1983–84 Biathlon World Cup

The 1983–84 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 6 January 1984 in Falun, Sweden, and ended on 11 March 1984 in Lygna, Norway. It was the seventh season of the Biathlon World Cup.

1983–84 World Cup
Discipline Men Women
Overall Frank-Peter Roetsch
Competition

Men's calendar

Below is the World Cup calendar for the 1983–84 season.[1][2][3]

Location Date Individual Sprint Relay
Falun 6–8 January ● ● ●
Pontresina 12–15 January ● ● ●
Ruhpolding 19–22 January ● ● ●
Sarajevo 11–17 February ● ● ●
Oberhof 1–4 March ● ● ●
Holmenkollen 7–10 March ● ● ●
Total 6 6 6

*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
Falun 6–8 January ● ● ●
Ruhpolding 19–22 February ● ● ●
Chamonix 29 February – 4 March ● ● ●
Lygna 10–12 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
(After competition)		 Det.
1 6 January 1984 Falun 20 km Individual Odd Lirhus Yvon Mougel Tapio Piipponen Odd Lirhus [1][2][3]
1 7 January 1984 Falun 10 km Sprint Algimantas Šalna Risto Punkka Eirik Kvalfoss Eirik Kvalfoss [1][2][3]
2 12 January 1984 Pontresina 20 km Individual Fritz Fischer Frank-Peter Roetsch Holger Wick [1][2][3]
2 14 January 1984 Pontresina 10 km Sprint Eirik Kvalfoss Frank-Peter Roetsch Ralf Göthel [1][2][3]
3 19 January 1984 Ruhpolding 20 km Individual Peter Angerer Tapio Piipponen Rolf Storsveen [1][2][3]
3 21 January 1984 Ruhpolding 10 km Sprint Peter Angerer Terje Krokstad Frank-Peter Roetsch Frank-Peter Roetsch [1][2][3]
4 1 March 1984 Oberhof 20 km Individual Juri Kashkarov Frank-Peter Roetsch Dmitry Vasilyev [1][2][3]
4 3 March 1984 Oberhof 10 km Sprint Frank-Peter Roetsch Algimantas Šalna Peter Angerer [1][2][3]
5 7 March 1984 Oslo Holmenkollen 20 km Individual Peter Angerer Fritz Fischer Alfred Eder [1][2][3]
5 8 March 1984 Oslo Holmenkollen 10 km Sprint Eirik Kvalfoss Peter Angerer Frank-Peter Roetsch [1][2][3]

Women
Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib
(After competition)		 Det.
1 6 January 1984 Falun 10 km Individual Gry Østvik Siv Bråten Aino Kallunki Gry Østvik Detail
1 7 January 1984 Falun 5 km Sprint Aino Kallunki Annette Bouvin Sanna Grønlid Detail
2 19 January 1984 Ruhpolding 10 km Individual Mette Mestad Siv Bråten Sanna Grønlid Mette Mestad Detail
2 21 January 1984 Ruhpolding 5 km Sprint Gry Østvik Mette Mestad Siv Bråten Detail
WC 29 February 1984 Chamonix 10 km Individual Venera Chernyshova Lyudmila Zabolotnaia Tatiana Brylina Detail
WC 3 March 1984 Chamonix 5 km Sprint Venera Chernyshova Sanna Grønlid Andrea Grossegger Detail
3 7 March 1984 Lygna 10 km Individual Sanna Grønlid Siv Bråten Gry Østvik Detail
3 8 March 1984 Lygna 5 km Sprint Annette Bouvin Eva Korpela Mette Mestad Detail

Standings: Men

Overall
Pos. Points
   Frank-Peter Roetsch139
2. Peter Angerer138
3. Eirik Kvalfoss134
4. Fritz Fischer130
5. Ralf Göthel122
  • Final standings after 10 races.

[1][2][3]

Standings: Women

Overall
Pos. Points
   Mette Mestad93
2. Sanna Grønlid86
3. Gry Østvik85
4. Venera Chernyshova83
5. Siv Bråten82
  • Final standings after 8 races.

