1984–85 Biathlon World Cup Explained

1984–85 World Cup
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Competition1men:	Frank-Peter Roetsch
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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.

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

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

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

• 1985 World Championship races were not included in the 1984–85 World Cup scoring system.

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

Women's calendar

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

Men

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Det.
1	10 January 1985	Minsk	20 km Individual	Andrei Zenkov	Juri Kashkarov	Piotr Miloradov	Andrei Zenkov	^[8]
1	12 January 1985	Minsk	10 km Sprint	Juri Kashkarov	Algimantas Shalna	Kjell Søbak	Juri Kashkarov	^[9]
2	17 January 1985	Oberhof	20 km Individual	Peter Angerer	Frank-Peter Roetsch	Andrei Zenkov		^[10] ^[11]
2	19 January 1985	Oberhof	10 km Sprint	Frank-Peter Roetsch	Alfred Eder	Matthias Jacob		^[12] ^[13]
3	24 January 1985	Antholz-Anterselva	20 km Individual			Herbert Fritzenwenger	Frank-Peter Roetsch	^[14] ^[15]
3	26 January 1985	Antholz-Anterselva	10 km Sprint					^[16] ^[17]
4	1 March 1985	Lahti	20 km Individual					^[18] ^[19]
4	3 March 1985	Lahti	10 km Sprint					^[20] ^[21]
5	7 March 1985	Oslo Holmenkollen	20 km Individual					^[22] ^[23]
5	9 March 1985	Oslo Holmenkollen	10 km Sprint					^[24] ^[25]

Women

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	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			Eva Korpela		Detail
WC	24 February 1985	Egg am Etzel	5 km Sprint			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

Overall

Pos.		Points
1.	Frank-Peter Roetsch	172
2.		141
3.		140
4.		138
5.		130

• Final standings after 10 races.

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Standings: Women

Overall

Pos.		Points
1.	Sanna Grønlid	110
2.		106
3.		104
4.		100
5.		94

• Final standings after 8 races.

Achievements

First World/European Cup career victory:

• , 23, in her 1st season — the EC 1 Individual in Minsk; it also was her first podium
• , in his 2nd season — the WC 1 Individual in Minsk; it also was his first podium
• , in her 1st season — the EC 2 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva; it also was her first podium
• , 31, in his 8th season — the WC 3 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva; first podium was 1979–80 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva
• , in his 2nd season — the WC 4 Individual in Lahti; it also was his first podium
• , in her 3rd season — the EC 3 Sprint in Lahti; first podium was 1982–83 Sprint in Lappeenranta

First World/European Cup podium:

• , 20, in her 1st season — no. 2 in the EC 1 Individual in Minsk
• , in her 1st season — no. 3 in the EC 1 Individual in Minsk
• , 22, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 3 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva
• , in her 1st season — no. 2 in the EC 2 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva
• , in her 1st season — no. 3 in the EC 2 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva
• , 21, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 3 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva
• , 24, in his 2nd season — no. 3 in the WC 4 Individual in Lahti
• , 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):

• , 4 (6) first places
• , 2 (6) first places
• , 2 (2) first place
• , 1 (2) first place
• , 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 1984–85 season:

Notes

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. 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. The Lahti Ski Museum has omitted Meloche from the list of results for some reason, but Aftenposten and the Sports Book includes her.

Notes and References

1. News: Thore-Erik Thoresen . 21 January 1985 . Skøyterevolusjon også i skiskyting . Skating revolution also in biathlon . Norwegian . Aftenposten . 5 November 2014.
2. News: Thore-Erik Thoresen . 26 January 1985 . Skøytingen gjør vondt . The skating hurts . Norwegian . Aftenposten . 5 November 2014.
3. News: Thoresen . Thore-Erik . 11 March 1985 . Avlysning gir 1,5 millioner i vær-forsikring . Cancellation gives 1.5 million in weather insurance . Norwegian . Aftenposten . 8 November 2014.
4. Web site: IBU - History - 1979-1994 . . Biathlonworld . International Biathlon Union . 1 August 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141206122654/http://www3.biathlonworld.com/en/history_1979_1994.html . 2014-12-06 . dead .
5. Book: Holm, Knut E. . Sportsboken 85-86 . The Sports Book 85-86 . Norwegian . Hjemmets bokforlag A/S . 978-82-590-0203-7. 1963 .
6. Web site: Wintersport Charts Weltcup World Cup Biathlon 1985 . . Wintersport Charts . 5 November 2014.
7. Web site: Statistiche Biathlon . . 22 October 2015 . Neve Italia . Italian . Statistics Biathlon.
8. News: Mette Bugge . 10 January 1985 . Skremmeskudd fra øst . Warning shot from the east . Norwegian . Aftenposten . 5 November 2014.
9. News: . 14 January 1985 . Bedring for skiskytterne . Improvement for the biathletes . Norwegian . Aftenposten . 5 November 2014.
10. News: Thore-Erik Thoresen . 18 January 1985 . Jeg har aldri skutt bedre . I have never shot better . Norwegian . Aftenposten . 5 November 2014.
11. Web site: World Cup - Oberhof/Oberhof (GER) – Men 20 km Individual . . IBU Datacenter . International Biathlon Union . 5 November 2014.
12. News: . 21 January 1985 . Resultatbørs – Skiskyting . Results exchange – Biathlon . Norwegian . Aftenposten . 5 November 2014.
13. Web site: World Cup - Oberhof/Oberhof (GER) – Men 10 km Sprint . . IBU Datacenter . International Biathlon Union . 5 November 2014.
14. News: . 25 January 1985 . Resultatbørs – Hopp – Anterselva, Italia . Results exchange – Ski jumping – Anterselva, Italy . Norwegian . Aftenposten . 5 November 2014.
15. Web site: World Cup - Antholz-Anterselva/Antholz-Anterselva (ITA) – Men 20 km Individual . . IBU Datacenter . International Biathlon Union . 5 November 2014.
16. News: . 28 January 1985 . Skiskyting . Biathlon . Norwegian . Aftenposten . 5 November 2014.
17. Web site: World Cup - Antholz-Anterselva/Antholz-Anterselva (ITA) – Men 10 km Sprint . . IBU Datacenter . International Biathlon Union . 5 November 2014.
18. News: . 2 March 1985 . Resultatbørs – Skiskyting . Results exchange – Biathlon . Norwegian . Aftenposten . 5 November 2014.
19. Web site: World Cup - Lahti/Lahti (FIN) – Men 20 km Individual . . IBU Datacenter . International Biathlon Union . 5 November 2014.
20. News: . 4 March 1985 . Resultatbørs – Skiskyting . Results exchange – Biathlon . Norwegian . Aftenposten . 5 November 2014.
21. Web site: World Cup - Lahti/Lahti (FIN) – Men 10 km Sprint . . IBU Datacenter . International Biathlon Union . 5 November 2014.
22. News: . 8 March 1985 . Resultatbørs – Skiskyting . Results exchange – Biathlon . Norwegian . Aftenposten . 5 November 2014.
23. Web site: World Cup - Oslo Holmenkollen/Oslo Holmenkollen (NOR) – Men 20 km Individual . . IBU Datacenter . International Biathlon Union . 5 November 2014.
24. News: . 11 March 1985 . Resultatbørs – Skiskyting . Results exchange – Biathlon . Norwegian . Aftenposten . 5 November 2014.
25. Web site: World Cup - Oslo Holmenkollen/Oslo Holmenkollen (NOR) – Men 10 km Sprint . . IBU Datacenter . International Biathlon Union . 5 November 2014.