1981–82 Biathlon World Cup

Below is the World Cup calendar for the 1981–82 season.[1][2][3]

Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Relay
Egg am Etzel	14–17 January	●	●	●
Antholz-Anterselva	21–24 January	●	●	●
Ruhpolding	28–30 January	●	●
Minsk	10–14 February	●	●	●
Lahti	5–7 March	●	●	●
Total		5	5	4

*The relays were technically unofficial races as they did not count towards anything in the World Cup.

First World Cup career victory

•  Svein Engen (NOR), 28, in his 5th season — the WC 1 Individual in Egg am Etzel; first podium was 1977–78 Individual in Sodankylä
•  Andreas Göthel (GDR), 23, in his 1st season — the WC 2 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva; it also was his first podium
•  Matthias Jacob (GDR), 21, in his 3rd season — the WC 3 Sprint in Ruhpolding; first podium was 1979–80 Individual in Ruhpolding

First World Cup podium

•  Walter Pichler (FRG), 22, in his 1st season — no. 2 in the WC 1 Individual in Egg am Etzel
•  Viktor Bulygin (URS), in his 1st season — no. 2 in the WC 3 Individual in Ruhpolding
•  Taipio Piipponen (FIN), 24, in his 3rd season — no. 2 in the WC 3 Sprint in Ruhpolding

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

•  Frank Ullrich (GDR), 4 (14) first places
•  Matthias Jacob (GDR), 2 (2) first places
•  Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR), 1 (3) first place
•  Kjell Søbak (NOR), 1 (2) first place
•  Svein Engen (NOR), 1 (1) first place
•  Andreas Göthel (GDR), 1 (1) first place

Following notable biathletes retired after the 1981–82 season:

•  Heikki Ikola (FIN)