FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1999

Official logo for the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1999.

Host city| Ramsau am Dachstein, Austria
Events| 16
Opening| 19 February 1999
Closing| 28 February 1999
Main venue| W90-Mattensprunganlage
Website| wm.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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 2024, 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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)

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Norway (NOR)| 4| 3| 2| 9
2|  Finland (FIN)| 4| 2| 0| 6
3|  Russia (RUS)| 2| 3| 2| 7
4|  Italy (ITA)| 2| 1| 2| 5
5|  Germany (GER)| 2| 1| 1| 4
6|  Austria (AUT)*| 1| 2| 3| 6
Japan (JPN)| 1| 2| 3| 6
8|  Estonia (EST)| 0| 2| 1| 3
9|  Czech Republic (CZE)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Ukraine (UKR)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (10 entries)| 16| 16| 16| 48

## 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.

* FIS 1999 Cross country results
* FIS 1999 Nordic combined results
* FIS 1999 Ski jumping results

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