Cross-country skiing world cup 2002/03

World Cup 2002/03
	Men's	Ladies
winner
Overall World Cup	Mathias Fredriksson	Bente Skari
Distance World Cup	not carried out	not carried out
Sprint World Cup	Thobias Fredriksson	Marit Bjørgen
Nations ranking	Sweden	Norway
Competitions
Venues	19th	19th
Individual competitions	22nd	22nd
Relay competitions	7th	7th
Called off	3	3
Attendees
Nations	21st	21st
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The cross-country skiing world cup 2002/03 began on October 26, 2002 in Düsseldorf and ended on March 23, 2003 in Falun . During the season from February 18 to March 1, 2003, the Nordic World Ski Championships were held in Val di Fiemme .

The women’s season was dominated by Bente Skari , who was in her last active season. With 14 individual wins (out of 21 competitions), the Norwegian won the overall standings ahead of Estonian Kristina Šmigun and Italian Gabriella Paruzzi . It was the fourth overall victory in the Cross-Country World Cup that Skari has achieved since 1999. In the men's race, Mathias Fredriksson was able to win a total of four competitions and won with a clear advantage of almost 300 points over the German René Sommerfeldt and his Swedish compatriot Jörgen Brink .

Fredriksson's Thobias won the men's sprint in front of Arne Hetland and Lauri Pyykönen . For the women, Skari had to give way to her compatriot Marit Bjørgen , who was able to secure the small crystal ball for the first time. Third place went to the Finn Pirjo Manninen .

Norway secured the Nations Cup with a clear lead of over 3000 points over Germany and Italy . While Norway was also able to win the women’s standings with confidence, ahead of Germany and Finland , the Swedish men secured this standings just ahead of Norway and Germany.

Men

Podium places

date	venue	discipline	winner	Second	Third
October 26, 2002	Dusseldorf	Sprint freestyle	Peter Larsson	Thobias Fredriksson	Gate Arne Hetland
October 27, 2002		Team sprint	called off
November 23, 2002	Kiruna	10 km freestyle	Vincent Vittoz	Pietro Piller Cottrer	Fulvio Valbusa
November 24, 2002		4 × 10 km relay	Italy Giorgio Di Centa Fulvio Valbusa Pietro Piller Cottrer Cristian Zorzi	Norway Kristen Skjeldal Anders Aukland Tor Arne Hetland Thomas Alsgaard	Germany Andreas Schlütter Axel Teichmann Tobias Angerer René Sommerfeldt
November 30, 2002	Kuusamo	10 km classic	Vasily Rotschew	Lukáš Bauer	Axel Teichmann
December 1, 2002		Mixing scale 2x5 (L) 2x10 (M)	Finland Annmari Viljanmaa Ari Palolahti Pirjo Manninen Teemu Kattilakoski	Finland II Kirsi Välimaa Kuisma Taipale Riitta-Liisa Roponen Sami Jauhojärvi	Italy Gabriella Paruzzi Fulvio Valbusa Sabina Valbusa Pietro Piller Cottrer
December 7, 2002	Davos	15 km freestyle	Mathias Fredriksson	Vincent Vittoz	Fulvio Valbusa
December 8, 2002		4 × 10 km relay	Norway II Anders Aukland Tore Bjonviken Tor Arne Hetland Thomas Alsgaard	Italy Giorgio Di Centa Freddy Schwienbacher Pietro Piller Cottrer Cristian Zorzi	Norway I. Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset Frode Estil Kristen Skjeldal Espen Bjervig
December 11, 2002	Clusone	Sprint freestyle	Gate Arne Hetland	René Sommerfeldt	Not so Högberg
December 14, 2002	Cogne	30 km classic (mass start)	Frode Estil	Aukland is different	Mathias Fredriksson
December 15, 2002		Classic sprint	Gate Arne Hetland	Lauri Pyykönen	Kristen Skjeldal
December 19, 2002	Linz	Sprint freestyle	Mikael Ostberg	Thobias Fredriksson	Cristian Zorzi
December 21, 2002	Ramsau	20 km pursuit	Axel Teichmann	Södergren is different	Tobias Angerer
January 4, 2003	Kawgolowo	10 km freestyle	René Sommerfeldt	Mathias Fredriksson	Axel Teichmann
January 5, 2003		Team sprint	called off
January 12, 2003	Otepää	Classic sprint	called off
January 12, 2003		30 km classic (mass start)	Jörgen Brink	Aukland is different	Andrus Veerpalu
January 18, 2003	Nové Město	15 km freestyle	Lukáš Bauer	Christian Hoffmann	Per Elofsson
January 19, 2003		Season	Norway Anders Aukland Frode Estil Tore Ruud Hofstad Thomas Alsgaard	Italy Giorgio Di Centa Fulvio Valbusa Cristian Zorzi Freddy Schwienbacher	Germany Jens Filbrich Andreas Schlütter Tobias Angerer Andreas Stitzl
January 25, 2003	Oberhof	15 km classic (mass start)	Mathias Fredriksson	Reto mayor	Frode Estil
January 26, 2003		Team sprint	Italy Giorgio Di Centa Cristian Zorzi	Germany René Sommerfeldt Tobias Angerer	Norway Jens Arne Svartedal Thomas Alsgaard
February 12, 2003	Reit im Winkl	Classic sprint	Cristian Zorzi	Jörgen Brink	Tobias Angerer
February 14, 2003	Asiago	Team sprint	Italy I Giorgio Di Centa Cristian Zorzi	Germany II René Sommerfeldt Tobias Angerer	Italy II Renato Pasini Freddy Schwienbacher
February 15, 2003		10 km classic	Andrus Veerpalu	Frode Estil	Fulvio Valbusa
February 18 to March 1, 2003 Nordic World Ski Championships 2003 in Val di Fiemme
March 6, 2003	Oslo	Classic sprint	Håvard Bjerkeli	Lauri Pyykönen	Thobias Fredriksson
March 8, 2003		50 km classic	Andrus Veerpalu	Aukland is different	Andrei Nutrichin
March 11, 2003	Drammen	Classic sprint	Jens Arne Svartedal	Keijo Kurttila	Thobias Fredriksson
March 16, 2003	Lahti	15 km freestyle	Mathias Fredriksson	Lukáš Bauer	Pietro Piller Cottrer
March 20, 2003	Bor length	Sprint freestyle	Thobias Fredriksson	Peter Larsson	Cristian Zorzi
March 22, 2003	Falun	20 km pursuit	Mathias Fredriksson	Frode Estil	Jörgen Brink
March 23, 2003		Season	Norway Lars Carlsson Mathias Fredriksson Anders Södergren Jörgen Brink	Italy Giorgio Di Centa Fulvio Valbusa Pietro Piller Cottrer Cristian Zorzi	Germany Jens Filbrich Andreas Schlütter René Sommerfeldt Axel Teichmann

