1980–81 Biathlon World Cup Explained

1980–81 World Cup
Competition1:	Overall
Competition1men:	Frank Ullrich
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The 1980–81 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 January 1981 in Jáchymov, Czechoslovakia, and ended on 5 April 1981 in Hedenäset, Sweden. It was the fourth season of the Biathlon World Cup, and it was only held for men.

Calendar

Below is the World Cup calendar for the 1980–81 season.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Relay
Jáchymov	15–17 January	●	●	●
Antholz-Anterselva	22–25 January	●	●	●
Ruhpolding	29 January–1 February	●	●	●
Lahti	12–15 February	●	●	●
Hedenäset	2–5 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	15 January 1981	Jáchymov	20 km Individual	Terje Krokstad	Viktor Tsiunel	Jaromír Šimůnek	Terje Krokstad	Detail
1	16 January 1981	Jáchymov	10 km Sprint	Kjell Søbak	Viktor Avdeyev	Hans Åhman	Kjell Søbak	Detail
2	22 January 1981	Antholz-Anterselva	20 km Individual	Eirik Kvalfoss	Toivo Mäkikyrö	Anatoly Alyabyev		Detail
2	24 January 1981	Antholz-Anterselva	10 km Sprint	Anatoly Alyabyev	Piotr Miloradov	Bernd Hellmich	Anatoly Alyabyev	Detail
3	28 January 1981	Ruhpolding	20 km Individual					Detail
3	31 January 1981	Ruhpolding	10 km Sprint					Detail
WC	12 February 1981	Lahti	20 km Individual			Erkki Antila	Frank Ullrich	Detail
WC	14 February 1981	Lahti	10 km Sprint			Yvon Mougel		Detail
4	2 April 1981	Hedenäset	20 km Individual					Detail
4	4 April 1981	Hedenäset	10 km Sprint					Detail

Standings: Men

Overall

Pos.		Points
1.	Frank Ullrich	140
2.		130
3.		128
4.		120
5.		117

• Final standings after 10 races.

Achievements

First World Cup career victory:

• , 24, in his 4th season — the WC 1 Individual in Jáchymov; first podium was 1978–79 Individual in Jáchymov
• , 23, in his 3rd season — the WC 1 Sprint in Jáchymov; first podium was 1978–79 Individual in Sodankylä
• , 21, in his 1st season — the WC 2 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva; it also was his first podium
• , 23, in his 3rd season — the WC 3 Individual in Ruhpolding; first podium was 1978–79 Individual in Bardufoss
• , 33, in his 4th season — the World Championships Individual in Lahti; first podium was 1977–78 Sprint in Sodankylä
• , 24, in his 2nd season — the WC 4 Individual in Hedenäset; it also was his first podium

First World Cup podium:

•  — no. 2 in the WC 1 Individual in Jáchymov
• , 25, in his 4th season — no. 3 in the WC 1 Individual in Jáchymov; it also was the first podium for a Czechoslovakian biathlete
• , in his 3rd season — no. 2 in the WC 1 Sprint in Jáchymov
• , 28, in his 2nd season — no. 3 in the WC 1 Sprint in Jáchymov; it also was the first podium for a Swedishbiathlete
• , 23, in his 1st season — no. 2 in the WC 2 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva
•  — no. 2 in the WC 2 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva
• , 22, in his 1st season — no. 3 in the WC 2 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva
• , 21, in his 2nd season — no. 2 in the WC 3 Sprint in Ruhpolding
• , 26, in his 4th season — no. 3 in the World Championships Individual in Lahti
• , 27, in his 2nd season — no. 3 in the WC 4 Individual in Hedenäset

Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses):

• , 2 (10) first places
• , 2 (2) first places
• , 1 (2) first place
• , 1 (1) first place
• , 1 (1) first place
• , 1 (1) first place
• , 1 (1) first place
• , 1 (1) first place

Retirements

Following notable biathletes retired after the 1980–81 season:

Notes and References

1. Book: Holm, Knut E. . Sportsboken 81-82 . The Sports Book 81-82 . Norwegian . Stavanger . Dreyer Bok . 82-7096-110-8.
2. Web site: Wintersport Charts Weltcup World Cup Biathlon 1981 . . Wintersport Charts . 19 October 2014.
3. Web site: Statistiche Biathlon . . 22 October 2015 . Neve Italia . Italian . Statistics Biathlon.