1983–84 Biathlon World Cup

1983–84 World Cup
Discipline Men Women
Overall East Germany Frank-Peter Roetsch
Competition

The 1983–84 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 6 January 1984 in Falun, Sweden, and ended on 11 March 1984 in Lygna, Norway. It was the seventh season of the Biathlon World Cup.

Men's calendar

Below is the World Cup calendar for the 1983–84 season.[1][2][3]

Location Date Individual Sprint Relay
Sweden Falun 6–8 January ● ● ●
Switzerland Pontresina 12–15 January ● ● ●
West Germany Ruhpolding 19–22 January ● ● ●
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sarajevo 11–17 February ● ● ●
East Germany Oberhof 1–4 March ● ● ●
Norway Holmenkollen 7–10 March ● ● ●
Total 6 6 6

*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
Sweden Falun 6–8 January ● ● ●
West Germany Ruhpolding 19–22 February ● ● ●
France Chamonix 29 February – 4 March ● ● ●
Norway Lygna 10–12 March ● ● ●
Total 4 4 4

*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 6 January 1984 Sweden Falun 20 km Individual Norway Odd Lirhus France Yvon Mougel Finland Tapio Piipponen Norway Odd Lirhus [1][2][3]
1 7 January 1984 Sweden Falun 10 km Sprint Soviet Union Algimantas Šalna Finland Risto Punkka Norway Eirik Kvalfoss Norway Eirik Kvalfoss [1][2][3]
2 12 January 1984 Switzerland Pontresina 20 km Individual West Germany Fritz Fischer East Germany Frank-Peter Roetsch East Germany Holger Wick [1][2][3]
2 14 January 1984 Switzerland Pontresina 10 km Sprint Norway Eirik Kvalfoss East Germany Frank-Peter Roetsch East Germany Ralf Göthel [1][2][3]
3 19 January 1984 West Germany Ruhpolding 20 km Individual West Germany Peter Angerer Finland Tapio Piipponen Norway Rolf Storsveen [1][2][3]
3 21 January 1984 West Germany Ruhpolding 10 km Sprint West Germany Peter Angerer Norway Terje Krokstad East Germany Frank-Peter Roetsch East Germany Frank-Peter Roetsch [1][2][3]
4 1 March 1984 East Germany Oberhof 20 km Individual Soviet Union Juri Kashkarov East Germany Frank-Peter Roetsch Soviet Union Dmitry Vasilyev [1][2][3]
4 3 March 1984 East Germany Oberhof 10 km Sprint East Germany Frank-Peter Roetsch Soviet Union Algimantas Šalna West Germany Peter Angerer [1][2][3]
5 7 March 1984 Norway Oslo Holmenkollen 20 km Individual West Germany Peter Angerer West Germany Fritz Fischer Austria Alfred Eder [1][2][3]
5 8 March 1984 Norway Oslo Holmenkollen 10 km Sprint Norway Eirik Kvalfoss West Germany Peter Angerer East Germany Frank-Peter Roetsch [1][2][3]

Women

Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib
(After competition) 		Det.
1 6 January 1984 Sweden Falun 10 km Individual Norway Gry Østvik Norway Siv Bråten Finland Aino Kallunki Norway Gry Østvik Detail
1 7 January 1984 Sweden Falun 5 km Sprint Finland Aino Kallunki Sweden Annette Bouvin Norway Sanna Grønlid Detail
2 19 January 1984 West Germany Ruhpolding 10 km Individual Norway Mette Mestad Norway Siv Bråten Norway Sanna Grønlid Norway Mette Mestad Detail
2 21 January 1984 West Germany Ruhpolding 5 km Sprint Norway Gry Østvik Norway Mette Mestad Norway Siv Bråten Detail
WC 29 February 1984 France Chamonix 10 km Individual Soviet Union Venera Chernyshova Soviet Union Lyudmila Zabolotnaia Soviet Union Tatiana Brylina Detail
WC 3 March 1984 France Chamonix 5 km Sprint Soviet Union Venera Chernyshova Norway Sanna Grønlid Austria Andrea Grossegger Detail
3 7 March 1984 Norway Lygna 10 km Individual Norway Sanna Grønlid Norway Siv Bråten Norway Gry Østvik Detail
3 8 March 1984 Norway Lygna 5 km Sprint Sweden Annette Bouvin Sweden Eva Korpela Norway Mette Mestad Detail

Standings: Men

Overall

Pos. Points
1. East Germany Frank-Peter Roetsch 139
2. West Germany Peter Angerer 138
3. Norway Eirik Kvalfoss 134
4. West Germany Fritz Fischer 130
5. East Germany Ralf Göthel 122
  • Final standings after 10 races.

[1][2][3]

Standings: Women

Overall

Pos. Points
1. Norway Mette Mestad 93
2. Norway Sanna Grønlid 86
3. Norway Gry Østvik 85
4. Soviet Union Venera Chernyshova 83
5. Norway Siv Bråten 82
  • Final standings after 8 races.

