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1988–89 World Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Eirik Kvalfoss	Elena Golovina
Nations Cup	East Germany	Soviet Union
Individual	Alexandr Popov	Elena Golovina
Sprint	Eirik Kvalfoss	Elena Golovina
Competition
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The 1988–89 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 15 December 1988 in Albertville, France, and ended on 19 March 1989 in Steinkjer Municipality, Norway. It was the 12th season of the Biathlon World Cup.

Calendar

Below is the World Cup calendar for the 1988–89 season.

Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Team event	Relay
Albertville	15–18 December	●	●	●
Borovets	19–22 January	●	●		●
Ruhpolding	26–29 January	●	●		●
Feistritz	7–12 February	●	●	●	●
Hämeenlinna	2–5 March	●	●	●
Östersund	9–12 March	●	●		●
Steinkjer	16–19 March	●	●	●
Total		6	6	3	3

• 1989 World Championship races were not included in the 1988–89 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	15 December 1988	Albertville	20 km Individual	Birk Anders	Alexandr Popov	Frank-Peter Roetsch	Birk Anders
1	17 December 1988	Albertville	10 km Sprint	Frank Luck	Eirik Kvalfoss	Birk Anders
2	19 January 1989	Borovets	20 km Individual	Jan Matouš	Thierry Gerbier	Eirik Kvalfoss	Eirik Kvalfoss
2	21 January 1989	Borovets	10 km Sprint	Birk Anders	Ernst Reiter	Frank-Peter Roetsch
3	26 January 1989	Ruhpolding	20 km Individual	Sergei Bulygin	Alexandr Popov	Frank-Peter Roetsch	Frank-Peter Roetsch
3	28 January 1989	Ruhpolding	10 km Sprint	Frank-Peter Roetsch	Eirik Kvalfoss	Alexandr Popov
4	2 March 1989	Hämeenlinna	20 km Individual	Alexandr Popov	Eirik Kvalfoss	Sergei Tchepikov	Eirik Kvalfoss
4	4 March 1989	Hämeenlinna	10 km Sprint	Eirik Kvalfoss	Juri Kashkarov	Valeriy Medvedtsev
5	9 March 1989	Östersund	20 km Individual	Sergei Tchepikov	Valeriy Medvedtsev	Alexandr Popov
5	11 March 1989	Östersund	10 km Sprint	Johann Passler	Lars Wiklund	André Sehmisch
6	16 March 1989	Steinkjer	20 km Individual	Fritz Fischer	Alexandr Popov	Ernst Reiter
6	18 March 1989	Steinkjer	10 km Sprint	Fritz Fischer	Sergei Tchepikov	Thierry Gerbier

Women

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib (After competition)	Det.
1	15 December 1988	Les Saisies	15 km Individual	Mariya Manolova	Anne Elvebakk	Petra Schaaf	Mariya Manolova	Detail
1	17 December 1988	Les Saisies	7.5 km Sprint	Nadezhda Aleksieva	Natalia Prikazchikova	Tsvetana Krasteva		Detail
2	19 January 1989	Borovets	15 km Individual	Natalia Ivanova	Elena Golovina	Luiza Tcherepanova	Elena Golovina	Detail
2	21 January 1989	Borovets	7.5 km Sprint	Elena Golovina	Tsvetana Krasteva	Elin Kristiansen		Detail
3	26 January 1989	Ruhpolding	15 km Individual	Martina Stede	Natalia Prikazchikova	Elena Golovina		Detail
3	28 January 1989	Ruhpolding	7.5 km Sprint	Svetlana Davidova	Elena Golovina	Mariya Manolova		Detail
4	2 March 1989	Hämeenlinna	15 km Individual	Elena Golovina	Svetlana Davidova	Natalia Prikazchikova		Detail
4	4 March 1989	Hämeenlinna	7.5 km Sprint	Elena Golovina	Natalia Prikazchikova	Seija Hyytiäinen		Detail
5	9 March 1989	Östersund	15 km Individual	Iva Shkodreva	Tsvetana Krasteva	Svetlana Davidova		Detail
5	11 March 1989	Östersund	7.5 km Sprint	Natalia Prikazchikova	Anne Elvebakk	Tsvetana Krasteva		Detail
6	16 March 1989	Steinkjer	15 km Individual	Martina Stede	Mona Bollerud	Elin Kristiansen		Detail
6	18 March 1989	Steinkjer	7.5 km Sprint	Anne Elvebakk	Svetlana Davidova	Synnøve Thoresen		Detail

