1997–98 FIS Cross-Country World Cup

1997–98 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
1997–98 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Discipline	Men
Overall	Thomas Alsgaard
Long Distance	Thomas Alsgaard
Sprint	Thomas Alsgaard
Nations Cup	Norway
Nations Cup Overall	Norway
Competition
Locations	9 venues
Individual	12 events
Relay/Team	4 events
	←1996–97 1998–99→

The 1997–98 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was the 17th official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and women. The season began in Beitostølen, Norway, on 22 November 1997 and finished at Holmenkollen, Oslo, Norway, on 14 March 1998. Thomas Alsgaard of Norway won the overall men's cup,^[1] and Larisa Lazutina of Russia won the women's.^[2]

Calendar

Men

C – Classic / F – Freestyle
WC	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	22 November 1997	Beitostølen	10 km C	Bjørn Dæhlie	Vladimir Smirnov	Erling Jevne	^[3]
2	10 December 1997	Milano	Sprint F	Ari Palolahti	Thobias Fredriksson	Christian Hoffmann	^[4]
3	13 December 1997	Val di Fiemme	10 km C	Bjørn Dæhlie	Sture Sivertsen	Vladimir Smirnov	^[5]
4	14 December 1997	Val di Fiemme	15 km F Pursuit	Bjørn Dæhlie	Thomas Alsgaard	Mikhail Botvinov	^[6]
5	16 December 1997	Val di Fiemme	15 km F	Fulvio Valbusa	Thomas Alsgaard	Bjørn Dæhlie	^[7]
6	20 December 1997	Davos	30 km C	Bjørn Dæhlie	Thomas Alsgaard	Erling Jevne	^[8]
7	3 January 1998	Kavgolovo	30 km F	Mika Myllylä	Thomas Alsgaard	Fabio Maj	^[9]
8	8 January 1998	Ramsau	15 km C	Thomas Alsgaard	Mika Myllylä	Jari Isometsä	^[10]
9	10 January 1998	Ramsau	30 km F	Thomas Alsgaard	Silvio Fauner	Mikhail Botvinov	^[11]
1998 Winter Olympics (7–22 February)
10	8 March 1998	Lahti	30 km C	Vladimir Smirnov	Thomas Alsgaard	Frode Estil	^[12]
11	11 March 1998	Falun	10 km F	Thomas Alsgaard	Mikhail Botvinov	Per Elofsson	^[13]
12	14 March 1998	Oslo	50 km C	Alexey Prokurorov	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset	Bjørn Dæhlie	^[14]

Women

C – Classic / F – Freestyle
WC	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	22 November 1997	Beitostølen	5 km C	Larisa Lazutina	Bente Martinsen	Kateřina Neumannová	^[15]
2	10 December 1997	Milano	Sprint F	Bente Martinsen	Trude Dybendahl	Anita Moen	^[16]
3	13 December 1997	Val di Fiemme	5 km C	Bente Martinsen	Anita Moen	Larisa Lazutina	^[17]
4	16 December 1997	Val di Fiemme	15 km F	Larisa Lazutina	Sabina Valbusa	Stefania Belmondo	^[18]
5	20 December 1997	Davos	15 km C	Yelena Välbe	Svetlana Nageykina	Anita Moen	^[19]
6	4 January 1998	Kavgolovo	10 km F	Yuliya Chepalova	Stefania Belmondo	Larisa Lazutina	^[20]
7	8 January 1998	Ramsau	10 km C	Marit Mikkelsplass	Bente Martinsen	Kateřina Neumannová	^[21]
8	9 January 1998	Ramsau	5 km C	Bente Martinsen	Larisa Lazutina	Kateřina Neumannová	^[22]
9	11 January 1998	Ramsau	10 km F Pursuit	Stefania Belmondo	Larisa Lazutina	Marit Mikkelsplass	^[23]
1998 Winter Olympics (7–22 February)
10	7 March 1998	Lahti	15 km F	Stefania Belmondo	Larisa Lazutina	Svetlana Nageykina	^[24]
11	11 March 1998	Falun	5 km F	Larisa Lazutina	Stefania Belmondo	Yuliya Chepalova	^[25]
12	14 March 1998	Oslo	30 km C	Larisa Lazutina	Svetlana Nageykina	Anita Moen	^[26]

