Biathlon World Cup 1987/88

World Cup 1987/88
	Men's	Ladies
winner
Overall World Cup	Fritz Fischer	Anne Elvebakk
Relay World Cup	no official rating	not carried out
Nations ranking	BR Germany	not carried out
Competitions
Venues	5	5
Individual competitions	11	11
Relay competitions	5	5
← 1986/87 1988/89 →

In the 1987/88 season the Biathlon World Cup was held for the 11th time. The competition series in the biathlon consisted of five individual, five sprint and four relay races for men and women and was held at five venues. In addition to the five World Cup events in Hochfilzen , Antholz , Ruhpolding , Oslo and Jyväskylä , the 1988 Winter Olympics took place in Calgary, Canada , for men and the 1988 Biathlon World Championships in Chamonix, France, for womeninstead, the results were not included in the World Cup ranking. This was the first official World Cup in which women also started. Fritz Fischer won the overall world cup for men ahead of Eirik Kvalfoss and Johann Passler for women Anne Elvebakk ahead of Elin Kristiansen and Nadeschda Alexiewa . The sprint and relay races could not be held in Hochfilzen because rain had destroyed the track. The sprint race was made up for before the races in Jyväskylä in Keuruu, Finland.

Hochfilzen Antholz Ruhpolding Oslo Jyväskylä

Location of the venues

Men

Results

1st World Cup in Hochfilzen , December 17th, 1987
date	discipline	First place	Second place	third place
December 17, 1987 (Thu.)	Single (20 km)	Fritz Fischer	Alexander Popov	Johann Passler
December 19, 1987 (Sat)?	Sprint (20 km)	Because rain canceled and Keuruu rescheduled
December 20, 1987 (Sun)?	Relay (4x7.5 km)	Canceled due to rain

2nd World Cup in Antholz , January 21 to 24, 1988
date	discipline	First place	Second place	third place
January 21, 1988 (Thu.)	Sprint (10 km)	Frank-Peter Roetsch	Eirik Kvalfoss	Andreas Zingerle
January 23, 1988 (Sat.)	Single (20 km)	Johann Passler	Fritz Fischer	Hervé Flandin
January 24, 1988 (Sun.)	Relay (4x7.5 km)	GDR 1 Frank Luck Frank-Peter Roetsch Matthias Jacob André Sehmisch	GDR 2 Jürgen Wirth Raik Dittrich Birk Anders Maik Dietz	Norway Geir Einang Frode Løberg Sylfest Glimsdal Eirik Kvalfoss

3rd World Cup in Ruhpolding , January 28-21, 1988
date	discipline	First place	Second place	third place
January 28, 1988 (Thu.)	Single (20 km)	Ernst Reiter	Andreas Zingerle	Jan Matouš
January 30, 1988 (Sat.)	Sprint (10 km)	Stefan Höck	Johann Passler	Peter Angerer
January 31, 1988 (Sun.)	Relay (4x7.5 km)	BR Germany Ernst Reiter Stefan Höck Peter Angerer Fritz Fischer	Czechoslovakia Jaromír Šimůnek František Chládek Jiří Holubec Jan Matouš	United States Josh Thompson Curt Schreiner Darin Binning Lyle Nelson

4th World Cup in Oslo , March 11-14, 1988
date	discipline	First place	Second place	third place
March 11, 1988 (Fr.)	Single (20 km)	Gisle Fenne	Sergei Antonov	Andreas Zingerle
March 12, 1988 (Sat.)	Sprint (10 km)	Frank-Peter Roetsch	Peter Angerer	Geir entrance
March 14, 1988 (Mon.)	Relay (4x7.5 km)	Norway Geir Einang Gisle Fenne Frode Løberg Eirik Kvalfoss	BR Germany Franz Wudy Stefan Höck Peter Angerer Herbert Fritzenwenger	German Democratic Republic Frank Luck Frank-Peter Roetsch Jürgen Wirth André Sehmisch

5th World Cup in Keuruu and Jyväskylä , March 1988
date	discipline	First place	Second place	third place
???	Sprint (10 km)	Eirik Kvalfoss	Vladimir Drachev	Fritz Fischer
March 18, 1988 (Fr.)	Single (20 km)	Eirik Kvalfoss	Sergei Antonov	Alfred Eder
March 19, 1988 (Sat.)	Sprint (10 km)	Franz Schuler	Eirik Kvalfoss	Alfred Eder
???	Relay (4x7.5 km)	BR Germany Franz Wudy Stefan Höck Georg Fischer Herbert Fritzenwenger	Norway Frode Løberg Gisle Fenne Sylfest Glimsdal Eirik Kvalfoss	Soviet Union Nikolai Kharitonov Andrei Nepein Leonid Reszow Sergei Antonov

