1999–2000 FIS Cross-Country World Cup explained

1999–2000 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Competition1:	Overall
Competition1men:	Johan Mühlegg
Competition1ladies:	Bente Martinsen (2nd title)
Competition2:	Long Distance
Competition2men:	Johan Mühlegg
Competition2ladies:	Larisa Lazutina
Competition3:	Middle Distance
Competition3men:	Jari Isometsä
Competition3ladies:	Kristina Šmigun
Competition4:	Sprint
Competition4men:	Morten Brørs
Competition4ladies:	Bente Martinsen
Competition5:	Nations Cup
Competition5men:	Norway
Competition5ladies:	Russia
Mixedcompetition1:	Nations Cup Overall
Mixedcompetition1both:	Norway
Menlocations:	17 venues
Ladieslocations:	17 venues
Menindividual:	21 events
Ladiesindividual:	21 events
Relaymen:	5 events
Relayladies:	5 events
Previous:	1998–99
Next:	2000–01

The 1999–2000 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was the 19th official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and women. The season began on 27 November 1999 in Kiruna, Sweden and finished on 19 March 2000 in Bormio, Italy. Johann Mühlegg of Spain won the men's cup,^[1] and Bente Skari of Norway won the women's.^[2]

The 1999–2000 World Cup season is the only season where a Middle Distance Cup has been arranged.

Calendar

Men

+ Key: C – Classic / F – Freestyle		Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
1	27 November 1999	Kiruna	10 km C	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset	Thomas Alsgaard	Ivan Bátory	^[3]
2	10 December 1999	Sappada	15 km F	Johann Mühlegg	Stephan Kunz	Christian Hoffmann	^[4]
3	11 December 1999	Sappada	7.5 km C + 7.5 km F  Double Pursuit	Thomas Alsgaard	Espen Bjervig	Stephan Kunz	^[5]
4	18 December 1999	Davos	30 km C	Frode Estil	Espen Bjervig	Niklas Jonsson	^[6]
5	27 December 1999	Engelberg	Sprint C	Fabio Maj	Espen Bjervig	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset	^[7]
6	28 December 1999	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Sprint C	Peter Schlickenrieder	Håvard Solbakken	Martin Koukal	^[8]
7	29 December 1999	Kitzbühel	Sprint F	Morten Brørs	Håvard Solbakken	Håvard Bjerkeli	^[9]
8	9 January 2000	Moscow	30 km F	Johann Mühlegg	Thomas Alsgaard	Stephan Kunz	^[10]
9	12 January 2000	Nové Město	15 km C	Thomas Alsgaard	Johann Mühlegg	Harri Kirvesniemi	^[11]
10	2 February 2000	Trondheim	10 km F	Mika Myllylä	Per Elofsson	Pietro Piller Cottrer	^[12]
11	5 February 2000	Lillehammer	10 km C + 10 km F   Combined Pursuit	Jari Isometsä	Johann Mühlegg	Mikhail Botvinov	^[13]
12	16 February 2000	Ulrichen	10 km F	Jari Isometsä	Per Elofsson	René Sommerfeldt	^[14]
13	20 February 2000		72 km F Mass Start	Johann Mühlegg	Per Elofsson	Juan Jesús Gutiérrez	^[15]
14	26 February 2000	Falun	15 km F	Johann Mühlegg	Jari Isometsä	Pietro Piller Cottrer
15	28 February 2000	Stockholm	Sprint C	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset	Tore Bjonviken	Håvard Solbakken
16	3 March 2000	Lahti	Sprint F	Cristian Zorzi	Morten Brørs	Silvio Fauner
17	5 March 2000	Lahti	30 km C Mass Start	Mikhail Ivanov	Fabio Maj	Vladimir Vilisov
18	8 March 2000	Oslo	Sprint C	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset	Jens Arne Svartedal	Trond Iversen
19	11 March 2000	Oslo	50 km C	Harri Kirvesniemi	Mikhail Ivanov	Mikhail Botvinov
20	17 March 2000	Bormio	10 km C	Erling Jevne	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset	Frode Estil	^[16]
21	19 March 2000	Bormio	15 km F Pursuit	Jari Isometsä	Johann Mühlegg	Per Elofsson	^[17]