Ratings

Overall World Cup	Sprint World Cup
rank Surname Points 1  Mathias Fredriksson 876 2  René Sommerfeldt 589 3  Jörgen Brink 441 4th  Axel Teichmann 441 5  Lukáš Bauer 429 6th  Frode Estil 414 7th  Andrus Veerpalu 370 8th  Vincent Vittoz 352 9  Gate Arne Hetland 340 10  Aukland is different 340	rank Surname Points 1  Thobias Fredriksson 416 2  Gate Arne Hetland 391 3  Lauri Pyykönen 280 4th  Jörgen Brink 279 5  Cristian Zorzi 276 6th  Haavard Bjerkeli 267 7th  Peter Larsson 248 8th  Jens Arne Svartedal 215 9  Mikael Ostberg 195 10  René Sommerfeldt 195

Women

Podium places

date	venue	discipline	winner	Second	Third
October 26, 2002	Dusseldorf	Sprint freestyle	Marit Bjørgen	Gabriella Paruzzi	Anita Moen
October 27, 2002		Team sprint	called off
November 23, 2002	Kiruna	5 km freestyle	Evi Sachsenbacher Kristina Šmigun		Claudia Künzel
November 24, 2002		4 × 5 km relay	Norway Anita Moen Bente Skari Maj Helen Sorkmo Vibeke Skofterud	Germany Manuela Henkel Viola Bauer Claudia Künzel Evi Sachsenbacher	Italy Magda Genuin Gabriella Paruzzi Arianna Follis Sabina Valbusa
November 30, 2002	Kuusamo	10 km classic	Bente Skari	Kristina Šmigun	Lilia Vasilyeva
December 1, 2002		Mixing scale 2x5 (L) 2x10 (M)	Finland Annmari Viljanmaa Ari Palolahti Pirjo Manninen Teemu Kattilakoski	Finland II Kirsi Välimaa Kuisma Taipale Riitta-Liisa Roponen Sami Jauhojärvi	Italy Gabriella Paruzzi Fulvio Valbusa Sabina Valbusa Pietro Piller Cottrer
December 7, 2002	Davos	10 km freestyle	Bente Skari	Kristina Šmigun	Gabriell Paruzzi
December 8, 2002		4 × 5 km relay	Norway Vibeke Skofterud Bente Skari Hilde G. Pedersen Maj Helen Sorkmo	Russia Olga Sawjalowa Lilija Wassiljewa Evgenija Medvedeva Nina Gavriljuk	Germany Manuela Henkel Viola Bauer Evi Sachsenbacher Claudia Künzel
December 11, 2002	Clusone	Sprint freestyle	Marit Bjørgen	Claudia Künzel	Maj Helen Sorkmo
December 14, 2002	Cogne	15 km freestyle mass start	Bente Skari	Kristina Šmigun	Anita Moen
December 15, 2002		Classic sprint	Bente Skari	Marit Bjørgen	Hilde G. Pedersen
December 19, 2002	Linz	Sprint freestyle	Pirjo Manninen	Hilde G. Pedersen	Beckie Scott
December 21, 2002	Ramsau	10 km pursuit	Bente Skari	Marit Bjørgen	Kristina Šmigun
January 4, 2003	Kawgolowo	15 km freestyle	Kristina Šmigun	Sabina Valbusa	Gabriella Paruzzi
January 5, 2003		Team sprint 6 × 1.4 km	called off
January 12, 2003	Otepää	Classic sprint	called off
January 12, 2003		15 km classic (mass start)	Bente Skari	Kristina Šmigun	Kaisa Varis
January 18, 2003	Nové Město	10 km freestyle	Bente Skari	Gabriella Paruzzi	Kristina Šmigun
January 19, 2003		4 × 5 km relay	Germany Manuela Henkel Viola Bauer Evi Sachsenbacher Claudia Künzel	Norway Anita Moen Marit Bjørgen Kristin Størmer Steira Hilde G. Pedersen	Finland Kirsi Välimaa Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Elina Hietanäki-Pienemäki Kaisa Varis
