Biathlon World Cup 1998/99

World Cup 1998/99
	Men's	Ladies
winner
Overall World Cup	Sven Fischer	Magdalena Forsberg
Individual World Cup	Pavel Rostovtsev	Uschi Disl
Sprint World Cup	Sven Fischer	Magdalena Forsberg
Pursuit World Cup	Raphaël Poirée	Olena Subrylowa
Mass start world cup	Sven Fischer	Olena Subrylowa
Relay World Cup	Germany	Germany
Nations ranking	Germany	Germany
Competitions
Venues	8th	8th
Individual competitions	23	23
Relay competitions	6th	6th
← 1997/98 1999/00 →

The 1998/99 Biathlon World Cup was a series of competitions in biathlon that consisted of 23 individual and 6 relay races for men and women and was held at nine venues. In addition to the eight World Cup events in Hochfilzen , Osrblie , Oberhof , Ruhpolding , Antholz , Lake Placid , Valcartier and Oslo ( Holmenkollen ), the biathlon world championships held in Kontiolahti , Finland, were also included in the World Cup ranking. During the season, athletes from 31 national associations took part in World Cup events, all of them for men and 24 for women. Sven Fischer won the overall world cup for men ahead of Ole Einar Bjørndalen and Frank Luck , and for women Magdalena Forsberg won ahead of Alena Subrylawa and Uschi Disl . The nations ranking was won by Germany ahead of Norway for the men , while Germany was ahead of Russia for the women .

Men

Results

1st World Cup in Hochfilzen , December 11, 1998 - December 13, 1998
date	discipline	First place	Second place	third place
December 11, 1998 (Fr.)	Sprint (10 km)	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Raphaël Poirée	Pavel Rostovtsev
December 12, 1998 (Sat.)	Pursuit (12.5 km)	Raphaël Poirée	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Sven Fischer
December 13, 1998 (Sun.)	Single (20 km)	Aleh Ryshankou	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Ivan Masařík

2nd World Cup in Osrblie , December 16, 1998 - December 20, 1998
date	discipline	First place	Second place	third place
December 16, 1998 (Wed.)	Single (20 km)	Pavel Rostovtsev	Vesa Hietalahti	René Cattarinussi
December 18, 1998 (Fr.)	Relay (4 × 7.5 km)	Germany Ricco Groß Peter Sendel Sven Fischer Frank Luck	Belarus Aljaxej Ajdarau Ivan Pesterew Vadsim Saschuryn Aleh Ryshankou	Norway Halvard Hanevold Egil Gjelland Dag Bjørndalen Ole Einar Bjørndalen
December 19, 1998 (Sat.)	Sprint (10 km)	Sven Fischer	Oļegs Maļuhins	Raphaël Poirée
December 20, 1998 (Sun.)	Pursuit (12.5 km)	Sven Fischer	Raphaël Poirée	Pavel Rostovtsev

3rd World Cup in Oberhof , January 8, 1999 - January 10, 1999
date	discipline	First place	Second place	third place
January 8, 1999 (Fr.)	Sprint (10 km)	Vladimir Drachev	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Ricco Great
January 9, 1999 (Sat.)	Pursuit (12.5 km)	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Ricco Great	Frank Luck
January 10, 1999 (Sun.)	Relay (4 × 7.5 km)	Germany Ricco Groß Peter Sendel Sven Fischer Frank Luck	Russia Sergei Roshkov Vladimir Drachev Vyacheslav Kunayev Viktor Maigurow	Norway Egil Gjelland Sylfest Glimsdal Frode Andresen Halvard Hanevold

4th World Cup in Ruhpolding , January 13, 1999 - January 17, 1999
date	discipline	First place	Second place	third place
January 13, 1999 (Wed.)	Mass start (15 km)	Raphaël Poirée	Frank Luck	Sergei Roshkov
January 14, 1999 (Thu.)	Relay (4 × 7.5 km)	Germany Ricco Groß Peter Sendel Sven Fischer Frank Luck	Russia Viktor Maigurow Vladimir Drachev Sergei Roshkov Pawel Rostovzew	Finland Ville Raikkonen Vesa Hietalahti Mikko Uusipaikka Paavo Puurunen
January 16, 1999 (Sat.)	Sprint (10 km)	Aljaxej Ajdarau	Sylfest Glimsdal	Fredrik Kuoppa
January 17, 1999 (Sun.)	Pursuit (12.5 km)	Raphaël Poirée	Ricco Great	Sven Fischer

5th World Cup in Antholz , January 22, 1999 - January 24, 1999
date	discipline	First place	Second place	third place
January 22, 1999 (Fr.)	Sprint (10 km)	René Cattarinussi	Frank Luck	Ricco Great
January 23, 1999 (Sat.)	Pursuit (12.5 km)	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Carsten Heymann	Halvard Hanevold
January 24, 1999 (Sun.)	Relay (4 × 7.5 km)	Germany Ricco Groß Peter Sendel Sven Fischer Frank Luck	Italy René Cattarinussi Patrick Favre Wilfried Pallhuber Pieralberto Carrara	Norway Halvard Hanevold Dag Bjørndalen Egil Gjelland Ole Einar Bjørndalen

