1991–92 FIS Cross-Country World Cup

1991–92 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
1991–92 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Discipline	Men
Overall	Bjørn Dæhlie
Nations Cup	Norway
Nations Cup Overall	Norway
Competition
Locations	8 venues
Individual	12 events
Relay/Team	5 events
	←1990–91 1992–93→

The 1991–92 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was the 11th official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and women. The World Cup started in Silver Star, Canada, from 8 December 1991 and finished in Vang, Norway, on 14 March 1992. Bjørn Dæhlie of Norway won the overall men's cup^[1] and Yelena Välbe of the CIS won the women's.^[2]

Calendar[edit]

Men[edit]

C – Classic / F – Freestyle
No.	Date	Venue	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	7 December 1991	Silver Star, BC	10 km C	Vegard Ulvang	Vladimir Smirnov	Terje Langli	[1]
2	8 December 1991	Silver Star, BC	25 km C	Vegard Ulvang	Bjørn Dæhlie	Silvio Fauner	[2]
3	14 December 1991	Thunder Bay	30 km F	Bjørn Dæhlie	Vegard Ulvang	Kristen Skjeldal	[3]
4	4 January 1992	Kavgolovo	30 km C	Bjørn Dæhlie	Vegard Ulvang	Vladimir Smirnov	[4]
5	11 January 1992	Cogne	15 km F	Bjørn Dæhlie	Torgny Mogren	Sigurd Brørs	[5]
1992 Winter Olympics (8–23 February)
6	10 February 1992	Albertville	30 km C	Vegard Ulvang	Bjørn Dæhlie	Terje Langli	[6]
7	13 February 1992		10 km C	Vegard Ulvang	Marco Albarello	Christer Majbäck	[7]
8	15 February 1992		15 km F Pursuit	Bjørn Dæhlie	Vegard Ulvang	Giorgio Vanzetta	[8]
9	22 February 1992		50 km F	Bjørn Dæhlie	Maurilio De Zolt	Giorgio Vanzetta	[9]
10	29 February 1992	Lahti	15 km C	Bjørn Dæhlie	Vegard Ulvang	Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass	[10]
11	7 March 1992	Funäsdalen	30 km F	Torgny Mogren	Bjørn Dæhlie	Vladimir Smirnov	[11]
12	14 March 1992	Vang	50 km C	Vegard Ulvang	Mikhail Botvinov	Lubos Buchta	[12]

Women[edit]

C – Classic / F – Freestyle
No.	Date	Venue	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	7 December 1991	Silver Star, BC	5 km C	Yelena Välbe	Stefania Belmondo	Svetlana Nageykina	[13]
2	8 December 1991	Silver Star, BC	15 km C	Stefania Belmondo	Yelena Välbe	Lyubov Yegorova	[14]
3	14 December 1991	Thunder Bay	5 km F	Yelena Välbe	Lyubov Yegorova	Elin Nilsen	[15]
4	4 January 1992	Kavgolovo	15 km C	Yelena Välbe	Marjut Lukkarinen	Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi	[16]
5	11 January 1992	Cogne	30 km F	Stefania Belmondo	Elin Nilsen	Trude Dybendahl	[17]
1992 Winter Olympics (8–23 February)
6	9 February 1992	Albertville	15 km C	Lyubov Yegorova	Marjut Lukkarinen	Yelena Välbe	[18]
7	13 February 1992		5 km C	Marjut Lukkarinen	Lyubov Yegorova	Yelena Välbe	[19]
8	15 February 1992		10 km F Pursuit	Lyubov Yegorova	Stefania Belmondo	Yelena Välbe	[20]
9	21 February 1992		30 km F	Stefania Belmondo	Lyubov Yegorova	Yelena Välbe	[21]
10	29 February 1992	Lahti	30 km C	Stefania Belmondo	Inger Helene Nybråten	Marjut Lukkarinen	[22]
11	7 March 1992	Funäsdalen	5 km C	Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi	Trude Dybendahl	Lyubov Yegorova	[23]
12	14 March 1992	Vang	15 km F	Yelena Välbe	Lyubov Yegorova	Stefania Belmondo	[24]

Note: Until the 1994 Winter Olympics, Olympic races were part of the World Cup. Hence results from those races are included in the World Cup overall.

Men's team[edit]

