1991–92 Biathlon World Cup

The 1991–92 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 19 December 1991 in Hochfilzen, Austria, and ended on 22 March 1992 in Novosibirsk, Russia. It was the fifteenth season of the Biathlon World Cup.

The men's individual and women's sprint were moved from Holmenkollen, Norway to Skrautvål, Norway, due to rain and fog, with the planned relays being cancelled.^[1] The fifth round of the World Cup was originally going to be held in Kokkola, Finland, but were moved to Skrautvål due to a lack of snow.^[2][3]

Calendar

Below is the World Cup calendar for the 1991–92 season.^[4][5][6]

Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Team event	Relay
Hochfilzen	19-22 December	●	●		●
Ruhpolding	16–19 January	●	●		●
Antholz-Anterselva	23–26 January	●	●		●
Albertville	11–20 February	●	●		●
Holmenkollen	6–7 March	●	●		●
Skrautvål	10–15 March	●	●		●
Novosibirsk	19–21 March	●	●
Novosibirsk	22 March			●
Total		7	7	1	6

• 1992 Winter Olympics and 1992 World Championship races were not included in the 1991–92 World Cup scoring system.

World Cups: Men

World Cup 1 in Hochfilzen
Date	Event	Podium	Top 10
19 December	20 km individual[5][6][7]	1.  Jens Steinigen (GER) 1:03:02.4 (1+0+0+0)	4.  Jon Åge Tyldum (NOR); 5.  Lionel Laurent (FRA); 6.  Anatoly Zhdanovich (URS); 7.  Egon Leitner (AUT); 8.  Frank-Peter Roetsch (GER); 9.  Ricco Groß (GER); 10.  Gisle Fenne (NOR);
		2.  Christian Dumont (FRA) +0:09.9 (1+0+0+0)
		3.  Mark Kirchner (GER) +1:00.4 (0+0+0+2)
21 December	10 km sprint[5][6][8]	1.  Alexandr Popov (URS) 29:40.9 (0+1)	4.  Gisle Fenne (NOR); 5.  Jon Åge Tyldum (NOR); 6.  Mark Kirchner (GER) 7.  Pieralberto Carrara (ITA); 8.  Xavier Blond (FRA); 9.  Frank Luck (GER); 10.  Wilfried Pallhuber (ITA);
		2.  Sylfest Glimsdal (NOR) +0:01.4 (1+0)
		3.  Sverre Istad (NOR) +0:06.7 (1+0)
22 December	4 × 7.5 km relay[5][9][10]	1.  Soviet Union 1:39:35.1 (1) Anatoly Zhdanovich (0) Sergei Tarasov (0) Valeriy Medvedtsev (0) Alexandr Popov (1)	4.  Austria 1:43:09.3 (1); 5.  Germany 1:43:51.7 (3) (Kluge (0), Fischer (0), Schönthier (1), Heymann (2)); 6.  Slovenia 1:44:17.8 (5); 7.  Finland 1:46:35.6 (0); 8.  Poland 1:47:23.4 (7);
		2.  France 1:42:00.9 (2) Xavier Blond (0) Stéphane Bouthiaux (1) Lionel Laurent (0) Christian Dumont (1)
		3.  Czechoslovakia 1:42:52.3 (2) Petr Garabík (0) Tomáš Kos (0) Martin Rypl (0) Jiří Holubec (2)

