Nordic World Ski Championships 1999

Nordic World Ski Championships 1999
	Men's	Ladies
winner
Classic cross-country skiing	Mika Myllylä - 10 km	Bente Skari - 5 km
Cross-country skiing pursuit	Thomas Alsgaard - 10k + 15F	Stefania Belmondo - 5k + 10F
Cross-country skiing freestyle	Mika Myllylä - 30 km	Stefania Belmondo - 15 km
Classic cross-country skiing	Mika Myllylä - 50 km	Larissa Lasutina - 30 km
Cross-country relay	Austria - 4 × 10 km	Russia - 4 × 5 km
Ski jumping normal hill	Kazuyoshi Funaki	---
Ski jumping large hill	Martin Schmitt	---
Ski jumping large hill team	Germany	---
Nordic combined sprint	Bjarte Engen Vik	---
Nordic combined single	Bjarte Engen Vik	---
Nordic combined team	Finland	---
Individual competitions	8th	4th
Team competitions	3	1
← Trondheim 1997 Lahti 2001 →

The 42nd Nordic World Ski Championships took place from February 19 to 28, 1999 in Ramsau am Dachstein in the Austrian state of Styria . 16 competitions were held (ten in cross-country skiing , three in ski jumping and three in Nordic combined ). In the Nordic Combined there was the so-called sprint for the first time. A jump from the normal hill and the final 7.5 km cross-country skiing, which was half the length of the classic run for Nordic combined, were included in the evaluation. The jumping competitions on the large hill were held in Bischofshofen in the neighboring state of Salzburg on the Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze .

The most successful nation was once again Norway with four gold medals. The Finns also managed this number, but they earned fewer silver and bronze medals than the Norwegians. Even Germany played for the first time after the reunification with two World Cup titles and two more medals again a role that v. a. was due to the outstanding ski jumpers.

The Finn Mika Myllylä won three of the four individual races among cross-country skiers and also came second in this fourth individual competition. The most successful cross-country skier this year was Italian Stefania Belmondo with two World Cup titles and second place in the relay. At the last World Championships she was second in every single race. The Norwegian Bjarte Engen Vik won both individual titles in the Nordic combined, plus the silver medal with his team in the team classification. Among the ski jumpers, the German Martin Schmitt stood out, who together with his teammate Sven Hannawald celebrated a double win on the large hill and later also the win in the team competition.

Schedule

February 18 | 6 p.m. | Opening
February 19 | 9.30 a.m. | Cross-country men 30 km freestyle | 1 p.m. | Cross-country women 15 km freestyle
February 20 | 10.30 am | Nordic combined individual jumping K90 | 2 p.m. | Cross-country 15 km men
21 February | 12 p.m. | BischofshofenSpringen K120
February 22 | 10.30 a.m. | Cross country 5 km women classic | 12.30 h | Cross country 10 km men classic
23 February | 09.30 h | Cross country women 10 km pursuit freestyle | 10.45 h | Cross country men 15 km Pursuit freestyle | 1.30 p.m. | Bischofshofen | Team jumping K120
February 24 | 10.30 a.m. | Nordic combined team | Jumping 2.30 p.m. | Cross-country skiing 4 × 5km
February 25 | 10.30 a.m. | Cross-country skiing women relay 4 × 5 km
February 26 | 10.30 a.m. | Cross-country men relay 4 × 10 km | 8.15 p.m. | Ramsau | Jumping K90
February 27 | 10.30 a.m. | Cross-country 30 km women classic | 2 p.m. | Nordic combined singles | Jumping K 90 | 4 p.m. | 7.5 km sprint
February 28 | 10.30 a.m. | cross-country skiing 50 km men | 3 p.m. | closing ceremony

Cross-country men

• Detailed results

10 km classic

space	athlete	Time [min]
1	Mika Myllyl	24: 19.2
2	Alois Stadlober	24: 34.7
3	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset	24: 37.1
4th	Alexei Prokurorov	24: 38.8
5	Bjørn Dæhlie	24: 45.6
6th	Erling Jevne	24: 46.0
7th	Jaak Mae
8th	Espen Bjervig
9	Mikhail Ivanov
10	Fulvio Valbusa

World Champion 1997 : Bjørn Dæhlie / Olympic Champion 1998 : Bjørn Dæhlie  

Date: February 22, 1999

Pursuit race 10 km classic + 15 km freestyle

space	athlete	Time [h]
1	Thomas Alsgaard	1: 05: 54.9 h
2	Mika Myllyl	1: 05: 55.6
3	Fulvio Valbusa	1: 06: 17.6
4th	Jari Isometsä	1: 06: 18.5
5	Jaak Mae	1: 06: 19.0
6th	Bjørn Dæhlie	1: 06: 19.4
7th	Alexei Prokurorov
8th	Alois Stadlober
9	Per Elofsson
10	Fabio Maj

