1982–83 Biathlon World Cup

1982–83 World Cup
Discipline Men Women
Overall West Germany Peter Angerer
Competition

The 1982–83 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 27 January 1983 in Ruhpolding, West Germany, and ended on 11 March 1983 in Holmenkollen, Norway. It was the sixth season of the Biathlon World Cup, and the first in which women were allowed to compete in their own European Cup. Though called the European Cup, participation was not restricted to Europeans.

The second World Cup round was originally going to be held in Oberhof, East Germany, but they had to cancel due to a lack of snow.[1] The races were therefore moved to Antholz-Anterselva, Italy.[2]

Originally the first round of the European Cup was to be held in Jáchymov, Czechoslovakia from 21 to 24 January 1983, but it was cancelled, thus the races in Lappeenranta, Finland were the only ones held.[3][4]

Men's calendar

Below is the World Cup calendar for the 1982–83 season.[5][6][7]

Location Date Individual Sprint Relay
West Germany Ruhpolding 27–30 January ● ● ●
Italy Antholz-Anterselva 9–12 February ● ● ●
Italy Antholz-Anterselva 24–27 February ● ● ●
Finland Lahti 4–5 March ● ●
Norway Holmenkollen 9–11 March ● ● ●
Total 5 5 4

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

Women's calendar

Location Date Individual Sprint Relay
Finland Lappeenranta 4–6 March ● ● ●
Total 1 1 1

*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 27 January 1983 West Germany Ruhpolding 20 km Individual West Germany Peter Angerer West Germany Andreas Schweiger East Germany Frank Ullrich West Germany Peter Angerer [8][9]
1 28 January 1983 West Germany Ruhpolding 10 km Sprint Norway Eirik Kvalfoss East Germany Frank Ullrich Norway Odd Lirhus East Germany Frank Ullrich [10][11]
2 9 February 1983 Italy Antholz-Anterselva 20 km Individual East Germany Frank Ullrich Norway Odd Lirhus West Germany Peter Angerer [12][13]
2 11 February 1983 Italy Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Sprint Soviet Union Algimantas Šalna West Germany Peter Angerer East Germany Frank-Peter Roetsch [14][15]
WC 23 February 1983 Italy Antholz-Anterselva 20 km Individual East Germany Frank Ullrich East Germany Frank-Peter Roetsch West Germany Peter Angerer [16][17]
WC 26 February 1983 Italy Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Sprint Norway Eirik Kvalfoss West Germany Peter Angerer Austria Alfred Eder West Germany Peter Angerer [18][19]
3 4 March 1983 Finland Lahti 20 km Individual Soviet Union Algimantas Šalna Norway Odd Lirhus West Germany Fritz Fischer [20][21]
3 5 March 1983 Finland Lahti 10 km Sprint Soviet Union Algimantas Šalna Norway Eirik Kvalfoss Soviet Union Dmitry Vasilyev [22][21]
4 9 March 1983 Norway Oslo Holmenkollen 20 km Individual Soviet Union Dmitry Vasilyev Italy Johann Passler West Germany Andreas Schweiger [23]
4 10 March 1983 Norway Oslo Holmenkollen 10 km Sprint East Germany Frank-Peter Roetsch West Germany Peter Angerer Italy Johann Passler [24]

Women

Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib
(After competition) 		Det.
1 4 March 1983 Finland Lappeenranta 10 km Individual Norway Gry Østvik Finland Pirjo Aalto Finland Tuula Ylinen Norway Gry Østvik Detail
1 5 March 1983 Finland Lappeenranta 5 km Sprint Finland Aino Kallunki Norway Siv Bråten Finland Aila Flyktman Detail

Standings: Men

Overall

Pos. Points
1. West Germany Peter Angerer 143
2. Norway Eirik Kvalfoss 136
3. East Germany Frank Ullrich 134
4. East Germany Frank-Peter Roetsch 128
5. Norway Odd Lirhus 126
  • Final standings after 10 races.

[5][6]

Standings: Women

Overall

Pos. Points
1. Norway Gry Østvik 47
2. Norway Siv Bråten 45
3. Finland Aino Kallunki 43
4. Finland Aila Flyktman 42
5. Finland Tuula Ylinen 42
  • Final standings after 2 races.

Achievements

First World/European Cup career victory
  •  Peter Angerer (FRG), 23, in his 4th season — the WC 1 Individual in Ruhpolding; first podium was 1980–81 Sprint in Ruhpolding
  •  Algimantas Šalna (URS), 23, in his 2nd season — the WC 2 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva; it also was his first podium
  •  Gry Østvik (NOR), 19, in her 1st season — the EC 1 Individual in Lappeenranta; it also was her first podium
  •  Aino Kallunki (FIN), in her 1st season — the EC 1 Sprint in Lappeenranta; it also was her first podium
  •  Dmitry Vasilyev (URS), 20, in his 1st season — the WC 4 Individual in Holmenkollen; first podium was 1982–83 Sprint in Lahti
  •  Frank-Peter Roetsch (GDR), 18, in his 1st season — the WC 4 Sprint in Holmenkollen; first podium was 1982–83 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva
First World/European Cup podium
  •  Frank-Peter Roetsch (GDR), 18, in his 1st season — no. 3 in the WC 2 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva
  •  Pirjo Mattila (FIN), in her 1st season — no. 2 in the EC 1 Individual in Lappeenranta
  •  Tuula Ylinen (FIN), in her 1st season — no. 3 in the EC 1 Individual in Lappeenranta
  •  Siv Bråten (NOR), 22, in her 1st season — no. 2 in the EC 1 Sprint in Lappeenranta
  •  Aila Flyktman (FIN), in her 1st season — no. 3 in the EC 1 Sprint in Lappeenranta
  •  Dmitry Vasilyev (URS), 20, in his 1st season — no. 3 in the WC 3 Sprint in Lahti
  •  Johann Passler (ITA), 21, in his 2nd season — no. 2 in the WC 4 Individual in Holmenkollen
Victory in this World/European Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses)

Retirements

Following notable biathletes retired after the 1982–83 season:

Notes

1. 1 In the individual races here some non-World Cup racers participated. Among those was Holger Wick, he was not a World Cup racer and so did not receive any World Cup points, and for World Cup purposes Vladimir Velichkov and Johann Passler finished 9th and 10th respectively in the 20 km individual and received the appropriate World Cup points.

References

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