Biathlon World Cup 1979/80

World Cup 1979/80
winner
Overall World Cup	Frank Ullrich
Nations ranking	No official rating
← 1978/79	1980/81 →

Ruhpolding Antholz Lahti Hedenäset Murmansk

Location of the venues in Europe

In season 1979-80 was Biathlon World Cup held for the 3rd time. The competition series consisted of five individual, sprint and relay races for men and was held at five venues. In addition to the five World Cup events in Ruhpolding , Antholz , Lahti , Hedenäset and Murmansk , the Winter Olympics were held in Lake Placid , USA , but the results were not included in the World Cup. Frank Ullrich won the overall World Cup ahead of Klaus Siebert and Eberhard Rösch .

Results

1st World Cup in Ruhpolding , January 18-20, 1980
date	discipline	First place	Second place	third place
January 18, 1980 (Fr.)	Single (20 km)	Klaus Siebert	Eberhard Rösch	Matthias Jacob
January 19, 1980 (Sat.)	Sprint (10 km)	Frank Ullrich	Klaus Siebert	Yvon Mougel
January 20, 1980 (Sun.)	Relay (4 × 7.5 km)	Norway	German Democratic Republic	Italy

2nd World Cup in Antholz , January 24-27, 1980
date	discipline	First place	Second place	third place
January 24, 1980 (Thu.)	Single (20 km)	Klaus Siebert	Frank Ullrich	Alfred Eder
January 26, 1980 (Sat.)	Sprint (10 km)	Frank Ullrich	Mathias Jung	Manfred Beer
January 27, 1980 (Sun.)	Relay (4 × 7.5 km)	German Democratic Republic	Austria	Soviet Union

3rd World Cup in Lahti , March 14-16, 1980
date	discipline	First place	Second place	third place
March 14, 1980 (Fr.)	Single (20 km)	Vladimir Gavrikov	Mathias Jung	Keijo Kuntola
March 15, 1980 (Sat.)	Sprint (10 km)	Vladimir Gavrikov	Frank Ullrich	Klaus Siebert
March 16, 1980 (Sun.)	Relay (4 × 7.5 km)	German Democratic Republic	Soviet Union	Norway

4th World Cup in Hedenäset , March 20-23 , 1980
date	discipline	First place	Second place	third place
March 20, 1980 (Thu.)	Single (20 km)	Klaus Siebert	Frank Ullrich	Eberhard Rösch
March 22, 1980 (Sat.)	Sprint (10 km)	Frank Ullrich	Klaus Siebert	Vladimir Alikin
March 23, 1980 (Sun.)	Relay (4 × 7.5 km)	German Democratic Republic	Soviet Union	Finland

5th World Cup in Murmansk , March 27-30, 1980
date	discipline	First place	Second place	third place
March 27, 1980 (Thursday)	Single (20 km)	Frank Ullrich	Vladimir Velichkov	Eberhard Rösch
March 29, 1980 (Sat.)	Sprint (10 km)	Eberhard Rösch	Vladimir Alikin	Vladimir Velichkov
March 30, 1980 (Sun.)	Relay (4 × 7.5 km)	German Democratic Republic	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia

World Cup status

World Cup stands
Final result after 10 races (Top 10)
rank Surname Points Victories 01  Frank Ullrich 148 4th 02  Klaus Siebert 146 3 03  Eberhard Rösch 133 1 04th  Vladimir Gavrikov 129 2 05  Mathias Jung 127 0 06th  Rudolf Horn 83 0 07th  Anatoly Alyabev 79 0 08th  Terje Krokstad 75 0 09  Manfred Beer 73 0 10  Vladimir Velichkov 70 0

Web links

• Season overview from 1979/1980
• Season results from 1979/1980