1987–88 Biathlon World Cup

The 1987–88 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 17 December 1987 in Hochfilzen, Austria, and ended on 20 March 1988 in Jyväskylä, Finland. It was the eleventh season of the Biathlon World Cup. The women's European Cup changed its name to World Cup.

The first round of the World Cup in Hochfilzen had scheduled individuals, sprints and relays, but the sprints and relays were cancelled due to heavy rainfall destroying the tracks.^[1] The sprint races were later held in Keuruu, with the rest of that World Cup round being held in Jyväskylä.

Calendar

Below is the World Cup calendar for the 1987–88 season.^[2][3][4]

Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Relay
Hochfilzen	17 December	●
Antholz-Anterselva	21–24 January	●	●	●
Ruhpolding	28–31 January	●	●	●
Calgary	20–26 February	●	●	●
Chamonix	29 February–6 March	●	●	●
Holmenkollen	10–13 March	●	●	●
Keuruu and Jyväskylä	15–20 March	●	●●	●
Total (each)		6	6	5

• 1988 Winter Olympics and 1988 World Championship races were not included in the 1987–88 World Cup scoring system.
  • The men competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics whilst the women competed at the 1988 World Championships.

World Cups: Men

World Cup 1 in Hochfilzen
Date	Event	Podium	Top 10
17 December	20 km individual[2][3][4][5][6]	1.  Fritz Fischer (FRG) 1:07:36.2 (0+0+0+0)	4.  Tapio Piipponen (FIN); 5.  Anatoly Zhdanovich (URS); 6.  Sergei Antonov (URS); 7.  Gisle Fenne (NOR); 8.  Matthias Jacob (GDR); 9.  Harri Eloranta (FIN); 10.  Arto Jääskeläinen (FIN);
		2.  Alexandr Popov (URS) +0:06.8 (0+0+0+0)
		3.  Johann Passler (ITA) +0:33.1 (0+1+0+1)

World Cup 2 in Antholz-Anterselva
Date	Event	Podium	Top 10
21 January	10 km sprint[2][3][4][7][8]	1.  Frank-Peter Roetsch (GDR) 29:21.6 (0+2)	4.  André Sehmisch (GDR); 5.  Josh Thompson (USA); 6.  Johann Passler (ITA); 7.  Herbert Fritzenwenger (FRG); 8.  Alfred Eder (AUT); 9.  Jürgen Wirth (GDR); 10.  Birk Anders (GDR);
		2.  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR) +0:19.1 (1+1)
		3.  Andreas Zingerle (ITA) +0:26.2 (0+1)
23 January	20 km individual[2][3][4][9][10]	1.  Johann Passler (ITA) 1:05:03.3 (1+1+1+1)	4.  Maik Dietz (GDR); 5.  Frank-Peter Roetsch (GDR); 6.  Ernst Reiter (FRG) 7.  Tapio Piipponen (FIN); 8.  Jan Matouš (TCH); 9.  Vladimir Velichkov (BUL); 10.  Jürgen Wirth (GDR);
		2.  Fritz Fischer (FRG) +0:36.0 (1+0+0+2)
		3.  Hervé Flandin (FRA) +0:48.4 (1+1+1+0)
24 January	4 × 7.5 km relay[2][3][9]	1.  East Germany I 1:26:12 (0)	4.  Finland 1:29:05; 5.  West Germany II 1:29:06; 6.  Czechoslovakia 1:30:25; 7.  Norway II 1:30:36; 8.  France II 1:31:31;
		2.  East Germany II 1:26:42 (4)
		3.  Norway I 1:27:27 (1) Geir Einang Frode Løberg Sylfest Glimsdal Eirik Kvalfoss