Biathlon World Championships in Kontiolahti , February 12, 1999 - February 14, 1999
date	discipline	First place	Second place	third place
February 12, 1999 (Fr.)	Sprint (10 km)	Frank Luck	Patrick Favre	Frode Andresen
February 13, 1999 (Sat.)	Pursuit (12.5 km)	Ricco Great	Frank Luck	Sven Fischer
February 14, 1999 (Sun.)	Relay (4 × 7.5 km)	Belarus Aljaxej Ajdarau Pyotr Ivashka Vadsim Saschuryn Aleh Ryshankou	Russia Viktor Maigurow Vladimir Drachev Sergei Roshkov Pawel Rostovzew	Norway Halvard Hanevold Dag Bjørndalen Frode Andresen Ole Einar Bjørndalen

6th World Cup in Lake Placid , February 26, 1999 - February 28, 1999
date	discipline	First place	Second place	third place
February 26, 1999 (Fr.)	Sprint (10 km)	Sven Fischer	René Cattarinussi	Jan Wüstenfeld
February 27, 1999 (Sat.)	Pursuit (12.5 km)	Raphaël Poirée	Peter Sendel	Sven Fischer
February 28, 1999 (Sun.)	Relay (4 × 7.5 km)	Russia Viktor Maigurow Vladimir Drachev Sergei Roshkov Pawel Rostovzew	Germany Frank Luck Ricco Groß Peter Sendel Sven Fischer	Norway Frode Andresen Dag Bjørndalen Sylfest Glimsdal Halvard Hanevold

7th World Cup in Valcartier , March 4, 1999 - March 6, 1999
date	discipline	First place	Second place	third place
March 4th (Thursday)	Sprint (10 km)	Oļegs Maļuhins	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Frode Andresen
March 6th (Sat.)	Pursuit (12.5 km)	Frode Andresen	Halvard Hanevold	Sven Fischer

8th World Cup in Holmenkollen , March 11, 1999 - March 14, 1999
date	discipline	First place	Second place	third place
March 11th (Thursday)	Individual (20 km) WM	Sven Fischer	Ricco Great	Vadsim Sashuryn
March 12, 1999 (Fr.)	Sprint (10 km)	Halvard Hanevold Sven Fischer		Andrij Derysemlya
March 13, 1999 (Sat.)	Mass start (12.5 km) WM	Sven Fischer	Vladimir Drachev	Ole Einar Bjørndalen
March 14, 1999 (Sun.)	Pursuit (12.5 km)	Frank Luck	Raphaël Poirée	Ricco Great

World Cup stands

Overall World Cup
Final result after 23 races (Top 10)
rank Surname Points Victories 01  Sven Fischer 443 6th 02  Ole Einar Bjørndalen 397 3 03  Frank Luck 390 2 04th  Ricco Great 367 1 05  Raphaël Poirée 365 4th 06th  Pavel Rostovtsev 330 1 07th  Halvard Hanevold 322 1 08th  Vadsim Sashuryn 303 0 09  Peter Sendel 291 0 10  René Cattarinussi 290 1

Individual World Cup	Sprint World Cup	Pursuit World Cup
Final result after 3 races (Top 10)	Final result after 9 races (Top 10)	Final result after 9 races (Top 10)
rank Surname Points Victories 01  Pavel Rostovtsev 62 1 02  Sven Fischer 62 1 03  Aleh Ryshankou 61 1 04th  Ole Einar Bjørndalen 48 0 05  Vesa Hietalahti 43 0 06th  René Cattarinussi 42 0 07th  Sergei Roshkov 39 0 08th  Ivan Masařík 37 0 09  Frank Luck 37 0 10  Ricco Great 35 0	rank Surname Points Victories 01  Sven Fischer 170 3 02  Frank Luck 161 1 03  Halvard Hanevold 151 1 04th  Ricco Great 137 0 05  Frode Andresen 133 0 06th  Ole Einar Bjørndalen 130 1 07th  Vadsim Sashuryn 128 0 08th  Pavel Rostovtsev 123 0 09  Oļegs Maļuhins 113 1 10  René Cattarinussi 112 1	rank Surname Points Victories 01  Raphaël Poirée 185 3 02  Sven Fischer 184 1 03  Ole Einar Bjørndalen 174 2 04th  Frank Luck 174 1 05  Ricco Great 168 1 06th  Pavel Rostovtsev 140 0 07th  Halvard Hanevold 136 0 08th  Peter Sendel 135 0 09  Vadsim Sashuryn 135 0 10  René Cattarinussi 120 0

Mass start world cup	Relay World Cup	Nations ranking
Final result after 2 races (Top 10)	Final result after 6 races (Top 10)	Final result after 18 races (Top 10)
rank Surname Points Victories 01  Sven Fischer 48 1 02  Raphaël Poirée 47 1 03  Ole Einar Bjørndalen 45 0 04th  Vladimir Drachev 41 0 05  Ricco Great 38 0 06th  Frank Luck 32 0 07th  Dag Bjørndalen 27 0 08th  Peter Sendel 26th 0 09  Sergei Roshkov 24 0 10  Frode Andresen 24 0	rank country Points Victories 01  Germany 146 5 02  Russia 129 1 03  Norway 120 0 04th  Belarus 115 0 05  Finland 104 0 06th  France 102 0 07th  Slovenia 96 0 08th  Italy 93 0 09  Poland 83 0 10  Latvia 77 0	rank country Points Victories 01  Germany 3626 10 02  Norway 3505 2 03  Russia 3474 3 04th  Belarus 3361 2 05  Italy 3237 1 06th  Austria 3166 0 07th  France 3095 0 08th  Finland 3085 0 09  Latvia 2997 1 10  Czech Republic 2771 0