World Cup 2 in Ruhpolding
Date	Event	Podium	Top 10
16 January	20 km individual[5][6][11][12]	1.  Andreas Zingerle (ITA) 54:50.0 (2)	7.  Frank-Peter Roetsch (GER); 10.  Fritz Fischer (GER);
		2.  Valeriy Medvedtsev (CIS) +0:13.0 (1)
		3.  Josh Thompson (USA) +0:58.9 (1)
18 January	10 km sprint[5][6][13]	1.  Jens Steinigen (GER) 27:23.9 (0+0)	8.  Gisle Fenne (NOR);
		2.  Tomáš Kos (TCH) +0:04.6 (0+0)
		3.  Thierry Gerbier (FRA) +0:07.3 (0+0)
19 January	4 × 7.5 km relay[5][13]	1.  Italy 1:22:19.6 (0) Pieralberto Carrara Johann Passler Edmund Zitturi Andreas Zingerle	4.  Norway 1:22:50.2 (0) (Istad, Kvalfoss, Løberg, Fenne); 5.  France 1:23:22.1 (2) (Blond, Gerbier, Bailly-Salins, Dumont); 6.  Sweden 1:23:31.2; 7.  Czechoslovakia 1:24:16.9 (0); 8.  Austria 1:25:16.1 (4); 9.  Poland 1:27:47.0 (1); 10.  United States 1:28:09.7 (0);
		2.  Germany 1:22:27.5 (0) Frank Luck Jens Steinigen Mark Kirchner Fritz Fischer
		3.  CIS 1:22:31.4 (1) Sergei Tchepikov Sergei Tarasov Valeriy Medvedtsev Alexandr Popov

World Cup 3 in Antholz-Anterselva
Date	Event	Podium	Top 10
23 January	20 km individual[5][6][14]	1.  Valeri Kiriyenko (CIS) 57:43.5 (0+1+0+0)	4.  Lionel Laurent (FRA); 5.  Jon Åge Tyldum (NOR); 6.  Alexandr Popov (CIS); 7.  Andreas Zingerle (ITA); 8.  Frank-Peter Roetsch (GER); 9.  Sergei Tarasov (CIS); 10.  Valeriy Medvedtsev (CIS);
		2.  Sergei Tchepikov (CIS) +0:33.3 (0+2+0+0)
		3.  Geir Einang (NOR) +0:45.8 (0+0+0+1)
25 January	10 km sprint[5][6][15]	1.  Alexandr Popov (CIS) 27:04.3 (0+0)	4.  Johann Passler (ITA); 5.  Mikael Löfgren (SWE); 6.  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR); 7.  Hubert Leitgeb (ITA); 8.  Patrice Bailly-Salins (FRA); 9.  Andreas Zingerle (ITA); 10.  Hervé Flandin (FRA);
		2.  Ricco Groß (GER) +0:38.2 (0+0)
		3.  Jon Åge Tyldum (NOR) +0:42.4 (1+0)
26 January	4 × 7.5 km relay[5][16]	1.  Italy 1:20:09.1 (0) Hubert Leitgeb (0) Johann Passler (0) Pieralberto Carrara (0) Andreas Zingerle (0)	4.  France 1:21:33.7 (0); 5.  Germany 1:21:34.6 (2); 6.  Czechoslovakia 1:22:36.6 (0); 7.  Estonia 1:22:54.4 (1); 8.  Slovenia 1:23:50.6 (0);
		2.  CIS 1:21:05.2 (3) Alexandr Popov (1) Sergei Tarasov (2) Valeri Kiriyenko (0) Sergei Tchepikov (0)
		3.  Norway 1:21:17.8 (1) Geir Einang (0) Jon Åge Tyldum (0) Gisle Fenne (0) Eirik Kvalfoss (0)

World Cup 4 in Holmenkollen
Date	Event	Podium	Top 10
7 March	10 km sprint[4][5][6][17]	1.  Frode Løberg (NOR) 33:58.8 (0+0)	4.  Aleksander Grajf (SLO); 5.  Gisle Fenne (NOR); 6.  Thierry Gerbier (FRA); 7.  Wilfried Pallhuber (ITA); 8.  Leif Andersson (SWE); 9.  Franz Schuler (AUT); 10.  Sylfest Glimsdal (NOR);
		2.  Ludwig Gredler (AUT) +0:34.0 (1+2)
		3.  Wolfgang Perner (AUT) +0:35.8 (0+0)

