1978–79 Biathlon World Cup

Biathlon competition 1978–79 World Cup Overall GDR Klaus Siebert 1977–78 1979–80 The 1978–79 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 10 January 1979 in Jáchymov, Czechoslovakia, and ended on 8 April 1979 in Bardufoss, Norway. It was the second season of the Biathlon World Cup, and it was only held for men. Calendar Below is the World Cup calendar for the 1978–79 season. Sportsboken 79-80 The Sports Book 79-80 Norwegian Stavanger Dreyer Bok 82-7096-076-4 nohttp://www.wintersport-charts.info/bi_1979.html Wintersport Charts Weltcup World Cup Biathlon 1979 Wintersport Charts 15 September 2014http://www.neveitalia.it/sport/biathlon/statistiche/wc-all-races-male&season=1978/1979 Statistiche Biathlon 22 October 2015 Neve Italia Italian Statistics Biathlon it Location Date Individual Sprint Relay TCH Jáchymov 10–12 January ● ● ● ITA Antholz-Anterselva 21–24 January ● ● ● FRG Ruhpolding 28 February–2 March ● ● ● FIN Sodankylä 30 March–1 April ● ● ● NOR Bardufoss 6–8 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 10 January 1979 TCH Jáchymov 20 km Individual NOR Roar Nilsen GDR Eberhard Rösch NOR Terje Krokstad NOR Roar Nilsen Detail 1 11 January 1979 TCH Jáchymov 10 km Sprint AUT Rudolf Horn GDR Frank Ullrich NOR Terje Krokstad NOR Terje Krokstad Detail 2 21 January 1979 ITA Antholz-Anterselva 20 km Individual URS Vladimir Barnashov GDR Heinz Böttcher GDR Klaus Siebert Detail 2 23 January 1979 ITA Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Sprint URS Alexander Tikhonov URS Vladimir Barnashov GDR Klaus Siebert URS Vladimir Barnashov Detail WC 28 January 1979 FRG Ruhpolding 20 km Individual GDR Klaus Siebert URS Alexander Tikhonov NOR Sigleif Johansen GDR Klaus Siebert Detail WC 31 January 1979 FRG Ruhpolding 10 km Sprint GDR Frank Ullrich NOR Odd Lirhus ITA Luigi Weiss Detail 3 30 March 1979 FIN Sodankylä 20 km Individual URS Anatoly Alyabyev GDR Klaus Siebert NOR Kjell Søbak Detail 3 31 March 1979 FIN Sodankylä 10 km Sprint GDR Klaus Siebert NOR Kjell Søbak URS Vladimir Barnashov Detail 4 6 April 1979 NOR Bardufoss 20 km Individual URS Alexander Tikhonov GDR Frank Ullrich URS Vladimir Alikin Detail 4 7 April 1979 NOR Bardufoss 10 km Sprint NOR Sigleif Johansen URS Vladimir Barnashov GDR Klaus Siebert Detail Standings: Men Overall Pos.Points 1. GDR Klaus Siebert 143 2. GDR Frank Ullrich 136 3. URS Vladimir Barnashov 128 4. URS Alexander Tikhonov 114 5. GDR Eberhard Rösch 114 Final standings after 10 races. Achievements First World Cup career victory Roar Nilsen NOR, 26, in his 2nd season — the WC 1 Individual in Jáchymov; it also was his first podium Rudolf Horn AUT, 24, in his 2nd season — the WC 1 Sprint in Jáchymov; it also was his first podium and the first podium for an Austrian biathlete Alexander Tikhonov URS 1955, 32, in his 2nd season — the WC 2 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva; first podium was 1977–78 Sprint in Sodankylä Anatoly Alyabyev URS 1955, 27, in his 2nd season — the WC 3 Individual in Sodankylä; first podium was 1977–78 Individual in Murmansk First World Cup podium Terje Krokstad NOR, 22, in his 2nd season — no. 3 in the WC 1 Individual in Jáchymov Luigi Weiss ITA, 27, in his 2nd season — no. 3 in the World Championships Sprint in Ruhpolding; it also was the first podium for an Italian biathlete Kjell Søbak NOR, 21, in his 1st season — no. 3 in the WC 3 Individual in Sodankylä Vladimir Alikin URS 1955, 21, in his 1st season — no. 3 in the WC 4 Individual in Bardufoss Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses) Klaus Siebert GDR, 2 (5) first places Alexander Tikhonov URS 1955, 2 (2) first places Frank Ullrich GDR, 1 (4) first place Vladimir Barnashov URS 1955, 1 (2) first place Sigleif Johansen NOR, 1 (2) first place Roar Nilsen NOR, 1 (1) first place Rudolf Horn AUT, 1 (1) first place Anatoly Alyabyev URS 1955, 1 (1) first place Notes 1. placement α 1placement α 2placement α 3placement α 4placement α 5placement α 6 In the individual races in Jáchymov some non-World Cup racers participated. In the 20 km individual Jürgen Grundler, Thomas Klinger and Wolfgang Schütze, among others, were non-World Cup racers, and so for World Cup purposes Roar Nilsen won the race, with Rösch and Krokstad coming 2nd and 3rd. Pavlíček, Hess, Avdejev, Engen, Tor Svendsberget, Mathias Jung and Heinz Böttcher came 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th respectively and received the appropriate World Cup points. 11 January 1979 World Cup-resultater World Cup results http://eavis.aftenposten.no/aftenposten/62463/13 Norwegian Aftenposten 14 September 2014 no 11 January 1979 Til topps tross tap To the top despite loss http://eavis.aftenposten.no/aftenposten/62463/13 Norwegian Aftenposten 14 September 2014 no In the 10 km sprint, some of the non-World Cup racers were Sigvart Bjøntegaard, Stig Kvistad and Gerold Eichhorn, and so they did not receive any World Cup points, and for World Cup purposes Terje Krokstad came 3rd in that race and received the appropriate World Cup points, with Rösch, Hess, Grundler and Mitev coming 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th, respectively, and receiving the appropriate World Cup points. 12 January 1979 Terje Krokstad leder World Cup Terje Krokstad leads the World Cup http://eavis.aftenposten.no/aftenposten/62472/20 Norwegian Aftenposten 14 September 2014 no Retirements Following notable biathletes retired after the 1978–79 season: Simo Halonen FIN Tor Svendsberget NORStenberg Nils Petter 6 December 1979 - Jobber gjerne med eliten, sier Tor S. - Works gladly with the elite, says Tor S. http://eavis.aftenposten.no/aftenposten/64438/15 Norwegian Aftenposten 1 August 2015 no Nikolay Kruglov URS 1955 References 2 Category:Biathlon World Cup World Cup