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1981–82 Biathlon World Cup

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.

1981–82 World Cup
Discipline Men Women
Overall East Germany Frank Ullrich
Competition
Matthias Jacob at the sprint in Lahti.

Calendar edit

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

Location Date Individual Sprint Relay
  Egg am Etzel 14–17 January ● ● ●
  Antholz-Anterselva 21–24 January ● ● ●
  Ruhpolding 28–30 January ● ●
  Minsk 10–14 February ● ● ●
  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 edit

Men edit

Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib
(After competition) 		Det.
1 14 January 1982   Egg am Etzel 20 km Individual   Svein Engen   Walter Pichler   Fritz Fischer   Svein Engen Detail
1 16 January 1982   Egg am Etzel 10 km Sprint   Frank Ullrich   Matthias Jacob   Fritz Fischer   Frank Ullrich Detail
2 21 January 1982   Antholz-Anterselva 20 km Individual   Andreas Göthel   Matthias Jacob   Bernd Hellmich Detail
2 23 January 1982   Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Sprint   Frank Ullrich   Kjell Søbak   Matthias Jacob Detail
3 28 January 1982   Ruhpolding 20 km Individual   Frank Ullrich   Sergei Bulygin   Matthias Jacob Detail
3 30 January 1982   Ruhpolding 10 km Sprint   Matthias Jacob   Tapio Piipponen   Kjell Søbak Detail
WC 10 February 1982   Minsk 20 km Individual   Frank Ullrich   Eirik Kvalfoss   Terje Krokstad Detail
WC 13 February 1982   Minsk 10 km Sprint   Eirik Kvalfoss   Frank Ullrich   Vladimir Alikin Detail
4 5 March 1982   Lahti 20 km Individual   Kjell Søbak   Odd Lirhus   Fritz Fischer Detail
4 6 March 1982   Lahti 10 km Sprint   Matthias Jacob   Odd Lirhus   Kjell Søbak Detail

Standings: Men edit

Overall edit

Pos. Points
1.   Frank Ullrich 146
2.   Matthias Jacob 143
3.   Kjell Søbak 137
4.   Andreas Göthel 125
5.   Fritz Fischer 123
  • Final standings after 10 races.

Achievements edit

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
  •   Andreas Göthel (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
  •   Viktor Bulygin (URS), in his 1st season — no. 2 in the WC 3 Individual in Ruhpolding
  •   Taipio Piipponen (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 edit

Following notable biathletes retired after the 1981–82 season:

References edit

  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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