1984–85 Biathlon World Cup

The 1984–85 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 10 January 1985 in Minsk, Soviet Union, and ended on 9 March 1985 in Holmenkollen, Norway. It was the eighth season of the Biathlon World Cup.

In Oberhof, the skating style of skiing made its introduction to biathlon. It was somewhat of a revolution as the skating style is quite a lot faster than the classic style.[1] Some athletes did not adapt as quickly to the new style, and some nations, including West Germany and Norway, petitioned for a ban of the skating style.[2]

There was originally going to be held a relay in Holmenkollen, but the relay had to be cancelled due to fog.[3]

New scoring system

The World Cup scoring system was changed before this season.[4]

Points allocation from 1984–85 to 1999–2000
Place 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
Points 30 26 24 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Calendar

Below is the World Cup calendar for the 1984–85 season.[5][6][7]

Location Date Individual Sprint Relay
Soviet Union Minsk 10–13 January ● ● ●
East Germany Oberhof 17–20 January ● ● ●
Italy Antholz-Anterselva 24–27 January ● ● ●
West Germany Ruhpolding 14–17 February ● ● ●
Finland Lahti 1–3 March ● ●
Norway Holmenkollen 7–9 March ● ●
Total 6 6 4

*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 10 January 1985 Soviet Union Minsk[5][6][7][8] 20 km Individual Soviet Union Andrei Zenkov Soviet Union Juri Kashkarov Soviet Union Piotr Miloradov
1 12 January 1985 Soviet Union Minsk[5][6][7][9] 10 km Sprint Soviet Union Juri Kashkarov Soviet Union Algimantas Shalna Norway Kjell Søbak
2 17 January 1985 East Germany Oberhof[5][6][7][10][11] 20 km Individual West Germany Peter Angerer East Germany Frank-Peter Roetsch Soviet Union Andrei Zenkov
2 19 January 1985 East Germany Oberhof[5][6][7][12][13] 10 km Sprint East Germany Frank-Peter Roetsch Austria Alfred Eder East Germany Matthias Jacob
3 24 January 1985 Italy Antholz[5][6][7][14][15] 20 km Individual East Germany Frank-Peter Roetsch Austria Alfred Eder West Germany Herbert Fritzenwenger
3 26 January 1985 Italy Antholz[5][6][7][16][17] 10 km Sprint Austria Alfred Eder West Germany Peter Angerer Soviet Union Sergei Bulygin
4 1 March 1985 Finland Lahti[5][6][7][18][19] 20 km Individual Soviet Union Sergei Antonov East Germany Frank-Peter Roetsch Finland Juha Tella
4 3 March 1985 Finland Lahti[5][6][7][20][21] 10 km Sprint East Germany Frank-Peter Roetsch Soviet Union Juri Kashkarov East Germany André Sehmisch
5 7 March 1985 Norway Oslo[5][6][7][22][23] 20 km Individual West Germany Peter Angerer East Germany André Sehmisch East Germany Frank-Peter Roetsch
5 9 March 1985 Norway Oslo[5][6][7][24][25] 10 km Sprint East Germany Frank-Peter Roetsch Soviet Union Sergei Antonov Austria Alfred Eder

Standings: Men

Overall [5][6][24]

Pos. Points
  East Germany Frank-Peter Roetsch172
2.Soviet Union Juri Kashkarov141
3.West Germany Peter Angerer140
4.Austria Alfred Eder138
5.Soviet Union Andrei Zenkov130
  • Final standings after 10 races.

Achievements

First World/European Cup career victory
  •  Elena Golovina (URS), 23, in her 1st season — the EC 1 Individual in Minsk; it also was her first podium
  •  Andrei Zenkov (URS), in his 2nd season — the WC 1 Individual in Minsk; it also was his first podium
  •  Pam Nordheim (USA), in her 1st season — the EC 2 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva; it also was her first podium
  •  Alfred Eder (AUT), 31, in his 8th season — the WC 3 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva; first podium was 1979–80 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva
  •  Sergei Antonov (URS), in his 2nd season — the WC 4 Individual in Lahti; it also was his first podium
  •  Siv Bråten (NOR), in her 3rd season — the EC 3 Sprint in Lahti; first podium was 1982–83 Sprint in Lappeenranta
First World/European Cup podium
  •  Kaija Parve (URS), 20, in her 1st season — no. 2 in the EC 1 Individual in Minsk
  •  Tatiana Brylina (URS), in her 1st season — no. 3 in the EC 1 Individual in Minsk
  •  Herbert Fritzenwenger (FRG), 22, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 3 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva
  •  Valentina Mikhailova (BUL), in her 1st season — no. 2 in the EC 2 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva
  •  Pam Weiss (USA), in her 1st season — no. 3 in the EC 2 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva
  •  Sergei Bulygin (URS), 21, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 3 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva
  •  Juha Tella (FIN), 24, in his 2nd 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/European Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses)

