1986–87 Biathlon World Cup

The 1986–87 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 18 December 1986 in Obertauern, Austria, and ended on 15 March 1987 in Lillehammer, Norway. It was the tenth season of the Biathlon World Cup. The first round of the World Cup was originally going to be held in Hochfilzen, Austria, but the races were moved to Obertauern due to a lack of snow.^[1]

The relays in the World Cup now began counting towards the Nation Cup, which up until then had only counted the sprints and individuals. Only the first (I) teams count.^[2]

Calendar

Below is the World Cup calendar for the 1986–87 season.^[3][4][5]

Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Relay
Obertauern	18–21 December	●	●	●
Borovets	8–11 January	●	●	●
Antholz-Anterselva	15–18 January	●	●	●
Ruhpolding	22–25 January	●	●	●
Lake Placid	12–15 February	●	●	●
Canmore	19–22 February	●	●	●
Lillehammer	12–15 March	●	●	●
Total		7	7	7

• 1987 World Championship races were not included in the 1986–87 World Cup scoring system.

World Cups

World Cup 1 in Obertauern
Date	Event	Podium	Top 10
18 December	20 km individual[3][4][5][6][7]	1.  Valeriy Medvedtsev (URS) 1:10:04.0 (1+0+0+0)	4.  Dmitry Vasilyev (URS); 5.  Zdeněk Hák (TCH); 6.  Tapio Piipponen (FIN); 7.  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR); 8.  Werner Kiem (ITA); 9.  Herbert Fritzenwenger (FRG); 10.  Alfred Eder (AUT);
		2.  František Chládek (TCH) +3:06.5 (0+0+0+0)
		3.  Alexandr Popov (URS) +3:15.4 (0+1+0+0)
20 December	10 km sprint[3][4][5][8][9]	1.  Roger Westling (SWE) 36:14.7 (0+1)	4.  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR); 5.  Jens Steinigen (GDR); 6.  Jan Matouš (TCH); 7.  Valeriy Medvedtsev (URS); 8.  Fritz Fischer (FRG); 9.  Birk Anders (GDR); 10.  André Sehmisch (GDR);
		2.  Frank-Peter Roetsch (GDR) +0:17.6 (1+2)
		3.  Franz Schuler (AUT) +0:28.5 (0+1)
21 December	4 × 7.5 km relay[3][4][10]	1.  Soviet Union I 1:50:49	4.  Soviet Union II 1:52:11; 5.  Czechoslovakia 1:52:11; 6.  West Germany 1:52:56; 7.  Austria 1:53:05; 8.  Italy 1:53:45;
		2.  East Germany 1:51:24
		3.  Norway 1:51:30 Bjarne Thomassen Geir Einang Eirik Kvalfoss Gisle Fenne (2)

World Cup 2 in Borovets
Date	Event	Podium	Top 10
8 January	20 km individual[3][4][5][11][12]	1.  Jan Matouš (TCH) 1:03:26.5 (0+0+0+0)	4.  Alexandr Popov (URS); 5.  Juri Kashkarov (URS); 6.  Anatoly Zhdanovich (URS) 7.  Maik Dietz (GDR); 8.  Ernst Reiter (FRG); 9.  Jiří Holubec (TCH); 10.  Dmitry Vasilyev (URS);
		2.  Fritz Fischer (FRG) +0:40.3 (0+0+0+1)
		3.  Valeriy Medvedtsev (URS) +1:46.1 (0+0+2+0)
10 January	10 km sprint[3][4][5][13][14]	1.  Fritz Fischer (FRG) 29:04.2 (0+1)	4.  Ernst Reiter (FRG); 4.  Alexandr Popov (URS); 6.  Anatoly Zhdanovich (URS); 7.  Jan Matouš (TCH); 8.  Vladimir Velichkov (BUL); 9.  Georg Fischer (FRG); 10.  Andrei Nepein (URS);
		2.  Dmitry Vasilyev (URS) +0:02.8 (0+0)
		3.  Valeriy Medvedtsev (URS) +0:17.2 (0+0)
11 January	4 × 7.5 km relay[4]	1.  Soviet Union I	...
		2.  Soviet Union II
		3.  Czechoslovakia

