1989–90 FIS Cross-Country World Cup

The 1989–90 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was the 9th official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and women. The World Cup started in Soldier Hollow, United States, on 9 December 1989 and finished in Vang Municipality in Oppland county, Norway, on 17 March 1990. Vegard Ulvang of Norway won the overall men's cup,^[1] and Larisa Lazutina of the Soviet Union won the overall women's cup.^[2]

Discipline Men

Overall

Vegard Ulvang

Nations Cup

Norway

Nations Cup Overall

Soviet Union

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1989–90 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Vegard Ulvang	Larisa Lazutina
Nations Cup	Norway	Soviet Union
Nations Cup Overall	Soviet Union
Competition
Locations	10 venues	10 venues
Individual	11 events	11 events
Relay/Team	5 events	6 events
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Calendar

Men

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C – Classic / F – Freestyle
No.	Date	Venue	Event	Winner	Second	Third
1	9 December 1989	Salt Lake City	15 km C	Bjørn Dæhlie	Vegard Ulvang	Jochen Behle
2	16 December 1989	Canmore	15 km F	Christer Majbäck	Bjørn Dæhlie	Markus Gandler
3	17 December 1989	Canmore	50 km C	Jochen Behle	Igor Badamshin	Maurilio De Zolt
4	13 January 1990	Moscow	30 km F	Gunde Svan	Vegard Ulvang	Torgny Mogren
5	17 February 1990	Campra	15 km F	Bjørn Dæhlie	Vegard Ulvang	Torgny Mogren
6	21 February 1990	Val di Fiemme	15 km C	Gunde Svan	Vegard Ulvang	Bjørn Dæhlie
7	25 February 1990	Reit im Winkl	30 km F	Vladimir Smirnov	Torgny Mogren	Jochen Behle
8	3 March 1990	Lahti	15 km F + 15 km C Pursuit	Bjørn Dæhlie	Vegard Ulvang	Lars Håland
9	6 March 1990	Trondheim	15 km C	Alexey Prokourorov	Gunde Svan	Christer Majbäck
10	10 March 1990	Örnsköldsvik	30 km C	Terje Langli	Harri Kirvesniemi	Vladimir Smirnov
11	17 March 1990	Vang	50 km F	Gunde Svan	Torgny Mogren	Alfred Runggaldier

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Women

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C – Classic / F – Freestyle
No.	Date	Venue	Event	Winner	Second	Third
1	9 December 1989	Salt Lake City	5 km C	Jaana Savolainen	Tuulikki Pyykkonen	Svetlana Nageykina
2	10 December 1989	Salt Lake City	15 km F	Stefania Belmondo	Larisa Lazutina	Yelena Välbe
3	15 December 1989	Thunder Bay	15 km C	Larisa Lazutina	Trude Dybendahl	Svetlana Nageykina
4	14 January 1990	Moscow	30 km F	Trude Dybendahl	Raissa Smetanina	Larisa Lazutina
5	18 February 1990	Pontresina	15 km F	Manuela Di Centa	Yelena Välbe	Larisa Lazutina
6	20 February 1990	Val di Fiemme	10 km F	Yelena Välbe	Lyubov Yegorova	Svetlana Nageykina
7	25 February 1990	Bohinj	10 km C	Svetlana Nageykina	Lyubov Yegorova	Trude Dybendahl
8	2 March 1990	Lahti	5 km F	Yelena Välbe	Svetlana Nageykina	Larisa Lazutina
9	7 March 1990	Sollefteå	30 km F	Manuela Di Centa	Gabriele Hess	Yelena Välbe
10	10 March 1990	Örnsköldsvik	10 km C	Trude Dybendahl	Manuela Di Centa	Larisa Lazutina
11	17 March 1990	Vang	10+10 km Pursuit	Trude Dybendahl	Larisa Lazutina	Lyubov Yegorova

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Men's team

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C – Classic / F – Freestyle
Date	Venue	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
10 December 1989	Salt Lake City	4 × 10 km relay C/F	Sweden Jan Ottosson Christer Majbäck Torgny Mogren Gunde Svan	Norway I Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass Vegard Ulvang Øyvind Skaanes Bjørn Dæhlie	Norway II Arild Monsen Erling Jevne Torgeir Bjørn Terje Langli	^[3]
22 February 1990	Val di Fiemme	4 × 10 km relay C/F	Sweden Henrik Forsberg Jan Ottosson Christer Majbäck Gunde Svan	Italy Maurilio De Zolt Silvano Barco Giorgio Vanzetta Marco Albarello	Norway Øyvind Skaanes Bjørn Dæhlie Vegard Ulvang Terje Langli
1 March 1990	Lahti	4 × 10 km relay F	Italy Silvio Fauner Maurilio De Zolt Giorgio Vanzetta Alfred Runggaldier	Soviet Union Igor Badamshin Alexey Prokourorov Mikhail Botvinov Vladimir Smirnov	Sweden Henrik Forsberg Jan Ottosson Torgny Mogren Lars Håland
11 March 1990	Örnsköldsvik	4 × 10 km relay C/F	Sweden Jan Ottosson Christer Majbäck Henrik Forsberg Torgny Mogren	Norway Øyvind Skaanes Sture Sivertsen Vegard Ulvang Terje Langli	Czechoslovakia Lubos Buchta Ladislav Svanda Radim Nyc Vaclav Korunka
16 March 1990	Vang	4 × 10 km relay C/F	Norway Åge Skinstad Terje Langli Vegard Ulvang Øyvind Skaanes	Sweden Torgny Mogren Lars Håland Christer Majbäck Henrik Forsberg	Soviet Union Igor Badamshin Alexander Golubev Mikhail Botvinov Vladimir Smirnov

