1999–2000 Biathlon World Cup

The 1999–2000 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 2 December 1999 in Hochfilzen, Austria, and ended on 19 March 2000 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. It was the 23rd season of the Biathlon World Cup.

1999–00 World Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Raphaël Poirée	Magdalena Forsberg
Nations Cup	Germany	Germany
Individual	Frank Luck	Magdalena Forsberg
Sprint	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Magdalena Forsberg
Pursuit	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Magdalena Forsberg
Mass start	Raphaël Poirée	Galina Koukleva
Relay	Norway	Russia
Competition
←1998–99 2000–01→

Calendar

Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 1999–2000 season.^[1]

Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay
Hochfilzen[2]	2–5 December	●		●		●
Pokljuka[3]	8–12 December		●	●		●
Pokljuka[4][N 1]	15–19 December	●	●		●
Oberhof[5]	5–9 January		●	●		●
Ruhpolding[6]	12–16 January		●	●	●
Antholz-Anterselva[7]	20–23 January		●	●		●
Östersund[8]	11–13 February		●	●
Oslo[9]	19–27 February	●	●	●	●
Lahti[10]	9–12 March	●		●		●
Khanty-Mansiysk[11]	17–19 March		●	●	●
Total		4	8	9	4	6

World Cup podiums

Men

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib (After competition)	Det.
1	2 December 1999	Hochfilzen	20 km Individual	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Ruslan Lysenko	Frank Luck	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Detail
1	4 December 1999	Hochfilzen	12.5 km Pursuit	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Frank Luck	Sven Fischer		Detail
2	8 December 1999	Pokljuka	10 km Sprint	Frode Andresen	Pavel Rostovtsev	Ole Einar Bjørndalen		Detail
2	10 December 1999	Pokljuka	12.5 km Pursuit	Frode Andresen	Peter Sendel	Vyacheslav Derkach		Detail
3	15 December 1999	Brezno-Osrblie	20 km Individual	Raphaël Poirée	Vadim Sashurin	Frank Luck		Detail
3	17 December 1999	Brezno-Osrblie	10 km Sprint	Frode Andresen	Sven Fischer	Frank Luck	Sven Fischer	Detail
3	19 December 1999	Brezno-Osrblie	15 km Mass Start	Vladimir Drachev	Vadim Sashurin	Sven Fischer		Detail
4	6 January 2000	Oberhof	10 km Sprint	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Frank Luck	Raphaël Poirée		Detail
4	7 January 2000	Oberhof	12.5 km Pursuit	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Peter Sendel	Zdeněk Vítek		Detail
5	12 January 2000	Ruhpolding	15 km Mass Start	Ricco Groß	Raphaël Poirée	Sven Fischer		Detail
5	15 January 2000	Ruhpolding	10 km Sprint	Ricco Groß	Vadim Sashurin	Raphaël Poirée		Detail
5	16 January 2000	Ruhpolding	12.5 km Pursuit	Halvard Hanevold	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Raphaël Poirée	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Detail
6	20 January 2000	Antholz-Anterselva	10 km Sprint	Raphaël Poirée	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Frode Andresen		Detail
6	22 January 2000	Antholz-Anterselva	12.5 km Pursuit	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Frode Andresen	Raphaël Poirée		Detail
7	11 February 2000	Östersund	10 km Sprint	Frode Andresen	Wolfgang Rottmann	Ole Einar Bjørndalen		Detail
7	13 February 2000	Östersund	12.5 km Pursuit	Frode Andresen	Pavel Rostovtsev	Ricco Groß	Raphaël Poirée	Detail
WC	19 February 2000	Oslo Holmenkollen	10 km Sprint	Frode Andresen	Pavel Rostovtsev	René Cattarinussi		Detail
WC	20 February 2000	Oslo Holmenkollen	12.5 km Pursuit	Frank Luck	Pavel Rostovtsev	Raphaël Poirée		Detail
WC	23 February 2000	Oslo Holmenkollen	20 km Individual	Wolfgang Rottmann	Ludwig Gredler	Frank Luck		Detail
WC	26 February 2000	Oslo Holmenkollen	15 km Mass Start	Raphaël Poirée	Pavel Rostovtsev	Ole Einar Bjørndalen		Detail
8	9 March 2000	Lahti	20 km Individual	Halvard Hanevold	Carsten Heymann	Sven Fischer		Detail
8	12 March 2000	Lahti	12.5 km Pursuit	Sven Fischer	Peter Sendel	Frode Andresen		Detail
9	17 March 2000	Khanty-Mansiysk	10 km Sprint	Vadim Sashurin	Devis Da Canal	Sven Fischer		Detail
9	18 March 2000	Khanty-Mansiysk	12.5 km Pursuit	Sven Fischer	Raphaël Poirée	Sergei Rozhkov		Detail
9	19 March 2000	Khanty-Mansiysk	15 km Mass Start	René Cattarinussi	Pavel Rostovtsev	Frode Andresen		Detail

