1984–85 Biathlon World Cup

The 1984–85 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 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 Cups

World Cup 1 in Soviet Union Minsk
Date Event Podium Top 10
10 January 20 km individual[5][6][7][8] 1.  Andrei Zenkov (URS) 1:05:04 (0) 4.  Sergei Idinov (URS); 5.  Dmitry Vasilyev (URS); 6.  Tapio Piipponen (FIN); 7.  Francis Mougel (FRA); 8.  Dominique Epp (FRA); 9.  Kjell Søbak (NOR); 10.  Andreas Zingerle (ITA);
2.  Juri Kashkarov (URS) +1:04 (2)
3.  Pjotr Miloradov (URS) +2:39 (0)
12 January 10 km sprint[5][6][7][9] 1.  Juri Kashkarov (URS) 32:17.2 (2) 4.  Andrei Zenkov (URS); 5.  Jan Matouš (TCH); 6.  Dmitry Vasilyev (URS); 7.  Francis Mougel (FRA); 8.  Vladimir Velichkov (BUL); 9.  Karsten Langhelm (GDR); 10.  Leif Andersson (SWE);
2.  Algimantas Šalna (URS) +0:15.9 (3)
3.  Kjell Søbak (NOR) +0:50.7 (3)
13 January 4 × 7.5 km relay[5][6][9] 1.  Soviet Union 1:40:36.3 (1) 4.  Finland 1:44:55.6;
5.  Czechoslovakia 1:44:56.8;
6.  Sweden 1:47:00.3;
2.  Norway 1:43:26.4 (0)
Terje Krokstad
Rolf Storsveen
Kjell Søbak
Bjarne Thomassen
3.  East Germany 1:44:23.81 (1)


World Cup 2 in East Germany Oberhof
Date Event Podium Top 10
17 January 20 km individual[5][6][7][10][11] 1.  Peter Angerer (FRG) 1:07:30.3 (0+1+0+0) 4.  Ralf Göthel (GDR); 5.  Jürgen Wirth (GDR); 6.  Øivind Nerhagen (NOR) 7.  André Sehmisch (GDR); 8.  Pjotr Miloradov (URS); 9.  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR); 10.  Juri Kashkarov (URS);
2.  Frank-Peter Roetsch (GDR) +1:23.9 (1+1+1+1)
3.  Andrei Zenkov (URS) +1:51.9 (0+0+1+1)
19 January 10 km sprint[5][6][7][12][13] 1.  Frank-Peter Roetsch (GDR) 28:50.8 (0+1) 4.  Ralf Göthel (GDR); 5.  André Sehmisch (GDR); 6.  Jürgen Wirth (GDR); 7.  Sergei Bulygin (URS); 8.  Juri Kashkarov (URS); 9.  Herbert Fritzenwenger (FRG); 10.  Franz Schuler (AUT);
2.  Alfred Eder (AUT) +1:16.2 (0+1)
3.  Matthias Jacob (GDR) +2:05.3 (1+3)
20 January 4 × 7.5 km relay[5][6][12] 1.  East Germany 1:33:23 (0)
Jürgen Wirth
André Sehmisch
Matthias Jacob
Frank-Peter Roetsch
4.  East Germany II 1:35:59 (1);
5.  West Germany 1:37:29 (1);
6.  Norway 1:37:45 (0) (Nerhagen, Søbak, Storsveen, Fenne);
2.  Soviet Union 1:35:25 (1)
Dmitry Vasilyev
Juri Kashkarov
Andrei Zenkov
Sergei Bulygin
3.  East Germany III 1:35:50 (0)


