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FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1999

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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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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

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10 km classical

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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5 km classical

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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7.5 km sprint

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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

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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

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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

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Individual normal hill

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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

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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

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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

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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

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  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.
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