1979–80 Biathlon World Cup

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The 1979–80 Biathlon World Cup (BWC) 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

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 Cups

World Cup 1 in West Germany Ruhpolding
Date Event Podium Top 10
18 January 20 km individual[1][2][3] 1.  Klaus Siebert (GDR) 1:06:51 (1) 4.  Arduino Tiraboschi (ITA); 5.  Wolfgang Schütze (GDR); 6.  Adriano Darioli (ITA); ... 10.  Terje Krokstad (NOR);
2.  Eberhard Rösch (GDR) +1:17 (2)
3.  Matthias Jacob (GDR) +1:32 (1)
19 January 10 km sprint[1][2][4] 1.  Frank Ullrich (GDR) 34:52 (3) 4.  Sigleif Johansen (NOR); 5.  Peter Angerer (FRG); 6.  Mathias Jung (GDR); 7.  Franz Bernreiter (FRG); 8.  Odd Lirhus (NOR); 9.  Eberhard Rösch (GDR); 10.  Manfred Beer (GDR);
2.  Klaus Siebert (GDR) +0:09 (2)
3.  Yvon Mougel (FRA) +0:14 (1)
20 January 4 × 7.5 km relay[1][4] 1.  Norway 1:50:03 (1)
Roar Nilsen (0)
Kjell Søbak (0)
Odd Lirhus (1)
Sigleif Johansen (0)
 4.  East Germany/ Czechoslovakia 1:54:29;
5.  West Germany II 1:55:26;
6.  Czechoslovakia 1:56:28;
7.  Austria 1:56:31;
8.  West Germany I 1:57:05;
9.  United Kingdom 1:57:11;
10.  Italy II 1:57:18;
2.  East Germany 1:50:29 (3)
Mathias Jung (0)
Klaus Siebert (2)
Frank Ullrich (2)
Eberhard Rösch (0)
3.  Italy 1:53:32


World Cup 2 in Italy Antholz-Anterselva
Date Event Podium Top 10
24 January 20 km individual[1][2][5] 1.  Klaus Siebert (GDR) 1:08:44 (0) 4.  Angelo Carrara (ITA); 5.  Vladimir Gavrikov (URS);
2.  Frank Ullrich (GDR) +0:32 (2)
3.  Alfred Eder (AUT) +1:55 (1)
26 January 10 km sprint[1][2][6] 1.  Frank Ullrich (GDR) 34:51.77 (2) 4.  Rudolf Horn (AUT); 5.  Klaus Siebert (GDR);
2.  Mathias Jung (GDR) +0:04.50 (0)
3.  Manfred Beer (GDR) +0:08.79 (0)
27 January 4 × 7.5 km relay[1][7] 1.  East Germany 1:49:43.51 (4)
Mathias Jung
Klaus Siebert
Frank Ullrich
Eberhard Rösch
 4.  Poland 1:56:30.8 (4);
2.  Austria 1:50:42.37 (1)
Rudolf Horn
Franz-Josef Weber
Josef Koll
Alfred Eder
3.  Soviet Union 1:52:58.58 (3)


