1988–89 FIS Cross-Country World Cup

1988–89 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
1988–89 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Discipline	Men
Overall	Gunde Svan (5th title)
Nations Cup	Sweden
Nations Cup Overall	Soviet Union
Competition
Locations	8 venues
Individual	12 events
Relay/Team	5 events
	←1987–88 1989–90→

The 1988–89 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was the 8th official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and women. The Women's World Cup started in La Clusaz, France, on 10 December 1988 and finished in Falun, Sweden, on 12 March 1989. The Men's World Cup started in Ramsau, Austria on 10 December 1988 and finished in Falun, Sweden, on 12 March 1989.Gunde Svan of Sweden won the overall men's cup,^[1] his fifth title, and Yelena Välbe of the Soviet Union won the women's cup.^[2]

Calendar

Men

C – Classic / F – Freestyle
No.	Date	Venue	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	10 December 1988	Ramsau	15 km F	Torgny Mogren	Gunde Svan	Uwe Bellmann	[1]
2	14 December 1988	Bohinj	30 km F	Gunde Svan	Torgny Mogren	Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass	[2]
3	17 December 1988	Val di Sole	15 km F/C	Gunde Svan	Torgny Mogren	Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass	[3]
4	7 January 1989	Kavgolovo	15 km C	Vegard Ulvang	Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass	Vladimir Smirnov	[4]
5	13 January 1989	Nové Město	15 km F	Gunde Svan	Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass	Vegard Ulvang	[5]
6	15 January 1989	Nové Město	30 km C	Gunde Svan	Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass	Vegard Ulvang	[6]
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1989
7	18 February 1989	Lahti	30 km C *	Vladimir Smirnov	Vegard Ulvang	Christer Majbäck	[7]
8	20 February 1989		15 km F *	Gunde Svan	Torgny Mogren	Lars Håland	[8]
9	22 February 1989		15 km C *	Harri Kirvesniemi	Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass	Vegard Ulvang	[9]
10	26 February 1989		50 km F *	Gunde Svan	Torgny Mogren	Alexey Prokourorov	[10]
11	4 March 1989	Holmenkollen	50 km C	Vegard Ulvang	Holger Bauroth	Torgny Mogren	[11]
12	11 March 1989	Falun	30 km F	Lars Håland	Torgny Mogren	Vegard Ulvang	[12]

Women

C – Classic / F – Freestyle
No.	Date	Venue	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	10 December 1988	La Féclaz	5 km F	Alžbeta Havrančíková	Tamara Tikhonova	Yelena Välbe	[13]
2	14 December 1988	Campra	15 km F	Yelena Välbe	Alžbeta Havrančíková	Larisa Lazutina	[14]
3	17 December 1988	Davos	10 km C	Yuliya Shamshurina	Pirkko Määttä	Yelena Välbe	[15]
4	7 January 1989	Kavgolovo	15 km C	Yelena Välbe	Svetlana Nageykina	Trude Dybendahl	[16]
5	13 January 1989	Klingenthal	10 km C	Marianne Dahlmo	Manuela Di Centa	Anne Jahren	[17]
6	15 January 1989	Klingenthal	30 km F	Alžbeta Havrančíková	Gabriele Hess	Marianne Dahlmo	[18]
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1989
7	17 February 1989	Lahti	10 km C *	Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi	Pirkko Määttä	Marjo Matikainen	[19]
8	19 February 1989		10 km F *	Yelena Välbe	Marjo Matikainen	Tamara Tikhonova	[20]
9	21 February 1989		15 km C *	Marjo Matikainen	Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi	Pirkko Määttä	[21]
10	25 February 1989		30 km F *	Yelena Välbe	Larisa Lazutina	Marjo Matikainen	[22]
11	4 March 1989	Holmenkollen	10 km C + 10 km F Pursuit	Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi	Tamara Tikhonova	Anne Jahren	[23]
12	11 March 1989	Falun	15 km F	Yelena Välbe	Tamara Tikhonova	Manuela Di Centa	[24]

