FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1999 explained

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1999
Host City:Ramsau am Dachstein, Austria
Events:16
Opening:19 February 1999
Closing:28 February 1999
Stadium:W90-Mattensprunganlage
Website:wm.ramsau.at
Previous:1997

The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1999 took place February 19–28, 1999 in Ramsau am Dachstein, Austria. The large hill ski jumping events took place at the Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze in Bischofshofen. The 7.5 km Nordic combined sprint event debuted at these championships.

Men's cross-country skiing

10 km classical

February 22, 1999

MedalAthleteTime
Gold24:19.2
Silver24:34.7
Bronze24:37.1

10 km + 15 km combined pursuit

February 23, 1999

MedalAthleteTime
Gold1:05:54.9
Silver1:05:55.6
Bronze1:06:17.6

30 km freestyle

February 19, 1999

MedalAthleteTime
Gold1:15:26.2
Silver1:16:01.5
Bronze1:16:08.7

50 km classical

February 28, 1999

MedalAthleteTime
Gold2:18:08.7
Silver2:18:40.5
Bronze2:19:52.3

4 × 10 km relay

February 26, 1999

MedalTeamTime
Gold (Markus Gandler, Alois Stadlober, Mikhail Botvinov, Christian Hoffmann)1:35:07.5
Silver (Espen Bjervig, Erling Jevne, Bjørn Dæhlie, Thomas Alsgaard)1:35:07.7
Bronze (Giorgio Di Centa, Fabio Maj, Fulvio Valbusa, Silvio Fauner)1:36:38.1

The first two legs were run in the classical style while the last two legs were run in freestyle. Austria won its first relay medal since 1933 though it was done in dramatic fashion. Botvinov fell during his leg, causing Austria to lose its large lead, setting up a fight to the finish between Austria's Hoffmann and Norway's Alsgaard. As of 2021, this is the last men's relay at the world championships that was not won by Norway.

Women's cross-country skiing

5 km classical

February 22, 1999

MedalAthleteTime
Gold12:49.8
Silver13:02.5
Bronze13:07.0

5 km + 10 km combined pursuit

February 23, 1999

MedalAthleteTime
Gold42:27.9
Silver42:56.8
Bronze43:02.3

Taranenko became the first Ukrainian to medal in the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.

15 km freestyle

February 19, 1999

MedalAthleteTime
Gold38:49.0
Silver39:19.4
Bronze39:43.5

30 km classical

February 27, 1999

MedalAthleteTime
Gold1:29:19.9
Silver1:30:53.9
Bronze1:31:14.6

4 × 5 km relay

February 26, 1999

MedalTeamTime
Gold (Olga Danilova, Larisa Lazutina, Anfisa Reztsova, Nina Gavrylyuk)53:05.9
Silver (Sabina Valbusa, Gabriella Paruzzi, Antonella Confortola, Stefania Belmondo)54:30.4
Bronze (Viola Bauer, Ramona Roth, Evi Sachenbacher, Sigrid Wille)55:13.7

The first two legs were run in classical style while the last two legs were run in freestyle.

Men's Nordic combined

7.5 km sprint

February 27, 1999

MedalAthleteTime
Gold17.48.4
Silver+30.2
Bronze+31.0

15 km Individual Gundersen

February 20, 1999

MedalAthleteTime
Gold37.34.8
Silver34.5
Bronze1.52.9

4 × 5 km team

February 25, 1999

MedalTeamTime
Gold (Hannu Manninen, Tapio Nurmela, Jari Mantila, Samppa Lajunen)49.34.2
Silver (Fred Børre Lundberg, Trond Einar Elden, Bjarte Engen Vik, Kenneth Braaten)+ 1.14.7
Bronze (Nikolai Parfionov, Alexey Fadeyev, Valeri Stolyarov, Dmitry Sinitsyn)+ 1.53.2

Men's ski jumping

Individual normal hill

February 26, 1999 at the W90-Mattensprunganlage[1]

MedalAthletePoints
Gold255.0
Silver253.5
Bronze252.0

Individual large hill

February 21, 1999 at the Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze in Bischofshofen, Austria.[2]

MedalAthletePoints
Gold263.4
Silver261.7
Bronze258.8

Team large hill

February 20, 1999 at the Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze in Bischofshofen, Austria.

MedalTeamPoints
Gold (Sven Hannawald, Christof Duffner, Dieter Thoma, Martin Schmitt) 988.9
Silver (Noriaki Kasai, Hideharu Miyahira, Masahiko Harada, Kazuyoshi Funaki)987.0
Bronze (Andreas Widhölzl, Martin Höllwarth, Reinhard Schwarzenberger, Stefan Horngacher)905.5

Medal table

Medal winners by nation.

References

  1. Web site: Mattensprunganlage, Ramsau .
  2. Web site: Sehenswürdigkeiten - Schanzengelände TVB Bischofshofen. CONECTO. www.bischofshofen.com. 2018-01-06. 2018-01-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20180107061515/http://www.bischofshofen.com/de/sehenswuerdigkeiten/schanzengelaende.html. dead.