1985–86 Biathlon World Cup

The 1985–86 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 16 January 1986 in Antholz-Anterselva, Italy, and ended on 16 March 1986 in Boden, Sweden. It was the ninth season of the Biathlon World Cup.

1985–86 World Cup
Discipline Men Women
Overall East Germany André Sehmisch
Nations Cup East Germany East Germany
Competition

Calendar

Below is the World Cup calendar for the 1985–86 season.[1][2][3]

Location Date Individual Sprint Relay
Italy Antholz-Anterselva 16–19 January ● ● ●
Austria Feistritz 23–26 January ● ● ●
East Germany Oberhof 30 January–2 February ● ● ●
Norway Holmenkollen 20–23 February ● ● ●
Finland Lahti 7–9 March ● ● ●
Sweden Boden 14–16 March ● ● ●
Total 6 6 6

*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
(After competition)		 Det.
1 16 January 1986 Italy Antholz-Anterselva 20 km Individual Soviet Union Valeriy Medvedtsev Italy Gottlieb Taschler Soviet Union Sergei Antonov Soviet Union Valeriy Medvedtsev [1][2][3][4][5]
1 18 January 1986 Italy Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Sprint West Germany Peter Angerer Soviet Union Andrei Nepein Norway Gisle Fenne West Germany Peter Angerer [1][2][3][6][7]
2 23 January 1986 Austria Feistritz 20 km Individual Soviet Union Sergei Antonov Soviet Union Dmitry Vasilyev East Germany André Sehmisch [1][2][3][8][9]
2 25 January 1986 Austria Feistritz 10 km Sprint Soviet Union Andrei Nepein East Germany André Sehmisch East Germany Frank-Peter Roetsch [1][2][3][10][11]
3 30 January 1986 East Germany Oberhof 20 km Individual West Germany Peter Angerer East Germany André Sehmisch Soviet Union Anatoly Zhdanovich [1][2][3][12]
3 1 February 1986 East Germany Oberhof 10 km Sprint East Germany Matthias Jacob East Germany André Sehmisch East Germany Frank-Peter Roetsch [1][2][3][13]
4 8 March 1986 Finland Lahti 20 km Individual West Germany Peter Angerer Czechoslovakia Jan Matouš Italy Andreas Zingerle [1][2][3][14]
4 9 March 1986 Finland Lahti 10 km Sprint East Germany André Sehmisch West Germany Fritz Fischer Italy Johann Passler East Germany André Sehmisch [1][2][3][14]
5 14 March 1986 Sweden Boden 20 km Individual Finland Tapio Piipponen East Germany André Sehmisch Austria Alfred Eder [1][2][3][15][16]
5 15 March 1986 Sweden Boden 10 km Sprint East Germany Matthias Jacob Soviet Union Sergei Antonov Norway Eirik Kvalfoss [1][2][3][17][18]

Standings: Men

Overall
Pos. Points
1.East Germany André Sehmisch158
2.West Germany Peter Angerer146
3.East Germany Matthias Jacob124
4.Finland Tapio Piipponen123
5.Austria Alfred Eder120
  • Final standings after 10 races.

[1][2][17]

Achievements
First World Cup career victory
  •  Valeriy Medvedtsev (URS), 21, in his 1st season — the WC 1 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva; it also was his first podium
  •  Andrei Nepein (URS), in his 3rd season — the WC 2 Sprint in Feistritz; first podium was 1985–86 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva
  •  André Sehmisch (GDR), 21, in his 3rd season — the WC 4 Sprint in Lahti; first podium was 1984–85 Sprint in Lahti
  •  Tapio Piipponen (FIN), 28, in his 7th season — the WC 5 Individual in Boden; first podium was 1981–82 Sprint in Ruhpolding
First World Cup podium
  •  Gottlieb Taschler (ITA), 24, in his 5th season — no. 2 in the WC 1 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva
  •  Andrei Nepein (URS), in his 3rd season — no. 2 in the WC 1 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva
  •  Gisle Fenne (NOR), 22, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 1 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva
  •  Anatoly Zhdanovich (URS), 23, in his 1st season — no. 3 in the WC 3 Individual in Oberhof
  •  Jan Matouš (TCH), 24, in his 3rd season — no. 2 in the WC 4 Individual in Lahti
  •  Andreas Zingerle (ITA), 24, in his 5th season — no. 3 in the WC 4 Individual in Lahti
  •  André Sehmisch (GDR), 20, in his 2nd season — no. 3 in the WC 4 Sprint in Lahti
Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses)

Retirements

Following notable biathletes retired after the 1985–86 season:

References
  1. Holm, Knut E. Sportsboken 86-87 [The Sports Book 86-87] (in Norwegian). Hjemmets bokforlag A/S. ISBN 82-590-0320-1. (in Norwegian)
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  13. "Resultatbørs – Skiskyting" [Results exchange – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 3 February 1986. Retrieved 10 November 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  14. "Resultatbørs – Skiskyting" [Results exchange – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 10 March 1986. Retrieved 10 November 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  15. "Resultatbørs – Skiskyting" [Results exchange – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 15 March 1986. Retrieved 10 November 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  16. "World Cup 5 - Boden (SWE) – Men 20 km Individual". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
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