1989–90 Biathlon World Cup

The 1989–90 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 December 1989 in Obertilliach, Austria, and ended on 18 March 1990 in Kontiolahti, Finland. It was the 13th season of the Biathlon World Cup.

1989–90 World Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Sergei Tchepikov	Jiřina Adamičková
Nations Cup	Soviet Union	Soviet Union
Individual	Sergei Tchepikov	Elena Golovina
Sprint	Juri Kashkarov	Jiřina Adamičková
Competition
←1988–89 1990–91→

Originally, the World Championships were to be held in Minsk. However, due to a lack of snow, only the individual competitions could be held, and the team, sprint and relay races were moved to Holmenkollen.^[1] This caused the UIPMB to declare the World Championship races as counting towards the World Cup.^[2] On the last day in Holmenkollen, the men's relay was cancelled during the last leg due to fog; it was subsequently moved to Kontiolahti.^[3]

Calendar

Below is the World Cup calendar for the 1989–90 season.^[4][5][6]

Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Team event	Relay
Obertilliach	14–17 December	● [4][5][6][7]	● [4][5][6][8]	●
Antholz-Anterselva	18–21 January	● [4][5][6][9]	● [4][5][6][10][11]		●
Ruhpolding	25–28 January	● [4][5][6][12]	● [4][5][6][13]		●
Walchsee	7–12 February	● [4][5][6][14]	● [4][5][6][15]		●
Minsk	2–5 March	● [4][16]
Holmenkollen	8–11 March		● [4][5][6][17][18]	●
Kontiolahti	15–18 March	● [4][5][6][19]	● [4][5][6][20]		●
Total		6	6	2	4

• 1991 World Championship races were not included in the 1990–91 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	14 December 1989	Obertilliach	20 km Individual	André Sehmisch	Valeriy Medvedtsev	Sergei Bulygin	André Sehmisch	[4][5][6][21]
1	16 December 1989	Obertilliach	10 km Sprint	Birk Anders	Sergei Tarasov	Eirik Kvalfoss	Valeriy Medvedtsev	[4][5][6][22]
2	19 January 1990	Antholz-Anterselva	10 km Sprint	Juri Kashkarov	Sergei Tchepikov	Eirik Kvalfoss	Eirik Kvalfoss	[4][5][6][23]
2	20 January 1990	Antholz-Anterselva	20 km Individual	Anders Mannelqvist	Andreas Zingerle	Eirik Kvalfoss		[4][5][6][10][11]
3	25 January 1990	Ruhpolding	10 km Sprint	Juri Kashkarov	Birk Anders	Valeriy Medvedtsev		[4][5][6][24]
3	27 January 1990	Ruhpolding	20 km Individual	Sergei Tchepikov	Frank Luck	Thierry Gerbier		[4][5][6][13]
4	1 February 1990	Walchsee	20 km Individual	Birk Anders	Frode Løberg	Eirik Kvalfoss		[4][5][6][25]
4	3 February 1990	Walchsee	10 km Sprint	Juri Kashkarov	Frank Luck	Mark Kirchner		[4][5][6][15]
WC	20 February 1990	Minsk	20 km Individual	Valeriy Medvedtsev	Sergei Tchepikov	Anatoly Zhdanovich		[4][26]
WC	22 February 1990	Minsk	10 km Sprint	Cancelled, held later on in Oslo Holmenkollen				N/A
5	6 March 1990	Oslo Holmenkollen	20 km Individual	Cancelled, held earlier on in Minsk				N/A
WC	10 March 1990	Oslo Holmenkollen	10 km Sprint	Mark Kirchner	Eirik Kvalfoss	Sergei Tchepikov		[4][5][6][27][28]
6	15 March 1990	Kontiolahti	20 km Individual	Eirik Kvalfoss	Sergei Tchepikov	André Sehmisch		[4][5][6][29]
6	17 March 1990	Kontiolahti	10 km Sprint	Andreas Zingerle	Franz Schuler	André Sehmisch	Sergei Tchepikov	[4][5][6][20]

