1977–78 Biathlon World Cup

The 1977–78 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 13 January 1978 in Ruhpolding, West Germany, and ended in April 1978 in Sodankylä, Finland. It was the first ever season of the Biathlon World Cup, and it was only held for men.

Frank Ullrich and Klaus Siebert at the East German Championships in 1978
1977–78 World Cup
Discipline Men Women
Overall Frank Ullrich
Competition

Calendar

Below is the World Cup calendar for the 1977–78 season.[1][2][3]

Location Date Individual Sprint Relay
Ruhpolding 13–15 January ● ● ●
Antholz-Anterselva 21–25 February ● ● ●
Hochfilzen 2–5 March ● ● ●
Murmansk 24–29 March ● ● ●
Sodankylä 1–? 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
(After competition)		 Det.
1 14 January 1978 Ruhpolding 20 km Individual Klaus Siebert Eberhard Rösch Andreas Schweiger Klaus Siebert Detail
1 15 January 1978 Ruhpolding 10 km Sprint Sigleif Johansen Eberhard Rösch Frank Ullrich Eberhard Rösch Detail
2 23 February 1978 Antholz-Anterselva 20 km Individual Frank Ullrich Alexander Ushakov Nikolay Kruglov Frank Ullrich Detail
2 25 February 1978 Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Sprint Klaus Siebert Eberhard Rösch Vladimir Barnashov Detail
WC 2 March 1978 Hochfilzen 20 km Individual Odd Lirhus Frank Ullrich Eberhard Rösch Detail
WC 4 March 1978 Hochfilzen 10 km Sprint Frank Ullrich Eberhard Rösch Klaus Siebert Detail
3 25 March 1978 Murmansk 20 km Individual Nikolay Kruglov Anatoly Alyabyev Vladimir Artemyev Detail
3 27 March 1978 Murmansk 10 km Sprint Frank Ullrich Nikolay Kruglov Sigleif Johansen Detail
4 1 April 1978 Sodankylä 20 km Individual Klaus Siebert Vladimir Otchnev Svein Engen Detail
4 2 April 1978 Sodankylä 10 km Sprint Vladimir Barnashov Heikki Ikola Alexander Tikhonov Detail

Standings: Men

Overall
Pos. Points
   Frank Ullrich144
2. Klaus Siebert137
3. Eberhard Rösch133
4. Vladimir Barnashov125
5. Nikolay Kruglov119
  • Final standings after 10 races.

Achievements
First World Cup career victory
  •  Klaus Siebert (GDR), 22, in his 1st season — the WC 1 Individual in Ruhpolding; it also was his first podium and the first podium for an East German biathlete
  •  Sigleif Johansen (NOR), 29, in his 1st season — the WC 1 Sprint in Ruhpolding; it also was his first podium and the first podium for a Norwegian biathlete
  •  Frank Ullrich (GDR), 20, in his 1st season — the WC 2 Individual in Ruhpolding; first podium was 1977–78 Sprint in Ruhpolding
  •  Odd Lirhus (NOR), 21, in his 1st season — the World Championships Individual in Hochfilzen; it also was his first podium
  •  Nikolay Kruglov (URS), 28, in his 1st season — the WC 3 Individual in Murmansk; first podium was 1977–78 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva
  •  Vladimir Barnashov (URS), 27, in his 1st season — the WC 4 Sprint in Sodankylä; first podium was 1977–78 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva
First World Cup podium
  •  Eberhard Rösch (GDR), 27, in his 1st season — no. 2 in the WC 1 Individual in Ruhpolding
  •  Andreas Schweiger (FRG), 24, in his 1st season — no. 3 in the WC 1 Individual in Ruhpolding; it also was the first podium for a West German biathlete
  •  Frank Ullrich (GDR), 19, in his 1st season — no. 3 in the WC 1 Sprint in Ruhpolding
  •  Alexander Ushakov (URS), 29, in his 1st season — no. 2 in the WC 2 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva; it also was the first podium for a Soviet biathlete
  •  Nikolay Kruglov (URS), 28, in his 1st season — no. 3 in the WC 2 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva
  •  Anatoly Alyabyev (URS), 26, in his 1st season — no. 2 in the WC 3 Individual in Murmansk
  •  Vladimir Artemiev (URS), in his 1st season — no. 3 in the WC 3 Individual in Murmansk
  •  Vladimir Barnashov (URS), 26, in his 1st season — no. 3 in the WC 2 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva
  •  Vladimir Otchnev (URS), in his 1st season — no. 2 in the WC 4 Individual in Sodankylä
  •  Svein Engen (NOR), 25, in his 1st season — no. 3 in the WC 4 Individual in Sodankylä
  •  Heikki Ikola (FIN), 30, in his 1st season — no. 2 in the WC 4 Sprint in Sodankylä; it also was the first podium for a Finnish biathlete
  •  Alexander Tikhonov (URS), 31, in his 1st season — no. 3 in the WC 4 Sprint in Sodankylä
Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses)

Retirements

Following notable biathletes retired after the 1977–78 season:

References
  1. Sportsboken 78-79 [The Sports Book 78-79] (in Norwegian). Stavanger: Dreyer Bok. ISBN 82-7096-063-2. (in Norwegian)
  2. "Wintersport Charts Weltcup World Cup Biathlon 1978". Wintersport Charts. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  3. "Statistiche Biathlon" [Statistics Biathlon]. Neve Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 22 October 2015. (in Italian) (registration required)
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