table

Results athletes

Item	Biathlete	Hochfilzen			Osrblie			Oberhof		Ruhpolding			Antholz		Kontiolahti		Lake Placid		Valcartier		Oslo				Points
		Sp	Vf	Ez	Ez	Sp	Vf	Sp	Vf	Ms	Sp	Vf	Sp	Vf	Sp	Vf	Sp	Vf	Sp	Vf	Ez	Sp	Ms	Vf
01	Sven Fischer	008th	003	009	011	001	001	018th	005	008th	010	003	-	-	007th	003	001	003	007th	003	001	001	001	013	443
02	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	001	002	002	077	013	011	002	001	005	037	008th	004th	001	019th	005	-	-	002	006th	004th	020th	003	012	397
03	Frank Luck	004th	011	008th	009	004th	004th	007th	003	002	018th	010	002	005	001	002	014th	008th	022nd	024	024	008th	020th	001	390
04th	Ricco Great	022nd	019th	017th	037	011	010	003	002	006th	005	002	003	010	006th	001	007th	012	026th	017th	002	016	008th	003	367
05	Raphaël Poirée	002	001	044	007th	003	002	038	028	001	015th	001	009	019th	026th	011	011	001	027	005	019th	012	009	002	365
06th	Pavel Rostovtsev	003	006th	013	001	016	003	004th	006th	020th	011	004th	006th	004th	051	035	025th	011	014th	015th	007th	007th	-	020th	330
07th	Halvard Hanevold	007th	004th	014th	072	066	-	013	007th	012	004th	013	013	003	013	013	006th	007th	005	002	037	001	017th	031	322
08th	Vadsim Sashuryn	009	009	034	021st	019th	005	005	010	017th	008th	016	011	006th	020th	026th	021st	016	004th	004th	003	009	014th	007th	303
09	Peter Sendel	006th	031	016	016	031	009	017th	009	004th	025th	005	005	007th	050	015th	010	002	010	023	018th	006th	022nd	005	291
10	René Cattarinussi	021st	010	050	003	005	008th	-	-	-	058	011	001	011	030th	012	002	006th	009	031	008th	013	010	004th	290
11	Frode Andresen	015th	013	055	017th	049	019th	021st	011	022nd	012	024	012	013	003	027	007th	022nd	003	001	053	004th	006th	016	260
12	Aljaxej Ajdarau	066	-	006th	014th	047	014th	011	004th	010	001	006th	021st	016	008th	007th	033	030th	018th	012	035	010	025th	DNS	238
13	Vladimir Drachev	010	008th	040	026th	083	-	001	013	011	038	009	031	012	025th	009	016	004th	019th	016	005	041	002	DNS	237
14th	Aleh Ryshankou	013	017th	001	010	006th	013	031	023	007th	013	023	015th	039	009	010	022nd	026th	013	DNF	011	040	023	DNS	218
15th	Vesa Hietalahti	005	026th	015th	002	015th	007th	009	008th	016	051	035	048	DNS	056	042	013	017th	028	018th	020th	019th	-	010	192
16	Oļegs Maļuhins	014th	023	043	046	002	039	-	-	-	018th	038	024	023	005	004th	012	013	001	008th	028	DNS	007th	-	191
17th	Ludwig Gredler	032	018th	027	-	-	-	-	-	-	043	053	014th	018th	004th	023	004th	010	035	009	012	011	005	006th	178
18th	Sylfest Glimsdal	-	-	047	006th	046	029	020th	020th	-	002	015th	010	028	017th	030th	035	025th	006th	007th	017th	037	013	009	173
19th	Sergei Roshkov	061	-	005	008th	008th	022nd	016	016	003	049	029	022nd	015th	053	018th	015th	015th	008th	DNS	-	-	-	-	168
20th	Wolfgang Perner	037	030th	019th	023	029	032	014th	012	009	022nd	020th	016	021st	032	019th	009	005	015th	020th	023	022nd	021st	019th	159
21st	Carsten Heymann	027	012	031	013	022nd	017th	025th	017th	013	016	014th	008th	002	-	-	042	045	045	026th	-	014th	-	021st	146
22nd	Dag Bjørndalen	018th	016	011	DNS	009	027	-	-	014th	048	025th	018th	009	022nd	014th	DNS	-	023	013	029	023	011	025th	139
23	Ilmārs Bricis	020th	014th	039	044	024	012	-	-	-	DNS	-	023	017th	012	006th	036	029	032	014th	010	025th	015th	015th	131
24	Wilfried Pallhuber	011	029	049	025th	034	020th	-	-	-	094	-	007th	020th	033	021st	027	009	024	019th	021st	031	012	011	112
25th	Viktor Maigurov	038	046	010	036	025th	018th	027	021st	-	017th	021st	033	034	-	-	017th	020th	011	011	041	005	-	029	110
26th	Patrick Favre	029	022nd	023	030th	052	043	-	-	-	042	039	047	033	002	008th	018th	019th	011	022nd	022nd	027	019th	018th	104
27	Wolfgang Rottmann	042	036	018th	004th	028	031	008th	022nd	021st	006th	018th	020th	022nd	021st	036	DNS	-	-	-	059	036	-	034	100
28	Paavo Puurunen	017th	007th	026th	029	026th	028	-	-	-	039	032	037	DNF	011	016	023	027	021st	028	009	039	004th	DNS	100
29	Ivan Masařík	012	005	003	038	038	026th	047	027	018th	020th	017th	-	-	043	025th	043	032	031	027	013	048	024	033	098
30th	Stéphane Azambre	039	024	004th	081	007th	006th	022nd	018th	024	024	043	039	026th	029	043	019th	033	055	045	049	058	-	DNF	086
31	Jan Wüstenfeld	044	027	041	022nd	057	042	055	DNS	-	007th	007th	046	038	-	-	003	014th	042	044	-	054	-	038	078
32	Jean-Marc Chabloz	048	DNF	021st	031	033	024	006th	015th	015th	021st	030th	034	DNF	040	039	020th	036	053	043	032	044	-	035	060
