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                 WORLD CUP WILDWATER RACING 1998
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STANDING after 3th and 4th WORLD CUP WILDWATER RACING (WCW), 
Muotathal/SUI, June 27-28, 1998 
             
The "Top 15"                          World Cup Nr./pts.          
                                   
                                      1   2   3   4   5   6  Total
MEN. KAJAK SINGLE (K-1)                                   

 1. ( 1)  Robert PONTAROLLO    ITA   100 100 100  88   388 (200)  
 2. ( 3)  Thomas KOELMANN      GER    95  81  88 100   364 (176)
 3. ( 6)  Florian WOHLERS      GER    88  80  86  91   345 (168)
 4. ( 8)  Boris SAUNIER        FRA    79  88  95  79   339 (167)
 5. ( 5)  Maxime CLERIN        FRA    86  84  78  86   334 (170)     
 5. ( 6)  Robert KNEBEL        CZE    83  85  85  81   334 (168)
 7. ( 3)  Rémi CLERMONT        FRA    81  95  79  72   327 (176)
 8. ( 2)  Mickael FARGIER      FRA    91  91  52  85   319 (182)
 9. ( 9)  Cesare MULAZZI       ITA    84  77  72  84   317 (161) 
10. (10)  Kamil MRUZEK         CZE    78  79  76  78   311 (157)
11. (14)  Florent NOWACOVSKI   FRA    68  76  80  74   298 (144)
12. (11)  Paolo BIFANO         ITA    71  83  83  59   296 (154)
13. (16)  Peter LÜTHI          SUI    82  61  68  82   293 (143)
14. (13)  Ales MAREK           CZE    72  73  65  70   280 (145)
15. (21)  Harald HUDETZ        AUT    74  65  66  73   278 (139)

MEN. CANADIEN SINGLE (C-1)

 1. ( 2)  Vladi PANATO         ITA    41  50  50  50   191  (91)
 2. ( 1)  Mirko SPELLI         ITA    46  46  41  41   174  (92) 
 3. ( 4)  Olaf SCHWARZ         GER    43  41  46  43   173  (84)
 4. ( 3)  Stephan STIEFENHOFER GER    50  39  35  46   170  (89)
 5. ( 6)  Zeljko PETRIC        CRO    39  36  43  39   157  (75)
 6. ( 6)  Thierry DEROUINEAU   FRA    38  37  37  37   149  (75)
 7. ( 6)  Lukas NOVOSAD        CZE    37  38  38  35   148  (75)
 8. ( 5)  Olivier PERSCHMIDT   FRA    34  43  36  32   145  (77)
 9. (11)  Josko KANCLER        SLO    33  33  39  36   141  (66)
 9. ( 9)  Jérôme BONNARDEL     FRA    36  35  32  38   141  (71) 
11. (10)  Robert KLEBERC       SVK    35  34  33  34   136  (69) 
12. (12)  Maurizio PICCIOLI    ITA    32  32  30  30   124  (64)   
13. (14)  Fabio BARAVELLI      ITA    30  30  31  31   122  (60) 
14. (13)  Sylvain CHAMPAGNE    FRA    31  31  26  29   117  (62)
15. (15)  Michele PAZZAGLIA    ITA    29  29  29  27   114  (58)

MEN. CANADIEN DOUBLE (C-2)

 1. ( 1) +VALA/SLUCIK          SVK    50  50  43  50   193 (100)
 2. ( 2)  AYMARD/PIGERON       FRA    43  46  46  41   176 (89)
 2. ( 2)  SUTEK/GREGA          SVK    46  43  41  46   176 (89)
 4. ( 5)  DRIESCH/ANDREE       GER    41  37  39  39   156 (78)  
 4. ( 4)  BRUCKER/COSIK        GER    39  41  38  38   156 (80)
 6. (--)  SIMON/MÜLLER         GER    --  --  50  43    93 (--)
 7. ( 6)  KNOBLOCH/SAMANEK     CZE    38  39  --  --    77 (77)
 8. ( 7)  KALOS/SMOLKA         CZE    36  38  --  --    74 (74)
 8. (--)  FAHLBUSCH/FAHLBUSCH  GER    --  --  37  37    74 (--)
10. (--)  ZUPANIC/CRNKOVIC     CRO    --  --  36  36    72 (--)
11. ( 8)  ZAMUNER/FELTRIN      ITA    35  36  --  --    71 (71)
12. (--)  WALLING/WALLING      GBR    --  --  35  35    70 (--)
13. ( 9)  LANCHAIS/MARIE       FRA    37  --  --  --    37 (37)

WOMEN. KAJAK SINGLE (K-1)
 
 1. ( 1) +Sabine EICHENBERGER  SUI    50  43  50  50   193 (93)
 2. ( 2)  Marnie FORNUSEK      NZL    41  41  36  39   157 (82)
 3. ( 2)  Margherita BOERI     ITA    32  50  37  32   151 (82)
 4. ( 4)  Pavia ZICHOVA        CZE    43  37  33  34   147 (80)  
 5. ( 6)  Carla ODERDA         ITA    38  38  27  38   141 (76)
 6. (15)  Michala STRNADOVA    CZE    --  46  46  41   133 (46)
 6. ( 7)  Silke KASSNER        GER    35  36  29  33   133 (71)
 8. (15)  Claudia BROKOF       GER    46  --  39  46   131 (46)
 9. ( 8)  Katerina ZICHOVA     CZE    36  32  31  27   126 (68)
10. ( 9)  Yael CHANGE          GBR    34  33  28  28   123 (67)
11. ( 5)  Petra SCHLITZER      AUT    39  39  43  --   121 (78)
12. (12)  Petra HALASKOVA      CZE    29  35  25  25   114 (64)
13. (13)  Debbie HALES         GBR    31  31  24  26   112 (62)
14. (14)  Kelly HANSEN         NZL    30  29  23  24   106 (59)
15. (--)  Claudia ANDREE       GER    --  --  41  43    84 (--)

Next WORLD CUP WCW Competiton: Nr. 5+6: July 04-05, 1998, Lofer/AUT 

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WORLD CUP RULES WILWATER RACING (WCW)

Categories.
Men.   Kayak (K-1), Canadien Single (C-1), Canadien Double (C-2)
Women. Kayak Single (K-1).  

Distance. 
3 Classic Wildwater Races (ca. 3500 - 7500 m);
3 Wildwater Sprints (500 - 1000 m, 2 legs, 
  Result by adding the times)
 
Point System. 
K-1 Men: 
1.= 100 points, 2.= 95, 3.= 91, 4.= 88, 5.= 86, 6.= 85, etc.;
K-1 Women, C-1, C-2 Men:
1.= 50, 2.= 46, 3.= 43, 4.= 41, 5.= 39, 6.= 38, etc.
6 events / best 4 results / 2 scratch results

(  ) = previous ranking/previous points
+    = World Cup Winner 1998

WCW Competitions 1998 (6).
Nr. 1+2, June 20-21, Mezzana/ITA; 
Nr. 3+4, June 27/28, Muotathal/SUI;
Nr. 5+6, July 04/05, Lofer/AUT.

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