1981–82 Biathlon World Cup

The 1981–82 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 14 January 1982 in Egg am Etzel, Switzerland, and ended on 7 March 1982 in Lahti, Finland. It was the fifth season of the Biathlon World Cup, and it was only held for men.

Matthias Jacob at the sprint in Lahti.

Calendar

Below is the World Cup calendar for the 1981–82 season.[1][2][3]

Location Date Individual Sprint Relay
Switzerland Egg am Etzel 14–17 January ● ● ●
Italy Antholz-Anterselva 21–24 January ● ● ●
West Germany Ruhpolding 28–30 January ● ●
Soviet Union Minsk 10–14 February ● ● ●
Finland Lahti 5–7 March ● ● ●
Total 5 5 4

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

World Cups

World Cup 1 in Switzerland Egg am Etzel
Date Event Podium Top 10
14 January 20 km individual[1][2][3] 1.  Svein Engen (NOR) 1:08:37.8 (0+1+0+2) 4.  Vladimir Velichkov (BUL); 5.  Alexandr Akulevitch (URS); 6.  Vítězslav Jureček (TCH); 7.  Andrei Vtoruschin (URS); 8.  Peter Zelinka (TCH); 9.  Ole Elvebakk (NOR); 10.  Vladimir Tretyakov (URS);
2.  Walter Pichler (FRG) +0:30.0 (1+1+0+0)
3.  Fritz Fischer (FRG) +0:38.6 (3+1+0+1)
16 January 10 km sprint[1][2][3] 1.  Frank Ullrich (GDR) 33:25.4 (0+0) 4.  Ralf Göthel (GDR); 5.  Andreas Göthel (GDR); 6.  Mathias Jung (GDR); 7.  Alexandr Akulevitch (URS); 8.  Bernd Hellmich (GDR); 9.  Vladimir Tretyakov (URS); 10.  Vladimir Velichkov (BUL);
2.  Matthias Jacob (GDR) +0:37.4 (0+0)
3.  Fritz Fischer (FRG) +0:46.7 (0+1)
17 January 4 × 7.5 km relay[1][2] 1.  East Germany I 2:00:19.9 (0)
Mathias Jung 29:19.9 (0+0)
Matthias Jacob 31:01.2 (0+0)
Frank Ullrich 29:42.5 (0+0)
Andreas Göthel 30:16.3 (0+0)
4.  Norway 2:04:25.8 (5) (Elvebakk (0+0), Engen (0+1), Lirhus (0+3), Rognstad (0+1));
5.  Czechoslovakia I 2:04:46.0 (0) (Skalník (0+0), Hák (0+0), Zelinka (0+0), Šimůnek (0+0));
6.  Soviet Union I 2:05:01.9 (5) (Tretyakov (0+2), Akulevitch (2+1), Ciunkel (0+0), Vtoruschin (0+0));
2.  West Germany 2:02:11.4 (1)
Walter Pichler 31:01.7 (0+0)
Andreas Schweiger 31:00.0 (0+0)
Peter Angerer 30:32.1 (0+1)
Fritz Fischer 29:37.7 (0+0)
3.  East Germany II 2:03:30.5 (0)
Holger Wick 30:03.5 (0+0)
Frank Lohse 30:56.7 (0+0)
Remo Krug 32:07.2 (0+0)
Ralf Göthel 30:23.2 (0+0)