33	Ville Raikkonen	045	035	032	020th	017th	047	-	-	-	040	022nd	053	025th	036	020th	024	024	029	032	026th	015th	016	022nd	055
34	Vyacheslav Kunayev	-	-	-	-	-	-	034	037	-	041	034	019th	036	-	-	-	-	-	-	006th	018th	-	008th	053
35	Janez Ožbolt	047	034	061	055	014th	033	010	014th	023	050	037	050	042	038	017th	037	039	064	-	043	026th	-	032	052
36	Pavel Vavilov	074	-	-	061	012	016	-	-	-	014th	012	062	-	035	028	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	050
37	Sergei Konovalov	035	048	036	005	018th	015th	037	042	019th	034	042	056	047	-	-	053	046	038	036	-	-	-	-	047
38	Petr Garabík	025th	015th	007th	060	051	038	019th	029	-	061	-	-	-	028	033	057	DNS	050	047	046	021st	-	023	046
39	Jay Hakkinen	077	-	062	063	048	041	023	032	-	072	-	064	-	016	024	005	031	059	DNS	048	047	018th	028	044
40	Andrij Derysemlya	055	021st	056	024	068	-	039	036	-	030th	031	026th	027	065	-	049	050	055	042	033	003	-	014th	043
41	Wiesław Ziemianin	069	-	078	068	027	049	024	030th	-	047	051	017th	008th	067	-	-	-	-	-	060	017th	-	027	038
42	Yukio Mochizuki	071	-	-	032	086	-	015th	026th	-	064	-	069	-	031	047	048	056	016	010	071	068	-	-	037
43	Tomaž Globočnik	016	025th	033	048	053	045	012	019th	-	029	026th	036	035	045	041	028	043	DNS	-	034	028	-	049	032
44	Enrico Tach	024	037	012	015th	061	-	-	-	-	066	-	074	-	-	-	034	040	048	038	-	072	-	-	027
45	Jēkabs Nākums	033	DNS	024	018th	077	-	-	-	-	101	-	055	050	010	034	054	051	040	030th	047	035	-	DNF	026th
46	Wojciech Kozub	019th	020th	DNS	DNS	055	055	-	-	-	052	049	025th	040	061	-	-	-	-	-	015th	033	-	039	025th
47	Fredrik Kuoppa	DNS	-	DNS	-	-	-	043	040	-	003	027	032	041	DNS	-	-	-	-	-	027	DNF	-	-	024
48	Aleksander Grajf	034	DNF	065	028	DNF	-	060	DNF	-	009	019th	059	DNS	-	-	039	038	058	DNS	DNF	059	-	042	024
49	Alexander Wolf	028	032	065	039	010	030th	054	DNF	-	045	036	028	031	-	-	032	021st	034	025th	-	045	-	050	022nd
50	Andreas Heymann	025th	040	082	019th	042	036	035	024	-	068	-	040	030th	055	040	026th	023	063	-	068	030th	-	017th	022nd
51	Devis Da Canal	023	028	046	035	037	021st	-	-	-	062	-	030th	DNF	-	-	030th	018th	025th	021st	052	043	-	043	022nd
52	Gundars Upenieks	073	-	035	059	032	048	-	-	-	067	-	041	DNS	014th	031	041	041	020th	DNS	051	060	-	DNS	018th
53	Julien Robert	050	033	028	040	020th	034	066	-	-	073	-	061	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	016	034	-	026th	016
54	Pyotr Ivashka	031	052	054	066	041	037	056	052	-	026th	044	073	-	015th	022nd	-	-	-	-	057	075	-	-	015th
55	Roman Dostál	063	-	079	012	073	-	030th	031	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	050	042	030th	029	DNS	-	-	-	014th
56	Pieralberto Carrara	080	-	030th	DNF	036	025th	-	-	-	036	054	035	014th	034	044	061	-	043	DNF	-	-	-	-	013
57	Tomasz Sikora	DNS	-	069	062	064	-	053	044	-	055	040	-	-	059	DNS	-	-	-	-	014th	041	-	DNS	012
58	Vyacheslav Derkach	079	-	074	082	044	046	051	039	-	090	-	042	043	018th	032	-	-	-	-	058	024	-	036	010
59	Hans Achorner	078	-	045	041	071	-	-	-	-	092	-	072	-	-	-	044	037	017th	040	-	078	-	-	009
60	Mikko Uusipaikka	075	-	058	050	021st	023	-	-	-	033	041	052	DNS	045	057	-	-	-	-	-	061	-	-	008th
61	Tord Wiksten	053	055	020th	065	060	059	050	DNF	-	046	059	054	044	064	-	-	-	-	-	056	049	-	DNS	006th
62	Zdeněk Vítek	-	-	-	-	-	-	041	033	-	057	033	-	-	023	045	040	035	039	037	050	053	-	024	005
63	Matjaž Poklukar	056	038	022nd	027	030th	035	046	043	-	078	-	060	DNF	-	-	055	052	057	DNS	042	DNF	-	-	004th
64	Kyōji Suga	052	044	057	043	023	044	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	052	DNF	033	033	044	038	-	030th	003
65	Harri Eloranta	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	023	045	044	048	-	-	-	-	-	-	067	070	-	-	003
66	Reinhard Neuner	057	049	029	049	039	040	058	051	-	031	047	038	024	044	050	031	044	047	035	031	079	-	-	002
67	Mykola Krupnyk	051	053	-	047	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	024	037	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	002
68	Hironao Meguro	068	-	067	080	-	-	026th	025th	-	081	-	070	-	041	054	051	034	037	048	030th	051	-	037	001
69	Rickard Noberius	086	-	DNF	083	067	-	052	049	-	-	-	-	-	060	053	-	-	-	-	025th	055	-	046	001
70	Marian Málek	070	-	025th	095	062	-	-	-	-	043	052	-	-	048	049	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	001