Men's team

WC	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	23 November 1997	Beitostølen	4 × 10 km relay C	Norway I Thomas Alsgaard Anders Eide Erling Jevne Bjørn Dæhlie	Finland Jari Isometsä Harri Kirvesniemi Sami Repo Kuisma Taipale	Norway II Sture Sivertsen Frode Estil Anders Aukland Øyvind Skaanes	^[27]
2	11 January 1998	Ramsau	4 × 10 km relay C/F	Italy Fabio Maj Fulvio Valbusa Pietro Piller Cottrer Silvio Fauner	Sweden Mathias Fredriksson Niklas Jonsson Per Elofsson Torgny Mogren	Austria Mikhail Botvinov Alois Stadlober Christian Hoffmann Achim Walcher	^[28]
3	6 March 1998	Lahti	4 × 10 km relay C/F	Finland I Harri Kirvesniemi Mika Myllylä Sami Repo Jari Isometsä	Norway Frode Estil Sture Sivertsen Anders Eide Thomas Alsgaard	Russia I Vladimir Legotine Alexey Prokurorov Andrey Noutrikhin Sergey Chepikov	^[29]
4	10 March 1998	Falun	Team Sprint C/F	Sweden I Mathias Fredriksson Per Elofsson	Norway Rune Torseth Tor Arne Hetland	Finland I Jari Isometsä Ari Palolahti	^[30]

Women's team

WC	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	23 November 1997	Beitostølen	4 × 5 km relay C	Russia I Natalya Baranova-Masalkina Olga Danilova Nina Gavrylyuk Larisa Lazutina	Norway I Anita Moen Marit Mikkelsplass Trude Dybendahl Bente Martinsen	Italy Karin Moroder Stefania Belmondo Sabina Valbusa Gabriella Paruzzi	^[31]
2	14 December 1997	Val di Fiemme	4 × 5 km relay F	Russia I Svetlana Nageykina Yelena Välbe Larisa Lazutina Olga Danilova	Italy Gabriella Paruzzi Manuela Di Centa Sabina Valbusa Stefania Belmondo	Russia II Natalya Baranova-Masalkina Olga Zavyalova Yuliya Chepalova Nina Gavrylyuk	^[32]
3	6 March 1998	Lahti	4 × 5 km relay C/F	Russia I Olga Danilova Larisa Lazutina Nina Gavrylyuk Yuliya Chepalova	Norway Bente Martinsen Marit Mikkelsplass Elin Nilsen Trude Dybendahl	Russia II Svetlana Nageykina Natalya Baranova-Masalkina Olga Zavyalova Irina Skladneva	^[33]
4	10 March 1998	Falun	Team Sprint C/F	Switzerland Sylvia Honegger Brigitte Albrecht-Loretan	France Sophie Villeneuve Karine Philippot	Russia I Irina Skladneva Olga Danilova	^[34]

Men's standings

Overall

Rank	after all 12 events	Points
1	Thomas Alsgaard	790
2	Bjørn Dæhlie	678
3	Vladimir Smirnov	431
4	Mikhail Botvinov	330
5	Jari Isometsä	316
6	Fulvio Valbusa	310
7	Mika Myllylä	308
8	Erling Jevne	292
9	Silvio Fauner	273
10	Mathias Fredriksson	268

Long Distance

Rank	after all events	Points
1	Thomas Alsgaard	351
2	Mika Myllylä	196
	Bjørn Dæhlie	196
4	Vladimir Smirnov	184
5	Jari Isometsä	176
6	Alexey Prokurorov	156
7	Fabio Maj	155
8	Silvio Fauner	145
9	Frode Estil	142
10	Erling Jevne	131

Sprint

Rank	after all events	Points
1	Thomas Alsgaard	486
2	Bjørn Dæhlie	482
3	Vladimir Smirnov	247
4	Mikhail Botvinov	230
5	Fulvio Valbusa	226
6	Henrik Forsberg	191
7	Erling Jevne	161
8	Mathias Fredriksson	148
9	Jari Isometsä	140
10	Per Elofsson	130

