1995–96 FIS Cross-Country World Cup

1995–96 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
1995–96 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Discipline	Men
Overall	Bjørn Dæhlie (4th title)
Nations Cup	Norway
Nations Cup Overall	Russia
Competition
Locations	14 venues
Individual	16 events
Relay/Team	6 events
	←1994–95 1996–97→

The 1995–96 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was the 15th official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and women. The season began in Vuokatti, Finland, on 25 November 1995 and finished at Holmenkollen, Oslo, Norway, on 16 March 1996. Bjørn Dæhlie of Norway won the combined men's cup, and Manuela Di Centa of Italy won the women's.

Calendar

Men

C – Classic / F – Freestyle
WC	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	26 November 1995	Vuokatti	10 km C	Vladimir Smirnov	Bjørn Dæhlie	Sami Repo	^[1]
2	29 November 1995	Gällivare	15 km F	Bjørn Dæhlie	Jari Isometsä	Silvio Fauner	^[2]
3	9 December 1995	Davos	30 km C	Bjørn Dæhlie	Vladimir Smirnov	Silvio Fauner	^[3]
4	13 December 1995	Brusson	15 km F	Bjørn Dæhlie	Silvio Fauner	Vladimir Smirnov	^[4]
5	16 December 1995	Santa Caterina	10 km C	Bjørn Dæhlie	Vladimir Smirnov	Mika Myllylä	^[5]
6	17 December 1995	Santa Caterina	15 km F Pursuit	Bjørn Dæhlie	Jari Isometsä	Vladimir Smirnov	^[6]^[7]
7	9 January 1996	Štrbské Pleso	50 km F	Vladimir Smirnov	Bjørn Dæhlie	Niklas Jonsson	^[8]
8	13 January 1996	Nové Město	15 km C Pursuit	Vladimir Smirnov	Jari Isometsä	Mika Myllylä	^[9]
9	2 February 1996	Seefeld	10 km F	Bjørn Dæhlie	Fulvio Valbusa	Jari Isometsä	^[10]
10	4 February 1996	Reit im Winkl	Sprint F	Tor Arne Hetland	Peter Schlickenrieder	Silvio Fauner	^[11]
11	10 February 1996	Kavgolovo	15 km C	Alexey Prokurorov	Vladimir Smirnov	Bjørn Dæhlie	^[12]
12	24 February 1996	Trondheim	30 km F	Vladimir Smirnov	Bjørn Dæhlie	Alexey Prokurorov	^[13]
13	3 March 1996	Lahti	30 km F	Jari Isometsä	Bjørn Dæhlie	Alexey Prokurorov	^[14]
14	9 March 1996	Falun	15 km C	Vladimir Smirnov	Bjørn Dæhlie	Jari Isometsä	^[15]
15	10 March 1996	Falun	15 km C Pursuit	Vladimir Smirnov	Fulvio Valbusa	Jari Isometsä	^[16]
16	16 March 1996	Oslo	50 km C	Erling Jevne	Krister Sørgård	Anders Bergström	^[17]