World Champion 1997 : Bjørn Dæhlie / Olympic Champion 1998 : Thomas Alsgaard  

Date: February 23, 1999

30 km freestyle

space	athlete	Time [h]
1	Mika Myllyl	1: 15: 26.2
2	Thomas Alsgaard	1: 16: 01.5
3	Bjørn Dæhlie	1: 16: 08.7
4th	Fulvio Valbusa	1: 16: 35.9
5	Alois Stadlober	1: 16: 37.4
6th	Bergström is different	1: 16: 55.3
7th	Christian Hoffmann
8th	Per Elofsson
9	Vladimir Wilissov
10	Sergei Krjanin

World champion 1997 (freestyle): Alexei Prokurorow / Olympic champion 1998 (classic): Mika Myllylä  

Date: February 19, 1999

50 km classic

space	athlete	Time [h]
1	Mika Myllyl	2: 18: 08.7
2	Andrus Veerpalu	2: 18: 40.5
3	Mikhail Botvinov	2: 19: 52.3
4th	Niklas Jonsson	2: 20: 35.6
5	Alois Stadlober	2: 21: 05.1
6th	Kristen Skjeldal	2: 21: 23.5
7th	Vladimir Wilissov
8th	Frode Estil
9	Bergström is different
10	Achim Walcher

World Champion 1997 (classic): Mika Myllylä / Olympic Champion 1998 (freestyle): Bjørn Dæhlie  

Date: February 28, 1999

4 × 10 km relay

space	country	athlete	Time [h]
1	Austria	Alois Stadlober Markus Gandler Michail Botwinow Christian Hoffmann	1: 35: 07.5 h
2	Norway	Espen Bjervig Erling Jevne Bjørn Dæhlie Thomas Alsgaard	1: 35: 07.7 h
3	Italy	Giorgio Di Centa Fabio Maj Fulvio Valbusa Silvio Fauner	1: 36: 38.1 h
4th	Germany	Andreas Schlütter Axel Teichmann Janko Neuber Mark Kirchner	1: 36: 53.9 h
5	Finland	Harri Kirvesniemi Mika Myllyl Sami Repo Jari Isometsä	1: 36: 56.3 h
6th	Sweden	Anders Bergström Niklas Jonsson Per Elofsson Mathias Fredriksson	1: 37: 50.9 h
7th	Russia
8th	Czech Republic
9	Switzerland
10	Estonia

World Champion 1997 : Norway ( Sture Sivertsen , Erling Jevne , Bjørn Dæhlie , Thomas Alsgaard ) Olympic Champion 1998 : Norway ( Sture Sivertsen , Erling Jevne , Bjørn Dæhlie , Thomas Alsgaard )  
 

Date: February 26, 1999

The first two runners on a team ran in classic style, the last two in free style.

Austria won a relay medal for the second time after 1933, here the gold one for the first time. The team was in the lead almost impossible to catch on the third lap when Mikhail Botvinov broke a stick and fell as a result. So it came on the final lap to the historic finish sprint between Christian Hoffmann and Thomas Alsgaard , which Hoffmann won.

Cross-country women

• Detailed results

5 km classic

space	sportswoman	Time [min]
1	Bente Martinsen	12: 49.8
2	Olga Danilova	13: 02.5
3	Kateřina Neumannová	13: 07.0
4th	Svetlana Nageikina	13: 14.8
5	Nina Gavriljuk	13: 19.2
6th	Valentyna Shevchenko	13: 30.1
7th	Iryna Terelja
8th	Stefania Belmondo
9	Kristina Šmigun
10	Sophie Villeneuve

World Champion 1997 : Jelena Välbe / Olympic Champion 1998 : Larissa Lasutina  

Date: February 22, 1999

Pursuit race (5 km classic + 10 km freestyle)

space	sportswoman	Time [min]
1	Stefania Belmondo	42: 27.9
2	Nina Gavriljuk	42: 56.8
3	Iryna Terelja	43: 02.3
4th	Anfissa Reszowa	43: 07.3
5	Olga Danilova	43: 14.6
6th	Kristina Šmigun	43: 20.4
7th	Antonina Ordina
8th	Bente Martinsen
9	Maria Theurl
10	Sophie Villeneuve

