1986–87 FIS Cross-Country World Cup

The 1986–87 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was the 6th official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and women. The World Cup started in Ramsau, Austria, on 10 December 1986 and finished in Oslo, Norway, on 15 March 1987. Torgny Mogren of Sweden won the overall men's cup^[1] and Marjo Matikainen of Finland won the women's.^[2]

1986–87 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Torgny Mogren	Marjo Matikainen (2nd title)
Nations Cup	Sweden	Norway
Nations Cup Overall	Sweden
Competition
Locations	9 venues	9 venues
Individual	11 events	11 events
Relay/Team	6 events	6 events
←1985–86 1987–88→

Calendar

Men

C – Classic / F – Freestyle

No.	Date	Venue	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	10 December 1986	Ramsau	15 km F	Gunde Svan	Kari Ristanen	Vegard Ulvang
2	13 December 1986	Cogne	15 km F	Gunde Svan	Torgny Mogren	Vladimir Smirnov
3	20 December 1986	Davos	30 km C	Thomas Eriksson	Vladimir Smirnov	Christer Majbäck
4	10 January 1987	Calgary	15 km C	Harri Kirvesniemi	Torgny Mogren	Christer Majbäck
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1987
5	12 February 1987	Oberstdorf	30 km C *	Thomas Wassberg	Aki Karvonen	Christer Majbäck
6	15 February 1987	Oberstdorf	15 km C *	Marco Albarello	Thomas Wassberg	Mikhail Devyatyarov
7	21 February 1987	Oberstdorf	50 km F *	Maurilio De Zolt	Thomas Wassberg	Torgny Mogren
8	1 March 1987	Lahti	30 km F	Alexey Prokurorov	Torgny Mogren	Albert Walder
9	7 March 1987	Falun	30 km F	Pierre Harvey	Alexey Prokurorov	Torgny Mogren
10	14 March 1987	Kavgolovo	15 km C	Torgny Mogren	Vegard Ulvang	Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass
11	21 March 1987	Holmenkollen	50 km C	Thomas Wassberg	Per Knut Aaland	Thomas Eriksson

Women

C – Classic / F – Freestyle

No.	Date	Venue	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	10 December 1986	Ramsau	10 km F	Marianne Dahlmo	Natalia Furletova	Susann Kuhfittig
2	13 December 1986	Val di Sole	5 km C	Brit Pettersen	Marie Johansson	Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo
3	20 December 1986	Cogne	20 km F	Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo	Marianne Dahlmo	Karin Thomas
4	10 January 1987	Calgary	10 km C	Evi Kratzer	Annika Dahlman	Angela Schmidt-Foster
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1987
5	13 February 1987	Oberstdorf	10 km C *	Anne Jahren	Marjo Matikainen	Brit Pettersen
6	16 February 1987	Oberstdorf	5 km C *	Marjo Matikainen	Anfisa Reztsova	Evi Kratzer
7	20 February 1987	Oberstdorf	20 km F *	Marie-Helene Westin	Anfisa Reztsova	Larisa Lazutina
8	28 February 1987	Lahti	5 km F	Marjo Matikainen	Anfisa Reztsova	Antonina Ordina
9	7 March 1987	Falun	30 km F	Anette Bøe	Marjo Matikainen	Marianne Dahlmo
10	15 March 1987	Kavgolovo	10 km C	Marjo Matikainen	Anfisa Reztsova	Marie-Helene Westin
11	21 March 1987	Holmenkollen	20 km C	Brit Pettersen	Raisa Smetanina	Anne Jahren

Men's team events

WC	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	14 December 1986	Cogne	4 × 10 km relay F	Sweden Thomas Wassberg Thomas Eriksson Gunde Svan Torgny Mogren	Norway Martin Hole Torgeir Bjørn Vegard Ulvang Geir Holte	Switzerland Jeremias Wigger Joos Ambühl Giachem Guidon Battista Bovisi	[3]
2	21 December 1986	Davos	4 × 10 km relay F	Sweden Erik Östlund Thomas Eriksson Torgny Mogren Gunde Svan	Finland	Switzerland	[4]
3	11 January 1987	Calgary	4 × 10 km relay F	Sweden Erik Östlund Christer Majbäck Gunde Svan Torgny Mogren	Switzerland Battista Bovisi Markus König Christian Marchon Giachem Guidon	Finland Jari Laukkanen Marko Mehtonen Harri Kirvesniemi Jari Rasanen	[5]
4	17 February 1987	Oberstdorf	4 × 10 km relay F *	Sweden Erik Östlund Gunde Svan Thomas Wassberg Torgny Mogren	Soviet Union Oleksandr Batyuk Vladimir Smirnov Mikhail Devyatyarov Vladimir Sakhnov	Norway Ove Aunli Vegard Ulvang Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass Terje Langli
5	8 March 1987	Falun	4 × 10 km relay C	Sweden Erik Östlund Torgny Mogren Thomas Wassberg Christer Majbäck	Soviet Union Oleksandr Batyuk Vladimir Sakhnov Alexander Uschkalenko Alexey Prokurorov	Norway Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass Vegard Ulvang Ove Aunli Terje Langli
6	19 March 1987	Holmenkollen	4 × 10 km relay C	Sweden Jan Ottosson Thomas Wassberg Torgny Mogren Thomas Eriksson	Finland Jari Laukkanen Harri Kirvesniemi Kari Ristanen Aki Karvonen	Italy Maurilio De Zolt Giorgio Vanzetta Marco Albarello Giuseppe Pulie