World Cup 3 in Italy Antholz-Anterselva
Date Event Podium Top 10
24 January 20 km individual[5][6][7][14][15] 1.  Frank-Peter Roetsch (GDR) 1:11:39.4 (0+0+2+2) 4.  Franz Schuler (AUT); 5.  Ernst Reiter (FRG); 6.  André Sehmisch (GDR); 7.  Fritz Fischer (FRG); 8.  Johnny Rognstad (NOR); 9.  Sergei Bulygin (URS); 10.  Jean-Paul Giachino (FRA);
2.  Alfred Eder (AUT) +0:04.1 (0+1+0+2)
3.  Herbert Fritzenwenger (FRG) +3:07.0 (1+0+0+3)
26 January 10 km sprint[5][6][7][16][17] 1.  Alfred Eder (AUT) 30:59.3 (0+0) 4.  Algimantas Šalna (URS); 5.  Juri Kashkarov (URS); 6.  Andrei Zenkov (URS); 7.  Frank-Peter Roetsch (GDR); 8.  Matthias Jacob (GDR); 9.  Herbert Fritzenwenger (FRG); 10.  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR);
2.  Peter Angerer (FRG) +0:16.9 (0+0)
3.  Sergei Bulygin (URS) +0:25.3 (0+0)
27 January 4 × 7.5 km relay[5][6][16] 1.  Soviet Union 1:38:37.6
Sergei Bulygin
Algimantas Šalna
Andrei Zenkov
Juri Kashkarov
4.  France 1:42:11.3 (Epp, Giachino, Claudon, F. Mougel);
5.  West Germany II 1:42:24.0 (G. Fischer, Reiter, Pichler, Hiemer);
6.  Norway 1:42:35.6 (3) (Rognstad, Kvalfoss, Istad, Stormoen);
2.  East Germany 1:39:05.1
André Sehmisch
Matthias Jacob
Frank-Peter Roetsch
Ralf Göthel
3.  West Germany I 1:40:22.4
Herbert Fritzenwenger
Stefan Höck
Peter Angerer
Fritz Fischer


World Cup 4 in Finland Lahti
Date Event Podium Top 10
1 March 20 km individual[5][6][7][18][19] 1.  Sergei Antonov (URS) 1:18:16.9 (0+1+0+0) 4.  André Sehmisch (GDR); 5.  Alfred Eder (AUT); 6.  Peter Angerer (FRG); 7.  Øivind Nerhagen (NOR); 8.  Gisle Fenne (NOR); 9.  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR); 10.  Juri Kashkarov (URS);
2.  Frank-Peter Roetsch (GDR) +0:30.4 (0+1+0+0)
3.  Juha Tella (FIN) +1:34.1 (0+0+0+0)
3 March 10 km sprint[5][6][7][20][21] 1.  Frank-Peter Roetsch (GDR) 34:32.2 (0+1) 4.  Sergei Antonov (URS); 5.  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR); 6.  Alfred Eder (AUT); 7.  Peter Angerer (FRG); 8.  Ralf Göthel (GDR); 9.  Juha Tella (FIN); 10.  Jürgen Wirth (GDR);
2.  Juri Kashkarov (URS) +1:31.2 (0+1)
3.  André Sehmisch (GDR) +1:56.2 (0+0)


World Cup 5 in Norway Holmenkollen
Date Event Podium Top 10
7 March 20 km individual[5][6][7][22][23] 1.  Peter Angerer (FRG) 57:35.5 (0+0+0+0) 4.  Juri Kashkarov (URS); 5.  Tapio Piipponen (FIN); 6.  Dmitry Vasilyev (URS); 7.  Jürgen Wirth (GDR); 8.  Ralf Göthel (GDR); 9.  Gottlieb Taschler (ITA); 10.  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR);
2.  André Sehmisch (GDR) +1:21.5 (0+0+0+1)
3.  Frank-Peter Roetsch (GDR) +1:45.7 (0+0+0+1)
9 March 10 km sprint[5][6][7][24][25] 1.  Frank-Peter Roetsch (GDR) 29:51.4 (0+1) 4.  Vladimir Velichkov (BUL); 5.  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR); 6.  Andrei Zenkov (URS); 7.  Juri Kashkarov (URS); 8.  Christian Poirot (FRA); 9.  Jürgen Wirth (GDR); 10.  André Sehmisch (GDR);
2.  Sergei Antonov (URS) +0:16.6 (0+0)
3.  Alfred Eder (AUT) +0:29.9 (0+0)

