1998–99 Biathlon World Cup

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The 1998–99 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 11 December 1998 in Hochfilzen, Austria, and ended on 14 March 1999 in Holmenkollen, Norway. It was the 22nd season of the Biathlon World Cup.

1998–99 World Cup
Discipline Men Women
Overall Germany Sven Fischer Sweden Magdalena Forsberg
Nations Cup Germany Germany Germany Germany
Individual Russia Pavel Rostovtsev Germany Uschi Disl
Sprint Germany Sven Fischer Sweden Magdalena Forsberg
Pursuit France Raphaël Poirée Ukraine Olena Zubrilova
Mass start Germany Sven Fischer Ukraine Olena Zubrilova
Relay Germany Germany Germany Germany
Competition

Calendar

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Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 1998–99 season.[1]

Location Date Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay
  Hochfilzen 11–13 December
  Osrblie 16–20 December
  Oberhof 8–10 January
  Ruhpolding 13–17 January
  Antholz 22–24 January
  Kontiolahti 12–14 February
  Lake Placid 26–28 February
  Valcartier 4–6 March
  Holmenkollen 11–14 March
Total 3 9 9 2 6

World Cup Podium

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Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib
(After competition)
Det.
1 11 December 1998   Hochfilzen 10 km Sprint   Ole Einar Bjørndalen   Raphaël Poirée   Pavel Rostovtsev   Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail
1 12 December 1998   Hochfilzen 12.5 km Pursuit   Raphaël Poirée   Ole Einar Bjørndalen   Sven Fischer Detail
1 13 December 1998   Hochfilzen 20 km Individual   Oleg Ryzhenkov   Ole Einar Bjørndalen   Ivan Masařík Detail
2 16 December 1998   Brezno-Osrblie 20 km Individual   Pavel Rostovtsev   Vesa Hietalahti   René Cattarinussi   Pavel Rostovtsev Detail
2 19 December 1998   Brezno-Osrblie 10 km Sprint   Sven Fischer   Oļegs Maļuhins   Raphaël Poirée   Sven Fischer Detail
2 20 December 1998   Brezno-Osrblie 12.5 km Pursuit   Sven Fischer   Raphaël Poirée   Pavel Rostovtsev Detail
3 8 January 1999   Oberhof 10 km Sprint   Vladimir Drachev   Ole Einar Bjørndalen   Ricco Groß   Pavel Rostovtsev Detail
3 9 January 1999   Oberhof 12.5 km Pursuit   Ole Einar Bjørndalen   Ricco Groß   Frank Luck   Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail
4 13 January 1999   Ruhpolding 15 km Mass Start   Raphaël Poirée   Frank Luck   Sergei Rozhkov Detail
4 16 January 1999   Ruhpolding 10 km Sprint   Alexei Aidarov   Sylfest Glimsdal   Fredrik Kuoppa   Sven Fischer Detail
4 17 January 1999   Ruhpolding 12.5 km Pursuit   Raphaël Poirée   Ricco Groß   Sven Fischer Detail
5 22 January 1999   Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Sprint   René Cattarinussi   Frank Luck   Ricco Groß   Frank Luck Detail
5 23 January 1999   Antholz-Anterselva 12.5 km Pursuit   Ole Einar Bjørndalen   Carsten Heymann   Halvard Hanevold   Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail
WC 12 February 1999   Kontiolahti 10 km Sprint   Frank Luck   Patrick Favre   Frode Andresen   Frank Luck Detail
WC 13 February 1999   Kontiolahti 12.5 km Pursuit   Ricco Groß   Frank Luck   Sven Fischer Detail
6 26 February 1999   Lake Placid 10 km Sprint   Sven Fischer   René Cattarinussi   Jan Wüstenfeld Detail
6 27 February 1999   Lake Placid 12.5 km Pursuit   Raphaël Poirée   Peter Sendel   Sven Fischer Detail
7 4 March 1999   Val Cartier 10 km Sprint   Oļegs Maļuhins   Ole Einar Bjørndalen   Frode Andresen Detail
7 6 March 1999   Val Cartier 12.5 km Pursuit   Frode Andresen   Halvard Hanevold   Sven Fischer   Sven Fischer Detail
WC 11 March 1999   Oslo Holmenkollen 20 km Individual   Sven Fischer   Ricco Groß   Vadim Sashurin Detail
8 12 March 1999   Oslo Holmenkollen 10 km Sprint   Halvard Hanevold
  Sven Fischer
  Andriy Deryzemlya Detail
WC 13 March 1999   Oslo Holmenkollen 15 km Mass Start   Sven Fischer   Vladimir Drachev   Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail
8 14 March 1999   Oslo Holmenkollen 12.5 km Pursuit   Frank Luck   Raphaël Poirée   Ricco Groß Detail

