1998–99 FIS Cross-Country World Cup

The 1998–99 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was the 18th official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and women. The season began in Muonio, Finland on 28 November 1998 and finished at Holmenkollen, Oslo, Norway on 20 March 1999. Bjørn Dæhlie of Norway won the overall men's cup. Bente Martinsen of Norway won the women's cup on more victories than Stefania Belmondo of Italy after both finished the season achieving 768 points.

1998–99 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Bjørn Dæhlie (6th title)	Bente Martinsen
Long Distance	Mikhail Botvinov	Kristina Šmigun
Sprint	Bjørn Dæhlie	Bente Martinsen
Nations Cup	Norway	Russia
Nations Cup Overall	Norway
Competition
Locations	14 venues	14 venues
Individual	19 events	19 events
Relay/Team	6 events	6 events

The 1998–99 season was the last season the results from World Championships counted in the overall World Cup standings.

Calendar

Men

C - Classic / F - Freestyle

WC	Date	Location	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	28 November 1998	Muonio	10 km F	Per Elofsson	Bjørn Dæhlie	Sami Repo	[1]
2	10 December 1998	Milano	Sprint F	Mathias Fredriksson	Peter Schlickenrieder	Thobias Fredriksson	[2]
3	12 December 1998	Toblach	10 km F	Bjørn Dæhlie	Mikhail Botvinov	Alois Stadlober	[3]
4	13 December 1998		15 km C	Bjørn Dæhlie	Espen Bjervig	Jari Isometsä	[4]
5	19 December 1998	Davos	30 km C	Bjørn Dæhlie	Alexey Prokurorov	Mikhail Botvinov	[5]
6	27 December 1998	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Sprint F	Tor Arne Hetland	Thobias Fredriksson	Ari Palolahti	[6]
7	28 December 1998	Engelberg	Sprint F	Tor Arne Hetland	Christian Hoffmann	Patrik Mächler	[7]
8	29 December 1998	Kitzbühel	Sprint F	Peter Schlickenrieder	Thobias Fredriksson	Christian Hoffmann	[8]
9	5 January 1999	Otepää	15 km C	Espen Bjervig	Mika Myllylä	Anders Bergström	[9]
10	9 January 1999	Nové Město	15 km C	Bjørn Dæhlie	Erling Jevne	Espen Bjervig	[10]
11	12 January 1999		30 km F	Mikhail Botvinov	Bjørn Dæhlie	Per Elofsson	[11]
12	14 February 1999	Seefeld	10 km F	Mika Myllylä	Mikhail Botvinov	Jari Isometsä	[12]
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1999 (19–28 February 1999)
13	19 February 1999	Ramsau	30 km F	Mika Myllylä	Thomas Alsgaard	Bjørn Dæhlie	[13]
14	22 February 1999		10 km C	Mika Myllylä	Alois Stadlober	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset	[14]
15	23 February 1999		10 km C + 15 km F Combined pursuit	Thomas Alsgaard	Mika Myllylä	Fulvio Valbusa	[15]
16	28 February 1999		50 km C	Mika Myllylä	Andrus Veerpalu	Mikhail Botvinov	[16]
17	7 March 1999	Lahti	15 km C	Bjørn Dæhlie	Vladimir Vilisov	Frode Estil	[17]
18	13 March 1999	Falun	30 km C	Anders Bergström	Mikhail Botvinov	Mika Myllylä	[18]
19	20 March 1999	Oslo	50 km C	Mikhail Botvinov	Bjørn Dæhlie	Christian Hoffmann	[19]

Note: Until 1999 World Championships, World Championship races are part of the World Cup. Hence results from those races are included in the World Cup overall.

