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 22nd season of the Biathlon World Cup.

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

Calendar

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

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	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

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

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	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

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
	Slovakia	0	1	2	3
12	Czech Republic	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		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:

• 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