Cross-country skiing world cup 1999/2000

World Cup 1999/2000
	Men's	Ladies
winner
Overall World Cup	Johann Mühlegg	Bente Martinsen
Sprint World Cup	Morten Brørs	Bente Martinsen
Middle distance world cup	Jari Isometsä	Kristina Šmigun
Long distance world cup	Johann Mühlegg	Larissa Lasutina
Nations ranking	Norway	Russia
Competitions
Venues	17th	17th
Individual competitions	21st	21st
Relay competitions	5	5
← 1998/99 2000/01 →

The 1999/2000 Cross-Country World Cup began on November 27, 1999 in Kiruna and ended on March 19, 2000 in Bormio .

The German-born Spaniard Johann Mühlegg secured victory in the overall men's World Cup standings by a large margin over the Finn Jari Isometsä . Third place went to Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset from Norway . It was the first victory for Spain since the first ever cross-country skiing world cup . Mühlegg also won the discipline world cup over the long distances, which included competitions from 30 kilometers. Second place in this ranking went to the Russian Michail Iwanow, ahead of the Austrian Michail Botwinow . Jari Isometsä won the middle distance classification, which included races from 10 kilometers to 15 kilometers, ahead of Mühlegg and the Swede Per Elofsson . The sprint world cup was dominated by the Norwegian men. Here Morten Brørs won the small crystal ball ahead of his compatriots Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset and Håvard Solbakken .

While Mühlegg was already the winner before the World Cup final in Bormio, Italy , the women's competition was only decided in the last race. The Norwegian defending champion Bente Martinsen had to accept some worse results outside the top ten in the middle of the season, while her fiercest competitor, the Estonian Kristina Šmigun , was able to gain a clear lead in the World Cup with steady placements in the top five. It wasn't until the end of the season that the tide turned and Martinsen was able to catch up with Šmigun with two wins and two second places. In the penultimate race she took the lead in the overall standings with a win. Sixth place in the last race of the season was not enough for Šmigun to push Martinsen, who finished eighth, back from the front. Martinsen won the overall standings for the second time after 1999 with a lead of 11 points over Šmigun. Third place went to Russian Larissa Lasutina , who secured the long-distance World Cup , which for women included competitions over 15 kilometers in length, ahead of Šmigun and her Russian compatriot Olga Danilowa . Šmigun won the small crystal ball in the ranking of the middle distance races, which included all races from 5 kilometers to 10 kilometers, ahead of the Italian Stefania Belmondo and Lasutina. Martinsen secured victory in the Sprint World Cup ahead of her compatriot Anita Moen and Šmigun.

Norway won the Nations Cup ahead of Russia and Italy. While Russia won the women's standings with ease, Norway also won the men's championship.

For the first time in the history of the cross-country skiing world cup, there had been no cancellation results. However, the deletion results were introduced again in the following season.