Women

C - Classic / F - Freestyle

WC	Date	Location	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	28 November 1998	Muonio	5 km F	Kateřina Neumannová	Stefania Belmondo	Nina Gavrylyuk	[20]
2	10 December 1998	Milano	Sprint F	Anita Moen	Andreja Mali	Bente Martinsen	[21]
3	12 December 1998	Toblach	5 km F	Kateřina Neumannová	Antonina Ordina	Nina Gavrylyuk	[22]
4	13 December 1998		10 km C	Bente Martinsen	Nina Gavrylyuk	Antonina Ordina	[23]
5	19 December 1998	Davos	15 km C	Olga Danilova	Bente Martinsen	Larisa Lazutina	[24]
6	27 December 1998	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Sprint F	Bente Martinsen	Kristina Šmigun	Andreja Mali	[25]
7	28 December 1998	Engelberg	Sprint F	Bente Martinsen	Maj Helen Sorkmo	Karin Moroder	[26]
8	29 December 1998	Kitzbühel	Sprint F	Bente Martinsen	Andreja Mali	Anne Kristi Marken	[27]
9	5 January 1999	Otepää	10 km C	Bente Martinsen	Antonina Ordina	Kristina Šmigun	[28]
10	9 January 1999	Nové Město	10 km C	Bente Martinsen	Kateřina Neumannová	Svetlana Nageykina	[29]
11	12 January 1999		15 km F	Kristina Šmigun	Stefania Belmondo	Nina Gavrylyuk	[30]
12	14 February 1999	Seefeld	5 km F	Nina Gavrylyuk	Anfisa Reztsova	Stefania Belmondo	[31]
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1999 (19–28 February 1999)
13	19 February 1999	Ramsau	15 km F	Stefania Belmondo	Kristina Šmigun	Maria Theurl	[32]
14	22 February 1999		5 km C	Bente Martinsen	Olga Danilova	Kateřina Neumannová	[33]
15	23 February 1999		5 km C + 10 km F Combined pursuit	Stefania Belmondo	Nina Gavrylyuk	Iryna Terelia	[34]
16	27 February 1999		30 km C	Larisa Lazutina	Olga Danilova	Kristina Šmigun	[35]
17	7 March 1999	Lahti	10 km C	Larisa Lazutina	Bente Martinsen	Kateřina Neumannová	[36]
18	13 March 1999	Falun	15 km C	Larisa Lazutina	Svetlana Nageykina	Natalya Baranova-Masalkina	[37]
19	20 March 1999	Oslo	30 km C	Yuliya Chepalova	Stefania Belmondo	Kristina Šmigun	[38]

Note: Until 1999 World Championships, World Championship races are part of the World Cup. Hence results from those races are included in the World Cup overall.

Men's team

WC	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	29 November 1998	Muonio	4 × 10 km relay F	Sweden Anders Bergström Magnus Ingesson Mathias Fredriksson Per Elofsson	Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen Kristen Skjeldal Bjørn Dæhlie Tor Arne Hetland	Italy Fabio Maj Silvio Fauner Pietro Piller Cottrer Maurizio Pozzi
2	20 December 1999	Davos	4 × 10 km relay C/F	Norway Espen Bjervig Erling Jevne Bjørn Dæhlie Tor Arne Hetland	Sweden Anders Bergström Niklas Jonsson Mathias Fredriksson Per Elofsson	Austria Alexander Marent Alois Stadlober Mikhail Botvinov Achim Walcher
3	10 January 1999	Nové Město	4 × 10 km relay C/F	Austria Markus Gandler Alexander Marent Mikhail Botvinov Christian Hoffmann	Italy Fulvio Valbusa Fabio Maj Pietro Piller Cottrer Silvio Fauner	Norway Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset Erling Jevne Frode Jermstad Tor Arne Hetland
4	26 February 1999	Ramsau	4 × 10 km relay C/F	Austria Markus Gandler Alois Stadlober Mikhail Botvinov Christian Hoffmann	Norway Espen Bjervig Erling Jevne Bjørn Dæhlie Thomas Alsgaard	Italy Giorgio Di Centa Fabio Maj Fulvio Valbusa Silvio Fauner
5	14 March 1999	Falun	4 × 10 km relay C/F	Sweden Mathias Fredriksson Anders Bergström Per Elofsson Jörgen Brink	Finland Janne Immonen Harri Kirvesniemi Mika Myllylä Sami Repo	Russia Vitaly Denisov Mikhail Ivanov Alexey Prokurorov Vladimir Vilisov
6	21 March 1999	Oslo	4 × 10 km relay C	Norway Frode Estil Espen Bjervig Anders Aukland Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset	Russia Vitaly Denisov Mikhail Ivanov Alexey Prokurorov Vladimir Vilisov	Italy Silvio Fauner Giorgio Di Centa Fabio Maj Fulvio Valbusa

