1998–99 Biathlon World Cup

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 twenty-second 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
1	11 December 1998	Hochfilzen	10 km Sprint	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Raphael Poiree	Pavel Rostovtsev
1	12 December 1998	Hochfilzen	12.5 km Pursuit	Raphael Poiree	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Sven Fischer
1	13 December 1998	Hochfilzen	20 km Individual	Oleg Ryzhenkov	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Ivan Masařík
2	16 December 1998	Osrblie	20 km Individual	Pavel Rostovtsev	Vesa Hietalahti	Rene Cattarinussi
2	19 December 1998	Osrblie	10 km Sprint	Sven Fischer	Olegs Maluhins	Raphael Poiree
2	20 December 1998	Osrblie	12.5 km Pursuit	Sven Fischer	Raphael Poiree	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
4	13 January 1999	Ruhpolding	15 km Mass Start	Raphael Poiree	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	Raphael Poiree	Ricco Gross	Sven Fischer
5	22 January 1999	Antholz	10 km Sprint	Rene Cattarinussi	Frank Luck	Ricco Gross
5	23 January 1999	Antholz	12.5 km Pusruit	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Carsten Heymann	Halvard Hanevold
WC	12 February 1999	Kontiolahti	10 km Sprint	Frank Luck	Patrick Favre	Frode Andresen
WC	13 February 1999	Kontiolahti	12.5 km Pursuit	Ricco Gross	Frank Luck	Sven Fischer
6	26 February 1999	Lake Placid	10 km Sprint	Sven Fischer	Rene Cattarinussi	Jan Wüstenfeld
6	27 February 1999	Lake Placid	12.5 km Pursuit	Raphael Poiree	Peter Sendel	Sven Fischer
7	4 March 1999	Valcartier	10 km Sprint	Olegs Maluhins	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Frode Andresen
7	6 March 1999	Valcartier	12.5 km Pursuit	Frode Andresen	Halvard Hanevold	Sven Fischer
8	11 March 1999	Holmenkollen	20 km Individual	Sven Fischer	Ricco Gross	Vadim Sashurin
8	12 March 1999	Holmenkollen	10 km Sprint	Sven Fischer		Andriy Deryzemlya
8	12 March 1999	Holmenkollen	10 km Sprint	Halvard Hanevold		Andriy Deryzemlya
8	13 March 1999	Holmenkollen	12.5 km Pursuit	Sven Fischer	Vladimir Drachev	Ole Einar Bjørndalen
8	14 March 1999	Holmenkollen	15 km Mass Start	Frank Luck	Raphael Poiree	Ricco Gross

Women

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
1	11 December 1998	Hochfilzen	7.5 km Sprint	Magdalena Forsberg	Corinne Niogret	Galina Kukleva
1	12 December 1998	Hochfilzen	10 km Pursuit	Magdalena Forsberg	Corinne Niogret	Simone Greiner
1	13 December 1998	Hochfilzen	15 km Individual	Uschi Disl	Magdalena Forsberg	Corinne Niogret
2	16 December 1998	Osrblie	15 km Individual	Uschi Disl	Albina Akhatova	Magdalena Forsberg
2	19 December 1998	Osrblie	7.5 km Sprint	Simone Greiner	Uschi Disl	Liv Grete Skjelbreid
2	20 December 1998	Osrblie	10 km Pursuit	Uschi Disl	Simone Greiner	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	7.5 km Sprint	Corinne Niogret	Magdalena Forsberg	Olena Petrova
5	23 January 1999	Antholz	10 km Pusruit	Corinne Niogret	Magdalena Forsberg	Olena Petrova
WC	12 February 1999	Kontiolahti	7.5 km Sprint	Martina Zellner	Magdalena Forsberg	Olena Zubrilova
WC	13 February 1999	Kontiolahti	10 km Pursuit	Olena Zubrilova	Martina Jašicová	Martina Zellner
6	25 February 1999	Lake Placid	7.5 km Sprint	Magdalena Forsberg	Olena Zubrilova	Martina Jašicová
6	27 February 1999	Lake Placid	10 km Pursuit	Olena Zubrilova	Magdalena Forsberg	Uschi Disl
7	5 March 1999	Valcartier	7.5 km Sprint	Liv Grete Skjelbreid	Katrin Apel	Magdalena Forsberg
7	6 March 1999	Valcartier	10 km Pursuit	Magdalena Forsberg	Olena Zubrilova	Martina Jašicová
8	11 March 1999	Holmenkollen	15 km Individual	Olena Zubrilova	Corinne Niogret	Albina Akhatova
8	12 March 1999	Holmenkollen	7.5 km Sprint	Olena Zubrilova	Ann-Elen Skjelbreid	Olena Petrova
8	13 March 1999	Holmenkollen	10 km Pursuit	Olena Zubrilova	Olena Petrova	Magdalena Forsberg
8	14 March 1999	Holmenkollen	12.5 km Mass Start	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
	Sven Fischer	443
2.	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	397
3.	Frank Luck	390
4.	Ricco Gross	367
5.	Raphael Poiree	365

Final standings after 23 races.

Individual

Pos.		Points
	Pavel Rostovtsev	49
2.	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	48
3.	Sven Fischer	47
4.	Oleg Ryzhenkov	46
5.	Rene Cattarinussi	42

Final standings after 3 races.

Sprint

Pos.		Points
	Sven Fischer	162
2.	Frank Luck	149
3.	Halvard Hanevold	138
4.	Ricco Gross	133
5.	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	130

Final standings after 9 races.

Pursuit

Pos.		Points
	Raphael Poiree	185
2.	Sven Fischer	184
3.	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	174
4.	Frank Luck	172
5.	Ricco Gross	161

Final standings after 9 races.

Mass Start

Pos.		Points
	Sven Fischer	48
2.	Raphael Poiree	47
3.	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	45
4.	Vladimir Drachev	41
5.	Ricco Gross	38

Final standings after 2 races.

Relay

Pos.		Points
	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
	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
	Uschi Disl	60
2.	Magdalena Forsberg	50
3.	Albina Akhatova	50
4.	Corinne Niogret	50
5.	Olena Zubrilova	42

Final standings after 3 races.

Sprint

Pos.		Points
	Magdalena Forsberg	180
2.	Olena Zubrilova	169
3.	Liv Grete Skjelbreid	148
4.	Corinne Niogret	148
5.	Uschi Disl	134

Final standings after 9 races.

Pursuit

Pos.		Points
	Magdalena Forsberg	203
2.	Olena Zubrilova	200
3.	Uschi Disl	171
4.	Corinne Niogret	146
5.	Olena Petrova	129

Final standings after 9 races.

Mass Start

Pos.		Points
	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
	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.

Retirements

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

Mark Kirchner (GER)
Fredrik Kuoppa (SWE)

Mari Lampinen (FIN)
Anne Briand (FRA)
Kathi Schwaab (GER)
Annette Sikveland (NOR)
Nadezhda Talanova (RUS)

External links

IBU official site

References

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

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