Men

Podium places

date	venue	discipline	winner	Second	Third
November 27, 1999	Kiruna	10 km classic	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset	Thomas Alsgaard	Ivan Batory
November 28, 1999		4 × 10 km relay	Italy Fulvio Valbusa Maurizio Pozzi Fabio Maj Silvio Fauner	Norway Espen Bjervig Kristen Skjeldal Thomas Alsgaard Gate Arne Hetland	Austria Alexander Marent Michail Botwinow Achim Walcher Gerhard Urain
December 8, 1999	Asiago	Team sprint freestyle	Germany Tobias Angerer Peter Schlickenrieder	Norway Frode Estil Tore Bjonviken	Italy Giorgio Di Centa Cristian Zorzi
December 10, 1999	Sappada	15 km freestyle	Johann Mühlegg	Stephan Kunz	Christian Hoffmann
December 11, 1999		10 km mass start	Thomas Alsgaard	Espen Bjervig	Stephan Kunz
December 18, 1999	Davos	30 km classic	Frode Estil	Espen Bjervig	Niklas Jonsson
December 19, 1999		4 × 10 km relay	Norway Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset Erling Jevne Espen Bjervig Frode Estil	Sweden Håkan Nordbäck Niklas Jonsson Mathias Fredriksson Urban Lindgren	Finland Janne Immonen Mika Myllyl Harri Kirvesniemi Jari Isometsä
December 27, 1999	Engelberg	Classic sprint	Fabio Maj	Espen Bjervig	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset
December 28, 1999	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Classic sprint	Peter Schlickenrieder	Håvard Solbakken	Martin Koukal
December 29, 1999	Kitzbühel	Sprint freestyle	Morten Brørs	Håvard Solbakken	Haavard Bjerkeli
January 9, 2000	Moscow	30 km freestyle	Johann Mühlegg	Thomas Alsgaard	Stephan Kunz
January 12, 2000	Nové Město na Moravě	15 km classic	Thomas Alsgaard	Johann Mühlegg	Harri Kirvesniemi
January 13, 2000		4 × 10 km relay	Norway Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset Erling Jevne Kristen Skjeldal Thomas Alsgaard	Austria Alexander Marent Michail Botwinow Achim Walcher Christian Hoffmann	Russia Vitaly Denissow Mikhail Ivanov Vladimir Wilissow Alexei Prokurorow
February 2, 2000	Trondheim	10 km freestyle	Mika Myllyl	Per Elofsson	Pietro Piller Cottrer
February 5, 2000	Lillehammer	10 + 10 km duathlon	Jari Isometsä	Johann Mühlegg	Mikhail Botvinov
February 16, 2000	Ulrichen	10 km freestyle	Jari Isometsä	Per Elofsson	René Sommerfeldt
February 20, 2000	Lamoura Mouthe	72 km freestyle (mass start)	Johann Mühlegg	Per Elofsson	Juan Jesús Gutiérrez
February 26, 2000	Falun	15 km freestyle	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset	Jari Isometsä	Pietro Piller Cottrer
February 27, 2000		4 × 10 km relay	Italy Fulvio Valbusa Fabio Maj Pietro Piller Cottrer Cristian Zorzi	Russia Witali Denissow Nikolai Bolshakow Mikhail Ivanov Vladimir Wilissow	Austria Gerhard Urain Michail Botwinow Achim Walcher Christian Hoffmann
February 28, 2000	Stockholm	Classic sprint	Johann Mühlegg	Tore Bjonviken	Håvard Solbakken
March 3, 2000	Lahti	Sprint freestyle	Cristian Zorzi	Morten Brørs	Silvio Fauner
March 4, 2000		4 × 10 km relay	Austria Gerhard Urain Michail Botwinow Achim Walcher Christian Hoffmann	Finland Janne Immonen Harri Kirvesniemi Teemu Kattilakoski Sami Repo	Russia Witali Denissow Mikhail Ivanov Nikolai Bolshakow Vladimir Wilissow
March 5, 2000		30 km classic (mass start)	Mikhail Ivanov	Fabio Maj	Vladimir Wilissov
March 8, 2000	Oslo	Classic sprint	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset	Jens Arne Svartedal	Trond Iversen
March 11, 2000		50 km classic	Harri Kirvesniemi	Mikhail Ivanov	Mikhail Botvinov
March 17, 2000	Bormio	10 km classic	Erling Jevne	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset	Frode Estil
March 19, 2000		15 km freestyle pursuit	Jari Isometsä	Johann Mühlegg	Per Elofsson

Ratings

Overall World Cup
rank Surname Points 1  Johann Mühlegg 948 2  Jari Isometsä 708 3  Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset 586 4th  Per Elofsson 536 5  Thomas Alsgaard 461 6th  Fabio Maj 401 7th  Stephan Kunz 378 8th  Espen Bjervig 371 9  Mikhail Botvinov 362 10  Cristian Zorzi 359

