1988–89 Biathlon World Cup

The 1988–89 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 15 December 1988 in Albertville, France, and ended on 19 March 1989 in Steinkjer, Norway. It was the twelfth season of the Biathlon World Cup.

Calendar

Below is the World Cup calendar for the 1988–89 season.[1][2][3][4]

Location Date Individual Sprint Team event Relay
France Albertville 15-18 December ● ● ●
People's Republic of Bulgaria Borovets 19–22 January ● ● ●
West Germany Ruhpolding 26–29 January ● ● ●
Austria Feistritz 7–12 February ● ● ● ●
Finland Hämeenlinna 2–5 March ● ● ●
Sweden Östersund 9–12 March ● ● ●
Norway Steinkjer 16–19 March ● ● ●
Total 6 6 3 3

World Cups: Men

World Cup 1 in France Albertville
Date Event Podium Top 10
15 December 20 km individual[1][2][3][5][6] 1.  Birk Anders (GDR) 1:04:12.4 (1+0+1+1) 4.  Frode Løberg (NOR); 5.  Valeriy Medvedtsev (URS); 6.  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR); 7.  Andreas Zingerle (ITA); 8.  Jan Matouš (TCH); 9.  Frank Luck (GDR); 10.  Egon Leitner (AUT);
2.  Alexandr Popov (URS) +0:28.7 (1+0+0+1)
3.  Frank-Peter Roetsch (GDR) +0:36.6 (1+0+0+1)
17 December 10 km sprint[1][2][3][7][8] 1.  Frank Luck (GDR) 30:06.5 (1+0) 4.  Alexandr Popov (URS); 5.  Valeriy Medvedtsev (URS); 6.  Alois Reiter (FRG) 7.  Frank-Peter Roetsch (GDR); 8.  Harri Eloranta (FIN); 9.  Geir Einang (NOR); 10.  Alfred Eder (AUT);
2.  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR) +0:07.3 (1+1)
3.  Birk Anders (GDR) +0:21.7 (1+2)
18 December 20 km team event[2][9] 1.  East Germany ...
2.  Czechoslovakia
3.  France


World Cup 2 in People's Republic of Bulgaria Borovets
Date Event Podium Top 10
19 January 20 km individual[1][2][3][10][11] 1.  Jan Matouš (TCH) 54:42.5 (0+0+0+0) 4.  Ernst Reiter (FRG); 5.  Martin Rypl (TCH); 6.  Frode Løberg (NOR); 7.  Alfred Eder (AUT); 8.  Tomáš Kos (TCH); 9.  Frank Luck (GDR); 10.  Frank-Peter Roetsch (GDR);
2.  Thierry Gerbier (FRA) +1:37.2 (0+0+0+0)
3.  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR) +1:38.0 (0+1+0+1)
21 January 10 km sprint[1][2][3][12][13] 1.  Birk Anders (GDR) 25:40.8 (0+0) 4.  André Sehmisch (GDR); 5.  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR); 6.  Frode Løberg (NOR) 7.  Franz Schuler (AUT); 8.  Alois Reiter (FRG); 9.  Jan Matouš (TCH); 10.  Lionel Laurent (FRA);
2.  Ernst Reiter (FRG) +0:42.5 (0+0)
3.  Frank-Peter Roetsch (GDR) +0:47.4 (0+2)
22 January 4 × 7.5 km relay[1][2][12] 1.  West Germany 1:21:09 (1)
Ernst Reiter
Alois Reiter
Herbert Fritzenwenger
Fritz Fischer
 4.  Italy 1:22:02.1 (0);
5.  Norway 1:22:02.2 (2);
6.  Austria 1:22:12 (2);
2.  East Germany 1:21:26 (2)
3.  Czechoslovakia 1:21:27 (1)