Men's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
1	18 December 1988	Albertville	Team event	East Germany Birk Anders André Sehmisch Frank-Peter Roetsch Frank Luck	Czechoslovakia Tomáš Kos Martin Rypl Jaroslav Pinc Jan Matouš	France Christian Dumont Thierry Gerbier Francis Mougel Hervé Flandin
2	22 January 1989	Borovets	4x7.5 km Relay	West Germany Ernst Reiter Alois Reiter Herbert Fritzenwenger Fritz Fischer	East Germany Frank Luck André Sehmisch Birk Anders Frank-Peter Roetsch	Czechoslovakia Tomáš Kos Martin Rypl Jan Matouš Jiří Holubec
3	29 January 1989	Ruhpolding	4x7.5 km Relay	East Germany Frank Luck André Sehmisch Frank-Peter Roetsch Birk Anders	Soviet Union Dmitry Vasilyev Sergei Tchepikov Alexandr Popov Valeriy Medvedtsev	West Germany Ernst Reiter Franz Wudy Herbert Fritzenwenger Fritz Fischer
4	5 March 1989	Hämeenlinna	Team event	Soviet Union Juri Kashkarov Valeriy Medvedtsev Sergei Tchepikov Anatoly Zhdanovich	Sweden Karl-Gunnar Grenemark Roger Westling Lars Wiklund Peter Sjoeden	France Francis Mougel Lionel Laurent Thierry Dusserre Hervé Flandin
5	12 March 1989	Östersund	4x7.5 km Relay	Soviet Union Juri Kashkarov Sergei Tchepikov Alexandr Popov Valeriy Medvedtsev	Norway Geir Einang Frode Løberg Gisle Fenne Eirik Kvalfoss	East Germany Frank Luck André Sehmisch Raik Dittrich Birk Anders
6	19 March 1989	Steinkjer	Team event	Norway Frode Løberg Geir Einang Gisle Fenne Eirik Kvalfoss	Italy Werner Kiem Andreas Zingerle Johann Passler Gottlieb Taschler	Soviet Union Juri Kashkarov Valeriy Medvedtsev Alexandr Popov Sergei Tchepikov

Women's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
2	22 January 1989	Borovets	3x6 km Relay	West Germany Martina Stede Dorina Pieper Petra Schaaf	Norway Synnøve Thoresen Elin Kristiansen Anne Elvebakk	Soviet Union Natalia Prikazchikova Tatiana Sharamtchevskaia Anna Kuzmina
3	29 January 1989	Ruhpolding	3x6 km Relay	Soviet Union Natalia Prikazchikova Svetlana Davidova Elena Golovina	Finland Tuija Vuoksiala Pirjo Mattila Seija Hyytiäinen	Bulgaria Cvetana Krasteva Nadezhda Aleksieva Mariya Manolova
5	12 March 1989	Östersund	3x6 km Relay	Soviet Union Natalia Prikazchikova Elena Golovina Svetlana Davidova	Bulgaria Cvetana Krasteva Iva Shkodreva Nadezhda Aleksieva	Norway Synnøve Thoresen Elin Kristiansen Anne Elvebakk

Standings: Men

Overall

Pos.		Points
1.	Eirik Kvalfoss	195
2.	Alexandr Popov	184
3.	Sergei Tchepikov	164
4.	Birk Anders	157
5.	Valeriy Medvedtsev	149

• Final standings after 12 races.

Individual Pos. Points 1. Alexandr Popov 108 2. Sergei Tchepikov 96 3. Eirik Kvalfoss 92 4. Fritz Fischer 80 5. Birk Anders 78 Final standings after 6 races.

Sprint Pos. Points 1. Eirik Kvalfoss 103 2. Valeriy Medvedtsev 80 3. Birk Anders 79 4. Alexandr Popov 76 5. André Sehmisch 75 Final standings after 6 races.