Sprint World Cup	Middle distance world cup	Long distance world cup
rank Surname Points 1  Morten Brørs 349 2  Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset 268 3  Håvard Solbakken 239 4th  Gate Arne Hetland 193 5  Cristian Zorzi 160 6th  Haavard Bjerkeli 159 7th  Mathias Fredriksson 152 8th  Silvio Fauner 140 9  Fabio Maj 140 9  Espen Bjervig 140	rank Surname Points 1  Jari Isometsä 596 2  Johann Mühlegg 592 3  Per Elofsson 350 4th  Thomas Alsgaard 336 5  Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset 245 6th  Stephan Kunz 231 7th  Christian Hoffmann 205 8th  Cristian Zorzi 199 9  Janne Immonen 197 10  Erling Jevne 194	rank Surname Points 1  Johann Mühlegg 315 2  Mikhail Ivanov 198 3  Mikhail Botvinov 183 4th  Per Elofsson 170 5  Harri Kirvesniemi 160 6th  Frode Estil 141 7th  Fabio Maj 130 8th  Thomas Alsgaard 125 8th  Vladimir Wilissov 125 10  Niklas Jonsson 105

Women

Podium places

date	venue	discipline	Winner	Second	third
November 27, 1999	Kiruna	5 km classic	Bente Martinsen	Anita Moen	Kristina Šmigun
November 28, 1999		4 × 5 km relay freestyle	Russia Lyubov Jegorowa Irina Skladnewa Anfissa Reszowa Julija Tschepalowa	Russia Svetlana Nageikina Olga Danilowa Larissa Lasutina Nina Gavriljuk	Norway Bente Martinsen Elin Nilsen Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen Anita Moen
December 8, 1999	Asiago	Team sprint freestyle	Norway Anita Moen Bente Martinsen	Italy Karin Moroder Stefania Belmondo	Russia Irina Skladnewa Julija Tschepalowa
December 10, 1999	Sappada	10 km freestyle	Kristina Šmigun	Larissa Lasutina	Yulia Chepalova
December 12, 1999		7.5 km freestyle	Larissa Lasutina	Nina Gavriljuk	Olga Danilova
December 18, 1999	Davos	15 km classic	Olga Danilova	Larissa Lasutina	Bente Martinsen
December 19, 1999		4 × 5 km relay	Russia Svetlana Nageikina Nina Gavriljuk Larissa Lasutina Olga Danilowa	Norway I. Anita Moen Hilde Glomsås Elin Nilsen Bente Martinsen	Norway II Tina Bay Marit Roaldseth Maj Helen Sorkmo Rønnaug Schei
December 27, 1999	Engelberg	Classic sprint	Nina Gavriljuk	Anita Moen	Svetlana Nageikina
December 28, 1999	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Sprint freestyle	Kristina Šmigun	Bente Martinsen	Kateřina Neumannová
December 29, 1999	Kitzbühel	Sprint freestyle	Bente Martinsen	Maj Helen Sorkmo	Anita Moen
January 8, 2000	Moscow	15 km freestyle	Kaisa Varis	Kristina Šmigun	Nina Gavriljuk
January 12, 2000	Nové Město na Moravě	10 km classic	Larissa Lasutina	Kristina Šmigun	Bente Martinsen
January 13, 2000		4 × 5 km relay freestyle	Russia Olga Danilowa Svetlana Nageikina Lyubow Jegorowa Larissa Lasutina	Russia Olga Sawjalowa Nina Gavriljuk Irina Skladnewa Julija Tschepalowa	Norway Anita Moen Bente Martinsen Elin Nilsen Maj Helen Sorkmo
February 2, 2000	Trondheim	5 km freestyle	Stefania Belmondo	Nina Gavriljuk	Yulia Chepalova
February 5, 2000	Lillehammer	5 + 5 km freestyle	Larissa Lasutina	Olga Danilova	Svetlana Nageikina
February 16, 2000	Ulrichen	5 km freestyle	Kristina Šmigun	Stefania Belmondo	Sabina Valbusa
February 20, 2000	Lamoura Mouthe	44 km freestyle (mass start)	Stefania Belmondo	Kristina Šmigun	Larissa Lasutina
February 26, 2000	Falun	10 km freestyle	Yulia Chepalova	Stefania Belmondo	Larissa Lasutina
February 27, 2000		4 × 5 km relay freestyle	Russia Olga Danilowa Olga Sawjalowa Larissa Lasutina Julija Tschepalowa	Russia Lyubov Egorova Svetlana Nageikina Irina Skladnewa Nina Gavriljuk	Italy Gabriella Paruzzi Sabina Valbusa Antonella Confortola Wyatt Stefania Belmondo
February 28, 2000	Stockholm	Classic sprint	Bente Martinsen	Pirjo Manninen	Kati Venäläinen
March 3, 2000	Lahti	Sprint freestyle	Kristina Šmigun	Bente Martinsen	Kaisa Varis
March 4, 2000		4 × 5 km relay	Russia Olga Danilowa Nina Gavriljuk Olga Sawjalowa Julija Tschepalowa	Russia Lyubov Jegorowa Marina Lajskaia Denisova Jekaterina Bojarinowa Irina Skladnewa	Italy Saskia Santer Gabriella Paruzzi Antonella Confortola Wyatt Sabina Valbusa
March 5, 2000		15 km classic (mass start)	Larissa Lasutina	Bente Martinsen	Anita Moen
March 8, 2000	Oslo	Classic sprint	Bente Martinsen	Pirjo Manninen	Anita Moen
March 11, 2000		30 km classic	Olga Danilova	Larissa Lasutina	Kaisa Varis
March 17, 2000	Bormio	5 km classic	Bente Martinsen	Olga Danilova	Kaisa Varis
March 18, 2000		10 km freestyle pursuit	Yulia Chepalova	Stefania Belmondo	Kaisa Varis