January 25, 2003	Oberhof	10 km classic (mass start)	Bente Skari	Hilde G. Pedersen	Kaisa Varis
January 26, 2003		Team sprint 6 × 1.5 km	Norway Anita Moen Hilde G. Pedersen	Germany III Manuela Henkel Claudia Künzel	Germany II Stefanie Böhler Viola Bauer
February 12, 2003	Reit im Winkl	Classic sprint	Marit Bjørgen	Evi Sachsenbacher	Sabina Valbusa
February 14, 2003	Asiago	Team sprint 6 × 1.4 km	Germany II Evi Sachsenbacher Claudia Künzel	Russia II Natalja Korosteljowa Aljona Sidko	Italy Arianna Follis Karin Moroder
February 15, 2003		5 km classic	Bente Skari	Beckie Scott	Olga Zavyalova
February 18 to March 1, 2003 Nordic World Ski Championships 2003 in Val di Fiemme
March 6, 2003	Oslo	Classic sprint	Bente Skari	Manuela Henkel	Kirsi Välimaa
March 8, 2003		30 km classic	Bente Skari	Annmari Viljanmaa	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
March 11, 2003	Drammen	Classic sprint	Bente Skari	Manuela Henkel	Virpi Kuitunen
March 16, 2003	Lahti	10 km freestyle	Gabriella Paruzzi	Olga Zavyalova	Bente Skari
March 20, 2003	Bor length	Sprint freestyle	Bente Skari	Beckie Scott	Marit Bjørgen
March 22, 2003	Falun	10 km pursuit	Bente Skari	Evi Sachsenbacher	Olga Zavyalova
March 23, 2003		4 × 5 km relay	Germany Manuela Henkel Viola Bauer Claudia Künzel Evi Sachsenbacher	Norway Anita Moen Hilde G. Pedersen Kristin Størmer Steira Bente Skari	Italy Sabina Valbusa Gabriella Paruzzi Antonella Confortola Arianna Follis

Ratings

Overall World Cup	Sprint World Cup
rank Surname Points 1  Bente Skari 1392 2  Kristina Šmigun 834 3  Gabriella Paruzzi 713 4th  Evi Sachsenbacher 667 5  Hilde G. Pedersen 543 6th  Marit Bjørgen 508 7th  Claudia Künzel 466 8th  Sabina Valbusa 427 9  Beckie Scott 504 10  Anita Moen 398	rank Surname Points 1  Marit Bjørgen 485 2  Bente Skari 410 3  Pirjo Manninen 292 4th  Manuela Henkel 276 5  Anita Moen 263 6th  Hilde G. Pedersen 248 7th  Claudia Künzel 230 8th  Maj Helen Sorkmo 196 9  Evi Sachsenbacher 190 10  Beckie Scott 181

Nations Cup

total	Men	Women
rank country Points 1  Norway 9112 2  Germany 5887 3  Italy 4965 4th  Sweden 4921 5  Russia 3867 6th  Finland 3792 7th  Estonia 1711 8th  Czech Republic 1200 9  France 707 10  Japan 640	rank country Points 1  Sweden 4006 2  Norway 3924 3  Germany 2708 4th  Italy 2702 5  Russia 1437 6th  Finland 1311 7th  Czech Republic 1002 8th  Estonia 855 9  France 561 10  Japan 350	rank country Points 1  Norway 5188 2  Germany 3179 3  Finland 2481 4th  Russia 2430 5  Italy 2263 6th  Sweden 915 7th  Estonia 856 8th  Canada 596 9  Belarus 410 10  Ukraine 397

Web links

World Cup men

• FIS database - results
• FIS database - tables

World Cup women

• FIS database - results
• FIS database - tables