1989–90 Biathlon World Cup

1989–90 World Cup
Discipline Men Women
Overall Soviet Union Sergei Tchepikov Czechoslovakia Jiřina Adamičková
Nations Cup Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union
Individual Soviet Union Sergei Tchepikov Soviet Union Elena Golovina
Sprint Soviet Union Juri Kashkarov Czechoslovakia Jiřina Adamičková
Competition

The 1989–90 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 14 December 1989 in Obertilliach, Austria, and ended on 18 March 1990 in Kontiolahti, Finland. It was the 13th season of the Biathlon World Cup.

Originally, the World Championships were to be held in Minsk. However, due to a lack of snow, only the individual competitions could be held, and the team, sprint and relay races were moved to Holmenkollen.[1] This caused the UIPMB to declare the World Championship races as counting towards the World Cup.[2] On the last day in Holmenkollen, the men's relay was cancelled during the last leg due to fog; it was subsequently moved to Kontiolahti.[3]

Calendar

Below is the World Cup calendar for the 1989–90 season.[4][5][6]

Location Date Individual Sprint Team event Relay
Austria Obertilliach 14–17 December ● [4][5][6][7] ● [4][5][6][8] ●
Italy Antholz-Anterselva 18–21 January ● [4][5][6][9] ● [4][5][6][10][11] ●
West Germany Ruhpolding 25–28 January ● [4][5][6][12] ● [4][5][6][13] ●
Austria Walchsee 7–12 February ● [4][5][6][14] ● [4][5][6][15] ●
Soviet Union Minsk 2–5 March ● [4][16]
Norway Holmenkollen 8–11 March ● [4][5][6][17][18] ●
Finland Kontiolahti 15–18 March ● [4][5][6][19] ● [4][5][6][20] ●
Total 6 6 2 4
  • 1991 World Championship races were not included in the 1990–91 World Cup scoring system.
  • 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 14 December 1989 Austria Obertilliach 20 km Individual East Germany André Sehmisch Soviet Union Valeriy Medvedtsev Soviet Union Sergei Bulygin East Germany André Sehmisch [4][5][6][21]
1 16 December 1989 Austria Obertilliach 10 km Sprint East Germany Birk Anders Soviet Union Sergei Tarasov Norway Eirik Kvalfoss Soviet Union Valeriy Medvedtsev [4][5][6][22]
2 19 January 1990 Italy Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Sprint Soviet Union Juri Kashkarov Soviet Union Sergei Tchepikov Norway Eirik Kvalfoss Norway Eirik Kvalfoss [4][5][6][23]
2 20 January 1990 Italy Antholz-Anterselva 20 km Individual Sweden Anders Mannelqvist Italy Andreas Zingerle Norway Eirik Kvalfoss [4][5][6][10][11]
3 25 January 1990 West Germany Ruhpolding 10 km Sprint Soviet Union Juri Kashkarov East Germany Birk Anders Soviet Union Valeriy Medvedtsev [4][5][6][24]
3 27 January 1990 West Germany Ruhpolding 20 km Individual Soviet Union Sergei Tchepikov East Germany Frank Luck France Thierry Gerbier [4][5][6][13]
4 1 February 1990 Austria Walchsee 20 km Individual East Germany Birk Anders Norway Frode Løberg Norway Eirik Kvalfoss [4][5][6][25]
4 3 February 1990 Austria Walchsee 10 km Sprint Soviet Union Juri Kashkarov East Germany Frank Luck East Germany Mark Kirchner [4][5][6][15]
WC 20 February 1990 Soviet Union Minsk 20 km Individual Soviet Union Valeriy Medvedtsev Soviet Union Sergei Tchepikov Soviet Union Anatoly Zhdanovich [4][26]
WC 22 February 1990 Soviet Union Minsk 10 km Sprint Cancelled, held later on in Oslo Holmenkollen N/A
5 6 March 1990 Norway Oslo Holmenkollen 20 km Individual Cancelled, held earlier on in Minsk N/A
WC 10 March 1990 Norway Oslo Holmenkollen 10 km Sprint East Germany Mark Kirchner Norway Eirik Kvalfoss Soviet Union Sergei Tchepikov [4][5][6][27][28]
6 15 March 1990 Finland Kontiolahti 20 km Individual Norway Eirik Kvalfoss Soviet Union Sergei Tchepikov East Germany André Sehmisch [4][5][6][29]
6 17 March 1990 Finland Kontiolahti 10 km Sprint Italy Andreas Zingerle Austria Franz Schuler East Germany André Sehmisch Soviet Union Sergei Tchepikov [4][5][6][20]

