1988–89 Biathlon World Cup

The 1988–89 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 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
Albertville	15-18 December	●	●	●
Borovets	19–22 January	●	●		●
Ruhpolding	26–29 January	●	●		●
Feistritz	7–12 February	●	●	●	●
Hämeenlinna	2–5 March	●	●	●
Östersund	9–12 March	●	●		●
Steinkjer	16–19 March	●	●	●
Total		6	6	3	3

• 1989 World Championship races were not included in the 1988–89 World Cup scoring system.

World Cups: Men

World Cup 1 in Albertville
Date	Event	Podium	Top 10
15 December	20 km individual[1][2][3][5][6]	1.  Birk Anders (GDR) 1:04:12.4 (1+0+1+1)	4.  Frode Løberg (NOR); 5.  Valeriy Medvedtsev (URS); 6.  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR); 7.  Andreas Zingerle (ITA); 8.  Jan Matouš (TCH); 9.  Frank Luck (GDR); 10.  Egon Leitner (AUT);
		2.  Alexandr Popov (URS) +0:28.7 (1+0+0+1)
		3.  Frank-Peter Roetsch (GDR) +0:36.6 (1+0+0+1)
17 December	10 km sprint[1][2][3][7][8]	1.  Frank Luck (GDR) 30:06.5 (1+0)	4.  Alexandr Popov (URS); 5.  Valeriy Medvedtsev (URS); 6.  Alois Reiter (FRG) 7.  Frank-Peter Roetsch (GDR); 8.  Harri Eloranta (FIN); 9.  Geir Einang (NOR); 10.  Alfred Eder (AUT);
		2.  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR) +0:07.3 (1+1)
		3.  Birk Anders (GDR) +0:21.7 (1+2)
18 December	20 km team event[2][9]	1.  East Germany	...
		2.  Czechoslovakia
		3.  France

World Cup 2 in Borovets
Date	Event	Podium	Top 10
19 January	20 km individual[1][2][3][10][11]	1.  Jan Matouš (TCH) 54:42.5 (0+0+0+0)	4.  Ernst Reiter (FRG); 5.  Martin Rypl (TCH); 6.  Frode Løberg (NOR); 7.  Alfred Eder (AUT); 8.  Tomáš Kos (TCH); 9.  Frank Luck (GDR); 10.  Frank-Peter Roetsch (GDR);
		2.  Thierry Gerbier (FRA) +1:37.2 (0+0+0+0)
		3.  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR) +1:38.0 (0+1+0+1)
21 January	10 km sprint[1][2][3][12][13]	1.  Birk Anders (GDR) 25:40.8 (0+0)	4.  André Sehmisch (GDR); 5.  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR); 6.  Frode Løberg (NOR) 7.  Franz Schuler (AUT); 8.  Alois Reiter (FRG); 9.  Jan Matouš (TCH); 10.  Lionel Laurent (FRA);
		2.  Ernst Reiter (FRG) +0:42.5 (0+0)
		3.  Frank-Peter Roetsch (GDR) +0:47.4 (0+2)
22 January	4 × 7.5 km relay[1][2][12]	1.  West Germany 1:21:09 (1) Ernst Reiter Alois Reiter Herbert Fritzenwenger Fritz Fischer	4.  Italy 1:22:02.1 (0); 5.  Norway 1:22:02.2 (2); 6.  Austria 1:22:12 (2);
		2.  East Germany 1:21:26 (2)
		3.  Czechoslovakia 1:21:27 (1)