Women

C – Classic / F – Freestyle
WC	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	25 November 1995	Vuokatti	5 km C	Lyubov Yegorova	Yelena Välbe	Marit Mikkelsplass	^[18]
2	29 November 1995	Gällivare	10 km F	Stefania Belmondo	Lyubov Yegorova	Yelena Välbe	^[19]
3	9 December 1995	Davos	5 km F	Yelena Välbe	Kateřina Neumannová	Manuela Di Centa	^[20]
4	10 December 1995	Davos	10 km C Pursuit	Lyubov Yegorova	Yelena Välbe	Larisa Lazutina	^[21]
5	13 December 1995	Brusson	10 km F	Yelena Välbe	Lyubov Yegorova	Nina Gavrylyuk	^[22]
6	17 December 1995	Santa Caterina	10 km C	Larisa Lazutina	Lyubov Yegorova	Nina Gavrylyuk	^[23]
7	9 January 1996	Štrbské Pleso	30 km F	Manuela Di Centa	Yelena Välbe	Stefania Belmondo	^[24]
8	13 January 1996	Nové Město	10 km C	Yelena Välbe	Manuela Di Centa	Larisa Lazutina	^[25]
9	2 February 1996	Seefeld	10 km F	Manuela Di Centa	Stefania Belmondo	Yelena Välbe	^[26]
10	4 February 1996	Reit im Winkl	Sprint F	Yelena Välbe	Anita Moen	Kateřina Neumannová	^[27]
11	11 February 1996	Kavgolovo	10 km C	Manuela Di Centa	Larisa Lazutina	Marit Mikkelsplass	^[28]
12	24 February 1996	Trondheim	5 km C	Manuela Di Centa	Marit Mikkelsplass	Larisa Lazutina	^[29]
13	25 February 1996	Trondheim	10 km F Pursuit	Manuela Di Centa	Yelena Välbe	Nina Gavrylyuk	^[30]
14	2 March 1996	Lahti	10 km F	Manuela Di Centa	Stefania Belmondo	Nina Gavrylyuk	^[31]
15	9 March 1996	Falun	15 km F	Manuela Di Centa	Yelena Välbe	Nina Gavrylyuk	^[32]
16	16 March 1996	Oslo	30 km C	Nina Gavrylyuk	Larisa Lazutina	Marit Mikkelsplass	^[33]

Men's team

WC	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	10 December 1995	Davos	4 × 10 km relay C	Finland Karri Hietamäki Sami Repo Mika Myllylä Jari Isometsä	Norway I Sture Sivertsen Erling Jevne Bjørn Dæhlie Thomas Alsgaard	Sweden I Morgan Göransson Niklas Jonsson Anders Bergström Torgny Mogren	^[34]
2	14 January 1996	Nové Město	4 × 10 km relay C	Finland I Sami Repo Mika Myllylä Harri Kirvesniemi Jari Isometsä	Norway I Thomas Alsgaard Vegard Ulvang Erling Jevne Bjørn Dæhlie	Italy Fabio Maj Giorgio Vanzetta Fulvio Valbusa Gaudenzio Godioz	^[35]
3	3 February 1996	Seefeld	Team Sprint F	Italy Fulvio Valbusa Silvio Fauner	Sweden I Niklas Jonsson Torgny Mogren	Finland Mika Myllylä Jari Isometsä	^[36]
4	25 February 1996	Trondheim	4 × 10 km relay C/F	Norway I Vegard Ulvang Erling Jevne Bjørn Dæhlie Thomas Alsgaard	Italy I Giorgio Di Centa Marco Albarello Fulvio Valbusa Silvio Fauner	Sweden I Mathias Fredriksson Niklas Jonsson Anders Bergström Torgny Mogren	^[37]
5	1 March 1996	Lahti	4 × 10 km relay C/F	Italy Marco Albarello Silvio Fauner Fabio Maj Fulvio Valbusa	Russia I Sergey Chepikov Mikhail Botvinov Sergey Tchernych Alexey Prokurorov	Norway Kristen Skjeldal Anders Eide Egil Kristiansen Thomas Alsgaard	^[38]
6	17 March 1996	Oslo	4 × 5 km relay F	Norway II Tore Bjonviken Frode Estil Remi Andersen Tor Arne Hetland	Norway I Egil Kristiansen Vegard Ulvang Anders Eide Bjørn Dæhlie	Finland Ari Palolahti Sami Repo Markus Vuorenmaa Jari Isometsä	^[39]

