1987–88 FIS Cross-Country World Cup

1987–88 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Discipline Men Women
Overall Sweden Gunde Svan (4th title) Finland Marjo Matikainen (3rd title)
Nations Cup Sweden Sweden Soviet Union Soviet Union
Nations Cup Overall Sweden Sweden
Competition
Locations 9 venues 8 venues
Individual 11 events 10 events
Relay/Team 6 events 6 events

The 1987–88 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was the 7th official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and women. The World Cup started in La Clusaz, France, on 12 December 1987 and finished in Rovaniemi, Finland, on 27 March 1988. Gunde Svan of Sweden won the overall men's cup,[1] and Marjo Matikainen of Finland won the women's.[2]

The first ever mass start event in the World Cup was arranged in Kastelruth, Italy on 15 December 1987. Swede Torgny Mogren won the men's 30 km race. The first women's mass start event was won by Finnish skier Marjo Matikainen at Holmenkollen, Norway on 17 March 1988.

Calendar

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Men

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C – Classic / F – Freestyle
No. Date Venue Event Winner Second Third Ref.
1 12 December 1987 France La Clusaz 15 km F Sweden Torgny Mogren Sweden Gunde Svan Norway Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass [1]
2 15 December 1987 Italy Kastelruth 30 km F Mass Start Sweden Torgny Mogren Sweden Gunde Svan Canada Pierre Harvey [2]
3 19 December 1987 Switzerland Davos 15 km C Sweden Gunde Svan Norway Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass Sweden Jan Ottosson [3]
4 9 January 1988 Soviet Union Kavgolovo 30 km C Soviet Union Vladimir Smirnov Soviet Union Alexey Prokourorov Sweden Christer Majbäck [4]
5 15 January 1988 Czechoslovakia Strbske Pleso 15 km F Sweden Torgny Mogren East Germany Holger Bauroth Switzerland Giachem Guidon [5]
1988 Winter Olympics
6 15 February 1988 Canada Calgary 30 km C * Soviet Union Alexey Prokourorov Soviet Union Vladimir Smirnov Norway Vegard Ulvang [6]
7 19 February 1988 15 km C * Soviet Union Mikhail Devyatyarov Norway Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass Soviet Union Vladimir Smirnov [7]
8 27 February 1988 50 km F * Sweden Gunde Svan Italy Maurilio De Zolt Switzerland Andreas Grünenfelder [8]
9 12 March 1988 Sweden Falun 30 km F Canada Pierre Harvey East Germany Holger Bauroth Finland Kari Ristanen [9]
10 19 March 1988 Norway Holmenkollen 50 km F Canada Pierre Harvey Italy Silvano Barco Italy Maurilio De Zolt [10]
11 27 March 1988 Finland Rovaniemi 50 km C Norway Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass Norway Oddvar Brå Finland Harri Kirvesniemi [11]

Women

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C – Classic / F – Freestyle
No. Date Venue Event Winner Second Third Ref.
1 13 December 1987 France La Clusaz 5 km F Norway Marianne Dahlmo Finland Jaana Savolainen East Germany Simone Greiner-Petter [12]
2 16 December 1987 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bohinj 10 km F Soviet Union Tamara Tikhonova Soviet Union Anfisa Reztsova Soviet Union Antonina Ordina [13]
3 19 December 1987 West Germany Reit im Winkl 5 km F Finland Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi Soviet Union Raisa Smetanina Sweden Marie-Helene Westin [14]
4 9 January 1988 Soviet Union Kavgolovo 10 km C Norway Inger Helene Nybråten Soviet Union Vida Vencienė Soviet Union Antonina Ordina [15]
5 15 January 1988 Italy Toblach 20 km F East Germany Simone Greiner-Petter Sweden Anna-Lena Fritzon Sweden Marie-Helene Westin [16]
1988 Winter Olympics
6 14 February 1988 Canada Calgary 10 km C * Soviet Union Vida Vencienė Soviet Union Raissa Smetanina Finland Marjo Matikainen [17]
7 17 February 1988 5 km C * Finland Marjo Matikainen Soviet Union Tamara Tikhonova Soviet Union Vida Vencienė [18]
8 25 February 1988 20 km F * Soviet Union Tamara Tikhonova Soviet Union Anfisa Reztsova Soviet Union Raisa Smetanina [19]
9 17 March 1988 Norway Holmenkollen 30 km F Mass Start Finland Marjo Matikainen Finland Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi Norway Marit Mikkelsplass [20]
10 27 March 1988 Finland Rovaniemi 10 km F Sweden Marie-Helene Westin Sweden Magdalena Wallin Soviet Union Svetlana Nageykina [21]