Women

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib (After competition)	Det.
1	3 December 1999	Hochfilzen	15 km Individual	Galina Koukleva	Magdalena Forsberg	Corinne Niogret	Galina Koukleva	Detail
1	4 December 1999	Hochfilzen	10 km Pursuit	Corinne Niogret	Albina Akhatova	Magdalena Forsberg	Corinne Niogret	Detail
2	9 December 1999	Pokljuka	7.5 km Sprint	Magdalena Forsberg	Maria Strelenko	Corinne Niogret	Magdalena Forsberg	Detail
2	10 December 1999	Pokljuka	10 km Pursuit	Olena Zubrilova	Magdalena Forsberg	Tetyana Vodopyanova		Detail
3	16 December 1999	Brezno-Osrblie	15 km Individual	Uschi Disl	Svetlana Ishmouratova	Pavlina Filipova		Detail
3	18 December 1999	Brezno-Osrblie	7.5 km Sprint	Gro Marit Istad	Olena Petrova	Irina Nikulchina		Detail
3	19 December 1999	Brezno-Osrblie	12.5 km Mass Start	Andrea Henkel	Svetlana Ishmouratova	Olena Petrova		Detail
4	5 January 2000	Oberhof	7.5 km Sprint	Olena Zubrilova	Emmanuelle Claret	Nathalie Santer		Detail
4	7 January 2000	Oberhof	10 km Pursuit	Olena Zubrilova	Magdalena Forsberg	Svetlana Ishmouratova		Detail
5	12 January 2000	Ruhpolding	12.5 km Mass Start	Galina Koukleva	Magdalena Forsberg	Olena Petrova		Detail
5	15 January 2000	Ruhpolding	7.5 km Sprint	Nathalie Santer	Katrin Apel	Olga Pyleva		Detail
5	16 January 2000	Ruhpolding	10 km Pursuit	Martina Zellner	Corinne Niogret	Magdalena Forsberg		Detail
6	21 January 2000	Antholz-Anterselva	7.5 km Sprint	Martina Glagow	Martina Zellner	Andrea Henkel		Detail
6	22 January 2000	Antholz-Anterselva	10 km Pursuit	Andrea Henkel	Galina Koukleva	Magdalena Forsberg		Detail
7	12 February 2000	Östersund	7.5 km Sprint	Galina Koukleva	Svetlana Ishmouratova	Florence Baverel		Detail
7	13 February 2000	Östersund	10 km Pursuit	Martina Glagow	Svetlana Tchernousova	Svetlana Ishmouratova		Detail
WC	19 February 2000	Oslo Holmenkollen	7.5 km Sprint	Liv Grete Skjelbreid	Katrin Apel	Martina Zellner		Detail
WC	20 February 2000	Oslo Holmenkollen	10 km Pursuit	Magdalena Forsberg	Uschi Disl	Florence Baverel		Detail
WC	22 February 2000	Oslo Holmenkollen	15 km Individual	Corinne Niogret	Yu Shumei	Magdalena Forsberg		Detail
WC	26 February 2000	Oslo Holmenkollen	12.5 km Mass Start	Liv Grete Skjelbreid	Galina Koukleva	Corinne Niogret		Detail
8	9 March 2000	Lahti	15 km Individual	Olena Zubrilova	Andrea Henkel	Magdalena Forsberg		Detail
8	12 March 2000	Lahti	10 km Pursuit	Olena Zubrilova	Magdalena Forsberg	Andrea Henkel		Detail
9	16 March 2000	Khanty-Mansiysk	7.5 km Sprint	Olena Zubrilova	Olga Pyleva	Martina Glagow		Detail
9	18 March 2000	Khanty-Mansiysk	10 km Pursuit	Magdalena Forsberg	Corinne Niogret	Olena Zubrilova		Detail
9	19 March 2000	Khanty-Mansiysk	12.5 km Mass Start	Martina Zellner	Olena Zubrilova	Olena Petrova		Detail

