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1987–88 Biathlon World Cup

The 1987–88 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 17 December 1987 in Hochfilzen, Austria, and ended on 20 March 1988 in Jyväskylä, Finland. It was the 11th season of the Biathlon World Cup. The women's European Cup changed its name to World Cup.

1987–88 World Cup
Discipline Men Women
Overall West Germany Fritz Fischer Norway Anne Elvebakk
Nations Cup West Germany West Germany Bulgaria Bulgaria
Competition

The first round of the World Cup in Hochfilzen had scheduled individuals, sprints and relays, but the sprints and relays were cancelled due to heavy rainfall destroying the tracks.[1] The sprint races were later held in Keuruu, with the rest of that World Cup round being held in Jyväskylä.

Calendar edit

Below is the World Cup calendar for the 1987–88 season.[2][3][4]

Location Date Individual Sprint Relay
  Hochfilzen 17 December ●
  Antholz-Anterselva 21–24 January ● ● ●
  Ruhpolding 28–31 January ● ● ●
  Calgary 20–26 February ● ● ●
  Chamonix 29 February–6 March ● ● ●
  Holmenkollen 10–13 March ● ● ●
  Keuruu and Jyväskylä 15–20 March ● ●● ●
Total (each) 6 6 5
  • 1988 Winter Olympics and 1988 World Championship races were not included in the 1987–88 World Cup scoring system.
    • The men competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics whilst the women competed at the 1988 World Championships.
  • 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 17 December 1987   Hochfilzen 20 km Individual   Fritz Fischer   Alexandr Popov   Johann Passler   Fritz Fischer [2][3][4][5][6]
1 19 December 1987   Hochfilzen 10 km Sprint Cancelled, held later on in Keuruu N/A
2 21 January 1988   Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Sprint   Frank-Peter Roetsch   Eirik Kvalfoss   Andreas Zingerle   Johann Passler [2][3][4][7][8]
2 23 January 1988   Antholz-Anterselva 20 km Individual   Johann Passler   Fritz Fischer   Hervé Flandin [2][3][4][9][10]
3 28 January 1988   Ruhpolding 20 km Individual   Ernst Reiter   Andreas Zingerle   Jan Matouš   Fritz Fischer [2][3][4][11]
3 30 January 1988   Ruhpolding 10 km Sprint   Stefan Höck   Johann Passler   Peter Angerer   Johann Passler [2][3][4][12][13]
4 11 March 1988   Oslo Holmenkollen 20 km Individual   Gisle Fenne   Sergei Antonov   Andreas Zingerle   Fritz Fischer [2][3][4][14][15]
4 12 March 1988   Oslo Holmenkollen 10 km Sprint   Frank-Peter Roetsch   Peter Angerer   Geir Einang [2][3][4][16][17]
5 15 March 1988   Keuruu 10 km Sprint   Eirik Kvalfoss   Vladimir Drachev   Fritz Fischer [2][3][4][18]
6 18 March 1988   Jyväskylä 20 km Individual   Eirik Kvalfoss   Sergei Antonov   Alfred Eder [2][3][4][19][20]
6 19 March 1988   Jyväskylä 10 km Sprint   Franz Schuler   Eirik Kvalfoss   Alfred Eder [2][3][4][21][22]

Women edit

Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib
(After competition) 		Det.
1 17 December 1987   Hochfilzen 10 km Individual   Anne Elvebakk   Eva Korpela   Siri Grundnes   Anne Elvebakk Detail
1 19 December 1987   Hochfilzen 5 km Sprint   Synnøve Thoresen   Nadezhda Aleksieva   Tuija Vuoksiala Detail
2 21 January 1988   Antholz-Anterselva 5 km Sprint   Elin Kristiansen   Nadezhda Aleksieva   Marie-Pierre Baby Detail
2 23 January 1988   Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Individual   Iva Shkodreva   Anne Elvebakk   Martina Stede Detail
3 28 January 1988   Ruhpolding 10 km Individual   Iva Shkodreva   Petra Schaaf   Inga Kesper Detail
3 30 January 1988   Ruhpolding 5 km Sprint   Tsvetana Krasteva   Petra Schaaf   Mariya Manolova Detail
4 11 March 1988   Oslo Holmenkollen 10 km Individual   Elin Kristiansen   Nadezhda Aleksieva   Helga Øvsthus Detail
4 13 March 1988   Oslo Holmenkollen 5 km Sprint   Mona Bollerud   Anne Elvebakk   Elin Kristiansen Detail
5 18 March 1988   Jyväskylä 10 km Individual   Mariya Manolova   Anne Elvebakk   Elin Kristiansen Detail
5 20 March 1988   Jyväskylä 5 km Sprint   Helga Øvsthus   Tsvetana Krasteva   Mariya Manolova Detail

Standings: Men edit

Overall edit

Pos. Points
1.   Fritz Fischer 171
2.   Eirik Kvalfoss 167
3.   Johann Passler 160
4.   Peter Angerer 151
5.   Andreas Zingerle 148
  • Final standings after 10 races.

