The 1985–86 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 16 January 1986 in Antholz-Anterselva, Italy, and ended on 16 March 1986 in Boden, Sweden. It was the ninth season of the Biathlon World Cup.
Calendar Below is the World Cup calendar for the 1985–86 season. Location Date Individual Sprint Relay Antholz-Anterselva 16–19 January ● ● ● Feistritz 23–26 January ● ● ● Oberhof 30 January–2 February ● ● ● Holmenkollen 20–23 February ● ● ● Lahti 7–9 March ● ● ● Boden 14–16 March ● ● ● Total 6 6 6 1986 World Championship races were not included in the 1985–86 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 Det. 1 16 January 1986 Antholz-Anterselva 20 km Individual Valeriy Medvedtsev Gottlieb Taschler Sergei Antonov Valeriy Medvedtsev 1 18 January 1986 Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Sprint Peter Angerer Andrei Nepein Gisle Fenne Peter Angerer 2 23 January 1986 Feistritz 20 km Individual Sergei Antonov Dmitry Vasilyev André Sehmisch 2 25 January 1986 Feistritz 10 km Sprint Andrei Nepein André Sehmisch Frank-Peter Roetsch 3 30 January 1986 Oberhof 20 km Individual Peter Angerer André Sehmisch Anatoly Zhdanovich 3 1 February 1986 Oberhof 10 km Sprint Matthias Jacob André Sehmisch Frank-Peter Roetsch 4 8 March 1986 Lahti 20 km Individual Peter Angerer Jan Matouš Andreas Zingerle 4 9 March 1986 Lahti 10 km Sprint André Sehmisch Fritz Fischer Johann Passler André Sehmisch 5 14 March 1986 Boden 20 km Individual Tapio Piipponen André Sehmisch Alfred Eder 5 15 March 1986 Boden 10 km Sprint Matthias Jacob Sergei Antonov Eirik Kvalfoss
Standings: Men
Overall Pos.Points 1. André Sehmisch 158 2. Peter Angerer 146 3. Matthias Jacob 124 4. Tapio Piipponen 123 5. Alfred Eder 120 Final standings after 10 races.
Achievements First World Cup career victory , 21, in his 1st season — the WC 1 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva; it also was his first podium , in his 3rd season — the WC 2 Sprint in Feistritz; first podium was 1985–86 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva , 21, in his 3rd season — the WC 4 Sprint in Lahti; first podium was 1984–85 Sprint in Lahti , 28, in his 7th season — the WC 5 Individual in Boden; first podium was 1981–82 Sprint in Ruhpolding
First World Cup podium , 24, in his 5th season — no. 2 in the WC 1 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva , in his 3rd season — no. 2 in the WC 1 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva , 22, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 1 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva , 23, in his 1st season — no. 3 in the WC 3 Individual in Oberhof , 24, in his 3rd season — no. 2 in the WC 4 Individual in Lahti , 24, in his 5th 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 Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses) , 3 (9) first places , 2 (4) first places , 1 (2) 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 1985–86 season:
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