1991–92 Biathlon World Cup

1991–92 World Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Jon Åge Tyldum	Anfisa Reztsova
Nations Cup	Norway	Norway
Individual	Jon Åge Tyldum	Anfisa Reztsova
Sprint	Sylfest Glimsdal	Anfisa Reztsova
Competition

The 1991–92 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 19 December 1991 in Hochfilzen, Austria, and ended on 22 March 1992 in Novosibirsk, Russia. It was the 15th season of the Biathlon World Cup.

The men's individual and women's sprint were moved from Holmenkollen, Norway to Skrautvål, Norway, due to rain and fog, with the planned relays being cancelled.^[1] The fifth round of the World Cup was originally going to be held in Kokkola, Finland, but were moved to Skrautvål due to a lack of snow.^[2][3]

Calendar

Below is the World Cup calendar for the 1991–92 season.^[4][5][6]

Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Team event	Relay
Hochfilzen	19–22 December	● [5][6][7]	● [5][6][8]		●
Ruhpolding	16–19 January	● [5][6][9][10]	● [5][6][11]		●
Antholz-Anterselva	23–26 January	● [5][6][12]	● [5][6][13]		●
Holmenkollen	6–7 March	● [4][5][6][14]	● [4][5][6][15]		●
Skrautvål	10–15 March	● [5][6][16]	● [5][6][17]		●
Novosibirsk	19–21 March	● [5][6][18]	● [5][6][19]
Total		6	6	1	5

• Results from the Olympics did not count toward the World Cup.
• 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 (After competition)	Det.
1	19 December 1991	Hochfilzen	20 km Individual	Jens Steinigen	Christian Dumont	Mark Kirchner	Jens Steinigen	[5][6][20]
1	21 December 1991	Hochfilzen	10 km Sprint	Alexandr Popov	Sylfest Glimsdal	Sverre Istad	Mark Kirchner	[5][6][21]
2	16 January 1992	Ruhpolding	20 km Individual	Andreas Zingerle	Valeriy Medvedtsev	Josh Thompson	Pieralberto Carrara	[5][6][22][23]
2	18 January 1992	Ruhpolding	10 km Sprint	Jens Steinigen	Tomáš Kos	Thierry Gerbier	Andreas Zingerle	[5][6][11]
3	23 January 1992	Antholz-Anterselva	20 km Individual	Valeri Kiriyenko	Sergei Tchepikov	Geir Einang		[5][6][24]
3	25 January 1992	Antholz-Anterselva	10 km Sprint	Alexandr Popov	Ricco Groß	Jon Åge Tyldum	Jon Åge Tyldum	[5][6][25]
4	6 March 1992	Oslo Holmenkollen	20 km Individual	Cancelled, held later on in Fagernes				N/A
4	8 March 1992	Oslo Holmenkollen	10 km Sprint	Frode Løberg	Ludwig Gredler	Wolfgang Perner	Gisle Fenne	[4][5][6][26]
5	10 March 1992	Fagernes	20 km Individual	Mark Kirchner	Sergei Tchepikov	Mikael Löfgren	Frode Løberg	[4][5][6][27]
5	12 March 1992	Fagernes	10 km Sprint	Patrice Bailly-Salins	Jon Åge Tyldum	Sylfest Glimsdal	Jon Åge Tyldum	[5][6][28]
5	14 March 1992	Fagernes	20 km Individual	Geir Einang	Jon Åge Tyldum	Sergei Tchepikov		[5][6][29]
6	19 March 1992	Novosibirsk	20 km Individual	Wolfgang Perner	Sylfest Glimsdal	Hubert Leitgeb		[5][6][30]
6	21 March 1992	Novosibirsk	10 km Sprint	Wilfried Pallhuber	Ludwig Gredler	Mikael Löfgren		[5][6][19]

