1990–91 Biathlon World Cup

The 1990–91 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 13 December 1990 in Albertville, France, and ended on 17 March 1991 in Canmore, Canada. It was the fourteenth season of the Biathlon World Cup.

Calendar

Below is the World Cup calendar for the 1990–91 season.^[1][2][3]

Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Team event	Relay
Albertville	13-16 December	●	●		●
Ruhpolding	17–20 January	●	●	●
Antholz-Anterselva	24–27 January	●	●		●
Oberhof	31 January–3 February	●	●		●
Lahti	19–24 February	●	●	●	●
Holmenkollen	7–10 March	●	●		●
Canmore	14–17 March	●	●	●
Total		7	7	3	5

• 1991 World Championship races were not included in the 1990–91 World Cup scoring system.

World Cups: Men

World Cup 1 in Albertville
Date	Event	Podium	Top 10
13 December	20 km individual[1][2][3][4]	1.  Sergei Tchepikov (URS) 1:08:31.8 (0+0+0+0)	4.  Gisle Fenne (NOR); 5.  Frank Luck (GER); 6.  Mark Kirchner (GER); 7.  Andreas Zingerle (ITA); 8.  Christian Dumont (FRA); 9.  Stéphane Bouthiaux (FRA); 10.  Franz Schuler (AUT);
		2.  Anatoly Zhdanovich (URS) +2:20.7 (0+0+0+0)
		3.  Frank-Peter Roetsch (GER) +2:39.8 (0+1+0+2)
15 December	10 km sprint[1][2][3][5]	1.  Sergei Tchepikov (URS) 29:40.9 (0+1)	4.  Gisle Fenne (NOR); 5.  Juri Kashkarov (URS); 6.  Franz Schuler (AUT) 7.  Geir Einang (NOR); 8.  Wilfried Pallhuber (ITA); 9.  Alexandr Popov (URS); 10.  Jon Åge Tyldum (NOR);
		2.  Frank Luck (GER) +0:01.4 (1+0)
		3.  Andreas Zingerle (ITA) +0:06.7 (1+0)
16 December	4 × 7.5 km relay[1][2][6][7]	1.  Soviet Union I 1:36:11.9 (0) Valeriy Noskov 24:51.1 (0) Juri Kashkarov 23:54.5 (0) Sergei Tchepikov 23:36.2 (0) Alexandr Popov 23:47.1 (0)	4.  Sweden 1:39:18.4 (2); 5.  Soviet Union II 1:39:24.2 (1); 6.  Germany I 1:39:36.5 (2) (Groß, Luck, Kirchner, Sehmisch); 7.  Yugoslavia 1:40:09.6 (0); 8.  France 1:40:14.2 (0); 9.  Austria 1:41:02.5 (3); 10.  Germany II 1:41:05.7 (5);
		2.  Norway 1:38:30.6 (2) Geir Einang 25:17.9 (0) Sverre Istad 25:24.5 (2) Jon Åge Tyldum 24:20.4 (0) Gisle Fenne 23:27.8 (0)
		3.  Italy 1:38:50.4 (2) Wilfried Pallhuber 26:08.5 (1) Hubert Leitgeb 24:10.5 (0) Johann Passler 24:35.3 (1) Andreas Zingerle 23:56.1 (0)