Women's team

WC	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	17 December 1995	Santa Caterina	4 × 5 km relay C	Russia I Larisa Lazutina Nina Gavrylyuk Lyubov Yegorova Yelena Välbe	Italy I Cristina Paluselli Stefania Belmondo Gabriella Paruzzi Manuela Di Centa	Russia II Svetlana Nageykina Yuliya Chepalova Natalya Baranova-Masalkina Olga Zavyalova	^[40]
2	14 January 1996	Nové Město	4 × 5 km relay C	Russia Svetlana Nageykina Larisa Lazutina Nina Gavrylyuk Yelena Välbe	Norway Anita Moen Bente Martinsen Marit Mikkelsplass Trude Dybendahl	Italy Cristina Paluselli Stefania Belmondo Gabriella Paruzzi Manuela Di Centa	^[41]
3	3 February 1996	Seefeld	Team Sprint F	Italy Stefania Belmondo Manuela Di Centa	Norway Trude Dybendahl Anita Moen	Russia I Yelena Välbe Olga Zavyalova	^[42]
4	10 March 1996	Falun	4 × 5 km relay C/F	Russia I Nina Gavrylyuk Larisa Lazutina Lyubov Yegorova Yelena Välbe	Norway Bente Martinsen Marit Mikkelsplass Trude Dybendahl Anita Moen	Italy I Barbara Giacomuzzi Manuela Di Centa Guidina Dal Sasso Stefania Belmondo	^[43]
5	17 March 1996	Oslo	4 × 5 km relay C/F	Russia Svetlana Nageykina Larisa Lazutina Olga Zavyalova Nina Gavrylyuk	Finland Riikka Sirviö Tuulikki Pyykkönen Kati Pulkkinen Anu Kittilä	Norway I Bente Martinsen Marit Mikkelsplass Maj Helen Sorkmo Anita Moen	^[44]

Men's overall standings

Rank	after all 16 events	Points
1	Bjørn Dæhlie	1110
2	Vladimir Smirnov	1034
3	Jari Isometsä	617
4	Alexey Prokurorov	544
5	Silvio Fauner	508
6	Fulvio Valbusa	482
7	Mikhail Botvinov	401
8	Thomas Alsgaard	352
9	Torgny Mogren	312
	Johann Mühlegg	312

Rank		Points
11	Anders Eide	286
12	Vegard Ulvang	253
13	Anders Bergström	252
14	Mika Myllylä	238
15	Erling Jevne	220
16	Niklas Jonsson	218
17	Markus Gandler	178
	Sami Repo	178
19	Sergey Chepikov	164
20	Sture Sivertsen	158

Rank		Points
21	Harri Kirvesniemi	149
22	Giorgio Di Centa	142
23	Markus Hasler	138
24	Henrik Forsberg	134
	Alois Stadlober	134
26	Gaudenzio Godioz	126
27	Krister Sørgård	123
28	Giorgio Vanzetta	120
29	Fabio Maj	101
30	Luboš Buchta	96

Women's overall standings

Rank	after all 16 events	Points
1	Manuela Di Centa	1004
2	Yelena Välbe	945
3	Larisa Lazutina	732
4	Nina Gavrylyuk	717
5	Lyubov Yegorova	690
6	Stefania Belmondo	675
7	Marit Mikkelsplass	579
8	Kateřina Neumannová	419
9	Iryna Taranenko-Terelia	340
10	Anita Moen	330

Rank		Points
11	Olga Zavyalova	324
12	Bente Martinsen	291
13	—	—
14	Trude Dybendahl	235
	Yuliya Chepalova	235
16	Natalya Baranova-Masalkina	210
17	Kristina Šmigun	206
18	Sophie Villeneuve	184
19	Sylvia Honegger	159
20	Gabriella Paruzzi	156

Rank		Points
21	Tuulikki Pyykkönen	147
22	Fumiko Aoki	131
23	Maria Theurl	114
24	Brigitte Albrecht Loretan	113
	Kati Pulkkinen	113
26	Maj Helen Sorkmo	98
27	Anu Kittilä	95
28	Anke Reschwamm Schulze	91
29	Annika Evaldsson	86
30	Guidina Dal Sasso	85

Achievements

Victories in this World Cup (all-time number of victories as of 1995/96 season in parentheses)

