The 1979–80 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 January 1980 in Ruhpolding, West Germany, and ended on 30 March 1980 in Murmansk, Soviet Union. It was the third season of the Biathlon World Cup, and it was only held for men.

Calendar Below is the World Cup calendar for the 1979–80 season.

Location Date Individual Sprint Relay Ruhpolding 18–20 January ● ● ● Antholz-Anterselva 24–27 January ● ● ● Lake Placid 16–22 February ● ● ● Lahti 14–16 March ● ● ● Hedenäset 20–23 March ● ● ● Murmansk 27–30 March ● ● ● Total 6 6 6 1980 Winter Olympics races were not included in the 1979–80 World Cup scoring system.

*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 1 18 January 1980 Ruhpolding 20 km Individual Klaus Siebert Eberhard Rösch Matthias Jacob Klaus Siebert 1 19 January 1980 Ruhpolding 10 km Sprint Frank Ullrich Klaus Siebert Yvon Mougel 2 24 January 1980 Antholz-Anterselva 20 km Individual Klaus Siebert Frank Ullrich Alfred Eder 2 26 January 1980 Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Sprint Frank Ullrich Mathias Jung Manfred Beer 3 14 March 1980 Lahti 20 km Individual Vladimir Gavrikov Mathias Jung Keijo Kuntola Frank Ullrich 3 15 March 1980 Lahti 10 km Sprint Vladimir Gavrikov Frank Ullrich Klaus Siebert 4 20 March 1980 Hedenäset 20 km Individual Klaus Siebert Frank Ullrich Eberhard Rösch 4 22 March 1980 Hedenäset 10 km Sprint Frank Ullrich Klaus Siebert Vladimir Alikin 5 27 March 1980 Murmansk 20 km Individual Frank Ullrich Vladimir Velichkov Eberhard Rösch 5 29 March 1980 Murmansk 10 km Sprint Eberhard Rösch Vladimir Alikin Vladimir Velichkov

Standings: Men

Overall Pos.Points 1. Frank Ullrich 148 2. Klaus Siebert 146 3. Eberhard Rösch 133 4. Vladimir Gavrikov 129 5. Mathias Jung 127 Final standings after 10 races.

Achievements First World Cup career victory , — the WC 3 Individual in Lahti; it also was his first podium , 25, in his 3rd season — the WC 5 Sprint in Murmansk; first podium was 1977–78 Individual in Ruhpolding

First World Cup podium , 19, in his 1st season — no. 3 in the WC 1 Individual in Ruhpolding , 23, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 1 Sprint in Ruhpolding; it also was the first podium for a French biathlete , 26, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 2 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva , 21, in his 2nd season — no. 2 in the WC 2 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva , 26, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 2 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva , 26, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 3 Individual in Lahti , 20, in his 1st season — no. 2 in the WC 5 Individual in Murmansk; it also was the first podium for a Bulgarian biathlete

Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses) , 4 (8) first places , 3 (8) first places , 2 (2) first places , 1 (1) first place

Retirements Following notable biathletes retired after the 1979–80 season:

Notes

1. This team was a regional team from Finland called Suomussalmen Rasti. 2. The Aftenposten source gives the French team a time of 1:59:58.

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