World Cup 3 in West Germany Ruhpolding
Date Event Podium Top 10
26 January 20 km individual[1][2][3][14][15] 1.  Sergei Bulygin (URS) 54:24.5 (0+1+0+0) 4.  Fritz Fischer (FRG); 5.  Sergei Tchepikov (URS); 6.  Raik Dittrich (GDR); 7.  Franz Wudy (FRG); 8.  Steffen Hoos (GDR); 9.  Alois Reiter (FRG); 10.  Andreas Heymann (GDR);
2.  Alexandr Popov (URS) +0:22.9 (1+0+0+0)
3.  Frank-Peter Roetsch (GDR) +0:53.9 (0+1+0+1)
28 January 10 km sprint[1][2][3][16][17] 1.  Frank-Peter Roetsch (GDR) 26:44.8 (0+0) 4.  Juri Kashkarov (URS); 5.  Fritz Fischer (FRG); 6.  Sergei Tchepikov (URS); 7.  Andreas Heymann (GDR); 8.  Valeriy Medvedtsev (URS); 9.  Ernst Reiter (FRG); 10.  Harri Eloranta (FIN);
2.  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR) +0:13.2 (0+0)
3.  Alexandr Popov (URS) +0:19.5 (0+0)
29 January 4 × 7.5 km relay[1][2][16][18] 1.  East Germany 1:21:11.8
Frank Luck
André Sehmisch
Frank-Peter Roetsch
Birk Anders
4.  Italy 1:24:14.4 (Pallhuber, Kiem, Passler, Zingerle);
5.  Norway 1:25:05.8 (1) (Ulekleiv, D. Bjørndalen, Kvalfoss, Fenne);
6.  Austria 1:25:55.3 (Fersterer, Hofstätter, Schuler, Eder);
7.  Finland 1:26:19.3 (Saarenpaeae, Mäkikyrö, Eloranta, Piipponen);
8.  Bulgaria 1:26:19.5 (Velichkov, Vidinov, Vodenicharov, Slatev);
9.  Sweden 1:27:38.5 (Sjödén, Wiklund, Andersson, Johansson);
10.  France 1:27:49.6 (Blond, Giachino, Gerbier, Dumont);
2.  Soviet Union 1:21:45.0
Dmitry Vasilyev
Sergei Tchepikov
Alexandr Popov
Valeriy Medvedtsev
3.  West Germany 1:23:02.2
Alois Reiter
Franz Wudy
Herbert Fritzenwenger
Fritz Fischer


World Cup 4 in Finland Hämeenlinna
Date Event Podium Top 10
2 March 20 km individual[1][2][3][19][20] 1.  Alexandr Popov (URS) 1:06:02.0 (0+0+0+0) 4.  Andreas Zingerle (ITA); 5.  Gisle Fenne (NOR); 6.  Birk Anders (GDR); 7.  Anatoly Zhdanovich (URS); 8.  Tapio Piipponen (FIN); 9.  Juri Kashkarov (URS); 10.  Alfred Eder (AUT);
2.  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR) +0:20.1 (0+0+0+1)
3.  Sergei Tchepikov (URS) +1:01.3 (0+0+0+1)
4 March 10 km sprint[1][2][3][21][22] 1.  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR) 33:22.7 (0+1) 4.  Johann Passler (ITA); 5.  Anatoly Zhdanovich (URS); 6.  Alfred Eder (AUT); 7.  Andreas Zingerle (ITA); 8.  Sergei Tchepikov (URS); 9.  Gisle Fenne (NOR); 10.  Andreas Heymann (GDR);
2.  Juri Kashkarov (URS) +0:05.7 (0+0)
3.  Valeriy Medvedtsev (URS) +0:06.7 (0+0)
5 March 20 km team event[1][2][21] 1.  Soviet Union 1:12:33 (4)
Juri Kashkarov
Valeriy Medvedtsev
Sergei Tchepikov
Anatoly Zhdanovich
4.  East Germany 1:14:18;
5.  Norway 1:15:32;
6.  Italy 1:16:09;
2.  Sweden 1:13:01 (2)
3.  France 1:13:49 (1)


