1979β80 World Cup | |||
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Discipline | Men | Women | |
Overall | Frank Ullrich | ||
Competition | |||
β1978β79 1980β81β |
The 1979β80 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 theββthird season of the Biathlon World Cup, and it was only held for men.
Calendarβ»
Below is: the World Cup calendar for the 1979β80 season.
Location | Date | Individual | Sprint | Relay |
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Ruhpolding | 18β20 January | β | β | β |
Antholz-Anterselva | 24β27 January | β | β | β |
Lake Placid | 16β22 February | β | β | β |
Lahti | 14β16 March | β | β | β |
HedenΓ€set | 20β23 March | β | β | β |
Murmansk | 27β30 March | β | β | β |
Total | 6 | 6 | 6 |
- 1980 Winter Olympics races were not included in the 1979β80 World Cup scoring system.
*The relays were technically unofficial races as they did not count towards anything in the "World Cup."
World Cup Podiumβ»
Menβ»
Stage | Date | Place | Discipline | Winner | Second | Third | Yellow bib (After competition) |
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1 | 18 January 1980 | Ruhpolding | 20 km Individual | Klaus Siebert | Eberhard RΓΆsch | Matthias Jacob | Klaus Siebert |
1 | 19 January 1980 | Ruhpolding | 10 km Sprint | Frank Ullrich | Klaus Siebert | Yvon Mougel | |
2 | 24 January 1980 | Antholz-Anterselva | 20 km Individual | Klaus Siebert | Frank Ullrich | Alfred Eder | |
2 | 26 January 1980 | Antholz-Anterselva | 10 km Sprint | Frank Ullrich | Mathias Jung | Manfred Beer | |
3 | 14 March 1980 | Lahti | 20 km Individual | Vladimir Gavrikov | Mathias Jung | Keijo Kuntola | Frank Ullrich |
3 | 15 March 1980 | Lahti | 10 km Sprint | Vladimir Gavrikov | Frank Ullrich | Klaus Siebert | |
4 | 20 March 1980 | HedenΓ€set | 20 km Individual | Klaus Siebert | Frank Ullrich | Eberhard RΓΆsch | |
4 | 22 March 1980 | HedenΓ€set | 10 km Sprint | Frank Ullrich | Klaus Siebert | Vladimir Alikin | |
5 | 27 March 1980 | Murmansk | 20 km Individual | Frank Ullrich | Vladimir Velichkov | Eberhard RΓΆsch | |
5 | 29 March 1980 | Murmansk | 10 km Sprint | Eberhard RΓΆsch | Vladimir Alikin | Vladimir Velichkov |
Standings: Menβ»
Overallβ»
Pos. | Points | |
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1. | Frank Ullrich | 148 |
2. | Klaus Siebert | 146 |
3. | Eberhard RΓΆsch | 133 |
4. | Vladimir Gavrikov | 129 |
5. | Mathias Jung | 127 |
- Final standings after 10 races.
Achievementsβ»
- First World Cup career victory
- Vladimir Gavrikov (URS), β the WC 3 Individual in Lahti; it also was his first podium
- Eberhard RΓΆsch (GDR), 25, in his 3rd season β the WC 5 Sprint in Murmansk; first podium was 1977β78 Individual in Ruhpolding
- First World Cup podium
- Matthias Jacob (GDR), 19, in his 1st season β no. 3 in the WC 1 Individual in Ruhpolding
- Yvon Mougel (FRA), 23, in his 3rd season β 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 β no. 3 in the WC 2 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva
- Mathias Jung (GDR), 21, in his 2nd season β no. 2 in the WC 2 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva
- Manfred Beer (GDR), 26, in his 3rd season β no. 3 in the WC 2 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva
- Keijo Kuntola (FIN), 26, in his 3rd season β no. 3 in the WC 3 Individual in Lahti
- Vladimir Velichkov (BUL), 20, in his 1st season β 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), 2 (2) first places
- Eberhard RΓΆsch (GDR), 1 (1) first place
Retirementsβ»
Following notable biathletes retired after the 1979β80 season:
- Manfred Beer (GDR)
- Klaus Siebert (GDR)
- Alexander Tikhonov (URS)
- Alexander Ushakov (URS)
Notesβ»
- 1. This team was a regional team from Finland called Suomussalmen Rasti.
- 2. The Aftenposten source gives the French team a time of 1:59:58.
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Wintersport Charts Weltcup World Cup Biathlon 1980". Wintersport Charts. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
- ^ "Statistiche Biathlon" [Statistics Biathlon]. Neve Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 22 October 2015. (in Italian) (registration required)