World Cup stands

World Cup stands	Nations ranking
Final result after 10 races (Top 10)	Final result after 14 races (Top 10)
rank Surname Points Victories 01  Fritz Fischer 171 1 02  Eirik Kvalfoss 167 2 03  Johann Passler 160 1 04th  Peter Angerer 151 0 05  Andreas Zingerle 148 0 06th  Jan Matouš 147 0 07th  Tapio Piipponen 146 0 08th  Frank-Peter Roetsch 142 2 09  Gisle Fenne 125 1 10  Sergei Antonov 121 0	rank country Points Victories 01  BR Germany 5 02  Soviet Union 0 03  Italy 1 04th 05 06th 07th 08th 09 10

table

rank Surname Points 01  Fritz Fischer 171 02  Eirik Kvalfoss 167 03  Johann Passler 160 04th  Peter Angerer 151 05  Andreas Zingerle 148 06th  Jan Matouš 147 07th  Tapio Piipponen 146 08th  Frank-Peter Roetsch 142 09  Gisle Fenne 125 10  Sergei Antonov 121 11  Alfred Eder 117 12  Stefan Höck 110 13  Herbert Fritzenwenger 106 14th  Franz Wudy 99 15th  Ernst Reiter 96 16  Josh Thompson 72 17th  Francis Mougel 66 18th  Leonid Reszow 64 19th  Vladimir Drachev 60 20th  Frode Løberg 59 21st  Franz Schuler 58 22nd  Jiří Holubec 58 23  André Sehmisch 55 24  Harri Eloranta 47 25th  Jürgen Wirth 41 26th  Roberto Marchesi 40 27  Peter Sjöden 39 28  Egon Leitner 36 29  Wilfried Pallhuber 35 30th  Hervé Flandin 34

rank Surname Points 31  Thierry Gerbier 34 32  Bruno Hofstätter 32 33  Vladimir Velichkov 32 34  Matthias Jacob 32 35  Werner Kiem 30th 36  Georg Fischer 27 37  Alexander Popov 26th 38  Maik Dietz 25th 39  Geir entrance 24 40  Pieralberto Carrara 23 41  Gottlieb Taschler 23 42  Sylfest Glimsdal 23 43  Curt Schreiner 23 44  František Chládek 22nd 45  Frank Luck 22nd 46  Anatoly Zhdanovich 21st 47  Yuri Kashkarov 20th 48  Zdeněk Hák 20th 49  Andrei Nepein 20th 50  Nikolai Kharitonov 18th 51  Tomáš Kos 17th 52  Arto Jääskeläinen 17th 53  Björn Tore Berntsen 16 54  Birk Anders 16 55  Jaromír Šimůnek 15th 56  Slatev spas 14th 57  Sverre Istad 12 58  Jean-Paul Giachino 10 59  Sergei Chepikov 8th 60  Kazimierz Urbaniak 6th

rank Surname Points 61  Hervé Balland 6th 62  Eric Claudon 6th 63  Antero Lähde 5 64  Walter Hörl 4th 65  Hans Jörgen Tveito 4th 66  Roger Westling 4th 67  Juha Tella 3 68  Ari Tella 2 69  Xavier Blond 2 70  Lyle Nelson 2

Women

Results

1st World Cup in Hochfilzen , December 17th, 1987
date	discipline	First place	Second place	third place
December 17, 1987 (Thu.)	Single (10 km)	Anne Elvebakk	Eva Korpela	Siri Grundnes
December 19, 1987 (Sat)?	Sprint (5 km)	Because rain canceled and Keuruu rescheduled
December 20, 1987 (Sun)?	Relay (3x5 km)	Canceled due to rain

2nd World Cup in Antholz , January 21 to 24, 1988
date	discipline	First place	Second place	third place
January 21, 1988 (Thu.)	Sprint (5 km)	Elin Kristiansen	Nadezhda Alexieva	Marie-Pierre baby
January 23, 1988 (Sat.)	Single (10 km)	Iwa Shkodrewa	Anne Elvebakk	Martina Stede
January 24, 1988 (Sun.)	Relay (3x5 km)	United States Nancy Johnstone Pam Nordheim Patrice Jankowski	Bulgaria Zwetana Krastewa Iwa Schkodrewa Nadezhda Alexieva	BR Germany Martina Stede Dorina Pieper Petra Schaaf