Men

Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR), 6 (30) first places
Vladimir Smirnov (KAZ), 6 (28) first places
Alexey Prokurorov (RUS), 1 (7) first place
Tor Arne Hetland (NOR), 1 (1) first place
Erling Jevne (NOR), 1 (1) first place
Jari Isometsä (FIN), 1 (1) first place

Women

Manuela Di Centa (ITA), 7 (15) first places
Yelena Välbe (RUS), 4 (37) first places
Lyubov Yegorova (RUS), 2 (13) first places
Larisa Lazutina (RUS), 1 (8) first place
Nina Gavrylyuk (RUS), 1 (3) first place
Stefania Belmondo (ITA), 1 (10) first place

References

^ "Men's 10 km C – Vuokatti". International Ski Federation.
^ "Men's 15 km F – Gällivare". International Ski Federation.
^ "Men's 30 km C – Davos". International Ski Federation.
^ "Men's 15 km F – Brusson". International Ski Federation.
^ "Men's 10 km C – Santa Caterina". International Ski Federation.
^ "Men's 15 km F Pursuit – Santa Caterina". International Ski Federation.
^ "Santa Caterina di Valfurva". skisport365.com.
^ "Men's 50 km F – Strbske Pleso". International Ski Federation.
^ "Men's 15 km C Pursuit – Nové Město". International Ski Federation.
^ "Men's 10 km F – Seefeld". International Ski Federation.
^ "Men's Sprint F – Reit im Winkl". International Ski Federation.
^ "Men's 15 km C – Kavgolovo". International Ski Federation.
^ "Men's 30 km F – Trondheim". International Ski Federation.
^ "Men's 30 km F – Lahti". International Ski Federation.
^ "Men's 10 km F – Falun". International Ski Federation.
^ "Men's 15 km C Pursuit – Falun". International Ski Federation.
^ "Men's 50 km C – Oslo". International Ski Federation.
^ "Ladies' 5 km C – Vuokatti". International Ski Federation.
^ "Ladies' 10 km F – Gällivare". International Ski Federation.
^ "Ladies' 5 km F – Davos". International Ski Federation.
^ "Ladies' 10 km C Pursuit – Davos". International Ski Federation.
^ "Ladies' 10 km F – Brusson". International Ski Federation.
^ "Ladies' 10 km C – Santa Caterina". International Ski Federation.
^ "Ladies' 30 km F – Strbske Pleso". International Ski Federation.
^ "Ladies' 10 km C – Nové Město". International Ski Federation.
^ "Ladies' 10 km F – Seefeld". International Ski Federation.
^ "Ladies' Sprint F – Reit im Winkl". International Ski Federation.
^ "Ladies' 10 km C – Kavgolovo". International Ski Federation.
^ "Ladies' 5 km C – Trondheim". International Ski Federation.
^ "Ladies' 10 km F Pursuit – Trondheim". International Ski Federation.
^ "Ladies' 10 km F – Lahti". International Ski Federation.
^ "Ladies' 15 km F – Falun". International Ski Federation.
^ "Ladies' 30 km C – Oslo". International Ski Federation.
^ "Men 4x10 km Relay C – Davos". skisport365.com. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
^ "Men 4x10 km Relay C – Nové Město". Skisport365.com. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
^ "Men (12x1.5 km) Team Sprint F – Seefeld". Skisport365.com. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
^ "Men's 4 x 10 km Relay – Trondheim". Skisport365.com. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
^ "Men 4x10 km Relay C/F – Lahti". Skisport365.com. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
^ "Men 4x5 km Relay F – Oslo". Skisport365.com. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
^ "Ladies 4x5 km Relay C – Davos". skisport365.com. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
^ "Ladies 4x5 km Relay C – Nové Město". Skisport365.com. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
^ "LAdies (6x1.5 km) Team Sprint F – Seefeld". Skisport365.com. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
^ "Ladies 4 x 5 km Relay – Falun". Skisport365.com. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
^ "Ladies 4x5 km Relay – Oslo". Skisport365.com. Retrieved 13 April 2018.