Women

Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib
(After competition) 		Det.
1 14 December 1989 Austria Obertilliach 15 km Individual Soviet Union Elena Golovina Soviet Union Elena Batsevitch Soviet Union Luiza Tcherepanova Soviet Union Elena Golovina Detail
1 16 December 1989 Austria Obertilliach 7.5 km Sprint Czechoslovakia Jiřina Adamičková Soviet Union Svetlana Davidova Soviet Union Svetlana Panyutina Czechoslovakia Jiřina Adamičková Detail
2 19 January 1990 Italy Antholz-Anterselva 7.5 km Sprint Czechoslovakia Jiřina Adamičková Soviet Union Svetlana Panyutina Finland Seija Hyytiäinen Detail
2 20 January 1990 Italy Antholz-Anterselva 15 km Individual Bulgaria Tsvetana Krasteva Norway Anne Elvebakk Sweden Inger Björkbom Detail
3 25 January 1990 West Germany Ruhpolding 15 km Individual Soviet Union Elena Golovina Soviet Union Svetlana Davidova Soviet Union Svetlana Paramygina Detail
3 27 January 1990 West Germany Ruhpolding 7.5 km Sprint Czechoslovakia Jiřina Adamičková Norway Anne Elvebakk Bulgaria Mariya Manolova Detail
4 1 February 1990 Austria Walchsee 15 km Individual Bulgaria Iva Shkodreva Canada Myriam Bédard West Germany Inga Kesper Detail
4 3 February 1990 Austria Walchsee 7.5 km Sprint Czechoslovakia Jiřina Adamičková United States Anna Sonnerup West Germany Dorina Pieper Detail
5 6 March 1990 Norway Oslo Holmenkollen 15 km Individual Soviet Union Svetlana Davidova Soviet Union Elena Golovina West Germany Petra Schaaf Detail
5 10 March 1990 Norway Oslo Holmenkollen 7.5 km Sprint Norway Anne Elvebakk Soviet Union Svetlana Davidova Norway Elin Kristiansen Detail
6 15 March 1990 Finland Kontiolahti 15 km Individual Czechoslovakia Jiřina Adamičková Soviet Union Elena Belova West Germany Dorina Pieper Detail
6 17 March 1990 Finland Kontiolahti 7.5 km Sprint Norway Anne Elvebakk Bulgaria Tsvetana Krasteva Soviet Union Elena Belova Detail

Men's team

Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third
1 17 December 1989 Austria Obertilliach[5] 4x7.5 km Relay  East Germany
Frank Luck
André Sehmisch
Mark Kirchner
Birk Anders
  Soviet Union
Sergei Bulygin
Sergei Tarasov
Valeriy Medvedtsev
Sergei Tchepikov
  Italy
Pieralberto Carrara
Wilfried Pallhuber
Johann Passler
Andreas Zingerle
2 21 January 1990 Italy Antholz[4][5][10][11] 4x7.5 km Relay  France
Gilles Marguet
Thierry Gerbier
Christian Dumont
Hervé Flandin
  Norway
Geir Einang
Dag Bjørndalen
Gisle Fenne
Eirik Kvalfoss
  Soviet Union
Anatoly Zhdanovich
Juri Kashkarov
Valeriy Medvedtsev
Sergei Tchepikov
3 28 January 1990 Germany Ruhpolding[4][5][13][30] 4x7.5 km Relay  Soviet Union
Valeriy Noskov
Juri Kashkarov
Valeriy Medvedtsev
Sergei Tchepikov
  Norway
Geir Einang
Frode Løberg
Gisle Fenne
Eirik Kvalfoss
  East Germany
Frank Luck
André Sehmisch
Raik Dittrich
Birk Anders
4 4 February 1990 Austria Walchsee[4][5][15] 4x7.5 km Relay  East Germany
Frank Luck
André Sehmisch
Mark Kirchner
Birk Anders
  Soviet Union
Valeriy Noskov
Sergei Loshkin
Gennady Karpinkin
Sergei Bulygin
  Czechoslovakia
Tomáš Kos
Jiří Holubec
Petr Garabík
Jan Matouš
WC 8 March 1990 Norway Oslo Holmenkollen Team event  East Germany
Raik Dittrich
Mark Kirchner
Birk Anders
Frank Luck
  Czechoslovakia
Tomáš Kos
Ivan Masařík
Jiří Holubec
Jan Matouš
  France
Christian Dumont
Stéphane Bouthiaux
Hervé Flandin
Thierry Gerbier
WC 18 March 1990 Finland Kontiolahti[4][5][20][31] 4x7.5 km Relay  Italy
Pieralberto Carrara
Wilfried Pallhuber
Johann Passler
Andreas Zingerle
  France
Christian Dumont
Xavier Blond
Hervé Flandin
Thierry Gerbier
  East Germany
Frank Luck
André Sehmisch
Mark Kirchner
Birk Anders