Results

Overall World Cup[5][6][24]
Rank Name Points
1 East Germany Frank-Peter Roetsch 172
2 Soviet Union Juri Kashkarov 141
3 West Germany Peter Angerer 140
4 Austria Alfred Eder 138
5 Soviet Union Andrei Zenkov 130
6 East Germany André Sehmisch 129
7 Norway Eirik Kvalfoss 108
8 East Germany Ralf Göthel 99
9 East Germany Jürgen Wirth 93
10 Soviet Union Sergei Antonov 90
11 Soviet Union Dmitry Vasilyev 86
12 West Germany Herbert Fritzenwenger 81
13 People's Republic of Bulgaria Vladimir Velichkov 79
14 Austria Franz Schuler 72
14 Soviet Union Algimantas Šalna 72
16 Italy Andreas Zingerle 69
17 Soviet Union Sergei Bulygin 68
17 Finland Tapio Piipponen 68
19 France Christian Poirot 65
20 France Francis Mougel 64
21 Norway Øivind Nerhagen 63
22 East Germany Matthias Jacob 59
22 Norway Johnny Rognstad 59
24 Soviet Union Pjotr Miloradov 57
25 Norway Kjell Søbak 56
26 Finland Juha Tella 50
27 Soviet Union Sergei Idinov 49
28 Norway Gisle Fenne 46
28 Czechoslovakia Jan Matouš 46
30 Italy Johann Passler 42
Nation Cup (unofficial)[α][β][5][24]
Rank Name Points
1 Soviet Union Soviet Union 4686
2 East Germany East Germany 4627
3 Austria Austria 4065
4 France France 4024
5 Norway Norway 3992
6 West Germany West Germany 3963
7 Italy Italy 3834
8 Sweden Sweden 3162
9 Finland Finland 2900
10 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 2082
11 United Kingdom Great Britain 1767
12 Canada Canada 1607
13 Switzerland Switzerland 1267
14 People's Republic of Bulgaria Bulgaria 1242
15 United States United States 1046
16 Hungarian People's Republic Hungary 696
17 Polish People's Republic Poland 591
18 Socialist Republic of Romania Romania 500
19 Australia Australia 301
20 Spain Spain 292

Women's calendar

Below is the European Cup calendar for the 1984–85 season.[26]

City Date Individual Sprint Relay
Soviet Union Minsk 9–13 January ● ● ●
Italy Antholz-Anterselva 24–27 January ● ●
Switzerland Egg am Etzel 14–17 February ● ● ●
Finland Lahti 1–3 March ● ●
Total 4 4 2

*The relays were technically unofficial races as they did not count towards anything in the European Cup.

European Cups

European Cup 1 in Soviet Union Minsk
Date Event Podium Top 10
9 January 10 km individual[27] 1.  Elena Golovina (URS) 45:31.0 (4) 4.  Liudmila Zabolotnaya (URS); 5.  Venera Chernyshova (URS); 6.  Eva Korpela (SWE); 7.  Gry Østvik (NOR); 8.  Sanna Grønlid (NOR); 9.  Nadezhda Belova (URS); 10.  Mette Mestad (NOR);
2.  Kaija Parve (URS) +2:03.1 (7)
3.  Tatiana Brylina (URS)
11 January 5 km sprint[28] 1.  Elena Golovina (URS) 20:15.7 (1) 4.  Sanna Grønlid (NOR); 5.  Nadezhda Belova (URS); 6.  Venera Chernyshova (URS); 7.  Siv Bråten (NOR); 8.  Mette Mestad (NOR); 9.  Eva Korpela (SWE); 10.  Liudmila Zabolotnaya (URS);
2.  Tatiana Brylina (URS) +0:25.6 (1)
3.  Kaija Parve (URS) +0:31.8 (3)
13 January[27] 3 × 5 km relay 1. ... ...
2. ...
3. ...


