1999–2000 Biathlon World Cup Explained

1999–00 World Cup
Competition1:	Overall
Competition1men:	Raphaël Poirée
Competition1ladies:	Magdalena Forsberg
Competition2:	Nations Cup
Competition2men:	Germany
Competition2ladies:	Germany
Competition3:	Individual
Competition3men:	Frank Luck
Competition3ladies:	Magdalena Forsberg
Competition4:	Sprint
Competition4men:	Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Competition4ladies:	Magdalena Forsberg
Competition5:	Pursuit
Competition5men:	Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Competition5ladies:	Magdalena Forsberg
Competition6:	Mass start
Competition6men:	Raphaël Poirée
Competition6ladies:	Galina Koukleva
Competition7:	Relay
Competition7men:	Norway
Competition7ladies:	Russia
Previous:	1998–99
Next:	2000–01

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.^[1]

Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit		Relay
Hochfilzen^[2]	2–5 December	●		●		●
Pokljuka^[3]	8–12 December		●	●		●
Pokljuka^[4]	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	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
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
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.		448
3.		434
4.		384
5.		379

Final standings after 25 races.

Individual

Pos.		Points
1.	Frank Luck	72
2.		68
3.		61
4.		56
5.		52

Final standings after 4 races.

Sprint

Pos.		Points
1.	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	161
2.		153
3.		153
4.		134
5.		119

Final standings after 8 races.

Pursuit

Pos.		Points
1.	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	200
2.		176
3.		172
4.		165
5.		162

Final standings after 9 races.

Mass Start

Pos.		Points
1.	Raphaël Poirée	77
2.		73
3.		68
4.		63
5.		62

Final standings after 4 races.

Relay

Pos.		Points
1.	Norway	138
2.		132
3.		130
4.		104
5.		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.		424
3.		411
4.		389
5.		378

Final standings after 25 races.

Individual

Pos.		Points
1.	Magdalena Forsberg	74
2.		68
3.		67
4.		63
5.		60

Final standings after 4 races.

Sprint

Pos.		Points
1.	Magdalena Forsberg	147
2.		129
3.		125
4.		123
5.		118

Final standings after 8 races.

Pursuit

Pos.		Points
1.	Magdalena Forsberg	210
2.		161
3.		160
4.		148
5.		144

Final standings after 9 races.

Mass Start

Pos.		Points
1.	Galina Kukleva	77
2.		72
3.		68
4.		66
5.		65

Final standings after 4 races.

Relay

Pos.		Points
1.	Russia	168
2.		168
3.		143
4.		124
5.		122

Final standings after 6 races.

Nation

Pos.		Points
1.		3585
2.		3550
3.		3434
4.		3307
5.		3132

Final standings after 18 races.

Achievements

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

, 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

Web site: Gregor. Jakub. Schedule. biathlonresults.com. IBU. 25 May 2018.
Web site: Gregor. Jakub. World Cup 1. https://web.archive.org/web/20070929134254/http://data.biathlonworld.com/data/ResultsMatrix.aspx?Eventid=BT9900SWRLCP01. dead. 29 September 2007. 25 May 2018.
Web site: Gregor. Jakub. World Cup 2. https://web.archive.org/web/20070929133554/http://data.biathlonworld.com/data/ResultsMatrix.aspx?Eventid=BT9900SWRLCP02. dead. 29 September 2007. web.archive.com. 25 May 2018.
Web site: Gregor. Jakub. World Cup 3. https://web.archive.org/web/20070929134313/http://data.biathlonworld.com/data/ResultsMatrix.aspx?Eventid=BT9900SWRLCP03. dead. 29 September 2007. 25 May 2018.
Web site: Gregor. Jakub. World Cup 4. https://web.archive.org/web/20070929133826/http://data.biathlonworld.com/data/ResultsMatrix.aspx?Eventid=BT9900SWRLCP04. dead. 29 September 2007. 25 May 2018.
Web site: Gregor. Jakub. World Cup 5. https://web.archive.org/web/20070929134444/http://data.biathlonworld.com/data/ResultsMatrix.aspx?Eventid=BT9900SWRLCP05. dead. 29 September 2007. 25 May 2018.
Web site: Gregor. Jakub. World Cup 6. https://web.archive.org/web/20070929134425/http://data.biathlonworld.com/data/ResultsMatrix.aspx?Eventid=BT9900SWRLCP06. dead. 29 September 2007. 25 May 2018.
Web site: Gregor. Jakub. World Cup 7. https://web.archive.org/web/20070929134231/http://data.biathlonworld.com/data/ResultsMatrix.aspx?Eventid=BT9900SWRLCP07. dead. 29 September 2007. 25 May 2018.
Web site: Gregor. Jakub. World Championships 2000. https://web.archive.org/web/20070929134804/http://data.biathlonworld.com/data/ResultsMatrix.aspx?Eventid=BT9900SWRLCH02. dead. 29 September 2007. 25 May 2018.
Web site: Gregor. Jakub. World Cup 8. https://web.archive.org/web/20070929133940/http://data.biathlonworld.com/data/ResultsMatrix.aspx?Eventid=BT9900SWRLCP08. dead. 29 September 2007. 25 May 2018.
Web site: Gregor. Jakub. World Cup 9. https://web.archive.org/web/20070929134830/http://data.biathlonworld.com/data/ResultsMatrix.aspx?Eventid=BT9900SWRLCP09. dead. 29 September 2007. 25 May 2018.

External links

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