1980–81 Biathlon World Cup

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The 1980–81 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 15 January 1981 in Jáchymov, Czechoslovakia, and ended on 5 April 1981 in Hedenäset, Sweden. It was the fourth season of the Biathlon World Cup, and it was only held for men.

Calendar

Below is the World Cup calendar for the 1980–81 season.[1][2][3]

Location Date Individual Sprint Relay
Czechoslovakia Jáchymov 15–17 January ● ● ●
Italy Antholz-Anterselva 22–25 January ● ● ●
West Germany Ruhpolding 29 January–1 February ● ● ●
Finland Lahti 12–15 February ● ● ●
Sweden Hedenäset 2–5 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
15 January 20 km individual[1][2][3][4] 1.  Terje Krokstad (NOR) 1:19:13.3 (5) ...
2.  Viktor Ciunkel (URS) +0:48.4
3.  Jaromír Šimůnek (TCH) +1:09.0
16 January 10 km sprint[1][2][3][5] 1.  Kjell Søbak (NOR) 35:53.2 (3) 4.  Vladimir Velichkov (BUL); 5.  Terje Krokstad (NOR);
2.  Viktor Avdejev (URS) +0:03.6 (0)
3.  Hans Åhman (SWE) +0:34.6 (0)
17 January 4 × 7.5 km relay[2] 1.  Austria ...
2.  Czechoslovakia
3.  France


World Cup 2 in Italy Antholz-Anterselva
Date Event Podium Top 10
22 January 20 km individual[1][2][3] 1.  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR) 1:13.10.9 4.  Kjell Søbak (NOR);
2.  Toivo Mäkikyrö (FIN) +0:49.6
3.  Anatoly Alyabyev (URS) +1:11.8
24 January 10 km sprint[1][2][3][6] 1.  Anatoly Alyabyev (URS) 32:56.9 (1) 4.  Peter Angerer (FRG); 5.  Eberhard Rösch (GDR); 6.  Mathias Jung (GDR); 7.  Johnny Rognstad (NOR); 8.  Kjell Søbak (NOR); 9.  Matthias Jacob (GDR); 10.  Vladimir Velichkov (BUL);
2.  Pjotr Miloradov (URS) +0:07.3 (0)
3.  Bernd Hellmich (GDR) +0:09.0 (2)
25 January 4 × 7.5 km relay[2][6] 1.  East Germany I 1:38:14 (0) 4.  Soviet Union II 1:41:12 (0);
5.  Norway 1:42:22 (3)
2.  Soviet Union I 1:39:39 (0)
3.  East Germany II 1:40:18 (2)


World Cup 3 in West Germany Ruhpolding
Date Event Podium Top 10
28 January 20 km individual[1][2][3][7] 1.  Vladimir Alikin (URS) 1:08:27.4 (1) 4.  Mathias Jung (GDR); 5.  Vladimir Barnashov (URS); 6.  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR); 7.  Erkki Antila (FIN); 8.  Terje Krokstad (NOR); 9.  Matthias Jacob (GDR); 10.  Sergei Tchuravlev (URS);
2.  Frank Ullrich (GDR) +0:42.5 (1)
3.  Anatoly Alyabyev (URS) +2:00.9 (2)
31 January 10 km sprint[1][2][3][8] 1.  Frank Ullrich (GDR) 34:29.8 7.  Kjell Søbak (NOR);
2.  Peter Angerer (FRG) +0:17.2
3.  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR) +0:29.8
1 February 4 × 7.5 km relay[2][8] 1.  Soviet Union ...
2.  East Germany
3.  Norway


World Championships in Finland Lahti
Date Event Podium Top 10
12 February 20 km individual[1][2][9] 1.  Heikki Ikola (FIN) 1:13:07.2 (0+0+0+0) 4.  Mathias Jung (GDR); 5.  Fritz Fischer (FRG); 6.  Anatoly Alyabyev (URS); 7.  Matthias Jacob (GDR); 8.  Kjell Søbak (NOR); 9.  Vladimir Gavrikov (URS); 10.  Ronnie Adolfsson (SWE);
2.  Frank Ullrich (GDR) +1:02.4 (0+0+2+0)
3.  Erkki Antila (FIN) +1:43.9 (1+1+1+0)
14 February 10 km sprint[1][2][10] 1.  Frank Ullrich (GDR) 33:08.5 (0+1) 4.  Kjell Søbak (NOR); 5.  Matthias Jacob (GDR); 6.  Peter Angerer (FRG); 7.  Anatoly Alyabyev (URS); 8.  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR); 9.  Heikki Ikola (FIN); 10.  Vladimir Gavrikov (URS);
2.  Erkki Antila (FIN) +0:01.6 (0+0)
3.  Yvon Mougel (FRA) +0:05.0 (0+0)
15 February 4 × 7.5 km relay[1][11] 1.  East Germany 1:42:37.8 (0)
Mathias Jung (0+0)
Matthias Jacob (0+0)
Frank Ullrich (0+0)
Eberhard Rösch (0+0)
 4.  Norway 1:46:37.5 (3) (Kvalfoss (0+0), Lirhus (0+2), Søbak (0+0), Johansen (0+1));
5.  Sweden 1:47:51.9 (0) (Joki (0+0), Fahlén (0+0), Åhman (0+0), Adolfsson (0+0));
6.  Finland 1:47:57.4 (3) (Kuntola (0+0), Piipponen (0+1), Antila (0+2), Ikola (0+0));
7.  Czechoslovakia 1:43:59.2 (1) (Šimůnek (0+1), Skalník (0+0), Hák (0+0), Zelinka (0+0));
8.  France 1:51:22.7 (3) (Mougel (0+1), Favrel (0+2), Geourjon (0+0), Poirot (0+0));
9.  Italy 1:51:37.8 (0) (Zanon (0+0), Darioli (0+0), Midali (0+0), Weiss (0+0));
10.  Austria 1:51:57.1 (1) (Horn (0+0), Weber (0+1), Dockner (0+0), Eder (0+0));
2.  West Germany 1:44:50.0 (0)
Franz Bernreiter (0+0)
Andreas Schweiger (0+0)
Peter Angerer (0+0)
Fritz Fischer (0+0)
3.  Soviet Union 1:46:17.9 (1)
Vladimir Alikin (0+1)
Vladimir Barnashov (0+0)
Vladimir Gavrikov (0+0)
Anatoly Alyabyev (0+0)


