td>
2011<\/td>Oslo <\/td>-42<\/td>2:15.0<\/td>0:00.6<\/td>2:14.4<\/td><\/tr>\n
3<\/td>25<\/td>Gross<\/b><\/td>Ricco<\/td>GER
<\/div><\/td>
2001<\/td>Hochfilzen<\/td>-22<\/td>2:38.0<\/td>0:26.3<\/td>2:11.7<\/td><\/tr>\n
6<\/td>42<\/td>Bjoerndalen<\/b><\/td>Ole Einar<\/td>NOR
<\/div><\/td>
2000<\/td>Lahti<\/td>-36<\/td>2:41.0<\/td>0:33.7<\/td>2:07.3<\/td><\/tr>\n
3<\/td>35<\/td>Fourcade<\/b><\/td>Martin<\/td>FRA
<\/div><\/td>
2011<\/td>Oslo <\/td>-32<\/td>1:57.0<\/td>0:07.3<\/td>1:49.7<\/td><\/tr>\n
25<\/td>58<\/td>Mesotitsch<\/b><\/td>Daniel<\/td>AUT
<\/div><\/td>
2001<\/td>Hochfilzen<\/td>-33<\/td>4:00.0<\/td>2:23.9<\/td>1:36.1<\/td><\/tr>\n
1<\/td>10<\/td>Fischer<\/b><\/td>Sven<\/td>GER
<\/div><\/td>
2004<\/td>Oslo <\/td>-9<\/td>1:36.0<\/td> <\/td>1:36.0<\/td><\/tr>\n
4<\/td>8<\/td>Rostovtsev<\/b><\/td>Pavel<\/td>RUS
<\/div><\/td>
2001<\/td>Hochfilzen<\/td>-4<\/td>1:59.0<\/td>0:27.0<\/td>1:32.0<\/td><\/tr>\n
1<\/td>13<\/td>Maigourov<\/b><\/td>Viktor<\/td>RUS
<\/div><\/td>
2001<\/td>Oberhof<\/td>-12<\/td>1:32.0<\/td> <\/td>1:32.0<\/td><\/tr>\n
11<\/td>43<\/td>Rozhkov<\/b><\/td>Sergei<\/td>RUS
<\/div><\/td>
2004<\/td>Oslo <\/td>-32<\/td>2:30.0<\/td>0:58.6<\/td>1:31.4<\/td><\/tr>\n
9<\/td>48<\/td>Bjoerndalen<\/b><\/td>Ole Einar<\/td>NOR
<\/div><\/td>
2007<\/td>Khanty-Mansiysk<\/td>-39<\/td>2:00.0<\/td>0:29.6<\/td>1:30.4<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The biggest drops of all time: Vladimir Drachev<\/a> (50 positions, Lillehammer 1996) and Jakov Fak<\/a> (45 positions, Hochfilzen 2011).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\n\n\n

Women<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Martina Beck<\/a> won from furthest back on the women’s side (bib 15), Magdalena Forsberg<\/a> once overcame a deficit of 1:46 min (she started in second place in that race however). For podiums finishers, Florence Baverel-Robert<\/a> and Olga Romasko<\/a> hold the records for most positions and most time gained. In terms of overall improvement, Darya Domracheva<\/a> has both records (48 positions, 2:30.9 time gain).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Win from furthest back<\/strong> (position)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\n
Rank<\/th>Bib<\/th>Family Name<\/th>Given Name<\/th>Nation<\/th>Year<\/th>Location<\/th>Rank Diff.<\/th>Start Deficit<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
1<\/td>15<\/td>Beck<\/b><\/td>Martina<\/td>GER
<\/div><\/td>
2000<\/td>Oestersund<\/td>-14<\/td>1:29.0<\/td><\/tr>\n
1<\/td>14<\/td>Berger<\/b><\/td>Tora<\/td>NOR
<\/div><\/td>
2013<\/td>Antholz-Anterselva<\/td>-13<\/td>1:08.0<\/td><\/tr>\n
1<\/td>11<\/td>Simon<\/b><\/td>Julia<\/td>FRA
<\/div><\/td>
2020<\/td>Kontiolahti<\/td>-10<\/td>0:57.0<\/td><\/tr>\n
1<\/td>10<\/td>Beck<\/b><\/td>Martina<\/td>GER
<\/div><\/td>
