The 1986–87 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 December 1986 in Obertauern, Austria, and ended on 15 March 1987 in Lillehammer, Norway. It was the tenth season of the Biathlon World Cup. The first round of the World Cup was originally going to be held in Hochfilzen, Austria, but the races were moved to Obertauern due to a lack of snow.
Calendar Below is the World Cup calendar for the 1986–87 season. Location Date Individual Sprint Relay Obertauern 18–21 December ● ● ● Borovets 8–11 January ● ● ● Antholz-Anterselva 15–18 January ● ● ● Ruhpolding 22–25 January ● ● ● Lake Placid 12–15 February ● ● ● Canmore 19–22 February ● ● ● Lillehammer 12–15 March ● ● ● Total 7 7 7 1987 World Championship races were not included in the 1986–87 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 17 December 1986 Hochfilzen 20 km Individual Valeriy Medvedtsev František Chládek Alexandr Popov Valeriy Medvedtsev 1 20 December 1986 Hochfilzen 10 km Sprint Roger Westling Frank-Peter Roetsch Franz Schuler 2 8 January 1987 Borovets 20 km Individual Jan Matouš Fritz Fischer Valeriy Medvedtsev 2 10 January 1987 Borovets 10 km Sprint Fritz Fischer Dmitry Vasilyev Valeriy Medvedtsev 3 15 January 1987 Antholz-Anterselva 20 km Individual Frank-Peter Roetsch Alexandr Popov Anatoly Zhdanovich Fritz Fischer 3 17 January 1987 Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Sprint Alexandr Popov Frank-Peter Roetsch Dmitry Vasilyev 4 22 January 1987 Ruhpolding 20 km Individual Andrei Zenkov Fritz Fischer Ernst Reiter 4 24 January 1987 Ruhpolding 10 km Sprint Fritz Fischer Jan Matouš Eirik Kvalfoss 5 19 February 1987 Canmore 20 km Individual Valeriy Medvedtsev Matthias Jacob André Sehmisch 5 21 February 1987 Canmore 10 km Sprint Alexandr Popov Juri Kashkarov Peter Angerer Frank-Peter Roetsch 6 12 March 1987 Lillehammer 20 km Individual Matthias Jacob Frank-Peter Roetsch André Sehmisch 6 14 March 1987 Lillehammer 10 km Sprint Peter Angerer André Sehmisch Frank-Peter Roetsch
Standings: Men
Overall Pos.Points 1. Frank-Peter Roetsch 188 2. Fritz Fischer 183 3. Jan Matouš 166 4. Valeriy Medvedtsev 163 5. Alexandr Popov 154 Final standings after 12 races.
Achievements First World Cup career victory , 25, in his 5th season — the WC 1 Sprint in Obertauern; it also was his first podium , 25, in his 5th season — the WC 2 Individual in Borovets; first podium was 1985–86 Individual in Lahti , 21, in his 2nd season — the WC 3 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva; first podium was 1986–87 Individual in Obertauern
First World Cup podium , 28, — no. 2 in the WC 1 Individual in Obertauern , 21, in his 2nd season — no. 3 in the WC 1 Individual in Obertauern , 24, in his 5th season — no. 3 in the WC 1 Sprint in Obertauern , 24, in his 4th season — no. 3 in the WC 4 Individual in Ruhpolding
Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses) , 2 (4) first places , 2 (3) first places , 1 (10) first place , 1 (7) first place , 1 (5) first place , 1 (3) first place , 1 (2) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place
Retirements Following notable biathletes retired after the 1986–87 season:
Notes 1. The Wintersport source places Finland 3rd, but after the fifth round of the World Cup, they were at ninth. And so it seems more logical that the Soviet Union placed 3rd as they were at second place before the last World Cup at Lillehammer in which the Soviets did not participate.
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