World Cup 5 in Skrautvål
Date	Event	Podium	Top 10
10 March	20 km individual[5][6][18]	1.  Mark Kirchner (GER) 1:01:52 (1+0+0+0)	4.  Leif Andersson (SWE); 5.  Boštjan Lekan (SLO); 6.  Johann Passler (ITA); 7.  Frode Løberg (NOR); 8.  Hubert Leitgeb (ITA); 9.  Geir Einang (NOR); 10.  Erkki Latvala (FIN);
		2.  Sergei Tchepikov (CIS) +0:44 (0+1+1+0)
		3.  Mikael Löfgren (SWE) +1:22 (0+0+0+1)
12 March	10 km sprint[5][6][19]	1.  Patrice Bailly-Salins (FRA) 30:54 (0+1)	4.  Frode Løberg (NOR); 5.  Gisle Fenne (NOR); 6.  Mikael Löfgren (SWE); 7.  Wolfgang Perner (AUT); 8.  Ludwig Gredler (AUT); 9.  Johann Passler (ITA); 10.  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR);
		2.  Jon Åge Tyldum (NOR) +0:06 (1+0)
		3.  Sylfest Glimsdal (NOR) +0:28 (1+2)
14 March	20 km individual[5][6][20]	1.  Geir Einang (NOR) 1:01:59 (0+0+0+0)	4.  Thierry Dusserre (FRA); 5.  Mark Kirchner (GER); 6.  Eugeni Redkine (CIS); 7.  Alfred Eder (AUT); 8.  Andreas Zingerle (ITA); 9.  Sylfest Glimsdal (NOR); 10.  Franz Schuler (AUT);
		2.  Jon Åge Tyldum (NOR) +1:50 (0+1+0+1)
		3.  Sergei Tchepikov (CIS) +2:03 (1+2+0+1)
15 March	4 × 7.5 km relay[5][21]	1.  Norway I 1:28:09 (0) Geir Einang 22:02 (0+0) Gisle Fenne 21:37 (0+0) Jon Åge Tyldum 21:42 (0+0) Frode Løberg 22:48 (0+0)	4.  Slovenia 1:29:58 (0) (Ožbolt 22:49 (0+0), Velepec 22:46 (0+0), Grajf 21:38 (0+0), Lekan 22:45 (0+0)); 5.  Sweden 1:30:22 (1) (Johansson 22:31 (0+0), Andersson 22:14 (0+0), Eriksson 23:04 (0+0), Löfgren 22:33 (0+1)); 6.  Italy;
		2.  Austria 1:29:18 (0) Ludwig Gredler 21:37 (0+0) Wolfgang Perner 23:25 (0+0) Franz Schuler 21:33 (0+0) Alfred Eder 22:43 (0+0)
		3.  Norway II 1:29:48 (0) Eirik Kvalfoss 22:01 (0+0) Sylfest Glimsdal 22:25 (0+0) Jo Severin Matberg 22:47 (0+0) Halvard Hanevold 22:35 (0+0)

World Cup 6 in Novosibirsk
Date	Event	Podium	Top 10
19 March	20 km individual[5][6][22]	1.  Wolfgang Perner (AUT) 56:41.1 (0+1+0+0)	4.  Alexandr Popov (CIS); 5.  Johann Passler (ITA); 6.  Jon Åge Tyldum (NOR);
		2.  Sylfest Glimsdal (NOR) +0:20.2 (0+0+1+2)
		3.  Hubert Leitgeb (ITA) +0:26.2 (1+0+0+0)
21 March	10 km sprint[5][6][23]	1.  Wilfried Pallhuber (ITA) 28:10.5 (0+0)	4.  Sylfest Glimsdal (NOR); 5.  Patrice Bailly-Salins (FRA); 6.  Franz Schuler (AUT); 7.  Steffen Hoos (GER); 8.  Alexandr Popov (CIS); 9.  Frode Løberg (NOR); 10.  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR);
		2.  Ludwig Gredler (AUT) +0:05.3 (0+0)
		3.  Mikael Löfgren (SWE) +0:32.2 (0+1)