World Cup 3 in Antholz-Anterselva
Date	Event	Podium	Top 10
15 January	20 km individual[3][4][5][15][16]	1.  Frank-Peter Roetsch (GDR) 1:02:57.5 (0+1+1+0)	4.  Gisle Fenne (NOR); 5.  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR); 6.  André Sehmisch (GDR); 7.  Antero Lähde (FIN); 8.  Fritz Fischer (FRG); 9.  Øivind Nerhagen (NOR); 10.  Gottlieb Taschler (ITA);
		2.  Alexandr Popov (URS) +0:40.1 (1+1+0+0)
		3.  Anatoly Zhdanovich (URS) +1:07.3 (0+1+1+0)
17 January	10 km sprint[2][3][4][5][17]	1.  Alexandr Popov (URS) 28:49.3 (0+0)	4.  Andrei Zenkov (URS); 5.  André Sehmisch (GDR); 6.  Gisle Fenne (NOR); 7.  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR); 8.  Josh Thompson (USA); 9.  Valeriy Medvedtsev (URS); 10.  Tapio Piipponen (FIN);
		2.  Frank-Peter Roetsch (GDR) +0:22.1 (0+1)
		3.  Dmitry Vasilyev (URS) +0:46.5 (1+0)
18 January	4 × 7.5 km relay[2][4]	1.  Soviet Union I 1:29:28 (4) Dmitry Vasilyev Anatoly Zhdanovich Valeriy Medvedtsev Alexandr Popov	4.  Norway I 1:31:16 (0) (Thomassen, Nerhagen, Kvalfoss, Fenne); 5.  East Germany I 1:33:19 (4); 6.  Norway II 1:35:28 (1) (Einang, Løberg, Tyldum, Skattebo);
		2.  Soviet Union II 1:30:08 (5) Andrei Nepein Juri Kashkarov Sergei Antonov Andrei Zenkov
		3.  East Germany II 1:30:23 (2) Birk Anders Frank Luck Jens Steinigen Maik Dietz

World Cup 4 in Ruhpolding
Date	Event	Podium	Top 10
22 January	20 km individual[4][5][18][19]	1.  Andrei Zenkov (URS) 57:37.0 (0+0+0+0)	4.  Andreas Zingerle (ITA); 5.  Geir Einang (NOR); 6.  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR); 7.  Matthias Jacob (GDR); 8.  Frank-Peter Roetsch (GDR); 9.  Andrei Nepein (URS); 10.  Gisle Fenne (NOR);
		2.  Fritz Fischer (FRG) +1:37.1 (0+1+0+1)
		3.  Ernst Reiter (FRG) +1:43.3 (0+1+1+0)
24 January	10 km sprint[3][4][5][20][21]	1.  Fritz Fischer (FRG) 28:28.1 (0+0)	4.  Jürgen Wirth (GDR); 5.  Frank Luck (GDR); 6.  Frank-Peter Roetsch (GDR); 7.  Gisle Fenne (NOR); 8.  Ernst Reiter (FRG); 9.  Andreas Zingerle (ITA); 10.  Frode Løberg (NOR);
		2.  Jan Matouš (TCH) +0:31.8 (0+0)
		3.  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR) +0:38.6 (1+1)
25 January	4 × 7.5 km relay[3][4][20]	1.  West Germany 1:28:20.2 Ernst Reiter Herbert Fritzenwenger Georg Fischer Fritz Fischer	4.  Czechoslovakia 1:31:28.9; 5.  Italy 1:32:00.0; 6.  Finland 1:32:09.9;
		2.  East Germany 1:28:37.4 Frank Luck Frank-Peter Roetsch Matthias Jacob André Sehmisch
		3.  East Germany/ Soviet Union 1:30:36.4

World Cup 5 in Canmore
Date	Event	Podium	Top 10
19 February	20 km individual[3][4][5][22]	1.  Valeriy Medvedtsev (URS) 55:12.7 (1+0+1+0)	4.  Jan Matouš (TCH); 5.  Dmitry Vasilyev (URS); 6.  Frode Løberg (NOR); 7.  Anatoly Zhdanovich (URS); 8.  Frank-Peter Roetsch (GDR); 9.  Ernst Reiter (FRG); 10.  Vladimir Velichkov (BUL);
		2.  Matthias Jacob (GDR) +0:40.0 (0+1+0+0)
		3.  André Sehmisch (GDR) +1:05.7 (1+0+1+0)
21 February	10 km sprint[3][4][5][23]	1.  Juri Kashkarov (URS) 26:27.7 (0+0)	4.  Dmitry Vasilyev (URS); 5.  Jan Matouš (TCH); 6.  Harri Eloranta (FIN); 7.  Valeriy Medvedtsev (URS); 8.  Sverre Istad (NOR); 9.  Frank-Peter Roetsch (GDR); 10.  Matthias Jacob (GDR);
		2.  Peter Angerer (FRG) +0:06.5 (0+0)
		3.  Alexandr Popov (URS) +0:20.0 (0+0)
22 February	4 × 7.5 km relay[3][4][24]	1.  Soviet Union 1:32:22 Dmitry Vasilyev Juri Kashkarov Alexandr Popov Valeriy Medvedtsev	4.  West Germany 1:34:47; 5.  Italy 1:34:48; 6.  Czechoslovakia 1:35:36; 7.  Norway 1:41:29 (Thomassen, Istad, Kvalfoss, Løberg); 8.  Austria 1:38:00; 9.  France 1:38:10; 10.  United States 1:39:33;
		2.  East Germany 1:33:57 Jürgen Wirth Birk Anders Jens Steinigen André Sehmisch
		3.  Finland 1:34:22 Risto Moisejeff Antero Lähde Juha Tella Tapio Piipponen

