1996–97 FIS Cross-Country World Cup

The 1996–97 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was the 16th official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and ladies. 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 Vyalbe of Russia won the women's.[2] Both skiers won their fifth overall World Cup.

1996–97 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Discipline Men Women
Overall Bjørn Dæhlie (5th title) Yelena Vyalbe (5th title)
Long Distance Mika Myllylä Yelena Vyalbe
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

Calendar

Men
C – Classic / F – Freestyle
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]

Note: Until FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1999, World Championship races are part of the World Cup. Hence results from those races are included in the World Cup overall.

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

Note: Until FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1999, World Championship races are part of the World Cup. Hence results from those races are included in the World Cup overall.

Men's team
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]

Ladies' team
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 Vyalbe
  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 Vyalbe
  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 Vyalbe
  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 Vyalbe
  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 Vyalbe
  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 Vyalbe
  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 Vyalbe
  Norway I
Anita Moen
Elin Nilsen
Marit Mikkelsplass
Trude Dybendahl
  Italy
Gabriella Paruzzi
Lara Peyrot
Sabina Valbusa
Stefania Belmondo
 [46]

Men's standings


Ladies' standings

Achievements
Victories in this World Cup (all-time number of victories as of 1996/97 season in parentheses)

References
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  2. "CUP STANDING CROSS-COUNTRY WORLD CUP 1997 LADIES". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
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  14. "Men's 50 km C – Trondheim". International Ski Federation.
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