Women

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib (After competition)	Det.
1	19 December 1991	Hochfilzen	15 km Individual	Anne Elvebakk	Petra Schaaf	Elin Kristiansen	Anne Elvebakk	Detail
1	21 December 1991	Hochfilzen	7.5 km Sprint	Antje Misersky	Elena Belova	Elin Kristiansen		Detail
2	16 January 1992	Ruhpolding	15 km Individual	Uschi Disl	Gabriela Suvová	Antje Misersky	Antje Misersky	Detail
2	18 January 1992	Ruhpolding	7.5 km Sprint	Anfisa Reztsova	Antje Misersky	Petra Schaaf		Detail
3	23 January 1992	Antholz-Anterselva	15 km Individual	Nadezhda Aleksieva	Anne Briand	Elena Golovina		Detail
3	25 January 1992	Antholz-Anterselva	7.5 km Sprint	Svetlana Petcherskaia	Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo	Anfisa Reztsova	Elena Golovina	Detail
4	6 March 1992	Oslo Holmenkollen	15 km Individual	Anfisa Reztsova	Anne Briand	Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo	Petra Schaaf	Detail
4	8 March 1992	Oslo Holmenkollen	7.5 km Sprint	Hildegunn Fossen	Anne Briand	Anfisa Reztsova	Anfisa Reztsova	Detail
5	12 March 1992	Skrautvål	7.5 km Sprint	Anfisa Reztsova	Delphyne Burlet	Petra Schaaf		Detail
5	14 March 1992	Skrautvål	15 km Individual	Jiřina Adamičková	Anne Briand	Iva Shkodreva		Detail
6	19 March 1992	Novosibirsk	15 km Individual	Elin Kristiansen	Anfisa Reztsova	Iva Shkodreva		Detail
6	21 March 1992	Novosibirsk	7.5 km Sprint	Anfisa Reztsova	Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo	Petra Schaaf		Detail

Men's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
1	22 December 1991	Hochfilzen	Team event	Soviet Union Anatoly Zhdanovich Sergei Tarasov Valeriy Medvedtsev Alexander Popov	France Xavier Blond Stéphane Bouthiaux Lionel Laurent Christian Dumont	Czechoslovakia Petr Garabík Tomáš Kos Martin Rypl Jiří Holubec
2	19 January 1992	Ruhpolding[5][11]	4x7.5 km Relay	Italy Pieralberto Carrara Johann Passler Edmund Zitturi Andreas Zingerle	Germany Frank Luck Mark Kirchner Jens Steinigen Fritz Fischer	CIS Sergei Tchepikov Sergei Tarasov Valeriy Medvedtsev Alexander Popov
3	26 January 1992	Antholz[5][31]	4x7.5 km Relay	Italy Hubert Leitgeb Johann Passler Pieralberto Carrara Andreas Zingerle	CIS Alexander Popov Sergei Tarasov Valeri Kiriyenko Sergei Tchepikov	Norway Geir Einang Jon Åge Tyldum Gisle Fenne Eirik Kvalfoss
5	15 March 1992	Fagernes[5][32]	4x7.5 km Relay	Norway I Geir Einang Gisle Fenne Jon Åge Tyldum Frode Løberg	Austria Ludwig Gredler Wolfgang Perner Franz Schuler Alfred Eder	Norway II Eirik Kvalfoss Sylfest Glimsdal Jo Severin Matberg Halvard Hanevold

Women's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
2	19 January 1992	Ruhpolding[5][11]	3x6 km Relay	Germany Uschi Disl Antje Misersky Petra Schaaf	CIS Elena Belova Anfisa Reztsova Svetlana Petcherskaia	Norway Signe Trosten Anne Elvebakk Hildegunn Fossen
3	26 January 1992	Antholz[5][33]	3x6 km Relay	France Corinne Niogret Veronique Claudel Anne Briand	Germany Uschi Disl Antje Misersky Petra Schaaf	CIS Elena Golovina Anfisa Reztsova Svetlana Petcherskaia
5	15 March 1992	Fagernes[5][34]	3x6 km Relay	France Corinne Niogret Veronique Claudel Anne Briand	Norway Signe Trosten Hildegunn Fossen Elin Kristiansen	Germany Uschi Disl Inga Kesper Petra Schaaf

Standings: Men

Overall

Pos.		Points
1.	Jon Åge Tyldum	173
2.	Mikael Löfgren	145
3.	Sylfest Glimsdal	131
4.	Patrice Bailly-Salins	129
5.	Johann Passler	129

• Final standings after 12 races.

[4][5][19] Individual Pos. Points 1. Jon Åge Tyldum 89 2. Sergei Tchepikov 86 3. Mark Kirchner 82 4. Andreas Zingerle 82 5. Geir Einang 81 Final standings after 6 races.

Sprint Pos. Points 1. Sylfest Glimsdal 88 2. Patrice Bailly-Salins 85 3. Mikael Löfgren 85 4. Jon Åge Tyldum 84 5. Gisle Fenne 82 Final standings after 6 races.

Nation Pos. Points 1.  Norway 5734 2.  Italy 5381 3.  France 5356 4.  Germany 5244 5.  Austria 4921 Final standings after 17 races.