Women's team

WC	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	29 November 1998	Muonio	4 × 5 km relay F	Russia I Olga Danilova Anfisa Reztsova Larisa Lazutina Nina Gavrylyuk	Italy Karin Moroder Gabriella Paruzzi Sabina Valbusa Stefania Belmondo	Norway Bente Martinsen Elin Nilsen Anita Moen Maj Helen Sorkmo
2	20 December 1999	Davos	4 × 5 km relay C/F	Russia I Olga Danilova Svetlana Nageykina Larisa Lazutina Nina Gavrylyuk	Italy Gabriella Paruzzi Antonella Confortola Stefania Belmondo Sabina Valbusa	Russia II Marina Lazskaja Natalya Baranova-Masalkina Yuliya Chepalova Anfisa Reztsova
3	10 January 1999	Nové Město	4 × 5 km relay C/F	Russia Svetlana Nageykina Nina Gavrylyuk Anfisa Reztsova Yuliya Chepalova	Norway Maj Helen Sorkmo Anita Moen Elin Nilsen Bente Martinsen	Italy Gabriella Paruzzi Antonella Confortola Stefania Belmondo Sabina Valbusa
4	26 February 1999	Ramsau	4 × 5 km relay C/F	Russia Olga Danilova Larisa Lazutina Anfisa Reztsova Nina Gavrylyuk	Italy Sabina Valbusa Gabriella Paruzzi Antonella Confortola Stefania Belmondo	Germany Viola Bauer Ramona Roth Evi Sachenbacher Sigrid Wille
5	14 March 1999	Falun	4 × 5 km relay C/F	Russia I Svetlana Nageykina Natalya Baranova-Masalkina Yuliya Chepalova Larisa Lazutina	Russia II Nina Gavrylyuk Lyubov Yegorova Anfisa Reztsova Irina Skladneva	Italy Sabina Valbusa Gabriella Paruzzi Antonella Confortola Stefania Belmondo
6	21 March 1999	Oslo	4 × 5 km relay C	Russia I Svetlana Nageykina Nina Gavrylyuk Yuliya Chepalova Larisa Lazutina	Russia II Natalya Baranova-Masalkina Lyubov Yegorova Anfisa Reztsova Irina Skladneva	Norway Bente Martinsen Hilde Glomsås Elin Nilsen Anita Moen

Men's standings

Overall

Rank	Skier	Points
1	Bjørn Dæhlie	885
2	Mikhail Botvinov	685
3	Mika Myllylä	573
4	Mathias Fredriksson	484
5	Per Elofsson	465
6	Anders Bergström	454
7	Espen Bjervig	406
8	Jari Isometsä	370
9	Alexey Prokurorov	366
10	Erling Jevne	318

Rank	Skier	Points
11	Alois Stadlober	279
12	Fulvio Valbusa	273
13	Thomas Alsgaard	266
14	Niklas Jonsson	259
15	Ivan Bátory	248
	Christian Hoffmann	248
17	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset	246
18	Fabio Maj	227
19	Frode Estil	219
	Kristen Skjeldal	219

Rank	Skier	Points
21	Vladimir Vilisov	211
22	Andrus Veerpalu	189
23	Tor Arne Hetland	170
24	Silvio Fauner	169
25	Giorgio Di Centa	132
26	Maurizio Pozzi	115
27	Jaak Mae	113
28	Andreas Schlütter	103
29	Mikhail Ivanov	100
30	Sami Repo	90