Men's team events

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Date Venue Event Winner Second Third Ref.
10 January 1988 Soviet Union Kavgolovo 4 × 10 km relay F  Soviet Union  Sweden  Norway [3]
16 January 1988 Czechoslovakia Štrbské Pleso 4 × 10 km relay C  Sweden
Jan Ottosson
Lars Håland
Gunde Svan
Torgny Mogren
 Austria
Markus Gandler
Alois Stadlober
Andre Blatter
Alois Schwarz
 Czechoslovakia
Ladislav Švanda
Miloš Bečvář
Radim Nyč
Václav Korunka
[4]
22 February 1988 Canada Calgary 4 × 10 km relay F  Sweden
 Soviet Union
 Czechoslovakia
[22]
24 February 1988 Canada Calgary 4 × 10 km relay F *  Sweden
Jan Ottosson
Thomas Wassberg
Gunde Svan
Torgny Mogren
 Soviet Union
Vladimir Smirnov
Vladimir Sakhnov
Mikhail Devyatyarov
Alexey Prokourorov
 Czechoslovakia
Radim Nyč
Václav Korunka
Pavel Benc
Ladislav Švanda
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13 March 1988 Sweden Falun 4 × 10 km relay F  Sweden
Jan Ottosson
Gunde Svan
Torgny Mogren
Christer Majbäck
 Norway
Bjørn Dæhlie
Torgeir Bjørn
Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass
Vegard Ulvang
 Italy
Marco Albarello
Giorgio Vanzetta
Maurilio De Zolt
Silvano Barco
[23]
17 March 1988 Norway Holmenkollen 4 × 10 km relay F  Norway
Arild Monsen
Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass
Torgeir Bjørn
Vegard Ulvang
 Sweden I
Jan Ottosson
Torgny Mogren
Christer Majbäck
Gunde Svan
 Sweden II
Thomas Eriksson
Henrik Forsberg
Lars Håland
Benny Kohlberg
[24]

Women's team events

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Date Venue Event Winner Second Third Ref.
20 December 1987 West Germany Reit im Winkl 4 × 5 km relay C  Norway
Trude Dybendahl
Anne Jahren
Inger Helene Nybråten
Marianne Dahlmo
 Finland  Soviet Union [5]
10 January 1988 Soviet Union Leningrad 4 × 5 km relay C  Soviet Union  Norway  Sweden [6]
16 January 1988 Italy Toblach 4 × 5 km relay F  Sweden
Karin Svingstedt
Anna-Lena Fritzon
Magdalena Wallin
Marie-Helene Westin
 East Germany  Norway [7]
23 February 1988 Canada Calgary 4 × 5 km relay F *  Soviet Union
Svetlana Nageykina
Nina Gavrylyuk
Tamara Tikhonova
Anfisa Reztsova
 Norway
Trude Dybendahl
Marit Wold
Anne Jahren
Marianne Dahlmo
 Finland
Pirkko Määttä
Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi
Marjo Matikainen
Jaana Savolainen
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13 March 1988 Sweden Falun 4 × 5 km relay C  Norway I
Trude Dybendahl
Inger Helene Nybråten
Anne Jahren
Marianne Dahlmo
 Finland
Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi
Marjo Matikainen
Eija Hyytiäinen
Pirkko Määttä
 Norway II
Marit Elveos
Marit Mikkelsplass
Anette Bøe
Solveig Pedersen
[25]
26 March 1988 Finland Rovaniemi Relay 4x5 km F  Finland I
Erja Kuivalainen
Pirkko Määttä
Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi
Marjo Matikainen
 Finland II  Norway [8]
  • NOTE: Races marked with a star (*) counts officially for both as "FIS World Cup" and "Olympic Winter Games" wins statistics.

Overall standings

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Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union (URS)79622
2 Sweden (SWE)74415
3 Norway (NOR)34310
4 Finland (FIN)3249
5 Canada (CAN)2013
6 East Germany (GDR)1214
7 Italy (ITA)0213
8 Switzerland (SUI)0022
9 Czechoslovakia (TCH)0011
Totals (9 entries)23232369

Achievements

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First World Cup career victory
Victories in this World Cup (all-time number of victories as of 1987/88 season in parentheses)

References

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  1. ^ "CUP STANDING CROSS-COUNTRY WORLD CUP 1988 MEN". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  2. ^ "CUP STANDING CROSS-COUNTRY WORLD CUP 1988 LADIES". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  3. ^ Bušta, Petr, ed. (February 1988). "4x10 km volnou technikou 10. ledna v Kavgolovo" (PDF). LYŽAŘSTVÍ (in Czech). Czech Ski Association. p. 10. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  4. ^ Bušta, Petr, ed. (February 1988). "4x10 km klasickým stylem 16. ledna" (PDF). LYŽAŘSTVÍ (in Czech). Czech Ski Association. p. 10. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  5. ^ Bušta, Petr, ed. (January 1988). "4x5 km klasickým stylem 29. prosince v Reit im Winkl" (PDF). LYŽAŘSTVÍ (in Czech). Czech Ski Association. p. 11. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  6. ^ Bušta, Petr, ed. (February 1988). "4x5 km volnou technikou 10. ledna v Kavgolovo" (PDF). LYŽAŘSTVÍ (in Czech). Czech Ski Association. p. 10. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  7. ^ Bušta, Petr, ed. (February 1988). "4x5 km volnou technikou 16. ledna v Toblachu" (PDF). LYŽAŘSTVÍ (in Czech). Czech Ski Association. p. 10. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  8. ^ Bušta, Petr, ed. (June 1988). "4x5 km volnou technikou 27. března v Rovaniemi" (PDF). LYŽAŘSTVÍ (in Czech). Czech Ski Association. p. 16. Retrieved 20 December 2021.