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1979–80 Biathlon World Cup

The 1979–80 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 18 January 1980 in Ruhpolding, West Germany, and ended on 30 March 1980 in Murmansk, Soviet Union. It was the third season of the Biathlon World Cup, and it was only held for men.

1979–80 World Cup
Discipline Men Women
Overall East Germany Frank Ullrich
Competition

Calendar

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Below is the World Cup calendar for the 1979–80 season.[1][2]

Location Date Individual Sprint Relay
  Ruhpolding 18–20 January ● ● ●
  Antholz-Anterselva 24–27 January ● ● ●
  Lake Placid 16–22 February ● ● ●
  Lahti 14–16 March ● ● ●
  Hedenäset 20–23 March ● ● ●
  Murmansk 27–30 March ● ● ●
Total 6 6 6

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

World Cup Podium

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Men

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Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib
(After competition)
1 18 January 1980   Ruhpolding 20 km Individual   Klaus Siebert   Eberhard Rösch   Matthias Jacob   Klaus Siebert
1 19 January 1980   Ruhpolding 10 km Sprint   Frank Ullrich   Klaus Siebert   Yvon Mougel
2 24 January 1980   Antholz-Anterselva 20 km Individual   Klaus Siebert   Frank Ullrich   Alfred Eder
2 26 January 1980   Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Sprint   Frank Ullrich   Mathias Jung   Manfred Beer
3 14 March 1980   Lahti 20 km Individual   Vladimir Gavrikov   Mathias Jung   Keijo Kuntola   Frank Ullrich
3 15 March 1980   Lahti 10 km Sprint   Vladimir Gavrikov   Frank Ullrich   Klaus Siebert
4 20 March 1980   Hedenäset 20 km Individual   Klaus Siebert   Frank Ullrich   Eberhard Rösch
4 22 March 1980   Hedenäset 10 km Sprint   Frank Ullrich   Klaus Siebert   Vladimir Alikin
5 27 March 1980   Murmansk 20 km Individual   Frank Ullrich   Vladimir Velichkov   Eberhard Rösch
5 29 March 1980   Murmansk 10 km Sprint   Eberhard Rösch   Vladimir Alikin   Vladimir Velichkov

Standings: Men

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Overall

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Pos. Points
1.   Frank Ullrich 148
2.   Klaus Siebert 146
3.   Eberhard Rösch 133
4.   Vladimir Gavrikov 129
5.   Mathias Jung 127
  • Final standings after 10 races.

Achievements

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First World Cup career victory
  •   Vladimir Gavrikov (URS), — the WC 3 Individual in Lahti; it also was his first podium
  •   Eberhard Rösch (GDR), 25, in his 3rd season — the WC 5 Sprint in Murmansk; first podium was 1977–78 Individual in Ruhpolding
First World Cup podium
  •   Matthias Jacob (GDR), 19, in his 1st season — no. 3 in the WC 1 Individual in Ruhpolding
  •   Yvon Mougel (FRA), 23, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 1 Sprint in Ruhpolding; it also was the first podium for a French biathlete
  •   Alfred Eder (AUT), 26, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 2 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva
  •   Mathias Jung (GDR), 21, in his 2nd season — no. 2 in the WC 2 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva
  •   Manfred Beer (GDR), 26, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 2 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva
  •   Keijo Kuntola (FIN), 26, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 3 Individual in Lahti
  •   Vladimir Velichkov (BUL), 20, in his 1st season — no. 2 in the WC 5 Individual in Murmansk; it also was the first podium for a Bulgarian biathlete
Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses)

Retirements

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Following notable biathletes retired after the 1979–80 season:

Notes

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1. 1 This team was a regional team from Finland called Suomussalmen Rasti.
2. 2 The Aftenposten source gives the French team a time of 1:59:58.

References

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  1. ^ "Wintersport Charts Weltcup World Cup Biathlon 1980". Wintersport Charts. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Statistiche Biathlon" [Statistics Biathlon]. Neve Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 22 October 2015. (in Italian) (registration required)
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