1978–79 Biathlon World Cup

Multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the UIPMB

1978–79 World Cup

Discipline|  Men|  Women
Overall|  Klaus Siebert|
Competition

←1977–78

1979–80→

The 1978–79 Biathlon World Cup 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 1979 in Jáchymov, Czechoslovakia, and ended on 8 April 1979 in Bardufoss, Norway. It was the second season of the Biathlon World Cup, and it was only held for men.

## Calendar

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Below is the World Cup calendar for the 1978–79 season.[1][2][3]

Location  | Date  | Individual  | Sprint  | Relay

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Jáchymov | 10–12 January  | ●  | ●  | ●
Antholz-Anterselva | 21–24 January  | ●  | ●  | ●
Ruhpolding | 28 February–2 March  | ●  | ●  | ●
Sodankylä | 30 March–1 April  | ●  | ●  | ●
Bardufoss | 6–8 April  | ●  | ●  | ●
Total  | 5  | 5  | 5

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

## World Cup Podium

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### Men

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Stage  | Date  | Place  | Discipline  | Winner  | Second  | Third  | Yellow bib
(After competition) | Det.

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1  | 10 January 1979  |  Jáchymov | 20 km Individual  |  Roar Nilsen |  Eberhard Rösch |  Terje Krokstad |  Roar Nilsen | Detail
1  | 11 January 1979  |  Jáchymov | 10 km Sprint  |  Rudolf Horn |  Frank Ullrich |  Terje Krokstad |  Terje Krokstad | Detail
2  | 21 January 1979  |  Antholz-Anterselva | 20 km Individual  |  Vladimir Barnashov |  Heinz Böttcher |  Klaus Siebert | Detail
2  | 23 January 1979  |  Antholz-Anterselva | 10 km Sprint  |  Alexander Tikhonov |  Vladimir Barnashov |  Klaus Siebert |  Vladimir Barnashov | Detail
WC  | 28 January 1979  |  Ruhpolding | 20 km Individual  |  Klaus Siebert |  Alexander Tikhonov |  Sigleif Johansen |  Klaus Siebert | Detail
WC  | 31 January 1979  |  Ruhpolding | 10 km Sprint  |  Frank Ullrich |  Odd Lirhus |  Luigi Weiss | Detail
3  | 30 March 1979  |  Sodankylä | 20 km Individual  |  Anatoly Alyabyev |  Klaus Siebert |  Kjell Søbak | Detail
3  | 31 March 1979  |  Sodankylä | 10 km Sprint  |  Klaus Siebert |  Kjell Søbak |  Vladimir Barnashov | Detail
4  | 6 April 1979  |  Bardufoss | 20 km Individual  |  Alexander Tikhonov |  Frank Ullrich |  Vladimir Alikin | Detail
4  | 7 April 1979  |  Bardufoss | 10 km Sprint  |  Sigleif Johansen |  Vladimir Barnashov |  Klaus Siebert | Detail

## Standings: Men

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### Overall

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Pos.  |  | Points

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1. |  Klaus Siebert | 143
2. |  Frank Ullrich | 136
3. |  Vladimir Barnashov | 128
4. |  Alexander Tikhonov | 114
5. |  Eberhard Rösch | 114

* Final standings after 10 races.

## Achievements

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First World Cup career victory

* Roar Nilsen (NOR), 26, in his 2nd season — the WC 1 Individual in Jáchymov; it also was his first podium
* Rudolf Horn (AUT), 24, in his 2nd season — the WC 1 Sprint in Jáchymov; it also was his first podium and the first podium for an Austrian biathlete
* Alexander Tikhonov (URS), 32, in his 2nd season — the WC 2 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva; first podium was 1977–78 Sprint in Sodankylä
* Anatoly Alyabyev (URS), 27, in his 2nd season — the WC 3 Individual in Sodankylä; first podium was 1977–78 Individual in Murmansk

First World Cup podium

* Terje Krokstad (NOR), 22, in his 2nd season — no. 3 in the WC 1 Individual in Jáchymov
* Luigi Weiss (ITA), 27, in his 2nd season — no. 3 in the World Championships Sprint in Ruhpolding; it also was the first podium for an Italian biathlete
* Kjell Søbak (NOR), 21, in his 1st season — no. 3 in the WC 3 Individual in Sodankylä
* Vladimir Alikin (URS), 21, in his 1st season — no. 3 in the WC 4 Individual in Bardufoss

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

* Klaus Siebert (GDR), 2 (5) first places
* Alexander Tikhonov (URS), 2 (2) first places
* Frank Ullrich (GDR), 1 (4) first place
* Vladimir Barnashov (URS), 1 (2) first place
* Sigleif Johansen (NOR), 1 (2) first place
* Roar Nilsen (NOR), 1 (1) first place
* Rudolf Horn (AUT), 1 (1) first place
* Anatoly Alyabyev (URS), 1 (1) first place

## Notes

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1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 In the individual races in Jáchymov some non-World Cup racers participated. In the 20 km individual Jürgen Grundler, Thomas Klinger and Wolfgang Schütze, among others, were non-World Cup racers, and so for World Cup purposes Roar Nilsen won the race, with Rösch and Krokstad coming 2nd and 3rd. Pavlíček, Hess, Avdejev, Engen, Tor Svendsberget, Mathias Jung and Heinz Böttcher came 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th respectively and received the appropriate World Cup points.[4][5] In the 10 km sprint, some of the non-World Cup racers were Sigvart Bjøntegaard, Stig Kvistad and Gerold Eichhorn, and so they did not receive any World Cup points, and for World Cup purposes Terje Krokstad came 3rd in that race and received the appropriate World Cup points, with Rösch, Hess, Grundler and Mitev coming 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th, respectively, and receiving the appropriate World Cup points.[6]

## Retirements

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Following notable biathletes retired after the 1978–79 season:

* Simo Halonen (FIN)
* Tor Svendsberget (NOR)[7]
* Nikolay Kruglov (URS)

## References

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1. ^ Sportsboken 79-80 [The Sports Book 79-80] (in Norwegian). Stavanger: Dreyer Bok. ISBN 82-7096-076-4. (in Norwegian)
2. ^ "Wintersport Charts Weltcup World Cup Biathlon 1979". Wintersport Charts. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
3. ^ "Statistiche Biathlon" [Statistics Biathlon]. Neve Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 22 October 2015. (in Italian) (registration required)
4. ^ "World Cup-resultater" [World Cup results]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 11 January 1979. Retrieved 14 September 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
5. ^ "Til topps tross tap" [To the top despite loss]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 11 January 1979. Retrieved 14 September 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
6. ^ "Terje Krokstad leder World Cup" [Terje Krokstad leads the World Cup]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 12 January 1979. Retrieved 14 September 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
7. ^ Stenberg, Nils Petter (6 December 1979). "- Jobber gjerne med eliten, sier Tor S." [\- Works gladly with the elite, says Tor S.]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 1 August 2015. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)

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