The 1988–89 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 15 December 1988 in Albertville, France, and ended on 19 March 1989 in Steinkjer Municipality, Norway. It was the 12th season of the Biathlon World Cup.

Calendar Below is the World Cup calendar for the 1988–89 season. Location Date Individual Sprint Team event Relay Albertville 15–18 December ● ● ● Borovets 19–22 January ● ● ● Ruhpolding 26–29 January ● ● ● Feistritz 7–12 February ● ● ● ● Hämeenlinna 2–5 March ● ● ● Östersund 9–12 March ● ● ● Steinkjer 16–19 March ● ● ● Total 6 6 3 3 1989 World Championship races were not included in the 1988–89 World Cup scoring system. 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 15 December 1988 Albertville 20 km Individual Birk Anders Alexandr Popov Frank-Peter Roetsch Birk Anders 1 17 December 1988 Albertville 10 km Sprint Frank Luck Eirik Kvalfoss Birk Anders 2 19 January 1989 Borovets 20 km Individual Jan Matouš Thierry Gerbier Eirik Kvalfoss Eirik Kvalfoss 2 21 January 1989 Borovets 10 km Sprint Birk Anders Ernst Reiter Frank-Peter Roetsch 3 26 January 1989 Ruhpolding 20 km Individual Sergei Bulygin Alexandr Popov Frank-Peter Roetsch Frank-Peter Roetsch 3 28 January 1989 Ruhpolding 10 km Sprint Frank-Peter Roetsch Eirik Kvalfoss Alexandr Popov 4 2 March 1989 Hämeenlinna 20 km Individual Alexandr Popov Eirik Kvalfoss Sergei Tchepikov Eirik Kvalfoss 4 4 March 1989 Hämeenlinna 10 km Sprint Eirik Kvalfoss Juri Kashkarov Valeriy Medvedtsev 5 9 March 1989 Östersund 20 km Individual Sergei Tchepikov Valeriy Medvedtsev Alexandr Popov 5 11 March 1989 Östersund 10 km Sprint Johann Passler Lars Wiklund André Sehmisch 6 16 March 1989 Steinkjer 20 km Individual Fritz Fischer Alexandr Popov Ernst Reiter 6 18 March 1989 Steinkjer 10 km Sprint Fritz Fischer Sergei Tchepikov Thierry Gerbier

Women Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib Det. 1 15 December 1988 Les Saisies 15 km Individual Mariya Manolova Anne Elvebakk Petra Schaaf Mariya Manolova Detail 1 17 December 1988 Les Saisies 7.5 km Sprint Nadezhda Aleksieva Natalia Prikazchikova Tsvetana Krasteva Detail 2 19 January 1989 Borovets 15 km Individual Natalia Ivanova Elena Golovina Luiza Tcherepanova Elena Golovina Detail 2 21 January 1989 Borovets 7.5 km Sprint Elena Golovina Tsvetana Krasteva Elin Kristiansen Detail 3 26 January 1989 Ruhpolding 15 km Individual Martina Stede Natalia Prikazchikova Elena Golovina Detail 3 28 January 1989 Ruhpolding 7.5 km Sprint Svetlana Davidova Elena Golovina Mariya Manolova Detail 4 2 March 1989 Hämeenlinna 15 km Individual Elena Golovina Svetlana Davidova Natalia Prikazchikova Detail 4 4 March 1989 Hämeenlinna 7.5 km Sprint Elena Golovina Natalia Prikazchikova Seija Hyytiäinen Detail 5 9 March 1989 Östersund 15 km Individual Iva Shkodreva Tsvetana Krasteva Svetlana Davidova Detail 5 11 March 1989 Östersund 7.5 km Sprint Natalia Prikazchikova Anne Elvebakk Tsvetana Krasteva Detail 6 16 March 1989 Steinkjer 15 km Individual Martina Stede Mona Bollerud Elin Kristiansen Detail 6 18 March 1989 Steinkjer 7.5 km Sprint Anne Elvebakk Svetlana Davidova Synnøve Thoresen Detail

Men's team Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third 1 18 December 1988 Albertville Team event 2 22 January 1989 Borovets 4x7.5 km Relay 3 29 January 1989 Ruhpolding 4x7.5 km Relay 4 5 March 1989 Hämeenlinna Team event 5 12 March 1989 Östersund 4x7.5 km Relay 6 19 March 1989 Steinkjer Team event

Women's team Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third 2 22 January 1989 Borovets 3x6 km Relay 3 29 January 1989 Ruhpolding 3x6 km Relay 5 12 March 1989 Östersund 3x6 km Relay

Standings: Men

Overall Pos.Points 1. Eirik Kvalfoss 195 2. Alexandr Popov 184 3. Sergei Tchepikov 164 4. Birk Anders 157 5. Valeriy Medvedtsev 149 Final standings after 12 races.

Individual Pos.Points 1. Alexandr Popov 108 2. Sergei Tchepikov 96 3. Eirik Kvalfoss 92 4. Fritz Fischer 80 5. Birk Anders 78 Final standings after 6 races.

Sprint Pos.Points 1. Eirik Kvalfoss 103 2. Valeriy Medvedtsev 80 3. Birk Anders 79 4. Alexandr Popov 76 5. André Sehmisch 75 Final standings after 6 races.

Nation Pos.Points 1. 5655 2. 5543 3. 5328 4. 5254 5. 5063 Final standings after 15 races.

Standings: Women

Overall Pos.Points 1. Elena Golovina 210 2. Natalia Prikazchikova 187 3. Svetlana Davidova 185 4. Cvetana Krasteva 176 5. Anne Elvebakk 165 Final standings after 12 races.

Individual Pos.Points 1. Elena Golovina 102 2. Svetlana Davidova 92 3. Mona Bollerud 88 4. Elin Kristiansen 86 5. Mariya Manolova 84 Final standings after 6 races.

Sprint Pos.Points 1. Elena Golovina 108 2. Natalia Prikazchikova 104 3. Svetlana Davidova 93 4. Cvetana Krasteva 93 5. Anne Elvebakk 92 Final standings after 6 races.

Nation Pos.Points 1. 6004 2. 5231 3. 5228 4. 4980 5. 4761 Final standings after 15 races.

Medal table

Achievements Men First World Cup career victory , 21, in his 3rd season — the WC 1 Individual in Albertville; it also was his first podium , 21, in his 3rd season — the WC 1 Sprint in Albertville; it also was his first podium , 25, in his 7th season — the WC 3 Individual in Ruhpolding; first podium was the 1984–85 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva , 22, in his 3rd season — the WC 5 Individual in Östersund; first podium was the 1988–89 Individual in Hämeenlinna

First World Cup podium , 23, in his 4th season — no. 2 in the WC 2 Individual in Borovets , 22, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 4 Individual in Hämeenlinna , in his 3rd season — no. 2 in the WC 5 Sprint in Östersund

Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses) , 2 (7) first places , 2 (2) first places , 1 (10) first place , 1 (10) first place , 1 (2) first place , 1 (2) first place , 1 (2) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place

Women Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses) , 3 (3) first places , 2 (2) first places , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place

Retirements The following notable biathletes retired after the 1988–89 season:

References