The 1984–85 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 10 January 1985 in Minsk, Soviet Union, and ended on 9 March 1985 in Holmenkollen, Norway. It was the eighth season of the Biathlon World Cup.

In Oberhof, the skating style of skiing made its introduction to biathlon. It was somewhat of a revolution as the skating style is quite a lot faster than the classic style. Some athletes did not adapt as quickly to the new style, and some nations, including West Germany and Norway, petitioned for a ban of the skating style.

There was originally going to be held a relay in Holmenkollen, but the relay had to be cancelled due to fog.

New scoring system The World Cup scoring system was changed before this season. Points allocation from 1984–85 to 1999–2000 Place 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Points 30 26 24 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Calendar Below is the World Cup calendar for the 1984–85 season. Location Date Individual Sprint Relay Minsk 10–13 January ● ● ● Oberhof 17–20 January ● ● ● Antholz-Anterselva 24–27 January ● ● ● Ruhpolding 14–17 February ● ● ● Lahti 1–3 March ● ● Holmenkollen 7–9 March ● ● Total 6 6 4 1985 World Championship races were not included in the 1984–85 World Cup scoring system.

*The relays were technically unofficial races as they did not count towards anything in the World Cup.

Women's calendar

Location Date Individual Sprint Relay Minsk 9–13 January ● ● ● Antholz-Anterselva 26–28 January ● ● ● Egg am Etzel 21–24 February ● ● ● Lahti 1–3 March ● ● ● Total 4 4 4 *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 Det. 1 10 January 1985 Minsk 20 km Individual Andrei Zenkov Juri Kashkarov Piotr Miloradov Andrei Zenkov 1 12 January 1985 Minsk 10 km Sprint Juri Kashkarov Algimantas Shalna Kjell Søbak Juri Kashkarov 2 17 January 1985 Oberhof 20 km Individual Peter Angerer Frank-Peter Roetsch Andrei Zenkov 2 19 January 1985 Oberhof 10 km Sprint Frank-Peter Roetsch Alfred Eder Matthias Jacob 3 24 January 1985 Antholz-Anterselva 20 km Individual Frank-Peter Roetsch Alfred Eder Herbert Fritzenwenger Frank-Peter Roetsch 3 26 January 1985 Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Sprint Alfred Eder Peter Angerer Sergei Bulygin 4 1 March 1985 Lahti 20 km Individual Sergei Antonov Frank-Peter Roetsch Juha Tella 4 3 March 1985 Lahti 10 km Sprint Frank-Peter Roetsch Juri Kashkarov André Sehmisch 5 7 March 1985 Oslo Holmenkollen 20 km Individual Peter Angerer André Sehmisch Frank-Peter Roetsch 5 9 March 1985 Oslo Holmenkollen 10 km Sprint Frank-Peter Roetsch Sergei Antonov Alfred Eder

Women

Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib Det. 1 9 January 1985 Minsk 10 km Individual Elena Golovina Kaija Parve Tatiana Brylina Elena Golovina Detail 1 11 January 1985 Minsk 5 km Sprint Elena Golovina Tatiana Brylina Kaija Parve Detail 2 26 January 1985 Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Individual Pam Nordheim Valentina Mikhailova Pam Weiss Detail 2 28 January 1985 Antholz-Anterselva 5 km Sprint Eva Korpela Sanna Grønlid Tsvetana Krasteva Eva Korpela Detail WC 21 February 1985 Egg am Etzel 10 km Individual Kaija Parve Sanna Grønlid Eva Korpela Detail WC 24 February 1985 Egg am Etzel 5 km Sprint Sanna Grønlid Kaija Parve Venera Chernyshova Sanna Grønlid Detail 3 1 March 1985 Lahti 10 km Individual Sanna Grønlid Siv Bråten Eva Korpela Detail 3 3 March 1985 Lahti 5 km Sprint Siv Bråten Eva Korpela Tuula Ylinen Detail

Standings: Men

Overall Pos.Points 1. Frank-Peter Roetsch 172 2. Juri Kashkarov 141 3. Peter Angerer 140 4. Alfred Eder 138 5. Andrei Zenkov 130 Final standings after 10 races.

Standings: Women

Overall Pos.Points 1. Sanna Grønlid 110 2. Eva Korpela 106 3. Kaija Parve 104 4. Elena Golovina 100 5. Siv Bråten 94 Final standings after 8 races.

Achievements First World/European Cup career victory , 23, in her 1st season — the EC 1 Individual in Minsk; it also was her first podium , in his 2nd season — the WC 1 Individual in Minsk; it also was his first podium , in her 1st season — the EC 2 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva; it also was her first podium , 31, in his 8th season — the WC 3 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva; first podium was 1979–80 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva , in his 2nd season — the WC 4 Individual in Lahti; it also was his first podium , in her 3rd season — the EC 3 Sprint in Lahti; first podium was 1982–83 Sprint in Lappeenranta

First World/European Cup podium , 20, in her 1st season — no. 2 in the EC 1 Individual in Minsk , in her 1st season — no. 3 in the EC 1 Individual in Minsk , 22, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 3 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva , in her 1st season — no. 2 in the EC 2 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva , in her 1st season — no. 3 in the EC 2 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva , 21, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 3 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva , 24, in his 2nd season — no. 3 in the WC 4 Individual in Lahti , 20, in his 2nd season — no. 3 in the WC 4 Sprint in Lahti

Victory in this World/European Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses) , 4 (6) first places , 2 (6) first places , 2 (2) first place , 1 (2) first place , 1 (2) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place

Retirements Following notable biathletes retired after the 1984–85 season:

Notes 1. The Aftenposten source gives a bit different scores and places France 3rd, Norway 4th, Italy 5th and Austria 7th. The Sports Book has been given precedent as that also shows whence the scores came. 2. This was an unofficial version of the Nation Cup that ultimately would be implemented in the 1986–87 season, though in this version only the individual races counted. 3. The Lahti Ski Museum has omitted Meloche from the list of results for some reason, but Aftenposten and the Sports Book includes her.

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