1996–97 FIS Cross-Country World Cup

1996–97 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
1996–97 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Discipline	Men
Overall	Bjørn Dæhlie (5th title)
Long Distance	Mika Myllylä
Sprint	Bjørn Dæhlie
Nations Cup	Norway
Nations Cup Overall	Norway
Competition
Locations	11 venues
Individual	15 events
Relay/Team	6 events
	←1995–96 1997–98→

The 1996–97 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was the 16th official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and women. The season began in Kiruna, Sweden, on 23 November 1996 and finished in Holmenkollen, Oslo, Norway, on 15 March 1997. Bjørn Dæhlie of Norway won the overall men's cup,^[1] and Yelena Välbe of Russia won the women's.^[2] Both skiers won their fifth overall World Cup.

Discipline Men

Overall

Bjørn Dæhlie (5th title)

Long Distance

Mika Myllylä

Sprint

Bjørn Dæhlie

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WC	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	23 November 1996	Kiruna	10 km F	Bjørn Dæhlie	Jari Isometsä	Kristen Skjeldal	^[3]
2	7 December 1996	Davos	10 km C	Mika Myllylä	Erling Jevne	Fulvio Valbusa	^[4]
3	14 December 1996	Brusson	15 km F	Bjørn Dæhlie	Fulvio Valbusa	Kristen Skjeldal	^[5]
4	18 December 1996	Oberstdorf	30 km C	Bjørn Dæhlie	Erling Jevne	Sture Sivertsen	^[6]
5	4 January 1997	Kavgolovo	30 km F	Mika Myllylä	Fulvio Valbusa	Maurizio Pozzi	^[7]
6	11 January 1997	Hakuba	10 km C	Silvio Fauner	Erling Jevne	Jari Isometsä	^[8]
7	12 January 1997	Hakuba	15 km F Pursuit	Silvio Fauner	Giorgio Di Centa	Jari Isometsä	^[9]
8	19 January 1997	Lahti	30 km C	Vladimir Smirnov	Mika Myllylä	Henrik Forsberg	^[10]
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships (21 February–2 March)
9	21 February 1997	Trondheim	30 km F	Alexey Prokurorov	Bjørn Dæhlie	Thomas Alsgaard	^[11]
10	24 February 1997	Trondheim	10 km C	Bjørn Dæhlie	Alexey Prokurorov	Mika Myllylä	^[12]
11	25 February 1997	Trondheim	15 km F Pursuit	Bjørn Dæhlie	Mika Myllylä	Alexey Prokurorov	^[13]
12	2 March 1997	Trondheim	50 km C	Mika Myllylä	Erling Jevne	Bjørn Dæhlie	^[14]
13	8 March 1997	Falun	15 km C	Bjørn Dæhlie	Sture Sivertsen	Erling Jevne	^[15]
14	11 March 1997	Sunne	Sprint F	Bjørn Dæhlie	Tore Bjonviken	Mathias Fredriksson	^[16]
15	15 March 1997	Oslo	50 km F	Pietro Piller Cottrer	Tor Arne Hetland	Bjørn Dæhlie	^[17]

WC	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	23 November 1996	Kiruna	5 km F	Yelena Välbe	Stefania Belmondo	Nina Gavrylyuk	^[18]
2	7 December 1996	Davos	10 km C	Stefania Belmondo	Yelena Välbe	Nina Gavrylyuk	^[19]
3	14 December 1996	Brusson	15 km F	Stefania Belmondo	Yelena Välbe	Nina Gavrylyuk	^[20]
4	18 December 1996	Oberstdorf	10 km C	Trude Dybendahl	Bente Martinsen	Anita Moen	^[21]
5	5 January 1997	Kavgolovo	15 km F	Yelena Välbe	Larisa Lazutina	Lyubov Yegorova	^[22]
6	11 January 1997	Hakuba	5 km C	Stefania Belmondo	Kateřina Neumannová	Yelena Välbe	^[23]
7	12 January 1997	Hakuba	10 km F Pursuit	Stefania Belmondo	Kateřina Neumannová	Yelena Välbe	^[24]^[25]
8	18 January 1997	Lahti	15 km C	Marit Mikkelsplass	Yelena Välbe	Stefania Belmondo	^[26]
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships (21 February–2 March)
9	21 February 1997	Trondheim	15 km F	Yelena Välbe	Stefania Belmondo	Kateřina Neumannová	^[27]
10	23 February 1997	Trondheim	5 km C	Yelena Välbe	Stefania Belmondo	Olga Danilova	^[28]
11	24 February 1997	Trondheim	10 km F Pursuit	Yelena Välbe	Stefania Belmondo	Nina Gavrylyuk	^[29]
12	1 March 1997	Trondheim	30 km C	Yelena Välbe	Stefania Belmondo	Marit Mikkelsplass	^[30]
13	8 March 1997	Falun	5 km F	Yelena Välbe	Stefania Belmondo	Kateřina Neumannová	^[31]
14	11 March 1997	Sunne	Sprint F	Trude Dybendahl	Yelena Välbe	Bente Martinsen	^[32]
15	15 March 1997	Oslo	30 km F	Stefania Belmondo	Yelena Välbe	Elin Nilsen	^[33]

