1980–81 Biathlon World Cup

The 1980–81 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 15 January 1981 in Jáchymov, Czechoslovakia, and ended on 5 April 1981 in Hedenäset, Sweden. It was the fourth season of the Biathlon World Cup, and it was only held for men.

Calendar

Below is the World Cup calendar for the 1980–81 season.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Relay
Jáchymov	15–17 January	●	●	●
Antholz-Anterselva	22–25 January	●	●	●
Ruhpolding	29 January–1 February	●	●	●
Lahti	12–15 February	●	●	●
Hedenäset	2–5 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 Jáchymov
Date	Event	Podium	Top 10
15 January	20 km individual^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]	1. Terje Krokstad (NOR) 1:19:13.3 (5)	...
		2. Viktor Ciunkel (URS) +0:48.4
		3. Jaromír Šimůnek (TCH) +1:09.0
16 January	10 km sprint^[1]^[2]^[3]^[5]	1. Kjell Søbak (NOR) 35:53.2 (3)	4. Vladimir Velichkov (BUL); 5. Terje Krokstad (NOR);
		2. Viktor Avdejev (URS) +0:03.6 (0)
		3. Hans Åhman (SWE) +0:34.6 (0)
17 January	4 × 7.5 km relay^[2]	1. Austria	...
		2. Czechoslovakia
		3. France

World Cup 2 in Antholz-Anterselva
Date	Event	Podium	Top 10
22 January	20 km individual^[1]^[2]^[3]	1. Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR) 1:13.10.9	4. Kjell Søbak (NOR);
		2. Toivo Mäkikyrö (FIN) +0:49.6
		3. Anatoly Alyabyev (URS) +1:11.8
24 January	10 km sprint^[1]^[2]^[3]^[6]	1. Anatoly Alyabyev (URS) 32:56.9 (1)	4. Peter Angerer (FRG); 5. Eberhard Rösch (GDR); 6. Mathias Jung (GDR); 7. Johnny Rognstad (NOR); 8. Kjell Søbak (NOR); 9. Matthias Jacob (GDR); 10. Vladimir Velichkov (BUL);
		2. Pjotr Miloradov (URS) +0:07.3 (0)
		3. Bernd Hellmich (GDR) +0:09.0 (2)
25 January	4 × 7.5 km relay^[2]^[6]	1. East Germany I 1:38:14 (0)	4. Soviet Union II 1:41:12 (0); 5. Norway 1:42:22 (3)
		2. Soviet Union I 1:39:39 (0)
		3. East Germany II 1:40:18 (2)

World Cup 3 in Ruhpolding
Date	Event	Podium	Top 10
28 January	20 km individual^[1]^[2]^[3]^[7]	1. Vladimir Alikin (URS) 1:08:27.4 (1)	4. Mathias Jung (GDR); 5. Vladimir Barnashov (URS); 6. Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR); 7. Erkki Antila (FIN); 8. Terje Krokstad (NOR); 9. Matthias Jacob (GDR); 10. Sergei Tchuravlev (URS);
		2. Frank Ullrich (GDR) +0:42.5 (1)
		3. Anatoly Alyabyev (URS) +2:00.9 (2)
31 January	10 km sprint^[1]^[2]^[3]^[8]	1. Frank Ullrich (GDR) 34:29.8	7. Kjell Søbak (NOR);
		2. Peter Angerer (FRG) +0:17.2
		3. Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR) +0:29.8
1 February	4 × 7.5 km relay^[2]^[8]	1. Soviet Union	...
		2. East Germany
		3. Norway

