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.

Calendar Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 1999–2000 season.

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

World Cup podiums

Men Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib 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 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 2 11 December 1999 Pokljuka 4x7.5 km Relay 4 9 January 2000 Oberhof 4x7.5 km Relay 5 13 January 2000 Ruhpolding 4x7.5 km Relay 6 23 January 2000 Antholz-Anterselva 4x7.5 km Relay WC 11 March 2000 Lahti 4x7.5 km Relay

Women's team Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third 1 5 December 1999 Hochfilzen 4x7.5 km Relay 2 12 December 1999 Pokljuka 4x7.5 km Relay 4 8 January 2000 Oberhof 4x7.5 km Relay 5 14 January 2000 Ruhpolding 4x7.5 km Relay 6 23 January 2000 Antholz-Anterselva 4x7.5 km Relay WC 25 February 2000 Oslo 4x7.5 km Relay 8 10 March 2000 Lahti 4x7.5 km Relay

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. 3625 2. 3548 3. 3338 4. 3252 5. 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. 3585 2. 3550 3. 3434 4. 3307 5. 3132 Final standings after 18 races.

Medal table

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

Men , 6 (8) first places , 5 (14) first places , 3 (8) first places , 2 (17) first places , 2 (6) first places , 2 (5) first places , 1 (12) first place , 1 (9) first place , 1 (2) first place , 1 (2) first place , 1 (1) first place

Women , 6 (14) first places , 3 (19) first places , 3 (7) first places , 2 (6) first places , 2 (5) first places , 2 (3) first places , 2 (2) first places , 2 (2) first places , 1 (19) first place , 1 (3) first place , 1 (1) first place

Retirements Following notable biathletes retired after the 1999–2000 season:

Footnotes

References

External links IBU official site