Legend
1	2	3	Podium placements
4-10			other top 10 placements
11-25			Race ended within the points
from 26			Race ended outside of the points
LAP			Lapped  / lapped and thus eliminated
DNF			Did not finish  / race started but not finished
DNS			Did not start  / registered, but did not start the race

Women

Results

1st World Cup in Hochfilzen , December 11, 1998 - December 7, 1998
date	discipline	First place	Second place	third place
December 11, 1998 (Fr.)	Sprint (7.5 km)	Magdalena Forsberg	Corinne Niogret	Galina Kuklewa
December 12, 1998 (Sat.)	Pursuit (10 km)	Magdalena Forsberg	Corinne Niogret	Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm
December 13, 1998 (Sun.)	Single (15 km)	Uschi Disl	Magdalena Forsberg	Corinne Niogret

2nd World Cup in Osrblie , December 16, 1998 - December 20, 1998
date	discipline	First place	Second place	third place
December 16, 1998 (Wed.)	Single (15 km)	Uschi Disl	Albina Akhatova	Magdalena Forsberg
December 18, 1998 (Fr.)	Relay (4 × 7.5 km)	Germany Uschi Disl Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm Katrin Apel Martina Zellner	Belarus Irina Tananajko Svyatlana Paramyhina Natallja Murschtschakina Natallja Ryschankowa	Russia Anna Wolkowa Galina Kuklewa Olga Romasko Albina Achatowa
December 19, 1998 (Sat.)	Sprint (7.5 km)	Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm	Uschi Disl	Liv Grete Skjelbreid
December 20, 1998 (Sun.)	Pursuit (10 km)	Uschi Disl	Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm	Katrin Apel

3rd World Cup in Oberhof , January 8, 1999 - January 10, 1999
date	discipline	First place	Second place	third place
January 8, 1999 (Fr.)	Sprint (7.5 km)	Liv Grete Skjelbreid	Olena Subrylowa	Nadezhda Talanova
January 9, 1999 (Sat.)	Pursuit (10 km)	Liv Grete Skjelbreid	Olena Subrylowa	Magdalena Forsberg
January 10, 1999 (Sun.)	Relay (4 × 7.5 km)	Germany Uschi Disl Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm Andrea Henkel Martina Zellner	Russia Anna Wolkowa Olga Romasko Albina Achatowa Nadeschda Talanowa	France Delphyne Heymann-Burlet Emmanuelle Claret Anne Briand Corinne Niogret

4th World Cup in Ruhpolding , January 13, 1999 - January 17, 1999
date	discipline	First place	Second place	third place
January 13, 1999 (Wed.)	Mass start (12.5 km)	Uschi Disl	Olena Subrylowa	Corinne Niogret
January 14, 1999 (Thu.)	Relay (4 × 7.5 km)	Ukraine Olena Subrylowa Olena Petrowa Nina Lemesch Tetjana Vodopjanowa	Germany Uschi Disl Katrin Apel Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm Martina Zellner	Russia Anna Wolkowa Nadeschda Talanowa Swetlana Ischmuratowa Olga Romasko
January 16, 1999 (Sat.)	Sprint (7.5 km)	Olena Subrylowa	Corinne Niogret	Gro Marit Istad
January 17, 1999 (Sun.)	Pursuit (10 km)	Olena Subrylowa	Corinne Niogret	Magdalena Forsberg

5th World Cup in Antholz , January 22, 1999 - January 24, 1999
date	discipline	First place	Second place	third place
January 22, 1999 (Fr.)	Sprint (7.5 km)	Corinne Niogret	Magdalena Forsberg	Olena Petrova
January 23, 1999 (Sat.)	Pursuit (10 km)	Corinne Niogret	Magdalena Forsberg	Olena Petrova
January 24, 1999 (Sun.)	Relay (4 × 7.5 km)	Russia Albina Achatowa Anna Wolkowa Svetlana Ischmuratowa Galina Kuklewa	Germany Uschi Disl Katrin Apel Andrea Henkel Katja Beer	France Florence Baverel Christelle Gros Emmanuelle Claret Corinne Niogret

Biathlon World Championships in Kontiolahti , February 12, 1999 - February 14, 1999
date	discipline	First place	Second place	third place
February 12, 1999 (Fr.)	Sprint (7.5 km)	Martina Zellner	Magdalena Forsberg	Olena Subrylowa
February 13, 1999 (Sat.)	Pursuit (10 km)	Olena Subrylowa	Martina Schwarzbacherová	Martina Zellner
February 14, 1999 (Sun.)	Relay (4 × 7.5 km)	Germany Uschi Disl Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm Katrin Apel Martina Zellner	Russia Nadeschda Talanowa Galina Kuklewa Olga Romasko Albina Achatowa	France Delphyne Heymann-Burlet Florence Baverel Christelle Gros Corinne Niogret

