The 1998–99 Short Track Speed Skating World Cup was a multi-race tournament in short track speed skating. The season began on 25 September 1998 and ended on 6 December 1998.

Men Events Date Place Discipline Winner 2nd place 3rd place 25-27 September 1998 Montreal 500 m Fabio Carta Li Jiajun Simon Van Vossel 1000 m Li Jiajun Nicola Franceschina 1500 m Satoru Terao Fabio Carta Nicky Gooch 3000 m Li Jiajun Satoru Terao Fabio Carta 5000 m relay China Italy Japan 2-4 October 1998 Saratoga Springs 500 m Fabio Carta Daniel Weinstein Li Jiajun 1000 m Fabio Carta Satoru Terao Dave Versteeg 1500 m Li Jiajun Michele Antonioli Nicola Franceschina 3000 m Li Jiajun Nicola Franceschina Fabio Carta 5000 m relay Italy Canada Japan 30 October - 1 November 1998 Zoetermeer 500 m Kim Dong-Sung Fabio Carta Mathieu Turcotte 1000 m Nicola Franceschina Fabio Carta Kim Dong-Sung 1500 m Kim Dong-Sung Nicola Franceschina Lee Seung-Jae 3000 m An Jung-Hyun Fabio Carta Kim Dong-Sung 5000 m relay South Korea Italy 6-8 November 1998 Székesfehérvár 500 m Fabio Carta Marc Gagnon Lee Seung-Jae 1000 m Apolo Anton Ohno Kim Dong-Sung Lee Seung-Jae 1500 m Kim Dong-Sung Fabio Carta Apolo Anton Ohno 3000 m Kim Dong-Sung Fabio Carta Michele Antonioli 5000 m relay Italy Canada Hungary 27-28 November 1998 Nobeyama 500 m Li Jiajun Takafumi Nishitani Satoru Terao 1000 m Kim Dong-Sung Satoru Terao Takafumi Nishitani 1500 m Kim Dong-Sung Simon Van Vossel Lee Jun-Hwan 3000 m Kim Dong-Sung Li Jiajun Feng Kai 5000 m relay China Japan Canada 4-6 December 1998 Beijing 500 m Li Jiajun An Yulong Satoru Terao Takafumi Nishitani 1000 m Li Jiajun Satoru Terao Kim Dong-Sung 1500 m Li Jiajun Satoru Terao An Yulong 3000 m Lee Jun-Hwan Simon Van Vossel Takafumi Nishitani 5000 m relay Japan China United States 22-24 January 1999 European Championships in Oberstdorf, Germany 19-21 March 1999 World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria 5-7 April 1999 World Team Championships in St. Louis, United States

World Cup Rankings Overall Rank Name Points 1 Li Jiajun 98 2 Fabio Carta 97 3 Kim Dong-Sung 93 4 Satoru Terao 92 5 Nicola Franceschina 84 6 Simon Van Vossel 80 7 Feng Kai 77 8 Apolo Anton Ohno 71 9 Nicky Gooch 71 10 Daniel Weinstein 68500 m Rank Name Points 1 Fabio Carta 99 2 Li Jiajun 97 3 Takafumi Nishitani 86 4 Feng Kai 84 5 Satoru Terao 78 6 Kim Dong-Sung 75 7 Simon Van Vossel 74 8 An Yulong 72 9 Daniel Weinstein 72 10 Nicola Franceschina 681000 m Rank Name Points 1 Kim Dong-Sung 95 2 Fabio Carta 93 3 Satoru Terao 89 4 Li Jiajun 85 5 Nicola Franceschina 85 6 Feng Kai 79 7 Lee Seung-Jae 75 8 Mathieu Turcotte 74 9 Apolo Anton Ohno 71 10 Dave Versteeg 621500 m Rank Name Points 1 Kim Dong-Sung 89 2 Fabio Carta 89 3 Satoru Terao 83 4 Simon Van Vossel 81 5 Michele Antonioli 80 6 Apolo Anton Ohno 76 7 Mathieu Turcotte 76 8 Feng Kai 74 9 Nicola Franceschina 73 10 Nicky Gooch 73 5000 m relay Rank Name Points 1 Italy 98 2 China 96 3 Japan 95 4 Canada 93 5 United States 90 6 Hungary 84 7 Great Britain 83 8 South Korea 68 9 Germany 57 10 Netherlands 56

