1977–78 Biathlon World Cup

Biathlon competition 1977–78 World Cup Overall GDR Frank Ullrich 1978–79 The 1977–78 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 13 January 1978 in Ruhpolding, West Germany, and ended in April 1978 in Sodankylä, Finland. It was the first ever season of the Biathlon World Cup, and it was only held for men. thumb|Frank Ullrich and Klaus Siebert at the East German Championships in 1978 Calendar Below is the World Cup calendar for the 1977–78 season. Sportsboken 78-79 The Sports Book 78-79 Norwegian Stavanger Dreyer Bok 82-7096-063-2 nohttp://www.wintersport-charts.info/bi_1978.html Wintersport Charts Weltcup World Cup Biathlon 1978 Wintersport Charts 13 September 2014http://www.neveitalia.it/sport/biathlon/statistiche/wc-all-races-male&season=1977/1978 Statistiche Biathlon 22 October 2015 Neve Italia Italian Statistics Biathlon it Location Date Individual Sprint Relay FRG Ruhpolding 13–15 January ● ● ● ITA Antholz-Anterselva 21–25 February ● ● ● AUT Hochfilzen 2–5 March ● ● ● URS 1955 Murmansk 24–29 March ● ● ● FIN Sodankylä 1–2 April ● ● ● Total 5 5 5 *The relays were technically unofficial races as they did not count towards anything in the World Cup. World Cup podium Men Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib (After competition) Det. 1 14 January 1978 FRG Ruhpolding 20 km Individual GDR Klaus Siebert GDR Eberhard Rösch FRG Andreas Schweiger GDR Klaus Siebert Detail 1 15 January 1978 FRG Ruhpolding 10 km Sprint NOR Sigleif Johansen GDR Eberhard Rösch GDR Frank Ullrich GDR Eberhard Rösch Detail 2 23 February 1978 ITA Antholz-Anterselva 20 km Individual GDR Frank Ullrich URS Alexander Ushakov URS Nikolay Kruglov GDR Frank Ullrich Detail 2 25 February 1978 ITA Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Sprint GDR Klaus Siebert GDR Eberhard Rösch URS Vladimir Barnashov Detail WC 2 March 1978 AUT Hochfilzen 20 km Individual NOR Odd Lirhus GDR Frank Ullrich GDR Eberhard Rösch Detail WC 4 March 1978 AUT Hochfilzen 10 km Sprint GDR Frank Ullrich GDR Eberhard Rösch GDR Klaus Siebert Detail 3 25 March 1978 URS Murmansk 20 km Individual URS Nikolay Kruglov URS Anatoly Alyabyev URS Vladimir Artemyev Detail 3 27 March 1978 URS Murmansk 10 km Sprint GDR Frank Ullrich URS Nikolay Kruglov NOR Sigleif Johansen Detail 4 1 April 1978 FIN Sodankylä 20 km Individual GDR Klaus Siebert URS Vladimir Otchnev NOR Svein Engen Detail 4 2 April 1978 FIN Sodankylä 10 km Sprint URS Vladimir Barnashov FIN Heikki Ikola URS Alexander Tikhonov Detail Standings Overall Pos.Points 1. GDR Frank Ullrich 144 2. GDR Klaus Siebert 137 3. GDR Eberhard Rösch 133 4. URS Vladimir Barnashov 125 5. URS Nikolay Kruglov 119 Final standings after 10 races. Achievements First World Cup career victory Klaus Siebert GDR, 22, in his 1st season — the WC 1 Individual in Ruhpolding; it also was his first podium and the first podium for an East German biathlete Sigleif Johansen NOR, 29, in his 1st season — the WC 1 Sprint in Ruhpolding; it also was his first podium and the first podium for a Norwegian biathlete Frank Ullrich GDR, 20, in his 1st season — the WC 2 Individual in Ruhpolding; first podium was 1977–78 Sprint in Ruhpolding Odd Lirhus NOR, 21, in his 1st season — the World Championships Individual in Hochfilzen; it also was his first podium Nikolay Kruglov URS 1955, 28, in his 1st season — the WC 3 Individual in Murmansk; first podium was 1977–78 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva Vladimir Barnashov URS 1955, 27, in his 1st season — the WC 4 Sprint in Sodankylä; first podium was 1977–78 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva First World Cup podium Eberhard Rösch GDR, 27, in his 1st season — no. 2 in the WC 1 Individual in Ruhpolding Andreas Schweiger FRG, 24, in his 1st season — no. 3 in the WC 1 Individual in Ruhpolding; it also was the first podium for a West German biathlete Frank Ullrich GDR, 19, in his 1st season — no. 3 in the WC 1 Sprint in Ruhpolding Alexander Ushakov URS 1955, 29, in his 1st season — no. 2 in the WC 2 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva; it also was the first podium for a Soviet biathlete Nikolay Kruglov URS 1955, 28, in his 1st season — no. 3 in the WC 2 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva Anatoly Alyabyev URS 1955, 26, in his 1st season — no. 2 in the WC 3 Individual in Murmansk Vladimir Artemiev URS 1955, in his 1st season — no. 3 in the WC 3 Individual in Murmansk Vladimir Barnashov URS 1955, 26, in his 1st season — no. 3 in the WC 2 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva Vladimir Otchnev URS 1955, in his 1st season — no. 2 in the WC 4 Individual in Sodankylä Svein Engen NOR, 25, in his 1st season — no. 3 in the WC 4 Individual in Sodankylä Heikki Ikola FIN, 30, in his 1st season — no. 2 in the WC 4 Sprint in Sodankylä; it also was the first podium for a Finnish biathlete Alexander Tikhonov URS 1955, 31, in his 1st season — no. 3 in the WC 4 Sprint in Sodankylä Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses) Klaus Siebert GDR, 3 (3) first places Frank Ullrich GDR, 3 (3) first places Sigleif Johansen NOR, 1 (1) first place Odd Lirhus NOR, 1 (1) first place Nikolay Kruglov URS 1955, 1 (1) first place Vladimir Barnashov URS 1955, 1 (1) first place Retirements Following notable biathletes retired after the 1977–78 season: Juhani Suutarinen FIN Aleksandr Elizarov URS 1955 References 2 Category:Biathlon World Cup World Cup