1985–86 FIS Cross-Country World Cup

The 1985–86 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was the 5th official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and women. The World Cup began in Labrador City, Canada, on 7 December 1985 and finished in Oslo, Norway, on 15 March 1986. Gunde Svan of Sweden won the overall men's cup, and Marjo Matikainen of Finland won the women's.

1985–86 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Gunde Svan (3rd title)	Marjo Matikainen
Nations Cup	Sweden	Norway
Nations Cup Overall	Norway
Competition
Locations	9 venues	9 venues
Individual	9 events	9 events
Relay/Team	5 events	5 events
←1984–85 1986–87→

Before the season began, after several years of disagreements between athletes and federations concerning what styles of skiing should be allowed, it was decided that cross-country skiing should have two disciplines: classical and freestyle. The initiative to this idea was made by the Swedish skier Thomas Wassberg.^[1]

Race calendar

Men

C – Classic / F – Freestyle

No.	Date	Venue	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	8 December 1985	Labrador City	15 km C	Gunde Svan	Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass	Vladimir Smirnov
2	14 December 1985	Biwabik	30 km F	Gunde Svan	Kari Ristanen	Ove Aunli
3	11 January 1986	La Bresse	30 km C	Gunde Svan	Vladimir Smirnov	Erik Östlund
4	15 January 1986	Bohinj	15 km F	Torgny Mogren	Gunde Svan	Vegard Ulvang
5	14 February 1986	Oberstdorf	50 km F	Gunde Svan	Vladimir Sakhnov	Maurilio De Zolt
6	23 February 1986	Kavgolovo	15 km C	Vladimir Smirnov	Gunde Svan	Yuriy Burlakov
7	2 March 1986	Lahti	15 km F	Torgny Mogren	Gunde Svan	Giorgio Vanzetta
8	8 March 1986	Falun	30 km C	Thomas Wassberg	Thomas Eriksson	Martin Hole
9	14 March 1986	Oslo	50 km C	Gunde Svan	Torgny Mogren	Vegard Ulvang

Women

C – Classic / F – Freestyle

No.	Date	Venue	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	7 December 1985	Labrador City	5 km F	Marjo Matikainen	Anfisa Reztsova	Jaana Savolainen
2	13 December 1985	Biwabik	10 km C	Brit Pettersen	Marianne Dahlmo	Marjo Matikainen
3	11 January 1986	Les Saisies	10 km F	Gaby Nestler	Carola Jacob	Simone Opitz
4	18 January 1986	Nové Město	20 km F	Simone Opitz	Gaby Nestler	Marianne Dahlmo
5	15 February 1986	Oberstdorf	20 km C	Marianne Dahlmo	Brit Pettersen	Raisa Smetanina
6	22 February 1986	Kavgolovo	10 km C	Anne Jahren	Marianne Dahlmo	Raisa Smetanina
7	2 March 1986	Lahti	5 km C	Marjo Matikainen	Anne Jahren	Marianne Dahlmo
8	8 March 1986	Falun	30 km C	Brit Pettersen	Marjo Matikainen	Marit Mikkelsplass
9	15 March 1986	Oslo	10 km F	Jaana Savolainen	Simone Opitz	Anne Jahren

Men's team events

C – Classic / F – Freestyle

Date	Venue	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
8 December 1985	Labrador City	4 × 10 km relay C/F	Sweden I Erik Östlund Jan Ottosson Torgny Mogren Gunde Svan	Soviet Union Leonid Turtchin Oleksandr Batyuk Vasily Gorbachyov Vladimir Smirnov	Norway Tor Håkon Holte Vegard Ulvang Ove Aunli Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass	[2]
15 January 1986	Bohinj	4 × 10 km relay C	Sweden Erik Östlund Torgny Mogren Christer Majbäck Gunde Svan	Soviet Union Oleksandr Batyuk Mikhail Devyatyarov Yuriy Burlakov Vladimir Smirnov	Norway Hans Erik Tofte Vegard Ulvang Per Knut Aaland Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass	[3]
16 February 1986	Oberstdorf	4 × 10 km relay C	Sweden I Erik Östlund Torgny Mogren Gunde Svan Thomas Eriksson	Norway I Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass Vegard Ulvang Martin Hole Hans Erik Tofte	Soviet Union II Andrei Sergeyev Oleksandr Ushkalenko Yuriy Burlakov Alexey Burlakov	[4]
9 March 1986	Falun	4 × 10 km relay F	Sweden Erik Östlund Thomas Eriksson Torgny Mogren Gunde Svan	Norway I Arild Monsen Vegard Ulvang Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass Martin Hole	Finland Ari Hynninen Kari Ristanen Aki Karvonen Harri Kirvesniemi
13 March 1986	Oslo	4 × 10 km relay F	Sweden I Erik Östlund Thomas Eriksson Torgny Mogren Gunde Svan	Italy Marco Albarello Albert Walder Maurilio De Zolt Giorgio Vanzetta	Sweden II Thomas Wassberg Christer Majbäck Lars Håland Sven-Eric Danielsson

