The 1998–99 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 11 December 1998 in Hochfilzen, Austria, and ended on 14 March 1999 in Holmenkollen, Norway. It was the 22nd season of the Biathlon World Cup.

Calendar Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 1998–99 season.

Location Date Individual Sprint Pursuit Relay Hochfilzen 11–13 December ● ● ● Osrblie 16–20 December ● ● ● ● Oberhof 8–10 January ● ● ● Ruhpolding 13–17 January ● ● ● ● Antholz 22–24 January ● ● ● Kontiolahti 12–14 February ● ● ● Lake Placid 26–28 February ● ● ● Valcartier 4–6 March ● ● Holmenkollen 11–14 March ● ● ● ● Total 3 9 9 2 6

World Cup Podium

Men Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib Det. 1 11 December 1998 Hochfilzen 10 km Sprint Ole Einar Bjørndalen Raphaël Poirée Pavel Rostovtsev Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail 1 12 December 1998 Hochfilzen 12.5 km Pursuit Raphaël Poirée Ole Einar Bjørndalen Sven Fischer Detail 1 13 December 1998 Hochfilzen 20 km Individual Oleg Ryzhenkov Ole Einar Bjørndalen Ivan Masařík Detail 2 16 December 1998 Brezno-Osrblie 20 km Individual Pavel Rostovtsev Vesa Hietalahti René Cattarinussi Pavel Rostovtsev Detail 2 19 December 1998 Brezno-Osrblie 10 km Sprint Sven Fischer Oļegs Maļuhins Raphaël Poirée Sven Fischer Detail 2 20 December 1998 Brezno-Osrblie 12.5 km Pursuit Sven Fischer Raphaël Poirée Pavel Rostovtsev Detail 3 8 January 1999 Oberhof 10 km Sprint Vladimir Drachev Ole Einar Bjørndalen Ricco Groß Pavel Rostovtsev Detail 3 9 January 1999 Oberhof 12.5 km Pursuit Ole Einar Bjørndalen Ricco Groß Frank Luck Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail 4 13 January 1999 Ruhpolding 15 km Mass Start Raphaël Poirée Frank Luck Sergei Rozhkov Detail 4 16 January 1999 Ruhpolding 10 km Sprint Alexei Aidarov Sylfest Glimsdal Fredrik Kuoppa Sven Fischer Detail 4 17 January 1999 Ruhpolding 12.5 km Pursuit Raphaël Poirée Ricco Groß Sven Fischer Detail 5 22 January 1999 Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Sprint René Cattarinussi Frank Luck Ricco Groß Frank Luck Detail 5 23 January 1999 Antholz-Anterselva 12.5 km Pursuit Ole Einar Bjørndalen Carsten Heymann Halvard Hanevold Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail WC 12 February 1999 Kontiolahti 10 km Sprint Frank Luck Patrick Favre Frode Andresen Frank Luck Detail WC 13 February 1999 Kontiolahti 12.5 km Pursuit Ricco Groß Frank Luck Sven Fischer Detail 6 26 February 1999 Lake Placid 10 km Sprint Sven Fischer René Cattarinussi Jan Wüstenfeld Detail 6 27 February 1999 Lake Placid 12.5 km Pursuit Raphaël Poirée Peter Sendel Sven Fischer Detail 7 4 March 1999 Val Cartier 10 km Sprint Oļegs Maļuhins Ole Einar Bjørndalen Frode Andresen Detail 7 6 March 1999 Val Cartier 12.5 km Pursuit Frode Andresen Halvard Hanevold Sven Fischer Sven Fischer Detail WC 11 March 1999 Oslo Holmenkollen 20 km Individual Sven Fischer Ricco Groß Vadim Sashurin Detail 8 12 March 1999 Oslo Holmenkollen 10 km Sprint Halvard Hanevold Sven Fischer Andriy Deryzemlya Detail WC 13 March 1999 Oslo Holmenkollen 15 km Mass Start Sven Fischer Vladimir Drachev Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail 8 14 March 1999 Oslo Holmenkollen 12.5 km Pursuit Frank Luck Raphaël Poirée Ricco Groß Detail