Women's standings

Overall

Rank	after all 12 events	Points
1	Larisa Lazutina	773
2	Bente Martinsen	625
3	Stefania Belmondo	544
4	Anita Moen	462
5	Marit Mikkelsplass	416
6	Olga Danilova	363
7	Trude Dybendahl	333
8	Iryna Taranenko-Terelia	329
9	Yuliya Chepalova	314
10	Nina Gavrylyuk	279

Long Distance

Rank	after all events	Points
1	Larisa Lazutina	293
2	Stefania Belmondo	208
3	Olga Danilova	164
4	Yelena Välbe	136
5	Marit Mikkelsplass	135
6	Anita Moen	126
7	Iryna Taranenko-Terelia	123
	Yuliya Chepalova	123
9	Bente Martinsen	106
10	Sabina Valbusa	105

Sprint

Rank	after all events	Points
1	Bente Martinsen	525
2	Larisa Lazutina	480
3	Stefania Belmondo	355
4	Anita Moen	336
5	Marit Mikkelsplass	281
6	Trude Dybendahl	244
7	Iryna Taranenko-Terelia	206
8	Nina Gavrylyuk	204
9	Kateřina Neumannová	200
10	Olga Danilova	199

Achievements

Victories in this World Cup (all-time number of victories as of 1997/98 season in parentheses)

Men

Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR), 4 (41) first places
Thomas Alsgaard (NOR), 3 (4) first places
Vladimir Smirnov (KAZ), 1 (30) first place
Mika Myllylä (FIN), 1 (4) first place
Ari Palolahti (FIN), 1 (1) first place
Fulvio Valbusa (ITA), 1 (1) first place
Alexey Prokurorov (RUS), 1 (9) first place

Women

Larisa Lazutina (RUS), 4 (12) first places
Bente Martinsen (NOR), 3 (3) first places
Stefania Belmondo (ITA), 2 (17) first places
Yelena Välbe (RUS), 1 (45) first place
Marit Mikkelsplass (NOR), 1 (2) first place
Yuliya Chepalova (RUS), 1 (1) first place

References

^ "CUP STANDING CROSS-COUNTRY WORLD CUP 1998 MEN". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
^ "CUP STANDING CROSS-COUNTRY WORLD CUP 1998 LADIES". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
^ "Men's 10 km C – Beitostølen". International Ski Federation.
^ "Men's Sprint F – Milano". International Ski Federation.
^ "Men's 10 km C – Val di Fiemme". International Ski Federation.
^ "Men's 15 km F Pursuit – Val di Fiemme". International Ski Federation.
^ "Men's 15 km F – Val di Fiemme". International Ski Federation.
^ "Men's 30 km C – Davos". International Ski Federation.
^ "Men's 30 km F – Kavgolovo". International Ski Federation.
^ "Men's 15 km C – Ramsau". International Ski Federation.
^ "Men's 30 km F – Ramsau". International Ski Federation.
^ "Men's 30 km C – Lahti". International Ski Federation.
^ "Men's 10 km F – Falun". International Ski Federation.
^ "Men's 50 km C – Oslo". International Ski Federation.
^ "Women's 5 km C – Beitostølen". International Ski Federation.
^ "Women's Sprint F – Milano". International Ski Federation.
^ "Women's 5 km C – Val di Fiemme". International Ski Federation.
^ "Women's 15 km F – Val di Fiemme". International Ski Federation.
^ "Women's 15 km C – Davos". International Ski Federation.
^ "Women's 10 km F – Kavgolovo". International Ski Federation.
^ "Women's 10 km C – Ramsau". International Ski Federation.
^ "Women's 5 km C – Ramsau". International Ski Federation.
^ "Women's 10 km F Pursuit – Ramsau". International Ski Federation.
^ "Women's 15 km F – Lahti". International Ski Federation.
^ "Women's 5 km F – Falun". International Ski Federation.
^ "Women's 30 km C – Oslo". International Ski Federation.
^ "Men 4x10 km Relay C – Beitostølen". skisport365.com. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
^ "Men 4x10 km Relay – Ramsau". Skisport365.com. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
^ "Men 4x10 km Relay C/F – Lahti". Skisport365.com. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
^ "Men's Team Sprint (10x1.6 km) C/F – Falun". Skisport365.com. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
^ "Women 4x5 km Relay C – Beitostølen". skisport365.com. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
^ "Women 4x5 km Relay F– Val di Fiemme". Skisport365.com. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
^ "Women 4x5 km Relay C/F – Lahti". Skisport365.com. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
^ "Women's Team Sprint (6x1.6 km) C/F – Falun". Skisport365.com. Retrieved 20 March 2018.

