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1985–86 Biathlon World Cup

The 1985–86 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 16 January 1986 in Antholz-Anterselva, Italy, and ended on 16 March 1986 in Boden, Sweden. It was the ninth season of the Biathlon World Cup.

1985–86 World Cup
Discipline Men Women
Overall East Germany André Sehmisch
Nations Cup East Germany East Germany
Competition

Calendar edit

Below is the World Cup calendar for the 1985–86 season.[1][2][3]

Location Date Individual Sprint Relay
  Antholz-Anterselva 16–19 January ● ● ●
  Feistritz 23–26 January ● ● ●
  Oberhof 30 January–2 February ● ● ●
  Holmenkollen 20–23 February ● ● ●
  Lahti 7–9 March ● ● ●
  Boden 14–16 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 edit

Men edit

Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib
(After competition) 		Det.
1 16 January 1986   Antholz-Anterselva 20 km Individual   Valeriy Medvedtsev   Gottlieb Taschler   Sergei Antonov   Valeriy Medvedtsev [1][2][3][4][5]
1 18 January 1986   Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Sprint   Peter Angerer   Andrei Nepein   Gisle Fenne   Peter Angerer [1][2][3][6][7]
2 23 January 1986   Feistritz 20 km Individual   Sergei Antonov   Dmitry Vasilyev   André Sehmisch [1][2][3][8][9]
2 25 January 1986   Feistritz 10 km Sprint   Andrei Nepein   André Sehmisch   Frank-Peter Roetsch [1][2][3][10][11]
3 30 January 1986   Oberhof 20 km Individual   Peter Angerer   André Sehmisch   Anatoly Zhdanovich [1][2][3][12]
3 1 February 1986   Oberhof 10 km Sprint   Matthias Jacob   André Sehmisch   Frank-Peter Roetsch [1][2][3][13]
4 8 March 1986   Lahti 20 km Individual   Peter Angerer   Jan Matouš   Andreas Zingerle [1][2][3][14]
4 9 March 1986   Lahti 10 km Sprint   André Sehmisch   Fritz Fischer   Johann Passler   André Sehmisch [1][2][3][14]
5 14 March 1986   Boden 20 km Individual   Tapio Piipponen   André Sehmisch   Alfred Eder [1][2][3][15][16]
5 15 March 1986   Boden 10 km Sprint   Matthias Jacob   Sergei Antonov   Eirik Kvalfoss [1][2][3][17][18]

Standings: Men edit

Overall edit

Pos. Points
1.   André Sehmisch 158
2.   Peter Angerer 146
3.   Matthias Jacob 124
4.   Tapio Piipponen 123
5.   Alfred Eder 120
  • Final standings after 10 races.

[1][2][17]

Achievements edit

First World Cup career victory
  •   Valeriy Medvedtsev (URS), 21, in his 1st season — the WC 1 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva; it also was his first podium
  •   Andrei Nepein (URS), in his 3rd season — the WC 2 Sprint in Feistritz; first podium was 1985–86 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva
  •   André Sehmisch (GDR), 21, in his 3rd season — the WC 4 Sprint in Lahti; first podium was 1984–85 Sprint in Lahti
  •   Tapio Piipponen (FIN), 28, in his 7th season — the WC 5 Individual in Boden; first podium was 1981–82 Sprint in Ruhpolding
First World Cup podium
  •   Gottlieb Taschler (ITA), 24, in his 5th season — no. 2 in the WC 1 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva
  •   Andrei Nepein (URS), in his 3rd season — no. 2 in the WC 1 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva
  •   Gisle Fenne (NOR), 22, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 1 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva
  •   Anatoly Zhdanovich (URS), 23, in his 1st season — no. 3 in the WC 3 Individual in Oberhof
  •   Jan Matouš (TCH), 24, in his 3rd season — no. 2 in the WC 4 Individual in Lahti
  •   Andreas Zingerle (ITA), 24, in his 5th season — no. 3 in the WC 4 Individual in Lahti
  •   André Sehmisch (GDR), 20, in his 2nd season — no. 3 in the WC 4 Sprint in Lahti
Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses)

Retirements edit

Following notable biathletes retired after the 1985–86 season:

References edit

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  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Wintersport Charts Weltcup World Cup Biathlon 1986". Wintersport Charts. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Statistiche Biathlon" [Statistics Biathlon]. Neve Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 22 October 2015. (in Italian) (registration required)
  4. ^ "Resultatbørs – Skiskyting" [Results exchange – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 17 January 1986. Retrieved 10 November 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
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  8. ^ "Resultatbørs – Skiskyting" [Results exchange – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 20 January 1986. Retrieved 10 November 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  9. ^ "World Cup 2 - Feistritz (AUT) – Men 20 km Individual". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
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  12. ^ "Resultatbørs – Skiskyting" [Results exchange – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 31 January 1986. Retrieved 10 November 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  13. ^ "Resultatbørs – Skiskyting" [Results exchange – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 3 February 1986. Retrieved 10 November 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  14. ^ a b "Resultatbørs – Skiskyting" [Results exchange – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 10 March 1986. Retrieved 10 November 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  15. ^ "Resultatbørs – Skiskyting" [Results exchange – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 15 March 1986. Retrieved 10 November 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  16. ^ "World Cup 5 - Boden (SWE) – Men 20 km Individual". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  17. ^ a b "Resultatbørs – Skiskyting" [Results exchange – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 17 March 1986. Retrieved 10 November 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  18. ^ "World Cup 5 - Boden (SWE) – Men 10 km Sprint". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
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