World Cup 4 in Sweden Hedenäset
Date Event Podium Top 10
2 April 20 km individual[1][2][3] 1.  Fritz Fischer (FRG) 1:17:35 4.  Kjell Søbak (NOR); 5.  Svein Engen (NOR);
2.  Peter Angerer (FRG) +2:54
3.  Franz Bernreiter (FRG) +3:47
4 April 10 km sprint[1][2][3][12] 1.  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR) 33:10 (1) 4.  Eberhard Rösch (GDR); 5.  Frank Ullrich (GDR); 6.  Terje Krokstad (NOR); 7.  Kjell Søbak (NOR); 8.  Svein Engen (NOR); 9.  Vladimir Velichkov (BUL); 10.  Mathias Jung (GDR);
2.  Peter Angerer (FRG) +0:22 (2)
3.  Fritz Fischer (FRG) +0:35 (1)
5 April 4 × 7.5 km relay[2] 1.  West Germany ...
2.  East Germany
3.  Norway

Results

Overall World Cup[1][2][12]
Rank Name Points
1 East Germany Frank Ullrich 140
2 Soviet Union Anatoly Alyabyev 130
3 Norway Kjell Søbak 128
4 Norway Eirik Kvalfoss 120
5 West Germany Peter Angerer 117
6 East Germany Mathias Jung 114
7 Norway Terje Krokstad 103
7 East Germany Matthias Jacob 103
9 East Germany Eberhard Rösch 98
10 Finland Erkki Antila 90

Achievements

First World Cup career victory
  •  Terje Krokstad (NOR), 24, in his 4th season — the WC 1 Individual in Jáchymov; first podium was 1978–79 Individual in Jáchymov
  •  Kjell Søbak (NOR), 23, in his 3rd season — the WC 1 Sprint in Jáchymov; first podium was 1978–79 Individual in Sodankylä
  •  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR), 21, in his 1st season — the WC 2 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva; it also was his first podium
  •  Vladimir Alikin (URS), 23, in his 3rd season — the WC 3 Individual in Ruhpolding; first podium was 1978–79 Individual in Bardufoss
  •  Heikki Ikola (FIN), 33, in his 4th season — the World Championships Individual in Lahti; first podium was 1977–78 Sprint in Sodankylä
  •  Fritz Fischer (FRG), 24, in his 2nd season — the WC 4 Individual in Hedenäset; it also was his first podium
First World Cup podium
  •  Viktor Ciunkel (URS) — no. 2 in the WC 1 Individual in Jáchymov
  •  Jaromír Šimůnek (TCH), 25, in his 4th season — no. 3 in the WC 1 Individual in Jáchymov; it also was the first podium for an Czechoslovakian biathlete
  •  Viktor Avdejev (URS), in his 3rd season — no. 2 in the WC 1 Sprint in Jáchymov
  •  Hans Åhman (SWE), 28, in his 2nd season — no. 3 in the WC 1 Sprint in Jáchymov; it also was the first podium for an Swedish biathlete
  •  Toivo Mäkikyrö (FIN), 23, in his 1st season — no. 2 in the WC 2 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva
  •  Pjotr Miloradov (URS) — no. 2 in the WC 2 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva
  •  Bernd Hellmich (GDR), 22, in his 1st season — no. 3 in the WC 2 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva
  •  Peter Angerer (FRG), 21, in his 2nd season — no. 2 in the WC 3 Sprint in Ruhpolding
  •  Erkki Antila (FIN), 26, in his 4th season — no. 3 in the World Championships Individual in Lahti
  •  Franz Bernreiter (FRG), 27, in his 2nd season — no. 3 in the WC 4 Individual in Hedenäset
Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses)

Retirements

Following notable biathletes retired after the 1980–81 season:

References

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