1987–88 FIS Cross-Country World Cup

The 1987–88 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was the 7th official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and women. The World Cup started in La Clusaz, France, on 12 December 1987 and finished in Rovaniemi, Finland, on 27 March 1988. Gunde Svan of Sweden won the overall men's cup,[1] and Marjo Matikainen of Finland won the women's.[2]

1987–88 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Discipline Men Women
Overall Sweden Gunde Svan (4th title) Finland Marjo Matikainen (3rd title)
Nations Cup Sweden Sweden Soviet Union Soviet Union
Nations Cup Overall Sweden Sweden
Competition
Locations 9 venues 8 venues
Individual 11 events 10 events
Relay/Team 6 events 6 events

The first ever mass start event in the World Cup was arranged in Kastelruth, Italy on 15 December 1987. Swede Torgny Mogren won the men's 30 km race. The first women's mass start event was won by Finnish skier Marjo Matikainen at Holmenkollen, Norway on 17 March 1988.

Calendar

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C – Classic / F – Freestyle
No. Date Venue Event Winner Second Third Ref.
1 12 December 1987   La Clusaz 15 km F   Torgny Mogren   Gunde Svan   Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass [1]
2 15 December 1987   Kastelruth 30 km F Mass Start   Torgny Mogren   Gunde Svan   Pierre Harvey [2]
3 19 December 1987   Davos 15 km C   Gunde Svan   Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass   Jan Ottosson [3]
4 9 January 1988   Kavgolovo 30 km C   Vladimir Smirnov   Alexey Prokourorov   Christer Majbäck [4]
5 15 January 1988   Strbske Pleso 15 km F   Torgny Mogren   Holger Bauroth   Giachem Guidon [5]
1988 Winter Olympics
6 15 February 1988   Calgary 30 km C *   Alexey Prokourorov   Vladimir Smirnov   Vegard Ulvang [6]
7 19 February 1988 15 km C *   Mikhail Devyatyarov   Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass   Vladimir Smirnov [7]
8 27 February 1988 50 km F *   Gunde Svan   Maurilio De Zolt   Andreas Grünenfelder [8]
9 12 March 1988   Falun 30 km F   Pierre Harvey   Holger Bauroth   Kari Ristanen [9]
10 19 March 1988   Holmenkollen 50 km F   Pierre Harvey   Silvano Barco   Maurilio De Zolt [10]
11 27 March 1988   Rovaniemi 50 km C   Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass   Oddvar Brå   Harri Kirvesniemi [11]

Women

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C – Classic / F – Freestyle
No. Date Venue Event Winner Second Third Ref.
1 13 December 1987   La Clusaz 5 km F   Marianne Dahlmo   Jaana Savolainen   Simone Greiner-Petter [12]
2 16 December 1987   Bohinj 10 km F   Tamara Tikhonova   Anfisa Reztsova   Antonina Ordina [13]
3 19 December 1987   Reit im Winkl 5 km F   Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi   Raisa Smetanina   Marie-Helene Westin [14]
4 9 January 1988   Kavgolovo 10 km C   Inger Helene Nybråten   Vida Vencienė   Antonina Ordina [15]
5 15 January 1988   Toblach 20 km F   Simone Greiner-Petter   Anna-Lena Fritzon   Marie-Helene Westin [16]
1988 Winter Olympics
6 14 February 1988   Calgary 10 km C *   Vida Vencienė   Raissa Smetanina   Marjo Matikainen [17]
7 17 February 1988 5 km C *   Marjo Matikainen   Tamara Tikhonova   Vida Vencienė [18]
8 25 February 1988 20 km F *   Tamara Tikhonova   Anfisa Reztsova   Raisa Smetanina [19]
9 17 March 1988   Holmenkollen 30 km F Mass Start   Marjo Matikainen   Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi   Marit Mikkelsplass [20]
10 27 March 1988   Rovaniemi 10 km F   Marie-Helene Westin   Magdalena Wallin   Svetlana Nageykina [21]