World Championships in Lahti
Date	Event	Podium	Top 10
12 February	20 km individual^[1]^[2]^[9]	1. Heikki Ikola (FIN) 1:13:07.2 (0+0+0+0)	4. Mathias Jung (GDR); 5. Fritz Fischer (FRG); 6. Anatoly Alyabyev (URS); 7. Matthias Jacob (GDR); 8. Kjell Søbak (NOR); 9. Vladimir Gavrikov (URS); 10. Ronnie Adolfsson (SWE);
		2. Frank Ullrich (GDR) +1:02.4 (0+0+2+0)
		3. Erkki Antila (FIN) +1:43.9 (1+1+1+0)
14 February	10 km sprint^[1]^[2]^[10]	1. Frank Ullrich (GDR) 33:08.5 (0+1)	4. Kjell Søbak (NOR); 5. Matthias Jacob (GDR); 6. Peter Angerer (FRG); 7. Anatoly Alyabyev (URS); 8. Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR); 9. Heikki Ikola (FIN); 10. Vladimir Gavrikov (URS);
		2. Erkki Antila (FIN) +0:01.6 (0+0)
		3. Yvon Mougel (FRA) +0:05.0 (0+0)
15 February	4 × 7.5 km relay^[1]^[11]	1. East Germany 1:42:37.8 (0) Mathias Jung (0+0) Matthias Jacob (0+0) Frank Ullrich (0+0) Eberhard Rösch (0+0)	4. Norway 1:46:37.5 (3) (Kvalfoss (0+0), Lirhus (0+2), Søbak (0+0), Johansen (0+1)); 5. Sweden 1:47:51.9 (0) (Joki (0+0), Fahlén (0+0), Åhman (0+0), Adolfsson (0+0)); 6. Finland 1:47:57.4 (3) (Kuntola (0+0), Piipponen (0+1), Antila (0+2), Ikola (0+0)); 7. Czechoslovakia 1:43:59.2 (1) (Šimůnek (0+1), Skalník (0+0), Hák (0+0), Zelinka (0+0)); 8. France 1:51:22.7 (3) (Mougel (0+1), Favrel (0+2), Geourjon (0+0), Poirot (0+0)); 9. Italy 1:51:37.8 (0) (Zanon (0+0), Darioli (0+0), Midali (0+0), Weiss (0+0)); 10. Austria 1:51:57.1 (1) (Horn (0+0), Weber (0+1), Dockner (0+0), Eder (0+0));
		2. West Germany 1:44:50.0 (0) Franz Bernreiter (0+0) Andreas Schweiger (0+0) Peter Angerer (0+0) Fritz Fischer (0+0)
		3. Soviet Union 1:46:17.9 (1) Vladimir Alikin (0+1) Vladimir Barnashov (0+0) Vladimir Gavrikov (0+0) Anatoly Alyabyev (0+0)

World Cup 4 in Hedenäset
Date	Event	Podium	Top 10
2 April	20 km individual^[1]^[2]^[3]	1. Fritz Fischer (FRG) 1:17:35	4. Kjell Søbak (NOR); 5. Svein Engen (NOR);
		2. Peter Angerer (FRG) +2:54
		3. Franz Bernreiter (FRG) +3:47
4 April	10 km sprint^[1]^[2]^[3]^[12]	1. Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR) 33:10 (1)	4. Eberhard Rösch (GDR); 5. Frank Ullrich (GDR); 6. Terje Krokstad (NOR); 7. Kjell Søbak (NOR); 8. Svein Engen (NOR); 9. Vladimir Velichkov (BUL); 10. Mathias Jung (GDR);
		2. Peter Angerer (FRG) +0:22 (2)
		3. Fritz Fischer (FRG) +0:35 (1)
5 April	4 × 7.5 km relay^[2]	1. West Germany	...
		2. East Germany
		3. Norway

Results

Overall World Cup^[1]^[2]^[12]
Rank	Name	Points
1	Frank Ullrich	140
2	Anatoly Alyabyev	130
3	Kjell Søbak	128
4	Eirik Kvalfoss	120
5	Peter Angerer	117
6	Mathias Jung	114
7	Terje Krokstad	103
7	Matthias Jacob	103
9	Eberhard Rösch	98
10	Erkki Antila	90