Men's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
1	5 December 1999	Hochfilzen	4x7.5 km Relay	Austria Wolfgang Perner Ludwig Gredler Günther Beck Wolfgang Rottmann	Norway Egil Gjelland Frode Andresen Dag Bjørndalen Halvard Hanevold	Germany Ricco Groß Frank Luck Peter Sendel Sven Fischer
2	11 December 1999	Pokljuka	4x7.5 km Relay	Norway Egil Gjelland Frode Andresen Halvard Hanevold Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Russia Sergei Rozhkov Vyacheslav Kunayev Vladimir Drachev Pavel Rostovtsev	Germany Frank Luck Peter Sendel Carsten Heymann Sven Fischer
4	9 January 2000	Oberhof	4x7.5 km Relay	Norway Egil Gjelland Halvard Hanevold Dag Bjørndalen Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Germany Frank Luck Sven Fischer Ricco Gross Peter Sendel	Czech Republic Ivan Masařík Roman Dostál Marian Málek Zdeněk Vítek
5	13 January 2000	Ruhpolding	4x7.5 km Relay	Germany Frank Luck Sven Fischer Peter Sendel Ricco Gross	Norway Egil Gjelland Halvard Hanevold Dag Bjørndalen Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Russia Viktor Maigourov Sergei Rozhkov Vladimir Drachev Pavel Rostovtsev
6	23 January 2000	Antholz-Anterselva	4x7.5 km Relay	Russia Viktor Maigourov Sergei Rozhkov Pavel Rostovtsev Vladimir Drachev	Germany Frank Luck Alexander Wolf Ricco Gross Sven Fischer	Norway Halvard Hanevold Egil Gjelland Sylfest Glimsdal Stig-Are Eriksen
WC	11 March 2000	Lahti	4x7.5 km Relay	Russia Viktor Maigourov Sergei Rozhkov Vladimir Drachev Pavel Rostovtsev	Norway Egil Gjelland Frode Andresen Halvard Hanevold Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Germany Frank Luck Peter Sendel Sven Fischer Ricco Gross

Women's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
1	5 December 1999	Hochfilzen	4x7.5 km Relay	Norway Gro Marit Istad Ann-Elen Skjelbreid Liv Grete Skjelbreid Gunn Margit Andreassen	Germany Uschi Disl Simone Greiner Katja Beer Martina Zellner	Russia Mariya Strelenko Galina Kukleva Svetlana Tchernousova Albina Akhatova
2	12 December 1999	Pokljuka	4x7.5 km Relay	Russia Albina Akhatova Galina Kukleva Mariya Strelenko Svetlana Ishmouratova	Ukraine Olena Zubrilova Olena Petrova Nataliya Tereshchenko Tetyana Vodopyanova	Bulgaria Pavlina Filipova Irina Nikulchina Radka Popova Iva Karagiozova
4	8 January 2000	Oberhof	4x7.5 km Relay	Russia Olga Pyleva Galina Kukleva Svetlana Tchernousova Svetlana Ishmouratova	Germany Uschi Disl Katrin Apel Katja Beer Andrea Henkel	France Sylvie Becaert Emmanuelle Claret Delphyne Burlet Corinne Niogret
5	14 January 2000	Ruhpolding	4x7.5 km Relay	Germany Uschi Disl Katrin Apel Andrea Henkel Martina Zellner	Russia Olga Pyleva Galina Kukleva Svetlana Tchernousova Svetlana Ishmouratova	Ukraine Iryna Merkushina Olena Petrova Nina Lemesh Olena Zubrilova
6	23 January 2000	Antholz-Anterselva	4x7.5 km Relay	Germany Andrea Henkel Martina Glagow Katrin Apel Martina Zellner	Russia Olga Pyleva Galina Kukleva Mariya Strelenko Svetlana Ishmouratova	Ukraine Iryna Merkushina Olena Petrova Nina Lemesh Olena Zubrilova
WC	25 February 2000	Oslo	4x7.5 km Relay	Russia Olga Pyleva Svetlana Tchernousova Galina Kukleva Albina Akhatova	Germany Uschi Disl Katrin Apel Andrea Henkel Martina Zellner	Ukraine Olena Zubrilova Olena Petrova Nina Lemesh Tetyana Vodopyanova
8	10 March 2000	Lahti	4x7.5 km Relay	Germany Uschi Disl Katrin Apel Andrea Henkel Martina Zellner	Russia Olga Pyleva Svetlana Tchernousova Galina Kukleva Albina Akhatova	Ukraine Olena Zubrilova Olena Petrova Nina Lemesh Nataliya Tereshchenko

Standings: Men

Overall

Pos.		Points
1.	Raphaël Poirée	470
2.	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	448
3.	Sven Fischer	434
4.	Pavel Rostovtsev	384
5.	Frank Luck	379

• Final standings after 25 races.

Individual Pos. Points 1. Frank Luck 72 2. Raphaël Poirée 68 3. Peter Sendel 61 4. Wolfgang Rottmann 56 5. Sven Fischer 52 Final standings after 4 races.

