The 1998–99 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 11 December 1998 in Hochfilzen, Austria, and ended on 14 March 1999 in Holmenkollen, Norway. It was the 22nd season of the Biathlon World Cup.

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1998–99 World Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Sven Fischer	Magdalena Forsberg
Nations Cup	Germany	Germany
Individual	Pavel Rostovtsev	Uschi Disl
Sprint	Sven Fischer	Magdalena Forsberg
Pursuit	Raphaël Poirée	Olena Zubrilova
Mass start	Sven Fischer	Olena Zubrilova
Relay	Germany	Germany
Competition
←1997–98 1999–00→

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Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 1998–99 season.^[1]

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Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay
Hochfilzen	11–13 December	●	●	●
Osrblie	16–20 December	●	●	●		●
Oberhof	8–10 January		●	●		●
Ruhpolding	13–17 January		●	●	●	●
Antholz	22–24 January		●	●		●
Kontiolahti	12–14 February		●	●		●
Lake Placid	26–28 February		●	●		●
Valcartier	4–6 March		●	●
Holmenkollen	11–14 March	●	●	●	●
Total		3	9	9	2	6

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Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses)

The following notable biathletes retired after the 1998–99 season:

•  Mark Kirchner (GER)
•  Fredrik Kuoppa (SWE)
•  Mari Lampinen (FIN)
•  Anne Briand (FRA)
•  Kathi Schwaab (GER)
•  Annette Sikveland (NOR)
•  Nadezhda Talanova (RUS)