Men's team events

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Date Venue Event Winner Second Third Ref.
10 January 1988   Kavgolovo 4 × 10 km relay F   Soviet Union   Sweden   Norway [3]
16 January 1988   Štrbské Pleso 4 × 10 km relay C   Sweden
Jan Ottosson
Lars Håland
Gunde Svan
Torgny Mogren
  Austria
Markus Gandler
Alois Stadlober
Andre Blatter
Alois Schwarz
  Czechoslovakia
Ladislav Švanda
Miloš Bečvář
Radim Nyč
Václav Korunka
[4]
22 February 1988   Calgary 4 × 10 km relay F   Sweden
  Soviet Union
  Czechoslovakia
[22]
24 February 1988   Calgary 4 × 10 km relay F *   Sweden
Jan Ottosson
Thomas Wassberg
Gunde Svan
Torgny Mogren
  Soviet Union
Vladimir Smirnov
Vladimir Sakhnov
Mikhail Devyatyarov
Alexey Prokourorov
  Czechoslovakia
Radim Nyč
Václav Korunka
Pavel Benc
Ladislav Švanda
-
13 March 1988   Falun 4 × 10 km relay F   Sweden
Jan Ottosson
Gunde Svan
Torgny Mogren
Christer Majbäck
  Norway
Bjørn Dæhlie
Torgeir Bjørn
Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass
Vegard Ulvang
  Italy
Marco Albarello
Giorgio Vanzetta
Maurilio De Zolt
Silvano Barco
[23]
17 March 1988   Holmenkollen 4 × 10 km relay F   Norway
Arild Monsen
Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass
Torgeir Bjørn
Vegard Ulvang
  Sweden I
Jan Ottosson
Torgny Mogren
Christer Majbäck
Gunde Svan
  Sweden II
Thomas Eriksson
Henrik Forsberg
Lars Håland
Benny Kohlberg
[24]

Women's team events

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Date Venue Event Winner Second Third Ref.
20 December 1987   Reit im Winkl 4 × 5 km relay C   Norway
Trude Dybendahl
Anne Jahren
Inger Helene Nybråten
Marianne Dahlmo
  Finland   Soviet Union [5]
10 January 1988   Leningrad 4 × 5 km relay C   Soviet Union   Norway   Sweden [6]
16 January 1988   Toblach 4 × 5 km relay F   Sweden
Karin Svingstedt
Anna-Lena Fritzon
Magdalena Wallin
Marie-Helene Westin
  East Germany   Norway [7]
23 February 1988   Calgary 4 × 5 km relay F *   Soviet Union
Svetlana Nageykina
Nina Gavrylyuk
Tamara Tikhonova
Anfisa Reztsova
  Norway
Trude Dybendahl
Marit Wold
Anne Jahren
Marianne Dahlmo
  Finland
Pirkko Määttä
Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi
Marjo Matikainen
Jaana Savolainen
-
13 March 1988   Falun 4 × 5 km relay C   Norway I
Trude Dybendahl
Inger Helene Nybråten
Anne Jahren
Marianne Dahlmo
  Finland
Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi
Marjo Matikainen
Eija Hyytiäinen
Pirkko Määttä
  Norway II
Marit Elveos
Marit Mikkelsplass
Anette Bøe
Solveig Pedersen
[25]
26 March 1988   Rovaniemi Relay 4x5 km F   Finland I
Erja Kuivalainen
Pirkko Määttä
Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi
Marjo Matikainen
  Finland II   Norway [8]
  • NOTE: Races marked with a star (*) counts officially for both as "FIS World Cup" and "Olympic Winter Games" wins statistics.

Overall standings

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Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Soviet Union (URS)79622
2  Sweden (SWE)74415
3  Norway (NOR)34310
4  Finland (FIN)3249
5  Canada (CAN)2013
6  East Germany (GDR)1214
7  Italy (ITA)0213
8  Switzerland (SUI)0022
9  Czechoslovakia (TCH)0011
Totals (9 entries)23232369

Achievements

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First World Cup career victory
Victories in this World Cup (all-time number of victories as of 1987/88 season in parentheses)

References

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  1. ^ "CUP STANDING CROSS-COUNTRY WORLD CUP 1988 MEN". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  2. ^ "CUP STANDING CROSS-COUNTRY WORLD CUP 1988 LADIES". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  3. ^ Bušta, Petr, ed. (February 1988). "4x10 km volnou technikou 10. ledna v Kavgolovo" (PDF). LYŽAŘSTVÍ (in Czech). Czech Ski Association. p. 10. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  4. ^ Bušta, Petr, ed. (February 1988). "4x10 km klasickým stylem 16. ledna" (PDF). LYŽAŘSTVÍ (in Czech). Czech Ski Association. p. 10. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  5. ^ Bušta, Petr, ed. (January 1988). "4x5 km klasickým stylem 29. prosince v Reit im Winkl" (PDF). LYŽAŘSTVÍ (in Czech). Czech Ski Association. p. 11. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  6. ^ Bušta, Petr, ed. (February 1988). "4x5 km volnou technikou 10. ledna v Kavgolovo" (PDF). LYŽAŘSTVÍ (in Czech). Czech Ski Association. p. 10. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  7. ^ Bušta, Petr, ed. (February 1988). "4x5 km volnou technikou 16. ledna v Toblachu" (PDF). LYŽAŘSTVÍ (in Czech). Czech Ski Association. p. 10. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  8. ^ Bušta, Petr, ed. (June 1988). "4x5 km volnou technikou 27. března v Rovaniemi" (PDF). LYŽAŘSTVÍ (in Czech). Czech Ski Association. p. 16. Retrieved 20 December 2021.