World Champion 1997 : Jelena Välbe / Olympic Champion 1998 : Larissa Lasutina  

Date: February 23, 1999

15 km freestyle

space	sportswoman	Time [min]
1	Stefania Belmondo	38: 49.0
2	Kristina Šmigun	39: 19.4
3	Maria Theurl	39: 43.5
4th	Elin Nilsen	40: 13.7
5	Anfissa Reszowa	40: 23.6
6th	Olga Danilova	40: 24.2
7th	Nina Gavriljuk
8th	Larissa Lasutina
9	Antonina Ordina
10	Katrin Šmigun

World champion 1997 (freestyle): Jelena Välbe / Olympic champion 1998 (classic): Olga Danilowa  

Date: February 19, 1999

30 km classic

space	sportswoman	Time [h]
1	Larissa Lasutina	1: 29: 19.9
2	Olga Danilova	1: 30: 53.9
3	Kristina Šmigun	1: 31: 14.6
4th	Svetlana Nageikina	1: 31: 30.9
5	Iryna Terelja	1: 31: 41.8
6th	Jelena Sinkevich	1: 31: 48.2
7th	Hilde Glomsås
8th	Natalia Baranova-Massalkina
9	Maria Theurl
10	Gabriella Paruzzi

World champion 1997 (classic): Jelena Välbe / Olympic champion 1998 (freestyle): Julija Tschepalowa  

Date: February 27, 1999

4 × 5 km relay

space	country	Sportswomen	Time [min]
1	Russia	Olga Danilowa Larissa Lasutina Anfissa Reszowa Nina Gavriljuk	53: 05.9
2	Italy	Sabina Valbusa Gabriella Paruzzi Antonella Confortola Stefania Belmondo	54: 30.4
3	Germany	Viola farmer Ramona Roth Evi Sachsenbacher Sigrid Wille	55: 13.7
4th	Norway	Maj Helen Sorkmo Anita Moen Elin Nilsen Bente Martinsen	55: 16.7
5	Switzerland	Sylvia Honegger Andrea Huber Brigitte Albrecht Natascia Leonardi-Cortesi	55: 31.7
6th	Ukraine	Marina Pestrekova Walentyna Shevchenko Iryna Terelja Viktoria Yakimchuk	55: 42.9 min
7th	Czech Republic
8th	Sweden
9	France
10	Estonia

World champions 1997 : Norway ( Olga Danilowa , Larissa Lasutina , Nina Gawriljuk , Jelena Välbe ) Olympic champions 1998 : Russia ( Nina Gawriljuk , Olga Danilowa , Jelena Välbe , Larissa Lasutina )  
 

Date: February 26, 1999

The first two runners on a team ran in classic style, the last two in free style.

Ski jumping men

Detailed results

Normal hill K90

space	athlete	Points
1	Kazuyoshi Funaki	255.0
2	Hideharu Miyahira	253.5
3	Masahiko Harada	252.0
4th	Janne Ahonen	249.0
5	Martin Höllwarth	247.5
	Noriaki Kasai	247.5
7th	Martin Schmitt
8th	Sven Hannawald
9	Andreas Widhölzl
10	Reinhard Schwarzenberger

World Champion 1997 : Janne Ahonen / Olympic Champion 1998 : Jani Soininen  

Date: February 26, 1999

Large hill K120

space	athlete	Widths [m]	Points
1	Martin Schmitt	126.0 / 129.5	263.4
2	Sven Hannawald	127.0 / 127.0	261.7
3	Hideharu Miyahira	125.5 / 128.0	258.8
4th	Janne Ahonen	123.5 / 126.0	254.1
5	Kazuyoshi Funaki	122.0 / 125.5	251.5
6th	Masahiko Harada		246.8
7th	Stefan Horngacher		240.3
8th	Dieter Thoma		237.6
9	Hiroya Saitō		226.9
10	Noriaki Kasai		222.3

World Champion 1997 : Masahiko Harada / Olympic Champion 1998 : Kazuyoshi Funaki  

Date: February 21, 1999

Team jumping large hill

space	country	athlete	Points
1	Germany	Sven Hannawald Christof Duffner Dieter Thoma Martin Schmitt	988.9
2	Japan	Noriaki Kasai Hideharu Miyahira Masahiko Harada Kazuyoshi Funaki	987.0
3	Austria	Andreas Widhölzl Martin Höllwarth Reinhard Schwarzenberger Stefan Horngacher	905.5
4th	Finland	Ville Kantee Jani Soininen Mika Laitinen Janne Ahonen	855.7
5	Slovenia	Damjan Fras Jure Radelj Primož Peterka Peter Žonta	762.3
6th	Norway	Roar Ljøkelsøy Morten Aagheim Tommy Ingebrigtsen Kristian Brenden	707.1
...	...	...	...
8th	Switzerland	Andreas Küttel Marco Steinauer Bruno Reuteler Sylvain Freiholz	559.8

World Champion 1997 : Finland ( Ari-Pekka Nikkola , Jani Soininen , Mika Laitinen , Janne Ahonen ) Olympic Champion 1998 : Japan ( Takanobu Okabe , Hiroya Saitō , Masahiko Harada , Kazuyoshi Funaki )  
 

Date: February 20, 1999

Despite two falls, Germany became world champions.