[1] "CUP STANDING CROSS-COUNTRY WORLD CUP 1998 MEN". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 20 March 2018.

[2] "CUP STANDING CROSS-COUNTRY WORLD CUP 1998 LADIES". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 20 March 2018.

[3] "Men's 10 km C – Beitostølen". International Ski Federation.

[4] "Men's Sprint F – Milano". International Ski Federation.

[5] "Men's 10 km C – Val di Fiemme". International Ski Federation.

[6] "Men's 15 km F Pursuit – Val di Fiemme". International Ski Federation.

[7] "Men's 15 km F – Val di Fiemme". International Ski Federation.

[8] "Men's 30 km C – Davos". International Ski Federation.

[9] "Men's 30 km F – Kavgolovo". International Ski Federation.

[10] "Men's 15 km C – Ramsau". International Ski Federation.

[11] "Men's 30 km F – Ramsau". International Ski Federation.

[12] "Men's 30 km C – Lahti". International Ski Federation.

[13] "Men's 10 km F – Falun". International Ski Federation.

[14] "Men's 50 km C – Oslo". International Ski Federation.

[15] "Women's 5 km C – Beitostølen". International Ski Federation.

[16] "Women's Sprint F – Milano". International Ski Federation.

[17] "Women's 5 km C – Val di Fiemme". International Ski Federation.

[18] "Women's 15 km F – Val di Fiemme". International Ski Federation.

[19] "Women's 15 km C – Davos". International Ski Federation.

[20] "Women's 10 km F – Kavgolovo". International Ski Federation.

[21] "Women's 10 km C – Ramsau". International Ski Federation.

[22] "Women's 5 km C – Ramsau". International Ski Federation.

[23] "Women's 10 km F Pursuit – Ramsau". International Ski Federation.

[24] "Women's 15 km F – Lahti". International Ski Federation.

[25] "Women's 5 km F – Falun". International Ski Federation.

[26] "Women's 30 km C – Oslo". International Ski Federation.

[27] "Men 4x10 km Relay C – Beitostølen". skisport365.com. Retrieved 20 March 2018.

[28] "Men 4x10 km Relay – Ramsau". Skisport365.com. Retrieved 20 March 2018.

[29] "Men 4x10 km Relay C/F – Lahti". Skisport365.com. Retrieved 20 March 2018.

[30] "Men's Team Sprint (10x1.6 km) C/F – Falun". Skisport365.com. Retrieved 20 March 2018.

[31] "Women 4x5 km Relay C – Beitostølen". skisport365.com. Retrieved 20 March 2018.

[32] "Women 4x5 km Relay F– Val di Fiemme". Skisport365.com. Retrieved 20 March 2018.

[33] "Women 4x5 km Relay C/F – Lahti". Skisport365.com. Retrieved 20 March 2018.

[34] "Women's Team Sprint (6x1.6 km) C/F – Falun". Skisport365.com. Retrieved 20 March 2018.

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1997–98 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Thomas Alsgaard	Larisa Lazutina (2nd title)
Long Distance	Thomas Alsgaard	Larisa Lazutina
Sprint	Thomas Alsgaard	Bente Martinsen
Nations Cup	Norway	Russia
Nations Cup Overall	Norway
Competition
Locations	9 venues	9 venues
Individual	12 events	12 events
Relay/Team	4 events	4 events
←1996–97 1998–99→