World Cup 2 in Italy Antholz-Anterselva
Date Event Podium Top 10
21 January 20 km individual[1][2][3] 1.  Andreas Göthel (GDR) 1:06:53.6 (0+0+0+1) 4.  Kjell Søbak (NOR); 5.  Fritz Fischer (FRG); 6.  Svein Engen (NOR); 7.  Frank Ullrich (GDR); 8.  Adriano Darioli (ITA); 9.  Andrei Vtoruschin (URS); 10.  Franz Bernreiter (FRG);
2.  Matthias Jacob (GDR) +0:08.9 (0+0+0+2)
3.  Bernd Hellmich (GDR) +0:35.7 (0+0+1+0)
23 January 10 km sprint[1][2][3] 1.  Frank Ullrich (GDR) 31:31.0 (0+0) 4.  Terje Krokstad (NOR); 5.  Bernd Hellmich (GDR); 6.  Mathias Jung (GDR); 7.  Vladimir Velichkov (BUL); 8.  Taipio Piipponen (FIN); 9.  Heikki Ikola (FIN); 10.  Rolf Storsveen (NOR);
2.  Kjell Søbak (NOR) +0:23.0 (0+0)
3.  Matthias Jacob (GDR) +0:30.2 (0+0)
24 January 4 × 7.5 km relay[1][2][4] 1.  East Germany I 1:34:40 (1)
Mathias Jung
Matthias Jacob
Frank Ullrich
Andreas Göthel
4.  East Germany II 1:38:26 (3);
5.  Finland I 1:39:08 (2);
6.  Norway II 1:39:50 (Nilsen, Engen, Lirhus, Rognstad);
2.  Norway I 1:38:02 (5)
Eirik Kvalfoss
Rolf Storsveen
Terje Krokstad
Kjell Søbak
3.  West Germany 1:38:26 (0)
Franz Bernreiter
Hartmut Fickert
Günther Haug
Thomas Grebner


World Cup 3 in West Germany Ruhpolding
Date Event Podium Top 10
28 January 20 km individual[1][2][3] 1.  Frank Ullrich (GDR) 1:08:10 4.  Andreas Göthel (NOR); 5.  Svein Engen (NOR); 6.  Vladimir Tretyakov (URS); 7.  Fritz Fischer (FRG); 9.  Luigi Weiss (ITA); 10.  Christian Poirot (FRA);
2.  Viktor Bulygin (URS) +3:38
3.  Matthias Jacob (GDR) +3:56
30 January 10 km sprint[1][2][3][5] 1.  Matthias Jacob (GDR) 36:26 (0) 4.  Fritz Fischer (FRG); 5.  Andreas Göthel (GDR); 6.  Frank Ullrich (GDR); 7.  Peter Angerer (FRG); 8.  Siegfried Dockner (AUT); 9.  Johann Passler (ITA); 10.  Mathias Jung (GDR);
2.  Taipio Piipponen (FIN) +0:35 (0)
3.  Kjell Søbak (NOR) +0:38 (1)


World Championships in Soviet Union Minsk
Date Event Podium Top 10
10 February 20 km individual[1][6] 1.  Frank Ullrich (GDR) 1:07:17.0 (1+1+0+0) 4.  Matthias Jacob (GDR); 5.  Erkki Antila (FIN); 6.  Kjell Søbak (NOR); 7.  Viktor Semenov (URS); 8.  Bernd Hellmich (GDR); 9.  Andreas Schweiger (FRG); 10.  Vítězslav Jureček (TCH);
2.  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR) +0:33.3 (0+0+1+1)
3.  Terje Krokstad (NOR) +3:31.6 (0+3+1+1)
13 February 10 km sprint[1][7] 1.  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR) 33:03.2 (1+1) 4.  Odd Lirhus (NOR); 5.  Vladimir Velichkov (BUL); 6.  Vladimir Barnashov (URS); 7.  Mathias Jung (GDR); 8.  Andreas Göthel (GDR); 9.  Kjell Søbak (NOR); 10.  Anatoly Alyabyev (URS);
2.  Frank Ullrich (GDR) +0:05.9 (0+1)
3.  Vladimir Alikin (URS) +0:18.4 (2+0)
14 February 4 × 7.5 km relay[1][8] 1.  East Germany 1:39:45.28 (0)
Mathias Jung 24:39.16 (0+0)
Matthias Jacob 25:12.92 (0+0)
Frank Ullrich 24:49.51 (0+0)
Bernd Hellmich 25:03.69 (0+0)
4.  West Germany 1:43:54.50 (0) (Bernreiter 27:18.13 (0+0), Schweiger 26:45.74 (0+0), Angerer 24:52.05 (0+0), Fischer 24:58.58 (0+0));
5.  Italy 1:44:30.70 (3);
6.  Czechoslovakia 1:45:37.85 (2);
2.  Norway 1:40:53.07 (2)
Eirik Kvalfoss 24:37.44 (0+0)
Kjell Søbak 24:48.88 (0+0)
Rolf Storsveen 26:44.00 (2+0)
Odd Lirhus 24:42.75 (0+0)
3.  Soviet Union 1:41:09.53 (1)
Vladimir Alikin 24:39.90 (0+0)
Vladimir Barnashov 26:02.45 (0+1)
Viktor Semenov 25:29.27 (0+0)
Anatoly Alyabyev 24:57.91 (0+0)


