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1979–80 Biathlon World Cup

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1979–80 World Cup
Discipline Men Women
Overall East Germany Frank Ullrich
Competition

The 1979–80 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the UIPMB (Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne et Biathlon). The season started on 18 January 1980 in Ruhpolding, West Germany, and ended on 30 March 1980 in Murmansk, Soviet Union. It was the third season of the Biathlon World Cup, and it was only held for men.

Calendar

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Below is the World Cup calendar for the 1979–80 season.[1][2]

Location Date Individual Sprint Relay
West Germany Ruhpolding 18–20 January
Italy Antholz-Anterselva 24–27 January
United States Lake Placid 16–22 February
Finland Lahti 14–16 March
Sweden Hedenäset 20–23 March
Soviet Union Murmansk 27–30 March
Total 6 6 6

*The relays were technically unofficial races as they did not count towards anything in the World Cup.

World Cup Podium

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Men

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Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib
(After competition)
1 18 January 1980 West Germany Ruhpolding 20 km Individual East Germany Klaus Siebert East Germany Eberhard Rösch East Germany Matthias Jacob East Germany Klaus Siebert
1 19 January 1980 West Germany Ruhpolding 10 km Sprint East Germany Frank Ullrich East Germany Klaus Siebert France Yvon Mougel
2 24 January 1980 Italy Antholz-Anterselva 20 km Individual East Germany Klaus Siebert East Germany Frank Ullrich Austria Alfred Eder
2 26 January 1980 Italy Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Sprint East Germany Frank Ullrich East Germany Mathias Jung East Germany Manfred Beer
3 14 March 1980 Finland Lahti 20 km Individual Soviet Union Vladimir Gavrikov East Germany Mathias Jung Finland Keijo Kuntola East Germany Frank Ullrich
3 15 March 1980 Finland Lahti 10 km Sprint Soviet Union Vladimir Gavrikov East Germany Frank Ullrich East Germany Klaus Siebert
4 20 March 1980 Sweden Hedenäset 20 km Individual East Germany Klaus Siebert East Germany Frank Ullrich East Germany Eberhard Rösch
4 22 March 1980 Sweden Hedenäset 10 km Sprint East Germany Frank Ullrich East Germany Klaus Siebert Soviet Union Vladimir Alikin
5 27 March 1980 Soviet Union Murmansk 20 km Individual East Germany Frank Ullrich Bulgaria Vladimir Velichkov East Germany Eberhard Rösch
5 29 March 1980 Soviet Union Murmansk 10 km Sprint East Germany Eberhard Rösch Soviet Union Vladimir Alikin Bulgaria Vladimir Velichkov

Standings: Men

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Overall

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Pos. Points
1. East Germany Frank Ullrich 148
2. East Germany Klaus Siebert 146
3. East Germany Eberhard Rösch 133
4. Soviet Union Vladimir Gavrikov 129
5. East Germany Mathias Jung 127
  • Final standings after 10 races.

Achievements

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First World Cup career victory
  •  Vladimir Gavrikov (URS), — the WC 3 Individual in Lahti; it also was his first podium
  •  Eberhard Rösch (GDR), 25, in his 3rd season — the WC 5 Sprint in Murmansk; first podium was 1977–78 Individual in Ruhpolding
First World Cup podium
  •  Matthias Jacob (GDR), 19, in his 1st season — no. 3 in the WC 1 Individual in Ruhpolding
  •  Yvon Mougel (FRA), 23, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 1 Sprint in Ruhpolding; it also was the first podium for a French biathlete
  •  Alfred Eder (AUT), 26, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 2 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva
  •  Mathias Jung (GDR), 21, in his 2nd season — no. 2 in the WC 2 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva
  •  Manfred Beer (GDR), 26, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 2 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva
  •  Keijo Kuntola (FIN), 26, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 3 Individual in Lahti
  •  Vladimir Velichkov (BUL), 20, in his 1st season — no. 2 in the WC 5 Individual in Murmansk; it also was the first podium for a Bulgarian biathlete
Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses)

Retirements

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Following notable biathletes retired after the 1979–80 season:

Notes

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1. 1 This team was a regional team from Finland called Suomussalmen Rasti.
2. 2 The Aftenposten source gives the French team a time of 1:59:58.

References

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  1. ^ "Wintersport Charts Weltcup World Cup Biathlon 1980". Wintersport Charts. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Statistiche Biathlon" [Statistics Biathlon]. Neve Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 22 October 2015. (in Italian) (registration required)