Cross-country skiing world cup 1996/97

World Cup 1996/97
	Men's	Ladies
winner
Overall World Cup	Bjørn Dæhlie	Jelena Välbe
Sprint & Middle Distance World Cup	Bjørn Dæhlie	Stefania Belmondo
Long distance world cup	Mika Myllyl	Jelena Välbe
Nations ranking
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The 1996/97 Cross-Country World Cup was a series of competitions organized by the FIS . The World Cup began on November 23, 1996 in Kiruna and ended on March 16, 1997 in Oslo . The highlight of the season was the 1997 Nordic World Ski Championships from February 21st to March 1st in Trondheim . World Cup points were also awarded for the two best results of an athlete. For the first time, in addition to the overall World Cup ranking, there were also discipline ratings, namely sprint & middle distance on the one hand, and long distance on the other. A sprint was held for the first time in the World Cup (the sprint in the preseason in Reit im Winkl was just a test competition for which there were no World Cup points yet). However, there were only reduced World Cup points for the sprint: only the first 24 (instead of 30) received points. The winner received only 50 World Cup points (instead of 100).

Men

Podiums men

date	venue	discipline	winner	Second	Third
November 23, 1996	Kiruna	10 km freestyle	Bjørn Dæhlie	Jari Isometsä	Kristen Skjeldal
November 24, 1996	Kiruna	4 × 10 km relay	Finland Sami Repo Harri Kirvesniemi Mika Myllylä Jari Isometsä	Italy Fabio Maj Silvio Fauner Sergio Piller Fulvio Valbusa	Norway Kristen Skjeldal Anders Eide Vegard Ulvang Bjørn Dæhlie
December 7, 1996	Davos	10 km classic	Mika Myllyl	Erling Jevne	Fulvio Valbusa
December 8, 1996	Davos	4 × 10 km relay	Finland Jari Isometsä Sami Repo Harri Kirvesniemi Mika Myllylä	Sweden Mathias Fredriksson Anders Bergström Niklas Jonsson Henrik Forsberg	Norway II Kristen Skjeldal Vegard Ulvang Anders Eide Sture Sivertsen
December 14, 1996	Brusson	15 km freestyle	Bjørn Dæhlie	Fulvio Valbusa	Kristen Skjeldal
December 15, 1996	Brusson	4 × 10 km relay	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
December 18, 1996	Oberstdorf	30 km classic	Bjørn Dæhlie	Erling Jevne	Stubborn Sivertsen
4th January 1997	Kavgolovo	30 km freestyle	Mika Myllyl	Fulvio Valbusa	Maurizio Pozzi
January 11, 1997	Hakuba	10 km classic	Silvio Fauner	Erling Jevne	Jari Isometsä
January 12, 1997		15 km freestyle	Silvio Fauner	Giorgio Di Centa	Jari Isometsä
January 18, 1997	Lahti	30 km classic	Vladimir Smirnov	Mika Myllyl	Henrik Forsberg
January 19, 1997		12 × 1.5 km team sprint	Italy Maurizio Pozzi Giorgio Di Centa	Finland Ari Palolahti Jari Räsänen	Sweden Magnus Ingesson Håkan Nordbäck
Nordic World Ski Championships 1997
February 21, 1997	Trondheim	30 km freestyle	Alexei Prokurorov	Bjørn Dæhlie	Thomas Alsgaard
February 24, 1997		10 km classic	Bjørn Dæhlie	Alexei Prokurorov	Mika Myllyl
February 25, 1997		25 km	Bjørn Dæhlie	Mika Myllyl	Alexei Prokurorov
February 28, 1997		4 × 10 km relay	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
March 2, 1997		50 km classic	Mika Myllyl	Erling Jevne	Bjørn Dæhlie
March 8, 1997	Falun	15 km classic	Bjørn Dæhlie	Stubborn Sivertsen	Erling Jevne
March 9, 1997	Falun	4 × 10 km relay	Norway I. Sture Sivertsen Erling Jevne Kristen Skjeldal Bjørn Dæhlie	Norway II Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset Øyvind Skaanes Krister Sørgård Thomas Alsgaard	Sweden Mathias Fredriksson Henrik Forsberg Torgny Mogren Anders Bergström
March 11, 1997	Sunne	sprint	Bjørn Dæhlie	Tore Bjonviken	Mathias Fredriksson
March 15, 1997	Oslo	50 km freestyle	Pietro Piller Cottrer	Gate Arne Hetland	Bjørn Dæhlie