3rd World Cup in Ruhpolding , January 28-21, 1988
date	discipline	First place	Second place	third place
January 28, 1988 (Thu.)	Single (10 km)	Iwa Shkodrewa	Petra Schaaf	Inga Kesper
January 30, 1988 (Sat.)	Sprint (5 km)	Tsvetana Krastewa	Petra Schaaf	Maria Manolova
January 31, 1988 (Sun.)	Relay (3x5 km)	Bulgaria Zwetana Krastewa Marija Manolowa Nadezhda Alexieva	BR Germany Martina Stede Inga Kesper Petra Schaaf	United States Mary Ostergren Joan Miller Smith Julie Newman

4th World Cup in Oslo , March 11-14, 1988
date	discipline	First place	Second place	third place
March 11, 1988 (Fr.)	Single (10 km)	Elin Kristiansen	Nadezhda Alexieva	Helga Øvsthus
March 13, 1988 (Sun.)	Sprint (5 km)	Mona Bollerud	Anne Elvebakk	Elin Kristiansen
March 14, 1988 (Mon.)	Relay (3x5 km)	Bulgaria Zwetana Krastewa Iwa Schkodrewa Nadezhda Alexieva	Norway Elin Kristiansen Anne Elvebakk Mona Bollerud	Finland Katri Toumaalia Taina Murtomäki Seija Hyytiäinen

5th World Cup in Keuruu and Jyväskylä , March 1988
date	discipline	First place	Second place	third place
???	Sprint (5 km)	Synnøve Thoresen	Nadezhda Alexieva	Tuija Vuoksiala
???	Single (10 km)	Maria Manolova	Anne Elvebakk	Elin Kristiansen
???	Sprint (5 km)	Helga Øvsthus	Tsvetana Krastewa	Maria Manolova
March 25, 1988 (Fr.)	Relay (3x5 km)	Norway Synnøve Thoresen Elin Kristiansen Helga Øvsthus	Bulgaria Zwetana Krastewa Iwa Schkodrewa Nadezhda Alexieva	BR Germany Martina Stede Dorina Pieper Petra Schaaf

World Cup stands

World Cup stands
Final result after 10 races (Top 10)
rank Surname Points Victories 01  Anne Elvebakk 202 1 02  Elin Kristiansen 188 2 03  Nadezhda Alexieva 178 0 04th  Petra Schaaf 174 0 05  Iwa Shkodrewa 170 2 06th  Maria Manolova 156 1 07th  Tsvetana Krastewa 144 1 08th  Helga Øvsthus 130 1 09  Martina Stede 122 0 10  Véronique Claudel 118 0

table

rank Surname Points 01  Anne Elvebakk 202 02  Elin Kristiansen 188 03  Nadezhda Alexieva 178 04th  Petra Schaaf 174 05  Iwa Shkodrewa 170 06th  Maria Manolova 156 07th  Tsvetana Krastewa 144 08th  Helga Øvsthus 130 09  Martina Stede 122 10  Véronique Claudel 118 11  Dorina Pieper 117 12  Synnøve Thoresen 105 13  Marie-Pierre baby 95 14th  Inga Kesper 94 15th  Mona Bollerud 86 16  Patrice Jankowski 86 17th  Tuija Vuoksiala 83 18th  Seija Hyytiäinen 79 19th  Sabiene Karlsson 68 20th  Siri Grundnes 64

rank Surname Points 21st  Pam Nordheim 61 22nd  Nancy Bell-Johnstone 59 23  Katri Tuomala 57 24  Eva Korpela 56 25th  Joan Miller Smith 48 26th  Michaela Hille 44 27  Muriel Marion 41 28  Mary Ostergren 33 29  Julie Newman 28 30th  Sari Kokko 27 31  Nathalie Beausire 27 32  Christine Poirot 26th 33  Pirjo Mattila 24 34  Anu Harjuntausta 23 35  Hen Kroeske 17th 36  Manuela Gstatter 14th 37  Sabine Schubert 14th 38  Taina Murtomäki 13 39  Aino Kallunki 13 40  Pat Konantz 5

rank Surname Points 41  Kerryn Pethybridge 4th

Web links

• Season overview from 1987/1988
• Season results from 1987/1988

Individual evidence

1. ^ Biathlon history 1979 - 1994 (English). (No longer available online.) Ibu.com, archived from the original on February 23, 2017 ; accessed on February 15, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.