1988–89 Biathlon World Cup

The 1988–89 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 15 December 1988 in Albertville, France, and ended on 19 March 1989 in Steinkjer, Norway. It was the twelfth season of the Biathlon World Cup.

Calendar

Below is the World Cup calendar for the 1988–89 season.[1][2][3][4]

Location Date Individual Sprint Team event Relay
France Albertville 15-18 December ● ● ●
People's Republic of Bulgaria Borovets 19–22 January ● ● ●
West Germany Ruhpolding 26–29 January ● ● ●
Austria Feistritz 7–12 February ● ● ● ●
Finland Hämeenlinna 2–5 March ● ● ●
Sweden Östersund 9–12 March ● ● ●
Norway Steinkjer 16–19 March ● ● ●
Total 6 6 3 3
  • 1989 World Championship races were not included in the 1988–89 World Cup scoring system.
  • 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
1 15 December 1988 France Albertville[1][2][3][5][6] 20 km Individual East Germany Birk Anders Soviet Union Alexander Popov East Germany Frank-Peter Roetsch
1 17 December 1988 France Albertville[1][2][3][7][8] 10 km Sprint East Germany Frank Luck Norway Eirik Kvalfoss East Germany Birk Anders
2 19 January 1989 Bulgaria Borovets[1][2][3][9][10] 20 km Individual Czechoslovakia Jan Matouš France Thierry Gerbier Norway Eirik Kvalfoss
2 21 January 1989 Bulgaria Borovets[1][2][3][11][12] 10 km Sprint East Germany Birk Anders West Germany Ernst Reiter East Germany Frank-Peter Roetsch
3 26 January 1989 Germany Ruhpolding[1][2][3][13][14] 20 km Individual Soviet Union Sergei Bulygin Soviet Union Alexander Popov East Germany Frank-Peter Roetsch
3 28 January 1989 Germany Ruhpolding[1][2][3][15][16] 10 km Sprint East Germany Frank-Peter Roetsch Norway Eirik Kvalfoss Soviet Union Alexander Popov
4 2 March 1989 Finland Hämeenlinna[1][2][3][17] 20 km Individual Soviet Union Alexander Popov Norway Eirik Kvalfoss Soviet Union Sergei Tchepikov
4 4 March 1989 Finland Hämeenlinna[1][2][3][18] 10 km Sprint Norway Eirik Kvalfoss Soviet Union Juri Kashkarov Soviet Union Valeriy Medvedtsev
5 9 March 1989 Sweden Östersund[1][2][3][19][20] 20 km Individual Soviet Union Sergei Tchepikov Soviet Union Valeriy Medvedtsev Soviet Union Alexander Popov
5 11 March 1989 Sweden Östersund[1][2][3][21][22] 10 km Sprint Italy Johann Passler Sweden Lars Wiklund East Germany André Sehmisch
6 16 March 1989 Norway Steinkjer[1][2][3][23][24] 20 km Individual West Germany Fritz Fischer Soviet Union Alexander Popov West Germany Ernst Reiter
6 18 March 1989 Norway Steinkjer[1][2][3][25][26] 10 km Sprint West Germany Fritz Fischer Soviet Union Sergei Tchepikov France Thierry Gerbier

Women

Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third
1 15 December 1988 France Albertville[1][2][3][27][28] 15 km Individual Bulgaria Mariya Manolova Norway Anne Elvebakk West Germany Petra Schaaf
1 17 December 1988 France Albertville[1][2][3][29][30] 7.5 km Sprint Bulgaria Nadezhda Aleksieva Soviet Union Natalia Prikazchikova Bulgaria Zvetana Krasteva
2 19 January 1989 Bulgaria Borovets[1][2][3][31][32] 15 km Individual Soviet Union Natalia Ivanova Soviet Union Elena Golovina Soviet Union Luiza Tcherepanova
2 21 January 1989 Bulgaria Borovets[1][2][3][11][33] 7.5 km Sprint Soviet Union Elena Golovina Bulgaria Zvetana Krasteva Norway Elin Kristiansen
3 26 January 1989 Germany Ruhpolding[1][2][3][34][35] 15 km Individual West Germany Martina Stede Soviet Union Natalia Prikazchikova Soviet Union Elena Golovina
3 28 January 1989 Germany Ruhpolding[1][2][3][15][36] 7.5 km Sprint Soviet Union Svetlana Davidova Soviet Union Elena Golovina Bulgaria Mariya Manolova
4 2 March 1989 Finland Hämeenlinna[1][2][3][37] 15 km Individual Soviet Union Elena Golovina Soviet Union Svetlana Davidova Soviet Union Natalia Prikazchikova
4 4 March 1989 Finland Hämeenlinna[1][2][3][18] 7.5 km Sprint Soviet Union Elena Golovina Soviet Union Natalia Prikazchikova Finland Seija Hyytiäinen
5 9 March 1989 Sweden Östersund[1][2][3][38][39] 15 km Individual Bulgaria Iva Shkodreva Bulgaria Zvetana Krasteva Soviet Union Svetlana Davidova
5 11 March 1989 Sweden Östersund[1][2][3][21][40] 7.5 km Sprint Soviet Union Natalia Prikazchikova Norway Anne Elvebakk Bulgaria Zvetana Krasteva
6 16 March 1989 Norway Steinkjer[1][2][3][41][42] 15 km Individual West Germany Martina Stede Norway Mona Bollerud Norway Elin Kristiansen
6 18 March 1989 Norway Steinkjer[1][2][3][25][43] 7.5 km Sprint Norway Anne Elvebakk Soviet Union Svetlana Davidova Norway Synnøve Thoresen

