1978–79 Biathlon World Cup

1978–79 World Cup
Discipline Men Women
Overall East Germany Klaus Siebert
Competition

The 1978–79 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 10 January 1979 in Jáchymov, Czechoslovakia, and ended on 8 April 1979 in Bardufoss, Norway. It was the second season of the Biathlon World Cup, and it was only held for men.

Calendar

Below is the World Cup calendar for the 1978–79 season.[1][2][3]

Location Date Individual Sprint Relay
Czechoslovakia Jáchymov 10–12 January ● ● ●
Italy Antholz-Anterselva 21–24 January ● ● ●
West Germany Ruhpolding 28 February–2 March ● ● ●
Finland Sodankylä 30 March–1 April ● ● ●
Norway Bardufoss 6–8 April ● ● ●
Total 5 5 5

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

World Cup Podium

Men

Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib
(After competition) 		Det.
1 10 January 1979 Czechoslovakia Jáchymov 20 km Individual Norway Roar Nilsen East Germany Eberhard Rösch Norway Terje Krokstad Norway Roar Nilsen Detail
1 11 January 1979 Czechoslovakia Jáchymov 10 km Sprint Austria Rudolf Horn East Germany Frank Ullrich Norway Terje Krokstad Norway Terje Krokstad Detail
2 21 January 1979 Italy Antholz-Anterselva 20 km Individual Soviet Union Vladimir Barnashov East Germany Heinz Böttcher East Germany Klaus Siebert Detail
2 23 January 1979 Italy Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Sprint Soviet Union Alexander Tikhonov Soviet Union Vladimir Barnashov East Germany Klaus Siebert Soviet Union Vladimir Barnashov Detail
WC 28 January 1979 West Germany Ruhpolding 20 km Individual East Germany Klaus Siebert Soviet Union Alexander Tikhonov Norway Sigleif Johansen East Germany Klaus Siebert Detail
WC 31 January 1979 West Germany Ruhpolding 10 km Sprint East Germany Frank Ullrich Norway Odd Lirhus Italy Luigi Weiss Detail
3 30 March 1979 Finland Sodankylä 20 km Individual Soviet Union Anatoly Alyabyev East Germany Klaus Siebert Norway Kjell Søbak Detail
3 31 March 1979 Finland Sodankylä 10 km Sprint East Germany Klaus Siebert Norway Kjell Søbak Soviet Union Vladimir Barnashov Detail
4 6 April 1979 Norway Bardufoss 20 km Individual Soviet Union Alexander Tikhonov East Germany Frank Ullrich Soviet Union Vladimir Alikin Detail
4 7 April 1979 Norway Bardufoss 10 km Sprint Norway Sigleif Johansen Soviet Union Vladimir Barnashov East Germany Klaus Siebert Detail

Standings: Men

Overall

Pos. Points
1. East Germany Klaus Siebert 143
2. East Germany Frank Ullrich 136
3. Soviet Union Vladimir Barnashov 128
4. Soviet Union Alexander Tikhonov 114
5. East Germany Eberhard Rösch 114
  • Final standings after 10 races.

Achievements

First World Cup career victory
  •  Roar Nilsen (NOR), 26, in his 2nd season — the WC 1 Individual in Jáchymov; it also was his first podium
  •  Rudolf Horn (AUT), 24, in his 2nd season — the WC 1 Sprint in Jáchymov; it also was his first podium and the first podium for an Austrian biathlete
  •  Alexander Tikhonov (URS), 32, in his 2nd season — the WC 2 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva; first podium was 1977–78 Sprint in Sodankylä
  •  Anatoly Alyabyev (URS), 27, in his 2nd season — the WC 3 Individual in Sodankylä; first podium was 1977–78 Individual in Murmansk
First World Cup podium
  •  Terje Krokstad (NOR), 22, in his 2nd season — no. 3 in the WC 1 Individual in Jáchymov
  •  Luigi Weiss (ITA), 27, in his 2nd season — no. 3 in the World Championships Sprint in Ruhpolding; it also was the first podium for an Italian biathlete
  •  Kjell Søbak (NOR), 21, in his 1st season — no. 3 in the WC 3 Individual in Sodankylä
  •  Vladimir Alikin (URS), 21, in his 1st season — no. 3 in the WC 4 Individual in Bardufoss
Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses)

Notes

1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 In the individual races in Jáchymov some non-World Cup racers participated. In the 20 km individual Jürgen Grundler, Thomas Klinger and Wolfgang Schütze, among others, were non-World Cup racers, and so for World Cup purposes Roar Nilsen won the race, with Rösch and Krokstad coming 2nd and 3rd. Pavlíček, Hess, Avdejev, Engen, Tor Svendsberget, Mathias Jung and Heinz Böttcher came 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th respectively and received the appropriate World Cup points.[4][5] In the 10 km sprint, some of the non-World Cup racers were Sigvart Bjøntegaard, Stig Kvistad and Gerold Eichhorn, and so they did not receive any World Cup points, and for World Cup purposes Terje Krokstad came 3rd in that race and received the appropriate World Cup points, with Rösch, Hess, Grundler and Mitev coming 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th, respectively, and receiving the appropriate World Cup points.[6]

Retirements

Following notable biathletes retired after the 1978–79 season:

References

  1. ^ Sportsboken 79-80 [The Sports Book 79-80] (in Norwegian). Stavanger: Dreyer Bok. ISBN 82-7096-076-4. (in Norwegian)
  2. ^ "Wintersport Charts Weltcup World Cup Biathlon 1979". Wintersport Charts. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  3. ^ "Statistiche Biathlon" [Statistics Biathlon]. Neve Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 22 October 2015. (in Italian) (registration required)
  4. ^ "World Cup-resultater" [World Cup results]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 11 January 1979. Retrieved 14 September 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  5. ^ "Til topps tross tap" [To the top despite loss]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 11 January 1979. Retrieved 14 September 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  6. ^ "Terje Krokstad leder World Cup" [Terje Krokstad leads the World Cup]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 12 January 1979. Retrieved 14 September 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  7. ^ Stenberg, Nils Petter (6 December 1979). "- Jobber gjerne med eliten, sier Tor S." [- Works gladly with the elite, says Tor S.]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 1 August 2015. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)