Women

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib (After competition)	Det.
1	14 December 1989	Obertilliach	15 km Individual	Elena Golovina	Elena Batsevitch	Luiza Tcherepanova	Elena Golovina	Detail
1	16 December 1989	Obertilliach	7.5 km Sprint	Jiřina Adamičková	Svetlana Davidova	Svetlana Panyutina	Jiřina Adamičková	Detail
2	19 January 1990	Antholz-Anterselva	7.5 km Sprint	Jiřina Adamičková	Svetlana Panyutina	Seija Hyytiäinen		Detail
2	20 January 1990	Antholz-Anterselva	15 km Individual	Tsvetana Krasteva	Anne Elvebakk	Inger Björkbom		Detail
3	25 January 1990	Ruhpolding	15 km Individual	Elena Golovina	Svetlana Davidova	Svetlana Paramygina		Detail
3	27 January 1990	Ruhpolding	7.5 km Sprint	Jiřina Adamičková	Anne Elvebakk	Mariya Manolova		Detail
4	1 February 1990	Walchsee	15 km Individual	Iva Shkodreva	Myriam Bédard	Inga Kesper		Detail
4	3 February 1990	Walchsee	7.5 km Sprint	Jiřina Adamičková	Anna Sonnerup	Dorina Pieper		Detail
5	6 March 1990	Oslo Holmenkollen	15 km Individual	Svetlana Davidova	Elena Golovina	Petra Schaaf		Detail
5	10 March 1990	Oslo Holmenkollen	7.5 km Sprint	Anne Elvebakk	Svetlana Davidova	Elin Kristiansen		Detail
6	15 March 1990	Kontiolahti	15 km Individual	Jiřina Adamičková	Elena Belova	Dorina Pieper		Detail
6	17 March 1990	Kontiolahti	7.5 km Sprint	Anne Elvebakk	Tsvetana Krasteva	Elena Belova		Detail

Men's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
1	17 December 1989	Obertilliach[5]	4x7.5 km Relay	East Germany Frank Luck André Sehmisch Mark Kirchner Birk Anders	Soviet Union Sergei Bulygin Sergei Tarasov Valeriy Medvedtsev Sergei Tchepikov	Italy Pieralberto Carrara Wilfried Pallhuber Johann Passler Andreas Zingerle
2	21 January 1990	Antholz[4][5][10][11]	4x7.5 km Relay	France Gilles Marguet Thierry Gerbier Christian Dumont Hervé Flandin	Norway Geir Einang Dag Bjørndalen Gisle Fenne Eirik Kvalfoss	Soviet Union Anatoly Zhdanovich Juri Kashkarov Valeriy Medvedtsev Sergei Tchepikov
3	28 January 1990	Ruhpolding[4][5][13][30]	4x7.5 km Relay	Soviet Union Valeriy Noskov Juri Kashkarov Valeriy Medvedtsev Sergei Tchepikov	Norway Geir Einang Frode Løberg Gisle Fenne Eirik Kvalfoss	East Germany Frank Luck André Sehmisch Raik Dittrich Birk Anders
4	4 February 1990	Walchsee[4][5][15]	4x7.5 km Relay	East Germany Frank Luck André Sehmisch Mark Kirchner Birk Anders	Soviet Union Valeriy Noskov Sergei Loshkin Gennady Karpinkin Sergei Bulygin	Czechoslovakia Tomáš Kos Jiří Holubec Petr Garabík Jan Matouš
WC	8 March 1990	Oslo Holmenkollen	Team event	East Germany Raik Dittrich Mark Kirchner Birk Anders Frank Luck	Czechoslovakia Tomáš Kos Ivan Masařík Jiří Holubec Jan Matouš	France Christian Dumont Stéphane Bouthiaux Hervé Flandin Thierry Gerbier
WC	18 March 1990	Kontiolahti[4][5][20][31]	4x7.5 km Relay	Italy Pieralberto Carrara Wilfried Pallhuber Johann Passler Andreas Zingerle	France Christian Dumont Xavier Blond Hervé Flandin Thierry Gerbier	East Germany Frank Luck André Sehmisch Mark Kirchner Birk Anders

Women's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
1	17 December 1989	Obertilliach[5]	3x6 km Relay	Soviet Union Elena Batsevich Svetlana Davidova Elena Golovina	Bulgaria Cvetana Krasteva Mariya Manolova Iva Shkodreva	West Germany Dorina Pieper Inga Kesper Petra Schaaf
2	21 January 1990	Antholz[4][5][10][11]	3x6 km Relay	Finland Tuija Vuoksiala Pirjo Mattila Seija Hyytiäinen	Norway Synnøve Thoresen Åse Idland Anne Elvebakk	Bulgaria Cvetana Krasteva Mariya Manolova Iva Shkodreva
3	28 January 1990	Ruhpolding[4][5][13][32]	3x6 km Relay	Soviet Union Svetlana Panyutina Elena Golovina Svetlana Davidova	Bulgaria Cvetana Krasteva Iva Shkodreva Mariya Manolova	Finland Tuija Vuoksiala Pirjo Mattila Seija Hyytiäinen
4	4 February 1990	Walchsee[4][5][15]	3x6 km Relay	Soviet Union Svetlana Davidova Elena Golovina Svetlana Paramygina	West Germany Inga Kesper Dorina Pieper Petra Schaaf	Bulgaria Mariya Manolova Iva Shkodreva Nadezhda Aleksieva
5	18 March 1990	Oslo[4][5][20][33]	3x6 km Relay	Soviet Union Elena Batsevich Elena Golovina Svetlana Davidova	Norway Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo Anne Elvebakk Elin Kristiansen	Finland Tuija Vuoksiala Seija Hyytiäinen Pirjo Mattila

Standings: Men

^[4][5][20]

Overall

Pos.		Points
1.	Sergei Tchepikov	196
2.	Eirik Kvalfoss	192
3.	Valeriy Medvedtsev	161
4.	Frank Luck	160
5.	Andreas Zingerle	159

• Final standings after 12 races.

