Cross-country skiing world cup 1995/96

The 1995/96 cross-country skiing world cup was a series of competitions organized by the FIS . The World Cup began on November 25, 1995 in Vuokatti and ended on March 16, 1996 in Oslo . For the first time in the history of the cross-country skiing world cup, a team sprint and a sprint were held (for women and men). While the team sprint in Seefeld was awarded World Cup points for the national ranking, the sprint in Reit im Winkl was just a test competition for which no World Cup points had yet been awarded.

Men

Podiums men

date	venue	discipline	winner	Second	Third
November 26, 1995	Vuokatti	10 km classic	Vladimir Smirnov	Bjørn Dæhlie	Sami Repo
November 29, 1995	Gällivare	15 km freestyle	Bjørn Dæhlie	Jari Isometsä	Silvio Fauner
December 9, 1995	Davos	30 km classic	Bjørn Dæhlie	Vladimir Smirnov	Silvio Fauner
December 10, 1995	Davos	4 × 10 km relay	Finland Karri Hietamäki Sami Repo Mika Myllylä Jari Isometsä	Norway Sture Sivertsen Erling Jevne Bjørn Dæhlie Thomas Alsgaard	Sweden Morgan Göransson Niklas Jonsson Anders Bergström Torgny Mogren
December 13, 1995	Brusson	15 km freestyle	Bjørn Dæhlie	Silvio Fauner	Vladimir Smirnov
December 16, 1995	Santa Caterina	10 km classic	Bjørn Dæhlie	Vladimir Smirnov	Mika Myllyl
December 17, 1995		15 km freestyle	Bjørn Dæhlie	Jari Isometsä	Vladimir Smirnov
January 9, 1996	Štrbské Pleso	50 km freestyle	Vladimir Smirnov	Bjørn Dæhlie	Niklas Jonsson
January 13, 1996	Nové Město	15 km classic	Vladimir Smirnov	Jari Isometsä	Mika Myllyl
January 14, 1996	Nové Město	4 × 10 km relay	Finland Sami Repo Mika Myllyl Harri Kirvesniemi Jari Isometsä	Norway Thomas Alsgaard Vegard Ulvang Erling Jevne Bjørn Dæhlie	Italy Fabio Maj Giorgio Vanzetta Fulvio Valbusa Gaudenzio Godioz
February 2, 1996	Seefeld	10 km freestyle	Bjørn Dæhlie	Fulvio Valbusa	Jari Isometsä
February 2, 1996	Seefeld	12 × 1.5 km team sprint	Italy Fulvio Valbusa Silvio Fauner	Sweden Niklas Jonsson Torgny Mogren	Finland Mika Myllyl Jari Isometsä
4th February 1996	Reit im Winkl	sprint	Gate Arne Hetland	Peter Schlickenrieder	Silvio Fauner
February 10, 1996	Kavgolovo	15 km classic	Alexei Prokurorov	Vladimir Smirnov	Bjørn Dæhlie
February 24, 1996	Trondheim	30 km freestyle	Vladimir Smirnov	Bjørn Dæhlie	Alexei Prokurorov
February 25, 1996	Trondheim	4 × 10 km relay	Norway Vegard Ulvang Erling Jevne Bjørn Dæhlie Thomas Alsgaard	Italy Giorgio Di Centa Marco Albarello Fulvio Valbusa Silvio Fauner	Sweden Mathias Fredriksson Niklas Jonsson Anders Bergström Torgny Mogren
March 3, 1996	Lahti	30 km freestyle	Jari Isometsä	Bjørn Dæhlie	Alexei Prokurorov
March 3, 1996	Lahti	4 × 10 km relay	Italy Marco Albarello Silvio Fauner Fabio Maj Fulvio Valbusa	Russia Sergei Tschepikow Mikhail Botvinov Sergei Tschernych Alexei Prokurorow	Norway Kristen Skjeldal Anders Eide Egil Kristiansen Thomas Alsgaard
March 9, 1996	Falun	10 km freestyle	Vladimir Smirnov	Bjørn Dæhlie	Jari Isometsä
March 10, 1996		15 km	Vladimir Smirnov	Fulvio Valbusa	Jari Isometsä
March 16, 1996	Oslo	50 km classic	Erling Jevne	Krister Sørgård	Bergström is different
March 16, 1996	Oslo	4 × 10 km relay	Norway II Tore Bjonviken Frode Estil Remi Andersen Tor Arne Hetland	Norway I. Egil Kristiansen Vegard Ulvang Anders Eide Bjørn Dæhlie	Finland Ari Palolahti Sami Repo Markus Vuorenmaa Jari Isometsä

World Cup standings men

Overall World Cup
Final score (Top 10)
rank Surname Points 1  Bjørn Dæhlie 1110 2   Vladimir Smirnov 1034 3  Jari Isometsä 617 4th  Alexei Prokurorov 544 5  Silvio Fauner 508 6th  Fulvio Valbusa 482 7th  Mikhail Botvinov 401 8th  Thomas Alsgaard 352 9  Torgny Mogren 312 9  Johann Mühlegg 312

