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                 WORLD CUP WILDWATER RACING 1999 =
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         Participation in World Cup Races 1999: 15 Nations
                
FINAL STANDING after 5th and 6th WORLD CUP WILDWATER RACING (WCW), 
Cromwell, Kawarau River / NZL; February 27/28th, 1999.
            
The "Top 15"
------------                          World Cup Nr./pts.          
(4 best results = ranking points)                                   
                                      1   2   3   4   5   6   Total
MEN. KAJAK SINGLE (K-1)                                   

 1.( 1.) +Florian WOHLERS       GER 100 *95 100 100 100 *91   400 (395) 
 2.( 2.)  Robert PONTAROLLO     ITA  95 100 *91  95  95 *73   385 (381)
 3.( 3.)  Carlo MERCATI         ITA  91  91  95  91 *88 *85   368 (368)
 4.( 4.)  Robert KNEBEL         CZE *86  86  86  86  91 *84   349 (344)
 5.( 9.)  Paolo BIFANO          ITA *75  88  78  88 *76  95   349 (330)
 6.( 6.)  Phil DOONEY           NZL  85  85  84 *82 *84  88   342 (338)
 7.( 5.)  Markus GICKLER        GER  88  79  88 *78  86 *74   341 (341)
 8.( 7.)  Aaron COX             NZL  84 *81  83  83  85 *80   335 (335) 
 9.( 8.)  Johannes WOHLERS      GER  81  84  85  81 *78 *69   331 (331)
10.(10.)  Günther BRIEDL        AUT *76  82  80  85 *72  83   330 (323)
11.(21.)  Boros SAUNIER         FRA *63  71  --  84  73 100   328 (291)
12.(11.)  Cesare MULAZZI        ITA  80  78 *76 *73  83  81   322 (317)
13.(16.)  Jaka JAZBEC           SLO  71  83 *68  76 *70  86   316 (300)
14.(12.)  Glenn SINGLETON       AUS  79 *75  82  77 *74  76   314 (313)
15.(35.)  Matt DALZEIL          AUS  --  --  79  74  82  78   313 (235)
(40 boats in Ranking)


MEN. CANADIEN SINGLE (C-1)

 1.( 1.) +Vladi PANATO          ITA *46  50  50  50  50  50   200 (200)
 2.( 2.)  Mirko SPELLI          ITA  50 *39  46  43  46 *37   185 (185)
 3.( 3.)  Borut HORVAT          SLO *38  46  41  46  43 *39   176 (176)
 4.( 4.)  Stephan STIEFENHÖFER  GER *39  43  43 *38  41  43   170 (166)
 5.( 5.)  Robert KLEBERC        SVK  43  41 *38 *39  39  46   169 (162)
 6.( 6.)  Lukas NOVOSAD         CZE  41 *37  39  43 *35  41   164 (160)
 7.( 7.)  Petr CAMEK            CZE *37  38 *37  37  38  38   151 (150)
 8.( 8.)  Josko KANCLER         SLO  36  36 *34 *35  37  36   145 (144)
 9.(13.)  Stephane SANTAMARIA   FRA  --  --  36  36  36  34   142 (108)
10.( 9.)  Rob PUMPHREY          GBR  35  35  35 *33  34 *33   139 (139)
11.(14.)  Olivier KOSKAS        FRA  --  --  32  34  32  35   133  (98)
12.(10.)  Olivier JACQUEMIN     FRA  --  34  33  32  33 *32   132 (132)
13.(11.)  Paul ANDERSON         GBR  34  33 *31  31  31 *31   129 (129)
14.(12.)  Mike HARRIS           USA  33  32 *30  30  30 *30   125 (125)
(14 boats in Ranking)


MEN. CANADIEN DOUBLE (C-2)

 1.( 2.)  VALA/SLUCIK           SVK  46  --  50 *43  50  50   196 (185) 
 2.( 1.)  SUTEK/GREGA           SVK  50  50 *46  50  46 *46   196 (196)
 3.( 3.)  ANDREE/DRIESCH        GER  43  46  43 *41  43 *41   175 (175)
 4.( 5.)  AYMARD/PIGERON        FRA  --  --  41  46  41  43   171 (128)
 5.( 4.)  WARNE/REDSHAW         GBR  41  43 *39  39  39 *39   162 (162)
(5 boats in Ranking)


WOMEN. KAJAK SINGLE (K-1)
 
 1. ( 1.)+Sabine EICHENBERGER   SUI  50 *43  50  46  50  --   196 (196)
 2. ( 2.) Claudia BROKOF        GER  46  50  46 *43  46  --   188 (188)
 3. ( 6.) Magalie THIEBAUT      FRA *34  38  37  50 *32  50   175 (159)
 4. ( 3.) Petra SCHLITZER       AUT  43  46 *39  41 *33  41   171 (169)
 5. ( 5.) Michala STRNADOVA     CZE  39 *36  41 *39  43  46   169 (162)
 6. ( 4.) Marnie FORNUSEK       NZL  41  41  43  38 *35 *34   163 (163)
 7. ( 8.) Gudrun WILLSCHEID     GER  38 *37  38 *35  39  43   158 (152)
 8. ( 7.) Sabine FUESSER        GER *36  39 *35  37  41  37   154 (153)
 9. ( 9.) Paula ZICHOVA         CZE  37 *34  36 *32  38  39   150 (145)
10. ( 9.) Lucka CANCAR          SLO  35 *35 *34  36  37  39   146 (143)
11. (12.) Synthia BERRY         GBR  33  33 *31 *33  34  36   136 (133)
12. (11.) Anne-Fleur SAUTOUR    FRA *27  31  33  34  36 *31   134 (134)
13. (15.) Stephanie LHOMME      FRA  30 *27  32 *27  31  35   128 (120)
14. (14.) Kelly HANSEN          NZL  31 *28 *29  31  30  32   124 (121)
15. (13.) Angela DALTON         NZL  32  32 *30  30  30 *29   124 (124)
(17 boats in Ranking)

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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 1999

WCW Competitions 1999 (6), all in New Zeeland:
Nr. 1+2, Febr. 13/14, Taurangi/Tongarto River; Taupo/Waikato River.
Nr. 3+4, Febr. 20/21, Murchison/Buller River.
Nr. 5+6, Febr. 27/28, Cromwell/Kawarau River.

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