WC	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	24 November 1996	Kiruna	4 × 10 km relay C	Finland I Sami Repo Harri Kirvesniemi Mika Myllylä Jari Isometsä	Italy I Fabio Maj Silvio Fauner Sergio Piller Fulvio Valbusa	Norway I Kristen Skjeldal Anders Eide Vegard Ulvang Bjørn Dæhlie	^[34]
2	8 December 1996	Davos	4 × 10 km relay C	Finland I Jari Isometsä Sami Repo Harri Kirvesniemi Mika Myllylä	Sweden Mathias Fredriksson Anders Bergström Niklas Jonsson Henrik Forsberg	Norway I Kristen Skjeldal Vegard Ulvang Anders Eide Sture Sivertsen	^[35]
3	15 December 1996	Brusson	4 × 10 km relay F	Norway Egil Kristiansen Anders Eide Kristen Skjeldal Bjørn Dæhlie	Italy Maurizio Pozzi Fulvio Valbusa Gaudenzio Godioz Silvio Fauner	Sweden Mathias Fredriksson Anders Bergström Niklas Jonsson Torgny Mogren	^[36]
4	18 January 1997	Lahti	Team Sprint F	Italy Maurizio Pozzi Giorgio Di Centa	Finland I Ari Palolahti Jari Räsänen	Sweden Magnus Ingesson Håkan Nordbäck	^[37]
5	28 February 1997	Trondheim	4 × 10 km relay C/F	Norway Sture Sivertsen Erling Jevne Bjørn Dæhlie Thomas Alsgaard	Finland Harri Kirvesniemi Mika Myllylä Jari Räsänen Jari Isometsä	Italy Giorgio Di Centa Silvio Fauner Pietro Piller Cottrer Fulvio Valbusa	^[38]
6	9 March 1997	Falun	4 × 10 km relay C/F	Norway I Sture Sivertsen Erling Jevne Kristen Skjeldal Bjørn Dæhlie	Norway II Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset Øyvind Skaanes Krister Sørgård Thomas Alsgaard	Sweden I Mathias Fredriksson Henrik Forsberg Torgny Mogren Anders Bergström	^[39]

WC	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	24 November 1996	Kiruna	4 × 5 km relay C	Russia I Nina Gavrylyuk Larisa Lazutina Lyubov Yegorova Yelena Välbe	Norway I Trude Dybendahl Marit Mikkelsplass Anita Moen Bente Martinsen	Russia II Svetlana Nageykina Olga Zavyalova Yuliya Chepalova Olga Danilova	^[40]
2	8 December 1996	Davos	4 × 5 km relay C	Norway I Bente Martinsen Anita Moen Marit Mikkelsplass Trude Dybendahl	Russia I Nina Gavrylyuk Larisa Lazutina Lyubov Yegorova Yelena Välbe	Russia II Natalya Baranova-Masalkina Svetlana Nageykina Yuliya Chepalova Olga Danilova	^[41]
3	15 December 1996	Brusson	4 × 5 km relay F	Russia I Nina Gavrylyuk Olga Danilova Lyubov Yegorova Yelena Välbe	Russia II Olga Zavyalova Svetlana Nageykina Larisa Lazutina Yuliya Chepalova	Italy Gabriella Paruzzi Sabina Valbusa Guidina Dal Sasso Stefania Belmondo	^[42]
4	18 January 1997	Lahti	Team Sprint F	Italy I Sabina Valbusa Stefania Belmondo	Russia I Nina Gavrylyuk Yelena Välbe	Norway I Anita Moen Trude Dybendahl	^[43]
5	28 February 1997	Trondheim	4 × 5 km relay C/F	Russia Olga Danilova Larisa Lazutina Nina Gavrylyuk Yelena Välbe	Norway Bente Martinsen Marit Mikkelsplass Elin Nilsen Trude Dybendahl	Finland Riikka Sirviö Tuulikki Pyykkönen Kati Pulkkinen Satu Salonen	^[44]
6	9 March 1997	Falun	4 × 5 km relay C/F	Russia I Olga Danilova Larisa Lazutina Nina Gavrylyuk Yelena Välbe	Norway Bente Martinsen Trude Dybendahl Elin Nilsen Maj Helen Sorkmo	Finland Tuulikki Pyykkönen Riikka Sirviö Kati Pulkkinen Satu Salonen	^[45]
7	16 March 1997	Oslo	4 × 5 km relay F	Russia I Olga Danilova Nina Gavrylyuk Svetlana Nageykina Yelena Välbe	Norway I Anita Moen Elin Nilsen Marit Mikkelsplass Trude Dybendahl	Italy Gabriella Paruzzi Lara Peyrot Sabina Valbusa Stefania Belmondo	^[46]

1996–97 FIS Cross-Country World Cup

Calendar

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Women

Men's team

Women's team

Men's standings

Overall

Long Distance

Sprint

Women's standings

Overall

Long Distance

Sprint

Achievements

References

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1996–97 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Bjørn Dæhlie (5th title)	Yelena Välbe (5th title)
Long Distance	Mika Myllylä	Yelena Välbe
Sprint	Bjørn Dæhlie	Stefania Belmondo
Nations Cup	Norway	Russia
Nations Cup Overall	Norway
Competition
Locations	11 venues	11 venues
Individual	15 events	15 events
Relay/Team	6 events	7 events
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