Women

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Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib
(After competition)
Det.
1 11 December 1998   Hochfilzen 7.5 km Sprint   Magdalena Forsberg   Corinne Niogret   Galina Koukleva   Magdalena Forsberg Detail
1 12 December 1998   Hochfilzen 10 km Pursuit   Magdalena Forsberg   Corinne Niogret   Simone Greiner-Petter-M. Detail
1 13 December 1998   Hochfilzen 15 km Individual   Uschi Disl   Magdalena Forsberg   Corinne Niogret Detail
2 16 December 1998   Brezno-Osrblie 15 km Individual   Uschi Disl   Albina Akhatova   Magdalena Forsberg Detail
2 19 December 1998   Brezno-Osrblie 7.5 km Sprint   Simone Greiner-Petter-M.   Uschi Disl   Liv Grete Skjelbreid Detail
2 20 December 1998   Brezno-Osrblie 10 km Pursuit   Uschi Disl   Simone Greiner-Petter-M.   Katrin Apel Detail
3 8 January 1999   Oberhof 7.5 km Sprint   Liv Grete Skjelbreid   Olena Zubrilova   Nadezhda Talanova Detail
3 9 January 1999   Oberhof 10 km Pursuit   Liv Grete Skjelbreid   Olena Zubrilova   Magdalena Forsberg Detail
4 13 January 1999   Ruhpolding 12.5 km Mass Start   Uschi Disl   Olena Zubrilova   Corinne Niogret Detail
4 16 January 1999   Ruhpolding 7.5 km Sprint   Olena Zubrilova   Corinne Niogret   Gro Marit Istad Detail
4 17 January 1999   Ruhpolding 10 km Pursuit   Olena Zubrilova   Corinne Niogret   Magdalena Forsberg Detail
5 22 January 1999   Antholz-Anterselva 7.5 km Sprint   Corinne Niogret   Magdalena Forsberg   Olena Petrova Detail
5 23 January 1999   Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Pursuit   Corinne Niogret   Magdalena Forsberg   Olena Petrova Detail
WC 12 February 1999   Kontiolahti 7.5 km Sprint   Martina Zellner   Magdalena Forsberg   Olena Zubrilova Detail
WC 13 February 1999   Kontiolahti 10 km Pursuit   Olena Zubrilova   Martina Schwarzbacherová   Martina Zellner Detail
6 25 February 1999   Lake Placid 7.5 km Sprint   Magdalena Forsberg   Olena Zubrilova   Martina Schwarzbacherová Detail
6 27 February 1999   Lake Placid 10 km Pursuit   Olena Zubrilova   Magdalena Forsberg   Uschi Disl Detail
7 5 March 1999   Val Cartier 7.5 km Sprint   Liv Grete Skjelbreid   Katrin Apel   Magdalena Forsberg Detail
7 6 March 1999   Val Cartier 10 km Pursuit   Magdalena Forsberg   Olena Zubrilova   Martina Schwarzbacherová Detail
WC 11 March 1999   Oslo Holmenkollen 15 km Individual   Olena Zubrilova   Corinne Niogret   Albina Akhatova Detail
8 12 March 1999   Oslo Holmenkollen 7.5 km Sprint   Olena Zubrilova   Ann-Elen Skjelbreid   Olena Petrova Detail
WC 13 March 1999   Oslo Holmenkollen 12.5 km Mass Start   Olena Zubrilova   Olena Petrova   Magdalena Forsberg Detail
8 14 March 1999   Oslo Holmenkollen 10 km Pursuit   Olena Zubrilova   Ann-Elen Skjelbreid   Olena Petrova Detail