6th World Cup in Lake Placid , February 25, 1999 - February 28, 1999
date	discipline	First place	Second place	third place
February 25, 1999 (Thu.)	Sprint (7.5 km)	Magdalena Forsberg	Olena Subrylowa	Martina Schwarzbacherová
February 27, 1999 (Sat.)	Pursuit (10 km)	Olena Subrylowa	Magdalena Forsberg	Uschi Disl
February 28, 1999 (Sun.)	Relay (4 × 7.5 km)	Norway Ann-Elen Skjelbreid Gro Marit Istad Liv Grete Skjelbreid Gunn Margit Andreassen	Ukraine Tetjana Rud Olena Petrowa Oxana Chwostenko Olena Subrylowa	Finland Katja Holanti Outi Kettunen Annukka Mallat Eija Salonen

7th World Cup in Valcartier , March 5, 1999 - March 6, 1999
date	discipline	First place	Second place	third place
March 5th (Fri)	Sprint (7.5 km)	Liv Grete Skjelbreid	Katrin Apel	Magdalena Forsberg
March 6th (Sat.)	Pursuit (10 km)	Magdalena Forsberg	Olena Subrylowa	Martina Schwarzbacherová

8th World Cup in Holmenkollen , March 11, 1999 - March 14, 1999
date	discipline	First place	Second place	third place
March 11th (Thursday)	Individual (15 km) WM	Olena Subrylowa	Corinne Niogret	Albina Akhatova
March 12th (Thursday)	Sprint (7.5 km)	Olena Subrylowa	Ann-Elen Skjelbreid	Olena Petrova
March 13, 1999 (Sat.)	Mass start (12.5 km) WM	Olena Subrylowa	Olena Petrova	Magdalena Forsberg
March 14, 1999 (Sun.)	Pursuit (10 km)	Olena Subrylowa	Ann-Elen Skjelbreid	Olena Petrova

World Cup stands

Overall World Cup
Final result after 23 races (Top 10)
rank Surname Points Victories 01  Magdalena Forsberg 478 4th 02  Olena Subrylowa 467 8th 03  Uschi Disl 420 4th 04th  Corinne Niogret 375 2 05  Liv Grete Skjelbreid 313 3 06th  Martina Zellner 302 1 07th  Olena Petrova 288 0 08th  Katrin Apel 288 0 09  Albina Akhatova 275 0 10  Ann-Elen Skjelbreid 258 0

Individual World Cup	Sprint World Cup	Pursuit World Cup
Final result after 3 races (Top 10)	Final result after 9 races (Top 10)	Final result after 9 races (Top 10)
rank Surname Points Victories 01  Uschi Disl 77 2 02  Magdalena Forsberg 70 0 03  Albina Akhatova 50 0 04th  Corinne Niogret 50 0 05  Martina Zellner 43 0 06th  Olena Subrylowa 42 1 07th  Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm 42 0 08th  Yu Shumei 35 0 09  Svyatlana Paramyhina 35 0 10  Outi kettuns 33 0	rank Surname Points Victories 01  Magdalena Forsberg 193 2 02  Olena Subrylowa 180 2 03  Liv Grete Skjelbreid 157 2 04th  Corinne Niogret 148 1 05  Uschi Disl 134 0 06th  Martina Zellner 113 1 07th  Olena Petrova 111 0 08th  Katrin Apel 110 0 09  Ann-Elen Skjelbreid 105 0 10  Ekaterina Dafowska 88 0	rank Surname Points Victories 01  Olena Subrylowa 208 4th 02  Magdalena Forsberg 203 2 03  Uschi Disl 171 1 04th  Corinne Niogret 146 1 05  Olena Petrova 129 0 06th  Katrin Apel 126 0 07th  Liv Grete Skjelbreid 121 1 08th  Martina Zellner 118 0 09  Albina Akhatova 117 0 10  Ann-Elen Skjelbreid 112 0

Mass start world cup	Relay World Cup	Nations ranking
Final result after 2 races (Top 10)	Final result after 6 races (Top 10)	Final result after 18 races (Top 10)
rank Surname Points Victories 01  Olena Subrylowa 56 1 02  Uschi Disl 49 1 03  Magdalena Forsberg 45 0 04th  Katrin Apel 32 0 05  Corinne Niogret 31 0 06th  Gro Marit Istad 31 0 07th  Ann-Elen Skjelbreid 30th 0 08th  Martina Zellner 30th 0 09  Olena Petrova 26th 0 10  Galina Kuklewa 26th 0	rank country Points Victories 01  Germany 142 3 02  Russia 130 1 03  Ukraine 120 1 04th  France 114 0 05  Norway 110 1 06th  Czech Republic 95 0 07th  Belarus 78 0 08th  Bulgaria 77 0 09  Poland 69 0 10  Finland 66 0	rank country Points Victories 01  Germany 3568 7th 02  Russia 3439 1 03  Ukraine 3402 4th 04th  Norway 3364 3 05  France 3297 1 06th  Czech Republic 3026 0 07th  Finland 2997 0 08th  Belarus 2744 0 09  Slovakia 2715 0 10  Slovenia 2690 0

