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1984–85 Biathlon World Cup

The 1984–85 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 1985 in Minsk, Soviet Union, and ended on 9 March 1985 in Holmenkollen, Norway. It was the eighth season of the Biathlon World Cup.

1984–85 World Cup
Discipline Men Women
Overall East Germany Frank-Peter Roetsch
Competition

In Oberhof, the skating style of skiing made its introduction to biathlon. It was somewhat of a revolution as the skating style is quite a lot faster than the classic style.[1] Some athletes did not adapt as quickly to the new style, and some nations, including West Germany and Norway, petitioned for a ban of the skating style.[2]

There was originally going to be held a relay in Holmenkollen, but the relay had to be cancelled due to fog.[3]

New scoring system edit

The World Cup scoring system was changed before this season.[4]

Points allocation from 1984–85 to 1999–2000
Place 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Points 30 26 24 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Calendar edit

Below is the World Cup calendar for the 1984–85 season.[5][6][7]

Location Date Individual Sprint Relay
  Minsk 10–13 January ● ● ●
  Oberhof 17–20 January ● ● ●
  Antholz-Anterselva 24–27 January ● ● ●
  Ruhpolding 14–17 February ● ● ●
  Lahti 1–3 March ● ●
  Holmenkollen 7–9 March ● ●
Total 6 6 4

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

Women's calendar edit

Location Date Individual Sprint Relay
  Minsk 9–13 January ● ● ●
  Antholz-Anterselva 26–28 January ● ● ●
  Egg am Etzel 21–24 February ● ● ●
  Lahti 1–3 March ● ● ●
Total 4 4 4

*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 10 January 1985   Minsk 20 km Individual   Andrei Zenkov   Juri Kashkarov   Piotr Miloradov   Andrei Zenkov [5][6][7][8]
1 12 January 1985   Minsk 10 km Sprint   Juri Kashkarov   Algimantas Shalna   Kjell Søbak   Juri Kashkarov [5][6][7][9]
2 17 January 1985   Oberhof 20 km Individual   Peter Angerer   Frank-Peter Roetsch   Andrei Zenkov [5][6][7][10][11]
2 19 January 1985   Oberhof 10 km Sprint   Frank-Peter Roetsch   Alfred Eder   Matthias Jacob [5][6][7][12][13]
3 24 January 1985   Antholz-Anterselva 20 km Individual   Frank-Peter Roetsch   Alfred Eder   Herbert Fritzenwenger   Frank-Peter Roetsch [5][6][7][14][15]
3 26 January 1985   Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Sprint   Alfred Eder   Peter Angerer   Sergei Bulygin [5][6][7][16][17]
4 1 March 1985   Lahti 20 km Individual   Sergei Antonov   Frank-Peter Roetsch   Juha Tella [5][6][7][18][19]
4 3 March 1985   Lahti 10 km Sprint   Frank-Peter Roetsch   Juri Kashkarov   André Sehmisch [5][6][7][20][21]
5 7 March 1985   Oslo Holmenkollen 20 km Individual   Peter Angerer   André Sehmisch   Frank-Peter Roetsch [5][6][7][22][23]
5 9 March 1985   Oslo Holmenkollen 10 km Sprint   Frank-Peter Roetsch   Sergei Antonov   Alfred Eder [5][6][7][24][25]

Women edit

Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib
(After competition) 		Det.
1 9 January 1985   Minsk 10 km Individual   Elena Golovina   Kaija Parve   Tatiana Brylina   Elena Golovina Detail
1 11 January 1985   Minsk 5 km Sprint   Elena Golovina   Tatiana Brylina   Kaija Parve Detail
2 26 January 1985   Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Individual   Pam Nordheim   Valentina Mikhailova   Pam Weiss Detail
2 28 January 1985   Antholz-Anterselva 5 km Sprint   Eva Korpela   Sanna Grønlid   Tsvetana Krasteva   Eva Korpela Detail
WC 21 February 1985   Egg am Etzel 10 km Individual   Kaija Parve   Sanna Grønlid   Eva Korpela Detail
WC 24 February 1985   Egg am Etzel 5 km Sprint   Sanna Grønlid   Kaija Parve   Venera Chernyshova   Sanna Grønlid Detail
3 1 March 1985   Lahti 10 km Individual   Sanna Grønlid   Siv Bråten   Eva Korpela Detail
3 3 March 1985   Lahti 5 km Sprint   Siv Bråten   Eva Korpela   Tuula Ylinen Detail

Standings: Men edit

Overall edit

Pos. Points
1.   Frank-Peter Roetsch 172
2.   Juri Kashkarov 141
3.   Peter Angerer 140
4.   Alfred Eder 138
5.   Andrei Zenkov 130
  • Final standings after 10 races.

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Standings: Women edit

Overall edit

Pos. Points
1.   Sanna Grønlid 110
2.   Eva Korpela 106
3.   Kaija Parve 104
4.   Elena Golovina 100
5.   Siv Bråten 94
  • Final standings after 8 races.