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Women's team

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C – Classic / F – Freestyle
Date	Venue	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
17 December 1989	Thunder Bay	4 × 5 km relay C/F	Soviet Union Svetlana Nageykina Larisa Lazutina Tamara Tikhonova Yelena Välbe	Finland Pirkko Määttä Tuulikki Pyykkönen Erja Kuivalainen Jaana Savolainen	Norway Trude Dybendahl Anne Jahren Nina Skeime Marit Elveos	^[4]
14 January 1990	Moscow	4 × 5 km relay C/F	Soviet Union Svetlana Nageykina Larisa Lazutina Tamara Tikhonova Yelena Välbe	Sweden	Norway	^[5]
22 February 1990	Val di Fiemme	4 × 5 km relay C/F	Soviet Union Svetlana Nageykina Lyubov Yegorova Tamara Tikhonova Yelena Välbe	Norway Solveig Pedersen Elin Nilsen Anne Jahren Trude Dybendahl	Finland Pirkko Määttä Jaana Savolainen Marjut Lukkarinen Tuulikki Pyykkönen
24 February 1990	Bohinj	4 × 5 km relay C/F	Soviet Union Elena Kaschirskaja Raisa Smetanina Tamara Tikhonova Lyubov Yegorova	Norway Inger Helene Nybråten Marit Wold Marit Elveos Nina Skeime	Sweden Karin Svingstedt Magdalena Wallin Marie-Helene Westin Catrin Larsson
4 March 1990	Lahti	4 × 5 km relay F	Norway Solveig Pedersen Inger Helene Nybråten Anne Jahren Trude Dybendahl	Soviet Union Svetlana Nageykina Raisa Smetanina Lyubov Yegorova Larisa Lazutina	Finland Pirkko Määttä Erja Kuivalainen Eija Hyytiäinen Tuulikki Pyykkönen
11 March 1990	Örnsköldsvik	4 × 5 km relay C/F	Soviet Union Lyubov Yegorova Larisa Lazutina Tamara Tikhonova Yelena Välbe	Norway Solveig Pedersen Inger Helene Nybråten Inger Lise Hegge Elin Nilsen	Finland Tuulikki Pyykkönen Pirkko Määttä Erja Kuivalainen Jaana Savolainen

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Men's overall standings

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Rank		Points
1	Vegard Ulvang	145
2	Gunde Svan	144
3	Bjørn Dæhlie	118
4	Jochen Behle	88
5	Christer Majbäck	86
6	Torgny Mogren	76
7	Vladimir Smirnov	74
8	Terje Langli	52
9	Jan Ottosson	48
10	Lars Håland	43

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Women's overall standings

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Rank		Points
1	Larisa Lazutina	146
2	Yelena Välbe	137
3	Trude Dybendahl	136
4	Svetlana Nageykina	134
5	Manuela Di Centa	126
6	Lyubov Yegorova	94
7	Tamara Tikhonova	76
8	Stefania Belmondo	66
9	Jaana Savolainen	52
10	Tuulikki Pyykkönen	47

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Achievements

First World Cup career victory

Men

Bjørn Dæhlie, 22, in his 2nd season – the WC 1 (15 km C) in Salt Lake City; also first podium
Christer Majbäck, 25, in his 6th season – the WC 2 (15 km F) in Calgary; first podium was 1984–85 WC 7 (15 km) in Syktyvkar
Jochen Behle, 29, in his 9th season – the WC 3 (15 km F) in Calgary; first podium was 1981–82 WC 9 (15 km) in Štrbské Pleso
Terje Langli, 25, in his 4th season – the WC 10 (30 km C) in Örnsköldsvik; also first podium

Women

Stefania Belmondo, 20, in her 2nd season – the WC 2 (15 km F) in Salt Lake City; also first podium
Larisa Lazutina, 24, in her 6th season – the WC 3 (15 km C) in Thunder Bay; first podium was 1986–87 WC 7 (20 km F) in Oberstdorf
Trude Dybendahl, 24, in her 5th season – the WC 4 (30 km F) in Moscow; first podium was 1988–89 WC 4 (15 km C) in Kavgolovo
Manuela Di Centa, 27, in her 6th season – the WC 5 (15 km F) in Pontresina; first podium was 1988–89 WC 5 (10 km C) in Klingenthal
Svetlana Nageykina, 25, in her 5th season – the WC 7 (10 km C) in Bohinj; first podium was 1987–88 WC 10 (10 km F) in Rovaniemi

Victories in this World Cup (all-time number of victories as of 1989–90 season in parentheses)

Men

Gunde Svan (SWE), 3 (29) first places
Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR), 3 (3) first places
Vladimir Smirnov (URS), 1 (4) first place
Alexey Prokourorov (URS), 1 (3) first place
Christer Majbäck (SWE), 1 (1) first place
Jochen Behle (FRG), 1 (1) first place
Terje Langli (NOR), 1 (1) first place

Women

Trude Dybendahl (NOR), 3 (3) first places
Yelena Välbe (URS), 2 (7) first places
Manuela Di Centa (ITA), 2 (2) first places
Jaana Savolainen (FIN), 1 (2) first place
Stefania Belmondo (ITA), 1 (1) first place
Larisa Lazutina (URS), 1 (1) first place
Svetlana Nageykina (URS), 1 (1) first place

1989–90 FIS Cross-Country World Cup

Calendar

Men

Women

Men's team

Women's team

Men's overall standings

Women's overall standings

Achievements

References

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