table

Results athletes

Item	Biathlete	Hochfilzen			Osrblie			Oberhof		Ruhpolding			Antholz		Kontiolahti		Lake Placid		Valcartier		Oslo				Points
		Sp	Vf	Ez	Ez	Sp	Vf	Sp	Vf	Ms	Sp	Vf	Sp	Vf	Sp	Vf	Sp	Vf	Sp	Vf	Ez	Sp	Ms	Vf
01	Magdalena Forsberg	001	001	002	003	004th	004th	013	003	005	004th	003	002	002	002	005	001	002	003	001	006th	DNS	003	-	478
02	Olena Subrylowa	023	017th	014th	034	018th	018th	002	002	002	001	001	012	007th	003	001	002	001	007th	002	001	001	001	001	467
03	Uschi Disl	008th	006th	001	001	002	001	004th	005	001	005	006th	015th	005	034	011	010	003	-	-	009	006th	007th	006th	420
04th	Corinne Niogret	002	002	003	047	006th	017th	029	010	003	002	002	001	001	035	032	004th	008th	004th	010	002	024	019th	021st	375
05	Liv Grete Skjelbreid	005	012	021st	008th	003	019th	001	001	DNS	-	-	016	008th	011	010	008th	026th	001	006th	028	017th	014th	010	313
06th	Martina Zellner	007th	007th	009	012	014th	010	049	031	010	006th	008th	024	026th	001	003	016	020th	020th	008th	014th	012	012	009	302
07th	Olena Petrova	015th	009	DNF	044	048	027	036	022nd	-	010	007th	003	003	010	006th	006th	005	036	DNS	004th	003	002	003	288
08th	Katrin Apel	012	005	006th	037	005	003	-	-	011	027	010	020th	023	019th	022nd	011	012	002	004th	035	005	009	004th	288
09	Albina Akhatova	016	011	043	002	011	006th	015th	012	013	030th	012	008th	004th	004th	004th	-	-	-	-	003	015th	018th	016	275
10	Ann-Elen Skjelbreid	004th	004th	035	015th	015th	015th	017th	008th	009	007th	005	DNS	-	008th	012	029	029	026th	036	032	002	013	002	258
11	Ekaterina Dafowska	031	022nd	033	009	013	007th	005	016	022nd	035	015th	004th	028	014th	014th	021st	006th	049	038	010	011	006th	011	236
12	Gro Marit Istad	011	008th	046	-	026th	013	032	018th	004th	003	004th	005	014th	023	026th	023	038	015th	009	013	020th	017th	037	217
13	Simone Greiner-Petter-M.	006th	003	004th	006th	001	002	019th	017th	006th	015th	011	-	-	-	-	026th	016	044	027	-	-	-	-	214
14th	Andrea Henkel	010	013	013	022nd	012	005	007th	007th	015th	028	033	030th	025th	012	018th	009	014th	030th	041	026th	-	020th	-	188
15th	Martina Schwarzbacherová	049	031	020th	026th	071	-	018th	020th	-	033	043	-	-	007th	002	003	004th	006th	003	045	029	005	022nd	180
16	Andreja Grašič	014th	DNF	018th	016	025th	DNS	-	-	-	013	017th	007th	022nd	009	009	012	015th	034	021st	011	DNF	004th	-	177
17th	Nina Lemesch	030th	025th	025th	021st	042	011	014th	009	024	012	013	017th	006th	016	019th	DNS	-	017th	017th	027	044	011	035	159
18th	Eva Háková	025th	050	066	032	045	033	020th	019th	-	009	009	-	-	042	DNS	007th	010	019th	005	019th	008th	-	007th	155
19th	Svetlana Ischmuratowa	063	-	056	062	008th	009	044	047	008th	016	021st	014th	024	024	028	005	011	008th	014th	-	026th	-	025th	151
20th	Galina Kuklewa	003	018th	022nd	017th	031	029	033	044	018th	031	020th	040	017th	032	016	-	-	-	-	017th	004th	008th	005	148
21st	Svyatlana Paramyhina	013	047	011	024	039	DNS	034	014th	023	034	047	034	029	020th	015th	019th	028	021st	007th	008th	042	010	019th	134
22nd	Outi kettuns	065	-	017th	004th	022nd	026th	063	-	017th	011	019th	018th	012	006th	008th	028	021st	043	DNS	024	DNS	DNF	-	133
23	Delphyne Heymann burlet	034	028	060	035	010	008th	016	021st	007th	057	031	037	021st	005	023	015th	041	029	037	016	023	DNF	015th	132
24	Katja Holanti	051	024	015th	038	068	-	-	-	-	054	DNF	006th	019th	015th	007th	044	013	005	012	036	051	015th	033	129
25th	Gunn Margit Andreassen	018th	010	007th	023	007th	012	011	DNS	021st	DNS	-	-	-	026th	036	035	009	027	025th	047	025th	-	017th	127
26th	Nadezhda Talanova	-	-	-	-	-	-	003	015th	012	024	034	023	015th	017th	020th	018th	040	012	011	-	-	-	-	117
27	Anna Stera	009	023	008th	020th	015th	024	056	035	016	022nd	042	047	037	039	029	-	-	-	-	031	007th	-	013	103
28	Olga Romasko	070	-	063	014th	080	-	050	036	-	008th	016	026th	020th	-	-	-	-	-	-	007th	009	-	008th	100
29	Anna Volkova	020th	020th	027	036	017th	032	025th	030th	-	014th	023	022nd	011	046	031	-	-	-	-	005	010	-	020th	099
30th	Tetiana Vodopyanova	017th	041	057	007th	021st	014th	021st	011	014th	019th	024	DNS	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	086
31	Katja Beer	029	021st	005	027	024	035	-	-	-	043	022nd	010	018th	-	-	022nd	007th	035	031	-	021st	-	027	084
32	Florence Baverel	019th	016	042	018th	032	020th	064	-	-	025th	026th	021st	016	-	-	017th	023	024	019th	020th	037	-	023	077
33	Anne Briand	052	046	054	028	034	022nd	012	023	-	063	-	011	013	018th	027	060	DNS	033	015th	023	035	022nd	036	075
