Roar Nilsen(
NOR), 26, in his 2nd season — the WC 1 Individual in Jáchymov; it also was his first podium
Rudolf Horn(
AUT), 24, in his 2nd season — the WC 1 Sprint in Jáchymov; it also was his first podium and the first podium for an Austrian biathlete
Alexander Tikhonov(
URS), 32, in his 2nd season — the WC 2 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva; first podium was 1977–78 Sprint in Sodankylä
Anatoly Alyabyev(
URS), 27, in his 2nd season — the WC 3 Individual in Sodankylä; first podium was 1977–78 Individual in Murmansk
First World Cup podium
Terje Krokstad(
NOR), 22, in his 2nd season — no. 3 in the WC 1 Individual in Jáchymov
Luigi Weiss(
ITA), 27, in his 2nd season — no. 3 in the World Championships Sprint in Ruhpolding; it also was the first podium for an Italian biathlete
Kjell Søbak(
NOR), 21, in his 1st season — no. 3 in the WC 3 Individual in Sodankylä
Vladimir Alikin(
URS), 21, in his 1st season — no. 3 in the WC 4 Individual in Bardufoss
Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses)
1.123456 In the individual races in Jáchymov some non-World Cup racers participated. In the 20 km individual Jürgen Grundler, Thomas Klinger and Wolfgang Schütze, among others, were non-World Cup racers, and so for World Cup purposes Roar Nilsen won the race, with Rösch and Krokstad coming 2nd and 3rd. Pavlíček, Hess, Avdejev, Engen,
Tor Svendsberget,
Mathias Jung and
Heinz Böttcher came 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th respectively and received the appropriate World Cup points.[4][5] In the 10 km sprint, some of the non-World Cup racers were Sigvart Bjøntegaard, Stig Kvistad and Gerold Eichhorn, and so they did not receive any World Cup points, and for World Cup purposes Terje Krokstad came 3rd in that race and received the appropriate World Cup points, with Rösch, Hess, Grundler and Mitev coming 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th, respectively, and receiving the appropriate World Cup points.[6]
Retirements
Following notable biathletes retired after the 1978–79 season:
^"World Cup-resultater" [World Cup results]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 11 January 1979. Retrieved 14 September 2014. (in Norwegian)(subscription required)
^"Til topps tross tap" [To the top despite loss]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 11 January 1979. Retrieved 14 September 2014. (in Norwegian)(subscription required)
^"Terje Krokstad leder World Cup" [Terje Krokstad leads the World Cup]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 12 January 1979. Retrieved 14 September 2014. (in Norwegian)(subscription required)
^Stenberg, Nils Petter (6 December 1979).
"- Jobber gjerne med eliten, sier Tor S." [- Works gladly with the elite, says Tor S.]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 1 August 2015. (in Norwegian)(subscription required)