1987–88 Biathlon World Cup

The 1987–88 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 17 December 1987 in Hochfilzen, Austria, and ended on 20 March 1988 in Jyväskylä, Finland. It was the eleventh season of the Biathlon World Cup. The women's European Cup changed its name to World Cup.

The first round of the World Cup in Hochfilzen had scheduled individuals, sprints and relays, but the sprints and relays were cancelled due to heavy rainfall destroying the tracks.^[1] The sprint races were later held in Keuruu, with the rest of that World Cup round being held in Jyväskylä.

Calendar

Below is the World Cup calendar for the 1987–88 season.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Relay
Hochfilzen	17 December	●
Antholz-Anterselva	21–24 January	●	●	●
Ruhpolding	28–31 January	●	●	●
Calgary	20–26 February	●	●	●
Chamonix	29 February–6 March	●	●	●
Holmenkollen	10–13 March	●	●	●
Keuruu and Jyväskylä	15–20 March	●	●●	●
Total (each)		6	6	5

1988 Winter Olympics and 1988 World Championship races were not included in the 1987–88 World Cup scoring system.
- The men competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics whilst the women competed at the 1988 World Championships.

World Cups: Men

World Cup 1 in Hochfilzen
Date	Event	Podium	Top 10
17 December	20 km individual^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]	1. Fritz Fischer (FRG) 1:07:36.2 (0+0+0+0)	4. Tapio Piipponen (FIN); 5. Anatoly Zhdanovich (URS); 6. Sergei Antonov (URS); 7. Gisle Fenne (NOR); 8. Matthias Jacob (GDR); 9. Harri Eloranta (FIN); 10. Arto Jääskeläinen (FIN);
		2. Alexandr Popov (URS) +0:06.8 (0+0+0+0)
		3. Johann Passler (ITA) +0:33.1 (0+1+0+1)

World Cup 2 in Antholz-Anterselva
Date	Event	Podium	Top 10
21 January	10 km sprint^[2]^[3]^[4]^[7]^[8]	1. Frank-Peter Roetsch (GDR) 29:21.6 (0+2)	4. André Sehmisch (GDR); 5. Josh Thompson (USA); 6. Johann Passler (ITA); 7. Herbert Fritzenwenger (FRG); 8. Alfred Eder (AUT); 9. Jürgen Wirth (GDR); 10. Birk Anders (GDR);
		2. Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR) +0:19.1 (1+1)
		3. Andreas Zingerle (ITA) +0:26.2 (0+1)
23 January	20 km individual^[2]^[3]^[4]^[9]^[10]	1. Johann Passler (ITA) 1:05:03.3 (1+1+1+1)	4. Maik Dietz (GDR); 5. Frank-Peter Roetsch (GDR); 6. Ernst Reiter (FRG) 7. Tapio Piipponen (FIN); 8. Jan Matouš (TCH); 9. Vladimir Velichkov (BUL); 10. Jürgen Wirth (GDR);
		2. Fritz Fischer (FRG) +0:36.0 (1+0+0+2)
		3. Hervé Flandin (FRA) +0:48.4 (1+1+1+0)
24 January	4 × 7.5 km relay^[2]^[3]^[9]	1. East Germany I 1:26:12 (0)	4. Finland 1:29:05; 5. West Germany II 1:29:06; 6. Czechoslovakia 1:30:25; 7. Norway II 1:30:36; 8. France II 1:31:31;
		2. East Germany II 1:26:42 (4)
		3. Norway I 1:27:27 (1) Geir Einang Frode Løberg Sylfest Glimsdal Eirik Kvalfoss

World Cup 3 in Ruhpolding
Date	Event	Podium	Top 10
28 January	20 km individual^[2]^[3]^[4]^[11]	1. Ernst Reiter (FRG) 56:42.4 (0+0+0+0)	4. Fritz Fischer (FRG); 5. Peter Sjödén (SWE); 6. Jiří Holubec (TCH); 7. Egon Leitner (AUT); 8. Josh Thompson (USA); 9. Franz Wudy (FRG); 10. Stefan Höck (FRG);
		2. Andreas Zingerle (ITA) +1:33.4 (0+0+0+0)
		3. Jan Matouš (TCH) +3:17.0 (1+1+0+1)
30 January	10 km sprint^[2]^[3]^[4]^[12]^[13]	1. Stefan Höck (FRG) 30:22.3 (0+1)	4. Ernst Reiter (FRG); 5. Andreas Zingerle (ITA); 6. Roberto Marchesi (ITA); 7. Franz Wudy (FRG); 8. Alfred Eder (AUT); 9. Werner Kiem (ITA); 10. Jan Matouš (TCH);
		2. Johann Passler (ITA) +0:05.4 (0+2)
		3. Peter Angerer (FRG) +0:22.4 (0+1)
31 January	4 × 7.5 km relay^[2]^[3]^[12]	1. West Germany I 1:39:24.7 (0) Ernst Reiter Stefan Höck Peter Angerer Fritz Fischer	4. West Germany II 1:45:13.6 (1); 5. Finland 1:45:22.3 (1); 6. Bulgaria 1:45:57.5 (1);
		2. Czechoslovakia 1:43:50.8 (0)
		3. United States 1:44:39.8 (0)

