1999–2000 FIS Cross-Country World Cup

World Cup 1999/00
World Cup 1999/00
Discipline	Men
Overall	Johan Mühlegg
Long Distance	Johan Mühlegg
Middle Distance	Jari Isometsä
Sprint	Morten Brørs
Nations Cup	Norway
Nations Cup Overall	Norway
Competition
Locations	17 venues
Individual	21 events
Relay/Team	5 events
	←1998–99 2000–01→

The 1999–2000 FIS Cross-Country World Cup 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 1999-00 World Cup season is the only season a Middle Distance Cup has been arranged.

Individual events

Men

WC	Date	Location	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	27 November 1999	Kiruna	10 km classic	Odd Bjørn Hjelmeset	Thomas Alsgaard	Ivan Batory	^[3]
2	10 December 1999	Sappada	15 km freestyle	Johann Mühlegg	Stephan Kunz	Christian Hoffmann	^[4]
3	11 December 1999	Sappada	7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit	Thomas Alsgaard	Espen Bjervig	Stephan Kunz	^[5]
4	18 December 1999	Davos	30 km classic	Frode Estil	Espen Bjervig	Niklas Jonsson	^[6]
5	27 December 1999	Engelberg	Sprint, classic	Fabio Maj	Espen Bjervig	Odd Bjørn Hjelmeset	^[7]
6	28 December 1999	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Sprint, classic	Peter Schlickenrieder	Håvard Solbakken	Martin Koukal
7	29 December 1999	Kitzbühel	Sprint, freestyle	Morten Brørs	Håvard Solbakken	Håvard Bjerkeli
8	9 January 2000	Moscow	30 km freestyle	Johann Mühlegg	Thomas Alsgaard	Stephan Kunz
9	12 January 2000	Nové Město	15 km classic	Thomas Alsgaard	Johann Mühlegg	Harri Kirvesniemi
10	2 February 2000	Trondheim	10 km freestyle	Mika Myllylä	Per Elofsson	Pietro Piller Cottrer
11	5 February 2000	Lillehammer	10+10	Jari Isometsä	Johann Mühlegg	Mikhail Botvinov
12	16 February 2000	Ulrichen	10 km freestyle	Jari Isometsä	Per Elofsson	René Sommerfeldt
13	20 February 2000	Lamoura-Mouthe	72 km freestyle (mass start)	Johann Mühlegg	Per Elofsson	Juan Jesús Gutiérrez
14	26 February 2000	Falun	15 km free style	Odd Bjørn Hjelmeset	Jari Isometsä	Pietro Piller Cottrer
15	28 February 2000	Stockholm	Sprint, classic	Johann Mühlegg	Tore Bjonviken	Håvard Solbakken
16	3 March 2000	Lahtis	Sprint, freestyle	Cristian Zorzi	Morten Brørs	Silvio Fauner
17	5 March 2000	Lahtis	30 km classic (mass start)	Mikhail Ivanov	Fabio Maj	Vladimir Vilissov
18	8 March 2000	Oslo	Sprint, classic	Odd Bjørn Hjelmeset	Jens Arne Svartedal	Trond Iversen
19	11 March 2000	Oslo	50 km classic	Harri Kirvesniemi	Mikhail Ivanov	Mikhail Botvinov
20	17 March 2000	Bormio	10 km classic	Erling Jevne	Odd Bjørn Hjelmeset	Frode Estil
21	19 March 2000	Bormio	15 km staggered start, freestyle	Jari Isometsä	Johann Mühlegg	Per Elofsson