Long Distance

Rank	Skier	Points
1	Mikhail Botvinov	413
2	Bjørn Dæhlie	360
3	Mika Myllylä	312
4	Anders Bergström	261
5	Alexey Prokurorov	220
6	Mathias Fredriksson	176
7	Fulvio Valbusa	157
8	Per Elofsson	141
9	Niklas Jonsson	129
10	Kristen Skjeldal	122
	Alois Stadlober	122

Sprint

Rank	Skier	Points
1	Bjørn Dæhlie	480
2	Tor Arne Hetland	354
3	Mathias Fredriksson	308
4	Espen Bjervig	298
5	Per Elofsson	295
6	Christian Hoffmann	287
7	Mikhail Botvinov	272
8	Mika Myllylä	261
9	Thobias Fredriksson	252
10	Peter Schlickenrieder	247

Women's standings

Overall

Rank	Skier	Points
1	Bente Martinsen	768 ‡
2	Stefania Belmondo	768 ‡
3	Nina Gavrylyuk	705
4	Kristina Šmigun	666
5	Larisa Lazutina	648
6	Kateřina Neumannová	618
7	—	—
8	Olga Danilova	507
9	Anfisa Reztsova	490
10	Antonina Ordina	430

Rank	Skier	Points
11	Yuliya Chepalova	363
12	Iryna Terelia	300
13	Natalya Baranova-Masalkina	279
14	Elin Nilsen	264
15	Brigitte Albrecht	252
16	Gabriella Paruzzi	246
17	Maria Theurl	218
18	Valentina Shevchenko	187
	Sophie Villeneuve	187
20	Anita Moen	170

Long Distance

Rank	Skier	Points
1	Kristina Šmigun	372
2	Stefania Belmondo	345
3	Larisa Lazutina	343
4	—	—
5	Olga Danilova	240
6	Nina Gavrylyuk	215
7	Yuliya Chepalova	200
8	Anfisa Reztsova	190
9	Iryna Terelia	156
10	Gabriella Paruzzi	147
	Maria Theurl	147

Sprint

Rank	Skier	Points
1	Bente Martinsen	806
2	Kateřina Neumannová	490
3	Kristina Šmigun	473
4	Nina Gavrylyuk	401
5	Stefania Belmondo	356
6	Larisa Lazutina	305
7	Antonina Ordina	282
8	Anfisa Reztsova	250
9	Andreja Mali	240
10	Anita Moen	235

Note: ‡ : When the season ended, Bente Martinsen and Stefania Belmondo were equal on points. Bente Martinsen won the Overall World Cup on most victories (Martinsen 7-2 Belmondo).

Achievements

Victories in this World Cup (all-time number of victories as of 1998/99 season in parentheses)

Men

• Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR), 5 (46) first places
• Mika Myllylä (FIN), 4 (8) first places
• Tor Arne Hetland (NOR), 2 (3) first places
• Mikhail Botvinov (AUT), 2 (2) first places
• Thomas Alsgaard (NOR), 1 (5) first places
• Per Elofsson (SWE), 1 (1) first place
• Mathias Fredriksson (SWE), 1 (1) first place
• Peter Schlickenrieder (GER), 1 (1) first place
• Espen Bjervig (NOR), 1 (1) first place
• Anders Bergström (SWE), 1 (1) first place

Women

• Bente Martinsen (NOR), 7 (10) first places
• Larisa Lazutina (RUS), 3 (15) first places
• Stefania Belmondo (ITA), 2 (19) first places
• Kateřina Neumannová (CZE), 2 (3) first places
• Nina Gavrylyuk (RUS), 1 (4) first place
• Yuliya Chepalova (RUS), 1 (2) first place
• Anita Moen (NOR), 1 (1) first place
• Olga Danilova (RUS), 1 (1) first place
• Kristina Šmigun (EST), 1 (1) first place