1979–80 Biathlon World Cup

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

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

Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Relay
Ruhpolding	18–20 January	●	●	●
Antholz-Anterselva	24–27 January	●	●	●
Lake Placid	16–22 February	●	●	●
Lahti	14–16 March	●	●	●
Hedenäset	20–23 March	●	●	●
Murmansk	27–30 March	●	●	●
Total		6	6	6

1980 Winter Olympics races were not included in the 1979–80 World Cup scoring system.

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

World Cups

World Cup 1 in 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 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 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 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. East Germany 1:37:50 (2) Mathias Jung Klaus Sibert Frank Ullrich Eberhard Rösch	4. West Germany 1:42:06 (0); 5. Norway 1:42:43 (3) (Roar Nilsen, Hans Ivar Hattestad, Terje Krokstad, Svein Engen); 6. Sweden 1:44:15 (3); 7. Austria 1:44:36; 8. Italy 1:45:53.
		2. Soviet Union 1:37:59 (1) Vladimir Alikin (0) Anatoly Alyabyev Vladimir Barnashov Vladimir Gavrikov (0)
		3. Finland 1:41:37 (2)

World Cup 5 in 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	Frank Ullrich	148
2	Klaus Siebert	146
3	Eberhard Rösch	133
4	Vladimir Gavrikov	129
5	Mathias Jung	127
6	Rudolf Horn	83
7	Anatoly Alyabyev	79
8	Terje Krokstad	75
9	Manfred Beer	73
10	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)

Frank Ullrich (GDR), 4 (8) first places
Klaus Siebert (GDR), 3 (8) first places
Vladimir Gavrikov (URS), 2 (2) first places
Eberhard Rösch (GDR), 1 (1) first places

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

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "Wintersport Charts Weltcup World Cup Biathlon 1980". Wintersport Charts. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Statistiche Biathlon" [Statistics Biathlon]. Neve Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 22 October 2015. (in Italian) (registration required)
↑ "Baksmell for skiskytterne" [Backlash for the biathletes]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 19 January 1980. Retrieved 15 September 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
1 2 "Skiskyting" [Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 21 January 1980. Retrieved 15 September 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
↑ "Dobbelt øst-tysk i Anterselva" [Double East German in Anterselva]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 25 January 1980. Retrieved 18 September 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
↑ "Ulrich vant i Anterselva" [Ulrich won in Anterselva]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 29 January 1980. Retrieved 18 September 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
↑ "DDR-Biathleten in allen Disziplinen erfolgreich" [DDR biathletes successful in all disciplines]. Neues Deutschland (in German). 28 January 1980. Retrieved 22 June 2015. (in Georgian) (subscription required)
↑ "Skiskyting" [Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 15 March 1980. Retrieved 18 September 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
↑ "20 km ampumahiihto miehet 14.3.1980" (PDF) (in Finnish). Retrieved 6 January 2015. (in Finnish)
1 2 "Resultatbørs – Skiskyting" [Results exchange – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 17 March 1980. Retrieved 18 September 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
↑ "10 km ampumahiihto miehet 15.3.1980" (PDF) (in Finnish). Retrieved 6 January 2015. (in Finnish)
↑ "Viesti 4x7,5 km ampumahiihto miehet 16.3.1980" (PDF) (in Finnish). Retrieved 6 January 2015. (in Finnish)
1 2 "Resultatbørs – Skiskyting" [Results exchange – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 24 March 1980. Retrieved 18 September 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
1 2 3 "Skiskyting" [Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 17 November 1979. Retrieved 18 September 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)

Biathlon World Cup seasons

1977–78
1978–79
1979–80
1980–81
1981–82
1982–83
1983–84
1984–85
1985–86
1986–87
1987–88
1988–89
1989–90
1990–91
1991–92
1992–93
1993–94
1994–95
1995–96
1996–97
1997–98
1998–99
1999–2000
2000–01
2001–02
2002–03
2003–04
2004–05
2005–06
2006–07
2007–08
2008–09
2009–10
2010–11
2011–12
2012–13
2013–14
2014–15
2015–16
2016–17
2017–18

1979–80 World Cup seasons in the winter sports
Alpine skiing Biathlon Freestyle skiing Luge Ski jumping

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