World Cup 2 in Ruhpolding
Date	Event	Podium	Top 10
17 January	20 km individual[1][2][3][8][9]	1.  Pieralberto Carrara (ITA) 53:12.7 (0+0+0+0)	4.  Valeriy Medvedtsev (URS); 5.  Fritz Fischer (GER); 6.  Frank Luck (GER) 7.  Anatoly Zhdanovich (URS); 8.  Mark Kirchner (GER); 9.  Patrice Bailly-Salins (FRA); 10.  Hubert Leitgeb (ITA);
		2.  Andreas Zingerle (ITA) +0:47.3 (0+0+1+0)
		3.  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR) +0:50.1 (0+1+0+0)
19 January	10 km sprint[1][2][3][10][11][12]	1.  Sergei Tarasov (URS) 27:16.4 (0+1)	4.  Sergei Tchepikov (URS); 5.  Andreas Zingerle (ITA); 6.  Johann Passler (ITA); 7.  Alexandr Popov (URS); 8.  Mikael Löfgren (SWE); 9.  Valeriy Medvedtsev (URS); 10.  Geir Einang (NOR);
		2.  Pieralberto Carrara (ITA) +0:02.2 (0+0)
		3.  Frode Løberg (NOR) +0:09.6 (0+0)
20 January	20 km team event[1][2][10][12]	1.  Soviet Union 55:43.3 (4) Sergei Tarasov Valeriy Medvedtsev Anatoly Zhdanovich Sergei Tchepikov	4.  Czechoslovakia 57:15.6 (3); 5.  Finland 57:20.8 (4); 6.  France 58:41.9 (5); 7.  Germany 58:43.6 (7) (Roetsch, Luck, Heymann, Kirchner);
		2.  Italy 55:57.7 (3) Elmar Mutschlechner Edmund Zitturi Simon Demetz Hubert Leitgeb
		3.  Norway 56:05.8 (3) Ivar Michal Ulekleiv Geir Einang Sylfest Glimsdal Frode Løberg

World Cup 3 in Antholz-Anterselva
Date	Event	Podium	Top 10
24 January	20 km individual[1][2][3][13]	1.  Alexandr Popov (URS) 59:03.6 (0+1+0+0)	4.  Gisle Fenne (NOR); 5.  Valeriy Medvedtsev (URS); 6.  Sverre Istad (NOR); 7.  Wilfried Pallhuber (ITA); 8.  Andreas Zingerle (ITA); 9.  Helmut Tengg (GER); 10.  Simon Demetz (ITA);
		2.  Sergei Tchepikov (URS) +1:03.4 (0+2+1+0)
		3.  Christian Dumont (FRA) +1:46.2 (1+1+0+0)
26 January	10 km sprint[1][2][3][14]	1.  Sergei Tchepikov (URS) 27:28.3 (0+1)	4.  Juri Kashkarov (URS); 5.  Sergei Tarasov (URS); 6.  Wilfried Pallhuber (ITA); 7.  Johann Passler (ITA); 8.  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR); 9.  Fritz Fischer (GER); 10.  Pieralberto Carrara (ITA);
		2.  Andreas Zingerle (ITA) +0:16.8 (0+0)
		3.  Mark Kirchner (GER) +0:22.3 (0+0)
27 January	4 × 7.5 km relay[1][2][15]	1.  Soviet Union 1:20:45.3 (1) Juri Kashkarov Alexandr Popov Sergei Tarasov Sergei Tchepikov	4.  Soviet Union II 1:21:37.6 (0); 5.  Germany II 1:22:28.0 (2); 6.  Sweden 1:22:46.9 (1); 7.  Norway 1:22:59.3 (3) (Einang, Kvalfoss, Tyldum, Fenne); 8.  France 1:23:03.7 (1); 8.  Yugoslavia 1:23:10.0 (0); 8.  Austria II 1:23:36.1 (0);
		2.  Italy 1:20:56.2 (1) Pieralberto Carrara Johann Passler Wilfried Pallhuber Andreas Zingerle
		3.  Germany 1:21:25.7 (2) Ricco Groß Frank Luck Mark Kirchner Fritz Fischer

World Cup 4 in Oberhof
Date	Event	Podium	Top 10
31 January	20 km individual[1][2][3][16]	1.  Mark Kirchner (GER) 56:39.2 (3)	4.  Aleksander Grajf (YUG); 5.  Petr Garabík (TCH); 6.  Frank-Peter Roetsch (GER); 7.  Wilfried Pallhuber (ITA); 8.  Hubert Leitgeb (ITA); 9.  Ricco Groß (GER); 10.  Josh Thompson (USA);
		2.  Frank Luck (GER) +0:48.3 (2)
		3.  Pieralberto Carrara (ITA) +0:57.5 (2)
2 February	10 km sprint[1][2][3][17]	1.  Frank Luck (GER) 25:22.3 (0+1)	4.  Pieralberto Carrara (ITA); 5.  Fritz Fischer (GER); 6.  Johann Passler (ITA); 7.  Josh Thompson (USA); 8.  Andreas Heymann (GER); 9.  Aleksander Grajf (YUG); 10.  Alfred Eder (AUT);
		2.  Ricco Groß (GER) +0:24.3 (0+1)
		3.  Andreas Zingerle (ITA) +0:28.0 (0+1)
3 February	4 × 7.5 km relay[1][2][18][19]	1.  Germany I 1:20:34.8 (1) Ricco Groß Frank Luck Mark Kirchner Fritz Fischer	4.  Germany II 1:23:42.3 (2) (Tengg, Sehmisch, Heymann, Roetsch); 5.  United States 1:23:45.8 (0); 6.  Austria 1:24:08.6 (2); 7.  Yugoslavia 1:24:42.3 (2);
		2.  Italy 1:20:52.7 (0) Pieralberto Carrara Johann Passler Hubert Leitgeb Andreas Zingerle
		3.  Norway 1:23:32.3 (2) Sverre Istad Ivar Michal Ulekleiv Jon Åge Tyldum Frode Løberg

