1985–86 Biathlon World Cup

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.
 * 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.

Overall

 * Final standings after 10 races.

Achievements

 * First World Cup career victory:
 * Valeriy Medvedtsev, 21, in his 1st season — the WC 1 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva; it also was his first podium
 * Andrei Nepein, in his 3rd season — the WC 2 Sprint in Feistritz; first podium was 1985–86 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva
 * André Sehmisch, 21, in his 3rd season — the WC 4 Sprint in Lahti; first podium was 1984–85 Sprint in Lahti
 * 🇫🇮 Tapio Piipponen (FIN), 28, in his 7th season — the WC 5 Individual in Boden; first podium was 1981–82 Sprint in Ruhpolding


 * First World Cup podium:
 * 🇮🇹 Gottlieb Taschler (ITA), 24, in his 5th season — no. 2 in the WC 1 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva
 * Andrei Nepein, in his 3rd season — no. 2 in the WC 1 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva
 * 🇳🇴 Gisle Fenne (NOR), 22, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 1 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva
 * Anatoly Zhdanovich, 23, in his 1st season — no. 3 in the WC 3 Individual in Oberhof
 * Jan Matouš, 24, in his 3rd season — no. 2 in the WC 4 Individual in Lahti
 * 🇮🇹 Andreas Zingerle (ITA), 24, in his 5th season — no. 3 in the WC 4 Individual in Lahti
 * André Sehmisch, 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):
 * Peter Angerer, 3 (9) first places
 * Matthias Jacob, 2 (4) first places
 * Sergei Antonov, 1 (2) first place
 * Valeriy Medvedtsev, 1 (1) first place
 * Andrei Nepein, 1 (1) first place
 * André Sehmisch, 1 (1) first place
 * 🇫🇮 Tapio Piipponen (FIN), 1 (1) first place

Retirements
Following notable biathletes retired after the 1985–86 season:
 * 🇳🇴 Mette Mestad (NOR)