Women

Podiums women

date	venue	discipline	winner	Second	Third
November 25, 1995	Vuokatti	5 km classic	Lyubov Egorova	Jelena Välbe	Marit Mikkelsplass
November 29, 1995	Gällivare	10 km freestyle	Stefania Belmondo	Lyubov Egorova	Jelena Välbe
December 9, 1995	Davos	5 km freestyle	Jelena Välbe	Kateřina Neumannová	Manuela Di Centa
December 10, 1995		10 km classic	Lyubov Egorova	Jelena Välbe	Larissa Lasutina
December 13, 1995	Brusson	10 km freestyle	Jelena Välbe	Lyubov Egorova	Nina Gavriljuk
December 17, 1995	Santa Caterina	10 km classic	Larissa Lasutina	Lyubov Egorova	Nina Gavriljuk
December 17, 1995	Santa Caterina	4 × 5 km relay	Russia Larissa Lasutina Nina Gavriljuk Lyubow Jegorowa Jelena Välbe	Italy Cristina Paluselli Stefania Belmondo Gabriella Paruzzi Manuela Di Centa	Russia Svetlana Nageikina Julija Tschepalowa Natalja Baranowa-Massalkina Olga Sawjalowa
January 9, 1996	Štrbské Pleso	30 km freestyle	Manuela Di Centa	Jelena Välbe	Stefania Belmondo
January 13, 1996	Nové Město	10 km classic	Jelena Välbe	Manuela Di Centa	Larissa Lasutina
January 13, 1996	Nové Město	4 × 5 km relay	Russia Swetlana Nageikina Larissa Lasutina Nina Gawriljuk Jelena Välbe	Norway Anita Moen Bente Martinsen Marit Mikkelsplass Trude Dybendahl	Italy Cristina Paluselli Stefania Belmondo Gabriella Paruzzi Manuela Di Centa
February 2, 1996	Seefeld	10 km freestyle	Manuela Di Centa	Stefania Belmondo	Jelena Välbe
February 2, 1996	Seefeld	6 × 1.5 km team sprint	Italy Stefania Belmondo Manuela Di Centa	Norway Trude Dybendahl Anita Moen	Russia Jelena Välbe Olga Sawjalowa
4th February 1996	Reit im Winkl	sprint	Jelena Välbe	Anita Moen	Kateřina Neumannová
February 11, 1996	Kavgolovo	10 km classic	Manuela Di Centa	Larissa Lasutina	Marit Mikkelsplass
February 24, 1996	Trondheim	5 km classic	Manuela Di Centa	Marit Mikkelsplass	Larissa Lasutina
February 25, 1996		10 km	Manuela Di Centa	Jelena Välbe	Nina Gavriljuk
March 2, 1996	Lahti	10 km freestyle	Manuela Di Centa	Stefania Belmondo	Nina Gavriljuk
March 9, 1996	Falun	15 km freestyle	Manuela Di Centa	Jelena Välbe	Nina Gavriljuk
March 10, 1996	Falun	4 × 5 km relay	Russia Nina Gawriljuk Larissa Lasutina Lyubow Jegorowa Jelena Välbe	Norway Bente Martinsen Marit Mikkelsplass Trude Dybendahl Anita Moen	Italy Barbara Giacomuzzi Manuela Di Centa Guidina Dal Sasso Stefania Belmondo
March 16, 1996	Oslo	30 km classic	Nina Gavriljuk	Larissa Lasutina	Marit Mikkelsplass
March 16, 1996	Oslo	4 × 5 km relay	Russia Svetlana Nageikina Larissa Lasutina Olga Sawjalowa Nina Gavriljuk	Finland Riikka Sirviö Tuulikki Pyykkönen Kati Pulkkinen Anu Kittilä	Norway Bente Martinsen Marit Mikkelsplass Maj Helen Sorkmo Anita Moen

World Cup stand women

Overall World Cup
Final score (Top 10)
rank Surname Points 1  Manuela Di Centa 1004 2  Jelena Välbe 945 3  Larissa Lasutina 732 4th  Nina Gavriljuk 717 5  Lyubov Egorova 690 6th  Stefania Belmondo 675 7th  Marit Mikkelsplass 579 8th  Kateřina Neumannová 419 9  Iryna Terelja 340 10  Anita Moen 330

Web links

World Cup men

• FIS database - results
• FIS database - tables

World Cup women

• FIS database - results
• FIS database - tables

Individual evidence

1. ^ Result men's relay Davos 1995
2. ^ Result men's relay Nové Město 1996
3. ^ Results team sprint Seefeld 1996
4. ^ Result Trondheim Men's Relay 1996
5. ^ Result of men's relay Lahti 1996
6. ^ Result of men's relay Oslo 1996
7. ^ Result of the women's relay Santa Caterina 1995
8. ^ Result women's relay Nové Město 1996
9. ^ Result women team sprint Seefeld 1996
10. ^ Result of the women's relay Falun 1996
11. ^ Result women's relay Oslo 1996