1980–81 Biathlon World Cup

1980–81 World Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Frank Ullrich
Competition
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The 1980–81 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 January 1981 in Jáchymov, Czechoslovakia, and ended on 5 April 1981 in Hedenäset, Sweden. It was the fourth season of the Biathlon World Cup, and it was only held for men.

Below is the World Cup calendar for the 1980–81 season.^[1][2][3]

Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Relay
Jáchymov	15–17 January	●	●	●
Antholz-Anterselva	22–25 January	●	●	●
Ruhpolding	29 January–1 February	●	●	●
Lahti	12–15 February	●	●	●
Hedenäset	2–5 April	●	●	●
Total		5	5	5

*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	15 January 1981	Jáchymov	20 km Individual	Terje Krokstad	Viktor Tsiunel	Jaromír Šimůnek	Terje Krokstad	Detail
1	16 January 1981	Jáchymov	10 km Sprint	Kjell Søbak	Viktor Avdeyev	Hans Åhman	Kjell Søbak	Detail
2	22 January 1981	Antholz-Anterselva	20 km Individual	Eirik Kvalfoss	Toivo Mäkikyrö	Anatoly Alyabyev		Detail
2	24 January 1981	Antholz-Anterselva	10 km Sprint	Anatoly Alyabyev	Piotr Miloradov	Bernd Hellmich	Anatoly Alyabyev	Detail
3	28 January 1981	Ruhpolding	20 km Individual	Vladimir Alikin	Frank Ullrich	Anatoly Alyabyev		Detail
3	31 January 1981	Ruhpolding	10 km Sprint	Frank Ullrich	Peter Angerer	Eirik Kvalfoss		Detail
WC	12 February 1981	Lahti	20 km Individual	Heikki Ikola	Frank Ullrich	Erkki Antila	Frank Ullrich	Detail
WC	14 February 1981	Lahti	10 km Sprint	Frank Ullrich	Erkki Antila	Yvon Mougel		Detail
4	2 April 1981	Hedenäset	20 km Individual	Fritz Fischer	Peter Angerer	Franz Bernreiter		Detail
4	4 April 1981	Hedenäset	10 km Sprint	Eirik Kvalfoss	Peter Angerer	Fritz Fischer		Detail

Pos.		Points
1.	Frank Ullrich	140
2.	Anatoly Alyabyev	130
3.	Kjell Søbak	128
4.	Eirik Kvalfoss	120
5.	Peter Angerer	117

• Final standings after 10 races.

First World Cup career victory

•  Terje Krokstad (NOR), 24, in his 4th season — the WC 1 Individual in Jáchymov; first podium was 1978–79 Individual in Jáchymov
•  Kjell Søbak (NOR), 23, in his 3rd season — the WC 1 Sprint in Jáchymov; first podium was 1978–79 Individual in Sodankylä
•  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR), 21, in his 1st season — the WC 2 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva; it also was his first podium
•  Vladimir Alikin (URS), 23, in his 3rd season — the WC 3 Individual in Ruhpolding; first podium was 1978–79 Individual in Bardufoss
•  Heikki Ikola (FIN), 33, in his 4th season — the World Championships Individual in Lahti; first podium was 1977–78 Sprint in Sodankylä
•  Fritz Fischer (FRG), 24, in his 2nd season — the WC 4 Individual in Hedenäset; it also was his first podium

First World Cup podium

•  Viktor Ciunkel (URS) — no. 2 in the WC 1 Individual in Jáchymov
•  Jaromír Šimůnek (TCH), 25, in his 4th season — no. 3 in the WC 1 Individual in Jáchymov; it also was the first podium for a Czechoslovakian biathlete
•  Viktor Avdejev (URS), in his 3rd season — no. 2 in the WC 1 Sprint in Jáchymov
•  Hans Åhman (SWE), 28, in his 2nd season — no. 3 in the WC 1 Sprint in Jáchymov; it also was the first podium for a Swedishbiathlete
•  Toivo Mäkikyrö (FIN), 23, in his 1st season — no. 2 in the WC 2 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva
•  Pjotr Miloradov (URS) — no. 2 in the WC 2 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva
•  Bernd Hellmich (GDR), 22, in his 1st season — no. 3 in the WC 2 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva
•  Peter Angerer (FRG), 21, in his 2nd season — no. 2 in the WC 3 Sprint in Ruhpolding
•  Erkki Antila (FIN), 26, in his 4th season — no. 3 in the World Championships Individual in Lahti
•  Franz Bernreiter (FRG), 27, in his 2nd season — no. 3 in the WC 4 Individual in Hedenäset

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

•  Frank Ullrich (GDR), 2 (10) first places
•  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR), 2 (2) first places
•  Anatoly Alyabyev (URS), 1 (2) first place
•  Terje Krokstad (NOR), 1 (1) first place
•  Kjell Søbak (NOR), 1 (1) first place
•  Vladimir Alikin (URS), 1 (1) first place
•  Heikki Ikola (FIN), 1 (1) first place
•  Fritz Fischer (FRG), 1 (1) first place

Following notable biathletes retired after the 1980–81 season:

•  Eberhard Rösch (GDR)
•  Sigleif Johansen (NOR)