World Cup 6 in Lillehammer
Date	Event	Podium	Top 10
12 March	20 km individual[3][4][5][25][26]	1.  Matthias Jacob (GDR) 54:44.2 (0+1+0+0)	4.  Ernst Reiter (FRG); 5.  Tapio Piipponen (FIN); 6.  Johann Passler (ITA); 7.  Harri Eloranta (FIN); 8.  Herbert Fritzenwenger (FRG); 9.  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR); 10.  Jan Matouš (TCH);
		2.  Frank-Peter Roetsch (GDR) +0:11.6 (0+0+0+1)
		3.  André Sehmisch (GDR) +1:20.0 (1+1+0+0)
14 March	10 km sprint[3][4][5][27][28]	1.  Peter Angerer (FRG) 26:02.0 (0+0)	4.  Frode Løberg (NOR); 5.  Georg Fischer (FRG); 6.  Fritz Fischer (FRG); 7.  Tapio Piipponen (FIN); 8.  Matthias Jacob (GDR); 9.  František Chládek (TCH); 10.  Alfred Eder (AUT);
		2.  André Sehmisch (GDR) +0:18.1 (0+1)
		3.  Frank-Peter Roetsch (GDR) +0:21.8 (0+0)
15 March	4 × 7.5 km relay[3][4][27]	1.  East Germany 1:28:02 Jürgen Wirth Frank-Peter Roetsch Matthias Jacob André Sehmisch	4.  Finland 1:32:02; 5.  Norway/ United States 1:32:23 (Thompson, Skattebo, Istad, Nerhagen); 6.  Austria 1:32:32; 7.  Italy 1:33:56; 8.  Sweden 1:35:54; 9.  Canada/ France 1:35:54; 10.  France 1:36:29;
		2.  Norway 1:30:33 Geir Einang Eirik Kvalfoss Gisle Fenne Frode Løberg
		3.  West Germany 1:31:40 Ernst Reiter Franz Wudy Peter Angerer Fritz Fischer

Results

Overall World Cup[3][4][27] Rank Name Points 1 Frank-Peter Roetsch 188 2 Fritz Fischer 183 3 Jan Matouš 166 4 Valeriy Medvedtsev 163 5 Alexandr Popov 154 6 André Sehmisch 152 7 Matthias Jacob 144 8 Eirik Kvalfoss 142 9 Ernst Reiter 140 10 Dmitry Vasilyev 131 11 Anatoly Zhdanovich 123 12 Tapio Piipponen 120 13 Gisle Fenne 115 14 Juri Kashkarov 110 15 Alfred Eder 92 16 Georg Fischer 90 17 Herbert Fritzenwenger 84 18 Vladimir Velichkov 78 19 Frode Løberg 72 20 Jiří Holubec 68 20 Peter Angerer 68

Nation Cup^[α][4][24] Rank Name Points 1 East Germany >5473 2 West Germany >5262 3 Soviet Union 5262

Achievements

First World Cup career victory

•  Roger Westling (SWE), 25, in his 5th season — the WC 1 Sprint in Obertauern; it also was his first podium
•  Jan Matouš (TCH), 25, in his 5th season — the WC 2 Individual in Borovets; first podium was 1985–86 Individual in Lahti
•  Alexandr Popov (URS), 21, in his 2nd season — the WC 3 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva; first podium was 1986–87 Individual in Obertauern

First World Cup podium

•  František Chládek (TCH), 28, — no. 2 in the WC 1 Individual in Obertauern
•  Alexandr Popov (URS), 21, in his 2nd season — no. 3 in the WC 1 Individual in Obertauern
•  Franz Schuler (AUT), 24, in his 5th season — no. 3 in the WC 1 Sprint in Obertauern
•  Ernst Reiter (FRG), 24, in his 4th season — no. 3 in the WC 4 Individual in Ruhpolding

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

•  Fritz Fischer (FRG), 2 (4) first places
•  Valeriy Medvedtsev (URS), 2 (3) first places
•  Peter Angerer (FRG), 1 (10) first places
•  Frank-Peter Roetsch (GDR), 1 (7) first places
•  Matthias Jacob (GDR), 1 (5) first places
•  Juri Kashkarov (URS), 1 (3) first places
•  Andrei Zenkov (URS), 1 (2) first places
•  Roger Westling (SWE), 1 (1) first places
•  Jan Matouš (TCH), 1 (1) first places
•  Alexandr Popov (URS), 1 (1) first places

Notes

1. ¹ The Wintersport source places Finland 3rd, but after the fifth round of the World Cup, they were at ninth.^[24] And so it seems more logical that the Soviet Union placed 3rd as they were at second place before the last World Cup at Lillehammer in which the Soviets did not participate.

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