Men's team

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Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third
2 18 December 1998   Osrblie 4x7.5 km Relay   Germany
Ricco Gross
Peter Sendel
Sven Fischer
Frank Luck
  Belarus
Alexei Aidarov
Ivan Pesterev
Vadim Sashurin
Oleg Ryzhenkov
  Norway
Halvard Hanevold
Egil Gjelland
Dag Bjørndalen
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
3 10 January 1999   Oberhof 4x7.5 km Relay   Germany
Ricco Gross
Peter Sendel
Sven Fischer
Frank Luck
  Russia
Sergei Rozhkov
Vladimir Drachev
Vyacheslav Kunayev
Viktor Maigourov
  Norway
Egil Gjelland
Sylfest Glimsdal
Frode Andresen
Halvard Hanevold
4 14 January 1999   Ruhpolding 4x7.5 km Relay   Germany
Ricco Gross
Peter Sendel
Sven Fischer
Frank Luck
  Russia
Viktor Maigourov
Vladimir Drachev
Sergei Rozhkov
Pavel Rostovtsev
  Finland
Ville Raikkonen
Vesa Hietalahti
Mikko Uusipaikka
Paavo Puurunen
5 24 January 1999   Antholz-Anterselva 4x7.5 km Relay   Germany
Ricco Gross
Peter Sendel
Sven Fischer
Frank Luck
  Italy
Rene Cattarinussi
Patrick Favre
Wilfried Pallhuber
Pieralberto Carrara
  Norway
Halvard Hanevold
Dag Bjørndalen
Egil Gjelland
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
WC 14 February 1999   Kontiolahti 4x7.5 km Relay   Belarus
Alexei Aidarov
Petr Ivashko
Vadim Sashurin
Oleg Ryzhenkov
  Russia
Viktor Maigourov
Vladimir Drachev
Sergei Rozhkov
Pavel Rostovtsev
  Norway
Halvard Hanevold
Dag Bjørndalen
Frode Andresen
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
6 28 February 1999   Lake Placid 4x7.5 km Relay   Russia
Viktor Maigourov
Vladimir Drachev
Sergei Rozhkov
Pavel Rostovtsev
  Germany
Frank Luck
Ricco Gross
Peter Sendel
Sven Fischer
  Norway
Frode Andresen
Dag Bjørndalen
Sylfest Glimsdal
Halvard Hanevold

Women's team

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Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third
2 18 December 1998   Osrblie 4x7.5 km Relay   Germany
Uschi Disl
Simone Greiner
Katrin Apel
Martina Zellner
  Belarus
Irina Tananayko
Svetlana Paramygina
Nataliya Moroz
Natalia Ryzhenkova
  Russia
Anna Volkova
Galina Kukleva
Olga Romasko
Albina Akhatova
3 10 January 1999   Oberhof 4x7.5 km Relay   Germany
Uschi Disl
Simone Greiner
Andrea Henkel
Martina Zellner
  Russia
Anna Volkova
Olga Romasko
Albina Akhatova
Nadezhda Talanova
  France
Delphyne Burlet
Emmanuelle Claret
Anne Briand
Corinne Niogret
4 14 January 1999   Ruhpolding 4x7.5 km Relay   Ukraine
Olena Zubrilova
Olena Petrova
Nina Lemesh
Tetyana Vodopyanova
  Germany
Uschi Disl
Katrin Apel
Simone Greiner
Martina Zellner
  Russia
Anna Volkova
Nadezhda Talanova
Svetlana Ishmouratova
Olga Romasko
5 24 January 1999   Antholz-Anterselva 4x7.5 km Relay   Russia
Albina Akhatova
Anna Volkova
Svetlana Ishmouratova
Galina Kukleva
  Germany
Uschi Disl
Katrin Apel
Andrea Henkel
Katja Beer
  France
Florence Baverel
Christelle Gros
Emmanuelle Claret
Corinne Niogret
WC 14 February 1999   Kontiolahti 4x7.5 km Relay   Germany
Uschi Disl
Simone Greiner
Katrin Apel
Martina Zellner
  Russia
Nadezhda Talanova
Galina Kukleva
Olga Romasko
Albina Akhatova
  France
Delphyne Burlet
Florence Baverel
Christelle Gros
Corinne Niogret
6 28 February 1999   Lake Placid 4x7.5 km Relay   Norway
Ann-Elen Skjelbreid
Gro Marit Istad
Liv Grete Skjelbreid
Gunn Margit Andreassen
  Ukraine
Tetyana Rud
Olena Petrova
Oksana Khvostenko
Olena Zubrilova
  Finland
Katja Holanti
Outi Kettunen
Annukka Mallat
Eija Salonen

Standings: Men

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Overall

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Pos. Points
1.   Sven Fischer 443
2.   Ole Einar Bjørndalen 397
3.   Frank Luck 390
4.   Ricco Groß 367
5.   Raphaël Poirée 365
  • Final standings after 23 races.

Standings: Women

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Overall

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Pos. Points
1.   Magdalena Forsberg 478
2.   Olena Zubrilova 467
3.   Uschi Disl 420
4.   Corinne Niogret 375
5.   Liv Grete Skjelbreid 313
  • Final standings after 23 races.

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Germany22141450
2  Norway981128
3  Ukraine97622
4  France68620
5  Russia47819
6  Sweden45615
7  Belarus3216
8  Italy1315
9  Latvia1102
10  Finland0123
  Slovakia0123
12  Czech Republic0011
Totals (12 entries)595758174

Achievements

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

Retirements

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The following notable biathletes retired after the 1998–99 season:

References

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  1. ^ Gregor, Jakub. "Schedule". biathlonresults.com. IBU. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
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