34	Peggy Wagenführ	-	-	-	-	030th	028	009	004th	020th	020th	014th	-	-	-	-	024	017th	050	043	-	-	-	-	074
35	Irena Česneková	064	-	010	076	070	-	030th	039	-	018th	029	-	-	033	030th	032	019th	013	024	015th	013	DNF	038	070
36	Anna Murínová	024	019th	023	-	-	-	048	028	-	039	018th	-	-	025th	021st	030th	018th	032	023	025th	022nd	016	024	054
37	Yu Shumei	043	034	012	005	009	DNF	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	039	034	041	044	-	-	-	-	052
38	Mami Shindo	044	027	032	042	040	016	031	013	-	040	041	048	041	043	DNS	034	DNF	010	013	038	039	-	030th	052
39	Annukka Mallat	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	021st	036	035	DNS	-	-	043	025th	016	016	021st	019th	-	014th	050
40	Nathalie Santer	039	037	038	043	052	041	006th	006th	019th	049	DNS	025th	034	029	039	037	032	038	DNS	054	052	-	DNF	048
41	Irina Tananajko	075	-	068	011	047	021st	037	025th	-	037	039	050	DNS	021st	013	-	-	-	-	022nd	044	021st	DNS	048
42	Lucija Larisi	021st	014th	048	049	054	036	022nd	038	-	051	038	039	036	041	DNS	050	DNF	011	030th	034	018th	-	DNF	044
43	Emmanuelle Claret	059	047	074	051	027	042	043	024	-	055	045	009	010	044	042	027	027	028	018th	-	061	-	-	043
44	Yulia Kondrateva	022nd	015th	034	053	073	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	014th	024	018th	035	-	-	-	-	037
45	Tamami Tanaka	067	-	050	073	078	-	010	045	-	079	-	013	039	045	DNS	031	039	023	022nd	056	063	-	-	036
46	Christelle Gros	066	-	028	010	029	047	069	-	-	048	025th	028	009	-	-	025th	042	045	033	-	-	-	-	035
47	Kateřina Losmanová	028	032	047	033	020th	031	067	-	-	061	-	-	-	027	025th	013	022nd	022nd	020th	037	033	-	039	034
48	Éva Tófalvi	078	-	067	025th	060	052	068	-	-	053	027	-	-	-	-	046	035	009	026th	012	043	-	028	032
49	Natallia Ryshankova	046	042	DNF	045	DNS	-	054	043	-	060	DNS	036	031	013	017th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	022nd
50	Magdalena Gwizdoń	038	043	DNS	DNS	028	023	008th	026th	-	078	-	-	-	030th	035	-	-	-	-	048	046	-	034	021st
51	Soňa Mihoková	-	-	-	048	037	030th	035	046	-	029	046	-	-	DNS	-	-	-	-	-	033	014th	-	018th	020th
52	Michelle Collard	-	-	-	-	-	-	042	053	-	070	-	027	043	056	DNS	036	030th	037	028	018th	016	-	DNF	018th
53	Pavlina Filipova	086	-	073	078	081	-	026th	049	-	056	055	057	DNF	050	041	-	-	-	-	057	027	-	012	014th
54	Sanna-Leena Perunka	071	-	049	013	043	037	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	043	036	-	032	013
55	Kara Salmela	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	062	-	038	042	028	034	049	DNF	014th	032	046	041	-	DNF	012
56	Jitka Šimůnková	060	058	016	059	059	051	-	-	-	069	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	010
57	Michela Ponza	032	033	DNS	019th	023	038	-	-	-	052	040	031	038	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	010
58	Natalia Sokolova	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	017th	037	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	009
59	Ryoko Takahashi	061	-	052	070	067	-	027	029	-	023	035	041	045	053	DNS	020th	033	DNS	-	-	070	-	-	009
60	Mie Takeda	074	-	058	072	061	-	053	052	-	082	-	019th	030th	-	-	056	DNF	031	039	055	066	-	-	007th
61	Natallja Murschtschakina	077	-	059	055	019th	046	040	042	-	046	032	051	035	038	044	-	-	-	-	058	059	-	DNS	007th
62	Kristina Brouneus	069	-	019th	040	064	-	071	-	-	041	030th	052	040	056	DNS	-	-	-	-	053	050	-	DNF	007th
63	Irina Nikultschina	076	-	-	077	066	-	066	-	-	083	-	029	033	022nd	024	-	-	-	-	044	055	-	DNF	006th
64	Kathi Schwaab	-	-	-	-	-	-	023	032	-	-	-	032	032	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	003
65	Agata Suszka	042	038	024	067	045	044	038	027	-	032	028	-	-	030th	037	-	-	-	-	040	060	-	DNS	002
66	Alena Walkawez	053	055	071	DNS	074	-	024	050	-	071	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	002
67	Tetjana Rud	058	054	070	031	050	043	DNS	-	-	050	049	-	-	040	033	053	DNF	025th	029	-	031	-	042	001
68	Marcela Pavkovčeková	047	040	040	050	033	025th	055	037	-	045	054	-	-	054	DNS	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	001
69	Janet Klein	025th	026th	045	046	-	-	DNS	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	001

Legend
1	2	3	Podium placements
4-10			other top 10 placements
11-25			Race ended within the points
from 26			Race ended outside of the points
LAP			Lapped  / lapped and thus eliminated
DNF			Did not finish  / race started but not finished
DNS			Did not start  / registered, but did not start the race

Web links

• Season statistics at Biathlonworld.com