World Cup 3 in Finland Lahti
Date Event Podium Top 10
14 March 20 km individual[1][2][8][9] 1.  Vladimir Gavrikov (URS) 1:16:50.3 (0+1+0+0) 4.  Frank Ullrich (GDR); 5.  Klaus Siebert (GDR); 6.  Eberhard Rösch (GDR); 7.  Gerd Kadner (GDR); 8.  Mauri Lahtela (FIN); 9.  Pertti Värri (FIN); 10.  Anatoly Alyabyev (URS);
2.  Mathias Jung (GDR) +2:26.0 (1+0+0+1)
3.  Keijo Kuntola (FIN) +2:31.6 (1+0+0+0)
15 March 10 km sprint[1][2][10][11] 1.  Vladimir Gavrikov (URS) 36:00.6 (1+0) 4.  Odd Lirhus (NOR); 5.  Gerd Kadner (GDR); 6.  Eberhard Rösch (GDR); 7.  Mathias Jung (GDR); 8.  Kjell Søbak (NOR); 9.  Erkki Antila (FIN); 10.  Andreas Schweiger (FRG);
2.  Frank Ullrich (GDR) +0:43.9 (2+2)
3.  Klaus Siebert (GDR) +0:45.7 (0+1)
16 March 4 × 7.5 km relay[1][10][12] 1.  East Germany 1:53:39.7 (4)
Mathias Jung 28:35.5 (1)
Klaus Siebert 27:36.1 (0)
Frank Ullrich 27:43.9 (1)
Eberhard Rösch 29:44.2 (2)
 4.  Poland 1:56:30.8 (4) (Trebunia 30:24.9 (3), Rapacz 28:44.1 (0), Latawiec 28:07.0 (1), Michniak 29:14.9 (0));
5.  Norway 1:58:03.5 (8) (Nilsen 32:16.3 (5), Krokstad 28:02.8 (1), Lirhus 28:53.7 (1), Søbak 28:50.6 (1));
6.  Finland[α] 1:58:24.4 (3) (Kyllönen 29:59.2 (2), L. Seppänen 30:07.9 (1), Manninen 29:17.6 (0), R. Seppänen 28:59.6 (0));
7.  Sweden 1:59:12.8 (2) (Andersson 29:38.7 (0), Lundström 29:53.2 (0), Adolfsson 30:06.1 (2), Hannu 29:34.8 (0));
8.  Finland 1:59:20.3 (6) (Kuntola 29:46.2 (1), Sutinen 29:03.2 (1), Lahtela 31:13.7 (2), Antila 29:17.2 (2));
9.  France[β] 2:00:05.4 (1) (Sandona 30:01.5 (0), Scioscia 29:35.0 (0), Geourjon 30:42.8 (1), Poirot 29:46.1 (0));
10.  Poland/ Sweden 2:01:05.7 (6) (Männistö 30:11.9 (1), Korpela 29:58.5 (1), Szyda 29:21.0 (1), Simberg 31:34.3 (3));
2.  Soviet Union 1:54:42.1 (2)
Vladimir Alikin 28:21.1 (1)
Anatoly Alyabyev 27.46.0 (0)
Vladimir Gavrikov 29:35.2 (1)
Vladimir Barnashov 28:59.8 (0)
3.  Norway II 1:56:05.3 (0)
Hans Ivar Hattestad 29:22.9 (0)
Sigvart Bjøntegaard 28:31.8 (0)
Svein Engen 28:29.5 (0)
Sigleif Johansen 29:41.0 (0)


World Cup 4 in Sweden Hedenäset
Date Event Podium Top 10
20 March (?) 20 km individual[1][2] 1.  Klaus Siebert (GDR) ...
2.  Frank Ullrich (GDR)
3.  Eberhard Rösch (GDR)
22 March 10 km sprint[1][2][13] 1.  Frank Ullrich (GDR) 30:28 (1) 4.  Anatoly Alyabyev (URS); 5.  Peter Angerer (FRG); 6.  Mathias Jung (GDR); 7.  Franz Bernreiter (FRG); 8.  Odd Lirhus (NOR); 9.  Eberhard Rösch (GDR); 10.  Manfred Beer (GDR);
2.  Klaus Siebert (GDR) +0:24 (1)
3.  Vladimir Alikin (URS) +0:27 (1)
23 March 4 × 7.5 km relay[1][13] 1.  Norway 1:50:03 (1)
Roar Nilsen (0)
Kjell Søbak (0)
Odd Lirhus (1)
Sigleif Johansen (0)
 4.  East Germany/ Czechoslovakia 1:54:29;
5.  West Germany II 1:55:26;
6.  Czechoslovakia 1:56:28;
7.  Austria 1:56:31;
8.  West Germany I 1:57:05;
9.  United Kingdom 1:57:11;
10.  Italy II 1:57:18;
2.  East Germany 1:50:29 (3)
Mathias Jung (0)
Klaus Siebert (2)
Frank Ullrich (2)
Eberhard Rösch (0)
3.  Italy 1:53:32


World Cup 5 in Soviet Union Murmansk
Date Event Podium Top 10
27 March[14] 20 km individual[1][2] 1.  Frank Ullrich (GDR) ...
2.  Vladimir Velichkov (BUL)
3.  Eberhard Rösch (GDR)
29 March[14] 10 km sprint[1][2] 1.  Eberhard Rösch (GDR) ...
2.  Vladimir Alikin (URS)
3.  Vladimir Velichkov (BUL)
30 March[14] 4 × 7.5 km relay[1] 1.  East Germany ...
2.  Soviet Union
3.  Czechoslovakia

Results

Overall World Cup[1]
Rank Name 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
6 Austria Rudolf Horn 83
7 Soviet Union Anatoly Alyabyev 79
8 Norway Terje Krokstad 75
9 East Germany Manfred Beer 73
10 People's Republic of Bulgaria Vladimir Velichkov 70

Achievements

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

Following notable biathletes retired after the 1979–80 season:

Notes

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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