Results: Men

Overall World Cup[4][5][23] Rank Name Points 1 Jon Åge Tyldum 173 2 Mikael Löfgren 145 3 Sylfest Glimsdal 131 4 Patrice Bailly-Salins 129 4 Johann Passler 129 6 Andreas Zingerle 121 7 Alexandr Popov 120 8 Gisle Fenne 112 9 Wilfried Pallhuber 111 10 Geir Einang 109 11 Sergei Tchepikov 108 12 Frode Løberg 106 13 Mark Kirchner 102 ... 16 Eirik Kvalfoss 84 ... 48 Sverre Istad 27 ... 57 Jo Severin Matberg 15 ... 62 Halvard Hanevold 12

Individual Cup[5][23] Rank Name Points 1 Jon Åge Tyldum 89 2 Sergei Tchepikov 86 3 Mark Kirchner 82 3 Andreas Zingerle 82 5 Geir Einang 81

Sprint Cup[5][23] Rank Name Points 1 Sylfest Glimsdal 88 2 Mikael Löfgren 85 2 Patrice Bailly-Salins 85 4 Jon Åge Tyldum 84 5 Gisle Fenne 82

Nation Cup[4][5] Rank Name Points 1 Norway 5734 2 Italy 5381 3 France 5356 4 Germany 5244 5 Austria 4921 6 Commonwealth of Independent States 4684 7 Czechoslovakia 3890 8 Slovenia 3848 9 Finland 3810 10 Sweden 3503

Achievements

First World Cup career victory

•  Jens Steinigen (GER), 25, in his 4th season — the WC 1 Individual in Hochfilzen; it also was his first podium
•  Valeri Kiriyenko (CIS), 26, in his 3rd season — the WC 3 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva; it also was his first podium
•  Frode Løberg (NOR), 29, in his 6th season — the WC 4 Sprint in Holmenkollen; first podium was the 1989–90 Individual in Walchsee
•  Patrice Bailly-Salins (FRA), 27, in his 4th season — the WC 5 Sprint in Skrautvål; first podium was the 1990–91 Individual in Canmore
•  Wolfgang Perner (AUT), 24, in his 2nd season — the WC 6 Individual in Novosibirsk; first podium was the 1991–92 Sprint in Holmenkollen
•  Wilfried Pallhuber (ITA), 24, in his 6th season — the WC 6 Sprint in Novosibirsk; it also was his first podium

First World Cup podium

•  Sylfest Glimsdal (NOR), 25, in his 5th season — no. 2 in the WC 1 Sprint in Hochfilzen
•  Sverre Istad (NOR), 26, in his 5th season — no. 3 in the WC 1 Sprint in Hochfilzen
•  Tomáš Kos (TCH), 24, in his 4th season — no. 2 in the WC 2 Sprint in Ruhpolding
•  Jon Åge Tyldum (NOR), 23, in his 5th season — no. 3 in the WC 3 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva
•  Ludwig Gredler (AUT), 24, in his 2nd season — no. 2 in the WC 4 Sprint in Holmenkollen
•  Wolfgang Perner (AUT), 24, in his 2nd season — no. 3 in the WC 4 Sprint in Holmenkollen
•  Mikael Löfgren (SWE), 22, in his 6th season — no. 3 in the WC 5 Individual in Skrautvål

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

•  Alexandr Popov (CIS), 2 (5) first places
•  Jens Steinigen (GER), 2 (2) first places
•  Mark Kirchner (GER), 1 (4) first places
•  Andreas Zingerle (ITA), 1 (2) first places
•  Geir Einang (NOR), 1 (2) first places
•  Valeri Kiriyenko (CIS), 1 (1) first places
•  Frode Løberg (NOR), 1 (1) first places
•  Patrice Bailly-Salins (FRA), 1 (1) first places
•  Wolfgang Perner (AUT), 1 (1) first places
•  Wilfried Pallhuber (ITA), 1 (1) first places

Retirements

Following notable biathletes retired after the 1991–92 season:

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