1981–82 Biathlon World Cup

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1981–82 World Cup
Discipline Men Women
Overall East Germany Frank Ullrich
Competition

The 1981–82 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 14 January 1982 in Egg am Etzel, Switzerland, and ended on 7 March 1982 in Lahti, Finland. It was the fifth season of the Biathlon World Cup, and it was only held for men.

Matthias Jacob at the sprint in Lahti.

Calendar[]

Below is the World Cup calendar for the 1981–82 season.[1][2][3]

Location Date Individual Sprint Relay
Switzerland Egg am Etzel 14–17 January ● ● ●
Italy Antholz-Anterselva 21–24 January ● ● ●
West Germany Ruhpolding 28–30 January ● ●
Soviet Union Minsk 10–14 February ● ● ●
Finland Lahti 5–7 March ● ● ●
Total 5 5 4

*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 1982 Switzerland Egg am Etzel 20 km Individual Norway Svein Engen West Germany Walter Pichler West Germany Fritz Fischer Norway Svein Engen
1 16 January 1982 Switzerland Egg am Etzel 10 km Sprint East Germany Frank Ullrich East Germany Matthias Jacob West Germany Fritz Fischer East Germany Frank Ullrich
2 21 January 1982 Italy Antholz-Anterselva 20 km Individual East Germany East Germany Matthias Jacob East Germany
2 23 January 1982 Italy Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Sprint East Germany Frank Ullrich Norway Kjell Søbak East Germany Matthias Jacob
3 28 January 1982 West Germany Ruhpolding 20 km Individual East Germany Frank Ullrich Soviet Union East Germany Matthias Jacob
3 30 January 1982 West Germany Ruhpolding 10 km Sprint East Germany Matthias Jacob Finland Tapio Piipponen Norway Kjell Søbak
WC 10 February 1982 Soviet Union Minsk 20 km Individual East Germany Frank Ullrich Norway Eirik Kvalfoss Norway Terje Krokstad Detail
WC 13 February 1982 Soviet Union Minsk 10 km Sprint Norway Eirik Kvalfoss East Germany Frank Ullrich Soviet Union Vladimir Alikin Detail
4 5 March 1982 Finland Lahti 20 km Individual Norway Kjell Søbak Norway Odd Lirhus West Germany Fritz Fischer
4 6 March 1982 Finland Lahti 10 km Sprint East Germany Matthias Jacob Norway Odd Lirhus Norway Kjell Søbak

Standings: Men[]

Overall[]

Pos. Points
   East Germany Frank Ullrich 146
2. East Germany Matthias Jacob 143
3. Norway Kjell Søbak 137
4. East Germany 125
5. West Germany Fritz Fischer 123
  • Final standings after 10 races.

Achievements[]

First World Cup career victory
  •  Svein Engen (NOR), 28, in his 5th season — the WC 1 Individual in Egg am Etzel; first podium was 1977–78 Individual in Sodankylä
  •   (GDR), 23, in his 1st season — the WC 2 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva; it also was his first podium
  •  Matthias Jacob (GDR), 21, in his 3rd season — the WC 3 Sprint in Ruhpolding; first podium was 1979–80 Individual in Ruhpolding
First World Cup podium
  •  Walter Pichler (FRG), 22, in his 1st season — no. 2 in the WC 1 Individual in Egg am Etzel
  •   (URS), in his 1st season — no. 2 in the WC 3 Individual in Ruhpolding
  •   (FIN), 24, in his 3rd season — no. 2 in the WC 3 Sprint in Ruhpolding
Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses)

Retirements[]

Following notable biathletes retired after the 1981–82 season:

References[]

  1. ^ Holm, Knut E. Sportsboken 82-83 [The Sports Book 82-83] (in Norwegian). Oslo: Hjemmets bokforlag A/S. ISBN 82-7001-942-9. (in Norwegian)
  2. ^ "Wintersport Charts Weltcup World Cup Biathlon 1982". Wintersport Charts. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  3. ^ "Statistiche Biathlon" [Statistics Biathlon]. Neve Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 22 October 2015. (in Italian) (registration required)
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