C – Classic / F – Freestyle
WC	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	5 January 1992	Kavgolovo	4 × 10 km relay C/F	Norway Terje Langli Kristen Skjeldal Vegard Ulvang Bjørn Dæhlie	Finland I Mika Myllylä Mika Kuusisto Harri Kirvesniemi Seppo Rantanen	CIS I Andrey Kirillov Mikhail Devyatyarov Alexei Prokourorov Vladimir Smirnov	[25]
2	12 January 1992	Cogne	4 × 10 km relay C/F	Sweden I Jan Ottosson Christer Majbäck Henrik Forsberg Torgny Mogren	Norway Gudmund Skjeldal Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass Sigurd Brørs Vegard Ulvang	Finland I Mika Myllylä Harri Kirvesniemi Jari Isometsä Jari Räsänen	[26]
3	15 February 1992	Albertville	4 × 10 km relay C/F	Norway Terje Langli Vegard Ulvang Kristen Skjeldal Bjørn Dæhlie	Italy Giuseppe Pulie Marco Albarello Giorgio Vanzetta Silvio Fauner	Finland Mika Kuusisto Harri Kirvesniemi Jari Räsänen Jari Isometsä	-
4	1 March 1992	Lahti	4 × 10 km relay C/F	CIS Andrey Kirillov Mikhail Botvinov Alexey Prokurorov Vladimir Smirnov	Norway I Terje Langli Vegard Ulvang Bjørn Dæhlie Kristen Skjeldal	Finland I Mika Myllylä Jukka Hartonen Jari Räsänen Jari Isometsä	[27]
5	8 March 1992	Funäsdalen	4 × 10 km relay C	Norway I Sture Sivertsen Terje Langli Vegard Ulvang Bjørn Dæhlie	CIS Andrey Kirillov Mikhail Botvinov Alexey Prokourorov Vladimir Smirnov	Sweden I Jyrki Ponsiluoma Jan Ottosson Torgny Mogren Henrik Forsberg	[28]

Women's team[edit]

C – Classic / F – Freestyle
WC	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	5 January 1992	Kavgolovo	4 × 5 km relay C/F	Finland Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi Pirkko Määttä Tuulikki Pyykkönen Marjut Lukkarinen	Norway Inger Helene Nybråten Inger Lise Hegge Solveig Pedersen Trude Dybendahl	CIS I Svetlana Nageykina Iryna Taranenko-Terelia Lyubov Yegorova Yelena Välbe	[29]
2	12 January 1992	Cogne	4 × 5 km relay C/F	Italy Bice Vanzetta Gabriella Paruzzi Manuela Di Centa Stefania Belmondo	Finland Pirkko Määttä Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi Jaana Savolainen Marjut Lukkarinen	Norway Inger Helene Nybråten Inger Lise Hegge Kristin Tjelle Elin Nilsen	[30]
3	15 February 1992	Albertville	4 × 5 km relay C/F	CIS Yelena Välbe Raisa Smetanina Larisa Lazutina Lyubov Yegorova	Norway Solveig Pedersen Inger Helene Nybråten Trude Dybendahl Elin Nilsen	Italy Bice Vanzetta Manuela Di Centa Gabriella Paruzzi Stefania Belmondo	-
4	8 March 1992	Funäsdalen	4 × 5 km relay C	Norway I Solveig Pedersen Inger Helene Nybråten Elin Nilsen Trude Dybendahl	CIS Yelena Välbe Larisa Lazutina Svetlana Nageykina Lyubov Yegorova	Finland Sirpa Ryhänen Marjut Lukkarinen Jaana Savolainen Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi	[31]
5	15 March 1992	Vang	4 × 5 km relay C/F	CIS Svetlana Nageykina Lyubov Yegorova Larisa Lazutina Yelena Välbe	Italy Bice Vanzetta Manuela Di Centa Gabriella Paruzzi Stefania Belmondo	Norway I Inger Helene Nybråten Inger Lise Hegge Elin Nilsen Trude Dybendahl	[32]

Overall standings[edit]

Men[edit]

Rank		Points
1	Bjørn Dæhlie	198
2	Vegard Ulvang	196
3	Vladimir Smirnov	93
4	Terje Langli	83
5	Torgny Mogren	73
6	Mikhail Botvinov	51
7	Harri Kirvesniemi	48
	Kristen Skjeldal	48
9	Christer Majbäck	45
10	Marco Albarello	42

Women[edit]

Rank		Points
1	Yelena Välbe	169
2	Stefania Belmondo	156
3	Lyubov Yegorova	152
4	Marjut Rolig	122
5	Elin Nilsen	98
6	Inger Helene Nybråten	96
7	Trude Dybendahl	87
8	Marie-Helene Westin	56
9	Manuela Di Centa	54
10	Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi	50

Achievements[edit]

Victories in this World Cup (all-time number of victories as of 1991–92 season in parentheses)

Men

Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR), 6 (11) first places
Vegard Ulvang (NOR), 5 (8) first places
Torgny Mogren (SWE), 1 (10) first place

Women

Yelena Välbe (CIS), 4 (19) first places
Stefania Belmondo (ITA), 4 (6) first place
Lyubov Yegorova (CIS), 2 (3) first places
Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (FIN), 1 (11) first place
Marjut Rolig (FIN), 1 (1) first place

References[edit]

^ "CUP STANDING CROSS-COUNTRY WORLD CUP 1992 MEN". International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 9 February 2017.
^ "CUP STANDING CROSS-COUNTRY WORLD CUP 1992 LADIES". International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 9 February 2017.

[1] "CUP STANDING CROSS-COUNTRY WORLD CUP 1992 MEN". International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 9 February 2017.

[2] "CUP STANDING CROSS-COUNTRY WORLD CUP 1992 LADIES". International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 9 February 2017.

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