[2][3][21]

Standings: Women edit

Overall edit

Pos. Points
1.   Anne Elvebakk 202
2.   Elin Kristiansen 188
3.   Nadezhda Aleksieva 178
4.   Petra Schaaf 174
5.   Iva Shkodreva 170
  • Final standings after 10 races.

Achievements edit

First World Cup career victory
  •   Johann Passler (ITA), 26, in his 7th season — the WC 2 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva; first podium was 1982–83 Individual in Holmenkollen
  •   Ernst Reiter (FRG), 25, in his 5th season — the WC 3 Individual in Ruhpolding; first podium was 1986–87 Individual in Ruhpolding
  •   Stefan Höck (FRG), 24, in his 4th season — the WC 3 Sprint in Ruhpolding; it also was his first podium
  •   Gisle Fenne (NOR), 24, in his 5th season — the WC 4 Individual in Holmenkollen; first podium was 1985–86 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva
  •   Franz Schuler (AUT), 25, in his 6th season — the WC 5 Sprint (2) in Jyväskylä; first podium was 1986–87 Sprint in Obertauern
First World Cup podium
  •   Hervé Flandin (FRA), 22, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 2 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva
  •   Geir Einang (NOR), 23, in his 4th season — no. 3 in the WC 4 Sprint in Holmenkollen
  •   Vladimir Drachev (URS), 22, in his 1st season — no. 2 in the WC 5 Sprint (1) in Jyväskylä
Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses)

Retirements edit

The following notable biathletes retired after the 1987–88 season:

Notes edit

1. 1 The Aftenposten source placed Løberg 17th with 70 points.

References edit

  1. ^ "Flommer i Tyrol..." [Flooding in Tyrol...]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 19 December 1987. Retrieved 5 January 2015. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Holm, Knut E.; Juva, Geir. Sportsboken 88-89 [The Sports Book 88-89] (in Norwegian). Sportsboken A/S. ISBN 82-90773-01-3. (in Norwegian)
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Wintersport Charts Weltcup World Cup Biathlon 1988". Wintersport Charts. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  4. ^ 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)
  5. ^ "Sport i navn og tall – Skiskyting" [Sport in name and numbers – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 19 December 1987. Retrieved 5 January 2015. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  6. ^ "World Cup 1 - Hochfilzen (AUT) – Men 20 km Individual". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  7. ^ "Sport i navn og tall – Skiskyting" [Sport in name and numbers – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 22 January 1988. Retrieved 5 January 2015. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  8. ^ "World Cup 2 - Antholz-Anterselva (ITA) – Men 10 km Sprint". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  9. ^ "Sport i navn og tall – Skiskyting" [Sport in name and numbers – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 25 January 1988. Retrieved 5 January 2015. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  10. ^ "World Cup 2 - Antholz-Anterselva (ITA) – Men 20 km Individual". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  11. ^ "World Cup 3 - Ruhpolding (GER) – Men 20 km Individual". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  12. ^ "Sport i navn og tall – Skiskyting" [Sport in name and numbers – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 30 January 1988. Retrieved 5 January 2015. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  13. ^ "World Cup 3 - Ruhpolding (GER) – Men 10 km Sprint". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  14. ^ "Sport i navn og tall – Skiskyting" [Sport in name and numbers – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 11 March 1988. Retrieved 5 January 2015. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  15. ^ "World Cup 4 - Oslo Holmenkollen (NOR) – Men 20 km Individual". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  16. ^ "Sport i navn og tall – Skiskyting" [Sport in name and numbers – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 14 March 1988. Retrieved 5 January 2015. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  17. ^ "World Cup 4 - Oslo Holmenkollen (NOR) – Men 10 km Sprint". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  18. ^ "Sport i navn og tall – Skiskyting" [Sport in name and numbers – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 16 March 1988. Retrieved 5 January 2015. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  19. ^ "Sport i navn og tall – Skiskyting" [Sport in name and numbers – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 18 March 1988. Retrieved 5 January 2015. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  20. ^ "World Cup 5 - Jyväskylä (FIN) – Men 20 km Individual". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  21. ^ a b "Sport i navn og tall – Skiskyting" [Sport in name and numbers – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 21 March 1988. Retrieved 5 January 2015. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  22. ^ "World Cup 5 - Jyväskylä (FIN) – Men 10 km Sprint". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  23. ^ Thore-Erik Thoresen (14 March 1988). "Rötsch igjen, så klart!" [Rötsch again, of course]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 5 January 2015. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
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