1998 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships

1998 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships
Venue	Mont-Sainte-Anne, QC, Canada
Date(s)	14–20 September 1998
Events	9
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Last updated March 03, 2019

The 1998 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships were held in Mont-Sainte-Anne, Quebec, Canada from 14 to 20 September 1998. The disciplines included were cross-country and downhill. The event was the 9th edition of the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships and the second to be held in Canada, following the 1992 World Championships in Bromont.

The UCI Mountain Bike World Championships are the world championship events for mountain bike racing in the disciplines of cross country, downhill, and four-cross. They are organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the governing body of world cycling.

Mont-Sainte-Anne is a ski resort in eastern Canada, located in the town of Beaupré, Quebec, about 40 km (25 mi) northeast of Quebec City. The mountain is part of the Laurentian mountain chain and has a summit elevation of 800 m (2,625 ft) above sea level with a vertical drop of 625 m (2,051 ft).

Quebec is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is bordered to the west by the province of Ontario and the bodies of water James Bay and Hudson Bay; to the north by Hudson Strait and Ungava Bay; to the east by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the province of Newfoundland and Labrador; and to the south by the province of New Brunswick and the U.S. states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York. It also shares maritime borders with Nunavut, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia. Quebec is Canada's largest province by area and its second-largest administrative division; only the territory of Nunavut is larger. It is historically and politically considered to be part of Central Canada.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Cross-country ^[1]	Christophe Dupouey (FRA)	Jérôme Chiotti (FRA)	Filip Meirhaeghe (BEL)
Under 23 cross-country^[2]	Miguel Martinez (FRA)	Christoph Sauser (SUI)	Roel Paulissen (BEL)
Junior cross-country^[3]	Julien Absalon (FRA)	Ryder Hesjedal (CAN)	Fredrik Modin (cyclist) (SWE)
Downhill ^[4]	Nicolas Vouilloz (FRA)	Gerwin Peters (NED)	Mickael Pascal (FRA)
Junior downhill ^[5]	Fabien Barel (FRA)	Franck Parolin (FRA)	Nathan Rennie (AUS)

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Cross-country ^[6]	Laurence Leboucher (FRA)	Gunn-Rita Dahle (NOR)	Alison Sydor (CAN)
Junior cross-country^[7]	Cecile Rode (FRA)	Severine Hanson (FRA)	Sandrine Guironnet (FRA)
Downhill ^[8]	Anne-Caroline Chausson (FRA)	Nolvenn LeCaer (FRA)	Cheri Elliott (USA)
Junior downhill ^[9]	Sari Jorgensen (SUI)	Sabrina Jonnier (FRA)	Johanna Rubel-Todt (GER)

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France (FRA)	8	5	2	15
2	Switzerland (SUI)	1	1	0	2
3	Canada (CAN)	0	1	1	2
4	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	0	1
4	Norway (NOR)	0	1	0	1
6	Belgium (BEL)	0	0	2	2
7	Australia (AUS)	0	0	1	1
	Germany (GER)	0	0	1	1
	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	1	1
	United States (USA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 nations)		9	9	9	27

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References

↑ "Results / Résultats - Hommes Elite Men - XC". uci.ch. Retrieved 2016-08-31.
↑ "Results / Résultats - Hommes U23 Men - XC". uci.ch. Retrieved 2016-08-31.
↑ "Results / Résultats - Junior Men - XC". uci.ch. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-08-31.
↑ "Results / Résultats - Hommes / Men - DH". uci.ch. Retrieved 2016-08-31.
↑ "Results / Résultats - Hommes Junior Men - DH". uci.ch. Retrieved 2016-08-31.
↑ "Results / Résultats - Femmes Elite Women - XC". uci.ch. Retrieved 2016-08-31.
↑ "Results / Résultats - Femmes Junior Women - XC". uci.ch. Retrieved 2016-08-31.
↑ "Results / Résultats - Femmes / Women - DH". uci.ch. Retrieved 2016-08-31.
↑ "Results / Résultats - Femmes Junior Women - DH". uci.ch. Retrieved 2016-08-31.

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[m_e_xc-1] "Results / Résultats - Hommes Elite Men - XC". uci.ch. Retrieved 2016-08-31.

[m_u23_xc-2] "Results / Résultats - Hommes U23 Men - XC". uci.ch. Retrieved 2016-08-31.

[m_j_xc-3] "Results / Résultats - Junior Men - XC". uci.ch. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-08-31.

[m_e_dh-4] "Results / Résultats - Hommes / Men - DH". uci.ch. Retrieved 2016-08-31.

[m_j_dh-5] "Results / Résultats - Hommes Junior Men - DH". uci.ch. Retrieved 2016-08-31.

[w_e_xc-6] "Results / Résultats - Femmes Elite Women - XC". uci.ch. Retrieved 2016-08-31.

[w_j_xc-7] "Results / Résultats - Femmes Junior Women - XC". uci.ch. Retrieved 2016-08-31.

[w_e_dh-8] "Results / Résultats - Femmes / Women - DH". uci.ch. Retrieved 2016-08-31.

[w_j_dh-9] "Results / Résultats - Femmes Junior Women - DH". uci.ch. Retrieved 2016-08-31.