Women's team

Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third
1 17 December 1989 Austria Obertilliach[5] 3x6 km Relay  Soviet Union
Elena Batsevich
Svetlana Davidova
Elena Golovina
  Bulgaria
Cvetana Krasteva
Mariya Manolova
Iva Shkodreva
  West Germany
Dorina Pieper
Inga Kesper
Petra Schaaf
2 21 January 1990 Italy Antholz[4][5][10][11] 3x6 km Relay  Finland
Tujia Vuoksiala
Pirjo Mattila
Seija Hyytiäinen
  Norway
Synnøve Thoresen
Åse Idland
Anne Elvebakk
  Bulgaria
Cvetana Krasteva
Mariya Manolova
Iva Shkodreva
3 28 January 1990 Germany Ruhpolding[4][5][13][32] 3x6 km Relay  Soviet Union
Svetlana Panyutina
Elena Golovina
Svetlana Davidova
  Bulgaria
Cvetana Krasteva
Iva Shkodreva
Mariya Manolova
  Finland
Tuija Vuoksiala
Pirjo Mattila
Seija Hyytiäinen
4 4 February 1990 Austria Walchsee[4][5][15] 3x6 km Relay  Soviet Union
Svetlana Davidova
Elena Golovina
Svetlana Paramygina
  West Germany
Inga Kesper
Dorina Pieper
Petra Schaaf
  Bulgaria
Mariya Manolova
Iva Shkodreva
Nadezhda Aleksieva
5 18 March 1990 Norway Oslo[4][5][20][33] 3x6 km Relay  Soviet Union
Elena Batsevich
Elena Golovina
Svetlana Davidova
  Norway
Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo
Anne Elvebakk
Elin Kristiansen
  Finland
Tuija Vuoksiala
Seija Hyytiäinen
Pirjo Mattila

Standings: Men

[4][5][20]

Overall

Pos. Points
1. Soviet Union Sergei Tchepikov 196
2. Norway Eirik Kvalfoss 192
3. Soviet Union Valeriy Medvedtsev 161
4. East Germany Frank Luck 160
5. Italy Andreas Zingerle 159
  • Final standings after 12 races.

Standings: Women

[4][5][20]

Overall

Pos. Points
1. Czechoslovakia Jiřina Adamičková 213
2. Norway Anne Elvebakk 183
3. Soviet Union Elena Golovina 181
4. Bulgaria Cvetana Krasteva 159
5. Soviet Union Svetlana Davidova 154
  • Final standings after 12 races.

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union1314936
2 East Germany63514
3 Czechoslovakia5016
4 Norway38516
5 Bulgaria2338
6 Italy2114
7 France1113
8 Finland1034
9 Sweden1012
10 West Germany0156
11 Austria0101
 Canada0101
 United States0101
Totals (13 entries)343434102

Achievements

Men

First World Cup career victory
  •  Anders Mannelqvist (SWE), 25, in his 5th season — the WC 2 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva; it also was his first podium
  •  Mark Kirchner (GDR), 19, in his 1st season — the World Championships Sprint in Holmenkollen; first podium was the 1989–90 Sprint in Walchsee
  •  Andreas Zingerle (ITA), 28, in his 9th season — the WC 5 Sprint in Kontiolahti; first podium was the 1985–86 Individual in Lahti
First World Cup podium
  •  Sergei Tarasov (URS), 24, in his 1st season — no. 2 in the WC 1 Sprint in Obertilliach
  •  Frode Løberg (NOR), 27, in his 4th season — no. 2 in the WC 4 Individual in Walchsee
  •  Mark Kirchner (GDR), 19, in his 1st season — no. 3 in the WC 4 Sprint in Walchsee
Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses)

Women

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

Retirements

Following notable biathletes retired after the 1989–90 season:

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