1996–97 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Discipline Men Women
Overall Norway Bjørn Dæhlie (5th title) Russia Yelena Välbe (5th title)
Long Distance Finland Mika Myllylä Russia Yelena Välbe
Sprint Norway Bjørn Dæhlie Italy Stefania Belmondo
Nations Cup Norway Norway Russia Russia
Nations Cup Overall Norway Norway
Competition
Locations 11 venues 11 venues
Individual 15 events 15 events
Relay/Team 6 events 7 events

The 1996–97 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was the 16th official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and women. The season began in Kiruna, Sweden, on 23 November 1996 and finished in Holmenkollen, Oslo, Norway, on 15 March 1997. Bjørn Dæhlie of Norway won the overall men's cup,[1] and Yelena Välbe of Russia won the women's.[2] Both skiers won their fifth overall World Cup.

Calendar

Men

C – Classic / F – Freestyle
WC Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Ref.
1 23 November 1996   Sweden Kiruna 10 km F   Norway Bjørn Dæhlie Finland Jari Isometsä Norway Kristen Skjeldal [3]
2 7 December 1996   Switzerland Davos 10 km C   Finland Mika Myllylä Norway Erling Jevne Italy Fulvio Valbusa [4]
3 14 December 1996   Italy Brusson 15 km F   Norway Bjørn Dæhlie Italy Fulvio Valbusa Norway Kristen Skjeldal [5]
4 18 December 1996   Germany Oberstdorf 30 km C   Norway Bjørn Dæhlie Norway Erling Jevne Norway Sture Sivertsen [6]
5 4 January 1997   Russia Kavgolovo 30 km F   Finland Mika Myllylä Italy Fulvio Valbusa Italy Maurizio Pozzi [7]
6 11 January 1997   Japan Hakuba 10 km C   Italy Silvio Fauner Norway Erling Jevne Finland Jari Isometsä [8]
7 12 January 1997   Japan Hakuba 15 km F Pursuit   Italy Silvio Fauner Italy Giorgio Di Centa Finland Jari Isometsä [9]
8 19 January 1997   Finland Lahti 30 km C   Kazakhstan Vladimir Smirnov Finland Mika Myllylä Sweden Henrik Forsberg [10]
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships (21 February–2 March)
9 21 February 1997   Norway Trondheim 30 km F   Russia Alexey Prokurorov Norway Bjørn Dæhlie Norway Thomas Alsgaard [11]
10 24 February 1997   Norway Trondheim 10 km C   Norway Bjørn Dæhlie Russia Alexey Prokurorov Finland Mika Myllylä [12]
11 25 February 1997   Norway Trondheim 15 km F Pursuit   Norway Bjørn Dæhlie Finland Mika Myllylä Russia Alexey Prokurorov [13]
12 2 March 1997   Norway Trondheim 50 km C   Finland Mika Myllylä Norway Erling Jevne Norway Bjørn Dæhlie [14]
13 8 March 1997   Sweden Falun 15 km C   Norway Bjørn Dæhlie Norway Sture Sivertsen Norway Erling Jevne [15]
14 11 March 1997   Sweden Sunne Sprint F   Norway Bjørn Dæhlie Norway Tore Bjonviken Sweden Mathias Fredriksson [16]
15 15 March 1997   Norway Oslo 50 km F   Italy Pietro Piller Cottrer Norway Tor Arne Hetland Norway Bjørn Dæhlie [17]

Note: Until FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1999, World Championship races are part of the World Cup. Hence results from those races are included in the World Cup overall.

Women

C – Classic / F – Freestyle
WC Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Ref.
1 23 November 1996   Sweden Kiruna 5 km F   Russia Yelena Välbe Italy Stefania Belmondo Russia Nina Gavrylyuk [18]
2 7 December 1996   Switzerland Davos 10 km C   Italy Stefania Belmondo Russia Yelena Välbe Russia Nina Gavrylyuk [19]
3 14 December 1996   Italy Brusson 15 km F   Italy Stefania Belmondo Russia Yelena Välbe Russia Nina Gavrylyuk [20]
4 18 December 1996   Germany Oberstdorf 10 km C   Norway Trude Dybendahl Norway Bente Martinsen Norway Anita Moen [21]
5 5 January 1997   Russia Kavgolovo 15 km F   Russia Yelena Välbe Russia Larisa Lazutina Russia Lyubov Yegorova [22]
6 11 January 1997   Japan Hakuba 5 km C   Italy Stefania Belmondo Czech Republic Kateřina Neumannová Russia Yelena Välbe [23]
7 12 January 1997   Japan Hakuba 10 km F Pursuit   Italy Stefania Belmondo Czech Republic Kateřina Neumannová Russia Yelena Välbe [24][25]
8 18 January 1997   Finland Lahti 15 km C   Norway Marit Mikkelsplass Russia Yelena Välbe Italy Stefania Belmondo [26]
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships (21 February–2 March)
9 21 February 1997   Norway Trondheim 15 km F   Russia Yelena Välbe Italy Stefania Belmondo Czech Republic Kateřina Neumannová [27]
10 23 February 1997   Norway Trondheim 5 km C   Russia Yelena Välbe Italy Stefania Belmondo Russia Olga Danilova [28]
11 24 February 1997   Norway Trondheim 10 km F Pursuit   Russia Yelena Välbe Italy Stefania Belmondo Russia Nina Gavrylyuk [29]
12 1 March 1997   Norway Trondheim 30 km C   Russia Yelena Välbe Italy Stefania Belmondo Norway Marit Mikkelsplass [30]
13 8 March 1997   Sweden Falun 5 km F   Russia Yelena Välbe Italy Stefania Belmondo Czech Republic Kateřina Neumannová [31]
14 11 March 1997   Sweden Sunne Sprint F   Norway Trude Dybendahl Russia Yelena Välbe Norway Bente Martinsen [32]
15 15 March 1997   Norway Oslo 30 km F   Italy Stefania Belmondo Russia Yelena Välbe Norway Elin Nilsen [33]

Note: Until FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1999, World Championship races are part of the World Cup. Hence results from those races are included in the World Cup overall.

