Biathlon World Cup 1978/79

World Cup 1980/81
winner
Overall World Cup	Klaus Siebert
Nations ranking	No official rating
← 1977/78	1979/80 →

Jáchymov Antholz Ruhpolding Sodankylä Bardufoss

Location of the venues

In the 1978/79 season the Biathlon World Cup was held for the second time. The competition series consisted of five individual, sprint and relay races for men and was held at five venues. In addition to the four World Cup events in Jáchymov , Antholz , Sodankylä and Bardufoss , the World Championships took place in Ruhpolding, Germany. Klaus Siebert won the overall World Cup ahead of Frank Ullrich and Wladimir Barnaschow .

Results

1st World Cup in Jáchymov , January 10th to 12th, 1979
date	discipline	First place	Second place	third place
January 10, 1979 (Wed.)	Single (20 km)	Roar Nilsen	Eberhard Rösch	Terje Krokstad
January 11, 1979 (Thu.)	Sprint (10 km)	Rudolf Horn	Frank Ullrich	Terje Krokstad
January 12, 1979 (Fr.)	Relay (4 × 7.5 km)	German Democratic Republic	Soviet Union	Norway

2nd World Cup in Antholz , January 21 to 24, 1979
date	discipline	First place	Second place	third place
January 21, 1979 (Sun.)?	Single (20 km)	Vladimir Barnashov	Heinz Boettcher	Klaus Siebert
January 23, 1979 (Tuesday)?	Sprint (10 km)	Alexander Tikhonov	Vladimir Barnashov	Klaus Siebert
January 24, 1979 (Wed.)?	Relay (4 × 7.5 km)	Soviet Union	Finland	German Democratic Republic

Biathlon World Championships in Ruhpolding , January 28 to February 2, 1979
date	discipline	First place	Second place	third place
January 28, 1979 (Sun.)	Single (20 km)	Klaus Siebert	Alexander Tikhonov	Sigleif Johansen
January 31, 1979 (Wed.)	Sprint (10 km)	Frank Ullrich	Odd Lirhus	Luigi Weiss
February 2, 1979 (Fr ..)	Relay (4 × 7.5 km)	German Democratic Republic Manfred Beer Klaus Siebert Frank Ullrich Eberhard Rösch	Finland Simo Halonen Erkki Antila Raimo Seppänen Heikki Ikola	Soviet Union Vladimir Alikin Vladimir Barnashov Nikolai Kruglow Alexander Tikhonov

3rd World Cup in Sodankylä , March 30th to April 1st 1979
date	discipline	First place	Second place	third place
March 30, 1979 (Thu.)	Single (20 km)	Anatoly Alyabev	Klaus Siebert	Kjell Søbak
March 31, 1979 (Fr.)	Sprint (10 km)	Klaus Siebert	Kjell Søbak	Vladimir Barnashov
April 1, 1979 (Sat.)	Relay (4 × 7.5 km)	German Democratic Republic	Finland	Soviet Union

4th World Cup in Bardufoss , April 6-8 , 1979
date	discipline	First place	Second place	third place
April 6, 1979 (Thu.)	Single (20 km)	Alexander Tikhonov	Frank Ullrich	Vladimir Alikin
April 7, 1979 (Fr.)	Sprint (10 km)	Sigleif Johansen	Vladimir Barnashov	Klaus Siebert
April 8, 1979 (Sat.)	Relay (4 × 7.5 km)	Soviet Union	German Democratic Republic	Norway

World Cup stands

Overall World Cup
Final result after 10 races (Top 10)
rank Surname Points Victories 01  Klaus Siebert 143 2 02  Frank Ullrich 136 1 03  Vladimir Barnashov 128 1 04th  Alexander Tikhonov 114 2 05  Eberhard Rösch 114 0 06th  Vladimir Alikin 114 0 07th  Sigleif Johansen 110 1 08th  Heinz Boettcher 110 0 09  Alfred Eder 102 0 10  Heikki Ikola 98 0 11  Anatoly Alyabev 89 0 12  Kjell Søbak 82 0

Web links

• Season overview from 1978/1979
• Season results from 1978/1979