European Cup 2 in Italy Antholz-Anterselva
Date Event Podium Top 10
26 (?) January 10 km individual[5] 1.  Pam Nordheim (USA) 51:11.0 4.  Julie Newman (USA); 5.  Daniela Minkova (BUL); 6.  Walburga Brunner (ITA);
2.  Valentina Mikhailova (BUL) +2:24.0
3.  Pam Weiss (USA) +2:56.7
28 (?) January 5 km sprint 1. ?
2. ?
3. ?


European Cup 3 in Finland Lahti
Date Event Podium Top 10
1 March 10 km individual[5][29][30] 1.  Sanna Grønlid (NOR) 50:24.2 (1+1+1) 4.  Doris Niva (SWE); 5.  Gry Østvik (NOR); 6.  Lise Meloche (CAN);[γ] 7.  Pirjo Mattila (FIN); 8.  Bente Mestad (NOR); 9.  Aino Kallunki (FIN); 10.  Tuija Vuoksiala (FIN);
2.  Siv Bråten (NOR) +0:39.6 (0+1+0)
3.  Eva Korpela (SWE) +3:33.7 (0+3+1)
3 March 5 km sprint[5] 1.  Siv Bråten (NOR) 22:23.9 4.  Gry Østvik (NOR); 5.  Lise Meloche (CAN); 6.  Sanna Grønlid (NOR); 7.  Doris Niva (SWE); 8.  Bente Mestad (NOR); 9.  Marja Koskela (FIN); 10.  Päivi Kallio (FIN);
2.  Eva Korpela (SWE) +0:55.4
3.  Tuula Ylinen (FIN) +1:18.0

Women's results

Overall European Cup
Rank Name Points
1 Norway Sanna Grønlid
2 Sweden Eva Korpela
3 Soviet Union Kaija Parve

Achievements

First World/European Cup career victory
First World/European Cup podium
Victory in this World/European Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses)

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. (Norwegian) (subscription required)
  2. ↑ Thore-Erik Thoresen (26 January 1985). "Skøytingen gjør vondt" [The skating hurts]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 5 November 2014. (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. (Norwegian) (subscription required)
  4. ↑ "IBU - History - 1979-1994". Biathlonworld. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
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  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Statistiche Biathlon" [Statistics Biathlon]. Neve Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 22 October 2015. (Italian) (registration required)
  8. ↑ Mette Bugge (10 January 1985). "Skremmeskudd fra øst" [Warning shot from the east]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 5 November 2014. (Norwegian) (subscription required)
  9. 1 2 "Bedring for skiskytterne" [Improvement for the biathletes]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 14 January 1985. Retrieved 5 November 2014. (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. (Norwegian) (subscription required)
  11. ↑ "World Cup - Oberhof/Oberhof (GER) – Men 20 km Individual". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  12. 1 2 "Resultatbørs – Skiskyting" [Results exchange – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 21 January 1985. Retrieved 5 November 2014. (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. (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. 1 2 "Skiskyting" [Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 28 January 1985. Retrieved 5 November 2014. (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. (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. (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. (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 3 "Resultatbørs – Skiskyting" [Results exchange – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 11 March 1985. Retrieved 5 November 2014. (Norwegian) (subscription required)
  25. ↑ "World Cup - Oslo Holmenkollen/Oslo Holmenkollen (NOR) – Men 10 km Sprint". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  26. ↑ "Skiskyting" [Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 17 November 1984. Retrieved 1 May 2015. (Norwegian) (subscription required)
  27. 1 2 Mette Bugge (10 January 1985). "Jentene skjøt seg bort" [The girls shot themselves out]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 5 November 2014. (Norwegian) (subscription required)
  28. ↑ "Resultatbørs – Skiskyting" [Results exchange – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 12 January 1985. Retrieved 1 May 2015. (Norwegian) (subscription required)
  29. ↑ "Resultatbørs – Skiskyting" [Results exchange – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 2 March 1985. Retrieved 5 November 2014. (Norwegian) (subscription required)
  30. ↑ "10 km ampumahiihto naiset 1.3.1985" (PDF) (in Finnish). Retrieved 24 June 2015. (Finnish)
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