1987–88 Biathlon World Cup

The 1987–88 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 17 December 1987 in Hochfilzen, Austria, and ended on 20 March 1988 in Jyväskylä, Finland. It was the 11th season of the Biathlon World Cup. The women's European Cup changed its name to World Cup.

1987–88 World Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Fritz Fischer	Anne Elvebakk
Nations Cup	West Germany	Bulgaria
Competition
←1986–87 1988–89→

The first round of the World Cup in Hochfilzen had scheduled individuals, sprints and relays, but the sprints and relays were cancelled due to heavy rainfall destroying the tracks.^[1] The sprint races were later held in Keuruu, with the rest of that World Cup round being held in Jyväskylä.

Calendar

Below is the World Cup calendar for the 1987–88 season.^[2][3][4]

Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Relay
Hochfilzen	17 December	●
Antholz-Anterselva	21–24 January	●	●	●
Ruhpolding	28–31 January	●	●	●
Calgary	20–26 February	●	●	●
Chamonix	29 February–6 March	●	●	●
Holmenkollen	10–13 March	●	●	●
Keuruu and Jyväskylä	15–20 March	●	●●	●
Total (each)		6	6	5

• 1988 Winter Olympics and 1988 World Championship races were not included in the 1987–88 World Cup scoring system.
  • The men competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics whilst the women competed at the 1988 World Championships.
• 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	17 December 1987	Hochfilzen	20 km Individual	Fritz Fischer	Alexandr Popov	Johann Passler	Fritz Fischer	[2][3][4][5][6]
1	19 December 1987	Hochfilzen	10 km Sprint	Cancelled, held later on in Keuruu				N/A
2	21 January 1988	Antholz-Anterselva	10 km Sprint	Frank-Peter Roetsch	Eirik Kvalfoss	Andreas Zingerle	Johann Passler	[2][3][4][7][8]
2	23 January 1988	Antholz-Anterselva	20 km Individual	Johann Passler	Fritz Fischer	Hervé Flandin		[2][3][4][9][10]
3	28 January 1988	Ruhpolding	20 km Individual	Ernst Reiter	Andreas Zingerle	Jan Matouš	Fritz Fischer	[2][3][4][11]
3	30 January 1988	Ruhpolding	10 km Sprint	Stefan Höck	Johann Passler	Peter Angerer	Johann Passler	[2][3][4][12][13]
4	11 March 1988	Oslo Holmenkollen	20 km Individual	Gisle Fenne	Sergei Antonov	Andreas Zingerle	Fritz Fischer	[2][3][4][14][15]
4	12 March 1988	Oslo Holmenkollen	10 km Sprint	Frank-Peter Roetsch	Peter Angerer	Geir Einang		[2][3][4][16][17]
5	15 March 1988	Keuruu	10 km Sprint	Eirik Kvalfoss	Vladimir Drachev	Fritz Fischer		[2][3][4][18]
6	18 March 1988	Jyväskylä	20 km Individual	Eirik Kvalfoss	Sergei Antonov	Alfred Eder		[2][3][4][19][20]
6	19 March 1988	Jyväskylä	10 km Sprint	Franz Schuler	Eirik Kvalfoss	Alfred Eder		[2][3][4][21][22]

Women

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib (After competition)	Det.
1	17 December 1987	Hochfilzen	10 km Individual	Anne Elvebakk	Eva Korpela	Siri Grundnes	Anne Elvebakk	Detail
1	19 December 1987	Hochfilzen	5 km Sprint	Synnøve Thoresen	Nadezhda Aleksieva	Tuija Vuoksiala		Detail
2	21 January 1988	Antholz-Anterselva	5 km Sprint	Elin Kristiansen	Nadezhda Aleksieva	Marie-Pierre Baby		Detail
2	23 January 1988	Antholz-Anterselva	10 km Individual	Iva Shkodreva	Anne Elvebakk	Martina Stede		Detail
3	28 January 1988	Ruhpolding	10 km Individual	Iva Shkodreva	Petra Schaaf	Inga Kesper		Detail
3	30 January 1988	Ruhpolding	5 km Sprint	Tsvetana Krasteva	Petra Schaaf	Mariya Manolova		Detail
4	11 March 1988	Oslo Holmenkollen	10 km Individual	Elin Kristiansen	Nadezhda Aleksieva	Helga Øvsthus		Detail
4	13 March 1988	Oslo Holmenkollen	5 km Sprint	Mona Bollerud	Anne Elvebakk	Elin Kristiansen		Detail
5	18 March 1988	Jyväskylä	10 km Individual	Mariya Manolova	Anne Elvebakk	Elin Kristiansen		Detail
5	20 March 1988	Jyväskylä	5 km Sprint	Helga Øvsthus	Tsvetana Krasteva	Mariya Manolova		Detail

Standings: Men

Overall

Pos.		Points
1.	Fritz Fischer	171
2.	Eirik Kvalfoss	167
3.	Johann Passler	160
4.	Peter Angerer	151
5.	Andreas Zingerle	148

• Final standings after 10 races.

^[2][3][21]

Standings: Women

Overall

Pos.		Points
1.	Anne Elvebakk	202
2.	Elin Kristiansen	188
3.	Nadezhda Aleksieva	178
4.	Petra Schaaf	174
5.	Iva Shkodreva	170

• Final standings after 10 races.

Achievements

First World Cup career victory

•  Johann Passler (ITA), 26, in his 7th season — the WC 2 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva; first podium was 1982–83 Individual in Holmenkollen
•  Ernst Reiter (FRG), 25, in his 5th season — the WC 3 Individual in Ruhpolding; first podium was 1986–87 Individual in Ruhpolding
•  Stefan Höck (FRG), 24, in his 4th season — the WC 3 Sprint in Ruhpolding; it also was his first podium
•  Gisle Fenne (NOR), 24, in his 5th season — the WC 4 Individual in Holmenkollen; first podium was 1985–86 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva
•  Franz Schuler (AUT), 25, in his 6th season — the WC 5 Sprint (2) in Jyväskylä; first podium was 1986–87 Sprint in Obertauern

First World Cup podium

•  Hervé Flandin (FRA), 22, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 2 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva
•  Geir Einang (NOR), 23, in his 4th season — no. 3 in the WC 4 Sprint in Holmenkollen
•  Vladimir Drachev (URS), 22, in his 1st season — no. 2 in the WC 5 Sprint (1) in Jyväskylä

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

•  Frank-Peter Roetsch (GDR), 2 (9) first places
•  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR), 2 (9) first places
•  Fritz Fischer (FRG), 1 (5) first place
•  Johann Passler (ITA), 1 (1) first place
•  Ernst Reiter (FRG), 1 (1) first place
•  Stefan Höck (FRG), 1 (1) first place
•  Gisle Fenne (NOR), 1 (1) first place
•  Franz Schuler (AUT), 1 (1) first place

Retirements

The following notable biathletes retired after the 1987–88 season:

•  Tapio Piipponen (FIN)
•  Peter Angerer (FRG)^[23]
•  Matthias Jacob (GDR)
•  František Chládek (TCH)
•  Dmitry Vasilyev (URS)
•  Sergei Antonov (URS)
•  Eva Korpela (SWE)
•  Kaija Parve (URS)
•  Venera Chernyshova (URS)

Notes

1. ¹ The Aftenposten source placed Løberg 17th with 70 points.