Standings: Women

Overall

Pos.		Points
1.	Anfisa Reztsova	212
2.	Anne Briand	179
3.	Petra Schaaf	173
4.	Svetlana Petcherskaia	153
5.	Uschi Disl	147

• Final standings after 12 races.

[4][5][19] Individual Pos. Points 1. Anfisa Reztsova 98 2. Anne Briand 98 3. Elin Kristiansen 95 4. Iva Shkodreva 82 5. Petra Schaaf 81 Final standings after 6 races.

Sprint Pos. Points 1. Anfisa Reztsova 114 2. Petra Schaaf 93 3. Elena Belova 84 4. Antje Misersky 81 5. Anne Briand 81 Final standings after 6 races.

Nation Pos. Points 1.  Norway 5645 2.  Germany 5598 3.  France 5341 4.  CIS 5328 5.  Czechoslovakia 5077 Final standings after 17 races.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	CIS	7	6	6	19
2	Norway	6	7	10	23
3	Germany	6	5	6	17
4	Italy	4	0	1	5
5	France	3	6	1	10
6	Austria	1	3	1	5
7	Czechoslovakia	1	2	0	3
8	Soviet Union	1	1	0	2
9	Bulgaria	1	0	2	3
10	Sweden	0	0	2	2
11	United States	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 entries)		30	30	30	90

Achievements

Men

First World Cup career victory

•  Jens Steinigen (GER), 25, in his 4th season — the WC 1 Individual in Hochfilzen; it also was his first podium
•  Valeri Kiriyenko (CIS), 26, in his 3rd season — the WC 3 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva; it also was his first podium
•  Frode Løberg (NOR), 29, in his 6th season — the WC 4 Sprint in Holmenkollen; first podium was the 1989–90 Individual in Walchsee
•  Patrice Bailly-Salins (FRA), 27, in his 4th season — the WC 5 Sprint in Skrautvål; first podium was the 1990–91 Individual in Canmore
•  Wolfgang Perner (AUT), 24, in his 2nd season — the WC 6 Individual in Novosibirsk; first podium was the 1991–92 Sprint in Holmenkollen
•  Wilfried Pallhuber (ITA), 24, in his 6th season — the WC 6 Sprint in Novosibirsk; it also was his first podium

First World Cup podium

•  Sylfest Glimsdal (NOR), 25, in his 5th season — no. 2 in the WC 1 Sprint in Hochfilzen
•  Sverre Istad (NOR), 26, in his 5th season — no. 3 in the WC 1 Sprint in Hochfilzen
•  Tomáš Kos (TCH), 24, in his 4th season — no. 2 in the WC 2 Sprint in Ruhpolding
•  Jon Åge Tyldum (NOR), 23, in his 5th season — no. 3 in the WC 3 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva
•  Ludwig Gredler (AUT), 24, in his 2nd season — no. 2 in the WC 4 Sprint in Holmenkollen
•  Wolfgang Perner (AUT), 24, in his 2nd season — no. 3 in the WC 4 Sprint in Holmenkollen
•  Mikael Löfgren (SWE), 22, in his 6th season — no. 3 in the WC 5 Individual in Skrautvål

Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses)

•  Alexandr Popov (CIS), 2 (5) first places
•  Jens Steinigen (GER), 2 (2) first places
•  Mark Kirchner (GER), 1 (4) first place
•  Andreas Zingerle (ITA), 1 (2) first place
•  Geir Einang (NOR), 1 (2) first place
•  Valeri Kiriyenko (CIS), 1 (1) first place
•  Frode Løberg (NOR), 1 (1) first place
•  Patrice Bailly-Salins (FRA), 1 (1) first place
•  Wolfgang Perner (AUT), 1 (1) first place
•  Wilfried Pallhuber (ITA), 1 (1) first place

Women

Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses)

•  Anfisa Reztsova (CIS), 4 (4) first places
•  Jiřina Adamičková (TCH), 1 (6) first place
•  Anne Elvebakk (NOR), 1 (5) first place
•  Svetlana Petcherskaia (CIS), 1 (5) first place
•  Elin Kristiansen (NOR), 1 (3) first place
•  Antje Misersky (GER), 1 (2) first place
•  Uschi Disl (GER), 1 (2) first place
•  Nadezhda Aleksieva (BUL), 1 (2) first place
•  Hildegunn Fossen (NOR), 1 (1) first place

Retirements

Following notable biathletes retired after the 1991–92 season:

•  Frank-Peter Roetsch (GER)
•  Gottlieb Taschler (ITA)
•  Anatoly Zhdanovich (CIS)
•  Josh Thompson (USA)
•  Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo (NOR)
•  Elena Golovina (RUS)

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