World Cup 4 in Finland Lahti
Date Event Podium Top 10
5 March 20 km individual[1][2][3] 1.  Kjell Søbak (NOR) 1:18:18.7 (1+0+0+2) 4.  Frank Ullrich (GDR); 5.  Peter Angerer (FRG); 6.  Matthias Jacob (GDR); 7.  Terje Krokstad (NOR); 8.  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR); 9.  Bernd Hellmich (GDR); 10.  Andreas Göthel (GDR);
2.  Odd Lirhus (NOR) +0:18.3 (1+3+0+0)
3.  Fritz Fischer (FRG) +0:50.7 (1+1+1+1)
6 March 10 km sprint[1][2][3] 1.  Matthias Jacob (GDR) 33:51.4 (0+1) 4.  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR); 5.  Luigi Weiss (ITA); 6.  Andreas Göthel (GDR); 7.  Peter Angerer (FRG); 8.  Yuriy İvanov Mitev (BUL); 9.  Terje Krokstad (NOR); 10.  Francis Mougel (FRA);
2.  Odd Lirhus (NOR) +0:28.3 (1+2)
3.  Kjell Søbak (NOR) +0:41.4 (2+1)
7 March 4 × 7.5 km relay[2] 1.  Norway ...
2. ?
3. ?

Results

Overall World Cup[1][2]
Rank Name Points
1 East Germany Frank Ullrich 146
2 East Germany Matthias Jacob 143
3 Norway Kjell Søbak 137
4 East Germany Andreas Göthel 125
5 West Germany Fritz Fischer 123
6 Norway Odd Lirhus 110
6 East Germany Bernd Hellmich 110
8 Norway Eirik Kvalfoss 100
9 People's Republic of Bulgaria Vladimir Velichkov 99
10 Norway Svein Engen 96
11 East Germany Mathias Jung 95
12 Norway Terje Krokstad 94
13 West Germany Peter Angerer 89
14 Italy Luigi Weiss 87
15 Finland Taipio Piipponen 82
16 Soviet Union Vladimir Tretyakov 65
16 Soviet Union Andrei Vtoruschin 65
18 Italy Adriano Darioli 64
19 Italy Johann Passler 61
20 Finland Heikki Ikola 57
21 France Christian Poirot 54
22 Soviet Union Viktor Bulygin 50
22 West Germany Andreas Schweiger 50
24 People's Republic of Bulgaria Yuriy İvanov Mitev 48
25 Soviet Union Alexandr Akulevitch 46
26 Czechoslovakia Vítězslav Jureček 43
27 Soviet Union Vladimir Alikin 36
27 East Germany Ralf Göthel 36
27 Soviet Union Viktor Ciunkel 36
30 Norway Rolf Storsveen 35

Achievements

First World Cup career victory
First World Cup podium
Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses)

Retirements

Following notable biathletes retired after the 1981–82 season:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Holm, Knut E. Sportsboken 82-83 [The Sports Book 82-83] (in Norwegian). Oslo: Hjemmets bokforlag A/S. ISBN 82-7001-942-9. (Norwegian)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Wintersport Charts Weltcup World Cup Biathlon 1982". Wintersport Charts. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Statistiche Biathlon" [Statistics Biathlon]. Neve Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 22 October 2015. (Italian) (registration required)
  4. ↑ "Resultatbørs – Skiskyting" [Results exchange – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 25 January 1982. Retrieved 20 October 2014. (Norwegian) (subscription required)
  5. ↑ "Resultatbørs – Skiskyting" [Results exchange – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 1 February 1982. Retrieved 20 October 2014. (Norwegian) (subscription required)
  6. ↑ "World Championship Biathlon 1982 - Minsk-Raubichi/Minsk-Raubichi (BLR) – Men 20 km Individual". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  7. ↑ "World Championship Biathlon 1982 - Minsk-Raubichi/Minsk-Raubichi (BLR) – Men 10 km Sprint". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  8. ↑ "Resultatbørs – Skiskyting" [Results exchange – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 15 February 1982. Retrieved 20 October 2014. (Norwegian) (subscription required)
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