World Cup 3 in Ruhpolding
Date	Event	Podium	Top 10
26 January	20 km individual[1][2][3][14][15]	1.  Sergei Bulygin (URS) 54:24.5 (0+1+0+0)	4.  Fritz Fischer (FRG); 5.  Sergei Tchepikov (URS); 6.  Raik Dittrich (GDR); 7.  Franz Wudy (FRG); 8.  Steffen Hoos (GDR); 9.  Alois Reiter (FRG); 10.  Andreas Heymann (GDR);
		2.  Alexandr Popov (URS) +0:22.9 (1+0+0+0)
		3.  Frank-Peter Roetsch (GDR) +0:53.9 (0+1+0+1)
28 January	10 km sprint[1][2][3][16][17]	1.  Frank-Peter Roetsch (GDR) 26:44.8 (0+0)	4.  Juri Kashkarov (URS); 5.  Fritz Fischer (FRG); 6.  Sergei Tchepikov (URS); 7.  Andreas Heymann (GDR); 8.  Valeriy Medvedtsev (URS); 9.  Ernst Reiter (FRG); 10.  Harri Eloranta (FIN);
		2.  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR) +0:13.2 (0+0)
		3.  Alexandr Popov (URS) +0:19.5 (0+0)
29 January	4 × 7.5 km relay[1][2][16][18]	1.  East Germany 1:21:11.8 Frank Luck André Sehmisch Frank-Peter Roetsch Birk Anders	4.  Italy 1:24:14.4 (Pallhuber, Kiem, Passler, Zingerle); 5.  Norway 1:25:05.8 (1) (Ulekleiv, D. Bjørndalen, Kvalfoss, Fenne); 6.  Austria 1:25:55.3 (Fersterer, Hofstätter, Schuler, Eder); 7.  Finland 1:26:19.3 (Saarenpaeae, Mäkikyrö, Eloranta, Piipponen); 8.  Bulgaria 1:26:19.5 (Velichkov, Vidinov, Vodenicharov, Slatev); 9.  Sweden 1:27:38.5 (Sjödén, Wiklund, Andersson, Johansson); 10.  France 1:27:49.6 (Blond, Giachino, Gerbier, Dumont);
		2.  Soviet Union 1:21:45.0 Dmitry Vasilyev Sergei Tchepikov Alexandr Popov Valeriy Medvedtsev
		3.  West Germany 1:23:02.2 Alois Reiter Franz Wudy Herbert Fritzenwenger Fritz Fischer

World Cup 4 in Hämeenlinna
Date	Event	Podium	Top 10
2 March	20 km individual[1][2][3][19][20]	1.  Alexandr Popov (URS) 1:06:02.0 (0+0+0+0)	4.  Andreas Zingerle (ITA); 5.  Gisle Fenne (NOR); 6.  Birk Anders (GDR); 7.  Anatoly Zhdanovich (URS); 8.  Tapio Piipponen (FIN); 9.  Juri Kashkarov (URS); 10.  Alfred Eder (AUT);
		2.  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR) +0:20.1 (0+0+0+1)
		3.  Sergei Tchepikov (URS) +1:01.3 (0+0+0+1)
4 March	10 km sprint[1][2][3][21][22]	1.  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR) 33:22.7 (0+1)	4.  Johann Passler (ITA); 5.  Anatoly Zhdanovich (URS); 6.  Alfred Eder (AUT); 7.  Andreas Zingerle (ITA); 8.  Sergei Tchepikov (URS); 9.  Gisle Fenne (NOR); 10.  Andreas Heymann (GDR);
		2.  Juri Kashkarov (URS) +0:05.7 (0+0)
		3.  Valeriy Medvedtsev (URS) +0:06.7 (0+0)
5 March	20 km team event[1][2][21]	1.  Soviet Union 1:12:33 (4) Juri Kashkarov Valeriy Medvedtsev Sergei Tchepikov Anatoly Zhdanovich	4.  East Germany 1:14:18; 5.  Norway 1:15:32; 6.  Italy 1:16:09;
		2.  Sweden 1:13:01 (2)
		3.  France 1:13:49 (1)

World Cup 5 in Östersund
Date	Event	Podium	Top 10
9 March	20 km individual[1][2][3][23][24]	1.  Sergei Tchepikov (URS) 54:06.4 (0+0+0+0)	4.  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR); 5.  Gisle Fenne (NOR); 6.  Thierry Gerbier (FRA); 7.  Francis Mougel (FRA); 8.  Stefan Höck (FRG); 9.  Johann Passler (ITA); 10.  Birk Anders (GDR);
		2.  Valeriy Medvedtsev (URS) +0:50.0 (0+0+0+1)
		3.  Alexandr Popov (URS) +0:50.1 (0+1+0+0)
11 March	10 km sprint[1][2][3][25][26]	1.  Johann Passler (ITA) 26:26.1 (1+2)	4.  Juri Kashkarov (URS); 5.  Harri Eloranta (FIN); 6.  Geir Einang (NOR); 7.  Mikael Löfgren (SWE); 8.  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR); 9.  Alexandr Popov (URS); 10.  Frode Løberg (NOR);
		2.  Lars Wiklund (SWE) +0:03.6 (0+0)
		3.  André Sehmisch (GDR) +0:07.3 (0+0)
12 March	4 × 7.5 km relay[1][2][25]	1.  Soviet Union 1:14:57 (0)	4.  Sweden 1:17:14 (1); 5.  Italy 1:17:24 (0); 6.  West Germany 1:17:46 (2);
		2.  Norway 1:16:42 (0) Geir Einang Frode Løberg Gisle Fenne Eirik Kvalfoss
		3.  East Germany 1:17:06 (2) Raik Dittrich André Sehmisch Steffen Hoos Birk Anders