Men's team

WC Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Ref.
1 24 November 1996   Sweden Kiruna 4 × 10 km relay C    Finland I
Sami Repo
Harri Kirvesniemi
Mika Myllylä
Jari Isometsä
 Italy I
Fabio Maj
Silvio Fauner
Sergio Piller
Fulvio Valbusa
 Norway I
Kristen Skjeldal
Anders Eide
Vegard Ulvang
Bjørn Dæhlie
[34]
2 8 December 1996   Switzerland Davos 4 × 10 km relay C    Finland I
Jari Isometsä
Sami Repo
Harri Kirvesniemi
Mika Myllylä
 Sweden
Mathias Fredriksson
Anders Bergström
Niklas Jonsson
Henrik Forsberg
 Norway I
Kristen Skjeldal
Vegard Ulvang
Anders Eide
Sture Sivertsen
[35]
3 15 December 1996   Italy Brusson 4 × 10 km relay F    Norway
Egil Kristiansen
Anders Eide
Kristen Skjeldal
Bjørn Dæhlie
 Italy
Maurizio Pozzi
Fulvio Valbusa
Gaudenzio Godioz
Silvio Fauner
 Sweden
Mathias Fredriksson
Anders Bergström
Niklas Jonsson
Torgny Mogren
[36]
4 18 January 1997   Finland Lahti Team Sprint F    Italy
Maurizio Pozzi
Giorgio Di Centa
 Finland I
Ari Palolahti
Jari Räsänen
 Sweden
Magnus Ingesson
Håkan Nordbäck
[37]
5 28 February 1997   Norway Trondheim 4 × 10 km relay C/F    Norway
Sture Sivertsen
Erling Jevne
Bjørn Dæhlie
Thomas Alsgaard
 Finland
Harri Kirvesniemi
Mika Myllylä
Jari Räsänen
Jari Isometsä
 Italy
Giorgio Di Centa
Silvio Fauner
Pietro Piller Cottrer
Fulvio Valbusa
[38]
6 9 March 1997   Sweden Falun 4 × 10 km relay C/F    Norway I
Sture Sivertsen
Erling Jevne
Kristen Skjeldal
Bjørn Dæhlie
 Norway II
Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset
Øyvind Skaanes
Krister Sørgård
Thomas Alsgaard
 Sweden I
Mathias Fredriksson
Henrik Forsberg
Torgny Mogren
Anders Bergström
[39]

Women's team

WC Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Ref.
1 24 November 1996   Sweden Kiruna 4 × 5 km relay C    Russia I
Nina Gavrylyuk
Larisa Lazutina
Lyubov Yegorova
Yelena Välbe
 Norway I
Trude Dybendahl
Marit Mikkelsplass
Anita Moen
Bente Martinsen
 Russia II
Svetlana Nageykina
Olga Zavyalova
Yuliya Chepalova
Olga Danilova
[40]
2 8 December 1996   Switzerland Davos 4 × 5 km relay C    Norway I
Bente Martinsen
Anita Moen
Marit Mikkelsplass
Trude Dybendahl
 Russia I
Nina Gavrylyuk
Larisa Lazutina
Lyubov Yegorova
Yelena Välbe
 Russia II
Natalya Baranova-Masalkina
Svetlana Nageykina
Yuliya Chepalova
Olga Danilova
[41]
3 15 December 1996   Italy Brusson 4 × 5 km relay F    Russia I
Nina Gavrylyuk
Olga Danilova
Lyubov Yegorova
Yelena Välbe
 Russia II
Olga Zavyalova
Svetlana Nageykina
Larisa Lazutina
Yuliya Chepalova
 Italy
Gabriella Paruzzi
Sabina Valbusa
Guidina Dal Sasso
Stefania Belmondo
[42]
4 18 January 1997   Finland Lahti Team Sprint F    Italy I
Sabina Valbusa
Stefania Belmondo
 Russia I
Nina Gavrylyuk
Yelena Välbe
 Norway I
Anita Moen
Trude Dybendahl
[43]
5 28 February 1997   Norway Trondheim 4 × 5 km relay C/F    Russia
Olga Danilova
Larisa Lazutina
Nina Gavrylyuk
Yelena Välbe
 Norway
Bente Martinsen
Marit Mikkelsplass
Elin Nilsen
Trude Dybendahl
 Finland
Riikka Sirviö
Tuulikki Pyykkönen
Kati Pulkkinen
Satu Salonen
[44]
6 9 March 1997   Sweden Falun 4 × 5 km relay C/F    Russia I
Olga Danilova
Larisa Lazutina
Nina Gavrylyuk
Yelena Välbe
 Norway
Bente Martinsen
Trude Dybendahl
Elin Nilsen
Maj Helen Sorkmo
 Finland
Tuulikki Pyykkönen
Riikka Sirviö
Kati Pulkkinen
Satu Salonen
[45]
7 16 March 1997   Norway Oslo 4 × 5 km relay F    Russia I
Olga Danilova
Nina Gavrylyuk
Svetlana Nageykina
Yelena Välbe
 Norway I
Anita Moen
Elin Nilsen
Marit Mikkelsplass
Trude Dybendahl
 Italy
Gabriella Paruzzi
Lara Peyrot
Sabina Valbusa
Stefania Belmondo
[46]

Men's standings


Women's standings

Achievements

Victories in this World Cup (all-time number of victories as of 1996/97 season in parentheses)

References

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