Women Events Date Place Discipline Winner 2nd place 3rd place 25-27 September 1998 Montreal 500 m Yang Yang (A) Yang Yang (S) Annie Perreault 1000 m Wang Chunlu Marinella Canclini Yang Yang (S) 1500 m Evgenia Radanova Yang Yang (A) Yang Yang (S) 3000 m Yang Yang (A) Evgenia Radanova Wang Chunlu 3000 m relay China Italy United States 2-4 October 1998 Saratoga Springs 500 m Wang Chunlu Yang Yang (S) Yang Yang (A) 1000 m Yang Yang (A) Wang Chunlu Yang Yang (S) 1500 m Yang Yang (A) Evgenia Radanova Marinella Canclini 3000 m Yang Yang (A) Evgenia Radanova Yang Yang (S) 3000 m relay China Italy United States 30 October - 1 November 1998 Zoetermeer 500 m Evgenia Radanova Amy Peterson Joo Min-Jin 1000 m Marinella Canclini Evgenia Radanova Choi Min-kyung 1500 m Park Hye-Won Evgenia Radanova Marinella Canclini 3000 m Joo Min-Jin Evgenia Radanova Danielle Molendijk 3000 m relay South Korea United States Netherlands 6-8 November 1998 Székesfehérvár 500 m Evgenia Radanova Choi Min-kyung Amy Peterson 1000 m Evgenia Radanova Choi Min-kyung Joo Min-Jin 1500 m Evgenia Radanova Amy Peterson Danielle Molendijk 3000 m Choi Min-kyung Joo Min-Jin Amy Peterson 3000 m relay South Korea Bulgaria Italy 27-28 November 1998 Nobeyama 500 m Wang Chunlu Yang Yang (S) Choi Min-kyung 1000 m Yang Yang (A) Yang Yang (S) Choi Min-kyung 1500 m Yang Yang (A) Yang Yang (S) Wang Chunlu 3000 m Yang Yang (A) Choi Min-kyung An Sang-Mi 3000 m relay China Canada United States 4-6 December 1998 Beijing 500 m Yang Yang (A) Wang Chunlu Choi Min-kyung 1000 m Yang Yang (A) Yang Yang (S) Wang Chunlu 1500 m Yang Yang (A) Choi Min-kyung Yang Yang (S) 3000 m Yang Yang (A) Choi Min-kyung Yang Yang (S) 3000 m relay China South Korea Canada 22-24 January 1999 European Championships in Oberstdorf, Germany 19-21 March 1999 World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria 5-7 April 1999 World Team Championships in St. Louis, United States

World Cup Rankings Overall Rank Name Points 1 Yang Yang (A) 100 2 Evgenia Radanova 98 3 Yang Yang (S) 93 4 Choi Min-kyung 92 5 Marinella Canclini 87 6 Amy Peterson 85 7 Erin Porter 76 8 Annie Perreault 74 9 Ikue Teshigawara 74 10 Wang Chunlu 67500 m Rank Name Points 1 Wang Chunlu 96 2 Yang Yang (A) 94 3 Choi Min-kyung 92 4 Evgenia Radanova 89 5 Yang Yang (S) 87 6 Amy Peterson 86 7 Christine Boudrias 78 8 Erin Porter 74 9 Annie Perreault 71 10 Marinella Canclini 681000 m Rank Name Points 1 Yang Yang (S) 94 2 Yang Yang (A) 93 3 Evgenia Radanova 93 4 Choi Min-kyung 91 5 Marinella Canclini 87 6 Wang Chunlu 84 7 Amy Peterson 83 8 Danielle Molendijk 77 9 Sachi Ozawa 77 10 Ikue Teshigawara 671500 m Rank Name Points 1 Yang Yang (A) 99 2 Evgenia Radanova 98 3 Choi Min-kyung 87 4 Amy Peterson 85 5 Marinella Canclini 83 6 Erin Porter 83 7 Ikue Teshigawara 76 8 Yang Yang (S) 70 9 Danielle Molendijk 64 10 Tania Vicent 62 5000 m relay Rank Name Points 1 China 100 2 South Korea 96 3 Italy 93 4 United States 93 5 Canada 91 6 Japan 84 7 Netherlands 83 8 Bulgaria 45 9 Chinese Taipei 20 10 Hungary 19

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