Nation Pos. Points 1.  East Germany 5655 2.  Soviet Union 5543 3.  West Germany 5328 4.  Italy 5254 5.  Austria 5063 Final standings after 15 races.

Standings: Women

Overall

Pos.		Points
1.	Elena Golovina	210
2.	Natalia Prikazchikova	187
3.	Svetlana Davidova	185
4.	Cvetana Krasteva	176
5.	Anne Elvebakk	165

• Final standings after 12 races.

Individual Pos. Points 1. Elena Golovina 102 2. Svetlana Davidova 92 3. Mona Bollerud 88 4. Elin Kristiansen 86 5. Mariya Manolova 84 Final standings after 6 races.

Sprint Pos. Points 1. Elena Golovina 108 2. Natalia Prikazchikova 104 3. Svetlana Davidova 93 4. Cvetana Krasteva 93 5. Anne Elvebakk 92 Final standings after 6 races.

Nation Pos. Points 1.  Soviet Union 6004 2.  Bulgaria 5231 3.  Norway 5228 4.  Finland 4980 5.  West Germany 4761 Final standings after 15 races.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	12	14	9	35
2	West Germany	6	1	3	10
3	East Germany	5	1	6	12
4	Bulgaria	3	3	4	10
5	Norway	2	8	5	15
6	Czechoslovakia	1	0	1	2
7	Italy	1	0	0	1
8	Finland	0	1	1	2
	France	0	1	1	2
10	Sweden	0	1	0	1
Totals (10 entries)		30	30	30	90

Achievements

Men

First World Cup career victory

•  Birk Anders (GDR), 21, in his 3rd season — the WC 1 Individual in Albertville; it also was his first podium
•  Frank Luck (GDR), 21, in his 3rd season — the WC 1 Sprint in Albertville; it also was his first podium
•  Sergei Bulygin (URS), 25, in his 7th season — the WC 3 Individual in Ruhpolding; first podium was the 1984–85 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva
•  Sergei Tchepikov (URS), 22, in his 3rd season — the WC 5 Individual in Östersund; first podium was the 1988–89 Individual in Hämeenlinna

First World Cup podium

•  Thierry Gerbier (FRA), 23, in his 4th season — no. 2 in the WC 2 Individual in Borovets
•  Sergei Tchepikov (URS), 22, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 4 Individual in Hämeenlinna
•  Lars Wiklund (SWE), in his 3rd season — no. 2 in the WC 5 Sprint in Östersund

Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses)

•  Fritz Fischer (FRG), 2 (7) first places
•  Birk Anders (GDR), 2 (2) first places
•  Frank-Peter Roetsch (GDR), 1 (10) first place
•  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR), 1 (10) first place
•  Jan Matouš (TCH), 1 (2) first place
•  Alexandr Popov (URS), 1 (2) first place
•  Johann Passler (ITA), 1 (2) first place
•  Frank Luck (GDR), 1 (1) first place
•  Sergei Bulygin (URS), 1 (1) first place
•  Sergei Tchepikov (URS), 1 (1) first place

Women

Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses)

•  Elena Golovina (URS), 3 (3) first places
•  Martina Stede (GER), 2 (2) first places
•  Mariya Manolova (BUL), 1 (1) first place
•  Nadezhda Aleksieva (BUL), 1 (1) first place
•  Natalia Ivanova (URS), 1 (1) first place
•  Svetlana Davidova (URS), 1 (1) first place
•  Iva Shkodreva (BUL), 1 (1) first place
•  Natalia Prikazchikova (URS), 1 (1) first place
•  Anne Elvebakk (NOR), 1 (1) first place

Retirements

The following notable biathletes retired after the 1988–89 season:

•  Juha Tella (FIN)
•  Ernst Reiter (FRG)
•  Herbert Fritzenwenger (FRG)
•  Stefan Höck (FRG)
•  Roger Westling (SWE)
•  Sergei Bulygin (URS)
•  Marie-Pierre Baby (FRA)
•  Mona Bollerud (NOR)
•  Natalia Prikazchikova (URS)

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