FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1999

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.

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1999
Official logo for the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1999.
Host cityRamsau am Dachstein, Austria
Events16
Opening19 February 1999
Closing28 February 1999
Main venueW90-Mattensprunganlage
Websitewm.ramsau.at
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Men's cross-country skiing edit

10 km classical edit

February 22, 1999

Medal Athlete Time
Gold   Mika Myllylä (FIN) 24:19.2
Silver   Alois Stadlober (AUT) 24:34.7
Bronze   Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset (NOR) 24:37.1

10 km + 15 km combined pursuit edit

February 23, 1999

Medal Athlete Time
Gold   Thomas Alsgaard (NOR) 1:05:54.9
Silver   Mika Myllylä (FIN) 1:05:55.6
Bronze   Fulvio Valbusa (ITA) 1:06:17.6

30 km freestyle edit

February 19, 1999

Medal Athlete Time
Gold   Mika Myllylä (FIN) 1:15:26.2
Silver   Thomas Alsgaard (NOR) 1:16:01.5
Bronze   Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR) 1:16:08.7

50 km classical edit

February 28, 1999

Medal Athlete Time
Gold   Mika Myllylä (FIN) 2:18:08.7
Silver   Andrus Veerpalu (EST) 2:18:40.5
Bronze   Mikhail Botvinov (AUT) 2:19:52.3

4 × 10 km relay edit

February 26, 1999

Medal Team Time
Gold   Austria (Markus Gandler, Alois Stadlober, Mikhail Botvinov, Christian Hoffmann) 1:35:07.5
Silver   Norway (Espen Bjervig, Erling Jevne, Bjørn Dæhlie, Thomas Alsgaard) 1:35:07.7
Bronze   Italy (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 edit

5 km classical edit

February 22, 1999

Medal Athlete Time
Gold   Bente Martinsen (NOR) 12:49.8
Silver   Olga Danilova (RUS) 13:02.5
Bronze   Kateřina Neumannová (CZE) 13:07.0

5 km + 10 km combined pursuit edit

February 23, 1999

Medal Athlete Time
Gold   Stefania Belmondo (ITA) 42:27.9
Silver   Nina Gavrylyuk (RUS) 42:56.8
Bronze   Iryna Taranenko-Terelya (UKR) 43:02.3

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

15 km freestyle edit

February 19, 1999

Medal Athlete Time
Gold   Stefania Belmondo (ITA) 38:49.0
Silver   Kristina Šmigun (EST) 39:19.4
Bronze   Maria Theurl (AUT) 39:43.5

30 km classical edit

February 27, 1999

Medal Athlete Time
Gold   Larisa Lazutina (RUS) 1:29:19.9
Silver   Olga Danilova (RUS) 1:30:53.9
Bronze   Kristina Šmigun (EST) 1:31:14.6

4 × 5 km relay edit

February 26, 1999

Medal Team Time
Gold   Russia (Olga Danilova, Larisa Lazutina, Anfisa Reztsova, Nina Gavrylyuk) 53:05.9
Silver   Italy (Sabina Valbusa, Gabriella Paruzzi, Antonella Confortola, Stefania Belmondo) 54:30.4
Bronze   Germany (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 edit

7.5 km sprint edit

February 27, 1999

Medal Athlete Time
Gold   Bjarte Engen Vik (NOR) 17.48.4
Silver   Mario Stecher (AUT) +30.2
Bronze   Kenji Ogiwara (JPN) +31.0

15 km Individual Gundersen edit

February 20, 1999

Medal Athlete Time
Gold   Bjarte Engen Vik (NOR) 37.34.8
Silver   Samppa Lajunen (FIN) 34.5
Bronze   Dmitry Sinitzyn (RUS) 1.52.9

4 × 5 km team edit

February 25, 1999

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

Men's ski jumping edit

Individual normal hill edit

 
W90-Mattensprunganlage

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

Medal Athlete Points
Gold   Kazuyoshi Funaki (JPN) 255.0
Silver   Hideharu Miyahira (JPN) 253.5
Bronze   Masahiko Harada (JPN) 252.0

Individual large hill edit

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

Medal Athlete Points
Gold   Martin Schmitt (GER) 263.4
Silver   Sven Hannawald (GER) 261.7
Bronze   Hideharu Miyahira (JPN) 258.8

Team large hill edit

February 20, 1999 at the Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze in Bischofshofen, Austria.[2]

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

Medal table edit

Medal winners by nation.

  *   Host nation (Austria)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Norway (NOR)4329
2  Finland (FIN)4206
3  Russia (RUS)2327
4  Italy (ITA)2125
5  Germany (GER)2114
6  Austria (AUT)*1236
  Japan (JPN)1236
8  Estonia (EST)0213
9  Czech Republic (CZE)0011
  Ukraine (UKR)0011
Totals (10 entries)16161648

References edit

  1. ^ "Mattensprunganlage, Ramsau".
  2. ^ a b CONECTO. "Sehenswürdigkeiten - Schanzengelände | TVB Bischofshofen". www.bischofshofen.com. Archived from the original on 2018-01-07. Retrieved 2018-01-06.