World Cup 3 in Ruhpolding
Date	Event	Podium	Top 10
28 January	20 km individual[2][3][4][11]	1.  Ernst Reiter (FRG) 56:42.4 (0+0+0+0)	4.  Fritz Fischer (FRG); 5.  Peter Sjödén (SWE); 6.  Jiří Holubec (TCH); 7.  Egon Leitner (AUT); 8.  Josh Thompson (USA); 9.  Franz Wudy (FRG); 10.  Stefan Höck (FRG);
		2.  Andreas Zingerle (ITA) +1:33.4 (0+0+0+0)
		3.  Jan Matouš (TCH) +3:17.0 (1+1+0+1)
30 January	10 km sprint[2][3][4][12][13]	1.  Stefan Höck (FRG) 30:22.3 (0+1)	4.  Ernst Reiter (FRG); 5.  Andreas Zingerle (ITA); 6.  Roberto Marchesi (ITA); 7.  Franz Wudy (FRG); 8.  Alfred Eder (AUT); 9.  Werner Kiem (ITA); 10.  Jan Matouš (TCH);
		2.  Johann Passler (ITA) +0:05.4 (0+2)
		3.  Peter Angerer (FRG) +0:22.4 (0+1)
31 January	4 × 7.5 km relay[2][3][12]	1.  West Germany I 1:39:24.7 (0) Ernst Reiter Stefan Höck Peter Angerer Fritz Fischer	4.  West Germany II 1:45:13.6 (1); 5.  Finland 1:45:22.3 (1); 6.  Bulgaria 1:45:57.5 (1);
		2.  Czechoslovakia 1:43:50.8 (0)
		3.  United States 1:44:39.8 (0)

World Cup 4 in Holmenkollen
Date	Event	Podium	Top 10
10 March	20 km individual[2][3][4][14][15]	1.  Gisle Fenne (NOR) 58:22.8 (0+1+0+1)	4.  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR); 5.  Fritz Fischer (FRG); 6.  Juri Kashkarov (URS); 7.  Francis Mougel (FRA); 8.  Wilfried Pallhuber (ITA); 9.  Leonid Reztsov (URS); 10.  Jan Matouš (TCH);
		2.  Sergei Antonov (URS) +0:01.2 (0+0+0+0)
		3.  Andreas Zingerle (ITA) +1:43.3 (1+0+0+0)
12 March	10 km sprint[2][3][4][16][17]	1.  Frank-Peter Roetsch (GDR) 28:28.1 (0+0)	4.  Gisle Fenne (NOR); 5.  Jan Matouš (TCH); 6.  Sergei Antonov (URS); 7.  Frode Løberg (NOR); 8.  Fritz Fischer (FRG); 9.  Andreas Zingerle (ITA); 10.  André Sehmisch (GDR);
		2.  Peter Angerer (FRG) +0:36.4 (0+1)
		3.  Geir Einang (NOR) +0:39.2 (0+1)
13 March	4 × 7.5 km relay[2][3][16]	1.  Norway 1:36:03.8 (0) Geir Einang 24:12.9 Gisle Fenne 24:00.7 Frode Løberg 23:46.3 Eirik Kvalfoss 24:04.9	4.  Austria 1:39:33; 5.  Soviet Union 1:40:31; 6.  France 1:41:16;
		2.  West Germany 1:37:08.0 (0) Franz Wudy 24:15.6 Stefan Höck 25:13.3 Peter Angerer 24:13.8 Herbert Fritzenwenger 23:25.3
		3.  East Germany 1:37:08.1 (1) Frank Luck 23:55.1 Frank-Peter Roetsch 24:28.0 Jürgen Wirth 25:02.2 André Sehmisch 23:42.8

