1982–83 Biathlon World Cup Explained

1982–83 World Cup
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The 1982–83 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 27 January 1983 in Ruhpolding, West Germany, and ended on 11 March 1983 in Holmenkollen, Norway. It was the sixth season of the Biathlon World Cup, and the first in which women were allowed to compete in their own European Cup. Though called the European Cup, participation was not restricted to Europeans.

The second World Cup round was originally going to be held in Oberhof, East Germany, but they had to cancel due to a lack of snow.^[1] The races were therefore moved to Antholz-Anterselva, Italy.^[2]

Originally the first round of the European Cup was to be held in Jáchymov, Czechoslovakia from 21 to 24 January 1983, but it was cancelled, thus the races in Lappeenranta, Finland were the only ones held.^{[3] [4]}

Men's calendar

Below is the World Cup calendar for the 1982–83 season.^{[5] [6] [7]}

Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Relay
Ruhpolding	27–30 January	●	●	●
Antholz-Anterselva	9–12 February	●	●	●
Antholz-Anterselva	24–27 February	●	●	●
Lahti	4–5 March	●	●
Holmenkollen	9–11 March	●	●	●
Total		5	5	4

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

Women's calendar

• 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	27 January 1983	Ruhpolding	20 km Individual	Peter Angerer	Andreas Schweiger	Frank Ullrich	Peter Angerer	^[8] ^[9]
1	28 January 1983	Ruhpolding	10 km Sprint	Eirik Kvalfoss	Frank Ullrich	Odd Lirhus	Frank Ullrich	^[10] ^[11]
2	9 February 1983	Antholz-Anterselva	20 km Individual	Frank Ullrich	Odd Lirhus	Peter Angerer		^[12] ^[13]
2	11 February 1983	Antholz-Anterselva	10 km Sprint	Algimantas Šalna	Peter Angerer	Frank-Peter Roetsch		^[14] ^[15]
WC	23 February 1983	Antholz-Anterselva	20 km Individual			Peter Angerer		^[16] ^[17]
WC	26 February 1983	Antholz-Anterselva	10 km Sprint			Alfred Eder	Peter Angerer	^[18] ^[19]
3	4 March 1983	Lahti	20 km Individual					^[20] ^[21]
3	5 March 1983	Lahti	10 km Sprint					^[22] ^[23]
4	9 March 1983	Oslo Holmenkollen	20 km Individual					^[24]
4	10 March 1983	Oslo Holmenkollen	10 km Sprint					^[25]

Women

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Det.
1	4 March 1983	Lappeenranta	10 km Individual	Gry Østvik	Pirjo Aalto	Tuula Ylinen	Gry Østvik	Detail
1	5 March 1983	Lappeenranta	5 km Sprint	Aino Kallunki	Siv Bråten	Aila Flyktman		Detail

Standings: Men

Overall

Pos.		Points
1.	Peter Angerer	143
2.		136
3.		134
4.		128
5.		126

• Final standings after 10 races.

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Standings: Women

Overall

Pos.		Points
1.	Gry Østvik	47
2.		45
3.		43
4.		42
5.		42

• Final standings after 2 races.

Achievements

First World/European Cup career victory:

• , 23, in his 4th season — the WC 1 Individual in Ruhpolding; first podium was 1980–81 Sprint in Ruhpolding
• , 23, in his 2nd season — the WC 2 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva; it also was his first podium
• , 19, in her 1st season — the EC 1 Individual in Lappeenranta; it also was her first podium
• , in her 1st season — the EC 1 Sprint in Lappeenranta; it also was her first podium
• , 20, in his 1st season — the WC 4 Individual in Holmenkollen; first podium was 1982–83 Sprint in Lahti
• , 18, in his 1st season — the WC 4 Sprint in Holmenkollen; first podium was 1982–83 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva

First World/European Cup podium:

• , 18, in his 1st season — no. 3 in the WC 2 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva
• , in her 1st season — no. 2 in the EC 1 Individual in Lappeenranta
• , in her 1st season — no. 3 in the EC 1 Individual in Lappeenranta
• , 22, in her 1st season — no. 2 in the EC 1 Sprint in Lappeenranta
• , in her 1st season — no. 3 in the EC 1 Sprint in Lappeenranta
• , 20, in his 1st season — no. 3 in the WC 3 Sprint in Lahti
• , 21, in his 2nd season — no. 2 in the WC 4 Individual in Holmenkollen

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

• , 3 (3) first places
• , 2 (16) first places
• , 2 (5) first places
• , 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 1982–83 season:

Notes

1. In the individual races here some non-World Cup racers participated. Among those was Holger Wick, he was not a World Cup racer and so did not receive any World Cup points, and for World Cup purposes Vladimir Velichkov and Johann Passler finished 9th and 10th respectively in the 20 km individual and received the appropriate World Cup points.

