1978–79 Biathlon World Cup

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The 1978–79 Biathlon World Cup (BWC) 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 Cups

World Cup 1 in Czechoslovakia Jáchymov
Date Event Podium Top 10
10 January 20 km individual[1][2][3][4] 1.  Jürgen Grundler (GDR)[α] 1:15:06.2 (1) 4.  Terje Krokstad (NOR); 5.  Zdeněk Pavlíček (TCH); 6.  Thomas Klinger (GDR);[α] 7.  Andreas Hess (GDR); 8.  Viktor Avdejev (URS); 9.  Wolfgang Schütze (GDR);[α] 10.  Svein Engen (NOR);
2.  Roar Nilsen (NOR) +0:00.2 (2)
3.  Eberhard Rösch (GDR) +1:04.2 (2)
11 January 10 km sprint[1][2][3][5] 1.  Rudolf Horn (AUT) 36:38 (1) 4.  Stig Kvistad (NOR);[α] 5.  Terje Krokstad (NOR); 6.  Eberhard Rösch (GDR); 7.  Gerold Eichhorn (GDR);[α] 8.  Andreas Hess (GDR); 9.  Jürgen Grundler (GDR); 10.  Yuriy İvanov Mitev (BUL);
2.  Frank Ullrich (GDR) +0:36 (3)
3.  Sigvart Bjøntegaard (NOR)[α] +0:50 (1)
12 January 4 × 7.5 km relay[2][6] 1.  East Germany 1:57:19
Mathias Jung
Frank Ullrich
Manfred Beer
Eberhard Rösch
4.  Poland 2:04:04 (Trebunia, Michniak, Latawick, Rapacz);
5.  Austria 2:05:00 (Horn, Dockner, Koll, Eder);
6.  Italy 2:06:45 (Midali, Jordan, Tiraboschi, Weiss);
7.  Czechoslovakia 2:09:01;
8.  France 2:10:17;
9.  Bulgaria 2:11:07;
10.  United Kingdom 2:11:54;
2.  Soviet Union 1:58:36.9 (4)
Vyacheslav Tolkachev
Sergei Peunkov
Vladimir Sokolov
Viktor Avdejev
3.  Norway 2:02:18
Tor Svendsberget
Terje Krokstad
Roar Nilsen
Odd Lirhus


World Cup 2 in Italy Antholz-Anterselva
Date Event Podium Top 10
21 January (?)[7] 10 km sprint[1][2][3][8] 1.  Alexander Tikhonov (URS) (1) 5.  Vladimir Alikin (URS);
2.  Vladimir Barnashov (URS) (0)
3.  Klaus Siebert (GDR)
23 January (?) 20 km individual[1][2][3][8] 1.  Vladimir Barnashov (URS) 9.  Frank Ullrich (GDR); 10.  Eberhard Rösch (GDR);
2.  Heinz Böttcher (GDR)
3.  Klaus Siebert (GDR)
24 January (?) 4 × 7.5 km relay[2][8] 1.  Soviet Union ...
2.  Norway
3.  East Germany


World Championships in West Germany Ruhpolding
Date Event Podium Top 10
28 January 20 km individual[1][2][9] 1.  Klaus Siebert (GDR) 1:07:40.1 (0+0+1+0) 4.  Frank Ullrich (GDR); 5.  Raimo Seppänen (FIN); 6.  Jaromír Šimůnek (TCH); 7.  Heikki Ikola (FIN); 8.  Vladimir Alikin (URS); 9.  Eberhard Rösch (GDR); 10.  Alfred Eder (AUT);
2.  Alexander Tikhonov (URS) +1:42.0 (0+0+2+0)
3.  Sigleif Johansen (NOR) +1:57.3 (0+0+0+1)
31 January 10 km sprint[1][2][10] 1.  Frank Ullrich (GDR) 40:35.3 (0+0) 4.  Vladimir Alikin (URS); 5.  Franz Weber (AUT); 6.  Alexander Tikhonov (URS); 7.  Jaromír Šimůnek (TCH); 8.  Alfred Eder (AUT); 9.  Andrezj Rapacz (POL); 10.  Svein Engen (NOR);
2.  Odd Lirhus (NOR) +0:53.2 (1+2)
3.  Luigi Weiss (ITA) +1:11.0 (0+2)
2 February 4 × 7.5 km relay[1][11] 1.  East Germany 1:54:48.5 (1)
Manfred Beer (0+0)
Klaus Siebert (0+0)
Frank Ullrich (0+0)
Eberhard Rösch (0+1)
4.  Norway 1:58:48.6 (4) (Lirhus (0+2), Søbak (0+1), Nilsen (0+0), Johansen (1+0));
5.  Italy 2:01:59.0 (1) (Midali (0+0), Tiraboschi (0+0), Zingerle (0+0), Weiss (1+0));
6.  Austria 2:02:12.5 (0) (Horn (0+0), Weber (0+0), Koll (0+0), Eder (0+0));
7.  Czechoslovakia 2:02:47.9 (2) (Suchánek (0+1), Šimůnek (0+0), Zelinka (0+0), Pavlíček (0+1));
8.  West Germany 2:02:58.0 (2) (Estner (0+2), Schweiger (0+0), Kanamüller (0+0), Winkler (0+0));
9.  Poland 2:03:09.7 (6) (Trebunia (2+0), Rapacz (1+1), Latawiec (0+2), Michniak (0+0));
10.  Sweden 2:03:56.1 (1) (Andersson (0+0), Korpela (0+1), Joki (0+0), Adolfsson (0+0));
2.  Finland 1:56:26.7 (1)
Simo Halonen (0+0)
Erkki Antila (0+1)
Raimo Seppänen (0+0)
Heikki Ikola (0+0)
3.  Soviet Union 1:58:14.6 (3)
Vladimir Alikin (0+0)
Vladimir Barnashov (0+0)
Nikolay Kruglov (0+2)
Alexander Tikhonov (0+1)