World Cup standings men

Overall World Cup	Sprint & Middle Distance World Cup	Long distance world cup
rank Surname Points 1  Bjørn Dæhlie 845 2  Mika Myllyl 580 3  Fulvio Valbusa 523 4th  Erling Jevne 488 5  Silvio Fauner 447 6th  Jari Isometsä 363 7th  Kristen Skjeldal 351 8th  Stubborn Sivertsen 345 9   Vladimir Smirnov 309 10  Alexei Prokurorov 290	rank Surname Points 1  Bjørn Dæhlie 448 2  Fulvio Valbusa 335 3  Silvio Fauner 320 4th  Erling Jevne 256 5  Kristen Skjeldal 241 6th  Jari Isometsä 238 7th  Mika Myllyl 165 8th  Stubborn Sivertsen 155 9  Sami Repo 140 10  Henrik Forsberg 137	rank Surname Points 1  Mika Myllyl 235 2  Bjørn Dæhlie 210 3   Vladimir Smirnov 193 4th  Pietro Piller Cottrer 124 5  Erling Jevne 116 6th  Mathias Fredriksson 106 7th  Fulvio Valbusa 102 8th  Stubborn Sivertsen 100 9  Alexei Prokurorov 93 10  Maurizio Pozzi 82

Women

Podiums women

date	venue	discipline	winner	Second	Third
November 23, 1996	Kiruna	5 km freestyle	Jelena Välbe	Stefania Belmondo	Nina Gavriljuk
November 24, 1996	Kiruna	4 × 5 km relay	Russia I. Nina Gawriljuk Larissa Lasutina Lyubow Jegorowa Jelena Välbe	Norway I. Trude Dybendahl Marit Mikkelsplass Anita Moen Bente Martinsen	Russia II Svetlana Nageikina Olga Kornejewa Julija Tschepalowa Olga Danilowa
December 7, 1996	Davos	10 km classic	Stefania Belmondo	Jelena Välbe	Nina Gavriljuk
December 8, 1996	Davos	4 × 5 km relay	Norway Bente Martinsen Anita Moen Marit Mikkelsplass Trude Dybendahl	Russia I. Nina Gawriljuk Larissa Lasutina Lyubow Jegorowa Jelena Välbe	Russia II Natalja Massalkina Svetlana Nageikina Julija Tschepalowa Olga Danilowa
December 14, 1996	Brusson	15 km freestyle	Stefania Belmondo	Jelena Välbe	Nina Gavriljuk
December 15, 1996	Brusson	4 × 5 km relay	Russia I. Nina Gawriljuk Olga Danilowa Lyubow Jegorowa Jelena Välbe	Russia II Olga Kornejewa Svetlana Nageikina Larissa Lasutina Julija Tschepalowa	Italy Gabriella Paruzzi Sabina Valbusa Guidina Dal Sasso Stefania Belmondo
December 18, 1996	Oberstdorf	10 km classic	Trude Dybendahl	Bente Martinsen	Anita Moen
January 5, 1997	Kavgolovo	15 km freestyle	Jelena Välbe	Larissa Lasutina	Lyubov Egorova
January 11, 1997	Hakuba	5 km classic	Stefania Belmondo	Kateřina Neumannová	Jelena Välbe
January 12, 1997		10 km freestyle	Stefania Belmondo	Kateřina Neumannová	Jelena Välbe
January 18, 1997	Lahti	15 km classic	Marit Mikkelsplass	Jelena Välbe	Stefania Belmondo
January 19, 1997	Lahti	8 × 1.5 km team sprint	Italy Sabina Valbusa Stefania Belmondo	Russia Nina Gawriljuk Jelena Välbe	Norway Anita Moen Trude Dybendahl
Nordic World Ski Championships 1997
February 21, 1997	Trondheim	15 km freestyle	Jelena Välbe	Stefania Belmondo	Kateřina Neumannová
February 23, 1997		5 km classic	Jelena Välbe	Stefania Belmondo	Olga Danilova
February 24, 1997		15 km	Jelena Välbe	Stefania Belmondo	Nina Gavriljuk
February 28, 1997		4 × 5 km relay	Russia Olga Danilowa Larissa Lasutina Nina Gawriljuk Jelena Välbe	Norway Bente Martinsen Marit Mikkelsplass Elin Nilsen Trude Dybendahl	Finland Riikka Sirviö Tuulikki Pyykkönen Kati Pulkkinen Satu Salonen
March 1, 1997		30 km classic	Jelena Välbe	Stefania Belmondo	Marit Mikkelsplass
March 8, 1997	Falun	5 km freestyle	Jelena Välbe	Stefania Belmondo	Kateřina Neumannová
March 9, 1997		4 × 5 km relay	Russia Olga Danilowa Larissa Lasutina Nina Gawriljuk Jelena Välbe	Norway Bente Martinsen Trude Dybendahl Elin Nilsen Maj Helen Sorkmo	Finland Tuulikki Pyykkönen Riikka Sirviö Kati Pulkkinen Satu Salonen
March 11, 1997	Sunne	sprint	Trude Dybendahl	Jelena Välbe	Bente Martinsen
March 15, 1997	Oslo	30 km freestyle	Stefania Belmondo	Jelena Välbe	Elin Nilsen
March 16, 1997		4 × 5 km relay	Russia Olga Danilowa Nina Gavriljuk Svetlana Nageikina Jelena Välbe	Norway Anita Moen Elin Nilsen Marit Mikkelsplass Trude Dybendahl	Italy Gabriella Paruzzi Lara Peyrot Sabina Valbusa Stefania Belmondo