World Cup 5 in Sweden Östersund
Date Event Podium Top 10
9 March 20 km individual[1][2][3][23][24] 1.  Sergei Tchepikov (URS) 54:06.4 (0+0+0+0) 4.  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR); 5.  Gisle Fenne (NOR); 6.  Thierry Gerbier (FRA); 7.  Francis Mougel (FRA); 8.  Stefan Höck (FRG); 9.  Johann Passler (ITA); 10.  Birk Anders (GDR);
2.  Valeriy Medvedtsev (URS) +0:50.0 (0+0+0+1)
3.  Alexandr Popov (URS) +0:50.1 (0+1+0+0)
11 March 10 km sprint[1][2][3][25][26] 1.  Johann Passler (ITA) 26:26.1 (1+2) 4.  Juri Kashkarov (URS); 5.  Harri Eloranta (FIN); 6.  Geir Einang (NOR); 7.  Mikael Löfgren (SWE); 8.  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR); 9.  Alexandr Popov (URS); 10.  Frode Løberg (NOR);
2.  Lars Wiklund (SWE) +0:03.6 (0+0)
3.  André Sehmisch (GDR) +0:07.3 (0+0)
12 March 4 × 7.5 km relay[1][2][25] 1.  Soviet Union 1:14:57 (0) 4.  Sweden 1:17:14 (1);
5.  Italy 1:17:24 (0);
6.  West Germany 1:17:46 (2);
2.  Norway 1:16:42 (0)
Geir Einang
Frode Løberg
Gisle Fenne
Eirik Kvalfoss
3.  East Germany 1:17:06 (2)
Raik Dittrich
André Sehmisch
Steffen Hoos
Birk Anders


World Cup 6 in Norway Steinkjer
Date Event Podium Top 10
16 March 20 km individual[1][2][3][27][28] 1.  Fritz Fischer (FRG) 53:06 (0+0+0+1) 4.  Anatoly Zhdanovich (URS); 5.  Sergei Tchepikov (URS); 6.  Frode Løberg (NOR); 7.  Gisle Fenne (NOR); 8.  Valeriy Medvedtsev (URS); 9.  Johann Passler (ITA); 10.  Gottlieb Taschler (ITA);
2.  Alexandr Popov (URS) +0:34 (1+0+0+0)
3.  Ernst Reiter (FRG) +1:24 (0+2+0+0)
18 March 10 km sprint[1][2][3][29][30] 1.  Fritz Fischer (FRG) 28:41.0 (0+1) 4.  Xavier Blond (FRA); 5.  Egon Leitner (AUT); 6.  Andreas Zingerle (ITA); 7.  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR); 8.  Gisle Fenne (NOR); 9.  Frode Løberg (NOR); 9.  Valeriy Medvedtsev (URS);
2.  Sergei Tchepikov (URS) +0:32.0 (0+0)
3.  Thierry Gerbier (FRA) +0:51.0 (0+0)
19 March 20 km team event[1][2][29] 1.  Norway 1:00:06
Frode Løberg
Geir Einang
Eirik Kvalfoss
Gisle Fenne
4.  West Germany 1:01:34;
5.  France 1:01:45;
6.  Austria 1:06:34;
2.  Italy 1:00:15
Werner Kiem
Andreas Zingerle
Johann Passler
Gottlieb Taschler
3.  Soviet Union 1:00:55
Juri Kashkarov
Valeriy Medvedtsev
Alexandr Popov
Sergei Tchepikov

