1998–99 FIS Cross-Country World Cup

The 1998–99 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was the 18th official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and women. The season began in Muonio, Finland on 28 November 1998 and finished at Holmenkollen, Oslo, Norway on 20 March 1999. Bjørn Dæhlie of Norway won the overall men's cup.^[1] Bente Martinsen of Norway won the women's cup^[2] on more victories than Stefania Belmondo of Italy after both finished the season achieving 768 points.

1998–99 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Bjørn Dæhlie (6th title)	Bente Martinsen
Long Distance	Mikhail Botvinov	Kristina Šmigun
Sprint	Bjørn Dæhlie	Bente Martinsen
Nations Cup	Norway	Russia
Nations Cup Overall	Norway
Competition
Locations	14 venues	14 venues
Individual	19 events	19 events
Relay/Team	6 events	6 events
←1997–98 1999–2000→

The 1998–99 season was the last season the results from World Championships counted in the overall World Cup standings.

Calendar

Men

C - Classic / F - Freestyle

WC	Date	Location	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	28 November 1998	Muonio	10 km F	Per Elofsson	Bjørn Dæhlie	Sami Repo
2	10 December 1998	Milano	Sprint F	Mathias Fredriksson	Peter Schlickenrieder	Thobias Fredriksson
3	12 December 1998	Toblach	10 km F	Bjørn Dæhlie	Mikhail Botvinov	Alois Stadlober
4	13 December 1998		15 km C	Bjørn Dæhlie	Espen Bjervig	Jari Isometsä
5	19 December 1998	Davos	30 km C	Bjørn Dæhlie	Alexey Prokurorov	Mikhail Botvinov
6	27 December 1998	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Sprint F	Tor Arne Hetland	Thobias Fredriksson	Ari Palolahti
7	28 December 1998	Engelberg	Sprint F	Tor Arne Hetland	Christian Hoffmann	Patrik Mächler
8	29 December 1998	Kitzbühel	Sprint F	Peter Schlickenrieder	Thobias Fredriksson	Christian Hoffmann
9	5 January 1999	Otepää	15 km C	Espen Bjervig	Mika Myllylä	Anders Bergström
10	9 January 1999	Nové Město	15 km C	Bjørn Dæhlie	Erling Jevne	Espen Bjervig
11	12 January 1999		30 km F	Mikhail Botvinov	Bjørn Dæhlie	Per Elofsson
12	14 February 1999	Seefeld	10 km F	Mika Myllylä	Mikhail Botvinov	Jari Isometsä
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1999 (19–28 February 1999)
13	19 February 1999	Ramsau	30 km F	Mika Myllylä	Thomas Alsgaard	Bjørn Dæhlie
14	22 February 1999		10 km C	Mika Myllylä	Alois Stadlober	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset
15	23 February 1999		10 km C + 15 km F Combined pursuit	Thomas Alsgaard	Mika Myllylä	Fulvio Valbusa
16	28 February 1999		50 km C	Mika Myllylä	Andrus Veerpalu	Mikhail Botvinov
17	7 March 1999	Lahti	15 km C	Bjørn Dæhlie	Vladimir Vilisov	Frode Estil
18	13 March 1999	Falun	30 km C	Anders Bergström	Mikhail Botvinov	Mika Myllylä
19	20 March 1999	Oslo	50 km C	Mikhail Botvinov	Bjørn Dæhlie	Christian Hoffmann

Note: Until 1999 World Championships, World Championship races are part of the World Cup. Hence results from those races are included in the World Cup overall.

Women

C - Classic / F - Freestyle

WC	Date	Location	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	28 November 1998	Muonio	5 km F	Kateřina Neumannová	Stefania Belmondo	Nina Gavrylyuk
2	10 December 1998	Milano	Sprint F	Anita Moen	Andreja Mali	Bente Martinsen
3	12 December 1998	Toblach	5 km F	Kateřina Neumannová	Antonina Ordina	Nina Gavrylyuk
4	13 December 1998		10 km C	Bente Martinsen	Nina Gavrylyuk	Antonina Ordina
5	19 December 1998	Davos	15 km C	Olga Danilova	Bente Martinsen	Larisa Lazutina
6	27 December 1998	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Sprint F	Bente Martinsen	Kristina Šmigun	Andreja Mali
7	28 December 1998	Engelberg	Sprint F	Bente Martinsen	Maj Helen Sorkmo	Karin Moroder
8	29 December 1998	Kitzbühel	Sprint F	Bente Martinsen	Andreja Mali	Anne Kristi Marken
9	5 January 1999	Otepää	10 km C	Bente Martinsen	Antonina Ordina	Kristina Šmigun
10	9 January 1999	Nové Město	10 km C	Bente Martinsen	Kateřina Neumannová	Svetlana Nageykina
11	12 January 1999		15 km F	Kristina Šmigun	Stefania Belmondo	Nina Gavrylyuk
12	14 February 1999	Seefeld	5 km F	Nina Gavrylyuk	Anfisa Reztsova	Stefania Belmondo
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1999 (19–28 February 1999)
13	19 February 1999	Ramsau	15 km F	Stefania Belmondo	Kristina Šmigun	Maria Theurl
14	22 February 1999		5 km C	Bente Martinsen	Olga Danilova	Kateřina Neumannová
15	23 February 1999		5 km C + 10 km F Combined pursuit	Stefania Belmondo	Nina Gavrylyuk	Iryna Terelia
16	27 February 1999		30 km C	Larisa Lazutina	Olga Danilova	Kristina Šmigun
17	7 March 1999	Lahti	10 km C	Larisa Lazutina	Bente Martinsen	Kateřina Neumannová
18	13 March 1999	Falun	15 km C	Larisa Lazutina	Svetlana Nageykina	Natalya Baranova-Masalkina
19	20 March 1999	Oslo	30 km C	Yuliya Chepalova	Stefania Belmondo	Kristina Šmigun