World Cup 4 in Holmenkollen
Date	Event	Podium	Top 10
10 March	20 km individual^[2]^[3]^[4]^[14]^[15]	1. Gisle Fenne (NOR) 58:22.8 (0+1+0+1)	4. Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR); 5. Fritz Fischer (FRG); 6. Juri Kashkarov (URS); 7. Francis Mougel (FRA); 8. Wilfried Pallhuber (ITA); 9. Leonid Reztsov (URS); 10. Jan Matouš (TCH);
		2. Sergei Antonov (URS) +0:01.2 (0+0+0+0)
		3. Andreas Zingerle (ITA) +1:43.3 (1+0+0+0)
12 March	10 km sprint^[2]^[3]^[4]^[16]^[17]	1. Frank-Peter Roetsch (GDR) 28:28.1 (0+0)	4. Gisle Fenne (NOR); 5. Jan Matouš (TCH); 6. Sergei Antonov (URS); 7. Frode Løberg (NOR); 8. Fritz Fischer (FRG); 9. Andreas Zingerle (ITA); 10. André Sehmisch (GDR);
		2. Peter Angerer (FRG) +0:36.4 (0+1)
		3. Geir Einang (NOR) +0:39.2 (0+1)
13 March	4 × 7.5 km relay^[2]^[3]^[16]	1. Norway 1:36:03.8 (0) Geir Einang 24:12.9 Gisle Fenne 24:00.7 Frode Løberg 23:46.3 Eirik Kvalfoss 24:04.9	4. Austria 1:39:33; 5. Soviet Union 1:40:31; 6. France 1:41:16;
		2. West Germany 1:37:08.0 (0) Franz Wudy 24:15.6 Stefan Höck 25:13.3 Peter Angerer 24:13.8 Herbert Fritzenwenger 23:25.3
		3. East Germany 1:37:08.1 (1) Frank Luck 23:55.1 Frank-Peter Roetsch 24:28.0 Jürgen Wirth 25:02.2 André Sehmisch 23:42.8

World Cup 5 in Keuruu and Jyväskylä
Date	Event	Podium	Top 10
15 March	10 km sprint^[2]^[3]^[4]^[18]	1. Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR) 24:54.7 (1)	4. Herbert Fritzenwenger (FRG); 5. Andreas Zingerle (ITA); 6. Gisle Fenne (NOR);
		2. Vladimir Drachev (URS) +0:20.2 (1)
		3. Fritz Fischer (FRG) +0:32.8 (0)
17 March	20 km individual^[2]^[3]^[4]^[19]^[20]	1. Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR) 58:02.4 (1+0+0+0)	4. Peter Angerer (FRG); 5. Tapio Piipponen (FIN); 6. Leonid Reztsov (URS); 7. Jiří Holubec (TCH); 8. Herbert Fritzenwenger (FRG); 9. Jan Matouš (TCH); 10. Bjørn Tore Berntsen (NOR);
		2. Sergei Antonov (URS) +0:35.1 (0+0+0+0)
		3. Alfred Eder (AUT) +1:27.2 (0+0+0+1)
19 March	10 km sprint^[2]^[3]^[4]^[21]^[22]	1. Franz Schuler (AUT) 27:28.8 (0+0)	4. Jan Matouš (TCH); 5. Gisle Fenne (NOR); 6. Herbert Fritzenwenger (FRG); 7. Leonid Reztsov (URS); 8. Tapio Piipponen (FIN); 9. Stefan Höck (FRG); 10. Fritz Fischer (FRG);
		2. Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR) +0:23.9 (1+1)
		3. Alfred Eder (AUT) +0:26.0 (0+0)
20 March	4 × 7.5 km relay^[2]^[3]^[21]	1. West Germany 1:32:18 (0) Franz Wudy Stefan Höck Georg Fischer Herbert Fritzenwenger	4. Austria 1:35:09 (10);
		2. Norway 1:33:57 (6) Frode Løberg Gisle Fenne Sylfest Glimsdal Eirik Kvalfoss
		3. Soviet Union 1:34:32 (4)

Results: Men

Overall World Cup^[2]^[3]^[21]^[α]
Rank	Name	Points
1	Fritz Fischer	171
2	Eirik Kvalfoss	167
3	Johann Passler	160
4	Peter Angerer	151
5	Andreas Zingerle	148
6	Jan Matouš	147
7	Tapio Piipponen	146
8	Frank-Peter Roetsch	142
9	Gisle Fenne	125
10	Sergei Antonov	121
11	Herbert Fritzenwenger	115
12	Alfred Eder	114
13	Stefan Höck	111
14	Ernst Reiter	103
15	Franz Wudy	99
16	André Sehmisch	95
17	Josh Thompson	73
18	Franz Schuler	67
19	Leonid Reztsov	64
20	Frode Løberg	63
21	Vladimir Drachev	60
...
34	Geir Einang	39
...
47	Sylfest Glimsdal	23
...
59	Bjørn Tore Berntsen	16