Achievements
First World/European Cup career victory
  •  Mette Mestad (NOR), 25, in her 2nd season — the WC 2 Individual in Ruhpolding; it also was her first podium
  •  Juri Kashkarov (URS), 20, in his 2nd season — the WC 4 Individual in Oberhof; it also was his first podium
  •  Sanna Grønlid (NOR), 24, in her 2nd season — the EC 3 Individual in Lygna; first podium was 1983–84 Sprint in Falun
  •  Anette Bouvin (SWE), 23, — the EC 3 Sprint in Lygna; first podium was 1983–84 Sprint in Falun
First World/European Cup podium
  •  Risto Punkka (FIN), 26, in his 2nd season — no. 2 in the WC 1 Sprint in Falun
  •  Anette Bouvin (SWE), 23, — no. 2 in the EC 1 Sprint in Falun
  •  Sanna Grønlid (NOR), 24, in her 2nd season — no. 3 in the EC 1 Sprint in Falun
  •  Holger Wick (GDR), 21, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 2 Individual in Pontresina
  •  Ralf Göthel (GDR), 22, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 2 Sprint in Pontresina
  •  Rolf Storsveen (NOR), 24, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 3 Individual in Ruhpolding
  •  Eva Lundgren (SWE), 25, — no. 2 in the EC 3 Sprint in Lygna
Victory in this World/European Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses)

Retirements

Following notable biathletes retired after the 1983–84 season:

Notes
1. 1 2 3 4 In the individual races in Falun some non-World Cup racers participated. In the 20 km individual Andrei Zenkov and Øivind Nerhagen, among others, were non-World Cup racers, and so for World Cup purposes Arto Jääskeläinen came 7th, and Rolf Storsveen and Kjell Søbak finished 9th and 10th respectively and received the appropriate World Cup points.[6] In the 10 km sprint, one of the non-World Cup racers was Sergei Bulygin, and so he did not receive any World Cup points, and for World Cup purposes Algimantas Šalna won that race and received the appropriate World Cup points. Also in the European Cup races there were some non-European Cup racers participating, among those were Anita Nygård who finished 10th in the 5 km sprint. For European Cup purposes though, Siv Bråten finished 10th and received the appropriate points.
2. 5 The Aftenposten source says that the relay teams received a very unusual amount of penalty loops, with 12, 13, 21, 20, 25 and 25 penalty loops respectively for the first six teams.[7] However, in the same paper, it says that the two Norwegian teams got 14 penalty loops combined,[8] which does not add up with it saying that the "Norway I" team got 25 penalties. So those high numbers probably refers to the number of missed shots.
3. 6 In the individual races here some non-World Cup racers participated. Among those was Gisle Fenne, he was not a World Cup racer and so did not receive any World Cup points, and for World Cup purposes Risto Punkka came fifth and received the appropriate World Cup points.[9]
4. The Sports Book does originally have different order of the finishers in this 10 km race with B. Mestad, Mikkola and Schill coming 8th, 9th and 10th, respectively. However it later contradicts itself by giving the points of those positions to Grønlid, B. Mestad and Anne-L. Engstrøm instead. Because that table shows how each racers score adds up, that has been given precedent.[1]
5. 8 9 In the individual races here some non-European Cup racers participated. Among those was Ingeborg Nordmo Krokstad in the 10 km individual, she was not a European Cup racer and so did not receive any points, and for European Cup purposes Doris Niva came 9th and received the appropriate points, with Anne L. Engstrøm finishing 10th. And in 5 km sprint Liv Høgli was also a non-European Cup racer and thus for European Cup purposes those who finished behind her moves up a spot with Doris Niva finishing 4th and Anne L. Engstrøm finishing 10th.[1]

References
  1. Holm, Knut E.; Eriksen, Turid. Sportsboken 84-85 [The Sports Book 84-85] (in Norwegian). Hjemmets bokforlag A/S. ISBN 82-590-0091-1. (in Norwegian)
  2. "Wintersport Charts Weltcup World Cup Biathlon 1984". Wintersport Charts. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  3. "Statistiche Biathlon" [Statistics Biathlon]. Neve Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 22 October 2015. (in Italian) (registration required)
  4. "Tar et hvileår" [Takes a gap year]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 10 January 1985. Retrieved 28 April 2015. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  5. "Stafetten en eneste æresrunde" [The relay a lap of honour]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 12 March 1984. Retrieved 28 April 2015. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  6. Nils Petter Stenberg (7 January 1984). "Seks år siden sist!" [Six years since the last time!]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 1 November 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  7. "Resultatbørs – Skiskyting" [Results exchange – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 9 January 1984. Retrieved 1 November 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  8. Nils Petter Stenberg (9 January 1984). "Mildest talt svakt..." [Mildly speaking weak...]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 1 November 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  9. Thore-Erik Thoresen (8 March 1984). "Dramatikk til siste slutt" [Drama until the end]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 1 November 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
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