World Cup 3 in Finland Sodankylä
Date Event Podium Top 10
30 March 20 km individual[1][2][3][12] 1.  Anatoly Alyabyev (URS) 1:08:22 (0) 4.  Eberhard Rösch (GDR); 6.  Frank Ullrich (GDR);
2.  Klaus Siebert (GDR) +2:22 (1)
3.  Kjell Søbak (NOR) +3:37 (2)
31 March 10 km sprint[1][2][3][13] 1.  Klaus Siebert (GDR) 32:24 (0+0) 4.  Anatoly Alyabyev (URS); 5.  Frank Ullrich (GDR); 6.  Arto Sutinen (FIN); 7.  Alexander Tikhonov (URS);
2.  Kjell Søbak (NOR) +0:27 (0+2)
3.  Vladimir Barnashov (URS) +0:44 (0+1)
1 April 4 × 7.5 km relay[2][13] 1.  East Germany 1:48:51 (2)
Heinz Böttcher
Klaus Siebert
Frank Ullrich
Eberhard Rösch
4.  Norway 1:52:38 (6) (Lirhus, Nilsen, Søbak, Johansen);
5.  West Germany 1:53:06 (5);
6.  Austria 1:53:29 (4);
2.  Finland 1:50:23 (1)
3.  Soviet Union 1:51:48


World Cup 4 in Norway Bardufoss
Date Event Podium Top 10
6 April 20 km individual[1][2][3][14] 1.  Alexander Tikhonov (URS) 1:06:45 (2) 4.  Vladimir Baranchov (URS); 5.  Anatoly Alyabyev (URS); 6.  Gerd Winkler (FRG); 7.  Sigleif Johansen (NOR); 8.  Klaus Siebert (GDR); 9.  Jürgen Koll (GDR); 10.  Heinz Böttcher (GDR);
2.  Frank Ullrich (GDR) +0:41 (1)
3.  Vladimir Alikin (URS) +1:17 (3)
7 April 10 km sprint[1][2][3][15] 1.  Sigleif Johansen (NOR) 36:15 (0) 4.  Roar Nilsen (NOR); 5.  Anatoly Alyabyev (URS); 6.  Frank Ullrich (GDR); 7.  Mauri Lahtila (FIN); 8.  Heinz Böttcher (GDR); 9.  Yves Mougel (FRA); 10.  Vladimir Alikin (URS);
2.  Vladimir Barnashov (URS) +0:02 (1)
3.  Klaus Siebert (GDR) +0:12 (0)
8 April 4 × 7.5 km relay[2][15] 1.  Soviet Union 1:38:56 (3)
Vladimir Alikin
Anatoly Alyabyev
Vladimir Barnashov
Alexander Tikhonov
4.  Finland 1:42:48;
5.  Sweden 1:43:38;
2.  East Germany 1:39:32 (1)
Heinz Böttcher
Klaus Siebert
Frank Ullrich
Eberhard Rösch
3.  Norway 1:41:29 (2)
Odd Lirhus
Kjell Søbak
Roar Nilsen
Sigleif Johansen

Results

Overall World Cup[1][2][15]
Rank Name 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
4 East Germany Eberhard Rösch 114
4 Soviet Union Vladimir Alikin 114
7 Norway Sigleif Johansen 110
7 East Germany Heinz Böttcher 110
9 Austria Alfred Eder 102
10 Finland Heikki Ikola 98
...
12 Norway Kjell Søbak 82
...
15 Norway Roar Nilsen 69
...
18 Norway Svein Engen 62
...
20 Norway Terje Krokstad 59
21 Norway Odd Lirhus 58

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][16] 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.[5]

Retirements

Following notable biathletes retired after the 1978–79 season:

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