1979–80 Biathlon World Cup

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.

1979–80 World Cup
Discipline Men Women
Overall Frank Ullrich
Competition

Calendar

Below is the World Cup calendar for the 1979–80 season.[1][2]

Location Date Individual Sprint Relay
Ruhpolding 18–20 January ● ● ●
Antholz-Anterselva 24–27 January ● ● ●
Lake Placid 16–22 February ● ● ●
Lahti 14–16 March ● ● ●
Hedenäset 20–23 March ● ● ●
Murmansk 27–30 March ● ● ●
Total 6 6 6

*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 Ruhpolding 20 km Individual Klaus Siebert Eberhard Rösch 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 Hedenäset 20 km Individual Klaus Siebert Frank Ullrich Eberhard Rösch
4 22 March 1980 Hedenäset 10 km Sprint Frank Ullrich Klaus Siebert Vladimir Alikin
5 27 March 1980 Murmansk 20 km Individual Frank Ullrich Vladimir Velichkov Eberhard Rösch
5 29 March 1980 Murmansk 10 km Sprint Eberhard Rösch Vladimir Alikin Vladimir Velichkov

Standings: Men

Overall
Pos. Points
   Frank Ullrich148
2. Klaus Siebert146
3. Eberhard Rösch133
4. Vladimir Gavrikov129
5. Mathias Jung127
  • Final standings after 10 races.

Achievements
First World Cup career victory
  •  Vladimir Gavrikov (URS), — 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), 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)

Retirements

Following notable biathletes retired after the 1979–80 season:

Notes
1. 1 This team was a regional team from Finland called Suomussalmen Rasti.
2. 2 The Aftenposten source gives the French team a time of 1:59:58.

References
  1. "Wintersport Charts Weltcup World Cup Biathlon 1980". Wintersport Charts. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  2. "Statistiche Biathlon" [Statistics Biathlon]. Neve Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 22 October 2015. (in Italian) (registration required)
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