Men's team

Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third
2 22 January 1989 Bulgaria Borovets[1][2][11] 4x7.5 km Relay  West Germany  East Germany  Czechoslovakia
3 29 January 1989 Germany Ruhpolding[1][2][15][44] 4x7.5 km Relay  East Germany  Soviet Union  West Germany
5 12 March 1989 Sweden Östersund[1][2][21] 4x7.5 km Relay  Soviet Union  Norway  East Germany

Women's team

Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third
2 22 January 1989 Bulgaria Borovets[1][2][11] 3x6 km Relay  West Germany  Norway  Soviet Union
3 29 January 1989 Germany Ruhpolding[1][2][15][45] 3x6 km Relay  Soviet Union  Finland  Bulgaria
5 12 March 1989 Sweden Östersund[1][2][21] 3x6 km Relay  Soviet Union  Bulgaria  Norway

Standings: Men

Overall [1][2][21]

Pos. Points
  Norway Eirik Kvalfoss195
2.Soviet Union Alexander Popov184
3.Soviet Union Sergei Tchepikov164
4.East Germany Birk Anders157
5.Soviet Union Valeriy Medvedtsev149
  • Final standings after 12 races.

Standings: Women

Overall [1][2][21]

Pos. Points
  Soviet Union Elena Golovina210
2.Soviet Union Natalia Prikazchikova187
3.Soviet Union Svetlana Davidova185
4.Bulgaria Zvetana Krasteva176
5.Norway Anne Elvebakk165
  • Final standings after 12 races.

Achievements

Men

First World Cup career victory
  •  Birk Anders (GDR), 21, in his 3rd season — the WC 1 Individual in Albertville; it also was his first podium
  •  Frank Luck (GDR), 21, in his 3rd season — the WC 1 Sprint in Albertville; it also was his first podium
  •  Sergei Bulygin (URS), 25, in his 7th season — the WC 3 Individual in Ruhpolding; first podium was the 1984–85 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva
  •  Sergei Tchepikov (URS), 22, in his 3rd season — the WC 5 Individual in Östersund; first podium was the 1988–89 Individual in Hämeenlinna
First World Cup podium
  •  Thierry Gerbier (FRA), 23, in his 4th season — no. 2 in the WC 2 Individual in Borovets
  •  Sergei Tchepikov (URS), 22, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 4 Individual in Hämeenlinna
  •  Lars Wiklund (SWE), in his 3rd season — no. 2 in the WC 5 Sprint in Östersund
Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses)

Women

Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses)

Retirements

Following notable biathletes retired after the 1988–89 season:


  •  Marie-Pierre Baby (FRA)
  •  Mona Bollerud (NOR)
  •  Natalia Prikazchikova (URS)

References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 "Wintersport Charts Weltcup World Cup Biathlon 1989". Wintersport Charts. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
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  33. ↑ "World Cup 2 - Borovetz (BUL) – Men 10 km Sprint". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
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  38. ↑ "Sport i navn og tall – Skiskyting" [Sport in name and numbers – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 10 March 1989. Retrieved 1 February 2015. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  39. ↑ "World Cup 5 - Oestersund (SWE) – Men 20 km Individual". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
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  42. ↑ "World Cup 6 - Steinkjer (NOR) – Men 20 km Individual". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
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  44. ↑ "World Cup 3 - Ruhpolding (GER) – Men 4 x 7,5 km Relay". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
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