Cross-country skiing world cup 1997/98

World Cup 1997/98
	Men's	Ladies
winner
Overall World Cup	Thomas Alsgaard	Larissa Lasutina
Sprint & Middle Distance World Cup	Thomas Alsgaard	Bente Martinsen
Long distance world cup	Thomas Alsgaard	Larissa Lasutina
Nations ranking
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The 1997/98 Cross-Country World Cup was a series of competitions organized by the FIS . The World Cup began on November 22, 1997 in Beitostølen and ended on March 14, 1998 in Oslo . The high point of the season was the 1998 Winter Olympics from February 7th to February 22nd in Nagano . The individual competitions held there were not counted as World Cup events.

Men

Podiums men

date	venue	discipline	winner	Second	Third
November 22, 1997	Beitostølen	10 km freestyle	Bjørn Dæhlie	Vladimir Smirnov	Erling Jevne
November 23, 1997	Beitostølen	4 × 10 km relay	Norway Thomas Alsgaard Anders Eide Erling Jevne Bjørn Dæhlie	Finland Jari Isometsä Harri Kirvesniemi Sami Repo Kuisma Taipale	Norway Sture Sivertsen Frode Estil Anders Aukland Øyvind Skaanes
December 7, 1997	Santa Caterina Valfurva	4 × 10 km relay	Russia Maxim Pitschugin Vladimir Legotin Alexei Prokurorow Sergei Tschepikow	Italy Fabio Maj Silvio Fauner Pietro Piller Cottrer Roberto De Zolt Ponte	Sweden Anders Bergström Per Elofsson Torgny Mogren Henrik Forsberg
December 10, 1997	Milan	sprint	Ari Palolahti	Thobias Fredriksson	Christian Hoffmann
December 13, 1997	Val di Fiemme	10 km classic	Bjørn Dæhlie	Stubborn Sivertsen	Vladimir Smirnov
December 15, 1997		15 km freestyle	Bjørn Dæhlie	Thomas Alsgaard	Mikhail Botvinov
December 16, 1997		15 km freestyle	Fulvio Valbusa	Thomas Alsgaard	Bjørn Dæhlie
December 20, 1997	Davos	30 km classic	Bjørn Dæhlie	Thomas Alsgaard	Erling Jevne
January 3, 1998	Kavgolovo	30 km freestyle	Mika Myllyl	Thomas Alsgaard	Fabio Maj
January 8, 1998	Ramsau	15 km classic	Thomas Alsgaard	Mika Myllyl	Jari Isometsä
January 10, 1998		30 km freestyle	Thomas Alsgaard	Silvio Fauner	Mikhail Botvinov
January 11, 1998		4 × 10 km relay	Italy Fabio Maj Fulvio Valbusa Pietro Piller Cottrer Silvio Fauner	Sweden Mathias Fredriksson Niklas Jonsson Per Elofsson Torgny Mogren	Austria Michail Botwinow Alois Stadlober Christian Hoffmann Achim Walcher
Olympic Winter Games from February 7-22, 1998 in Nagano
March 7, 1998	Lahti	30 km classic	Vladimir Smirnov	Thomas Alsgaard	Frode Estil
March 8, 1998		4 × 10 km relay	Finland Harri Kirvesniemi Mika Myllyl Sami Repo Jari Isometsä	Norway Frode Estil Sture Sivertsen Anders Eide Thomas Alsgaard	Russia Vladimir Legotin Alexei Prokurorow Andrei Nutrichin Sergei Tschepikow
March 11, 1998	Falun	10 km freestyle	Thomas Alsgaard	Mikhail Botvinov	Per Elofsson
March 11, 1998	Falun	10 × 1.6 km team sprint	Sweden Mathias Fredriksson Per Elofsson	Norway Rune Torseth Tor Arne Hetland	Finland Jari Isometsä Ari Palolahti
March 14, 1998	Oslo	50 km classic	Alexei Prokurorov	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset	Bjørn Dæhlie

World Cup standings men

Overall World Cup	Sprint & Middle Distance World Cup	Long distance world cup
rank Surname Points 1  Thomas Alsgaard 790 2  Bjørn Dæhlie 678 3   Vladimir Smirnov 431 4th  Mikhail Botvinov 330 5  Jari Isometsä 316 6th  Fulvio Valbusa 310 7th  Mika Myllyl 308 8th  Erling Jevne 292 9  Silvio Fauner 273 10  Mathias Fredriksson 268	rank Surname Points 1  Thomas Alsgaard 486 2  Bjørn Dæhlie 482 3   Vladimir Smirnov 247 4th  Mikhail Botvinov 230 5  Fulvio Valbusa 226 6th  Henrik Forsberg 191 7th  Erling Jevne 161 8th  Mathias Fredriksson 148 9  Jari Isometsä 140 10  Per Elofsson 130	rank Surname Points 1  Thomas Alsgaard 351 2  Bjørn Dæhlie 196 2  Mika Myllyl 196 4th   Vladimir Smirnov 184 5  Jari Isometsä 176 6th  Alexei Prokurorov 156 7th  Fabio Maj 155 8th  Silvio Fauner 145 9  Frode Estil 142 10  Erling Jevne 131