Women Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib Det. 1 11 December 1998 Hochfilzen 7.5 km Sprint Magdalena Forsberg Corinne Niogret Galina Koukleva Magdalena Forsberg Detail 1 12 December 1998 Hochfilzen 10 km Pursuit Magdalena Forsberg Corinne Niogret Simone Greiner-Petter-M. Detail 1 13 December 1998 Hochfilzen 15 km Individual Uschi Disl Magdalena Forsberg Corinne Niogret Detail 2 16 December 1998 Brezno-Osrblie 15 km Individual Uschi Disl Albina Akhatova Magdalena Forsberg Detail 2 19 December 1998 Brezno-Osrblie 7.5 km Sprint Simone Greiner-Petter-M. Uschi Disl Liv Grete Skjelbreid Detail 2 20 December 1998 Brezno-Osrblie 10 km Pursuit Uschi Disl Simone Greiner-Petter-M. Katrin Apel Detail 3 8 January 1999 Oberhof 7.5 km Sprint Liv Grete Skjelbreid Olena Zubrilova Nadezhda Talanova Detail 3 9 January 1999 Oberhof 10 km Pursuit Liv Grete Skjelbreid Olena Zubrilova Magdalena Forsberg Detail 4 13 January 1999 Ruhpolding 12.5 km Mass Start Uschi Disl Olena Zubrilova Corinne Niogret Detail 4 16 January 1999 Ruhpolding 7.5 km Sprint Olena Zubrilova Corinne Niogret Gro Marit Istad Detail 4 17 January 1999 Ruhpolding 10 km Pursuit Olena Zubrilova Corinne Niogret Magdalena Forsberg Detail 5 22 January 1999 Antholz-Anterselva 7.5 km Sprint Corinne Niogret Magdalena Forsberg Olena Petrova Detail 5 23 January 1999 Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Pursuit Corinne Niogret Magdalena Forsberg Olena Petrova Detail WC 12 February 1999 Kontiolahti 7.5 km Sprint Martina Zellner Magdalena Forsberg Olena Zubrilova Detail WC 13 February 1999 Kontiolahti 10 km Pursuit Olena Zubrilova Martina Schwarzbacherová Martina Zellner Detail 6 25 February 1999 Lake Placid 7.5 km Sprint Magdalena Forsberg Olena Zubrilova Martina Schwarzbacherová Detail 6 27 February 1999 Lake Placid 10 km Pursuit Olena Zubrilova Magdalena Forsberg Uschi Disl Detail 7 5 March 1999 Val Cartier 7.5 km Sprint Liv Grete Skjelbreid Katrin Apel Magdalena Forsberg Detail 7 6 March 1999 Val Cartier 10 km Pursuit Magdalena Forsberg Olena Zubrilova Martina Schwarzbacherová Detail WC 11 March 1999 Oslo Holmenkollen 15 km Individual Olena Zubrilova Corinne Niogret Albina Akhatova Detail 8 12 March 1999 Oslo Holmenkollen 7.5 km Sprint Olena Zubrilova Ann-Elen Skjelbreid Olena Petrova Detail WC 13 March 1999 Oslo Holmenkollen 12.5 km Mass Start Olena Zubrilova Olena Petrova Magdalena Forsberg Detail 8 14 March 1999 Oslo Holmenkollen 10 km Pursuit Olena Zubrilova Ann-Elen Skjelbreid Olena Petrova Detail

Men's team Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third 2 18 December 1998 Osrblie 4x7.5 km Relay 3 10 January 1999 Oberhof 4x7.5 km Relay 4 14 January 1999 Ruhpolding 4x7.5 km Relay 5 24 January 1999 Antholz-Anterselva 4x7.5 km Relay WC 14 February 1999 Kontiolahti 4x7.5 km Relay 6 28 February 1999 Lake Placid 4x7.5 km Relay