World Cup stand women

Overall World Cup	Sprint & Middle Distance World Cup	Long distance world cup
rank Surname Points 1  Jelena Välbe 940 2  Stefania Belmondo 909 3  Kateřina Neumannová 525 4th  Nina Gavriljuk 518 5  Olga Danilova 414 6th  Bente Martinsen 391 7th  Marit Mikkelsplass 367 8th  Larissa Lasutina 366 9  Trude Dybendahl 334 10  Lyubov Egorova 271	rank Surname Points 1  Stefania Belmondo 489 2  Jelena Välbe 472 3  Kateřina Neumannová 321 4th  Bente Martinsen 232 5  Trude Dybendahl 225 6th  Nina Gavriljuk 203 7th  Fumiko Aoki 162 8th  Olga Danilova 142 9  Lyubov Egorova 135 10  Larissa Lasutina 130	rank Surname Points 1  Jelena Välbe 340 2  Stefania Belmondo 280 3  Nina Gavriljuk 205 4th  Marit Mikkelsplass 167 5  Olga Danilova 162 6th  Larissa Lasutina 136 7th  Elin Nilsen 109 8th  Kateřina Neumannová 99 9  Lyubov Egorova 96 10  Bente Martinsen 95

Web links

World Cup men

• FIS database - results
• FIS database - tables

World Cup women

• FIS database - results
• FIS database - tables

Individual evidence

1. ^ Result of the Kiruna men's relay in 1996
2. ^ Result of the Davos men's relay 1996
3. ^ Result men relay Brusson 1996
4. ^ Result team sprint men Lahti 1996
5. ^ Result men's relay Falun 1997
6. ^ Result of the Kiruna women's relay in 1996
7. ^ Result of the Davos women's relay 1996
8. ^ Result women's relay Brusson 1996
9. ^ Result women team sprint Lahti 1996
10. ^ Result of the women's relay Falun 1997
11. ^ Result of the women's relay Oslo 1997