1989–90 FIS Cross-Country World Cup

1989–90 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
1989–90 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Discipline	Men
Overall	Vegard Ulvang
Nations Cup	Norway
Nations Cup Overall	Soviet Union
Competition
Locations	10 venues
Individual	11 events
Relay/Team	5 events
	←1988–89 1990–91→

The 1989–90 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was the 9th official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and women. The World Cup started in Soldier Hollow, United States, on 9 December 1989 and finished in Vang, Norway, on 17 March 1990. Vegard Ulvang of Norway won the overall men's cup,^[1] and Larisa Lazutina of the Soviet Union won the overall women's cup.^[2]

Calendar

Men

C – Classic / F – Freestyle
No.	Date	Venue	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	9 December 1989	Salt Lake City	15 km C	Bjørn Dæhlie	Vegard Ulvang	Jochen Behle	[1]
2	16 December 1989	Canmore	15 km F	Christer Majbäck	Bjørn Dæhlie	Markus Gandler	[2]
3	17 December 1989	Canmore	50 km C	Jochen Behle	Igor Badamshin	Maurilio De Zolt	[3]
4	13 January 1990	Moscow	30 km F	Gunde Svan	Vegard Ulvang	Torgny Mogren	[4]
5	17 February 1990	Campra	15 km F	Bjørn Dæhlie	Vegard Ulvang	Torgny Mogren	[5]
6	21 February 1990	Val di Fiemme	15 km C	Gunde Svan	Vegard Ulvang	Bjørn Dæhlie	[6]
7	25 February 1990	Reit im Winkl	30 km F	Vladimir Smirnov	Torgny Mogren	Jochen Behle	[7]
8	3 March 1990	Lahti	15 km F + 15 km C Pursuit	Bjørn Dæhlie	Vegard Ulvang	Lars Håland	[8]
9	6 March 1990	Trondheim	15 km C	Alexey Prokourorov	Gunde Svan	Christer Majbäck	[9]
10	10 March 1990	Örnsköldsvik	30 km C	Terje Langli	Harri Kirvesniemi	Vladimir Smirnov	[10]
11	17 March 1990	Vang	50 km F	Gunde Svan	Torgny Mogren	Alfred Runggaldier	[11]

Women

C – Classic / F – Freestyle
No.	Date	Venue	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	9 December 1989	Salt Lake City	5 km C	Jaana Savolainen	Tuulikki Pyykkonen	Svetlana Nageykina	[12]
2	10 December 1989	Salt Lake City	15 km F	Stefania Belmondo	Larisa Lazutina	Yelena Välbe	[13]
3	15 December 1989	Thunder Bay	15 km C	Larisa Lazutina	Trude Dybendahl	Svetlana Nageykina	[14]
4	14 January 1990	Moscow	30 km F	Trude Dybendahl	Raissa Smetanina	Larisa Lazutina	[15]
5	18 February 1990	Pontresina	15 km F	Manuela Di Centa	Yelena Välbe	Larisa Lazutina	[16]
6	20 February 1990	Val di Fiemme	10 km F	Yelena Välbe	Lyubov Yegorova	Svetlana Nageykina	[17]
7	25 February 1990	Bohinj	10 km C	Svetlana Nageykina	Lyubov Yegorova	Trude Dybendahl	[18]
8	2 March 1990	Lahti	5 km F	Yelena Välbe	Svetlana Nageykina	Larisa Lazutina	[19]
9	7 March 1990	Sollefteå	30 km F	Manuela Di Centa	Gabriele Hess	Yelena Välbe	[20]
10	10 March 1990	Örnsköldsvik	10 km C	Trude Dybendahl	Manuela Di Centa	Larisa Lazutina	[21]
11	17 March 1990	Vang	10+10 km Pursuit	Trude Dybendahl	Larisa Lazutina	Lyubov Yegorova	[22]

