Cross-country skiing world cup 1977/78

The Cross-Country World Cup 1977/78 was a series of competitions organized by the FIS . The World Cup began on December 15, 1977 in Telemark and ended on March 11, 1978 in Oslo . The World Cup was held on a trial basis and therefore unofficially. The athletes in places 1 to 20 received World Cup points (1st place = 26 points, 2nd place = 22 points, 3rd place = 19 points, 4th to 20th place, descending 17 points to 1 point). For the individual evaluation, the six best placements were evaluated for the overall evaluation; six results were discarded. Sven-Åke Lundbäck won the overall ranking .

Men

Podiums men

date	venue	discipline	winner	Second	Third
15th December 1977	Telemark	15 km	Heikki Torvi	Jorma copra	Jim Galanes
17th December 1977	Davos	15 km	Thomas Wassberg	Sven-Åke Lundbäck	Magne Myrmo
18th December 1977		3 × 10 km relay	Sweden Sven-Åke Lundbäck Benny Södergren Thomas Wassberg	Norway Kjell Jakob Sollie Lars Erik Eriksen Magne Myrmo	Finland Pertti Teurajärvi Juha Mieto Juhani Repo
January 10, 1978	Castelrotto	30 km	Giulio Capitanio	Christo Barsanov	Józef Łuszczek
January 14, 1978	Reit im Winkl	15 km	Sven-Åke Lundbäck	Lars Erik Eriksen	Juhani Repo
15th January 1978		3 × 10 km relay	Sweden Sven-Åke Lundbäck Thomas Wassberg Erik Wäppling	Sweden Benny Södergren Christer Johansson Thomas Magnusson	Finland Heikki Torvi Juhani Repo Juha Mieto
January 18, 1978	Ramsau am Dachstein	30 km	Thomas Wassberg	Giulio Capitanio	Gert-Dietmar Klause
January 21, 1978	Le Brassus	15 km	Jean-Paul Pierrat	Józef Łuszczek	Odd Martinsen
January 22, 1978		3 × 10 km relay	Sweden Sven-Åke Lundbäck Benny Södergren Thomas Wassberg	Sweden Erik Wäppling Thomas Magnusson Christer Johansson	France Roland Jeannerod Daniel Drezet Jean-Paul Pierrat
Nordic World Ski Championships 1978
19th February 1978	Lahti	30 km	Sergei Savelyev	Nikolai Simjatov	Józef Łuszczek
February 21, 1978		15 km	Józef Łuszczek	Yevgeny Belyayev	Juha Mieto
February 26, 1978		50 km	Sven-Åke Lundbäck	Yevgeny Belyayev	Jean-Paul Pierrat
March 4th 1978	Falun	30 km	Magne Myrmo	Asko Autio	Oddvar Brå
March 5th 1978		4 × 10 km relay	Sweden Thomas Magnusson Sven-Åke Lundbäck Christer Johansson Erik Wäppling	Norway Lars Erik Eriksen Magne Myrmo Tore Gullen Ove Aunli	Czechoslovakia Jiří Švub Jiří Beran František Šimon Stanislav Henych
March 9, 1978	Oslo	15 km	Juha Mieto	Sven-Åke Lundbäck	Maurilio De Zolt
March 11, 1978		50 km	Matti Pitkänen	Magne Myrmo	Juhani Repo

World Cup standings men

Overall World Cup
Final score (Top 10)
rank Surname Points 1  Sven-Åke Lundbäck 124 2  Lars Erik Eriksen 102 3  Magne Myrmo 96 4th  Thomas Wassberg 86 5  Giulio Capitanio 84 5  Juha Mieto 84 7th  Józef Łuszczek 80 8th  Maurilio De Zolt 77 9  Jean-Paul Pierrat 59 9  Juhani Repo 59

Web links

• Ski year 1978 on czech-ski.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} L'Impartial , December 19, 1977 , p. 14
2. ^ L'Express , January 11, 1978 , p. 9
3. ↑ ^{a b} L'Impartial , January 16, 1978 , p. 15
4. ^ L'Express , January 18, 1978 , p. 15
5. ↑ ^{a b} L'Impartial , January 23, 1978 , p. 16
6. ^ L'Impartial , March 6, 1978 , p. 19
7. ^ L'Impartial , March 10, 1978 , p. 25
8. ↑ Le Nouvelliste , March 13, 1978 , p. 35