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1986–87 World Cup
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The 1986–87 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 18 December 1986 in Obertauern, Austria, and ended on 15 March 1987 in Lillehammer, Norway. It was the tenth season of the Biathlon World Cup. The first round of the World Cup was originally going to be held in Hochfilzen, Austria, but the races were moved to Obertauern due to a lack of snow.

Calendar

Below is the World Cup calendar for the 1986–87 season.

Location Date Individual Sprint Relay
Austria Obertauern 18–21 December ● ● ●
People's Republic of Bulgaria Borovets 8–11 January ● ● ●
Italy Antholz-Anterselva 15–18 January ● ● ●
West Germany Ruhpolding 22–25 January ● ● ●
United States Lake Placid 12–15 February ● ● ●
Canada Canmore 19–22 February ● ● ●
Norway Lillehammer 12–15 March ● ● ●
Total 7 7 7
  • 1987 World Championship races were not included in the 1986–87 World Cup scoring system.
  • 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 17 December 1986 Austria Hochfilzen 20 km Individual Soviet Union Valeriy Medvedtsev Czechoslovakia František Chládek Soviet Union Alexandr Popov Soviet Union Valeriy Medvedtsev
1 20 December 1986 Austria Hochfilzen 10 km Sprint Sweden Roger Westling East Germany Frank-Peter Roetsch Austria Franz Schuler
2 8 January 1987 Bulgaria Borovets 20 km Individual Czechoslovakia Jan Matouš West Germany Fritz Fischer Soviet Union Valeriy Medvedtsev
2 10 January 1987 Bulgaria Borovets 10 km Sprint West Germany Fritz Fischer Soviet Union Dmitry Vasilyev Soviet Union Valeriy Medvedtsev
3 15 January 1987 Italy Antholz-Anterselva 20 km Individual East Germany Frank-Peter Roetsch Soviet Union Alexandr Popov Soviet Union Anatoly Zhdanovich West Germany Fritz Fischer
3 17 January 1987 Italy Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Sprint Soviet Union Alexandr Popov East Germany Frank-Peter Roetsch Soviet Union Dmitry Vasilyev
4 22 January 1987 West Germany Ruhpolding 20 km Individual Soviet Union Andrei Zenkov West Germany Fritz Fischer West Germany Ernst Reiter
4 24 January 1987 West Germany Ruhpolding 10 km Sprint West Germany Fritz Fischer Czechoslovakia Jan Matouš Norway Eirik Kvalfoss
5 19 February 1987 Canada Canmore 20 km Individual Soviet Union Valeriy Medvedtsev East Germany Matthias Jacob East Germany André Sehmisch
5 21 February 1987 Canada Canmore 10 km Sprint Soviet Union Alexandr Popov
Soviet Union Juri Kashkarov
 West Germany Peter Angerer East Germany Frank-Peter Roetsch
6 12 March 1987 Norway Lillehammer 20 km Individual East Germany Matthias Jacob East Germany Frank-Peter Roetsch East Germany André Sehmisch
6 14 March 1987 Norway Lillehammer 10 km Sprint West Germany Peter Angerer East Germany André Sehmisch East Germany Frank-Peter Roetsch

Standings: Men

Overall

Pos. Points
1. East Germany Frank-Peter Roetsch 188
2. West Germany Fritz Fischer 183
3. Czechoslovakia Jan Matouš 166
4. Soviet Union Valeriy Medvedtsev 163
5. Soviet Union Alexandr Popov 154
  • Final standings after 12 races.

Achievements

First World Cup career victory
  •  Roger Westling (SWE), 25, in his 5th season — the WC 1 Sprint in Obertauern; it also was his first podium
  •  Jan Matouš (TCH), 25, in his 5th season — the WC 2 Individual in Borovets; first podium was 1985–86 Individual in Lahti
  •  Alexandr Popov (URS), 21, in his 2nd season — the WC 3 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva; first podium was 1986–87 Individual in Obertauern
First World Cup podium
  •  František Chládek (TCH), 28, — no. 2 in the WC 1 Individual in Obertauern
  •  Alexandr Popov (URS), 21, in his 2nd season — no. 3 in the WC 1 Individual in Obertauern
  •  Franz Schuler (AUT), 24, in his 5th season — no. 3 in the WC 1 Sprint in Obertauern
  •  Ernst Reiter (FRG), 24, in his 4th season — no. 3 in the WC 4 Individual in Ruhpolding
Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses)

Retirements

Following notable biathletes retired after the 1986–87 season:

Notes

1. The Wintersport source places Finland 3rd, but after the fifth round of the World Cup, they were at ninth. And so it seems more logical that the Soviet Union placed 3rd as they were at second place before the last World Cup at Lillehammer in which the Soviets did not participate.

References

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  2. ^ Knut E. Holm. Sportsboken 87-88 [The Sports Book 87-88] (in Norwegian). Sportsboken A/S. ISBN 82-90773-00-5. (in Norwegian)
  3. ^ "Wintersport Charts Weltcup World Cup Biathlon 1987". Wintersport Charts. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  4. ^ "Statistiche Biathlon" [Statistics Biathlon]. Neve Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 22 October 2015. (in Italian) (registration required)
  5. "Skiskyting" [Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 19 December 1986. Retrieved 8 December 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  6. "World Cup 1 - Hochfilzen/Obertauern (AUT) – Men 20 km Individual". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  7. "Sport i navn og tall – Skiskyting" [Sport in name and numbers – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 22 December 1986. Retrieved 8 December 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  8. "World Cup 1 - Hochfilzen/Obertauern (AUT) – Men 10 km Sprint". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  9. "Sport i navn og tall – Skiskyting" [Sport in name and numbers – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 9 January 1987. Retrieved 8 December 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  10. "World Cup 2 - Borovetz (BUL) – Men 20 km Individual". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  11. "Sport i navn og tall – Skiskyting" [Sport in name and numbers – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 12 January 1987. Retrieved 8 December 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
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  14. "World Cup 3 - Antholz-Anterselva (ITA) – Men 20 km Individual". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  15. "Sport i navn og tall – Skiskyting" [Sport in name and numbers – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 19 January 1987. Retrieved 8 December 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  16. "World Cup 3 - Antholz-Anterselva (ITA) – Men 10 km Sprint". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  17. "Sport i navn og tall – Skiskyting" [Sport in name and numbers – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 23 January 1987. Retrieved 8 December 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  18. "World Cup 4 - Ruhpolding (GER) – Men 20 km Individual". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  19. "Sport i navn og tall – Skiskyting" [Sport in name and numbers – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 26 January 1987. Retrieved 8 December 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  20. "World Cup 4 - Ruhpolding (GER) – Men 10 km Sprint". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  21. "World Cup 5 - Canmore (CAN) – Men 20 km Individual". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  22. "World Cup 5 - Canmore (CAN) – Men 10 km Sprint". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  23. "Sport i navn og tall – Skiskyting" [Sport in name and numbers – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 13 March 1987. Retrieved 8 December 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
  24. ^ "Resultatbørs – Skiskyting" [Results exchange – Biathlon]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 16 March 1987. Retrieved 8 December 2014. (in Norwegian) (subscription required)
Biathlon World Cup seasons
1986–87 World Cup seasons in the winter sports
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