Achievements edit

First World/European Cup career victory
  •   Elena Golovina (URS), 23, in her 1st season — the EC 1 Individual in Minsk; it also was her first podium
  •   Andrei Zenkov (URS), in his 2nd season — the WC 1 Individual in Minsk; it also was his first podium
  •   Pam Nordheim (USA), in her 1st season — the EC 2 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva; it also was her first podium
  •   Alfred Eder (AUT), 31, in his 8th season — the WC 3 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva; first podium was 1979–80 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva
  •   Sergei Antonov (URS), in his 2nd season — the WC 4 Individual in Lahti; it also was his first podium
  •   Siv Bråten (NOR), in her 3rd season — the EC 3 Sprint in Lahti; first podium was 1982–83 Sprint in Lappeenranta
First World/European Cup podium
  •   Kaija Parve (URS), 20, in her 1st season — no. 2 in the EC 1 Individual in Minsk
  •   Tatiana Brylina (URS), in her 1st season — no. 3 in the EC 1 Individual in Minsk
  •   Herbert Fritzenwenger (FRG), 22, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 3 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva
  •   Valentina Mikhailova (BUL), in her 1st season — no. 2 in the EC 2 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva
  •   Pam Weiss (USA), in her 1st season — no. 3 in the EC 2 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva
  •   Sergei Bulygin (URS), 21, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 3 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva
  •   Juha Tella (FIN), 24, in his 2nd 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/European Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses)

Retirements edit

Following notable biathletes retired after the 1984–85 season:

Notes edit

1. 1 The Aftenposten source gives a bit different scores and places France 3rd, Norway 4th, Italy 5th and Austria 7th. The Sports Book has been given precedent as that also shows whence the scores came.
2. 2 This was an unofficial version of the Nation Cup that ultimately would be implemented in the 1986–87 season, though in this version only the individual races counted.
3. 3 The Lahti Ski Museum has omitted Meloche from the list of results for some reason, but Aftenposten and the Sports Book includes her.

References edit

  1. ^ Thore-Erik Thoresen (21 January 1985). "Skøyterevolusjon også i skiskyting" [Skating revolution also in biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 5 November 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Thore-Erik Thoresen (26 January 1985). "Skøytingen gjør vondt" [The skating hurts]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 5 November 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  3. ^ Thoresen, Thore-Erik (11 March 1985). "Avlysning gir 1,5 millioner i vær-forsikring" [Cancellation gives 1.5 million in weather insurance]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 8 November 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  4. ^ "IBU - History - 1979-1994". Biathlonworld. International Biathlon Union. Archived from the original on 2014-12-06. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Holm, Knut E. (1963). Sportsboken 85-86 [The Sports Book 85-86] (in Norwegian). Hjemmets bokforlag A/S. ISBN 978-82-590-0203-7. (in Norwegian)
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Wintersport Charts Weltcup World Cup Biathlon 1985". Wintersport Charts. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  7. ^ 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)
  8. ^ Mette Bugge (10 January 1985). "Skremmeskudd fra øst" [Warning shot from the east]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 5 November 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  9. ^ "Bedring for skiskytterne" [Improvement for the biathletes]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 14 January 1985. Retrieved 5 November 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  10. ^ Thore-Erik Thoresen (18 January 1985). "Jeg har aldri skutt bedre" [I have never shot better]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 5 November 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  11. ^ "World Cup - Oberhof/Oberhof (GER) – Men 20 km Individual". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  12. ^ "Resultatbørs – Skiskyting" [Results exchange – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 21 January 1985. Retrieved 5 November 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  13. ^ "World Cup - Oberhof/Oberhof (GER) – Men 10 km Sprint". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  14. ^ "Resultatbørs – Hopp – Anterselva, Italia" [Results exchange – Ski jumping – Anterselva, Italy]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 25 January 1985. Retrieved 5 November 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  15. ^ "World Cup - Antholz-Anterselva/Antholz-Anterselva (ITA) – Men 20 km Individual". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  16. ^ "Skiskyting" [Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 28 January 1985. Retrieved 5 November 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  17. ^ "World Cup - Antholz-Anterselva/Antholz-Anterselva (ITA) – Men 10 km Sprint". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  18. ^ "Resultatbørs – Skiskyting" [Results exchange – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 2 March 1985. Retrieved 5 November 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  19. ^ "World Cup - Lahti/Lahti (FIN) – Men 20 km Individual". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  20. ^ "Resultatbørs – Skiskyting" [Results exchange – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 4 March 1985. Retrieved 5 November 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  21. ^ "World Cup - Lahti/Lahti (FIN) – Men 10 km Sprint". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  22. ^ "Resultatbørs – Skiskyting" [Results exchange – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 8 March 1985. Retrieved 5 November 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  23. ^ "World Cup - Oslo Holmenkollen/Oslo Holmenkollen (NOR) – Men 20 km Individual". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  24. ^ a b "Resultatbørs – Skiskyting" [Results exchange – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 11 March 1985. Retrieved 5 November 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  25. ^ "World Cup - Oslo Holmenkollen/Oslo Holmenkollen (NOR) – Men 10 km Sprint". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
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