1977–78 Biathlon World Cup

The 1977–78 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 13 January 1978 in Ruhpolding, West Germany, and ended in April 1978 in Sodankylä, Finland. It was the first ever season of the Biathlon World Cup, and it was only held for men.

Frank Ullrich and Klaus Siebert at the East German Championships in 1978

Calendar

Below is the World Cup calendar for the 1977–78 season.[1][2][3]

City Date Individual Sprint Relay
West Germany Ruhpolding 13–15 January ● ● ●
Italy Antholz-Anterselva 21–25 February ● ● ●
Austria Hochfilzen 2–5 March ● ● ●
Soviet Union Murmansk 24–29 March ● ● ●
Finland Sodankylä 1–? April ● ● ●
Total 5 5 5

*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
13 January 20 km individual[1][2][3][4] 1.  Klaus Siebert (GDR) 1:09:42 (1) 4.  Yvon Mougel (FRA); 5.  Svein Engen (NOR); 6.  Miroslav Soviš (TCH); 7.  Andrzej Rapacz (POL); 8.  Odd Pedersen (NOR); 9.  Gerd Winkler (FRG); 10.  Nikolay Kruglov (URS);
2.  Eberhard Rösch (GDR) +1:23 (3)
3.  Andreas Schweiger (FRG) +1:47 (0)
14 January 10 km sprint[1][2][3][5] 1.  Sigleif Johansen (NOR) 35:38.5 (1) 4.  Erkki Antila (FIN); 5.  Heikki Ikola (FIN); 6.  Klaus Siebert (GDR); 7.  Luigi Weiss (ITA); 8.  Terje Krokstad (NOR); 9.  Odd Lirhus (NOR); 10.  Aleksandr Elisarov (URS);
2.  Eberhard Rösch (GDR) +0:15.4 (2)
3.  Frank Ullrich (GDR) +0:24.5 (2)
15 January 4 × 7.5 km relay[2][5] 1.  East Germany 1:58:26.6 (1)
Manfred Beer 30:04.4 (0)
Klaus Siebert 29:11.9 (0)
Frank Ullrich 29:17.7 (0)
Eberhard Rösch 29:52.6 (1)
4.  West Germany 2:02:11.3 (Schweiger, Estner, Kanamüller, Winkler);
5.  Italy 2:03:16.2;
6.  Soviet Union 2:03:47.6;
7.  France 2:04:01.6;
8.  Czechoslovakia 2:04:09.8;
2.  Norway 1:58:36.9 (4)
Odd Lirhus 29:23.6 (2)
Terje Krokstad 30:47.5 (2)
Svein Engen 29:44.8 (0)
Sigleif Johansen 28:41.0 (0)
3.  Finland 2:01:07.2
Erkki Antila 29:47.5
Juhani Suutarinen 30:41.4
Raimo Seppänen 29:37.1
Heikki Ikola 31:01.2


World Cup 2 in Italy Antholz-Anterselva
Date Event Podium Top 10
21 February[5] 20 km individual[1][2][3] 1.  Frank Ullrich (GDR) 4.  Willy Bertin (ITA); 5.  Gerd Winkler (FRG); 6.  Vladimir Barnachov (URS); 7.  Vladimir Otchnev (URS); 8.  Heinrich Mehringer (FRG); 9.  Arduino Tiraboschi (ITA); 10.  Manfred Beer (GDR);
2.  Alexander Ushakov (URS)
3.  Nikolay Kruglov (URS)
2? February 10 km sprint[1][2][3] 1.  Klaus Siebert (GDR) 4.  Alexander Tikhonov (URS); 5.  Alexander Ushakov (URS); 6.  Nikolay Kruglov (URS); 7.  Aleksandr Elisarov (URS); 8.  Frank Ullrich (GDR); 10.  Vladimir Otchnev (URS);
2.  Eberhard Rösch (GDR)
3.  Vladimir Barnachov (URS)
25 February 4 × 7.5 km relay[2] 1.  East Germany ...
2. ...
3. ...