World Cup 5 in Holmenkollen
Date	Event	Podium	Top 10
7 March	20 km individual[1][2][3][20]	1.  Mark Kirchner (GER) 57:02.9 (0+1+1+0)	4.  Gisle Fenne (NOR); 5.  Jon Åge Tyldum (NOR); 6.  Sergei Tarasov (URS); 7.  Valeri Kiriyenko (URS); 8.  Frode Løberg (NOR); 9.  André Sehmisch (GER); 10.  Patrice Bailly-Salins (FRA);
		2.  Franz Schuler (AUT) +0:03.6 (0+1+0+0)
		3.  Stéphane Bouthiaux (FRA) +0:36.3 (0+0+0+1)
9 March	10 km sprint[1][2][3][21]	1.  Geir Einang (NOR) 26:01 (0+0)	4.  Sergei Tchepikov (URS); 5.  Mark Kirchner (GER); 6.  Jon Åge Tyldum (NOR); 7.  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR); 8.  Sylfest Glimsdal (NOR); 9.  Hervé Flandin (FRA); 10.  Valeri Kiriyenko (URS);
		2.  Sergei Tarasov (URS) +0:19 (0+1)
		3.  Frode Løberg (NOR) +0:26 (1+0)
10 March	4 × 7.5 km relay[1][2][22]	1.  Soviet Union 1:28:46.2 (0) Valeri Kiriyenko 22:33.1 (0+0) Sergei Tchepikov 21:38.8 (0+0) Sergei Tarasov 21:58.7 (0+0) Alexandr Popov 22:35.6 (0+0)	4.  Norway II 1:31:24.0 (3) (Istad 22:48.8 (0+1), Ulekleiv 23:14.9 (0+0), Glimsdal 22:42.3 (0+1), Tyldum 22:38.0 (1+0)); 5.  Italy 1:31:46.0 (1) (Carrara 22:01.3 (0+0), Passler 23:18.4 (0+0), Leitgeb 23:28.0 (0+1), Taschler 22:58.3 (0+0)); 6.  Yugoslavia 1:32:08.3 (1) (Ožbolt 23:52.8 (1+0), J. Velepec 22:50.9 (0+0), Grajf 22:37.0 (0+0), U. Velepec 22:47.6 (0+0));
		2.  Norway I 1:29:54.8 (1) Geir Einang 22:19.3 (0+0) Eirik Kvalfoss 22:04.5 (0+0) Frode Løberg 22:17.0 (0+0) Gisle Fenne 23:14.0 (0+1)
		3.  Germany 1:30:16.8 (2) Ricco Groß 22:00.9 (0+0) André Sehmisch 22:57.4 (0+0) Mark Kirchner 23:16.0 (2+0) Fritz Fischer 22:02.5 (0+0)