Individual Pos. Points 1. Sergei Tchepikov 103 2. Eirik Kvalfoss 98 3. André Sehmisch 89 4. Andreas Zingerle 87 5. Valeriy Medvedtsev 85 Final standings after 6 races.

Sprint Pos. Points 1. Juri Kashkarov 105 2. Birk Anders 94 3. Eirik Kvalfoss 94 4. Sergei Tchepikov 93 5. Frank Luck 80 Final standings after 6 races.

Nation Pos. Points 1.  Soviet Union 5591 2.  East Germany 5577 3.  Italy 5498 4.  Norway 5333 5.  France 5278 Final standings after 16 races.

Standings: Women

^[4][5][20]

Overall

Pos.		Points
1.	Jiřina Adamičková	213
2.	Anne Elvebakk	183
3.	Elena Golovina	181
4.	Cvetana Krasteva	159
5.	Svetlana Davidova	154

• Final standings after 12 races.

Individual Pos. Points 1. Elena Golovina 103 2. Jiřina Adamičková 93 3. Elena Batsevich 86 4. Cvetana Krasteva 81 5. Anne Elvebakk 80 Final standings after 6 races.

Sprint Pos. Points 1. Jiřina Adamičková 120 2. Anne Elvebakk 103 3. Svetlana Davidova 84 4. Svetlana Panyutina 84 5. Elena Golovina 78 Final standings after 6 races.

Nation Pos. Points 1.  Soviet Union 5476 2.  Finland 5465 3.  West Germany 5244 4.  Bulgaria 5221 5.  Norway 5201 Final standings after 16 races.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	13	14	9	36
2	East Germany	6	3	5	14
3	Czechoslovakia	5	0	1	6
4	Norway	3	8	5	16
5	Bulgaria	2	3	3	8
6	Italy	2	1	1	4
7	France	1	1	1	3
8	Finland	1	0	3	4
9	Sweden	1	0	1	2
10	West Germany	0	1	5	6
11	Austria	0	1	0	1
	Canada	0	1	0	1
	United States	0	1	0	1
Totals (13 entries)		34	34	34	102

Achievements

Men

First World Cup career victory

•  Anders Mannelqvist (SWE), 25, in his 5th season — the WC 2 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva; it also was his first podium
•  Mark Kirchner (GDR), 19, in his 1st season — the World Championships Sprint in Holmenkollen; first podium was the 1989–90 Sprint in Walchsee
•  Andreas Zingerle (ITA), 28, in his 9th season — the WC 5 Sprint in Kontiolahti; first podium was the 1985–86 Individual in Lahti

First World Cup podium

•  Sergei Tarasov (URS), 24, in his 1st season — no. 2 in the WC 1 Sprint in Obertilliach
•  Frode Løberg (NOR), 27, in his 4th season — no. 2 in the WC 4 Individual in Walchsee
•  Mark Kirchner (GDR), 19, in his 1st season — no. 3 in the WC 4 Sprint in Walchsee

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

•  Juri Kashkarov (URS), 3 (6) first places
•  Birk Anders (GDR), 2 (4) first places
•  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR), 1 (11) first place
•  Valeriy Medvedtsev (URS), 1 (4) first place
•  André Sehmisch (GDR), 1 (2) first place
•  Sergei Tchepikov (URS), 1 (2) first place
•  Anders Mannelqvist (SWE), 1 (1) first place
•  Mark Kirchner (GDR), 1 (1) first place
•  Andreas Zingerle (ITA), 1 (1) first place

Women

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

•  Jiřina Adamičková (TCH), 5 (5) first places
•  Elena Golovina (URS), 2 (5) first places
•  Anne Elvebakk (NOR), 2 (3) first places
•  Iva Shkodreva (BUL), 1 (2) first place
•  Svetlana Davidova (URS), 1 (2) first place
•  Cvetana Krasteva (BUL), 1 (1) first place

Retirements

Following notable biathletes retired after the 1989–90 season:

•  Vladimir Velichkov (BUL)
•  Birk Anders (GDR)
•  Cvetana Krasteva (BUL)
•  Helga Øvsthus (NOR)

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