Sprint Pos. Points 1. Ole Einar Bjørndalen 161 2. Frode Andresen 153 3. Raphaël Poirée 153 4. Sven Fischer 134 5. Vadim Sashurin 119 Final standings after 8 races.

Pursuit Pos. Points 1. Ole Einar Bjørndalen 200 2. Sven Fischer 176 3. Raphaël Poirée 172 4. Frode Andresen 165 5. Pavel Rostovtsev 162 Final standings after 9 races.

Mass Start Pos. Points 1. Raphaël Poirée 77 2. Pavel Rostovtsev 73 3. Sven Fischer 68 4. Vadim Sashurin 63 5. Vladimir Drachev 62 Final standings after 4 races.

Relay Pos. Points 1. Norway 138 2. Russia 132 3. Germany 130 4. Czech Republic 104 5. Belarus 97 Final standings after 6 races.

Nation Pos. Points 1.  Germany 3625 2.  Norway 3548 3.  Russia 3338 4.  Austria 3252 5.  Belarus 3211 Final standings after 18 races.

Standings: Women

Overall

Pos.		Points
1.	Magdalena Forsberg	510
2.	Olena Zubrilova	424
3.	Corinne Niogret	411
4.	Galina Kukleva	389
5.	Andrea Henkel	378

• Final standings after 25 races.

Individual Pos. Points 1. Magdalena Forsberg 74 2. Corinne Niogret 68 3. Olena Zubrilova 67 4. Uschi Disl 63 5. Albina Akhatova 60 Final standings after 4 races.

Sprint Pos. Points 1. Magdalena Forsberg 147 2. Svetlana Ishmouratova 129 3. Martina Zellner 125 4. Corinne Niogret 123 5. Olena Zubrilova 118 Final standings after 8 races.

Pursuit Pos. Points 1. Magdalena Forsberg 210 2. Corinne Niogret 161 3. Olena Zubrilova 160 4. Andrea Henkel 148 5. Galina Kukleva 144 Final standings after 9 races.

Mass Start Pos. Points 1. Galina Kukleva 77 2. Olena Petrova 72 3. Magdalena Forsberg 68 4. Martina Zellner 66 5. Andrea Henkel 65 Final standings after 4 races.

Relay Pos. Points 1. Russia 168 2. Germany 168 3. Ukraine 143 4. France 124 5. Slovakia 122 Final standings after 6 races.

Nation Pos. Points 1.  Germany 3585 2.  Russia 3550 3.  Ukraine 3434 4.  France 3307 5.  Norway 3132 Final standings after 18 races.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway	19	6	7	32
2	Germany	16	17	17	50
3	Russia	9	19	6	34
4	Ukraine	6	4	10	20
5	France	5	5	11	21
6	Sweden	3	5	5	13
7	Austria	2	2	0	4
8	Italy	2	1	2	5
9	Belarus	1	3	0	4
10	China	0	1	0	1
11	Bulgaria	0	0	3	3
12	Czech Republic	0	0	2	2
Totals (12 entries)		63	63	63	189

Achievements

Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses)

Men  Frode Andresen (NOR), 6 (8) first places  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR), 5 (14) first places  Raphaël Poirée (FRA), 3 (8) first places  Sven Fischer (GER), 2 (17) first places  Ricco Groß (GER), 2 (6) first places  Halvard Hanevold (NOR), 2 (5) first places  Vladimir Drachev (RUS), 1 (12) first place  Frank Luck (GER), 1 (9) first place  Vadim Sashurin (BLR), 1 (2) first place  René Cattarinussi (ITA), 1 (2) first place  Wolfgang Rottmann (AUT), 1 (1) first place

Women  Olena Zubrilova (UKR), 6 (14) first places  Magdalena Forsberg (SWE), 3 (19) first places  Galina Kukleva (RUS), 3 (7) first places  Corinne Niogret (FRA), 2 (6) first places  Liv Grete Skjelbreid (NOR), 2 (5) first places  Martina Zellner (GER), 2 (3) first places  Andrea Henkel (GER), 2 (2) first places  Martina Glagow (GER), 2 (2) first places  Uschi Disl (GER), 1 (19) first place  Nathalie Santer (ITA), 1 (3) first place  Gro Marit Istad (NOR), 1 (1) first place

Retirements

Following notable biathletes retired after the 1999–2000 season:

•  Harri Eloranta (FIN)
•  Jan Wüstenfeld (GER)
•  Pieralberto Carrara (ITA)
•  Sylfest Glimsdal (NOR)
•  Emmanuelle Claret (FRA)
•  Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm (GER)

Footnotes

1. Originally scheduled to be held in Brezno-Osrblie, Slovakia