1986–87 Biathlon World Cup

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.
 * 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.

Overall

 * Final standings after 12 races.

Achievements

 * First World Cup career victory:
 * 🇸🇪 Roger Westling (SWE), 25, in his 5th season — the WC 1 Sprint in Obertauern; it also was his first podium
 * Jan Matouš, 25, in his 5th season — the WC 2 Individual in Borovets; first podium was 1985–86 Individual in Lahti
 * Alexandr Popov, 21, in his 2nd season — the WC 3 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva; first podium was 1986–87 Individual in Obertauern


 * First World Cup podium:
 * František Chládek, 28, — no. 2 in the WC 1 Individual in Obertauern
 * Alexandr Popov, 21, in his 2nd season — no. 3 in the WC 1 Individual in Obertauern
 * 🇦🇹 Franz Schuler (AUT), 24, in his 5th season — no. 3 in the WC 1 Sprint in Obertauern
 * Ernst Reiter, 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):
 * Fritz Fischer, 2 (4) first places
 * Valeriy Medvedtsev, 2 (3) first places
 * Peter Angerer, 1 (10) first place
 * Frank-Peter Roetsch, 1 (7) first place
 * Matthias Jacob, 1 (5) first place
 * Juri Kashkarov, 1 (3) first place
 * Andrei Zenkov, 1 (2) first place
 * 🇸🇪 Roger Westling (SWE), 1 (1) first place
 * Jan Matouš, 1 (1) first place
 * Alexandr Popov, 1 (1) first place

Retirements
Following notable biathletes retired after the 1986–87 season:


 * Andrei Zenkov
 * 🇫🇮 Aino Kallunki (FIN)
 * 🇳🇴 Sanna Gronlid (NOR)
 * 🇳🇴 Siv Bråten (NOR)