Achievements

First World Cup career victory

Terje Krokstad (NOR), 24, in his 4th season — the WC 1 Individual in Jáchymov; first podium was 1978–79 Individual in Jáchymov
Kjell Søbak (NOR), 23, in his 3rd season — the WC 1 Sprint in Jáchymov; first podium was 1978–79 Individual in Sodankylä
Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR), 21, in his 1st season — the WC 2 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva; it also was his first podium
Vladimir Alikin (URS), 23, in his 3rd season — the WC 3 Individual in Ruhpolding; first podium was 1978–79 Individual in Bardufoss
Heikki Ikola (FIN), 33, in his 4th season — the World Championships Individual in Lahti; first podium was 1977–78 Sprint in Sodankylä
Fritz Fischer (FRG), 24, in his 2nd season — the WC 4 Individual in Hedenäset; it also was his first podium

First World Cup podium

Viktor Ciunkel (URS) — no. 2 in the WC 1 Individual in Jáchymov
Jaromír Šimůnek (TCH), 25, in his 4th season — no. 3 in the WC 1 Individual in Jáchymov; it also was the first podium for an Czechoslovakian biathlete
Viktor Avdejev (URS), in his 3rd season — no. 2 in the WC 1 Sprint in Jáchymov
Hans Åhman (SWE), 28, in his 2nd season — no. 3 in the WC 1 Sprint in Jáchymov; it also was the first podium for a Swedishbiathlete
Toivo Mäkikyrö (FIN), 23, in his 1st season — no. 2 in the WC 2 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva
Pjotr Miloradov (URS) — no. 2 in the WC 2 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva
Bernd Hellmich (GDR), 22, in his 1st season — no. 3 in the WC 2 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva
Peter Angerer (FRG), 21, in his 2nd season — no. 2 in the WC 3 Sprint in Ruhpolding
Erkki Antila (FIN), 26, in his 4th season — no. 3 in the World Championships Individual in Lahti
Franz Bernreiter (FRG), 27, in his 2nd season — no. 3 in the WC 4 Individual in Hedenäset

Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses)

Frank Ullrich (GDR), 2 (10) first places
Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR), 2 (2) first places
Anatoly Alyabyev (URS), 1 (2) first places
Terje Krokstad (NOR), 1 (1) first places
Kjell Søbak (NOR), 1 (1) first places
Vladimir Alikin (URS), 1 (1) first places
Heikki Ikola (FIN), 1 (1) first places
Fritz Fischer (FRG), 1 (1) first places

Retirements

Following notable biathletes retired after the 1980–81 season:

Eberhard Rösch (GDR)
Sigleif Johansen (NOR)

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Holm, Knut E. Sportsboken 81-82 [The Sports Book 81-82] (in Norwegian). Stavanger: Dreyer Bok. ISBN 82-7096-110-8. (in Norwegian)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "Wintersport Charts Weltcup World Cup Biathlon 1981". Wintersport Charts. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Statistiche Biathlon" [Statistics Biathlon]. Neve Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 22 October 2015. (in Italian) (registration required)
↑ "Krokstad til topps" [Krokstad at the top]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 16 January 1981. Retrieved 19 October 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
↑ "Søbak vinner" [Søbak wins]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 17 January 1981. Retrieved 19 October 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
1 2 Thore-Erik Thoresen (26 January 1981). "Resultatbørs – Skiskyting" [Results exchange – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 19 October 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
↑ "Men i World Cup ble vi nr. 6" [But in the World Cup we became number 6]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 30 January 1981. Retrieved 19 October 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
1 2 "Kvalfoss treer" [Kvalfoss number three]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 2 February 1981. Retrieved 19 October 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
↑ "World Championship Biathlon 1981 - Lahti/Lahti (FIN) – Men 20 km Individual". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
↑ "World Championship Biathlon 1981 - Lahti/Lahti (FIN) – Men 10 km Sprint". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
↑ "World Championship Biathlon 1981 - Lahti/Lahti (FIN) – Men 4 x 7,5 km Relay". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
1 2 "Resultatbørs – Skiskyting" [Results exchange – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 6 April 1981. Retrieved 19 October 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

1980–81 World Cup seasons in the winter sports
Alpine skiing Biathlon Freestyle skiing Luge Ski jumping

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