Achievements

First World/European Cup career victory
  •  Mette Mestad (NOR), 25, in her 2nd season — the WC 2 Individual in Ruhpolding; it also was her first podium
  •  Juri Kashkarov (URS), 20, in his 2nd season — the WC 4 Individual in Oberhof; it also was his first podium
  •  Sanna Grønlid (NOR), 24, in her 2nd season — the EC 3 Individual in Lygna; first podium was 1983–84 Sprint in Falun
  •  Anette Bouvin (SWE), 23, — the EC 3 Sprint in Lygna; first podium was 1983–84 Sprint in Falun
First World/European Cup podium
  •  Risto Punkka (FIN), 26, in his 2nd season — no. 2 in the WC 1 Sprint in Falun
  •  Anette Bouvin (SWE), 23, — no. 2 in the EC 1 Sprint in Falun
  •  Sanna Grønlid (NOR), 24, in her 2nd season — no. 3 in the EC 1 Sprint in Falun
  •  Holger Wick (GDR), 21, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 2 Individual in Pontresina
  •  Ralf Göthel (GDR), 22, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 2 Sprint in Pontresina
  •  Rolf Storsveen (NOR), 24, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 3 Individual in Ruhpolding
  •  Eva Lundgren (SWE), 25, — no. 2 in the EC 3 Sprint in Lygna
Victory in this World/European Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses)

Retirements

Following notable biathletes retired after the 1983–84 season:

Notes

1. 1 2 3 4 In the individual races in Falun some non-World Cup racers participated. In the 20 km individual Andrei Zenkov and Øivind Nerhagen, among others, were non-World Cup racers, and so for World Cup purposes Arto Jääskeläinen came 7th, and Rolf Storsveen and Kjell Søbak finished 9th and 10th respectively and received the appropriate World Cup points.[6] In the 10 km sprint, one of the non-World Cup racers was Sergei Bulygin, and so he did not receive any World Cup points, and for World Cup purposes Algimantas Šalna won that race and received the appropriate World Cup points. Also in the European Cup races there were some non-European Cup racers participating, among those were Anita Nygård who finished 10th in the 5 km sprint. For European Cup purposes though, Siv Bråten finished 10th and received the appropriate points.
2. 5 The Aftenposten source says that the relay teams received a very unusual amount of penalty loops, with 12, 13, 21, 20, 25 and 25 penalty loops respectively for the first six teams.[7] However, in the same paper, it says that the two Norwegian teams got 14 penalty loops combined,[8] which does not add up with it saying that the "Norway I" team got 25 penalties. So those high numbers probably refers to the number of missed shots.
3. 6 In the individual races here some non-World Cup racers participated. Among those was Gisle Fenne, he was not a World Cup racer and so did not receive any World Cup points, and for World Cup purposes Risto Punkka came fifth and received the appropriate World Cup points.[9]
4. The Sports Book does originally have different order of the finishers in this 10 km race with B. Mestad, Mikkola and Schill coming 8th, 9th and 10th, respectively. However it later contradicts itself by giving the points of those positions to Grønlid, B. Mestad and Anne-L. Engstrøm instead. Because that table shows how each racers score adds up, that has been given precedent.[1]
5. 8 9 In the individual races here some non-European Cup racers participated. Among those was Ingeborg Nordmo Krokstad in the 10 km individual, she was not a European Cup racer and so did not receive any points, and for European Cup purposes Doris Niva came 9th and received the appropriate points, with Anne L. Engstrøm finishing 10th. And in 5 km sprint Liv Høgli was also a non-European Cup racer and thus for European Cup purposes those who finished behind her moves up a spot with Doris Niva finishing 4th and Anne L. Engstrøm finishing 10th.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Holm, Knut E.; Eriksen, Turid. Sportsboken 84-85 [The Sports Book 84-85] (in Norwegian). Hjemmets bokforlag A/S. ISBN 82-590-0091-1. (in Norwegian)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Wintersport Charts Weltcup World Cup Biathlon 1984". Wintersport Charts. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Statistiche Biathlon" [Statistics Biathlon]. Neve Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 22 October 2015. (in Italian) (registration required)
  4. ^ "Tar et hvileår" [Takes a gap year]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 10 January 1985. Retrieved 28 April 2015. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  5. ^ "Stafetten en eneste æresrunde" [The relay a lap of honour]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 12 March 1984. Retrieved 28 April 2015. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  6. ^ Nils Petter Stenberg (7 January 1984). "Seks år siden sist!" [Six years since the last time!]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 1 November 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  7. ^ "Resultatbørs – Skiskyting" [Results exchange – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 9 January 1984. Retrieved 1 November 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  8. ^ Nils Petter Stenberg (9 January 1984). "Mildest talt svakt..." [Mildly speaking weak...]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 1 November 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  9. ^ Thore-Erik Thoresen (8 March 1984). "Dramatikk til siste slutt" [Drama until the end]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 1 November 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)