Nordic combined men

• Detailed results

Individual sprint (normal hill K90 / 7.5 km)

space	athlete	Time lag [s]
1	Bjarte Engen Vik
2	Mario Stecher	+ 30.2
3	Kenji Ogiwara	+ 31.0
4th	Hannu Manninen	+ 38.3
5	Samppa Lajunen	+ 40.3
6th	Satoshi Mori	+ 42.2
7th	Kenneth Braaten
8th	Sebastian Haseney
9	Ronny Ackermann
10	Trond Einar Elden

Discipline held for the first time at this World Cup

Date: February 27, 1999

Individual (normal hill K90 / 15 km)

space	athlete	Time lag [min]
1	Bjarte Engen Vik
2	Samppa Lajunen	+ 0: 34.5
3	Dmitri Sinitsyn	+1: 52.9
4th	Nicolas Bal	+ 2: 20.1
5	Kenneth Braaten	+ 2: 34.7
6th	Kenji Ogiwara	+ 2: 36.0
7th	Felix Gottwald
8th	Alexei Fadeev
9	Sylvain Guillaume
10	Milan Kučera

World Champion 1997 : Kenji Ogiwara / Olympic Champion 1998 : Bjarte Engen Vik  

Date: February 20, 1999

Team (normal hill / 4 × 5 km)

space	country	athlete	Time lag [min]
1	Finland	Hannu Manninen Tapio Nurmela Jari Mantila Samppa Lajunen
2	Norway	Fred Børre Lundberg Trond Einar Elden Bjarte Engen Vik Kenneth Braaten	+1: 14.7
3	Russia	Nikolai Parfjonow Alexei Fadejew Valeri Stolyarov Dmitri Sinitsyn	+1: 53.2
4th	France	Fabrice Guy Sylvain Guillaume Nicolas Bal Frédéric Baud	+1: 53.3
5	Japan	Eiji Masaki Satoshi Mori Gen Tomii Kenji Ogiwara	+ 2: 30.5
6th	Germany	Jens Gaiser Jens Deimel Sebastian Haseney Ronny Ackermann	+ 2: 37.9
7th	Austria	Felix Gottwald Christoph Eugen David Kreiner Mario Stecher	+ 3: 34.4
8th	Czech Republic
9	Switzerland	Marco Zarucchi Andy Hartmann Ivan Rieder Urs Kunz	+ 5: 31.1
10	United States

World Champion 1997 : Norway ( Halldor Skard , Bjarte Engen Vik , Knut Tore Apeland , Fred Børre Lundberg ) Olympic Champion 1998 : Norway ( Halldor Skard , Kenneth Braaten , Bjarte Engen Vik , Fred Børre Lundberg )  
 

Date: 24.-25. February 1999

Medal table

Nations
final after 16 competitions

space	nation
01	Norway	4th	3	2	9
02	Finland	4th	2	0	6th
03	Russia	2	3	2	7th
04th	Italy	2	1	2	5
05	Germany	2	1	1	4th
06th	Japan	1	2	3	6th
	Austria	1	2	3	6th
08th	Estonia	0	2	1	3
09	Czech Republic	0	0	1	2
	Ukraine	0	0	1	1