World Cup 5 in Keuruu and Jyväskylä
Date	Event	Podium	Top 10
15 March	10 km sprint[2][3][4][18]	1.  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR) 24:54.7 (1)	4.  Herbert Fritzenwenger (FRG); 5.  Andreas Zingerle (ITA); 6.  Gisle Fenne (NOR);
		2.  Vladimir Drachev (URS) +0:20.2 (1)
		3.  Fritz Fischer (FRG) +0:32.8 (0)
17 March	20 km individual[2][3][4][19][20]	1.  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR) 58:02.4 (1+0+0+0)	4.  Peter Angerer (FRG); 5.  Tapio Piipponen (FIN); 6.  Leonid Reztsov (URS); 7.  Jiří Holubec (TCH); 8.  Herbert Fritzenwenger (FRG); 9.  Jan Matouš (TCH); 10.  Bjørn Tore Berntsen (NOR);
		2.  Sergei Antonov (URS) +0:35.1 (0+0+0+0)
		3.  Alfred Eder (AUT) +1:27.2 (0+0+0+1)
19 March	10 km sprint[2][3][4][21][22]	1.  Franz Schuler (AUT) 27:28.8 (0+0)	4.  Jan Matouš (TCH); 5.  Gisle Fenne (NOR); 6.  Herbert Fritzenwenger (FRG); 7.  Leonid Reztsov (URS); 8.  Tapio Piipponen (FIN); 9.  Stefan Höck (FRG); 10.  Fritz Fischer (FRG);
		2.  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR) +0:23.9 (1+1)
		3.  Alfred Eder (AUT) +0:26.0 (0+0)
20 March	4 × 7.5 km relay[2][3][21]	1.  West Germany 1:32:18 (0) Franz Wudy Stefan Höck Georg Fischer Herbert Fritzenwenger	4.  Austria 1:35:09 (10);
		2.  Norway 1:33:57 (6) Frode Løberg Gisle Fenne Sylfest Glimsdal Eirik Kvalfoss
		3.  Soviet Union 1:34:32 (4)

Results: Men

Overall World Cup[2][3][21][α] Rank Name Points 1 Fritz Fischer 171 2 Eirik Kvalfoss 167 3 Johann Passler 160 4 Peter Angerer 151 5 Andreas Zingerle 148 6 Jan Matouš 147 7 Tapio Piipponen 146 8 Frank-Peter Roetsch 142 9 Gisle Fenne 125 10 Sergei Antonov 121 11 Herbert Fritzenwenger 115 12 Alfred Eder 114 13 Stefan Höck 111 14 Ernst Reiter 103 15 Franz Wudy 99 16 André Sehmisch 95 17 Josh Thompson 73 18 Franz Schuler 67 19 Leonid Reztsov 64 20 Frode Løberg 63 21 Vladimir Drachev 60 ... 34 Geir Einang 39 ... 47 Sylfest Glimsdal 23 ... 59 Bjørn Tore Berntsen 16

Nation Cup[3] Rank Name Points 1 West Germany 2 Soviet Union 3 Italy

Achievements

First World Cup career victory

•  Johann Passler (ITA), 26, in his 7th season — the WC 2 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva; first podium was 1982–83 Individual in Holmenkollen
•  Ernst Reiter (FRG), 25, in his 5th season — the WC 3 Individual in Ruhpolding; first podium was 1986–87 Individual in Ruhpolding
•  Stefan Höck (FRG), 24, in his 4th season — the WC 3 Sprint in Ruhpolding; it also was his first podium
•  Gisle Fenne (NOR), 24, in his 5th season — the WC 4 Individual in Holmenkollen; first podium was 1985–86 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva
•  Franz Schuler (AUT), 25, in his 6th season — the WC 5 Sprint (2) in Jyväskylä; first podium was 1986–87 Sprint in Obertauern

First World Cup podium

•  Hervé Flandin (FRA), 22, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 2 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva
•  Geir Einang (NOR), 23, in his 4th season — no. 3 in the WC 4 Sprint in Holmenkollen
•  Vladimir Drachev (URS), 22, in his 1st season — no. 2 in the WC 5 Sprint (1) in Jyväskylä

Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses)

•  Frank-Peter Roetsch (GDR), 2 (9) first places
•  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR), 2 (9) first places
•  Fritz Fischer (FRG), 1 (5) first places
•  Johann Passler (ITA), 1 (1) first places
•  Ernst Reiter (FRG), 1 (1) first places
•  Stefan Höck (FRG), 1 (1) first places
•  Gisle Fenne (NOR), 1 (1) first places
•  Franz Schuler (AUT), 1 (1) first places

Retirements

The following notable biathletes retired after the 1987–88 season:

•  Peter Angerer (FRG)^[23]
•  Matthias Jacob (GDR)

Notes

1. ¹ The Aftenposten source placed Løberg 17th with 70 points.

References