Cross-country skiing world cup 1990/91

The 1990/91 Cross-Country World Cup was a series of competitions organized by the FIS . The World Cup began on December 8, 1990 in Tauplitzalm and ended on March 16, 1991 in Oslo . The highlight of the season was the 1991 Nordic World Ski Championships from February 7 to 21 in Val di Fiemme . The individual competitions held there were also counted as World Cup events.

Men

Podiums men

date	venue	discipline	winner	Second	Third
December 9, 1990	Austria Tauplitzalm	10 km classic + 15 km freestyle	Sweden Torgny Mogren	Soviet Union Vladimir Smirnov	Sweden Henrik Forsberg
December 15, 1990	Switzerland Davos	15 km classic	Soviet Union Vladimir Smirnov	Italy Marco Albarello	Sweden Thomas Eriksson
December 16, 1990	Switzerland Davos	4 × 10 km relay	Sweden Sweden Thomas Eriksson Gunde Svan Christer Majbäck Torgny Mogren	Italy Italy Silvio Fauner Giorgio Vanzetta Marco Albarello Silvano Barco	Norway Norway Øyvind Skaanes Terje Langli Sture Sivertsen Bjørn Dæhlie
December 19, 1990	France Les Saisies	30 km classic	Soviet Union Vladimir Smirnov	Sweden Torgny Mogren	Sweden Christer Majbäck
December 20, 1990	France Les Saisies	4 × 10 km relay	Sweden Sweden I. Thomas Eriksson Christer Majbäck Torgny Mogren Henrik Forsberg	Italy Italy Maurilio De Zolt Giorgio Vanzetta Marco Albarello Silvio Fauner	Sweden Sweden II Jan Ottosson Lars Håland Anders Bergström Niklas Jonsson
5th January 1991	Soviet Union Minsk	15 km freestyle	Soviet Union Vladimir Smirnov	Norway Bjørn Dæhlie	Czechoslovakia Václav Korunka
January 6, 1991	Soviet Union Minsk	4 × 10 km relay	Norway Norway Øyvind Skaanes Terje Langli Vegard Ulvang Bjørn Dæhlie	Sweden Sweden Niklas Jonsson Sven-Erik Danielsson Christer Majbäck Henrik Forsberg	Soviet Union Soviet Union Igor Badamschin Andrei Kirillov Mikhail Botvinov Vladimir Smirnov
January 9, 1991	Czechoslovakia Štrbské Pleso	30 km freestyle	Norway Bjørn Dæhlie	Italy Silvano Barco	Italy Gianfranco Polvara
Nordic World Ski Championships 1991
February 7, 1991	Italy Val di Fiemme	30 km classic	Sweden Gunde Svan	Soviet Union Vladimir Smirnov	Norway Vegard Ulvang
February 9, 1991		15 km freestyle	Norway Bjørn Dæhlie	Sweden Gunde Svan	Soviet Union Vladimir Smirnov
February 11, 1991		10 km classic	Norway Terje Langli	Sweden Christer Majbäck	Sweden Torgny Mogren
February 15, 1991		4 × 10 km relay	Norway Norway Øyvind Skaanes Terje Langli Vegard Ulvang Bjørn Dæhlie	Sweden Sweden Thomas Eriksson Christer Majbäck Gunde Svan Torgny Mogren	Finland Finland Mika Kuusisto Harri Kirvesniemi Jari Isometsä Jari Räsänen
February 17, 1991		50 km freestyle	Sweden Torgny Mogren	Sweden Gunde Svan	Italy Maurilio De Zolt
March 1, 1991	Finland Lahti	4 × 10 km relay	Norway Norway Terje Langli Øyvind Skaanes Bjørn Dæhlie Kristen Skjeldal	Sweden Sweden Thomas Eriksson Gunde Svan Torgny Mogren Henrik Forsberg	Soviet Union Soviet Union Mikhail Botvinov Igor Badamschin Viatscheslav Plaksunov Alexei Prokurorow
March 3, 1991	Finland Lahti	30 km freestyle	Norway Kristen Skjeldal	Soviet Union Vladimir Smirnov	Italy Gianfranco Polvara
March 9, 1991	Sweden Falun	30 km freestyle	Sweden Henrik Forsberg	Sweden Torgny Mogren	Sweden Jan Ottosson
March 16, 1991	Norway Oslo	50 km classic	Norway Vegard Ulvang	Finland Harri Kirvesniemi	Norway Stubborn Sivertsen

