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 Below is the World Cup calendar for the 1978–79 season. Location Date Individual Sprint Relay 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
Men Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib Det. 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
Overall Pos.Points 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 First World Cup career victory , 26, in his 2nd season — the WC 1 Individual in Jáchymov; it also was his first podium , 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 , 32, in his 2nd season — the WC 2 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva; first podium was 1977–78 Sprint in Sodankylä , 27, in his 2nd season — the WC 3 Individual in Sodankylä; first podium was 1977–78 Individual in Murmansk
First World Cup podium , 22, in his 2nd season — no. 3 in the WC 1 Individual in Jáchymov , 27, in his 2nd season — no. 3 in the World Championships Sprint in Ruhpolding; it also was the first podium for an Italian biathlete , 21, in his 1st season — no. 3 in the WC 3 Individual in Sodankylä , 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) , 2 (5) first places , 2 (2) first places , 1 (4) first place , 1 (2) first place , 1 (2) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place
Notes
1. 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. 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.
Retirements Following notable biathletes retired after the 1978–79 season:
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