Women

+ Key: C – Classic / F – Freestyle		Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
1	27 November 1999	Kiruna	5 km C	Bente Martinsen	Anita Moen	Kristina Šmigun
2	10 December 1999	Sappada	10 km F	Kristina Šmigun	Larisa Lazutina	Yuliya Chepalova
3	12 December 1999	Sappada	7.5 km F	Larisa Lazutina	Nina Gavrylyuk	Olga Danilova
4	18 December 1999	Davos	15 km C	Olga Danilova	Larisa Lazutina	Bente Martinsen
5	27 December 1999	Engelberg	Sprint C	Nina Gavrylyuk	Anita Moen	Svetlana Nageykina
6	28 December 1999	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Sprint F	Kristina Šmigun	Bente Martinsen	Kateřina Neumannová	^[18]
7	29 December 1999	Kitzbühel	Sprint F	Bente Martinsen	Maj Helen Sorkmo	Anita Moen	^[19]
8	8 January 2000	Moscow	15 km F	Kaisa Varis	Kristina Šmigun	Nina Gavrylyuk	^[20]
9	12 January 2000	Nové Město	10 km C	Larisa Lazutina	Kristina Šmigun	Bente Martinsen	^[21]
10	2 February 2000	Trondheim	5 km F	Stefania Belmondo	Nina Gavrylyuk	Yuliya Chepalova	^[22]
11	5 February 2000	Lillehammer	5 km C + 5 km F   Combined Pursuit	Larisa Lazutina	Olga Danilova	Svetlana Nageykina	^[23]
12	16 February 2000	Ulrichen	5 km F	Kristina Šmigun	Stefania Belmondo	Sabina Valbusa	^[24]
13	20 February 2000		44 km F Mass Start	Stefania Belmondo	Kristina Šmigun	Larisa Lazutina	^[25]
14	26 February 2000	Falun	10 km F	Yuliya Chepalova	Stefania Belmondo	Larisa Lazutina
15	28 February 2000	Stockholm	Sprint C	Bente Martinsen	Pirjo Manninen	Kati Sundqvist
16	3 March 2000	Lahti	Sprint F	Kristina Šmigun	Bente Martinsen	Kaisa Varis
17	5 March 2000	Lahti	15 km C Mass Start	Larisa Lazutina	Bente Martinsen	Anita Moen
18	8 March 2000	Oslo	Sprint C	Bente Martinsen	Pirjo Manninen	Anita Moen
19	11 March 2000	Oslo	30 km C	Olga Danilova	Larisa Lazutina	Kaisa Varis
20	17 March 2000	Bormio	5 km C	Bente Martinsen	Olga Danilova	Kaisa Varis	^[26]
21	18 March 2000	Bormio	10 km F Pursuit	Yuliya Chepalova	Stefania Belmondo	Kaisa Varis	^[27]

Men's team

	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
1	28 November 1999	Kiruna	4 × 10 km relay F				^[28]
2	8 December 1999	Asiago	Team Sprint F				^[29]
3	19 December 1999	Davos	4 × 10 km relay C				^[30]
4	13 January 2000	Nové Město	4 × 10 km relay C/F				^[31]
5	27 February 2000	Falun	4 × 10 km relay F				^[32]
6	4 March 2000	Lahti	4 × 10 km relay C/F				^[33]

Women's team

	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
1	28 November 1999	Kiruna	4 × 5 km relay F				^[34]
2	28 November 1999	Asiago	Team Sprint F				^[35]
3	19 December 1999	Davos	4 × 5 km relay C				^[36]
4	13 January 2000	Nové Město	4 × 5 km relay C/F				^[37]
5	27 February 2000	Falun	4 × 5 km relay F				^[38]
6	4 March 2000	Lahti	4 × 5 km relay C/F				^[39]

Men's standings

Overall

Rank	Skier	Points
1	Johann Mühlegg	948
2		708
3		586
4		536
5		461
6		401
7		378
8		371
9		362
10		359

Long Distance

Rank	Skier	Points
1	Johann Mühlegg	315
2		198
3		183
4		170
5		160
6		141
7		130
8		125
		125
10		105

Middle Distance

Rank	Skier	Points
1	Jari Isometsä	596
2		592
3		350
4		336
5		245
6		231
7		205
8		199
9		197
10		194

Sprint

Rank	Skier	Points
1	Morten Brørs	349
2		268
3		239
4		193
5		160
6		159
7		152
8		140
9		137
		137

Women's standings

Overall

Rank	Skier	Points
1	Bente Martinsen	1176
2		1165
3		1008
4		880
5		857
6		820
7		712
8		680
9		665
10		548

Long Distance

Rank	Skier	Points
1	Larisa Lazutina	360
2		266
3		256
4		241
5		216
6		213
7		211
8
9		149
10		140

Middle Distance

Rank	Skier	Points
1	Kristina Šmigun	601
2		585
3		553
4		511
5		486
6		455
7		439
8		379
9
10		225

Sprint

Rank	Skier	Points
1	Bente Martinsen	505
2		300
3		298
4		205
5		192
6		186
7		138
		138
9		130
10		123