World Cup 6 in Steinkjer
Date	Event	Podium	Top 10
16 March	20 km individual[1][2][3][27][28]	1.  Fritz Fischer (FRG) 53:06 (0+0+0+1)	4.  Anatoly Zhdanovich (URS); 5.  Sergei Tchepikov (URS); 6.  Frode Løberg (NOR); 7.  Gisle Fenne (NOR); 8.  Valeriy Medvedtsev (URS); 9.  Johann Passler (ITA); 10.  Gottlieb Taschler (ITA);
		2.  Alexandr Popov (URS) +0:34 (1+0+0+0)
		3.  Ernst Reiter (FRG) +1:24 (0+2+0+0)
18 March	10 km sprint[1][2][3][29][30]	1.  Fritz Fischer (FRG) 28:41.0 (0+1)	4.  Xavier Blond (FRA); 5.  Egon Leitner (AUT); 6.  Andreas Zingerle (ITA); 7.  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR); 8.  Gisle Fenne (NOR); 9.  Frode Løberg (NOR); 9.  Valeriy Medvedtsev (URS);
		2.  Sergei Tchepikov (URS) +0:32.0 (0+0)
		3.  Thierry Gerbier (FRA) +0:51.0 (0+0)
19 March	20 km team event[1][2][29]	1.  Norway 1:00:06 Frode Løberg Geir Einang Eirik Kvalfoss Gisle Fenne	4.  West Germany 1:01:34; 5.  France 1:01:45; 6.  Austria 1:06:34;
		2.  Italy 1:00:15 Werner Kiem Andreas Zingerle Johann Passler Gottlieb Taschler
		3.  Soviet Union 1:00:55 Juri Kashkarov Valeriy Medvedtsev Alexandr Popov Sergei Tchepikov

Results: Men

Overall World Cup[1][2][29] Rank Name Points 1 Eirik Kvalfoss 195 2 Alexandr Popov 185 3 Sergei Tchepikov 164 4 Birk Anders 157 5 Valeriy Medvedtsev 149 6 Fritz Fischer 144 7 Frank-Peter Roetsch 137 8 Andreas Zingerle 130 8 Frode Løberg 130 10 Alfred Eder 122 11 Frank Luck 121 12 Gisle Fenne 120 13 Ernst Reiter 113 14 Juri Kashkarov 109 15 Johann Passler 108 ... 19 Geir Einang 80 ... 60 Jon Åge Tyldum 8 ... 69 Ivar Michal Ulekleiv 5

Team Cup[1][29] Rank Name Points 1 Soviet Union 84 2 East Germany 76 3 Italy 68 4 France 66 4 Norway 66 6 West Germany 65

Relay Cup[25] Rank Name Points 1 East Germany 86 2 Soviet Union 82 3 West Germany 74 4 Norway 66 4 Italy 66

Nation Cup[1][2][29] Rank Name Points 1 East Germany 5655 2 Soviet Union 5543 3 West Germany 5328 4 Italy 5254 5 Austria 5063 6 France 4941 7 Norway 4806 8 Finland 3265 9 Sweden 2757 10 Czechoslovakia 2416

Achievements

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)

•  Fritz Fischer (FRG), 2 (7) first places
•  Birk Anders (GDR), 2 (2) first places
•  Frank-Peter Roetsch (GDR), 1 (10) first places
•  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR), 1 (10) first places
•  Jan Matouš (TCH), 1 (2) first places
•  Alexandr Popov (URS), 1 (2) first places
•  Johann Passler (ITA), 1 (2) first places
•  Frank Luck (GDR), 1 (1) first places
•  Sergei Bulygin (URS), 1 (1) first places
•  Sergei Tchepikov (URS), 1 (1) first places

Retirements

Following notable biathletes retired after the 1988–89 season:

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