1981–82 Biathlon World Cup

The 1981–82 Biathlon World Cup (BWC) 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.

Matthias Jacob at the sprint in Lahti.

Calendar

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 Cups

World Cup 1 in Egg am Etzel
Date	Event	Podium	Top 10
14 January	20 km individual[1][2][3]	1.  Svein Engen (NOR) 1:08:37.8 (0+1+0+2)	4.  Vladimir Velichkov (BUL); 5.  Alexandr Akulevitch (URS); 6.  Vítězslav Jureček (TCH); 7.  Andrei Vtoruschin (URS); 8.  Peter Zelinka (TCH); 9.  Ole Elvebakk (NOR); 10.  Vladimir Tretyakov (URS);
		2.  Walter Pichler (FRG) +0:30.0 (1+1+0+0)
		3.  Fritz Fischer (FRG) +0:38.6 (3+1+0+1)
16 January	10 km sprint[1][2][3]	1.  Frank Ullrich (GDR) 33:25.4 (0+0)	4.  Ralf Göthel (GDR); 5.  Andreas Göthel (GDR); 6.  Mathias Jung (GDR); 7.  Alexandr Akulevitch (URS); 8.  Bernd Hellmich (GDR); 9.  Vladimir Tretyakov (URS); 10.  Vladimir Velichkov (BUL);
		2.  Matthias Jacob (GDR) +0:37.4 (0+0)
		3.  Fritz Fischer (FRG) +0:46.7 (0+1)
17 January	4 × 7.5 km relay[1][2]	1.  East Germany I 2:00:19.9 (0) Mathias Jung 29:19.9 (0+0) Matthias Jacob 31:01.2 (0+0) Frank Ullrich 29:42.5 (0+0) Andreas Göthel 30:16.3 (0+0)	4.  Norway 2:04:25.8 (5) (Elvebakk (0+0), Engen (0+1), Lirhus (0+3), Rognstad (0+1)); 5.  Czechoslovakia I 2:04:46.0 (0) (Skalník (0+0), Hák (0+0), Zelinka (0+0), Šimůnek (0+0)); 6.  Soviet Union I 2:05:01.9 (5) (Tretyakov (0+2), Akulevitch (2+1), Ciunkel (0+0), Vtoruschin (0+0));
		2.  West Germany 2:02:11.4 (1) Walter Pichler 31:01.7 (0+0) Andreas Schweiger 31:00.0 (0+0) Peter Angerer 30:32.1 (0+1) Fritz Fischer 29:37.7 (0+0)
		3.  East Germany II 2:03:30.5 (0) Holger Wick 30:03.5 (0+0) Frank Lohse 30:56.7 (0+0) Remo Krug 32:07.2 (0+0) Ralf Göthel 30:23.2 (0+0)

World Cup 2 in Antholz-Anterselva
Date	Event	Podium	Top 10
21 January	20 km individual[1][2][3]	1.  Andreas Göthel (GDR) 1:06:53.6 (0+0+0+1)	4.  Kjell Søbak (NOR); 5.  Fritz Fischer (FRG); 6.  Svein Engen (NOR); 7.  Frank Ullrich (GDR); 8.  Adriano Darioli (ITA); 9.  Andrei Vtoruschin (URS); 10.  Franz Bernreiter (FRG);
		2.  Matthias Jacob (GDR) +0:08.9 (0+0+0+2)
		3.  Bernd Hellmich (GDR) +0:35.7 (0+0+1+0)
23 January	10 km sprint[1][2][3]	1.  Frank Ullrich (GDR) 31:31.0 (0+0)	4.  Terje Krokstad (NOR); 5.  Bernd Hellmich (GDR); 6.  Mathias Jung (GDR); 7.  Vladimir Velichkov (BUL); 8.  Taipio Piipponen (FIN); 9.  Heikki Ikola (FIN); 10.  Rolf Storsveen (NOR);
		2.  Kjell Søbak (NOR) +0:23.0 (0+0)
		3.  Matthias Jacob (GDR) +0:30.2 (0+0)
24 January	4 × 7.5 km relay[1][2][4]	1.  East Germany I 1:34:40 (1) Mathias Jung Matthias Jacob Frank Ullrich Andreas Göthel	4.  East Germany II 1:38:26 (3); 5.  Finland I 1:39:08 (2); 6.  Norway II 1:39:50 (Nilsen, Engen, Lirhus, Rognstad);
		2.  Norway I 1:38:02 (5) Eirik Kvalfoss Rolf Storsveen Terje Krokstad Kjell Søbak
		3.  West Germany 1:38:26 (0) Franz Bernreiter Hartmut Fickert Günther Haug Thomas Grebner

World Cup 3 in Ruhpolding
Date	Event	Podium	Top 10
28 January	20 km individual[1][2][3]	1.  Frank Ullrich (GDR) 1:08:10	4.  Andreas Göthel (NOR); 5.  Svein Engen (NOR); 6.  Vladimir Tretyakov (URS); 7.  Fritz Fischer (FRG); 9.  Luigi Weiss (ITA); 10.  Christian Poirot (FRA);
		2.  Viktor Bulygin (URS) +3:38
		3.  Matthias Jacob (GDR) +3:56
30 January	10 km sprint[1][2][3][5]	1.  Matthias Jacob (GDR) 36:26 (0)	4.  Fritz Fischer (FRG); 5.  Andreas Göthel (GDR); 6.  Frank Ullrich (GDR); 7.  Peter Angerer (FRG); 8.  Siegfried Dockner (AUT); 9.  Johann Passler (ITA); 10.  Mathias Jung (GDR);
		2.  Taipio Piipponen (FIN) +0:35 (0)
		3.  Kjell Søbak (NOR) +0:38 (1)