Ratings

Overall World Cup
rank Surname Points 1  Bente Martinsen 1176 2  Kristina Šmigun 1165 3  Larissa Lasutina 1008 4th  Olga Danilova 880 5  Nina Gavriljuk 857 6th  Stefania Belmondo 820 7th  Yulia Chepalova 712 8th  Kaisa Varis 680 9  Anita Moen 665 10  Svetlana Nageikina 548

Sprint World Cup	Middle distance world cup	Long distance world cup
rank Surname Points 1  Bente Martinsen 505 2  Anita Moen 300 3  Kristina Šmigun 298 4th  Nina Gavriljuk 205 5  Maj Helen Sorkmo 192 6th  Pirjo Manninen 186 7th  Olga Danilova 138 8th  Hilde G. Pedersen 138 9  Beckie Scott 130 10  Marit Roaldseth 123	rank Surname Points 1  Kristina Šmigun 601 2  Stefania Belmondo 585 3  Larissa Lasutina 553 4th  Yulia Chepalova 511 5  Olga Danilova 486 6th  Bente Martinsen 455 7th  Nina Gavriljuk 439 8th  Kaisa Varis 379 9  Svetlana Nageikina well 1 10  Anita Moen 225	rank Surname Points 1  Larissa Lasutina 485 2  Kristina Šmigun 410 3  Olga Danilova 292 4th  Kaisa Varis 276 5  Bente Martinsen 263 6th  Nina Gavriljuk 248 7th  Stefania Belmondo 230 8th  Svetlana Nageikina well 1 9  Olga Zavyalova 196 10  Anita Moen 190

¹ exact points not known due to an error in the FIS database

Nations Cup

total	Men	Women
rank country Points 1  Norway 2  Russia 3  Italy	rank country Points 1  Norway 2 3	rank country Points 1  Russia 2 3

Web links

World Cup men

• FIS database - results
• FIS database - tables

World Cup women

• FIS database - results
• FIS database - tables

Individual evidence

1. ^ Result of the Kiruna men's relay 1999
2. ^ Result team sprint Asiago 1999
3. ^ Result men's relay Davos 1999
4. ^ Result of the men's relay Nové Město 2000
5. ^ Result men's relay Falun 2000
6. ^ Result men's relay Lahti 2000
7. ^ Result of the Kiruna women's relay in 1999
8. ^ Result team sprint women Asiago 1999
9. ^ Result women's relay Davos 1999
10. ^ Result women's relay Nové Město 2000
11. ^ Result of the women's relay Falun 2000
12. ^ Result women's relay Lahti 2000