Nation Cup^[3]
Rank	Name	Points
1	West Germany
2	Soviet Union
3	Italy

Achievements

First World Cup career victory

Johann Passler (ITA), 26, in his 7th season — the WC 2 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva; first podium was 1982–83 Individual in Holmenkollen
Ernst Reiter (FRG), 25, in his 5th season — the WC 3 Individual in Ruhpolding; first podium was 1986–87 Individual in Ruhpolding
Stefan Höck (FRG), 24, in his 4th season — the WC 3 Sprint in Ruhpolding; it also was his first podium
Gisle Fenne (NOR), 24, in his 5th season — the WC 4 Individual in Holmenkollen; first podium was 1985–86 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva
Franz Schuler (AUT), 25, in his 6th season — the WC 5 Sprint (2) in Jyväskylä; first podium was 1986–87 Sprint in Obertauern

First World Cup podium

Hervé Flandin (FRA), 22, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 2 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva
Geir Einang (NOR), 23, in his 4th season — no. 3 in the WC 4 Sprint in Holmenkollen
Vladimir Drachev (URS), 22, in his 1st season — no. 2 in the WC 5 Sprint (1) in Jyväskylä

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

Frank-Peter Roetsch (GDR), 2 (9) first places
Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR), 2 (9) first places
Fritz Fischer (FRG), 1 (5) first places
Johann Passler (ITA), 1 (1) first places
Ernst Reiter (FRG), 1 (1) first places
Stefan Höck (FRG), 1 (1) first places
Gisle Fenne (NOR), 1 (1) first places
Franz Schuler (AUT), 1 (1) first places

Retirements

The following notable biathletes retired after the 1987–88 season:

Peter Angerer (FRG)^[23]
Matthias Jacob (GDR)

Notes

1. ¹ The Aftenposten source placed Løberg 17th with 70 points.

References

↑ "Flommer i Tyrol..." [Flooding in Tyrol...]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 19 December 1987. Retrieved 5 January 2015. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Holm, Knut E.; Juva, Geir. Sportsboken 88-89 [The Sports Book 88-89] (in Norwegian). Sportsboken A/S. ISBN 82-90773-01-3. (in Norwegian)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "Wintersport Charts Weltcup World Cup Biathlon 1988". Wintersport Charts. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
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)
↑ "Sport i navn og tall – Skiskyting" [Sport in name and numbers – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 19 December 1987. Retrieved 5 January 2015. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
↑ "World Cup 1 - Hochfilzen (AUT) – Men 20 km Individual". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
↑ "Sport i navn og tall – Skiskyting" [Sport in name and numbers – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 22 January 1988. Retrieved 5 January 2015. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
↑ "World Cup 2 - Antholz-Anterselva (ITA) – Men 10 km Sprint". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
1 2 "Sport i navn og tall – Skiskyting" [Sport in name and numbers – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 25 January 1988. Retrieved 5 January 2015. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
↑ "World Cup 2 - Antholz-Anterselva (ITA) – Men 20 km Individual". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
↑ "World Cup 3 - Ruhpolding (GER) – Men 20 km Individual". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
1 2 "Sport i navn og tall – Skiskyting" [Sport in name and numbers – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 30 January 1988. Retrieved 5 January 2015. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
↑ "World Cup 3 - Ruhpolding (GER) – Men 10 km Sprint". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
↑ "Sport i navn og tall – Skiskyting" [Sport in name and numbers – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 11 March 1988. Retrieved 5 January 2015. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
↑ "World Cup 4 - Oslo Holmenkollen (NOR) – Men 20 km Individual". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
1 2 "Sport i navn og tall – Skiskyting" [Sport in name and numbers – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 14 March 1988. Retrieved 5 January 2015. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
↑ "World Cup 4 - Oslo Holmenkollen (NOR) – Men 10 km Sprint". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
↑ "Sport i navn og tall – Skiskyting" [Sport in name and numbers – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 16 March 1988. Retrieved 5 January 2015. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
↑ "Sport i navn og tall – Skiskyting" [Sport in name and numbers – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 18 March 1988. Retrieved 5 January 2015. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
↑ "World Cup 5 - Jyväskylä (FIN) – Men 20 km Individual". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
1 2 3 "Sport i navn og tall – Skiskyting" [Sport in name and numbers – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 21 March 1988. Retrieved 5 January 2015. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
↑ "World Cup 5 - Jyväskylä (FIN) – Men 10 km Sprint". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
↑ Thore-Erik Thoresen (14 March 1988). "Rötsch igjen, så klart!" [Rötsch again, of course]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 5 January 2015. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)

Biathlon World Cup seasons

1977–78
1978–79
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1981–82
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1983–84
1984–85
1985–86
1986–87
1987–88
1988–89
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2016–17
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1987–88 World Cup seasons in the winter sports
Alpine skiing Biathlon Bobsleigh Cross-country skiing Freestyle skiing Luge Nordic combined Skeleton Ski jumping Speed skating

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