Nordic Combined World Cup 1996/97

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Nordic combination World Cup 1996/97 Fédération Internationale de Ski Logo.svg
winner
Overall World Cup FinlandFinland Samppa Lajunen
Competitions
Venues 11
Individual competitions 12
← 1995/96 1997/98 →

The 1996/97 Nordic Combined World Cup season began on November 22, 1996 in Rovaniemi, Finland, and ended on March 22, 1997 in Štrbské Pleso, Slovakia . During the season from February 21 to March 1, 1997, the Nordic World Ski Championships took place in Trondheim , Norway . For the first time, two sprints were held in addition to the individual races in the World Cup.

With his first two World Cup successes, the Finn Samppa Lajunen was able to win the overall World Cup ranking ahead of his compatriot Jari Mantila and the Norwegian Bjarte Engen Vik . For Mantila it was the second and last World Cup success of his career. In addition, Hannu Manninen was also able to win two World Cup victories for Finland .

The Norwegian Halldor Skard celebrated his only World Cup success in Steamboat Springs . The Austrian Mario Stecher with three wins, two second and one third place and the Swiss Andy Hartmann with his third place in Oslo ensured the German-speaking podium places . With his second place in Val di Fiemme , Andrea Longo was able to get the first podium for Italy .

Results and ratings

World Cup overview

date venue discipline winner Second Third
11/22/1996 FinlandFinland Rovaniemi Single K90 / 15 km FinlandFinland Jari Mantila FinlandFinland Samppa Lajunen AustriaAustria Mario Stecher
12/11/1996 United StatesUnited States Steamboat Springs Single K88 / 15 km NorwayNorway Halldor Skard NorwayNorway Bjarte Engen Vik NorwayNorway Trond Einar Elden
12/29/1996 GermanyGermany Oberwiesenthal Sprint K90 / 7.5 km AustriaAustria Mario Stecher NorwayNorway Bjarte Engen Vik United StatesUnited States Todd Lodwick
01/05/1997 GermanyGermany Schonach Single K90 / 15 km FinlandFinland Samppa Lajunen AustriaAustria Mario Stecher FinlandFinland Jari Mantila
01/11/1997 AustriaAustria Saalfelden Single K85 / 15 km FinlandFinland Hannu Manninen AustriaAustria Mario Stecher FinlandFinland Jari Mantila
01/14/1997 ItalyItaly Val di Fiemme Single K90 / 15 km FinlandFinland Samppa Lajunen ItalyItaly Andrea Longo NorwayNorway Kristian Hammer
01/18/1997 SwitzerlandSwitzerland St. Moritz Single K95 / 15 km AustriaAustria Mario Stecher NorwayNorway Bjarte Engen Vik FinlandFinland Samppa Lajunen
02/01/1997 JapanJapan Hakuba Single K120 / 15 km AustriaAustria Mario Stecher FinlandFinland Samppa Lajunen Czech RepublicCzech Republic Ladislav Rygl
February 21 to March 1, 1997 Nordic World Ski Championships in TrondheimNorwayNorway 
03/08/1997 FinlandFinland Lahti Single K114 / 15 km FinlandFinland Hannu Manninen NorwayNorway Halldor Skard United StatesUnited States Tim Tetreault
03/14/1997 NorwayNorway Oslo Sprint K112 / 7.5 km NorwayNorway Bjarte Engen Vik FinlandFinland Hannu Manninen NorwayNorway Trond Einar Elden
03/15/1997 NorwayNorway Oslo Single K112 / 15 km NorwayNorway Bjarte Engen Vik FinlandFinland Samppa Lajunen SwitzerlandSwitzerland Andy Hartmann
03/22/1997 SlovakiaSlovakia Štrbské Pleso Single K120 / 15 km NorwayNorway Bjarte Engen Vik JapanJapan Kenji Ogiwara FinlandFinland Jari Mantila

World Cup final score and placements

rank Surname country Points
01. Samppa Lajunen FinlandFinland Finland 1223
02. Jari Mantila FinlandFinland Finland 0940
03. Bjarte Engen Vik NorwayNorway Norway 0890
04th Mario Stecher AustriaAustria Austria 0884
05. Hannu Manninen FinlandFinland Finland 0875
06th Kenji Ogiwara JapanJapan Japan 0750
07th Halldor Skard NorwayNorway Norway 0595
08th. Trond Einar Elden NorwayNorway Norway 0581
09. Valery Stolyarov RussiaRussia Russia 0507
10. Knut Tore Apeland NorwayNorway Norway 0497

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