2003<\/td>Khanty-Mansiysk (WCH)<\/td>-9<\/td>0:58.0<\/td><\/tr>\n
1<\/td>10<\/td>Makarainen<\/b><\/td>Kaisa<\/td>FIN
<\/div><\/td>
2015<\/td>Oestersund<\/td>-9<\/td>0:52.0<\/td><\/tr>\n
1<\/td>10<\/td>Henkel<\/b><\/td>Andrea<\/td>GER
<\/div><\/td>
2009<\/td>Trondheim<\/td>-9<\/td>0:43.0<\/td><\/tr>\n
1<\/td>9<\/td>Domracheva<\/b><\/td>Darya<\/td>BLR
<\/div><\/td>
2014<\/td>Sochi (Olympics)<\/td>-8<\/td>0:32.0<\/td><\/tr>\n
1<\/td>8<\/td>Medvedtseva<\/b><\/td>Olga<\/td>RUS
<\/div><\/td>
2002<\/td>Soldier Hollow (Olympics)<\/td>-7<\/td>1:03.0<\/td><\/tr>\n
1<\/td>8<\/td>Wilhelm<\/b><\/td>Kati<\/td>GER
<\/div><\/td>
2005<\/td>Khanty-Mansiysk<\/td>-7<\/td>1:03.0<\/td><\/tr>\n
1<\/td>8<\/td>Eckhoff<\/b><\/td>Tiril<\/td>NOR
<\/div><\/td>
2020<\/td>Kontiolahti<\/td>-7<\/td>1:01.0<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Win from furthest back<\/strong> (time deficit)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\n
Rank<\/th>Bib<\/th>Family Name<\/th>Given Name<\/th>Nation<\/th>Year<\/th>Location<\/th>Rank Diff.<\/th>Start Deficit<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
1<\/td>2<\/td>Forsberg<\/b><\/td>Magdalena<\/td>SWE
<\/div><\/td>
2001<\/td>Oslo <\/td>-1<\/td>1:46.0<\/td><\/tr>\n
1<\/td>15<\/td>Beck<\/b><\/td>Martina<\/td>GER
<\/div><\/td>
2000<\/td>Oestersund<\/td>-14<\/td>1:29.0<\/td><\/tr>\n
1<\/td>14<\/td>Berger<\/b><\/td>Tora<\/td>NOR
<\/div><\/td>
2013<\/td>Antholz-Anterselva<\/td>-13<\/td>1:08.0<\/td><\/tr>\n
1<\/td>7<\/td>Forsberg<\/b><\/td>Magdalena<\/td>SWE
<\/div><\/td>
2001<\/td>Soldier Hollow<\/td>-6<\/td>1:05.0<\/td><\/tr>\n
1<\/td>8<\/td>Medvedtseva<\/b><\/td>Olga<\/td>RUS
<\/div><\/td>
2002<\/td>Soldier Hollow (Olympics)<\/td>-7<\/td>1:03.0<\/td><\/tr>\n
1<\/td>8<\/td>Wilhelm<\/b><\/td>Kati<\/td>GER
<\/div><\/td>
2005<\/td>Khanty-Mansiysk<\/td>-7<\/td>1:03.0<\/td><\/tr>\n
1<\/td>8<\/td>Eckhoff<\/b><\/td>Tiril<\/td>NOR
<\/div><\/td>
2020<\/td>Kontiolahti<\/td>-7<\/td>1:01.0<\/td><\/tr>\n
1<\/td>10<\/td>Beck<\/b><\/td>Martina<\/td>GER
<\/div><\/td>
2003<\/td>Khanty-Mansiysk (WCH)<\/td>-9<\/td>0:58.0<\/td><\/tr>\n
1<\/td>11<\/td>Simon<\/b><\/td>Julia<\/td>FRA
<\/div><\/td>
2020<\/td>Kontiolahti<\/td>-10<\/td>0:57.0<\/td><\/tr>\n
1<\/td>5<\/td>Ekholm<\/b><\/td>Helena<\/td>SWE
<\/div><\/td>
2009<\/td>PyeongChang (WCH)<\/td>-4<\/td>0:55.0<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Podium from furthest back<\/strong> (position)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\n
Rank<\/th>Bib<\/th>Family Name<\/th>Given Name<\/th>Nation<\/th>Year<\/th>Location<\/th>Rank Diff.<\/th>Start Deficit<\/th>Behind (Finish)<\/th>Time Gain<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
3<\/td>32<\/td>Baverel<\/b><\/td>Florence<\/td>FRA
<\/div><\/td>
2000<\/td>Oslo<\/td>-29<\/td>2:08.0<\/td>0:42.4<\/td>1:25.6<\/td><\/tr>\n