Note: Until 1999 World Championships, World Championship races are part of the World Cup. Hence results from those races are included in the World Cup overall.

Men's team

WC	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	29 November 1998	Muonio	4 × 10 km relay F	Sweden Anders Bergström Magnus Ingesson Mathias Fredriksson Per Elofsson	Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen Kristen Skjeldal Bjørn Dæhlie Tor Arne Hetland	Italy Fabio Maj Silvio Fauner Pietro Piller Cottrer Maurizio Pozzi	[3]
2	20 December 1999	Davos	4 × 10 km relay C/F	Norway Espen Bjervig Erling Jevne Bjørn Dæhlie Tor Arne Hetland	Sweden Anders Bergström Niklas Jonsson Mathias Fredriksson Per Elofsson	Austria Alexander Marent Alois Stadlober Mikhail Botvinov Achim Walcher	[4]
3	10 January 1999	Nové Město	4 × 10 km relay C/F	Austria Markus Gandler Alexander Marent Mikhail Botvinov Christian Hoffmann	Italy Fulvio Valbusa Fabio Maj Pietro Piller Cottrer Silvio Fauner	Norway Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset Erling Jevne Frode Jermstad Tor Arne Hetland	[5]
4	26 February 1999	Ramsau	4 × 10 km relay C/F	Austria Markus Gandler Alois Stadlober Mikhail Botvinov Christian Hoffmann	Norway Espen Bjervig Erling Jevne Bjørn Dæhlie Thomas Alsgaard	Italy Giorgio Di Centa Fabio Maj Fulvio Valbusa Silvio Fauner	[6]
5	14 March 1999	Falun	4 × 10 km relay C/F	Sweden Mathias Fredriksson Anders Bergström Per Elofsson Jörgen Brink	Finland Janne Immonen Harri Kirvesniemi Mika Myllylä Sami Repo	Russia Vitaly Denisov Mikhail Ivanov Alexey Prokurorov Vladimir Vilisov	[7]
6	21 March 1999	Oslo	4 × 10 km relay C	Norway Frode Estil Espen Bjervig Anders Aukland Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset	Russia Vitaly Denisov Mikhail Ivanov Alexey Prokurorov Vladimir Vilisov	Italy Silvio Fauner Giorgio Di Centa Fabio Maj Fulvio Valbusa	[8]

Women's team

WC	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	29 November 1998	Muonio	4 × 5 km relay F	Russia I Olga Danilova Anfisa Reztsova Larisa Lazutina Nina Gavrylyuk	Italy Karin Moroder Gabriella Paruzzi Sabina Valbusa Stefania Belmondo	Norway Bente Martinsen Elin Nilsen Anita Moen Maj Helen Sorkmo	[9]
2	20 December 1999	Davos	4 × 5 km relay C/F	Russia I Olga Danilova Svetlana Nageykina Larisa Lazutina Nina Gavrylyuk	Italy Gabriella Paruzzi Antonella Confortola Stefania Belmondo Sabina Valbusa	Russia II Marina Lazskaja Natalya Baranova-Masalkina Yuliya Chepalova Anfisa Reztsova	[10]
3	10 January 1999	Nové Město	4 × 5 km relay C/F	Russia Svetlana Nageykina Nina Gavrylyuk Anfisa Reztsova Yuliya Chepalova	Norway Maj Helen Sorkmo Anita Moen Elin Nilsen Bente Martinsen	Italy Gabriella Paruzzi Antonella Confortola Stefania Belmondo Sabina Valbusa	[11]
4	26 February 1999	Ramsau	4 × 5 km relay C/F	Russia Olga Danilova Larisa Lazutina Anfisa Reztsova Nina Gavrylyuk	Italy Sabina Valbusa Gabriella Paruzzi Antonella Confortola Stefania Belmondo	Germany Viola Bauer Ramona Roth Evi Sachenbacher Sigrid Wille	[12]
5	14 March 1999	Falun	4 × 5 km relay C/F	Russia I Svetlana Nageykina Natalya Baranova-Masalkina Yuliya Chepalova Larisa Lazutina	Russia II Nina Gavrylyuk Lyubov Yegorova Anfisa Reztsova Irina Skladneva	Italy Sabina Valbusa Gabriella Paruzzi Antonella Confortola Stefania Belmondo	[13]
6	21 March 1999	Oslo	4 × 5 km relay C	Russia I Svetlana Nageykina Nina Gavrylyuk Yuliya Chepalova Larisa Lazutina	Russia II Natalya Baranova-Masalkina Lyubov Yegorova Anfisa Reztsova Irina Skladneva	Norway Bente Martinsen Hilde Glomsås Elin Nilsen Anita Moen	[14]

