1985–86 Biathlon World Cup

1985–86 World Cup
Discipline Men Women
Overall East Germany André Sehmisch
Nations Cup East Germany East Germany
Competition

The 1985–86 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 16 January 1986 in Antholz-Anterselva, Italy, and ended on 16 March 1986 in Boden, Sweden. It was the ninth season of the Biathlon World Cup.

Calendar[edit]

Below is the World Cup calendar for the 1985–86 season.[1][2][3]

Location Date Individual Sprint Relay
Italy Antholz-Anterselva 16–19 January ● ● ●
Austria Feistritz 23–26 January ● ● ●
East Germany Oberhof 30 January–2 February ● ● ●
Norway Holmenkollen 20–23 February ● ● ●
Finland Lahti 7–9 March ● ● ●
Sweden Boden 14–16 March ● ● ●
Total 6 6 6

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

World Cup Podium[edit]

Men[edit]

Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib
(After competition) 		Det.
1 16 January 1986 Italy Antholz-Anterselva 20 km Individual Soviet Union Valeriy Medvedtsev Italy Gottlieb Taschler Soviet Union Sergei Antonov Soviet Union Valeriy Medvedtsev [1][2][3][4][5]
1 18 January 1986 Italy Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Sprint West Germany Peter Angerer Soviet Union Andrei Nepein Norway Gisle Fenne West Germany Peter Angerer [1][2][3][6][7]
2 23 January 1986 Austria Feistritz 20 km Individual Soviet Union Sergei Antonov Soviet Union Dmitry Vasilyev East Germany André Sehmisch [1][2][3][8][9]
2 25 January 1986 Austria Feistritz 10 km Sprint Soviet Union Andrei Nepein East Germany André Sehmisch East Germany Frank-Peter Roetsch [1][2][3][10][11]
3 30 January 1986 East Germany Oberhof 20 km Individual West Germany Peter Angerer East Germany André Sehmisch Soviet Union Anatoly Zhdanovich [1][2][3][12]
3 1 February 1986 East Germany Oberhof 10 km Sprint East Germany Matthias Jacob East Germany André Sehmisch East Germany Frank-Peter Roetsch [1][2][3][13]
4 8 March 1986 Finland Lahti 20 km Individual West Germany Peter Angerer Czechoslovakia Jan Matouš Italy Andreas Zingerle [1][2][3][14]
4 9 March 1986 Finland Lahti 10 km Sprint East Germany André Sehmisch West Germany Fritz Fischer Italy Johann Passler East Germany André Sehmisch [1][2][3][14]
5 14 March 1986 Sweden Boden 20 km Individual Finland Tapio Piipponen East Germany André Sehmisch Austria Alfred Eder [1][2][3][15][16]
5 15 March 1986 Sweden Boden 10 km Sprint East Germany Matthias Jacob Soviet Union Sergei Antonov Norway Eirik Kvalfoss [1][2][3][17][18]

Standings: Men[edit]

Overall[edit]

Pos. Points
1. East Germany André Sehmisch 158
2. West Germany Peter Angerer 146
3. East Germany Matthias Jacob 124
4. Finland Tapio Piipponen 123
5. Austria Alfred Eder 120
  • Final standings after 10 races.

[1][2][17]

Achievements[edit]

First World Cup career victory
  •  Valeriy Medvedtsev (URS), 21, in his 1st season — the WC 1 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva; it also was his first podium
  •  Andrei Nepein (URS), in his 3rd season — the WC 2 Sprint in Feistritz; first podium was 1985–86 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva
  •  André Sehmisch (GDR), 21, in his 3rd season — the WC 4 Sprint in Lahti; first podium was 1984–85 Sprint in Lahti
  •  Tapio Piipponen (FIN), 28, in his 7th season — the WC 5 Individual in Boden; first podium was 1981–82 Sprint in Ruhpolding
First World Cup podium
  •  Gottlieb Taschler (ITA), 24, in his 5th season — no. 2 in the WC 1 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva
  •  Andrei Nepein (URS), in his 3rd season — no. 2 in the WC 1 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva
  •  Gisle Fenne (NOR), 22, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 1 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva
  •  Anatoly Zhdanovich (URS), 23, in his 1st season — no. 3 in the WC 3 Individual in Oberhof
  •  Jan Matouš (TCH), 24, in his 3rd season — no. 2 in the WC 4 Individual in Lahti
  •  Andreas Zingerle (ITA), 24, in his 5th season — no. 3 in the WC 4 Individual in Lahti
  •  André Sehmisch (GDR), 20, in his 2nd season — no. 3 in the WC 4 Sprint in Lahti
Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses)

Retirements[edit]

Following notable biathletes retired after the 1985–86 season:

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Holm, Knut E. Sportsboken 86-87 [The Sports Book 86-87] (in Norwegian). Hjemmets bokforlag A/S. ISBN 82-590-0320-1. (in Norwegian)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Wintersport Charts Weltcup World Cup Biathlon 1986". Wintersport Charts. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Statistiche Biathlon" [Statistics Biathlon]. Neve Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 22 October 2015. (in Italian) (registration required)
  4. ^ "Resultatbørs – Skiskyting" [Results exchange – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 17 January 1986. Retrieved 10 November 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  5. ^ "World Cup 1 - Antholz-Anterselva (ITA) – Men 20 km Individual". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  6. ^ "Resultatbørs – Skiskyting" [Results exchange – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 20 January 1986. Retrieved 10 November 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  7. ^ "World Cup 1 - Antholz-Anterselva (ITA) – Men 10 km Sprint". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  8. ^ "Resultatbørs – Skiskyting" [Results exchange – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 20 January 1986. Retrieved 10 November 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  9. ^ "World Cup 2 - Feistritz (AUT) – Men 20 km Individual". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  10. ^ "Resultatbørs – Skiskyting" [Results exchange – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 27 January 1986. Retrieved 10 November 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  11. ^ "World Cup 2 - Feistritz (AUT) – Men 10 km Sprint". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  12. ^ "Resultatbørs – Skiskyting" [Results exchange – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 31 January 1986. Retrieved 10 November 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  13. ^ "Resultatbørs – Skiskyting" [Results exchange – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 3 February 1986. Retrieved 10 November 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  14. ^ a b "Resultatbørs – Skiskyting" [Results exchange – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 10 March 1986. Retrieved 10 November 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  15. ^ "Resultatbørs – Skiskyting" [Results exchange – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 15 March 1986. Retrieved 10 November 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  16. ^ "World Cup 5 - Boden (SWE) – Men 20 km Individual". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  17. ^ a b "Resultatbørs – Skiskyting" [Results exchange – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 17 March 1986. Retrieved 10 November 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  18. ^ "World Cup 5 - Boden (SWE) – Men 10 km Sprint". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
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