Achievements

Victories in this World Cup (all-time number of victories as of 1999/2000 season in parentheses)

Men

• , 4 (4) first places
• , 3 (4) first places
• , 3 (3) first places
• , 2 (7) first places
• , 1 (9) first place
• , 1 (6) first place
• , 1 (2) first place
• , 1 (2) first place
• , 1 (1) first place
• , 1 (1) first place
• , 1 (1) first place
• , 1 (1) first place
• , 1 (1) first place

Women

• , 5 (15) first places
• , 4 (19) first places
• , 4 (5) first places
• , 2 (21) first places
• , 2 (4) first places
• , 2 (3) first places
• , 1 (5) first place
• , 1 (1) first place

Notes and References

1. Web site: CUP STANDING CROSS-COUNTRY WORLD CUP 2000 MEN. International Ski Federation. 30 January 2018.
2. Web site: CUP STANDING CROSS-COUNTRY WORLD CUP 2000 WOMEN. International Ski Federation. 30 January 2018.
3. Web site: Men's 10 km C - Kiruna . fis-ski.com . . 25 April 2018.
4. Web site: Men's 15 km F - Sappada . fis-ski.com . . 25 April 2018.
5. Web site: Men's 15 km double pursuit - Sappada . fis-ski.com . . 25 April 2018.
6. Web site: Men's 30 km C - Davos . fis-ski.com . . 25 April 2018.
7. Web site: Men's Sprint C - Engelberg . fis-ski.com . . 25 April 2018.
8. Web site: Men's Sprint C - Garmisch-Partenkirchen . fis-ski.com . . 21 January 2020.
9. Web site: Men's Sprint F - Kitzbühel . fis-ski.com . . 21 January 2020.
10. Web site: Men's 30 km F - Moscow . fis-ski.com . . 21 January 2020.
11. Web site: Men's 15 km C - Nové Město . fis-ski.com . . 21 January 2020.
12. Web site: Men's 10 km F - Trondheim . fis-ski.com . . 21 January 2020.
13. Web site: Men's 10+10 - Lillehammer . fis-ski.com . . 21 January 2020.
14. Web site: Men's 10 km F - Ulrichen . fis-ski.com . . 21 January 2020.
15. Web site: Men's 72 km F Mass start - Lamoura Mothe . fis-ski.com . . 21 January 2020.
16. Web site: Men's 10 km C - Bormio . fis-ski.com . . 15 April 2020.
17. Web site: Men's 15 km F Pursuit - Bormio . fis-ski.com . . 15 April 2020.
18. Web site: Women's Sprint C - Garmisch-Partenkirchen . fis-ski.com . . 21 January 2020.
19. Web site: Women's Sprint F - Kitzbühel . fis-ski.com . . 21 January 2020.
20. Web site: Women's 15 km F - Moscow . fis-ski.com . . 21 January 2020.
21. Web site: Women's 10 km C - Nové Město . fis-ski.com . . 21 January 2020.
22. Web site: Women's 5 km F - Trondheim . fis-ski.com . . 21 January 2020.
23. Web site: Women's 5 km C + 5 km F - Lillehammer . fis-ski.com . . 21 January 2020.
24. Web site: Women's 5 km F - Ulrichen . fis-ski.com . . 21 January 2020.
25. Web site: Women's 44 km F Mass start - Lamoura Mothe . fis-ski.com . . 21 January 2020.
26. Web site: Women's 5 km C - Bormio . fis-ski.com . . 15 April 2020.
27. Web site: Women's 10 km F Pursuit - Bormio . fis-ski.com . . 15 April 2020.
28. Web site: Men's Relay F – Kiruna. Skisport365. 25 April 2018.
29. Web site: Men's Team Sprint F – Asiago. Skisport365. 25 April 2018.
30. Web site: Men's Relay C – Davos. Skisport365. 25 April 2018.
31. Web site: Men's Relay C/F – Nové Město. Skisport365. 25 April 2018.
32. Web site: Men's Relay F – Falun. Skisport365. 25 April 2018.
33. Web site: Men's Relay C/F – Lahti. Skisport365. 25 April 2018.
34. Web site: Ladies' Relay F – Kiruna. Skisport365. 25 April 2018.
35. Web site: Ladies' Team Sprint F – Asiago. Skisport365. 25 April 2018.
36. Web site: Ladies' Relay C – Davos. Skisport365. 25 April 2018.
37. Web site: Ladies' Relay C/F – Nové Město. Skisport365. 25 April 2018.
38. Web site: Ladies' Relay F – Falun. Skisport365. 25 April 2018.
39. Web site: Ladies' Relay C/F – Lahti. Skisport365. 25 April 2018.