World Championships in Austria Hochfilzen
Date Event Podium Top 10
2 March 20 km individual[1][2][3][6][7] 1.  Odd Lirhus (NOR) 1:05:26.39 (1+0+0+0) 4.  Heikki Ikola (FIN); 5.  Nikolay Kruglov (URS); 6.  Roar Nilsen (NOR); 7.  Klaus Siebert (GDR); 8.  Erkki Antila (FIN); 9.  Antonín Kříž (TCH); 10.  Vladimir Barnachov (URS);
2.  Frank Ullrich (GDR) +0:09.40 (1+1+0+0)
3.  Eberhard Rösch (GDR) +0:37.90 (0+1+0+1)
4 March 10 km sprint[1][2][3][8][9] 1.  Frank Ullrich (GDR) 32:17.44 (0+0) 4.  Vladimir Barnachov (URS); 5.  Sigleif Johansen (NOR); 6.  Odd Lirhus (NOR); 7.  Luigi Weiss (ITA); 8.  Per Andersson (SWE); 9.  Gerd Winkler (FRG); 10.  Heinrich Mehringer (FRG);
2.  Eberhard Rösch (GDR) +0:20.67 (0+0)
3.  Klaus Siebert (GDR) +0:45.43 (0+0)
5 March 4 × 7.5 km relay[9][10] 1.  East Germany 1:37:47.65 (1)
Manfred Beer (0+0)
Klaus Siebert (0+0)
Frank Ullrich (0+0)
Eberhard Rösch (0+1)
4.  Soviet Union 1:41:04.39 (1) (Barnachov (0+1), Ushakov (0+0), Kruglov (0+0), Tikhonov (0+0));
5.  Austria 1:42:39.10 (2) (Weber (0+2), Dockner (0+0), Koll (0+0), Eder (0+0));
6.  Czechoslovakia 1:43:09.60 (1) (Soviš (0+0), Šimůnek (0+0), Kříž (0+0), Pavlíček (1+0));
7.  Finland 1:43:52.61 (3) (Antila (0+1), Halonen (0+0), Mauri Lahtela (0+1), Seppänen (0+1));
8.  Italy 1:44:17.45 (4) (Spiller (0+1), Jordan (0+0), Weiss (0+2), Tiraboschi (1+0));
9.  Sweden 1:44:49.91 (4) (Adolfsson (0+2), Joki (0+0), Lundström (0+0), Andersson (2+0));
10.  France 1:45:00.13 (5) (Arpin (0+0), Mougel (0+0), Poirot (0+3), Geourjon (0+2));
2.  Norway 1:40:28.59 (1)
Odd Lirhus (0+0)
Terje Krokstad (0+1)
Svein Engen (0+0)
Sigleif Johansen (0+0)
3.  West Germany 1:40:35.10 (1)
Heinrich Mehringer (0+0)
Hans Estner (0+1)
Andreas Schweiger (0+0)
Gerd Winkler (0+0)


World Cup 3 in Soviet Union Murmansk
Date Event Podium Top 10
24 March[5] 20 km individual[1][2][3] 1.  Nikolay Kruglov (URS) 4.  Frank Ullrich (GDR); 5.  Alexander Ushakov (URS); 6.  Manfred Beer (GDR); 7.  Roar Nilsen (NOR); 9.  Arduino Tiraboschi (ITA);
2.  Anatoly Alyabyev (URS)
3.  Vladimir Artemiev (URS)
2? March 10 km sprint[1][2][3] 1.  Frank Ullrich (GDR) 4.  Vladimir Barnachov (URS); 5.  Alexander Tikhonov (URS); 6.  Terje Krokstad (NOR); 9.  Klaus Siebert (GDR); 10.  Alexander Ushakov (URS);
2.  Nikolay Kruglov (URS)
3.  Sigleif Johansen (NOR)
29 March 4 × 7.5 km relay[2] 1.  Soviet Union II ...
2.  Soviet Union I
3.  East Germany


