1979–80 Biathlon World Cup

Biathlon competition 1979–80 World Cup Overall GDR Frank Ullrich 1978–79 1980–81 The 1979–80 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 18 January 1980 in Ruhpolding, West Germany, and ended on 30 March 1980 in Murmansk, Soviet Union. It was the third season of the Biathlon World Cup, and it was only held for men. Calendar Below is the World Cup calendar for the 1979–80 season.http://www.wintersport-charts.info/bi_1980.html Wintersport Charts Weltcup World Cup Biathlon 1980 Wintersport Charts 15 October 2014http://www.neveitalia.it/sport/biathlon/statistiche/wc-all-races-male&season=1979/1980 Statistiche Biathlon 22 October 2015 Neve Italia Italian Statistics Biathlon it Location Date Individual Sprint Relay FRG Ruhpolding 18–20 January ● ● ● ITA Antholz-Anterselva 24–27 January ● ● ● USA Lake Placid 16–22 February ● ● ● FIN Lahti 14–16 March ● ● ● SWE Hedenäset 20–23 March ● ● ● URS 1955 Murmansk 27–30 March ● ● ● Total 6 6 6 1980 Winter Olympics races were not included in the 1979–80 World Cup scoring system. *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) 1 18 January 1980 FRG Ruhpolding 20 km Individual GDR Klaus Siebert GDR Eberhard Rösch GDR Matthias Jacob GDR Klaus Siebert 1 19 January 1980 FRG Ruhpolding 10 km Sprint GDR Frank Ullrich GDR Klaus Siebert FRA Yvon Mougel 2 24 January 1980 ITA Antholz-Anterselva 20 km Individual GDR Klaus Siebert GDR Frank Ullrich AUT Alfred Eder 2 26 January 1980 ITA Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Sprint GDR Frank Ullrich GDR Mathias Jung GDR Manfred Beer 3 14 March 1980 FIN Lahti 20 km Individual URS Vladimir Gavrikov GDR Mathias Jung FIN Keijo Kuntola GDR Frank Ullrich 3 15 March 1980 FIN Lahti 10 km Sprint URS Vladimir Gavrikov GDR Frank Ullrich GDR Klaus Siebert 4 20 March 1980 SWE Hedenäset 20 km Individual GDR Klaus Siebert GDR Frank Ullrich GDR Eberhard Rösch 4 22 March 1980 SWE Hedenäset 10 km Sprint GDR Frank Ullrich GDR Klaus Siebert URS Vladimir Alikin 5 27 March 1980 URS Murmansk 20 km Individual GDR Frank Ullrich BUL 1971 Vladimir Velichkov GDR Eberhard Rösch 5 29 March 1980 URS Murmansk 10 km Sprint GDR Eberhard Rösch URS Vladimir Alikin BUL 1971 Vladimir Velichkov Standings: Men Overall Pos.Points 1. GDR Frank Ullrich 148 2. GDR Klaus Siebert 146 3. GDR Eberhard Rösch 133 4. URS Vladimir Gavrikov 129 5. GDR Mathias Jung 127 Final standings after 10 races. Achievements First World Cup career victory Vladimir Gavrikov URS 1955, — the WC 3 Individual in Lahti; it also was his first podium Eberhard Rösch GDR, 25, in his 3rd season — the WC 5 Sprint in Murmansk; first podium was 1977–78 Individual in Ruhpolding First World Cup podium Matthias Jacob GDR, 19, in his 1st season — no. 3 in the WC 1 Individual in Ruhpolding Yvon Mougel FRA, 23, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 1 Sprint in Ruhpolding; it also was the first podium for a French biathlete Alfred Eder AUT, 26, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 2 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva Mathias Jung GDR, 21, in his 2nd season — no. 2 in the WC 2 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva Manfred Beer GDR, 26, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 2 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva Keijo Kuntola FIN, 26, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 3 Individual in Lahti Vladimir Velichkov BUL 1971, 20, in his 1st season — no. 2 in the WC 5 Individual in Murmansk; it also was the first podium for a Bulgarian biathlete Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses) Frank Ullrich GDR, 4 (8) first places Klaus Siebert GDR, 3 (8) first places Vladimir Gavrikov URS 1955, 2 (2) first places Eberhard Rösch GDR, 1 (1) first place Retirements Following notable biathletes retired after the 1979–80 season: Manfred Beer GDR Klaus Siebert GDR Alexander Tikhonov URS 1955 Alexander Ushakov URS 1955 Notes 1. placement α 1 This team was a regional team from Finland called Suomussalmen Rasti. 2. placement β 2 The Aftenposten source gives the French team a time of 1:59:58. References 2 Category:Biathlon World Cup World Cup