World Cup 6 in Canmore
Date	Event	Podium	Top 10
14 March	20 km individual[1][2][3][23]	1.  Hervé Flandin (FRA) 55:43.9 (1)	4.  Sergei Tchepikov (URS); 5.  André Sehmisch (GER); 6.  Ricco Groß (GER); 7.  Mark Kirchner (GER); 8.  Wilfried Pallhuber (ITA); 9.  Frode Løberg (NOR); 10.  Andreas Zingerle (ITA);
		2.  Patrice Bailly-Salins (FRA) +0:36.1 (2)
		3.  Josh Thompson (USA) +0:37.1 (0)
16 March	10 km sprint[1][2][3][24]	1.  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR) 26:16.1 (0+1)	4.  Ricco Groß (GER); 5.  Patrice Bailly-Salins (FRA); 6.  Josh Thompson (USA); 7.  Frank Luck (GER); 8.  Gisle Fenne (NOR); 9.  Franz Schuler (AUT); 9.  Christian Dumont (FRA);
		2.  Hubert Leitgeb (ITA) +0:15.0 (0+0)
		3.  Mark Kirchner (GER) +0:28.0 (0+2)
17 March	20 km team event[1][2][25]	1.  Germany 55:56.4	4.  Canada 59:21.2; 5.  United States 1:00:02.4; 6.  France 1:00:05.8;
		2.  Norway 57:05.1 Geir Einang Jon Åge Tyldum Eirik Kvalfoss Gisle Fenne
		3.  Italy 58:31.1

Results: Men

Overall World Cup[1][2] Rank Name Points 1 Sergei Tchepikov 191 2 Mark Kirchner 183 3 Andreas Zingerle 174 4 Frank Luck 156 5 Pieralberto Carrara 147 6 Gisle Fenne 144 7 Ricco Groß 119 8 Wilfried Pallhuber 118 9 Franz Schuler 115 10 Sergei Tarasov 114 11 Hubert Leitgeb 109 12 Eirik Kvalfoss 108 13 Frode Løberg 108 14 Patrice Bailly-Salins 104 15 Fritz Fischer 103 16 Jon Åge Tyldum 100 17 Geir Einang 98 ... 35 Sverre Istad 37 ... 39 Sylfest Glimsdal 32

Individual Cup[2] Rank Name Points 1 Mark Kirchner 2 Sergei Tchepikov 3 Gisle Fenne

Sprint Cup[2] Rank Name 1 Sergei Tchepikov 2 Andreas Zingerle 3 Sergei Tarasov

Relay Cup[2] Rank Name Points 1 Soviet Union 90 2 Germany 78 3 Italy 76 3 Norway 76

Nation Cup[2] Rank Name Points 1 Italy 5682 2 Germany 5659 3 France 5383 4 Norway 5288 5 Soviet Union 4557 6 Austria 4269

Achievements

First World Cup career victory

•  Pieralberto Carrara (ITA), 24, in his 7th season — the WC 2 Individual in Ruhpolding; it also was his first podium
•  Sergei Tarasov (URS), 25, in his 2nd season — the WC 2 Sprint in Ruhpolding; first podium was the 1989–90 Sprint in Obertilliach
•  Geir Einang (NOR), 26, in his 7th season — the WC 5 Sprint in Holmenkollen; first podium was the 1987–88 Sprint in Holmenkollen
•  Hervé Flandin (FRA), 25, in his 6th season — the WC 6 Individual in Canmore; first podium was the 1987–88 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva

First World Cup podium

•  Christian Dumont (FRA), 27, in his 8th season — no. 3 in the WC 3 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva
•  Ricco Groß (GER), 20, in his 1st season — no. 2 in the WC 4 Sprint in Oberhof
•  Stéphane Bouthiaux (FRA), 24, in his 4th season — no. 3 in the WC 5 Individual in Holmenkollen
•  Patrice Bailly-Salins (FRA), 26, in his 3rd season — no. 2 in the WC 6 Individual in Canmore
•  Josh Thompson (USA), 29, — no. 3 in the WC 6 Individual in Canmore
•  Hubert Leitgeb (ITA), 25, in his 5th season — no. 2 in the WC 6 Sprint in Canmore

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

•  Sergei Tchepikov (URS), 3 (5) first places
•  Mark Kirchner (GER), 2 (3) first places
•  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR), 1 (12) first places
•  Alexandr Popov (URS), 1 (3) first places
•  Frank Luck (GER), 1 (2) first places
•  Pieralberto Carrara (ITA), 1 (1) first places
•  Sergei Tarasov (URS), 1 (1) first places
•  Geir Einang (NOR), 1 (1) first places
•  Hervé Flandin (FRA), 1 (1) first places

Retirements

Following notable biathletes retired after the 1990–91 season:

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