[1] "Men's 10 km C – Vuokatti". International Ski Federation.

[2] "Men's 15 km F – Gällivare". International Ski Federation.

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

[4] "Men's 15 km F – Brusson". International Ski Federation.

[5] "Men's 10 km C – Santa Caterina". International Ski Federation.

[6] "Men's 15 km F Pursuit – Santa Caterina". International Ski Federation.

[7] "Santa Caterina di Valfurva". skisport365.com.

[8] "Men's 50 km F – Strbske Pleso". International Ski Federation.

[9] "Men's 15 km C Pursuit – Nové Město". International Ski Federation.

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

[11] "Men's Sprint F – Reit im Winkl". International Ski Federation.

[12] "Men's 15 km C – Kavgolovo". International Ski Federation.

[13] "Men's 30 km F – Trondheim". International Ski Federation.

[14] "Men's 30 km F – Lahti". International Ski Federation.

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

[16] "Men's 15 km C Pursuit – Falun". International Ski Federation.

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

[18] "Ladies' 5 km C – Vuokatti". International Ski Federation.

[19] "Ladies' 10 km F – Gällivare". International Ski Federation.

[20] "Ladies' 5 km F – Davos". International Ski Federation.

[21] "Ladies' 10 km C Pursuit – Davos". International Ski Federation.

[22] "Ladies' 10 km F – Brusson". International Ski Federation.

[23] "Ladies' 10 km C – Santa Caterina". International Ski Federation.

[24] "Ladies' 30 km F – Strbske Pleso". International Ski Federation.

[25] "Ladies' 10 km C – Nové Město". International Ski Federation.

[26] "Ladies' 10 km F – Seefeld". International Ski Federation.

[27] "Ladies' Sprint F – Reit im Winkl". International Ski Federation.

[28] "Ladies' 10 km C – Kavgolovo". International Ski Federation.

[29] "Ladies' 5 km C – Trondheim". International Ski Federation.

[30] "Ladies' 10 km F Pursuit – Trondheim". International Ski Federation.

[31] "Ladies' 10 km F – Lahti". International Ski Federation.

[32] "Ladies' 15 km F – Falun". International Ski Federation.

[33] "Ladies' 30 km C – Oslo". International Ski Federation.

[34] "Men 4x10 km Relay C – Davos". skisport365.com. Retrieved 13 April 2018.

[35] "Men 4x10 km Relay C – Nové Město". Skisport365.com. Retrieved 13 April 2018.

[36] "Men (12x1.5 km) Team Sprint F – Seefeld". Skisport365.com. Retrieved 13 April 2018.

[37] "Men's 4 x 10 km Relay – Trondheim". Skisport365.com. Retrieved 13 April 2018.

[38] "Men 4x10 km Relay C/F – Lahti". Skisport365.com. Retrieved 13 April 2018.

[39] "Men 4x5 km Relay F – Oslo". Skisport365.com. Retrieved 13 April 2018.

[40] "Ladies 4x5 km Relay C – Davos". skisport365.com. Retrieved 13 April 2018.

[41] "Ladies 4x5 km Relay C – Nové Město". Skisport365.com. Retrieved 13 April 2018.

[42] "LAdies (6x1.5 km) Team Sprint F – Seefeld". Skisport365.com. Retrieved 13 April 2018.

[43] "Ladies 4 x 5 km Relay – Falun". Skisport365.com. Retrieved 13 April 2018.

[44] "Ladies 4x5 km Relay – Oslo". Skisport365.com. Retrieved 13 April 2018.

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1995–96 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Bjørn Dæhlie (4th title)	Manuela Di Centa (2nd title)
Nations Cup	Norway	Russia
Nations Cup Overall	Russia
Competition
Locations	14 venues	14 venues
Individual	16 events	16 events
Relay/Team	6 events	5 events
←1994–95 1996–97→