1987–88 Biathlon World Cup

1987–88 World Cup
Discipline Men Women
Overall Fritz Fischer Anne Elvebakk
Nations Cup West Germany Bulgaria
Competition

The 1987–88 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 17 December 1987 in Hochfilzen, Austria, and ended on 20 March 1988 in Jyväskylä, Finland. It was the 11th season of the Biathlon World Cup. The women's European Cup changed its name to World Cup.

The first round of the World Cup in Hochfilzen had scheduled individuals, sprints and relays, but the sprints and relays were cancelled due to heavy rainfall destroying the tracks.[1] The sprint races were later held in Keuruu, with the rest of that World Cup round being held in Jyväskylä.

Calendar

Below is the World Cup calendar for the 1987–88 season.[2][3][4]

Location Date Individual Sprint Relay
Hochfilzen 17 December ●
Antholz-Anterselva 21–24 January ● ● ●
Ruhpolding 28–31 January ● ● ●
Calgary 20–26 February ● ● ●
Chamonix 29 February–6 March ● ● ●
Holmenkollen 10–13 March ● ● ●
Keuruu and Jyväskylä 15–20 March ● ●● ●
Total (each) 6 6 5
  • 1988 Winter Olympics and 1988 World Championship races were not included in the 1987–88 World Cup scoring system.
    • The men competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics whilst the women competed at the 1988 World Championships.
  • The relays were technically unofficial races as they did not count towards anything in the World Cup.

World Cup Podium

Men

Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib
(After competition) 		Det.
1 17 December 1987 Hochfilzen 20 km Individual Fritz Fischer Alexandr Popov Johann Passler Fritz Fischer [2][3][4][5][6]
1 19 December 1987 Hochfilzen 10 km Sprint Cancelled, held later on in Keuruu N/A
2 21 January 1988 Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Sprint Frank-Peter Roetsch Eirik Kvalfoss Andreas Zingerle Johann Passler [2][3][4][7][8]
2 23 January 1988 Antholz-Anterselva 20 km Individual Johann Passler Fritz Fischer Hervé Flandin [2][3][4][9][10]
3 28 January 1988 Ruhpolding 20 km Individual Ernst Reiter Andreas Zingerle Jan Matouš Fritz Fischer [2][3][4][11]
3 30 January 1988 Ruhpolding 10 km Sprint Stefan Höck Johann Passler Peter Angerer Johann Passler [2][3][4][12][13]
4 11 March 1988 Oslo Holmenkollen 20 km Individual Gisle Fenne Sergei Antonov Andreas Zingerle Fritz Fischer [2][3][4][14][15]
4 12 March 1988 Oslo Holmenkollen 10 km Sprint Frank-Peter Roetsch Peter Angerer Geir Einang [2][3][4][16][17]
5 15 March 1988 Keuruu 10 km Sprint Eirik Kvalfoss Vladimir Drachev Fritz Fischer [2][3][4][18]
6 18 March 1988 Jyväskylä 20 km Individual Eirik Kvalfoss Sergei Antonov Alfred Eder [2][3][4][19][20]
6 19 March 1988 Jyväskylä 10 km Sprint Franz Schuler Eirik Kvalfoss Alfred Eder [2][3][4][21][22]

Women

Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib
(After competition) 		Det.
1 17 December 1987 Hochfilzen 10 km Individual Anne Elvebakk Eva Korpela Siri Grundnes Anne Elvebakk Detail
1 19 December 1987 Hochfilzen 5 km Sprint Synnøve Thoresen Nadezhda Aleksieva Tuija Vuoksiala Detail
2 21 January 1988 Antholz-Anterselva 5 km Sprint Elin Kristiansen Nadezhda Aleksieva Marie-Pierre Baby Detail
2 23 January 1988 Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Individual Iva Shkodreva Anne Elvebakk Martina Stede Detail
3 28 January 1988 Ruhpolding 10 km Individual Iva Shkodreva Petra Schaaf Inga Kesper Detail
3 30 January 1988 Ruhpolding 5 km Sprint Tsvetana Krasteva Petra Schaaf Mariya Manolova Detail
4 11 March 1988 Oslo Holmenkollen 10 km Individual Elin Kristiansen Nadezhda Aleksieva Helga Øvsthus Detail
4 13 March 1988 Oslo Holmenkollen 5 km Sprint Mona Bollerud Anne Elvebakk Elin Kristiansen Detail
5 18 March 1988 Jyväskylä 10 km Individual Mariya Manolova Anne Elvebakk Elin Kristiansen Detail
5 20 March 1988 Jyväskylä 5 km Sprint Helga Øvsthus Tsvetana Krasteva Mariya Manolova Detail

Standings: Men

Overall

Pos. Points
1. Fritz Fischer 171
2. Eirik Kvalfoss 167
3. Johann Passler 160
4. Peter Angerer 151
5. Andreas Zingerle 148
  • Final standings after 10 races.