Men
final score after 11 competitions

space	athlete
01	Mika Myllyl	3	1	0	4th
02	Bjarte Engen Vik	2	1	0	3
03	Martin Schmitt	2	0	0	2
04th	Thomas Alsgaard	1	2	0	3
05	Kazuyoshi Funaki	1	1	0	2
	Alois Stadlober	1	1	0	2
	Samppa Lajunen	1	1	0	2
	Sven Hannawald	1	1	0	2
09	Mikhail Botvinov	1	0	1	2
010	Markus Gandler	1	0	0	1
	Christian Hoffmann	1	0	0	1
	Hannu Manninen	1	0	0	1
	Tapio Nurmela	1	0	0	1
	Jari Mantila	1	0	0	1
	Christof Duffner	1	0	0	1
	Dieter Thoma	1	0	0	1
017th	Hideharu Miyahira	0	2	1	3
018th	Bjørn Dæhlie	0	1	1	2
	Masahiko Harada	0	1	1	2
020th	Andrus Veerpalu	0	1	0	1
	Mario Stecher	0	1	0	1
	Espen Bjervig	0	1	0	1
	Erling Jevne	0	1	0	1
	Fred Børre Lundberg	0	1	0	1
	Trond Einar Elden	0	1	0	1
	Kenneth Braaten	0	1	0	1
	Noriaki Kasai	0	1	0	1
028	Dmitri Sinitsyn	0	0	2	2
	Fulvio Valbusa	0	0	2	2
030th	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset	0	0	1	1
	Kenji Ogiwara	0	0	1	1
	Giorgio Di Centa	0	0	1	1
	Fabio Maj	0	0	1	1
	Silvio Fauner	0	0	1	1
	Nikolai Parfionov	0	0	1	1
	Alexei Fadeev	0	0	1	1
	Valery Stolyarov	0	0	1	1
	Andreas Widhölzl	0	0	1	1
	Martin Höllwarth	0	0	1	1
	Reinhard Schwarzenberger	0	0	1	1
	Stefan Horngacher	0	0	1	1

Women
final result after 5 competitions

space	sportswoman
01	Stefania Belmondo	2	1	0	3
02	Larissa Lasutina	2	0	0	2
03	Olga Danilova	1	2	0	3
04th	Nina Gavriljuk	1	1	0	2
05	Bente Skari	1	0	0	1
	Anfissa Reszowa	1	0	0	1
07th	Kristina Šmigun	0	1	1	2
08th	Sabina Valbusa	0	1	0	1
	Gabriella Paruzzi	0	1	0	1
	Antonella Confortola	0	1	0	1
011	Kateřina Neumannová	0	0	1	1
	Iryna Terelja	0	0	1	1
	Maria Theurl	0	0	1	1
	Viola Bauer	0	0	1	1
	Ramona Roth	0	0	1	1
	Evi Sachsenbacher	0	0	1	1
	Sigrid Wille	0	0	1	1

Individual evidence

1. ^ Stehlik, Fritz: Nordic World Ski Championships Ramsau am Dachstein . 18.-28. February 1999; Large hill competitions in Bischofshofen. Austria Ski-Veranstaltungs-GesmbH, Wallig, Gröbming, Innsbruck 1999.
2. ^ Box below in "Kronenzeitung" from February 17, 1999, page 8 from the back
3. ↑ FIS World Championships - Men 10k on fis-ski.com
4. ↑ FIS World Championships - Men Pursuit on fis-ski.com
5. ↑ FIS World Championships - Men 30k on fis-ski.com
6. ↑ FIS World Championships - Men 30k on fis-ski.com
7. ↑ FIS World Championships - Men Team on fis-ski.com
8. ↑ FIS World Championships - Ladies 5k on fis-ski.com
9. ↑ FIS World Championships - Ladies Pursuit on fis-ski.com
10. ↑ FIS World Championships - Ladies 15k on fis-ski.com
11. ↑ FIS World Championships - Ladies 30k on fis-ski.com
12. ↑ FIS World Championships - Ladies 30k on fis-ski.com
13. ↑ FIS World Championships - Men Ski-Jumping NH on fis-ski.com
14. ^ Ramsau World Ski Championships Men's Large Hill ( Memento from June 29, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
15. ↑ Ramsau World Ski Championships Men's Team K120 ( Memento from June 29, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
16. ↑ FIS World Championships - Nordic Combined Sprint on fis-ski.com
17. ↑ FIS World Championships - Nordic Combined Gundersen on fis-ski.com
18. ↑ FIS World Championships - Nordic Combined Men's Team K90 / 4x5 km on fis-ski.com

Web links

• 42nd Nordic World Ski Championships 1999 in Ramsau, Austria from ifosta.de, accessed on May 27, 2017
• The top three winners at the Olympic Winter Games & World Ski Championships , pages 58/59 on deutscherskiverband.de (PDF), accessed on May 27, 2017
• Last German World Championship title 1999 , Rheinische Post Online, February 12, 2001 at rp-online.de, accessed on May 27, 2017
• Nordic World Cup: Only wounds remained from the Ramsau miracle , Die Presse, February 25, 2009 at diepresse.com, accessed on May 27, 2017
• Ramsau: 15 years after the Nordic World Cup , June 7, 2014 on steiermark.orf.at, accessed on May 27, 2017
• Last 5 jumps - WM Ramsau / Bischofshofen 1999 , video published on December 28, 2009 on youtube.com, accessed on May 27, 2017