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. Bente Martinsen of Norway won the women's cup on more victories than Stefania Belmondo of Italy after both finished the season achieving 768 points.

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 Date Location Discipline Winner Second Third 1 28 November 1998 Muonio 10 km F Per Elofsson Bjørn Dæhlie Sami Repo 2 10 December 1998 Milan 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 FCombined 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 Date Location Discipline Winner Second Third 1 28 November 1998 Muonio 5 km F Kateřina Neumannová Stefania Belmondo Nina Gavrylyuk 2 10 December 1998 Milan 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 FCombined 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 DatePlaceDisciplineWinnerSecondThird 129 November 1998   Muonio4 × 10 km relay F   220 December 1999   Davos4 × 10 km relay C/F   310 January 1999   Nové Město4 × 10 km relay C/F   4 26 February 1999   Ramsau4 × 10 km relay C/F   514 March 1999   Falun4 × 10 km relay C/F   621 March 1999   Oslo4 × 10 km relay C  

Women's team DatePlaceDisciplineWinnerSecondThird 129 November 1998   Muonio4 × 5 km relay F   220 December 1999   Davos4 × 5 km relay C/F   310 January 1999   Nové Město4 × 5 km relay C/F   426 February 1999   Ramsau4 × 5 km relay C/F   514 March 1999   Falun4 × 5 km relay C/F   621 March 1999   Oslo4 × 5 km relay C  

Men's standings Overall

RankSkierPoints1 Bjørn Dæhlie 8852 Mikhail Botvinov 6853 Mika Myllylä 5734 Mathias Fredriksson 4845 Per Elofsson 4656 Anders Bergström 4547 Espen Bjervig 4068 Jari Isometsä 3709 Alexey Prokurorov 36610 Erling Jevne 318

RankSkierPoints11 Alois Stadlober 27912 Fulvio Valbusa 27313 Thomas Alsgaard 26614 Niklas Jonsson 25915 Ivan Bátory 248 Christian Hoffmann 24817 Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset 24618 Fabio Maj 22719 Frode Estil 219 Kristen Skjeldal 219

RankSkierPoints21 Vladimir Vilisov 21122 Andrus Veerpalu 18923 Tor Arne Hetland 17024 Silvio Fauner 16925 Giorgio Di Centa 13226 Maurizio Pozzi 11527 Jaak Mae 11328 Andreas Schlütter 10329 Mikhail Ivanov 10030 Sami Repo 90

Long Distance RankSkierPoints1 Mikhail Botvinov 4132 Bjørn Dæhlie 3603 Mika Myllylä 3124 Anders Bergström 2615 Alexey Prokurorov 2206 Mathias Fredriksson 1767 Fulvio Valbusa 1578 Per Elofsson 1419 Niklas Jonsson 12910 Kristen Skjeldal 122 Alois Stadlober 122

Sprint RankSkierPoints1 Bjørn Dæhlie 4802 Tor Arne Hetland 3543 Mathias Fredriksson 3084 Espen Bjervig 2985 Per Elofsson 2956 Christian Hoffmann 2877 Mikhail Botvinov 2728 Mika Myllylä 2619 Thobias Fredriksson 25210 Peter Schlickenrieder 247

Women's standings

Overall RankSkierPoints1 Bente Martinsen 768 2 Stefania Belmondo 768 3 Nina Gavrylyuk 7054 Kristina Šmigun 6665 Larisa Lazutina 6486 Kateřina Neumannová 6187 8 Olga Danilova 5079 Anfisa Reztsova 49010 Antonina Ordina 430

RankSkierPoints11 Yuliya Chepalova 36312 Iryna Terelia 30013 Natalya Baranova-Masalkina 27914 Elin Nilsen 26415 Brigitte Albrecht 25216 Gabriella Paruzzi 24617 Maria Theurl 21818 Valentina Shevchenko 187 Sophie Villeneuve 18720 Anita Moen 170

Long Distance RankSkierPoints1 Kristina Šmigun 3722 Stefania Belmondo 3453 Larisa Lazutina 3434 5 Olga Danilova 2406 Nina Gavrylyuk 2157 Yuliya Chepalova 2008 Anfisa Reztsova 1909 Iryna Terelia 15610 Gabriella Paruzzi 147 Maria Theurl 147

Sprint RankSkierPoints1 Bente Martinsen 8062 Kateřina Neumannová 4903 Kristina Šmigun 4734 Nina Gavrylyuk 4015 Stefania Belmondo 3566 Larisa Lazutina 3057 Antonina Ordina 2828 Anfisa Reztsova 2509 Andreja Mali 24010 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 , 5 (46) first places , 4 (8) first places , 2 (3) first places , 2 (2) first places , 1 (5) first places , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place

Women , 7 (10) first places , 3 (15) first places , 2 (19) first places , 2 (3) first places , 1 (4) first place , 1 (2) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place

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