Men's team events

C – Classic / F – Freestyle
Date	Venue	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
11 December 1988	Ramsau	4 × 10 km relay C	Sweden Jan Ottosson Lars Håland Torgny Mogren Gunde Svan	Norway Terje Langli Torgeir Bjørn Vegard Ulvang Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass	Alexei Prokourorov Vladimir Smirnov	^[3]
8 January 1989	Kavgolovo	4 × 10 km relay F	Norway Terje Langli Torgeir Bjørn Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass Vegard Ulvang	Alexei Prokourorov	Sweden Lars-Erik Ramström Jyrki Ponsiluoma Dennis Andersson Anders Bergström	^[4]
24 February 1989	Lahti	4 × 10 km relay C/F	Sweden Christer Majbäck Gunde Svan Lars Håland Torgny Mogren	Finland Aki Karvonen Harri Kirvesniemi Kari Ristanen Jari Räsänen	Vaclav Korunka	[25] [26]
5 March 1989	Holmenkollen	4 × 10 km relay F	Sweden Thomas Eriksson Christer Majbäck Torgny Mogren Lars Håland	Alexey Prokourorov	Norway Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass Bjørn Dæhlie Vegard Ulvang Terje Langli	[27]
12 March 1989	Falun	4 × 10 km relay C	Alexey Prokourorov Vladimir Smirnov	Sweden Christer Majbäck Larry Poromaa Lars Håland Torgny Mogren	Norway Terje Langli Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass Vegard Ulvang Bjørn Dæhlie	[28]

Women's team events

C – Classic / F – Freestyle
Date	Venue	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
11 December 1988	La Féclaz	4 × 5 km relay C	Soviet Union Vida Vencienė Yuliya Shamshurina Yelena Välbe Tamara Tikhonova	Norway Marit Elveos Elin Nilsen Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo Inger Helene Nybråten	Marjo Matikainen Jaana Savolainen Erja Kuivalainen	^[5]
18 December 1988	Davos	4 × 5 km relay F	Soviet Union Larisa Lazutina Yuliya Shamshurina Tamara Tikhonova Yelena Välbe	Marie-Helene Westin Carina Görlin Karin Svingstedt	Silke Braun Silke Meyer	^[6]
8 January 1989	Kavgolovo	4 × 5 km relay F	Soviet Union I Svetlana Nageykina Larisa Lazutina Tamara Tikhonova Yelena Välbe	Marit Wold Nina Skeime Trude Dybendahl	Svietlana Kamotskaya Irina Tretiakova	^[7]
24 February 1989	Lahti	4 × 5 km relay C/F	Marjo Matikainen	Soviet Union Yuliya Shamshurina Raisa Smetanina Tamara Tikhonova Yelena Välbe	Norway Inger Helene Nybråten Anne Jahren Nina Skeime Marianne Dahlmo	[29] [30]
12 March 1989	Falun	4 × 5 km relay C	Norway Marianne Dahlmo Anne Jahren Inger Helene Nybråten Trude Dybendahl	Soviet Union Larisa Lazutina Raisa Smetanina Tamara Tikhonova Yelena Välbe	Sweden Karin Svingstedt Magdalena Wallin Karin Lamberg-Skog Anna-Lena Fritzon	[31]

Overall standings

Men's standings

Place	Skier	Points
1.	Gunde Svan	170
2.	Vegard Ulvang	154
3.	Torgny Mogren	140
4.	Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass	134
5.	Vladimir Smirnov	74
6.	Lars Håland	67
7.	Holger Bauroth	57
8.	Christer Majbäck	46
9.	Uwe Bellmann	45
10.	Alexey Prokurorov	43
10.	Terje Langli	43

Women's standings

Place	Skier	Points
1.	Yelena Välbe	167
2.	Alžbeta Havrančíková	105
3.	Tamara Tikhonova	93
4.	Manuela Di Centa	91
5.	Larisa Lazutina	89
6.	Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi	87
7.	Marianne Dahlmo	81
8.	Yuliya Stepanova	75
9.	Pirkko Määttä	62
10.	Anne Jahren	60

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Sweden (SWE)	9	6	3	18
2	Soviet Union (URS)	7	6	6	19
3	Finland (FIN)	5	5	3	13
4	Norway (NOR)	3	5	10	18
5	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	2	1	1	4
6	East Germany (GDR)	0	2	2	4
7	Italy (ITA)	0	1	1	2
Totals (7 entries)		26	26	26	78

