1987–88 FIS Cross-Country World Cup

1987–88 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
1987–88 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Discipline	Men
Overall	Gunde Svan (4th title)
Nations Cup	Sweden
Nations Cup Overall	Sweden
Competition
Locations	9 venues
Individual	11 events
Relay/Team	6 events
	←1986–87 1988–89→

The 1987–88 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was the 7th official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and ladies. 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]

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[]

Men[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

Men's standings[]

Place	Skier	Points
1.	Gunde Svan	109
2.	Torgny Mogren	100
3.	Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass	99
4.	Holger Bauroth	81
4.	Vladimir Smirnov	71
6.	Pierre Harvey	67
7.	Vegard Ulvang	64
8.	Jan Ottosson	58
9.	Alexey Prokurorov	57
10.	Kari Ristanen	50

Women's standings[]

Place	Skier	Points
1.	Marjo Matikainen	107
2.	Marie-Helen Westin	92
3.	Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi	82
4.	Tamara Tikhonova	81
5.	Vida Vencienė	78
6.	Raisa Smetanina	65
7	Marianne Dahlmo	62
8.	Simone Greiner-Petter	59
9.	Inger Helene Nybråten	54
10.	Pirkko Määttä	52

Medal table[]


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	7	9	6	22
2	Sweden (SWE)	7	4	4	15
3	Norway (NOR)	3	4	3	10
4	Finland (FIN)	3	2	4	9
5	Canada (CAN)	2	0	1	3
6	East Germany (GDR)	1	2	1	4
7	Italy (ITA)	0	2	1	3
8	Switzerland (SUI)	0	0	2	2
9	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 nations)		23	23	23	69

Achievements[]

First World Cup career victory

Men

None

Women

Tamara Tikhonova, 23, in her 5th season – the WC 2 (10 km F) in Bohinj; also first podium
Simone Greiner-Petter, 20, in her 2nd season – the WC 5 (20 km F) in Toblach; first podium was 1987–88 WC 1 (5 km F) in La Clusaz
Vida Vencienė, 26, in her 3rd season – the WC 6 (10 km C) in Calgary; first podium was 1987–88 WC 4 (10 km C) in Leningrad

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

Men

Torgny Mogren (SWE), 3 (6) first places
Gunde Svan (SWE), 2 (20) first places
Pierre Harvey (CAN), 2 (3) first places
Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass (NOR), 1 (3) first place
Vladimir Smirnov (USSR), 1 (2) first place
Alexey Prokourorov (USSR), 1 (2) first place
Mikhail Devyatyarov (USSR), 1 (2) first place

Women

Marjo Matikainen (FIN), 2 (7) first places
Tamara Tikhonova (USSR), 2 (2) first places
Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (FIN), 1 (8) first places
Marianne Dahlmo (NOR), 1 (3) first place
Inger Helene Nybråten (NOR), 1 (2) first place
Marie-Helene Westin (SWE), 1 (2) first place
Simone Greiner-Petter (DDR), 1 (1) first place
Vida Vencienė (USSR), 1 (1) first place

References[]

^ "CUP STANDING CROSS-COUNTRY WORLD CUP 1988 MEN". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
^ "CUP STANDING CROSS-COUNTRY WORLD CUP 1988 LADIES". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
^ 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.
^ Bušta, Petr, ed. (February 1988). "4x10 km klasickým stylem 16. ledna" (PDF). LYŽAŘSTVÍ (in Czech). Czech Ski Association. p. 10. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.

[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.

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1987–88 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Gunde Svan (4th title)	Marjo Matikainen (3rd title)
Nations Cup	Sweden	Soviet Union
Nations Cup Overall	Sweden
Competition
Locations	9 venues	8 venues
Individual	11 events	10 events
Relay/Team	6 events	6 events
←1986–87 1988–89→