1980–81 Biathlon World Cup

Biathlon competition 1980–81 World Cup Overall GDR Frank Ullrich 1979–80 1981–82 The 1980–81 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 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.Holm Knut E. Sportsboken 81-82 The Sports Book 81-82 Norwegian Stavanger Dreyer Bok 82-7096-110-8 nohttp://www.wintersport-charts.info/bi_1981.html Wintersport Charts Weltcup World Cup Biathlon 1981 Wintersport Charts 19 October 2014http://www.neveitalia.it/sport/biathlon/statistiche/wc-all-races-male&season=1980/1981 Statistiche Biathlon 22 October 2015 Neve Italia Italian Statistics Biathlon it Location Date Individual Sprint Relay TCH Jáchymov 15–17 January ● ● ● ITA Antholz-Anterselva 22–25 January ● ● ● FRG Ruhpolding 29 January–1 February ● ● ● FIN Lahti 12–15 February ● ● ● SWE 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 Cup Podium Men Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib (After competition) Det. 1 15 January 1981 TCH Jáchymov 20 km Individual NOR Terje Krokstad URS Viktor Tsiunel TCH Jaromír Šimůnek NOR Terje Krokstad Detail 1 16 January 1981 TCH Jáchymov 10 km Sprint NOR Kjell Søbak URS Viktor Avdeyev SWE Hans Åhman NOR Kjell Søbak Detail 2 22 January 1981 ITA Antholz-Anterselva 20 km Individual NOR Eirik Kvalfoss FIN Toivo Mäkikyrö URS Anatoly Alyabyev Detail 2 24 January 1981 ITA Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Sprint URS Anatoly Alyabyev URS Piotr Miloradov GDR Bernd Hellmich URS Anatoly Alyabyev Detail 3 28 January 1981 FRG Ruhpolding 20 km Individual URS Vladimir Alikin GDR Frank Ullrich URS Anatoly Alyabyev Detail 3 31 January 1981 FRG Ruhpolding 10 km Sprint GDR Frank Ullrich FRG Peter Angerer NOR Eirik Kvalfoss Detail WC 12 February 1981 FIN Lahti 20 km Individual FIN Heikki Ikola GDR Frank Ullrich FIN Erkki Antila GDR Frank Ullrich Detail WC 14 February 1981 FIN Lahti 10 km Sprint GDR Frank Ullrich FIN Erkki Antila FRA Yvon Mougel Detail 4 2 April 1981 SWE Hedenäset 20 km Individual FRG Fritz Fischer FRG Peter Angerer FRG Franz Bernreiter Detail 4 4 April 1981 SWE Hedenäset 10 km Sprint NOR Eirik Kvalfoss FRG Peter Angerer FRG Fritz Fischer Detail Standings: Men Overall Pos.Points 1. GDR Frank Ullrich 140 2. URS Anatoly Alyabyev 130 3. NOR Kjell Søbak 128 4. NOR Eirik Kvalfoss 120 5. FRG Peter Angerer 117 Final standings after 10 races. 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 a Czechoslovak 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 a 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) Frank Ullrich GDR, 2 (10) first places Eirik Kvalfoss NOR, 2 (2) first places Anatoly Alyabyev URS, 1 (2) first place Terje Krokstad NOR, 1 (1) first place Kjell Søbak NOR, 1 (1) first place Vladimir Alikin URS, 1 (1) first place Heikki Ikola FIN, 1 (1) first place Fritz Fischer FRG, 1 (1) first place Retirements Following notable biathletes retired after the 1980–81 season: Eberhard Rösch GDR Sigleif Johansen NOR References 2 Category:Biathlon World Cup World Cup