Achievements

First World Cup career victory

Men

Vegard Ulvang, 25, in his 6th season – the WC 4 (15 km C) in Kavgolovo; first podium was 1985–86 WC 4 (5 km F) in Bohinj
Lars Håland, 26, in his 4th season – the WC 12 (30 km F) in Falun; first podium was 1988–89 WC 8 (15 km F) in Lahti

Women

Alžbeta Havrančíková, 25, in her 6th season – the WC 1 (5 km F) in La Féclaz; also first podium
Yelena Välbe, 20, in her 2nd season – the WC 2 (15 km F) in Campra; first podium was 1988–89 WC 1 (5 km F) in La Féclaz
Yuliya Shamshurina, 26, in her 4th season – the WC 3 (10 km C) in Davos; also first podium

Victories in this World Cup (all-time number of victories as of 1988–89 season in parentheses)

Men

Gunde Svan (SWE), 6 (26) first places
Vegard Ulvang (NOR), 2 (2) first places
Torgny Mogren (SWE), 1 (7) first place
Vladimir Smirnov (URS), 1 (3) first place
Harri Kirvesniemi (FIN), 1 (3) first place
Lars Håland (SWE), 1 (1) first place

Women

Yelena Välbe (URS), 5 (5) first places
Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (FIN), 2 (10) first places
Alžbeta Havrančíková (TCH), 2 (2) first places
Marjo Matikainen
(FIN), 1 (8) first place
Marianne Dahlmo (NOR), 1 (4) first place
Yuliya Shamshurina (URS), 1 (1) first place

References

International Ski Federation
. Retrieved 11 April 2018.

International Ski Federation
. Retrieved 11 April 2018.

^ Lohniský, Michael, ed. (January 1989). "4x10 km klasicky 11. prosince v Ramsau" (PDF). LYŽAŘSTVÍ (in Czech). Czech Ski Association. p. 10. Retrieved 21 December 2021.

^ Lohniský, Michael, ed. (March 1989). "4x10 km volnou technikou 8. ledna v Kavgolovu" (PDF). LYŽAŘSTVÍ (in Czech). Czech Ski Association. p. 10. Retrieved 21 December 2021.

^ Lohniský, Michael, ed. (January 1989). "4x5 km klasicky 11. prosince v La Féclaz" (PDF). LYŽAŘSTVÍ (in Czech). Czech Ski Association. p. 10. Retrieved 21 December 2021.

^ Lohniský, Michael, ed. (February 1989). "4x5 km klasicky 18. prosince v Davosu" (PDF). LYŽAŘSTVÍ (in Czech). Czech Ski Association. p. 10. Retrieved 21 December 2021.

^ Lohniský, Michael, ed. (March 1989). "4x5 km volnou technikou 8. ledna v Kavgolovu" (PDF). LYŽAŘSTVÍ (in Czech). Czech Ski Association. p. 11. Retrieved 21 December 2021.

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[1] International Ski Federation
. Retrieved 11 April 2018.

[2] International Ski Federation
. Retrieved 11 April 2018.

[3] Lohniský, Michael, ed. (January 1989). "4x10 km klasicky 11. prosince v Ramsau" (PDF). LYŽAŘSTVÍ (in Czech). Czech Ski Association. p. 10. Retrieved 21 December 2021.

[4] Lohniský, Michael, ed. (March 1989). "4x10 km volnou technikou 8. ledna v Kavgolovu" (PDF). LYŽAŘSTVÍ (in Czech). Czech Ski Association. p. 10. Retrieved 21 December 2021.

[5] Lohniský, Michael, ed. (January 1989). "4x5 km klasicky 11. prosince v La Féclaz" (PDF). LYŽAŘSTVÍ (in Czech). Czech Ski Association. p. 10. Retrieved 21 December 2021.

[6] Lohniský, Michael, ed. (February 1989). "4x5 km klasicky 18. prosince v Davosu" (PDF). LYŽAŘSTVÍ (in Czech). Czech Ski Association. p. 10. Retrieved 21 December 2021.

[7] Lohniský, Michael, ed. (March 1989). "4x5 km volnou technikou 8. ledna v Kavgolovu" (PDF). LYŽAŘSTVÍ (in Czech). Czech Ski Association. p. 11. Retrieved 21 December 2021.

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