1999 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships

1999 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships
VenueÅre, Sweden
Date(s) (1999-09-15 - 1999-09-19)15–19 September 1999
Events10
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The 1999 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships were the 10th edition of the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships and were held in Åre in the North of Sweden. The events included were cross-country and downhill.

The 1999 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships were the first to include the cross-country team relay. The Spanish team won the inaugural world title in the discipline.

Nicolas Vouilloz won his fifth consecutive world title in the elite men's downhill. Anne-Caroline Chausson won her fourth consecutive world title in the elite women's downhill.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Cross-country[1]  Michael Rasmussen (DEN)  Miguel Martinez (FRA)  Filip Meirhaeghe (BEL)
Under 23 cross-country[2]  Marco Bui (ITA)  Cadel Evans (AUS)  Martino Fruet (ITA)
Junior cross-country[3]  Nicolas Filippi (FRA)  Carlos Coloma (ESP)  Florian Vogel (SUI)
Downhill[4]
details 		 Nicolas Vouilloz (FRA)  Mickael Pascal (FRA)  Eric Carter (USA)
Junior downhill[5]  Nathan Rennie (AUS)  David Wardell (GBR)  Jarrod Rando (AUS)

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Cross-country[6]  Margarita Fullana Riera (ESP)  Alison Sydor (CAN)  Paola Pezzo (ITA)
Junior cross-country[7]  Anna Szafraniec (POL)  Lea Fluckiger (SUI)  Sonja Traxel (SUI)
Downhill[8]
details 		 Anne-Caroline Chausson (FRA)  Katja Repo (FIN)  Sari Jorgensen (SUI)
Junior downhill[9]  Sabrina Jonnier (FRA)  Kathy Pruitt (USA)  Helen Gaskell (GBR)

Team events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Cross-country[10]
  Spain
Roberto Lezaun
Margarita Fullana Riera
Carlos Coloma
José Antonio Hermida 		 France
Miguel Martinez
Sandra Temporelli
Julien Absalon
Nicolas Filippi 		 Canada
Roland Green
Alison Sydor
Ryder Hesjedal
Ricky Federau

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 France (FRA)4307
2 Spain (ESP)2103
3 Australia (AUS)1113
4 Italy (ITA)1023
5 Denmark (DEN)1001
 Poland (POL)1001
7 Switzerland (SUI)0134
8 Canada (CAN)0112
 Great Britain (GBR)0112
 United States (USA)0112
11 Finland (FIN)0101
12 Belgium (BEL)0011
Totals (12 entries)10101030

See also

References

  1. ^ "Result/Résultat: Men/Hommes Cross country – 19.9.1999 – 13.30–16.30". uci.ch. Archived from the original on 19 November 2000. Retrieved 13 July 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ "Result/Résultat: Men/Hommes – u23 Cross country – 17.9.1999 – 14.00–16.30". uci.ch. Archived from the original on 19 November 2000. Retrieved 13 July 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ "Result/Résultat: Men/Hommes – Juniors Cross country – 17.9.1999 – 11.30–13.30". uci.ch. Archived from the original on 5 October 2000. Retrieved 13 July 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ "Result/Résultat: Men/Hommes Downhill – 18.9.1999 – 10.30–16.00". uci.ch. Archived from the original on 5 October 2000. Retrieved 13 July 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ "Result/Résultat: Men/Hommes – Juniors Downhill – 18.9.1999 – 10.30–16.00". uci.ch. Archived from the original on 19 November 2000. Retrieved 13 July 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ^ "Result/Résultat: Women/Femmes Cross country – 19.9.1999 – 10.00–12.00". uci.ch. Archived from the original on 20 November 2000. Retrieved 13 July 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. ^ "Result/Résultat: Women/Femmes – Juniors Cross country – 17.9.1999 – 09.30–11.00". uci.ch. Archived from the original on 2 December 2000. Retrieved 13 July 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  8. ^ "Result/Résultat: Women/Femmes Downhill – 18.9.1999 – 10.30–16.00". uci.ch. Archived from the original on 5 October 2000. Retrieved 13 July 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  9. ^ "Result/Résultat: Women/Femmes – Juniors Downhill – 18.9.1999 – 10.30–16.00". uci.ch. Archived from the original on 6 October 2000. Retrieved 13 July 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  10. ^ "Result/Résultat: Men/Hommes Team Relay – 15.9.1999 – 13 :00". uci.ch. Archived from the original on 12 October 2000. Retrieved 13 July 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)