World Championships in Minsk
Date	Event	Podium	Top 10
10 February	20 km individual[1][6]	1.  Frank Ullrich (GDR) 1:07:17.0 (1+1+0+0)	4.  Matthias Jacob (GDR); 5.  Erkki Antila (FIN); 6.  Kjell Søbak (NOR); 7.  Viktor Semenov (URS); 8.  Bernd Hellmich (GDR); 9.  Andreas Schweiger (FRG); 10.  Vítězslav Jureček (TCH);
		2.  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR) +0:33.3 (0+0+1+1)
		3.  Terje Krokstad (NOR) +3:31.6 (0+3+1+1)
13 February	10 km sprint[1][7]	1.  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR) 33:03.2 (1+1)	4.  Odd Lirhus (NOR); 5.  Vladimir Velichkov (BUL); 6.  Vladimir Barnashov (URS); 7.  Mathias Jung (GDR); 8.  Andreas Göthel (GDR); 9.  Kjell Søbak (NOR); 10.  Anatoly Alyabyev (URS);
		2.  Frank Ullrich (GDR) +0:05.9 (0+1)
		3.  Vladimir Alikin (URS) +0:18.4 (2+0)
14 February	4 × 7.5 km relay[1][8]	1.  East Germany 1:39:45.28 (0) Mathias Jung 24:39.16 (0+0) Matthias Jacob 25:12.92 (0+0) Frank Ullrich 24:49.51 (0+0) Bernd Hellmich 25:03.69 (0+0)	4.  West Germany 1:43:54.50 (0) (Bernreiter 27:18.13 (0+0), Schweiger 26:45.74 (0+0), Angerer 24:52.05 (0+0), Fischer 24:58.58 (0+0)); 5.  Italy 1:44:30.70 (3); 6.  Czechoslovakia 1:45:37.85 (2);
		2.  Norway 1:40:53.07 (2) Eirik Kvalfoss 24:37.44 (0+0) Kjell Søbak 24:48.88 (0+0) Rolf Storsveen 26:44.00 (2+0) Odd Lirhus 24:42.75 (0+0)
		3.  Soviet Union 1:41:09.53 (1) Vladimir Alikin 24:39.90 (0+0) Vladimir Barnashov 26:02.45 (0+1) Viktor Semenov 25:29.27 (0+0) Anatoly Alyabyev 24:57.91 (0+0)

World Cup 4 in Lahti
Date	Event	Podium	Top 10
5 March	20 km individual[1][2][3]	1.  Kjell Søbak (NOR) 1:18:18.7 (1+0+0+2)	4.  Frank Ullrich (GDR); 5.  Peter Angerer (FRG); 6.  Matthias Jacob (GDR); 7.  Terje Krokstad (NOR); 8.  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR); 9.  Bernd Hellmich (GDR); 10.  Andreas Göthel (GDR);
		2.  Odd Lirhus (NOR) +0:18.3 (1+3+0+0)
		3.  Fritz Fischer (FRG) +0:50.7 (1+1+1+1)
6 March	10 km sprint[1][2][3]	1.  Matthias Jacob (GDR) 33:51.4 (0+1)	4.  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR); 5.  Luigi Weiss (ITA); 6.  Andreas Göthel (GDR); 7.  Peter Angerer (FRG); 8.  Yuriy İvanov Mitev (BUL); 9.  Terje Krokstad (NOR); 10.  Francis Mougel (FRA);
		2.  Odd Lirhus (NOR) +0:28.3 (1+2)
		3.  Kjell Søbak (NOR) +0:41.4 (2+1)
7 March	4 × 7.5 km relay[2]	1.  Norway	...
		2. ?
		3. ?

Results

Overall World Cup[1][2]
Rank	Name	Points
1	Frank Ullrich	146
2	Matthias Jacob	143
3	Kjell Søbak	137
4	Andreas Göthel	125
5	Fritz Fischer	123
6	Odd Lirhus	110
6	Bernd Hellmich	110
8	Eirik Kvalfoss	100
9	Vladimir Velichkov	99
10	Svein Engen	96
11	Mathias Jung	95
12	Terje Krokstad	94
13	Peter Angerer	89
14	Luigi Weiss	87
15	Taipio Piipponen	82
16	Vladimir Tretyakov	65
16	Andrei Vtoruschin	65
18	Adriano Darioli	64
19	Johann Passler	61
20	Heikki Ikola	57
21	Christian Poirot	54
22	Viktor Bulygin	50
22	Andreas Schweiger	50
24	Yuriy İvanov Mitev	48
25	Alexandr Akulevitch	46
26	Vítězslav Jureček	43
27	Vladimir Alikin	36
27	Ralf Göthel	36
27	Viktor Ciunkel	36
30	Rolf Storsveen	35

Achievements

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)

•  Frank Ullrich (GDR), 4 (14) first places
•  Matthias Jacob (GDR), 2 (2) first places
•  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR), 1 (3) first places
•  Svein Engen (NOR), 1 (1) first places
•  Andreas Göthel (GDR), 1 (1) first places
•  Kjell Søbak (NOR), 1 (2) first places

Retirements

Following notable biathletes retired after the 1981–82 season:

•  Heikki Ikola (FIN)

References

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