Women's team events

C – Classic / F – Freestyle

Date	Venue	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
15 December 1985	Biwabik	4 × 5 km relay F	Finland Pirkko Määttä Jaana Savolainen Eija Hyytiäinen Marjo Matikainen	Soviet Union Tamara Tikhonova Antonina Ordina Nina Koroleva Anfisa Reztsova	Norway I Brit Pettersen Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo Anne Jahren Marianne Dahlmo
15 January 1986	Klingenthal	4 × 5 km relay F	East Germany I Carola Jacob Susann Kuhfittig Simone Opitz Gaby Nestler	Finland Pirkko Määttä Jaana Savolainen Eija Hyytiäinen Marjo Matikainen	Sweden Marie Johansson Anna Larsson Anna-Lena Fritzon Karin Lamberg-Skog	[5]
16 February 1986	Oberstdorf	4 × 5 km relay C	Norway I Marianne Dahlmo Brit Pettersen Solveig Pedersen Anne Jahren	Finland Pirkko Määttä Jaana Savolainen Eija Hyytiäinen Marjo Matikainen	Soviet Union Nina Gavrylyuk Tamara Tikhonova Natalia Furlatova Nina Koroleva	[6]
1 March 1986	Lahti	4 × 5 km relay C	Norway I Berit Aunli Brit Pettersen Solveig Pedersen Anne Jahren	Finland I Pirkko Määttä Eija Hyytiäinen Jaana Savolainen Marjo Matikainen	Norway II Marianne Myklebust Nina Skeime Nina Østvold Trude Dybendahl
13 March 1986	Oslo	4 × 5 km relay F	Sweden Lis Frost Carina Görlin Karin Lamberg-Skog Annika Dahlman	Norway I Marianne Dahlmo Nina Skeime Berit Aunli Anne Jahren	Norway II Inger Helene Nybråten Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen Siv Tangen

Overall standings

Men Place Skier Country Points 1. Gunde Svan 145 2. Torgny Mogren 101 3. Vladimir Smirnov 78 4. Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass 57 4. Erik Östlund 57 6. Thomas Eriksson 50 7. Christer Majbäck 47 8. Vegard Ulvang 43 9. Pierre Harvey 40 10. Martin Hole 29

Women Place Skier Country Points 1. Marjo Matikainen 107 2. Marianne Dahlmo 106 3. Brit Pettersen 104 4. Anne Jahren 88 5. Simone Opitz 60 6. Gaby Nestler 54 6. Evi Kratzer 54 8. Jaana Savolainen 44 9. Nina Koroleva 42 9. Pirkko Määttä 42

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Sweden (SWE)	8	5	1	14
2	Norway (NOR)	4	4	9	17
3	Finland (FIN)	3	2	2	7
4	East Germany (GDR)	2	3	1	6
5	Soviet Union (URS)	1	4	3	8
6	Italy (ITA)	0	0	2	2
Totals (6 entries)		18	18	18	54

Achievements

First World Cup career victory

Men Torgny Mogren, 22, in his 3rd season - the WC 4 (5 km F) in Bohinj; also first podium Vladimir Smirnov, 21, in his 4th season - the WC 6 (15 km C) in Kavgolovo; first podium was 1983–84 WC 10 (15 km) in Murmansk

Women Marjo Matikainen, 20, in her 2nd season – the WC 1 (5 km F) in Labrador City; also first podium Gaby Nestler, 18, in her 3rd season – the WC 3 (10 km F) in Les Saisies; also first podium Simone Opitz, 23, in her 2nd season – the WC 4 (20 km F) in Nove Mesto; first podium was 1985–86 WC 3 (10 km F) in Les Saisies Marianne Dahlmo, 21, in her 2nd season – the WC 5 (20 km C) in Oberstdorf; first podium was 1984–85 WC 9 (5 km) in Lahti Anne Jahren, 22, in her 5th season – the WC 6 (10 km C) in Kavgolovo; first podium was 1982–83 WC 3 (10 km) in Stachy Zadow Jaana Savolainen, 23, in her 3rd season – the WC 9 (10 km F) in Oslo; first podium was 1985–86 WC 1 (5 km F) in Labrador City

Victories in this World Cup (all-time number of victories as of 1985/86 season in parentheses)

Men  Gunde Svan (SWE), 5 (16) first places  Torgny Mogren (SWE), 2 (2) first places  Vladimir Smirnov (URS), 1 (1) first place  Thomas Wassberg (SWE), 1 (4) first place

Women  Brit Pettersen (NOR), 2 (8) first places  Marjo Matikainen (FIN), 2 (2) first places  Gaby Nestler (GDR), 1 (1) first place  Simone Opitz (GDR), 1 (1) first place  Marianne Dahlmo (NOR), 1 (1) first place  Anne Jahren (NOR), 1 (1) first place  Jaana Savolainen (FIN), 1 (1) first place