1984–85 Biathlon World Cup

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.

1984–85 World Cup
Discipline Men Women
Overall Frank-Peter Roetsch
Competition

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

*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
(After competition)		 Det.
1 10 January 1985 Minsk 20 km Individual Andrei Zenkov Juri Kashkarov Piotr Miloradov Andrei Zenkov [5][6][7][8]
1 12 January 1985 Minsk 10 km Sprint Juri Kashkarov Algimantas Shalna Kjell Søbak Juri Kashkarov [5][6][7][9]
2 17 January 1985 Oberhof 20 km Individual Peter Angerer Frank-Peter Roetsch Andrei Zenkov [5][6][7][10][11]
2 19 January 1985 Oberhof 10 km Sprint Frank-Peter Roetsch Alfred Eder Matthias Jacob [5][6][7][12][13]
3 24 January 1985 Antholz-Anterselva 20 km Individual Frank-Peter Roetsch Alfred Eder Herbert Fritzenwenger Frank-Peter Roetsch [5][6][7][14][15]
3 26 January 1985 Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Sprint Alfred Eder Peter Angerer Sergei Bulygin [5][6][7][16][17]
4 1 March 1985 Lahti 20 km Individual Sergei Antonov Frank-Peter Roetsch Juha Tella [5][6][7][18][19]
4 3 March 1985 Lahti 10 km Sprint Frank-Peter Roetsch Juri Kashkarov André Sehmisch [5][6][7][20][21]
5 7 March 1985 Oslo Holmenkollen 20 km Individual Peter Angerer André Sehmisch Frank-Peter Roetsch [5][6][7][22][23]
5 9 March 1985 Oslo Holmenkollen 10 km Sprint Frank-Peter Roetsch Sergei Antonov Alfred Eder [5][6][7][24][25]

Women
Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib
(After competition)		 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 Kaija Parve Sanna Grønlid Eva Korpela Detail
WC 24 February 1985 Egg am Etzel 5 km Sprint Sanna Grønlid Kaija Parve 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
   Frank-Peter Roetsch172
2. Juri Kashkarov141
3. Peter Angerer140
4. Alfred Eder138
5. Andrei Zenkov130
  • Final standings after 10 races.

[5][6][24]

Standings: Women

Overall
Pos. Points
   Sanna Grønlid110
2. Eva Korpela106
3. Kaija Parve104
4. Elena Golovina100
5. Siv Bråten94
  • Final standings after 8 races.

Achievements
First World/European Cup career victory
  •  Elena Golovina (URS), 23, in her 1st season — the EC 1 Individual in Minsk; it also was her first podium
  •  Andrei Zenkov (URS), in his 2nd season — the WC 1 Individual in Minsk; it also was his first podium
  •  Pam Nordheim (USA), in her 1st season — the EC 2 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva; it also was her first podium
  •  Alfred Eder (AUT), 31, in his 8th season — the WC 3 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva; first podium was 1979–80 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva
  •  Sergei Antonov (URS), in his 2nd season — the WC 4 Individual in Lahti; it also was his first podium
  •  Siv Bråten (NOR), in her 3rd season — the EC 3 Sprint in Lahti; first podium was 1982–83 Sprint in Lappeenranta
First World/European Cup podium
  •  Kaija Parve (URS), 20, in her 1st season — no. 2 in the EC 1 Individual in Minsk
  •  Tatiana Brylina (URS), in her 1st season — no. 3 in the EC 1 Individual in Minsk
  •  Herbert Fritzenwenger (FRG), 22, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 3 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva
  •  Valentina Mikhailova (BUL), in her 1st season — no. 2 in the EC 2 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva
  •  Pam Weiss (USA), in her 1st season — no. 3 in the EC 2 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva
  •  Sergei Bulygin (URS), 21, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 3 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva
  •  Juha Tella (FIN), 24, in his 2nd 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/European Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses)

Retirements

Following notable biathletes retired after the 1984–85 season:


Notes
1. 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. 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. 3 The Lahti Ski Museum has omitted Meloche from the list of results for some reason, but Aftenposten and the Sports Book includes her.

References
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  2. Thore-Erik Thoresen (26 January 1985). "Skøytingen gjør vondt" [The skating hurts]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 5 November 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  3. Thoresen, Thore-Erik (11 March 1985). "Avlysning gir 1,5 millioner i vær-forsikring" [Cancellation gives 1.5 million in weather insurance]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 8 November 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
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  9. "Bedring for skiskytterne" [Improvement for the biathletes]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 14 January 1985. Retrieved 5 November 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  10. Thore-Erik Thoresen (18 January 1985). "Jeg har aldri skutt bedre" [I have never shot better]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 5 November 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
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  14. "Resultatbørs – Hopp – Anterselva, Italia" [Results exchange – Ski jumping – Anterselva, Italy]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 25 January 1985. Retrieved 5 November 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
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