1981–82 Biathlon World Cup

Biathlon competition

The 1981–82 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 14 January 1982 in Egg am Etzel, Switzerland, and ended on 7 March 1982 in Lahti, Finland. It was the fifth season of the Biathlon World Cup, and it was only held for men.

Calendar

Below is the World Cup calendar for the 1981–82 season.

Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Relay
Egg am Etzel	14–17 January	●	●	●
Antholz-Anterselva	21–24 January	●	●	●
Ruhpolding	28–30 January	●	●
Minsk	10–14 February	●	●	●
Lahti	5–7 March	●	●
Total		5	5	4

*The relays were technically unofficial races as they did not count towards anything in the World Cup.

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib (After competition)	Det.
1	14 January 1982	Egg am Etzel	20 km Individual	Svein Engen	Walter Pichler	Fritz Fischer	Svein Engen	Detail
1	16 January 1982	Egg am Etzel	10 km Sprint	Frank Ullrich	Matthias Jacob	Fritz Fischer	Frank Ullrich	Detail
2	21 January 1982	Antholz-Anterselva	20 km Individual	Andreas Göthel	Matthias Jacob	Bernd Hellmich		Detail
2	23 January 1982	Antholz-Anterselva	10 km Sprint	Frank Ullrich	Kjell Søbak	Matthias Jacob		Detail
3	28 January 1982	Ruhpolding	20 km Individual	Frank Ullrich	Sergei Bulygin	Matthias Jacob		Detail
3	30 January 1982	Ruhpolding	10 km Sprint	Matthias Jacob	Tapio Piipponen	Kjell Søbak		Detail
WC	10 February 1982	Minsk	20 km Individual	Frank Ullrich	Eirik Kvalfoss	Terje Krokstad		Detail
WC	13 February 1982	Minsk	10 km Sprint	Eirik Kvalfoss	Frank Ullrich	Vladimir Alikin		Detail
4	5 March 1982	Lahti	20 km Individual	Kjell Søbak	Odd Lirhus	Fritz Fischer		Detail
4	6 March 1982	Lahti	10 km Sprint	Matthias Jacob	Odd Lirhus	Kjell Søbak		Detail

Svein Engen (NOR), 28, in his 5th season — the WC 1 Individual in Egg am Etzel; first podium was 1977–78 Individual in Sodankylä
Andreas Göthel (GDR), 23, in his 1st season — the WC 2 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva; it also was his first podium
Matthias Jacob (GDR), 21, in his 3rd season — the WC 3 Sprint in Ruhpolding; first podium was 1979–80 Individual in Ruhpolding

Walter Pichler (FRG), 22, in his 1st season — no. 2 in the WC 1 Individual in Egg am Etzel
Viktor Bulygin (URS), in his 1st season — no. 2 in the WC 3 Individual in Ruhpolding
Taipio Piipponen (FIN), 24, in his 3rd season — no. 2 in the WC 3 Sprint in Ruhpolding

Following notable biathletes retired after the 1981–82 season:

Holm, Knut E. Sportsboken 82-83 [The Sports Book 82-83] (in Norwegian). Oslo: Hjemmets bokforlag A/S. ISBN 82-7001-942-9. (in Norwegian)
"Wintersport Charts Weltcup World Cup Biathlon 1982". Wintersport Charts. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
"Statistiche Biathlon" [Statistics Biathlon]. Neve Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 22 October 2015. (in Italian) (registration required)

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