1982–83 Biathlon World Cup

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.

1982–83 World Cup
Discipline Men Women
Overall Peter Angerer
Competition

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
Location Date Individual Sprint Relay
Lappeenranta 4–6 March ● ● ●
Total 1 1 1

*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 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 Frank Ullrich Frank-Peter Roetsch Peter Angerer [16][17]
WC 26 February 1983 Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Sprint Eirik Kvalfoss Peter Angerer Alfred Eder Peter Angerer [18][19]
3 4 March 1983 Lahti 20 km Individual Algimantas Šalna Odd Lirhus Fritz Fischer [20][21]
3 5 March 1983 Lahti 10 km Sprint Algimantas Šalna Eirik Kvalfoss Dmitry Vasilyev [22][21]
4 9 March 1983 Oslo Holmenkollen 20 km Individual Dmitry Vasilyev Johann Passler Andreas Schweiger [23]
4 10 March 1983 Oslo Holmenkollen 10 km Sprint Frank-Peter Roetsch Peter Angerer Johann Passler [24]

Women
Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib
(After competition)		 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
   Peter Angerer143
2. Eirik Kvalfoss136
3. Frank Ullrich134
4. Frank-Peter Roetsch128
5. Odd Lirhus126
  • Final standings after 10 races.

[5][6]

Standings: Women

Overall
Pos. Points
   Gry Østvik47
2. Siv Bråten45
3. Aino Kallunki43
4. Aila Flyktman42
5. Tuula Ylinen42
  • Final standings after 2 races.

Achievements
First World/European Cup career victory
  •  Peter Angerer (FRG), 23, in his 4th season — the WC 1 Individual in Ruhpolding; first podium was 1980–81 Sprint in Ruhpolding
  •  Algimantas Šalna (URS), 23, in his 2nd season — the WC 2 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva; it also was his first podium
  •  Gry Østvik (NOR), 19, in her 1st season — the EC 1 Individual in Lappeenranta; it also was her first podium
  •  Aino Kallunki (FIN), in her 1st season — the EC 1 Sprint in Lappeenranta; it also was her first podium
  •  Dmitry Vasilyev (URS), 20, in his 1st season — the WC 4 Individual in Holmenkollen; first podium was 1982–83 Sprint in Lahti
  •  Frank-Peter Roetsch (GDR), 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
  •  Frank-Peter Roetsch (GDR), 18, in his 1st season — no. 3 in the WC 2 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva
  •  Pirjo Mattila (FIN), in her 1st season — no. 2 in the EC 1 Individual in Lappeenranta
  •  Tuula Ylinen (FIN), in her 1st season — no. 3 in the EC 1 Individual in Lappeenranta
  •  Siv Bråten (NOR), 22, in her 1st season — no. 2 in the EC 1 Sprint in Lappeenranta
  •  Aila Flyktman (FIN), in her 1st season — no. 3 in the EC 1 Sprint in Lappeenranta
  •  Dmitry Vasilyev (URS), 20, in his 1st season — no. 3 in the WC 3 Sprint in Lahti
  •  Johann Passler (ITA), 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)

Retirements

Following notable biathletes retired after the 1982–83 season:

Notes
1. 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.

References
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