World Cup standings men

Overall World Cup

Final score

rank	Surname	Points
1.	Soviet Union Vladimir Smirnov	163
2.	Sweden Torgny Mogren	129
3.	Norway Bjørn Dæhlie	105
3.	Norway Vegard Ulvang	105
5.	Norway Kristen Skjeldal	76
6th	Sweden Henrik Forsberg	73
6th	Norway Terje Langli	73
8th.	Sweden Gunde Svan	65
9.	Italy Marco Albarello	62
9.	Italy Maurilio De Zolt	62
11.	Sweden Christer Majbäck	59
12.	Italy Gianfranco Polvara	46
13.	Finland Harri Kirvesniemi	45
13.	Norway Stubborn Sivertsen	45
15th	Sweden Thomas Eriksson	43
16.	Czechoslovakia Václav Korunka	38
16.	Sweden Jan Ottosson	38

rank	Surname	Points
18th	Soviet Union Mikhail Botvinov	36
18th	Soviet Union Alexei Prokurorov	36
20th	Italy Silvano Barco	26th
21st	Czechoslovakia Luboš Buchta	25th
21st	Soviet Union Vyacheslav Plaksunov	25th
23.	Soviet Union Igor Badamschin	24
24.	Italy Giorgio Vanzetta	23
25th	Czechoslovakia Pavel Benc	19th
26th	Norway Øyvind Skaanes	18th
27.	Italy Alfred Runggaldier	14th
28.	Austria Alois Stadlober	12
29	Norway Erling Jevne	10
30th	Sweden Niklas Jonsson	9
31.	Switzerland Giachem Guidon	8th
31.	Soviet Union Andrei Kirillov	8th
31.	Japan Kazunari Sasaki	8th
31.	Norway Gudmund Skjeldal	8th

rank	Surname	Points
35.	Spain Juan Jesús Gutiérrez	7th
35.	Soviet Union Urmas välbe	7th
37.	Germany Jochen Behle	6th
37.	Finland Jukka Hartonen	6th
37.	Sweden Lars Håland	6th
37.	Finland Mika Kuusisto	6th
37.	Czechoslovakia Martin Petrásek	6th
42.	Soviet Union Alexander Golubev	5
43.	Italy Silvio Fauner	4th
43.	Switzerland Other boys	4th
43.	Soviet Union Gennady Lasutin	4th
43.	Norway Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass	4th
43.	Finland Jari Räsänen	4th
48.	Germany Walter kiss	3
48.	Soviet Union Igor Obukhov	3
48.	Czechoslovakia Jiří Teplý	3

Women

Podiums women

date	venue	discipline	winner	Second	Third
December 8, 1990	Austria Tauplitzalm	10 + 15 km	Italy Stefania Belmondo	Soviet Union Jelena Välbe	Soviet Union Tamara Tikhonova
December 15, 1990	Switzerland Davos	15 km classic	Soviet Union Jelena Välbe	Soviet Union Lyubov Egorova	Sweden Marie-Helene Östlund
December 16, 1990	Switzerland Davos	4 × 5 km relay	Soviet Union Soviet Union Svetlana Nageikina Lyubow Jegorowa Tamara Tichonowa Jelena Välbe	Italy Italy Bice Vanzetta Manuela Di Centa Gabriella Paruzzi Stefania Belmondo	Norway Norway Elin Nilsen Inger Lise Hegge Solveig Pedersen Trude Dybendahl
December 20, 1990	France Les Saisies	5 + 10 km	Soviet Union Jelena Välbe	Italy Stefania Belmondo	Soviet Union Lyubov Egorova
5th January 1991	Soviet Union Minsk	30 km classic	Soviet Union Jelena Välbe	Soviet Union Svetlana Nageikina	Norway Inger Nybråten
January 12, 1991	Germany Klingenthal	15 km classic	Norway Inger Nybråten	Sweden Marie-Helene Östlund	Norway Solveig Pedersen
January 13, 1991	Germany Klingenthal	4 × 5 km relay	Norway Norway Solveig Pedersen Marit Elveos Nina Skeime Inger Helene Nybråten	Germany Germany Heike Wezel Gabriele Hess Sigrid Wille Simone Opitz	Italy Italy Bice Vanzetta Manuela Di Centa Gabriella Paruzzi Stefania Belmondo
Nordic World Ski Championships 1991
February 8, 1991	Italy Val di Fiemme	15 km classic	Soviet Union Jelena Välbe	Norway Trude Dybendahl	Italy Stefania Belmondo
February 8, 1991		10 km freestyle	Soviet Union Jelena Välbe	Sweden Marie-Helene Östlund	Soviet Union Tamara Tikhonova
February 12, 1991		5 km classic	Norway Trude Dybendahl	Finland Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi	Italy Manuela Di Centa
February 15, 1991		4 × 5 km relay	Soviet Union Soviet Union Lyubov Jegorowa Raissa Smetanina Tamara Tichonowa Jelena Välbe	Italy Italy Bice Vanzetta Manuela Di Centa Gabriella Paruzzi Stefania Belmondo	Norway Norway Solveig Pedersen Inger Helene Nybråten Elin Nilsen Trude Dybendahl
February 16, 1991		30 km freestyle	Soviet Union Lyubov Egorova	Soviet Union Jelena Välbe	Italy Manuela Di Centa
March 2, 1991	Finland Lahti	15 km freestyle	Soviet Union Jelena Välbe	Italy Manuela Di Centa	Soviet Union Lyubov Egorova
March 9, 1991	Sweden Falun	15 km freestyle	Soviet Union Jelena Välbe	Soviet Union Tamara Tikhonova	Soviet Union Lyubov Egorova
March 10, 1991	Sweden Falun	4 × 5 km relay	Soviet Union Soviet Union Svetlana Nageikina Lyubow Jegorowa Tamara Tichonowa Jelena Välbe	Norway Norway Solveig Pedersen Inger Helene Nybråten Elin Nilsen Trude Dybendahl	Finland Finland Marjut Rolig Merja Lahtinen Jaana Savolainen Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi
March 15, 1991	Norway Oslo	4 × 5 km relay	Norway Norway Trude Dybendahl Inger Helene Nybråten Solveig Pedersen Elin Nilsen	Soviet Union Soviet Union Swetlana Nageikina Raissa Smetanina Tamara Tichonowa Jelena Välbe	Norway Norway Marit Elveos Marit Mikkelsplass Inger Lise Hegge Nina Skeime
March 16, 1991	Norway Oslo	5 km freestyle	Soviet Union Jelena Välbe	Italy Manuela Di Centa	Sweden Marie-Helene Östlund

