1998–99 Biathlon World Cup

1998–99 World Cup
1998–99 World Cup
Discipline	Men
Overall	Sven Fischer
Nations Cup	Germany
Individual	Pavel Rostovtsev
Sprint	Sven Fischer
Pursuit	Raphaël Poirée
Mass start	Sven Fischer
Relay	Germany
Competition
	←1997–98 1999–00→

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.

Calendar[]

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[]

Men[]

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

Women[]

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

Men's team[]

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[]

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
2	18 December 1998	Osrblie	4x6 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	4x6 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	4x6 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	4x6 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	4x6 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	4x6 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[]

Overall[]

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.

Individual[]

Pos.		Points
1.	Pavel Rostovtsev	62
2.	Sven Fischer	62
3.	Oleg Ryzhenkov	61
4.	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	48
5.	Vesa Hietalahti	43

Final standings after 3 races.

Sprint[]

Pos.		Points
1.	Sven Fischer	170
2.	Frank Luck	161
3.	Halvard Hanevold	151
4.	Ricco Groß	137
5.	Frode Andresen	133

Final standings after 9 races.

Pursuit[]

Pos.		Points
1.	Raphaël Poirée	185
2.	Sven Fischer	184
3.	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	174
4.	Frank Luck	174
5.	Ricco Groß	168

Final standings after 9 races.

Mass Start[]

Pos.		Points
1.	Sven Fischer	48
2.	Raphaël Poirée	47
3.	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	45
4.	Vladimir Drachev	41
5.	Ricco Groß	38

Final standings after 2 races.

Relay[]

Pos.		Points
1.	Germany	146
2.	Russia	129
3.	Norway	120
4.	Belarus	115
5.	Finland	104

Final standings after 6 races.

Nation[]

Pos.		Points
1.	Germany	3626
2.	Norway	3505
3.	Russia	3474
4.	Belarus	3361
5.	Italy	3237

Final standings after 18 races.

Standings: Women[]

Overall[]

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.

Individual[]

Pos.		Points
1.	Uschi Disl	77
2.	Magdalena Forsberg	70
3.	Albina Akhatova	50
4.	Corinne Niogret	50
5.	Martina Zellner	43

Final standings after 3 races.

Sprint[]

Pos.		Points
1.	Magdalena Forsberg	193
2.	Olena Zubrilova	180
3.	Liv Grete Skjelbreid	157
4.	Corinne Niogret	148
5.	Uschi Disl	134

Final standings after 9 races.

Pursuit[]

Pos.		Points
1.	Olena Zubrilova	208
2.	Magdalena Forsberg	203
3.	Uschi Disl	171
4.	Corinne Niogret	146
5.	Olena Petrova	129

Final standings after 9 races.

Mass Start[]

Pos.		Points
1.	Olena Zubrilova	56
2.	Uschi Disl	49
3.	Magdalena Forsberg	45
4.	Katrin Apel	32
5.	Corinne Niogret	31

Final standings after 2 races.

Relay[]

Pos.		Points
1.	Germany	142
2.	Russia	130
3.	Ukraine	120
4.	France	114
5.	Norway	110

Final standings after 6 races.

Nation[]

Pos.		Points
1.	Germany	3568
2.	Russia	3439
3.	Ukraine	3402
4.	Norway	3364
5.	France	3297

Final standings after 18 races.

Medal table[]


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	22	14	14	50
2	Norway	9	8	11	28
3	Ukraine	9	7	6	22
4	France	6	8	6	20
5	Russia	4	7	8	19
6	Sweden	4	5	6	15
7	Belarus	3	2	1	6
8	Italy	1	3	1	5
9	Latvia	1	1	0	2
10	Finland	0	1	2	3
10	Slovakia	0	1	2	3
12	Czech Republic	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 nations)		59	57	58	174

Achievements[]

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

Men

Sven Fischer (GER), 6 (15) first places
Raphaël Poirée (FRA), 4 (5) first places
Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR), 3 (9) first places
Frank Luck (GER), 2 (8) first places
Vladimir Drachev (RUS), 1 (11) first place
Ricco Groß (GER), 1 (4) first places
Oleg Ryzhenkov (BLR), 1 (3) first place
Halvard Hanevold (NOR), 1 (3) first place
Alexei Aidarov (BLR), 1 (2) first place
Frode Andresen (NOR), 1 (2) first place
Pavel Rostovtsev (RUS), 1 (1) first place
René Cattarinussi (ITA), 1 (1) first place
Oļegs Maļuhins (LAT), 1 (1) first place

Women

Olena Zubrilova (UKR), 8 (8) first places
Uschi Disl (GER), 4 (18) first places
Magdalena Forsberg (SWE), 4 (16) first places
Liv Grete Skjelbreid (NOR), 3 (3) first places
Corinne Niogret (FRA), 2 (4) first places
Simone Greiner (GER), 1 (4) first place
Martina Zellner (GER), 1 (1) first place

Retirements[]

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

References[]

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

External links[]

IBU official site

[Schedule-1] Gregor, Jakub. "Schedule". biathlonresults.com. IBU. Retrieved 25 May 2018.

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1998–99 World Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Sven Fischer	Magdalena Forsberg
Nations Cup	Germany	Germany
Individual	Pavel Rostovtsev	Uschi Disl
Sprint	Sven Fischer	Magdalena Forsberg
Pursuit	Raphaël Poirée	Olena Zubrilova
Mass start	Sven Fischer	Olena Zubrilova
Relay	Germany	Germany
Competition
←1997–98 1999–00→