Retirements

Following notable biathletes retired after the 1984–85 season:


Notes

1. 1 The Aftenposten source gives a bit different scores and places France 3rd, Norway 4th, Italy 5th and Austria 7th. The Sports Book has been given precedent as that also shows whence the scores came.
2. 2 This was an unofficial version of the Nation Cup that ultimately would be implemented in the 1986–87 season, though in this version only the individual races counted.
3. 3 The Lahti Ski Museum has omitted Meloche from the list of results for some reason, but Aftenposten and the Sports Book includes her.

References

  1. ↑ Thore-Erik Thoresen (21 January 1985). "Skøyterevolusjon også i skiskyting" [Skating revolution also in biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 5 November 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  2. ↑ Thore-Erik Thoresen (26 January 1985). "Skøytingen gjør vondt" [The skating hurts]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 5 November 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  3. ↑ Thoresen, Thore-Erik (11 March 1985). "Avlysning gir 1,5 millioner i vær-forsikring" [Cancellation gives 1,5 millions in weather insurance]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 8 November 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  4. ↑ "IBU - History - 1979-1994". Biathlonworld. International Biathlon Union. Archived from the original on 2014-12-06. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Holm, Knut E. (1963). Sportsboken 85-86 [The Sports Book 85-86] (in Norwegian). Hjemmets bokforlag A/S. ISBN 978-82-590-0203-7. (in Norwegian)
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Wintersport Charts Weltcup World Cup Biathlon 1985". Wintersport Charts. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Statistiche Biathlon" [Statistics Biathlon]. Neve Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 22 October 2015. (in Italian) (registration required)
  8. ↑ Mette Bugge (10 January 1985). "Skremmeskudd fra øst" [Warning shot from the east]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 5 November 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  9. ↑ "Bedring for skiskytterne" [Improvement for the biathletes]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 14 January 1985. Retrieved 5 November 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  10. ↑ Thore-Erik Thoresen (18 January 1985). "Jeg har aldri skutt bedre" [I have never shot better]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 5 November 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  11. ↑ "World Cup - Oberhof/Oberhof (GER) – Men 20 km Individual". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  12. ↑ "Resultatbørs – Skiskyting" [Results exchange – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 21 January 1985. Retrieved 5 November 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  13. ↑ "World Cup - Oberhof/Oberhof (GER) – Men 10 km Sprint". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  14. ↑ "Resultatbørs – Hopp – Anterselva, Italia" [Results exchange – Ski jumping – Anterselva, Italy]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 25 January 1985. Retrieved 5 November 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  15. ↑ "World Cup - Antholz-Anterselva/Antholz-Anterselva (ITA) – Men 20 km Individual". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  16. ↑ "Skiskyting" [Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 28 January 1985. Retrieved 5 November 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  17. ↑ "World Cup - Antholz-Anterselva/Antholz-Anterselva (ITA) – Men 10 km Sprint". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  18. ↑ "Resultatbørs – Skiskyting" [Results exchange – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 2 March 1985. Retrieved 5 November 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  19. ↑ "World Cup - Lahti/Lahti (FIN) – Men 20 km Individual". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  20. ↑ "Resultatbørs – Skiskyting" [Results exchange – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 4 March 1985. Retrieved 5 November 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  21. ↑ "World Cup - Lahti/Lahti (FIN) – Men 10 km Sprint". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  22. ↑ "Resultatbørs – Skiskyting" [Results exchange – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 8 March 1985. Retrieved 5 November 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  23. ↑ "World Cup - Oslo Holmenkollen/Oslo Holmenkollen (NOR) – Men 20 km Individual". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  24. 1 2 "Resultatbørs – Skiskyting" [Results exchange – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 11 March 1985. Retrieved 5 November 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  25. ↑ "World Cup - Oslo Holmenkollen/Oslo Holmenkollen (NOR) – Men 10 km Sprint". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
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