Notes and References

1. News: Thore-Erik Thoresen . 1 February 1983 . Skiskytter-unionen på feil kurs . The biathlon union on the wrong course . Norwegian . Aftenposten . 22 October 2014.
2. News: Thore-Erik Thoresen . 7 February 1983 . Synd, vi måtte ta ut seks... . Too bad, we had to select six... . Norwegian . Aftenposten . 22 October 2014.
3. News: Thore-Erik Thoresen . 13 November 1982 . Skiskyting . Biathlon . Norwegian . Aftenposten . 10 April 2015.
4. News: Thore-Erik Thoresen . 13 January 1983 . Kan rekke NM-stafett . Can make NC(Norwegian Championships)-relay . Norwegian . Aftenposten . 10 April 2015.
5. Book: Holm, Knut E. . Sportsboken 83-84 . The Sports Book 83-84 . Norwegian . Hjemmets bokforlag A/S . 82-590-0014-8.
6. Web site: Wintersport Charts Weltcup World Cup Biathlon 1983 . . Wintersport Charts . 22 October 2014.
7. Web site: Statistiche Biathlon . . 22 October 2015 . Neve Italia . Italian . Statistics Biathlon.
8. News: . 28 January 1983 . Resultatbørs – Skiskyting . Results exchange – Biathlon . Norwegian . Aftenposten . 22 October 2014.
9. News: . 29 January 1983 . Resultatbørs – Skiskyting . Results exchange – Biathlon . Norwegian . Aftenposten . 22 October 2014.
10. News: . 28 January 1983 . Resultatbørs – Skiskyting . Results exchange – Biathlon . Norwegian . Aftenposten . 22 October 2014.
11. News: . 29 January 1983 . Resultatbørs – Skiskyting . Results exchange – Biathlon . Norwegian . Aftenposten . 22 October 2014.
12. News: . 10 February 1983 . Resultatbørs – Skiskyting . Results exchange – Biathlon . Norwegian . Aftenposten . 22 October 2014.
13. News: . 12 February 1983 . Resultatbørs – Skiskyting . Results exchange – Biathlon . Norwegian . Aftenposten . 22 October 2014.
14. News: . 10 February 1983 . Resultatbørs – Skiskyting . Results exchange – Biathlon . Norwegian . Aftenposten . 22 October 2014.
15. News: . 12 February 1983 . Resultatbørs – Skiskyting . Results exchange – Biathlon . Norwegian . Aftenposten . 22 October 2014.
16. Web site: World Championship Biathlon 1983 - Antholz-Anterselva/Antholz-Anterselva (ITA) – Men 20 km Individual . . IBU Datacenter . International Biathlon Union . 22 October 2014.
17. Web site: World Championship Biathlon 1983 - Antholz-Anterselva/Antholz-Anterselva (ITA) – Men 10 km Sprint . . IBU Datacenter . International Biathlon Union . 22 October 2014.
18. Web site: World Championship Biathlon 1983 - Antholz-Anterselva/Antholz-Anterselva (ITA) – Men 20 km Individual . . IBU Datacenter . International Biathlon Union . 22 October 2014.
19. Web site: World Championship Biathlon 1983 - Antholz-Anterselva/Antholz-Anterselva (ITA) – Men 10 km Sprint . . IBU Datacenter . International Biathlon Union . 22 October 2014.
20. News: . 5 March 1983 . Resultatbørs – Skiskyting . Results exchange – Biathlon . Norwegian . Aftenposten . 22 October 2014.
21. News: . 7 March 1983 . Resultatbørs – Skiskyting . Results exchange – Biathlon . Norwegian . Aftenposten . 22 October 2014.
22. News: . 5 March 1983 . Resultatbørs – Skiskyting . Results exchange – Biathlon . Norwegian . Aftenposten . 22 October 2014.
23. News: . 7 March 1983 . Resultatbørs – Skiskyting . Results exchange – Biathlon . Norwegian . Aftenposten . 22 October 2014.
24. News: . 11 March 1983 . Resultatbørs – Skiskyting . Results exchange – Biathlon . Norwegian . Aftenposten . 22 October 2014.
25. News: . 11 March 1983 . Resultatbørs – Skiskyting . Results exchange – Biathlon . Norwegian . Aftenposten . 22 October 2014.