2<\/td>27<\/td>Domracheva<\/b><\/td>Darya<\/td>BLR
<\/div><\/td>
2017<\/td>Hochfilzen (WCH)<\/td>-25<\/td>1:26.0<\/td>0:11.6<\/td>1:14.4<\/td><\/tr>\n
3<\/td>22<\/td>Semerenko<\/b><\/td>Vita<\/td>UKR
<\/div><\/td>
2018<\/td>Oberhof<\/td>-19<\/td>1:38.0<\/td>1:10.2<\/td>0:27.8<\/td><\/tr>\n
3<\/td>22<\/td>Beck<\/b><\/td>Martina<\/td>GER
<\/div><\/td>
2004<\/td>Beitostolen<\/td>-19<\/td>1:00.0<\/td>0:25.5<\/td>0:34.5<\/td><\/tr>\n
2<\/td>21<\/td>Zubrilova<\/b><\/td>Olena<\/td>UKR
<\/div><\/td>
2003<\/td>Oslo<\/td>-19<\/td>1:00.0<\/td>0:03.6<\/td>0:56.4<\/td><\/tr>\n
3<\/td>21<\/td>Solemdal<\/b><\/td>Synnoeve<\/td>NOR
<\/div><\/td>
2014<\/td>Oberhof<\/td>-18<\/td>1:55.0<\/td>1:11.7<\/td>0:43.3<\/td><\/tr>\n
2<\/td>20<\/td>Domracheva<\/b><\/td>Darya<\/td>BLR
<\/div><\/td>
2014<\/td>Kontiolahti<\/td>-18<\/td>1:07.0<\/td>1:00.0<\/td>0:07.0<\/td><\/tr>\n
2<\/td>20<\/td>Wilhelm<\/b><\/td>Kati<\/td>GER
<\/div><\/td>
2005<\/td>Oestersund<\/td>-18<\/td>1:15.0<\/td>0:13.3<\/td>1:01.7<\/td><\/tr>\n
2<\/td>20<\/td>Wierer<\/b><\/td>Dorothea<\/td>ITA
<\/div><\/td>
2015<\/td>Oestersund<\/td>-18<\/td>1:11.0<\/td>0:01.9<\/td>1:09.1<\/td><\/tr>\n
3<\/td>19<\/td>Bailly<\/b><\/td>Sandrine<\/td>FRA
<\/div><\/td>
2004<\/td>Lake Placid <\/td>-16<\/td>1:26.0<\/td>0:51.0<\/td>0:35.0<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Podium from furthest back<\/strong> (time deficit)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\n
Rank<\/th>Bib<\/th>Family Name<\/th>Given Name<\/th>Nation<\/th>Year<\/th>Location<\/th>Rank Diff.<\/th>Start Deficit<\/th>Behind (Finish)<\/th>Time Gain<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
3<\/td>13<\/td>Romasko<\/b><\/td>Olga<\/td>RUS
<\/div><\/td>
1996<\/td>Oslo<\/td>-10<\/td>3:25.0<\/td>1:12.1<\/td>2:12.9<\/td><\/tr>\n
2<\/td>3<\/td>Koukleva<\/b><\/td>Galina<\/td>RUS
<\/div><\/td>
1996<\/td>Oslo<\/td>-1<\/td>2:35.0<\/td>0:34.1<\/td>2:00.9<\/td><\/tr>\n
1<\/td>2<\/td>Forsberg<\/b><\/td>Magdalena<\/td>SWE
<\/div><\/td>
2001<\/td>Oslo<\/td>-1<\/td>1:46.0<\/td> <\/td>1:46.0<\/td><\/tr>\n
3<\/td>7<\/td>Beck<\/b><\/td>Martina<\/td>GER
<\/div><\/td>
2001<\/td>Oslo<\/td>-4<\/td>2:13.0<\/td>0:41.4<\/td>1:31.6<\/td><\/tr>\n
1<\/td>15<\/td>Beck<\/b><\/td>Martina<\/td>GER
<\/div><\/td>
2000<\/td>Oestersund<\/td>-14<\/td>1:29.0<\/td> <\/td>1:29.0<\/td><\/tr>\n
3<\/td>32<\/td>Baverel<\/b><\/td>Florence<\/td>FRA
<\/div><\/td>
2000<\/td>Oslo<\/td>-29<\/td>2:08.0<\/td>0:42.4<\/td>1:25.6<\/td><\/tr>\n
2<\/td>15<\/td>Bailly<\/b><\/td>Sandrine<\/td>FRA
<\/div><\/td>
2005<\/td>Khanty-Mansiysk<\/td>-13<\/td>1:34.0<\/td>0:19.0<\/td>1:15.0<\/td><\/tr>\n
2<\/td>27<\/td>Domracheva<\/b><\/td>Darya<\/td>BLR
<\/div><\/td>
2017<\/td>Hochfilzen (WCH)<\/td>-25<\/td>1:26.0<\/td>0:11.6<\/td>1:14.4<\/td><\/tr>\n
3<\/td>13<\/td>Forsberg<\/b><\/td>Magdalena<\/td>SWE
<\/div><\/td>