Men's team

C – Classic / F – Freestyle
Date	Venue	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
10 December 1989	Salt Lake City	4 × 10 km relay C/F	Sweden Jan Ottosson Christer Majbäck Torgny Mogren Gunde Svan	Norway I Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass Vegard Ulvang Øyvind Skaanes Bjørn Dæhlie	Norway II Arild Monsen Erling Jevne Torgeir Bjørn Terje Langli	^[3]
22 February 1990	Val di Fiemme	4 × 10 km relay C/F	Sweden Henrik Forsberg Jan Ottosson Christer Majbäck Gunde Svan	Italy Maurilio De Zolt Silvano Barco Giorgio Vanzetta Marco Albarello	Norway Øyvind Skaanes Bjørn Dæhlie Vegard Ulvang Terje Langli	[23]
1 March 1990	Lahti	4 × 10 km relay F	Italy Silvio Fauner Maurilio De Zolt Giorgio Vanzetta Alfred Runggaldier	Soviet Union Igor Badamshin Alexey Prokourorov Mikhail Botvinov Vladimir Smirnov	Sweden Henrik Forsberg Jan Ottosson Torgny Mogren Lars Håland	[24]
11 March 1990	Örnsköldsvik	4 × 10 km relay C/F	Sweden Jan Ottosson Christer Majbäck Henrik Forsberg Torgny Mogren	Norway Øyvind Skaanes Sture Sivertsen Vegard Ulvang Terje Langli	Czechoslovakia Lubos Buchta Ladislav Svanda Radim Nyc Vaclav Korunka	[25]
16 March 1990	Vang	4 × 10 km relay C/F	Norway Åge Skinstad Terje Langli Vegard Ulvang Øyvind Skaanes	Sweden Torgny Mogren Lars Håland Christer Majbäck Henrik Forsberg	Soviet Union Igor Badamshin Alexander Golubev Mikhail Botvinov Vladimir Smirnov	[26]

Women's team

C – Classic / F – Freestyle
Date	Venue	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
17 December 1989	Thunder Bay	4 × 5 km relay C/F	Soviet Union Svetlana Nageykina Larisa Lazutina Tamara Tikhonova Yelena Välbe	Finland Pirkko Määttä Tuulikki Pyykkönen Erja Kuivalainen Jaana Savolainen	Norway Trude Dybendahl Anne Jahren Nina Skeime Marit Elveos	^[4]
14 January 1990	Moscow	4 × 5 km relay C/F	Soviet Union Svetlana Nageykina Larisa Lazutina Tamara Tikhonova Yelena Välbe	Sweden	Norway	^[5]
22 February 1990	Val di Fiemme	4 × 5 km relay C/F	Soviet Union Svetlana Nageykina Lyubov Yegorova Tamara Tikhonova Yelena Välbe	Norway Solveig Pedersen Elin Nilsen Anne Jahren Trude Dybendahl	Finland Pirkko Määttä Jaana Savolainen Marjut Lukkarinen Tuulikki Pyykkönen	[27]
24 February 1990	Bohinj	4 × 5 km relay C/F	Soviet Union Elena Kaschirskaja Raisa Smetanina Tamara Tikhonova Lyubov Yegorova	Norway Inger Helene Nybråten Marit Wold Marit Elveos Nina Skeime	Sweden Karin Svingstedt Magdalena Wallin Marie-Helene Westin Catrin Larsson	[28]
4 March 1990	Lahti	4 × 5 km relay F	Norway Solveig Pedersen Inger Helene Nybråten Anne Jahren Trude Dybendahl	Soviet Union Svetlana Nageykina Raisa Smetanina Lyubov Yegorova Larisa Lazutina	Finland Pirkko Määttä Erja Kuivalainen Eija Hyytiäinen Tuulikki Pyykkönen	[29]
11 March 1990	Örnsköldsvik	4 × 5 km relay C/F	Soviet Union Lyubov Yegorova Larisa Lazutina Tamara Tikhonova Yelena Välbe	Norway Solveig Pedersen Inger Helene Nybråten Inger Lise Hegge Elin Nilsen	Finland Tuulikki Pyykkönen Pirkko Määttä Erja Kuivalainen Jaana Savolainen	[30]

Men's overall standings

Rank		Points
1	Vegard Ulvang	145
2	Gunde Svan	144
3	Bjørn Dæhlie	118
4	Jochen Behle	88
5	Christer Majbäck	86
6	Torgny Mogren	76
7	Vladimir Smirnov	74
8	Terje Langli	52
9	Jan Ottosson	48
10	Lars Håland	43

Women's overall standings

Rank		Points
1	Larisa Lazutina	146
2	Yelena Välbe	137
3	Trude Dybendahl	136
4	Svetlana Nageykina	134
5	Manuela Di Centa	126
6	Lyubov Yegorova	94
7	Tamara Tikhonova	76
8	Stefania Belmondo	66
9	Jaana Savolainen	52
10	Tuulikki Pyykkönen	47