Women

WC	Date	Location	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
1	27 November 1999	Kiruna	5 km classic	Bente Skari	Anita Moen	Kristina Šmigun
2	10 December 1999	Sappada	10 km freestyle	Kristina Šmigun	Larissa Lazutina	Yuliya Chepalova
3	12 December 1999	Sappada	7.5 km freestyle	Larissa Lazutina	Nina Gavriljuk	Olga Danilova
4	18 December 1999	Davos	15 km classic	Olga Danilova	Larissa Lazutina	Bente Skari
5	27 December 1999	Engelberg	Sprint, classic	Nina Gavriljuk	Anita Moen	Svetlana Nagejkina
6	28 December 1999	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Sprint, freestyle	Kristina Šmigun	Bente Skari	Kateřina Neumannová
7	29 December 1999	Kitzbühel	Sprint, freestyle	Bente Skari	Maj Helen Sorkmo	Anita Moen
8	8 January 2000	Moscow	15 km freestyle	Kaisa Varis	Kristina Šmigun	Nina Gavriljuk
9	12 January 2000	Nové Město	10 km classic	Larissa Lazutina	Kristina Šmigun	Bente Skari
10	2 February 2000	Trondheim	5 km freestyle	Stefania Belmondo	Nina Gavriljuk	Yuliya Chepalova
11	5 February 2000	Lillehammer	5+5 km freestyle	Larissa Lazutina	Olga Danilova	Svetlana Nagejkina
12	16 February 2000	Ulrichen	5 km freestyle	Kristina Šmigun	Stefania Belmondo	Sabina Valbusa
13	20 February 2000	Lamoura Mouthe	44 km freestyle (mass start)	Stefania Belmondo	Kristina Šmigun	Larissa Lazutina
14	26 February 2000	Falun	10 km freestyle	Yuliya Chepalova	Stefania Belmondo	Larissa Lazutina
15	28 February 2000	Stockholm	Sprint, classic	Bente Skari	Pirjo Manninen	Kati Sundqvist
16	3 March 2000	Lahtis	Sprint, freestyle	Kristina Šmigun	Bente Skari	Kaisa Varis
17	5 March 2000	Lahtis	15 km classic (mass start)	Larissa Lazutina	Bente Skari	Anita Moen
18	8 March 2000	Oslo	Sprint, classic	Bente Skari	Pirjo Manninen	Anita Moen
19	11 March 2000	Oslo	30 km classic	Olga Danilova	Larissa Lazutina	Kaisa Varis
20	17 March 2000	Bormio	5 km classic	Bente Skari	Olga Danilova	Kaisa Varis
21	18 March 2000	Bormio	10 km staggered start, freestyle	Yuliya Chepalova	Stefania Belmondo	Kaisa Varis

Team events

Men's team

WC	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	28 November 1999	Kiruna	4 × 10 km relay F	Italy I Fulvio Valbusa Maurizio Pozzi Fabio Maj Silvio Fauner	Norway I Espen Bjervig Kristen Skjeldal Thomas Alsgaard Tor Arne Hetland	Austria Alexander Marent Mikhail Botvinov Achim Walcher Gerhard Urain	^[8]
2	8 December 1999	Asiago	Team Sprint F	Germany Tobias Angerer Peter Schlickenrieder	Norway Frode Estil Tore Bjonviken	Italy Giorgio Di Centa Cristian Zorzi	^[9]
3	19 December 1999	Davos	4 × 10 km relay C	Norway I Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset Erling Jevne Espen Bjervig Frode Estil	Sweden Håkan Nordbäck Niklas Jonsson Mathias Fredriksson Urban Lindgren	Finland Janne Immonen Mika Myllylä Harri Kirvesniemi Jari Isometsä	^[10]
4	13 January 2000	Nové Město	4 x 10 km relay C/F	Norway I Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset Erling Jevne Kristen Skjeldal Thomas Alsgaard	Austria Alexander Marent Mikhail Botvinov Achim Walcher Christian Hoffmann	Russia I Vitaly Denisov Mikhail Ivanov Vladimir Villisov Alexey Prokourorov	^[11]
5	27 February 2000	Falun	4 x 10 km relay F	Italy I Fulvio Valbusa Fabio Maj Pietro Piller Cottrer Cristian Zorzi	Russia Vitaly Denisov Nikolay Bolshakov Mikhail Ivanov Vladimir Villisov	Austria Gerhard Urain Mikhail Botvinov Achim Walcher Christian Hoffmann	^[12]
6	4 March 2000	Lahti	4 x 10 km relay C/F	Austria Gerhard Urain Mikhail Botvinov Achim Walcher Christian Hoffmann	Finland I Janne Immonen Harri Kirvesniemi Teemu Kattilakoski Sami Repo	Russia I Vitaly Denisov Mikhail Ivanov Nikolay Bolshakov Vladimir Villisov	^[13]