1999<\/td>Oberhof<\/td>-10<\/td>1:34.0<\/td>0:23.1<\/td>1:10.9<\/td><\/tr>\n
2<\/td>18<\/td>Grubben<\/b><\/td>Linda<\/td>NOR
<\/div><\/td>
2007<\/td>Antholz-Anterselva (WCH)<\/td>-16<\/td>1:17.0<\/td>0:07.1<\/td>1:09.9<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Biggest improvement overall<\/strong> (position)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\n
Rank<\/th>Bib<\/th>Family Name<\/th>Given Name<\/th>Nation<\/th>Year<\/th>Location<\/th>Rank Diff.<\/th>Start Deficit<\/th>Behind (Finish)<\/th>Time Gain<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
5<\/td>53<\/td>Domracheva<\/b><\/td>Darya<\/td>BLR
<\/div><\/td>
2009<\/td>PyeongChang (WCH)<\/td>-48<\/td>3:10.0<\/td>0:39.1<\/td>2:30.9<\/td><\/tr>\n
5<\/td>52<\/td>Holubcova<\/b><\/td>Katerina<\/td>CZE
<\/div><\/td>
2003<\/td>Hochfilzen<\/td>-47<\/td>2:44.0<\/td>1:06.3<\/td>1:37.7<\/td><\/tr>\n
7<\/td>52<\/td>Brunet<\/b><\/td>Marie Laure<\/td>FRA
<\/div><\/td>
2009<\/td>PyeongChang (WCH)<\/td>-45<\/td>3:09.0<\/td>0:54.9<\/td>2:14.1<\/td><\/tr>\n
14<\/td>57<\/td>Tandrevold<\/b><\/td>Ingrid Landmark<\/td>NOR
<\/div><\/td>
2020<\/td>Antholz-Anterselva (WCH)<\/td>-43<\/td>2:01.0<\/td>1:30.1<\/td>0:30.9<\/td><\/tr>\n
17<\/td>59<\/td>Hoegberg<\/b><\/td>Elisabeth<\/td>SWE
<\/div><\/td>
2015<\/td>Hochfilzen<\/td>-42<\/td>1:55.0<\/td>1:12.2<\/td>0:42.8<\/td><\/tr>\n
18<\/td>59<\/td>Semerenko<\/b><\/td>Valentina<\/td>UKR
<\/div><\/td>
2020<\/td>Ruhpolding<\/td>-41<\/td>2:25.0<\/td>2:03.1<\/td>0:21.9<\/td><\/tr>\n
19<\/td>60<\/td>Tofalvi<\/b><\/td>Eva<\/td>ROU
<\/div><\/td>
2015<\/td>Oestersund<\/td>-41<\/td>2:21.0<\/td>2:19.3<\/td>0:01.7<\/td><\/tr>\n
17<\/td>57<\/td>Liu<\/b><\/td>Xianying<\/td>CHN
<\/div><\/td>
2004<\/td>Oestersund<\/td>-40<\/td>2:24.0<\/td>2:49.0<\/td>-0:25.0<\/td><\/tr>\n
19<\/td>59<\/td>Takahashi<\/b><\/td>Ryoko<\/td>JPN
<\/div><\/td>
2000<\/td>Oberhof<\/td>-40<\/td>3:44.0<\/td>5:04.4<\/td>-1:20.4<\/td><\/tr>\n
6<\/td>45<\/td>Preuss<\/b><\/td>Franziska<\/td>GER
<\/div><\/td>
2019<\/td>Oberhof<\/td>-39<\/td>1:49.0<\/td>0:54.7<\/td>0:54.3<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Biggest improvement overall<\/strong> (time)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\n
Rank<\/th>Bib<\/th>Family Name<\/th>Given Name<\/th>Nation<\/th>Year<\/th>Location<\/th>Rank Diff.<\/th>Start Deficit<\/th>Behind (Finish)<\/th>Time Gain<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
5<\/td>53<\/td>Domracheva<\/b><\/td>Darya<\/td>BLR
<\/div><\/td>
2009<\/td>PyeongChang (WCH)<\/td>-48<\/td>3:10.0<\/td>0:39.1<\/td>2:30.9<\/td><\/tr>\n
7<\/td>52<\/td>Brunet<\/b><\/td>Marie Laure<\/td>FRA
<\/div><\/td>
2009<\/td>PyeongChang (WCH)<\/td>-45<\/td>3:09.0<\/td>0:54.9<\/td>2:14.1<\/td><\/tr>\n
3<\/td>13<\/td>Romasko<\/b><\/td>Olga<\/td>RUS
<\/div><\/td>
1996<\/td>Oslo <\/td>-10<\/td>3:25.0<\/td>1:12.1<\/td>2:12.9<\/td><\/tr>\n