Results: Men

Overall World Cup[1][2][29]
Rank Name Points
1 Norway Eirik Kvalfoss 195
2 Soviet Union Alexandr Popov 185
3 Soviet Union Sergei Tchepikov 164
4 East Germany Birk Anders 157
5 Soviet Union Valeriy Medvedtsev 149
6 West Germany Fritz Fischer 144
7 East Germany Frank-Peter Roetsch 137
8 Italy Andreas Zingerle 130
8 Norway Frode Løberg 130
10 Austria Alfred Eder 122
11 East Germany Frank Luck 121
12 Norway Gisle Fenne 120
13 West Germany Ernst Reiter 113
14 Soviet Union Juri Kashkarov 109
15 Italy Johann Passler 108
...
19 Norway Geir Einang 80
...
60 Norway Jon Åge Tyldum 8
...
69 Norway Ivar Michal Ulekleiv 5
Team Cup[1][29]
Rank Name Points
1 Soviet Union Soviet Union 84
2 East Germany East Germany 76
3 Italy Italy 68
4 France France 66
4 Norway Norway 66
6 West Germany West Germany 65
Relay Cup[25]
Rank Name Points
1 East Germany East Germany 86
2 Soviet Union Soviet Union 82
3 West Germany West Germany 74
4 Norway Norway 66
4 Italy Italy 66
Nation Cup[1][2][29]
Rank Name Points
1 East Germany East Germany 5655
2 Soviet Union Soviet Union 5543
3 West Germany West Germany 5328
4 Italy Italy 5254
5 Austria Austria 5063
6 France France 4941
7 Norway Norway 4806
8 Finland Finland 3265
9 Sweden Sweden 2757
10 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 2416

Achievements

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

Retirements

Following notable biathletes retired after the 1988–89 season:

References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 "Wintersport Charts Weltcup World Cup Biathlon 1989". Wintersport Charts. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
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  7. ↑ "Sport i navn og tall – Skiskyting" [Sport in name and numbers – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 19 December 1988. Retrieved 1 February 2015. (Norwegian) (subscription required)
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  9. ↑ "Beste start siden 1984" [Best start since 1984]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 19 December 1988. Retrieved 1 February 2015. (Norwegian) (subscription required)
  10. ↑ "Sport i navn og tall – Skiskyting" [Sport in name and numbers – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 20 January 1989. Retrieved 1 February 2015. (Norwegian) (subscription required)
  11. ↑ "World Cup 2 - Borovetz (BUL) – Men 20 km Individual". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  12. 1 2 "Sport i navn og tall – Skiskyting" [Sport in name and numbers – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 23 January 1989. Retrieved 1 February 2015. (Norwegian) (subscription required)
  13. ↑ "World Cup 2 - Borovetz (BUL) – Men 10 km Sprint". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  14. ↑ "Sport i navn og tall – Skiskyting" [Sport in name and numbers – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 30 January 1989. Retrieved 1 February 2015. (Norwegian) (subscription required)
  15. ↑ "World Cup 3 - Ruhpolding (GER) – Men 20 km Individual". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  16. 1 2 "Sport i navn og tall – Skiskyting" [Sport in name and numbers – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 30 January 1989. Retrieved 1 February 2015. (Norwegian) (subscription required)
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  18. ↑ "World Cup 3 - Ruhpolding (GER) – Men 4 x 7,5 km Relay". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
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  20. ↑ "World Cup 4 - Hameenlinna (FIN) – Men 20 km Individual". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  21. 1 2 "Sport i navn og tall – Skiskyting" [Sport in name and numbers – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 6 March 1989. Retrieved 1 February 2015. (Norwegian) (subscription required)
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  24. ↑ "World Cup 5 - Oestersund (SWE) – Men 20 km Individual". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  25. 1 2 3 "Sport i navn og tall – Skiskyting" [Sport in name and numbers – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 13 March 1989. Retrieved 1 February 2015. (Norwegian) (subscription required)
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  27. ↑ "Sport i navn og tall – Skiskyting" [Sport in name and numbers – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 17 March 1989. Retrieved 1 February 2015. (Norwegian) (subscription required)
  28. ↑ "World Cup 6 - Steinkjer (NOR) – Men 20 km Individual". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  29. 1 2 3 4 5 "Sport i navn og tall – Skiskyting" [Sport in name and numbers – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 20 March 1989. Retrieved 1 February 2015. (Norwegian) (subscription required)
  30. ↑ "World Cup 6 - Steinkjer (NOR) – Men 10 km Sprint". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
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