Men's standings

Overall

Rank Skier Points 1 Bjørn Dæhlie 885 2 Mikhail Botvinov 685 3 Mika Myllylä 573 4 Mathias Fredriksson 484 5 Per Elofsson 465 6 Anders Bergström 454 7 Espen Bjervig 406 8 Jari Isometsä 370 9 Alexey Prokurorov 366 10 Erling Jevne 318

Rank Skier Points 11 Alois Stadlober 279 12 Fulvio Valbusa 273 13 Thomas Alsgaard 266 14 Niklas Jonsson 259 15 Ivan Bátory 248 Christian Hoffmann 248 17 Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset 246 18 Fabio Maj 227 19 Frode Estil 219 Kristen Skjeldal 219

Rank Skier Points 21 Vladimir Vilisov 211 22 Andrus Veerpalu 189 23 Tor Arne Hetland 170 24 Silvio Fauner 169 25 Giorgio Di Centa 132 26 Maurizio Pozzi 115 27 Jaak Mae 113 28 Andreas Schlütter 103 29 Mikhail Ivanov 100 30 Sami Repo 90

Long Distance Rank Skier Points 1 Mikhail Botvinov 413 2 Bjørn Dæhlie 360 3 Mika Myllylä 312 4 Anders Bergström 261 5 Alexey Prokurorov 220 6 Mathias Fredriksson 176 7 Fulvio Valbusa 157 8 Per Elofsson 141 9 Niklas Jonsson 129 10 Kristen Skjeldal 122 Alois Stadlober 122

Sprint Rank Skier Points 1 Bjørn Dæhlie 480 2 Tor Arne Hetland 354 3 Mathias Fredriksson 308 4 Espen Bjervig 298 5 Per Elofsson 295 6 Christian Hoffmann 287 7 Mikhail Botvinov 272 8 Mika Myllylä 261 9 Thobias Fredriksson 252 10 Peter Schlickenrieder 247

Women's standings

Overall Rank Skier Points 1 Bente Martinsen 768 ‡ 2 Stefania Belmondo 768 ‡ 3 Nina Gavrylyuk 705 4 Kristina Šmigun 666 5 Larisa Lazutina 648 6 Kateřina Neumannová 618 7 — — 8 Olga Danilova 507 9 Anfisa Reztsova 490 10 Antonina Ordina 430

Rank Skier Points 11 Yuliya Chepalova 363 12 Iryna Terelia 300 13 Natalya Baranova-Masalkina 279 14 Elin Nilsen 264 15 Brigitte Albrecht 252 16 Gabriella Paruzzi 246 17 Maria Theurl 218 18 Valentina Shevchenko 187 Sophie Villeneuve 187 20 Anita Moen 170

Long Distance Rank Skier Points 1 Kristina Šmigun 372 2 Stefania Belmondo 345 3 Larisa Lazutina 343 4 — — 5 Olga Danilova 240 6 Nina Gavrylyuk 215 7 Yuliya Chepalova 200 8 Anfisa Reztsova 190 9 Iryna Terelia 156 10 Gabriella Paruzzi 147 Maria Theurl 147

Sprint Rank Skier Points 1 Bente Martinsen 806 2 Kateřina Neumannová 490 3 Kristina Šmigun 473 4 Nina Gavrylyuk 401 5 Stefania Belmondo 356 6 Larisa Lazutina 305 7 Antonina Ordina 282 8 Anfisa Reztsova 250 9 Andreja Mali 240 10 Anita Moen 235

Note: ‡ : When the season ended, Bente Martinsen and Stefania Belmondo were equal on points. Bente Martinsen won the Overall World Cup on most victories (Martinsen 7-2 Belmondo).

Achievements

Victories in this World Cup (all-time number of victories as of 1998/99 season in parentheses)

Men  Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR), 5 (46) first places  Mika Myllylä (FIN), 4 (8) first places  Tor Arne Hetland (NOR), 2 (3) first places  Mikhail Botvinov (AUT), 2 (2) first places  Thomas Alsgaard (NOR), 1 (5) first places  Per Elofsson (SWE), 1 (1) first place  Mathias Fredriksson (SWE), 1 (1) first place  Peter Schlickenrieder (GER), 1 (1) first place  Espen Bjervig (NOR), 1 (1) first place  Anders Bergström (SWE), 1 (1) first place

Women  Bente Martinsen (NOR), 7 (10) first places  Larisa Lazutina (RUS), 3 (15) first places  Stefania Belmondo (ITA), 2 (19) first places  Kateřina Neumannová (CZE), 2 (3) first places  Nina Gavrylyuk (RUS), 1 (4) first place  Yuliya Chepalova (RUS), 1 (2) first place  Anita Moen (NOR), 1 (1) first place  Olga Danilova (RUS), 1 (1) first place  Kristina Šmigun (EST), 1 (1) first place