2<\/td>3<\/td>Koukleva<\/b><\/td>Galina<\/td>RUS
<\/div><\/td>
1996<\/td>Oslo <\/td>-1<\/td>2:35.0<\/td>0:34.1<\/td>2:00.9<\/td><\/tr>\n
11<\/td>25<\/td>Briand<\/b><\/td>Anne<\/td>FRA
<\/div><\/td>
1996<\/td>Oslo <\/td>-14<\/td>3:55.0<\/td>2:03.5<\/td>1:51.5<\/td><\/tr>\n
1<\/td>2<\/td>Forsberg<\/b><\/td>Magdalena<\/td>SWE
<\/div><\/td>
2001<\/td>Oslo <\/td>-1<\/td>1:46.0<\/td> <\/td>1:46.0<\/td><\/tr>\n
5<\/td>52<\/td>Holubcova<\/b><\/td>Katerina<\/td>CZE
<\/div><\/td>
2003<\/td>Hochfilzen<\/td>-47<\/td>2:44.0<\/td>1:06.3<\/td>1:37.7<\/td><\/tr>\n
6<\/td>10<\/td>Talanova<\/b><\/td>Nadejda<\/td>RUS
<\/div><\/td>
1996<\/td>Oslo <\/td>-4<\/td>3:10.0<\/td>1:32.9<\/td>1:37.1<\/td><\/tr>\n
9<\/td>12<\/td>Paramyguina<\/b><\/td>Svetlana<\/td>BLR
<\/div><\/td>
1996<\/td>Oslo <\/td>-3<\/td>3:24.0<\/td>1:47.4<\/td>1:36.6<\/td><\/tr>\n
4<\/td>8<\/td>Niogret<\/b><\/td>Corinne<\/td>FRA
<\/div><\/td>
1996<\/td>Oslo <\/td>-4<\/td>2:58.0<\/td>1:22.3<\/td>1:35.7<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The biggest drops of all time: Franziska Hildebrand<\/a> (47 positions, Nove Mesto 2015) and Svetlana Mironova<\/a> (46 positions, Hochfilzen 2017).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At every major championship, there’s the question of all-time records for pursuit performances. Let’s take a more detailed look at this. Pursuits are held since 1996\u201397 on World Cup level; there have been 185 men’s and 184 women’s pursuits in total. Records for some the earliest pursuits (1996\u201397 and 1997\u201398) don’t have bib numbers and\/or time deficits and couldn’t be including here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1694,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[5],"class_list":["post-1615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-statistical-analysis","tag-pursuit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realbiathlon.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realbiathlon.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realbiathlon.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realbiathlon.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realbiathlon.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1615"}],"version-history":[{"count":72,"href":"https:\/\/www.realbiathlon.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1695,"href":"https:\/\/www.realbiathlon.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1615\/revisions\/1695"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realbiathlon.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realbiathlon.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realbiathlon.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realbiathlon.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}