Women's Team

WC	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	28 November 1999	Kiruna	4 x 5 km relay F	Russia I Lyubov Yegorova Irina Skladneva Anfisa Reztsova Yuliya Chepalova	Russia II Svetlana Nageykina Olga Danilova Larisa Lazutina Nina Gavrilyuk	Norway Bente Skari Elin Nilsen Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen Anita Moen	^[14]
2	28 November 1999	Asiago	Team Sprint F	Norway Anita Moen Bente Skari	Italy Karin Moroder Stefania Belmondo	Russia Irina Skladneva Yuliya Chepalova	^[15]
3	19 December 1999	Davos	4 x 5 km relay C	Russia I Svetlana Nageykina Nina Gavrilyuk Larisa Lazutina Olga Danilova	Norway I Anita Moen Hilde Glomsås Elin Nilsen Bente Skari	Norway II Tina Bay Marit Roaldseth Maj Helen Sorkmo Rønnaug Schei	^[16]
4	13 January 2000	Nové Město	4 x 5 km relay C/F	Russia I Olga Danilova Svetlana Nageykina Lyubov Yegorova Larisa Lazutina	Russia II Olga Savialova Nina Gavrilyuk Irina Skladneva Yuliya Chepalova	Norway I Anita Moen Bente Skari Elin Nilsen Maj Helen Sorkmo	^[17]
5	27 February 2000	Falun	4 x 5 km relay F	Russia I Olga Danilova Olga Savialova Larisa Lazutina Yuliya Chepalova	Russia II Lyubov Yegorova Svetlana Nageykina Irina Skladneva Nina Gavrilyuk	Italy Gabriella Paruzzi Sabina Valbusa Antonella Confortola Stefania Belmondo	^[18]
6	4 March 2000	Lahti	4 x 5 km relay C/F	Russia I Olga Danilova Nina Gavrilyuk Olga Savialova Yuliya Chepalova	Russia II Lyubov Yegorova Marina Denisova Yekaterina Stchastlivaia Irina Skladneva	Italy Saskia Santer Gabriella Paruzzi Antonella Confortola Sabina Valbusa	^[19]

Men's standings

Overall

Rank	Skier	Points
	Johann Mühlegg	948
2	Jari Isometsä	708
3	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset	586
4	Per Elofsson	536
5	Thomas Alsgaard	461
6	Fabio Maj	401
7	Stephan Kunz	378
8	Espen Bjervig	371
9	Mikhail Botvinov	362
10	Cristian Zorzi	359

Long Distance

Rank	Skier	Points
1	Johann Mühlegg	315
2	Mikhail Ivanov	198
3	Mikhail Botvinov	183
4	Per Elofsson	170
5	Harri Kirvesniemi	160
6	Frode Estil	141
7	Fabio Maj	130
8	Thomas Alsgaard	125
	Vladimir Vilisov	125
10	Niklas Jonsson	105

Middle Distance

Rank	Skier	Points
1	Jari Isometsä	596
2	Johann Mühlegg	592
3	Per Elofsson	350
4	Thomas Alsgaard	336
5	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset	245
6	Stephan Kunz	231
7	Christian Hoffmann	205
8	Cristian Zorzi	199
9	Janne Immonen	197
10	Erling Jevne	194

Sprint

Rank	Skier	Points
1	Morten Brørs	349
2	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset	268
3	Håvard Solbakken	239
4	Tor Arne Hetland	193
5	Cristian Zorzi	160
6	Håvard Bjerkeli	159
7	Mathias Fredriksson	152
8	Silvio Fauner	140
9	Fabio Maj	137
	Espen Bjervig	137

Ladies' standings

Overall

Rank	Skier	Points
	Bente Martinsen	1176
2	Kristina Smigun	1165
3	Larisa Lazutina	1008
4	Olga Danilova	880
5	Nina Gavrilyuk	857
6	Stefania Belmondo	820
7	Yuliya Chepalova	712
8	Kaisa Varis	680
9	Anita Moen	665

Long Distance

Rank	Skier	Points
1	Larisa Lazutina	360
2	Kristina Smigun	266
3	Olga Danilova	256
4	Kaisa Varis	241
5	Bente Martinsen	216
6	Nina Gavrilyuk	213
7	Stefania Belmondo	211
8
9	Olga Savialova	149
10	Anita Moen	140

Middle Distance

Rank	Skier	Points
1	Kristina Smigun	601
2	Stefania Belmondo	585
3	Larisa Lazutina	553
4	Yuliya Chepalova	511
5	Olga Danilova	486
6	Bente Martinsen	455
7	Nina Gavrilyuk	439
8	Kaisa Varis	379
9
10	Anita Moen	225

Sprint

Rank	Skier	Points
1	Bente Martinsen	505
2	Anita Moen	300
3	Kristina Smigun	298
4	Nina Gavrilyuk	205
5	Maj Helen Sorkmo	192
6	Pirjo Manninen	186
7	Olga Danilova	138
	Hilde G. Pedersen	138
9	Beckie Scott	130
10	Marit Roaldseth	123