[2][3][21]

Standings: Women

Overall

Pos. Points
1. Anne Elvebakk 202
2. Elin Kristiansen 188
3. Nadezhda Aleksieva 178
4. Petra Schaaf 174
5. Iva Shkodreva 170
  • Final standings after 10 races.

Achievements

First World Cup career victory
  •  Johann Passler (ITA), 26, in his 7th season — the WC 2 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva; first podium was 1982–83 Individual in Holmenkollen
  •  Ernst Reiter (FRG), 25, in his 5th season — the WC 3 Individual in Ruhpolding; first podium was 1986–87 Individual in Ruhpolding
  •  Stefan Höck (FRG), 24, in his 4th season — the WC 3 Sprint in Ruhpolding; it also was his first podium
  •  Gisle Fenne (NOR), 24, in his 5th season — the WC 4 Individual in Holmenkollen; first podium was 1985–86 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva
  •  Franz Schuler (AUT), 25, in his 6th season — the WC 5 Sprint (2) in Jyväskylä; first podium was 1986–87 Sprint in Obertauern
First World Cup podium
  •  Hervé Flandin (FRA), 22, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 2 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva
  •  Geir Einang (NOR), 23, in his 4th season — no. 3 in the WC 4 Sprint in Holmenkollen
  •  Vladimir Drachev (URS), 22, in his 1st season — no. 2 in the WC 5 Sprint (1) in Jyväskylä
Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses)

Retirements

The following notable biathletes retired after the 1987–88 season:

Notes

1. 1 The Aftenposten source placed Løberg 17th with 70 points.

References

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  4. ^ 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)
  5. ^ "Sport i navn og tall – Skiskyting" [Sport in name and numbers – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 19 December 1987. Retrieved 5 January 2015. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  6. ^ "World Cup 1 - Hochfilzen (AUT) – Men 20 km Individual". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
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  9. ^ "Sport i navn og tall – Skiskyting" [Sport in name and numbers – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 25 January 1988. Retrieved 5 January 2015. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  10. ^ "World Cup 2 - Antholz-Anterselva (ITA) – Men 20 km Individual". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  11. ^ "World Cup 3 - Ruhpolding (GER) – Men 20 km Individual". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  12. ^ "Sport i navn og tall – Skiskyting" [Sport in name and numbers – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 30 January 1988. Retrieved 5 January 2015. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  13. ^ "World Cup 3 - Ruhpolding (GER) – Men 10 km Sprint". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  14. ^ "Sport i navn og tall – Skiskyting" [Sport in name and numbers – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 11 March 1988. Retrieved 5 January 2015. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  15. ^ "World Cup 4 - Oslo Holmenkollen (NOR) – Men 20 km Individual". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  16. ^ "Sport i navn og tall – Skiskyting" [Sport in name and numbers – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 14 March 1988. Retrieved 5 January 2015. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  17. ^ "World Cup 4 - Oslo Holmenkollen (NOR) – Men 10 km Sprint". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  18. ^ "Sport i navn og tall – Skiskyting" [Sport in name and numbers – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 16 March 1988. Retrieved 5 January 2015. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  19. ^ "Sport i navn og tall – Skiskyting" [Sport in name and numbers – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 18 March 1988. Retrieved 5 January 2015. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  20. ^ "World Cup 5 - Jyväskylä (FIN) – Men 20 km Individual". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  21. ^ a b "Sport i navn og tall – Skiskyting" [Sport in name and numbers – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 21 March 1988. Retrieved 5 January 2015. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  22. ^ "World Cup 5 - Jyväskylä (FIN) – Men 10 km Sprint". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  23. ^ Thore-Erik Thoresen (14 March 1988). "Rötsch igjen, så klart!" [Rötsch again, of course]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 5 January 2015. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
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