1986–87 Biathlon World Cup

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1986–87 World Cup
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Overall Flag of East Germany.svg Frank-Peter Roetsch
Nations Cup Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany
Competition

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. [1]

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Calendar

Below is the World Cup calendar for the 1986–87 season. [2] [3] [4]

LocationDateIndividualSprintRelay
Flag of Austria.svg Obertauern 18–21 December●●●
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg Borovets 8–11 January●●●
Flag of Italy.svg Antholz-Anterselva 15–18 January●●●
Flag of Germany.svg Ruhpolding 22–25 January●●●
Flag of the United States.svg Lake Placid 12–15 February●●●
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canmore 19–22 February●●●
Flag of Norway.svg Lillehammer 12–15 March●●●
Total777

World Cup Podium

Men

StageDatePlaceDisciplineWinnerSecondThirdYellow bib
(After competition)		Det.
117 December 1986 Flag of Austria.svg Hochfilzen 20 km Individual Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Valeriy Medvedtsev Flag of the Czech Republic.svg František Chládek Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Alexandr Popov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Valeriy Medvedtsev [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
120 December 1986 Flag of Austria.svg Hochfilzen 10 km Sprint Flag of Sweden.svg Roger Westling Flag of East Germany.svg Frank-Peter Roetsch Flag of Austria.svg Franz Schuler [2] [3] [4] [7] [8]
28 January 1987 Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg Borovets 20 km Individual Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Matouš Flag of Germany.svg Fritz Fischer Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Valeriy Medvedtsev [2] [3] [4] [9] [10]
210 January 1987 Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg Borovets 10 km Sprint Flag of Germany.svg Fritz Fischer Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Dmitry Vasilyev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Valeriy Medvedtsev [2] [3] [4] [11] [12]
315 January 1987 Flag of Italy.svg Antholz-Anterselva 20 km Individual Flag of East Germany.svg Frank-Peter Roetsch Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Alexandr Popov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Anatoly Zhdanovich Flag of Germany.svg Fritz Fischer [2] [3] [4] [13] [14]
317 January 1987 Flag of Italy.svg Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Sprint Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Alexandr Popov Flag of East Germany.svg Frank-Peter Roetsch Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Dmitry Vasilyev [15] [2] [3] [4] [16]
422 January 1987 Flag of Germany.svg Ruhpolding 20 km Individual Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Andrei Zenkov Flag of Germany.svg Fritz Fischer Flag of Germany.svg Ernst Reiter [3] [4] [17] [18]
424 January 1987 Flag of Germany.svg Ruhpolding 10 km Sprint Flag of Germany.svg Fritz Fischer Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Matouš Flag of Norway.svg Eirik Kvalfoss [2] [3] [4] [19] [20]
519 February 1987 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canmore 20 km Individual Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Valeriy Medvedtsev Flag of East Germany.svg Matthias Jacob Flag of East Germany.svg André Sehmisch [2] [3] [4] [21]
521 February 1987 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canmore 10 km Sprint Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Alexandr Popov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Juri Kashkarov
Flag of Germany.svg Peter Angerer Flag of East Germany.svg Frank-Peter Roetsch [2] [3] [4] [22]
612 March 1987 Flag of Norway.svg Lillehammer 20 km Individual Flag of East Germany.svg Matthias Jacob Flag of East Germany.svg Frank-Peter Roetsch Flag of East Germany.svg André Sehmisch [2] [3] [4] [23]
614 March 1987 Flag of Norway.svg Lillehammer 10 km Sprint Flag of Germany.svg Peter Angerer Flag of East Germany.svg André Sehmisch Flag of East Germany.svg Frank-Peter Roetsch [2] [3] [4] [24]

Standings: Men

Overall

Pos.Points
1. Flag of East Germany.svg Frank-Peter Roetsch 188
2. Flag of Germany.svg Fritz Fischer 183
3. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Matouš 166
4. Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Valeriy Medvedtsev 163
5. Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Alexandr Popov 154

[2] [3] [24]

Achievements

First World Cup career victory
First World Cup podium
Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses)

Retirements

Following notable biathletes retired after the 1986–87 season:

Notes

1. 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.

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