World Cup stand women

Overall World Cup

Final score

rank	Surname	Points
1.	Soviet Union Jelena Välbe	220
2.	Italy Stefania Belmondo	128
3.	Soviet Union Lyubov Egorova	126
4th	Sweden Marie-Helene Östlund	112
5.	Italy Manuela Di Centa	106
6th	Norway Trude Dybendahl	88
7th	Soviet Union Tamara Tikhonova	82
8th.	Soviet Union Svetlana Nageikina	80
9.	Norway Inger Nybråten	62
10.	Norway Solveig Pedersen	57
11.	Finland Marjut Rolig	46
12.	Germany Gabriele Hess	35
13.	France Isabelle Mancini	28
14th	Germany Simone Opitz	26th
14th	Soviet Union Raissa Smetanina	26th
16.	Finland Pirkko Määttä	25th
17th	Sweden Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi	24

rank	Surname	Points
17th	Germany Sigrid Wille	24
19th	Norway Elin Nilsen	23
20th	Norway Inger Lise Hegge	22nd
21st	Soviet Union Olga Danilova	19th
21st	Czechoslovakia Alžbeta Havrančíková	19th
21st	Soviet Union Elena Kashirskaya	19th
24.	Germany Ina Kümmel	14th
25th	Sweden Carina Görlin	12
25th	Italy Gabriella Paruzzi	12
25th	Norway Nina Skeime	12
25th	Germany Heike Wezel	12
29	Norway Marianne Dahlmo	11
29	Norway Marit Elveos	11
29	Sweden Magdalena Wallin	11
32.	Norway Marit Wold	9
33.	Soviet Union Natalia Chernych	7th
33.	Soviet Union Yekaterina Kovalevich	7th

rank	Surname	Points
33.	Norway Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo	7th
33.	Finland Tuulikki Pyykkönen	7th
37.	Soviet Union Vera Feodorova	6th
37.	Sweden Li's frost	6th
39.	Czechoslovakia Anna Janoušková	5
39.	Soviet Union Irina Spitsina	5
39.	Sweden Karin Svingstedt	5
42.	Italy Bice Vanzetta	4th
43.	Japan Fumiko Aoki	3
43.	Sweden Ann-Marie Karlsson	3
45.	Poland Małgorzata Ruchała	2
46.	Germany Simone Bauknecht	1
46.	Italy Guidina Dal Sasso	1
46.	Czechoslovakia Kateřina Neumannová	1
46.	Soviet Union Nadesda Schlesarewa	1
46.	France Sophie Villeneuve	1

Web links

World Cup men

World Cup women

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Arbeiderbladet , December 17, 1990 , p. 29
^ L'Impartial , December 21, 1990 , p. 13
↑ czech-ski.com/pdf/1991.pdf p. 49
^ Result men's relay Lahti 1991
↑ czech-ski.com/pdf/1991.pdf p. 50
^ Result of the women's relay Falun 1991
^ Result of the women's relay Oslo 1991

[davos-1] Arbeiderbladet , December 17, 1990 , p. 29

[2] L'Impartial , December 21, 1990 , p. 13

[3] zech-ski.com/pdf/1991.pdf p. 49

[4] Result men's relay Lahti 1991

[5] zech-ski.com/pdf/1991.pdf p. 50

[6] Result of the women's relay Falun 1991

[7] Result of the women's relay Oslo 1991