1988–89 FIS Cross-Country World Cup

1988–89 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Gunde Svan (5th title)	Yelena Välbe
Nations Cup	Sweden	Soviet Union
Nations Cup Overall	Soviet Union
Competition
Locations	8 venues	8 venues
Individual	12 events	12 events
Relay/Team	5 events	5 events

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, his fifth title, and Yelena Välbe of the Soviet Union won the women's cup.

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		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		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	Soviet Union Andrey Sergeev Mikhail Devyatyarov Alexei Prokourorov Vladimir Smirnov
8 January 1989	Kavgolovo	4 × 10 km relay F	Norway Terje Langli Torgeir Bjørn Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass Vegard Ulvang	Soviet Union Igor Badamshin Vladimir Sakhnov Vladimir Smirnov Alexei Prokourorov	Sweden Lars-Erik Ramström Jyrki Ponsiluoma Dennis Andersson Anders Bergström
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	Czechoslovakia Ladislav Svanda Martin Petrásek Radim Nyc Vaclav Korunka	[25] [26]
5 March 1989	Holmenkollen	4 × 10 km relay F	Sweden Thomas Eriksson Christer Majbäck Torgny Mogren Lars Håland	Soviet Union Igor Badamshin Vladimir Smirnov Vladimir Sakhnov Alexey Prokourorov	Norway Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass Bjørn Dæhlie Vegard Ulvang Terje Langli	[27]
12 March 1989	Falun	4 × 10 km relay C	Soviet Union Igor Badamshin Vladimir Sakhnov 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	Finland Tiina Pönkä Marjo Matikainen Jaana Savolainen Erja Kuivalainen
18 December 1988	Davos	4 × 5 km relay F	Soviet Union Larisa Lazutina Yuliya Shamshurina Tamara Tikhonova Yelena Välbe	Sweden Magdalena Wallin Marie-Helene Westin Carina Görlin Karin Svingstedt	East Germany Kerstin Moring Susann Kuhfittig Silke Braun Silke Meyer
8 January 1989	Kavgolovo	4 × 5 km relay F	Soviet Union I Svetlana Nageykina Larisa Lazutina Tamara Tikhonova Yelena Välbe	Norway Marianne Dahlmo Marit Wold Nina Skeime Trude Dybendahl	Soviet Union III Natalia Chernych Elena Kaschirskaja Svietlana Kamotskaya Irina Tretiakova
24 February 1989	Lahti	4 × 5 km relay C/F	Finland Pirkko Määttä Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi Jaana Savolainen 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	Country	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	Country	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

See also

• Johann Mühlegg