World Cup 4 in Finland Sodankylä
Date Event Podium Top 10
1 April 20 km individual[1][2][3][11] 1.  Klaus Siebert (GDR) 1:08:26.4 (2) 4.  Frank Ullrich (GDR); 5.  Alexander Tikhonov (URS); 6.  Aleksandr Elisarov (URS); 7.  Vladimir Barnachov (URS); 8.  Yvon Mougel (FRA); 9.  Sigleif Johansen (NOR); 10.  Alexander Ushakov (URS);
2.  Vladimir Otchnev (URS) +1:24.9 (2)
3.  Svein Engen (NOR) +1:27.2 (0)
2 April 10 km sprint[1][2][3][11] 1.  Vladimir Barnachov (URS) 32:00.2 (0) 4.  Terje Krokstad (NOR); 5.  Erkki Nieminen (FIN); 6.  Keijo Kuntola (FIN); 7.  Aleksandr Elisarov (URS); 8.  Vladimir Otchnev (URS);
2.  Heikki Ikola (FIN) +0:59.3 (1)
3.  Alexander Tikhonov (URS) +1:01.5 (1)
? April 4 × 7.5 km relay[2] 1.  Soviet Union ...
2.  East Germany
3. ...

Results

Overall World Cup[1][2][11]
Rank Name Points
1 East Germany Frank Ullrich 144
2 East Germany Klaus Siebert 137
3 East Germany Eberhard Rösch 133
4 Soviet Union Vladimir Barnachov 125
5 Soviet Union Nikolay Kruglov 119
6 Soviet Union Alexander Ushakov 113
7 Soviet Union Alexander Tikhonov 108
8 Norway Sigleif Johansen 104
9 Soviet Union Vladimir Otchnev 100
10 Soviet Union Aleksandr Elisarov 96
11 Norway Svein Engen 94
12 Italy Luigi Weiss 86
13 West Germany Gerd Winkler 77
14 Norway Terje Krokstad 73
15 Sweden Per Andersson 70
16 Finland Heikki Ikola 67
17 Finland Erkki Antila 63
17 West Germany Heinrich Mehringer 63
19 East Germany Manfred Beer 62
19 Norway Odd Lirhus 62
21 France Yvon Mougel 58
22 Italy Arduino Tiraboschi 57
23 Italy Willy Bertin 55
23 West Germany Andreas Schweiger 55
25 Norway Roar Nilsen 53

Achievements

First World Cup career victory
First World Cup podium
Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 Sportsboken 78-79 [The Sports Book 78-79] (in Norwegian). Oslo: VG. (Norwegian)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 "Wintersport Charts Weltcup World Cup Biathlon 1978". Wintersport Charts. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10 "Statistics Biathlon". Snowalps. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  4. ↑ Terje Heggem (14 January 1978). "Ikke rask nok i langrennsløypa" [Not fast enough on the course]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 13 September 2014. (Norwegian) (subscription required)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "Resultatbørs – Skiskyting" [Results exchange – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 16 January 1978. Retrieved 13 September 2014. (Norwegian) (subscription required)
  6. ↑ "World Championship Biathlon 1978 - Hochfilzen/Hochfilzen (AUT) – Men 20 km Individual". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  7. ↑ Thore-Erik Thoresen (3 March 1978). "Odd Lirhus erobret gullet efter en intens sekundstrid" [Odd Lirhus captured the gold after an intense close contest]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 13 September 2014. (Norwegian) (subscription required)
  8. ↑ "World Championship Biathlon 1978 - Hochfilzen/Hochfilzen (AUT) – Men 10 km Sprint". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Resultatbørs – Skiskyting" [Results exchange – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 6 March 1978. Retrieved 13 September 2014. (Norwegian) (subscription required)
  10. ↑ "World Championship Biathlon 1978 - Hochfilzen/Hochfilzen (AUT) – Men 4 x 7,5 km Relay". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "Resultatbørs – Skiskyting" [Results exchange – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 3 April 1978. Retrieved 13 September 2014. (Norwegian) (subscription required)