Women

Podiums women

date	venue	discipline	winner	Second	Third
November 22, 1997	Beitostølen	5 km freestyle	Larissa Lasutina	Bente Martinsen	Kateřina Neumannová
November 23, 1997	Beitostølen	4 × 5 km relay	Russia Natalja Baranowa-Massalkina Olga Danilowa Nina Gavriljuk Larissa Lasutina	Norway Anita Moen Marit Mikkelsplass Trude Dybendahl Bente Martinsen	Italy Karin Moroder Stefania Belmondo Sabina Valbusa Gabriella Paruzzi
December 7, 1997	Santa Caterina Valfurva	4 × 5 km relay	Russia Jelena Välbe Julija Tschepalowa Larissa Lasutina Olga Danilowa	Russia Natalja Baranowa-Massalkina Olga Sawjalowa Svetlana Nageikina Nina Gavriljuk	Italy Gabriella Paruzzi Karin Moroder Sabina Valbusa Stefania Belmondo
December 10, 1997	Milan	sprint	Bente Martinsen	Trude Dybendahl	Anita Moen
December 13, 1997	Val di Fiemme	5 km classic	Bente Martinsen	Anita Moen	Larissa Lasutina
December 14, 1997		4 × 5 km relay	Russia Svetlana Nageikina Jelena Välbe Larissa Lasutina Olga Danilowa	Italy Gabriella Paruzzi Manuela Di Centa Sabina Valbusa Stefania Belmondo	Russia Natalja Baranowa-Massalkina Olga Sawjalowa Julija Tschepalowa Nina Gavriljuk
December 16, 1997		15 km freestyle	Larissa Lasutina	Sabina Valbusa	Stefania Belmondo
December 20, 1997	Davos	15 km classic	Jelena Välbe	Svetlana Nageikina	Anita Moen
January 4, 1998	Kavgolovo	10 km freestyle	Julia Tchepalova	Stefania Belmondo	Larissa Lasutina
January 8, 1998	Ramsau	10 km classic	Marit Mikkelsplass	Bente Martinsen	Kateřina Neumannová
January 9, 1998		5 km classic	Bente Martinsen	Larissa Lasutina	Kateřina Neumannová
January 11, 1998		10 km freestyle	Stefania Belmondo	Larissa Lasutina	Marit Mikkelsplass
Olympic Winter Games from February 7-22, 1998 in Nagano
March 7, 1998	Lahti	15 km freestyle	Stefania Belmondo	Larissa Lasutina	Svetlana Nageikina
March 8, 1998	Lahti	4 × 5 km relay	Russia Olga Danilowa Larissa Lasutina Nina Gavriljuk Julija Tschepalowa	Norway Bente Martinsen Marit Mikkelsplass Elin Nilsen Trude Dybendahl	Russia Swetlana Nageikina Natalja Baranowa-Massalkina Olga Sawjalowa Irina Skladnewa
March 11, 1998	Falun	5 km freestyle	Larissa Lasutina	Stefania Belmondo	Julia Tchepalova
March 11, 1998		6 × 1.6 km team sprint	Switzerland Sylvia Honegger Brigitte Albrecht-Loretan	France Sophie Villeneuve Karine Laurent Philippot	Russia Irina Skladnewa Olga Danilova
March 14, 1998	Oslo	30 km classic	Larissa Lasutina	Svetlana Nageikina	Anita Moen

World Cup stand women

Overall World Cup	Sprint & Middle Distance World Cup	Long distance world cup
rank Surname Points 1  Larissa Lasutina 773 2  Bente Martinsen 625 3  Stefania Belmondo 544 4th  Anita Moen 462 5  Marit Mikkelsplass 416 6th  Svetlana Nageikina 375 7th  Olga Danilova 363 8th  Trude Dybendahl 333 9  Iryna Terelja 329 10  Julia Tchepalova 314	rank Surname Points 1  Bente Martinsen 525 2  Larissa Lasutina 480 3  Stefania Belmondo 355 4th  Anita Moen 336 5  Marit Mikkelsplass 281 6th  Trude Dybendahl 244 7th  Iryna Terelja 206 8th  Nina Gavriljuk 204 9  Kateřina Neumannová 200 10  Olga Danilova 199	rank Surname Points 1  Larissa Lasutina 293 2  Svetlana Nageikina 3  Stefania Belmondo 208 4th  Olga Danilova 164 5  Jelena Välbe 136 6th  Marit Mikkelsplass 135 7th  Anita Moen 126 8th  Iryna Terelja 123 8th  Julia Tchepalova 123 10  Bente Martinsen 106

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 Beitostølen 1997
2. ↑ Result of the men's relay Santa Caterina Valfurva 1997
3. ^ Result men's relay Ramsau 1998
4. ^ Result men's relay Lahti 1998
5. ^ Result team sprint men Falun 1998
6. ^ Result women's relay Beitostølen 1997
7. ^ Result of the women's relay Santa Caterina Valfurva 1997
8. ^ Result women's relay Val di Fiemme 1997
9. ^ Result of women's relay Lahti 1998
10. ^ Result women team sprint Falun 1998