Achievements

Victories in this World Cup (all-time number of victories as of 1999/00 season in parentheses)

Men

Johann Mühlegg (ESP), 4 (4) first places
Jari Isometsä (FIN), 3 (4) first place
Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset (NOR), 3 (3) first places
Thomas Alsgaard (NOR), 2 (7) first places
Mika Myllylä (FIN), 1 (9) first place
Harri Kirvesniemi (FIN), 1 (6) first place
Peter Schlickenrieder (GER), 1 (2) first place
Erling Jevne (NOR), 1 (2) first place
Frode Estil (NOR), 1 (1) first place
Fabio Maj (ITA), 1 (1) first place
Morten Brørs (NOR), 1 (1) first place
Cristian Zorzi (ITA), 1 (1) first place
Mikhail Ivanov (RUS), 1 (1) first place

Women

Bente Skari (NOR), 5 (15) first places
Larissa Lazutina (RUS), 4 (19) first places
Kristina Smigun (EST), 4 (5) first places
Stefania Belmondo (ITA), 2 (21) first places
Yuliya Chepalova (RUS), 2 (4) first place
Olga Danilova (RUS), 2 (3) first place
Nina Gavrilyuk (RUS), 1 (5) first place
Kaisa Varis (FIN), 1 (1) first place

References

^ "CUP STANDING CROSS-COUNTRY WORLD CUP 2000 MEN". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
^ "CUP STANDING CROSS-COUNTRY WORLD CUP 2000 WOMEN". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
^ "Men's 10 km C - Kiruna". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
^ "Men's 15 km F - Sappada". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
^ "Men's 15 km double pursuit - Sappada". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
^ "Men's 30 km C - Davos". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
^ "Men's Sprint C - Engelberg". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
^ "Men's Relay F – Kiruna". Skisport365. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
^ "Men's Team Sprint F – Asiago". Skisport365. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
^ "Men's Relay C – Davos". Skisport365. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
^ "Men's Relay C/F – Nové Město". Skisport365. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
^ "Men's Relay F – Falun". Skisport365. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
^ "Men's Relay C/F – Lahti". Skisport365. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
^ "Ladies' Relay F – Kiruna". Skisport365. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
^ "Ladies' Team Sprint F – Asiago". Skisport365. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
^ "Ladies' Relay C – Davos". Skisport365. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
^ "Ladies' Relay C/F – Nové Město". Skisport365. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
^ "Ladies' Relay F – Falun". Skisport365. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
^ "Ladies' Relay C/F – Lahti". Skisport365. Retrieved 25 April 2018.

[1] "CUP STANDING CROSS-COUNTRY WORLD CUP 2000 MEN". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 30 January 2018.

[2] "CUP STANDING CROSS-COUNTRY WORLD CUP 2000 WOMEN". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 30 January 2018.

[3] "Men's 10 km C - Kiruna". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 25 April 2018.

[4] "Men's 15 km F - Sappada". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 25 April 2018.

[5] "Men's 15 km double pursuit - Sappada". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 25 April 2018.

[6] "Men's 30 km C - Davos". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 25 April 2018.

[7] "Men's Sprint C - Engelberg". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 25 April 2018.

[8] "Men's Relay F – Kiruna". Skisport365. Retrieved 25 April 2018.

[9] "Men's Team Sprint F – Asiago". Skisport365. Retrieved 25 April 2018.

[10] "Men's Relay C – Davos". Skisport365. Retrieved 25 April 2018.

[11] "Men's Relay C/F – Nové Město". Skisport365. Retrieved 25 April 2018.

[12] "Men's Relay F – Falun". Skisport365. Retrieved 25 April 2018.

[13] "Men's Relay C/F – Lahti". Skisport365. Retrieved 25 April 2018.

[14] "Ladies' Relay F – Kiruna". Skisport365. Retrieved 25 April 2018.

[15] "Ladies' Team Sprint F – Asiago". Skisport365. Retrieved 25 April 2018.

[16] "Ladies' Relay C – Davos". Skisport365. Retrieved 25 April 2018.

[17] "Ladies' Relay C/F – Nové Město". Skisport365. Retrieved 25 April 2018.

[18] "Ladies' Relay F – Falun". Skisport365. Retrieved 25 April 2018.

[19] "Ladies' Relay C/F – Lahti". Skisport365. Retrieved 25 April 2018.

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