Achievements

First World Cup career victory

Men

Bjørn Dæhlie, 22, in his 2nd season – the WC 1 (15 km C) in Salt Lake City; also first podium
Christer Majbäck, 25, in his 6th season – the WC 2 (15 km F) in Calgary; first podium was 1984–85 WC 7 (15 km) in Syktyvkar
Jochen Behle, 29, in his 9th season – the WC 3 (15 km F) in Calgary; first podium was 1981–82 WC 9 (15 km) in Štrbské Pleso
Terje Langli, 25, in his 4th season – the WC 10 (30 km C) in Örnsköldsvik; also first podium

Women

Stefania Belmondo, 20, in her 2nd season – the WC 2 (15 km F) in Salt Lake City; also first podium
Larisa Lazutina, 24, in her 6th season – the WC 3 (15 km C) in Thunder Bay; first podium was 1986–87 WC 7 (20 km F) in Oberstdorf
Trude Dybendahl, 24, in her 5th season – the WC 4 (30 km F) in Moscow; first podium was 1988–89 WC 4 (15 km C) in Kavgolovo
Manuela Di Centa, 27, in her 6th season – the WC 5 (15 km F) in Pontresina; first podium was 1988–89 WC 5 (10 km C) in Klingenthal
Svetlana Nageykina, 25, in her 5th season – the WC 7 (10 km C) in Bohinj; first podium was 1987–88 WC 10 (10 km F) in Rovaniemi

Victories in this World Cup (all-time number of victories as of 1989–90 season in parentheses)

Men

Gunde Svan (SWE), 3 (29) first places
Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR), 3 (3) first places
Vladimir Smirnov (URS), 1 (4) first place
Alexey Prokourorov (URS), 1 (3) first place
Christer Majbäck (SWE), 1 (1) first place
Jochen Behle (FRG), 1 (1) first place
Terje Langli (NOR), 1 (1) first place

Women

Trude Dybendahl (NOR), 3 (3) first places
Yelena Välbe (URS), 2 (7) first places
Manuela Di Centa (ITA), 2 (2) first places
Jaana Savolainen (FIN), 1 (2) first place
Stefania Belmondo (ITA), 1 (1) first place
Larisa Lazutina (URS), 1 (1) first place
Svetlana Nageykina (URS), 1 (1) first place

References

^ "CUP STANDING CROSS-COUNTRY WORLD CUP 1990 MEN". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
^ "CUP STANDING CROSS-COUNTRY WORLD CUP 1990 LADIES". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
^ Lohniský, Michael, ed. (February 1990). "Salt Lake City, USA 10.12.1989 4x10 km (klasicky a brusleni)" (PDF). LYŽAŘSTVÍ (in Czech). Czech Ski Association. p. 10. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
^ Lohniský, Michael, ed. (February 1990). "Canmore, Kanada 17.12.1989 4x5 km (klasicky a brusleni)" (PDF). LYŽAŘSTVÍ (in Czech). Czech Ski Association. p. 10. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
^ Lohniský, Michael, ed. (March 1990). "Moskva, SSSR 13.1. 4x5 km kombinovaně" (PDF). LYŽAŘSTVÍ (in Czech). Czech Ski Association. p. 10. Retrieved 22 December 2021.

[1] "CUP STANDING CROSS-COUNTRY WORLD CUP 1990 MEN". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 11 April 2018.

[2] "CUP STANDING CROSS-COUNTRY WORLD CUP 1990 LADIES". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 11 April 2018.

[3] Lohniský, Michael, ed. (February 1990). "Salt Lake City, USA 10.12.1989 4x10 km (klasicky a brusleni)" (PDF). LYŽAŘSTVÍ (in Czech). Czech Ski Association. p. 10. Retrieved 22 December 2021.

[4] Lohniský, Michael, ed. (February 1990). "Canmore, Kanada 17.12.1989 4x5 km (klasicky a brusleni)" (PDF). LYŽAŘSTVÍ (in Czech). Czech Ski Association. p. 10. Retrieved 22 December 2021.

[5] Lohniský, Michael, ed. (March 1990). "Moskva, SSSR 13.1. 4x5 km kombinovaně" (PDF). LYŽAŘSTVÍ (in Czech). Czech Ski Association. p. 10. Retrieved 22 December 2021.

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