1982–83 FIS Cross-Country World Cup

The 1982–83 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was the 2nd official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and women. The World Cup started in Val di Sole, Italy on 12 December 1982 and finished in Labrador City, Canada on 27 March 1983. Alexander Zavyalov of the Soviet Union won the overall men's cup, and Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen of Finland won the women's.

1982–83 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Alexander Zavyalov	Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen
Nations Cup	Norway	Norway
Nations Cup Overall	Norway
Competition
Locations	9 venues	10 venues
Individual	10 events	10 events

Calendar

Men

No.	Date	Venue	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	18 December 1982	Davos	15 km	Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass	Tor Håkon Holte	Yuriy Burlakov	[1]
2	14 January 1983	Reit im Winkl	15 km	Jan Ottosson	Bill Koch	Stefan Dotzler	[2]
3	10 February 1983	Sarajevo	15 km	Alexander Zavyalov	Juha Mieto	Mikhail Devyatyarov	[3]
4	12 February 1983		30 km	Bill Koch	Lars Erik Eriksen	Yuriy Borodavko	[4]
5	20 February 1983	Kavgolovo	50 km	Jan Lindvall	Per Knut Aaland	Yuriy Burlakov	[5]
6	26 February 1983	Falun	30 km	Alexander Zavyalov	Thomas Wassberg	Jan Lindvall	[6]
7	4 March 1983	Lahti	15 km	Alexander Zavyalov	Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass	Asko Autio	[7]
8	12 March 1983	Oslo	50 km	Asko Autio	Per Knut Aaland	Gunde Svan	[8]
9	19 March 1983	Anchorage	15 km	Gunde Svan	Tim Caldwell	Bill Koch	[9]
10	27 March 1983	Labrador City	30 km	Gunde Svan	Alexander Zavyalov	Thomas Wassberg	[10]

Women

No.	Date	Venue	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	12 December 1982	Val di Sole	5 km	Květa Jeriová	Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen	Blanka Paulů	[11]
2	8 January 1983	Klingenthal	10 km	Brit Pettersen	Marie Risby	Blanka Paulů	[12]
3	14 January 1983	Stachy Zadow	10 km	Brit Pettersen	Anne Jahren	Blanka Paulů	[13]
4	10 February 1983	Sarajevo	5 km	Blanka Paulů	Anne Jahren	Nadesha Shamakova	[14]
5	19 February 1983	Kavgolovo	20 km	Květa Jeriová	Brit Pettersen	Anne Jahren	[15]
6	25 February 1983	Falun	10 km	Květa Jeriová	Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen	Brit Pettersen	[16]
7	5 March 1983	Lahti	5 km	Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen	Raisa Smetanina	Brit Pettersen	[17]
8	12 March 1983	Oslo	20 km	Brit Pettersen	Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen	Anna Pasiarová	[18]
9	20 March 1983	Anchorage	10 km	Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen	Brit Pettersen	Anne Jahren	[19]
10	27 March 1983	Labrador City	10 km	Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen	Blanka Paulů	Brit Pettersen	[20]

Overall standings

Men's standings

Rank		Points
1	Alexander Zavyalov	122
2	Gunde Svan	116
3	Bill Koch	114
4	Jan Lindvall	96
5	Thomas Wassberg	94
6	Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass	85
7	Yuriy Burlakov	82
8	Vladimir Nikitin	79
9	Nikolay Zimyatov	74
10	Andi Grünenfelder	71

Women's standings

Rank		Points
1	Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen	144
2	Brit Pettersen	136
3	Květa Jeriová	126
4	Blanka Paulů	121
5	Anne Jahren	114
6	Lyubov Lyadova	87
7	Inger Helene Nybråten	80
8	Raisa Smetanina	79
9	Anna Pasiarová	73
10	Marie Risby	62

Achievements

First World Cup career victory

Men

• Jan Ottosson, 22, in his 2nd season - the WC 2 (15 km) in Reit im Winkl; also first podium
• Jan Lindvall, 22, in his 2nd season - the WC 5 (50 km) in Kavgolovo; first podium was 1981–82 WC 7 (50 km) in Lahti
• Alexander Zavyalov, 27, in his 2nd season - the WC 3 (15 km) in Sarajevo; first podium was 1981–82 WC 5 (15 km) in Oslo
• Asko Autio, 29, in his 2nd season - the WC 8 (50 km) in Oslo; also first podium
• Gunde Svan, 21, in his 1st season - the WC 9 (15 km) in Anchorage; first podium was 1982–83 WC 8 (50 km) in Oslo

Women

• Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen, 27, in her 2nd season – the WC 7 (5 km) in Lahti; first podium was 1982-83 WC 1 (15 km) in Val di Sole

Victories in this World Cup (all-time number of victories as of 1982/83 season in parentheses)

Men

• Alexander Zavyalov (URS), 3 (3) first places
• Gunde Svan (SWE), 2 (2) first places
• Bill Koch (USA), 1 (5) first place
• Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass (NOR), 1 (2) first place
• Jan Lindvall (NOR), 1 (1) first place
• Jan Ottosson (SWE), 1 (1) first place
• Asko Autio (FIN), 1 (1) first place

Women

• Květa Jeriová (TCH), 3 (6) first places
• Brit Pettersen (NOR), 3 (5) first places
• Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen (FIN), 3 (3) first places
• Blanka Paulů (TCH), 1 (2) first place