Women's team Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third 2 18 December 1998 Osrblie 4x7.5 km Relay 3 10 January 1999 Oberhof 4x7.5 km Relay 4 14 January 1999 Ruhpolding 4x7.5 km Relay 5 24 January 1999 Antholz-Anterselva 4x7.5 km Relay WC 14 February 1999 Kontiolahti 4x7.5 km Relay 6 28 February 1999 Lake Placid 4x7.5 km Relay

Standings: Men

Overall Pos.Points 1. Sven Fischer 443 2. Ole Einar Bjørndalen 397 3. Frank Luck 390 4. Ricco Groß 367 5. Raphaël Poirée 365 Final standings after 23 races.

Individual Pos.Points 1. Pavel Rostovtsev 62 2. Sven Fischer 62 3. Oleg Ryzhenkov 61 4. Ole Einar Bjørndalen 48 5. Vesa Hietalahti 43 Final standings after 3 races.

Sprint Pos.Points 1. Sven Fischer 170 2. Frank Luck 161 3. Halvard Hanevold 151 4. Ricco Groß 137 5. Frode Andresen 133 Final standings after 9 races.

Pursuit Pos.Points 1. Raphaël Poirée 185 2. Sven Fischer 184 3. Ole Einar Bjørndalen 174 4. Frank Luck 174 5. Ricco Groß 168 Final standings after 9 races.

Mass Start Pos.Points 1. Sven Fischer 48 2. Raphaël Poirée 47 3. Ole Einar Bjørndalen 45 4. Vladimir Drachev 41 5. Ricco Groß 38 Final standings after 2 races.

Relay Pos.Points 1. Germany 146 2. Russia 129 3. Norway 120 4. Belarus 115 5. Finland 104 Final standings after 6 races.

Nation Pos.Points 1. 3626 2. 3505 3. 3474 4. 3361 5. 3237 Final standings after 18 races.

Standings: Women

Overall Pos.Points 1. Magdalena Forsberg 478 2. Olena Zubrilova 467 3. Uschi Disl 420 4. Corinne Niogret 375 5. Liv Grete Skjelbreid 313 Final standings after 23 races.

Individual Pos.Points 1. Uschi Disl 77 2. Magdalena Forsberg 70 3. Albina Akhatova 50 4. Corinne Niogret 50 5. Martina Zellner 43 Final standings after 3 races.

Sprint Pos.Points 1. Magdalena Forsberg 193 2. Olena Zubrilova 180 3. Liv Grete Skjelbreid 157 4. Corinne Niogret 148 5. Uschi Disl 134 Final standings after 9 races.

Pursuit Pos.Points 1. Olena Zubrilova 208 2. Magdalena Forsberg 203 3. Uschi Disl 171 4. Corinne Niogret 146 5. Olena Petrova 129 Final standings after 9 races.

Mass Start Pos.Points 1. Olena Zubrilova 56 2. Uschi Disl 49 3. Magdalena Forsberg 45 4. Katrin Apel 32 5. Corinne Niogret 31 Final standings after 2 races.

Relay Pos.Points 1. Germany 142 2. Russia 130 3. Ukraine 120 4. France 114 5. Norway 110 Final standings after 6 races.

Nation Pos.Points 1. 3568 2. 3439 3. 3402 4. 3364 5. 3297 Final standings after 18 races.

Medal table

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

Men , 6 (15) first places , 4 (5) first places , 3 (9) first places , 2 (8) first places , 1 (11) first place , 1 (4) first places , 1 (3) first place , 1 (3) first place , 1 (2) first place , 1 (2) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place

Women , 8 (8) first places , 4 (18) first places , 4 (16) first places , 3 (3) first places , 2 (4) first places , 1 (4) first place , 1 (1) first place

Retirements The following notable biathletes retired after the 1998–99 season:

References

External links IBU official site