Women's team events

C – Classic / F – Freestyle

WC	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	14 December 1986	Val di Sole	4 × 5 km relay C	Norway Marianne Dahlmo Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo Brit Pettersen Berit Aunli	Soviet Union	Sweden	[6]
2	20 December 1986	Cogne	4 × 5 km relay F	Norway Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo Marit Elveos Anne Jahren Anette Bøe	Czechoslovakia Anna Janoušková Alžbeta Havrančíková Věra Klimková Marcela Jebavá	Sweden	[7]
3	11 January 1987	Calgary	4 × 5 km relay F	Sweden Ing Marie Carlström Catrin Larsson Annika Dahlman Marie-Helene Westin	Canada Angela Schmidt-Foster Carol Gibson Jean McAllister Marie-Andree Masson	Switzerland Margrit Ruhstaller Gaby Zurbrügg Marianne Irniger Evi Kratzer	[5]
4	17 February 1987	Oberstdorf	4 × 5 km relay F *	Soviet Union Antonina Ordina Nina Gavrylyuk Larisa Lazutina Anfisa Reztsova	Norway Marianne Dahlmo Nina Skeime Anne Jahren Anette Bøe	Sweden Magdalena Wallin Karin Lamberg-Skog Annika Dahlman Marie-Helene Westin
5	1 March 1987	Lahti	4 × 5 km relay C/F	Soviet Union Antonina Ordina Larisa Lazutina Yelena Vyalbe Anfisa Reztsova	Norway Brit Pettersen Anne Jahren Nina Skeime Marianne Dahlmo	Finland Tuulikki Pyykkönen Pirkko Määttä Jaana Savolainen Marjo Matikainen
6	19 March 1987	Holmenkollen	4 × 5 km relay C	Norway I Trude Dybendahl Brit Pettersen Inger Helene Nybråten Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo	Finland Eija Hyytiäinen Marjo Matikainen Pirkko Määttä Tuulikki Pyykkönen	Norway II Marianne Dahlmo Anette Bøe Nina Skeime Anne Jahren

• NOTE: Races marked with a star (*) counts officially for both as "FIS World Cup" and "FIS Nordic World Ski Championships" wins statistics.

Overall standings

Men Place Skier Country Points 1. Torgny Mogren 115 2. Thomas Wassberg 98 3. Gunde Svan 83 4. Vegard Ulvang 74 5. Vladimir Smirnov 64 6. Alexey Prokurorov 62 7. Pierre Harvey 60 8. Thomas Eriksson 59 9. Harri Kirvesniemi 57 9. Kari Ristanen 48

Women Place Skier Country Points 1. Marjo Matikainen 127 2. Anfisa Reztsova 97 3. Marianne Dahlmo 95 4. Marie-Helen Westin 85 5. Brit Pettersen 75 6. Anette Bøe 61 7. Evi Kratzer 60 8. Anne Jahren 59 9. Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo 53 10. Raisa Smetanina 51

Achievements

First World Cup career victory

Men Marco Albarello, 26, in his 4th season – the WC 6 (15 km C) in Oberstdorf; also first podium Maurilio De Zolt, 36, in his 6th season – the WC 7 (50 km F) in Oberstdorf; first podium was 1981–82 WC 7 (50 km) in Lahti Alexey Prokurorov, 22, in his 4th season – the WC 8 (30 km F) in Lahti; also first podium Pierre Harvey, 29, in his 6th season – the WC 9 (30 km F) in Falun; also first podium

Women Evi Kratzer, 26, in her 6th season – the WC 4 (10 km C) in Calgary; first podium was 1984–85 WC 2 (10 km) in Davos Marie-Helene Westin, 20, in her 2nd season – the WC 7 (20 km F) in Oberstdorf; also first podium

Victories in this World Cup (all-time number of victories as of 1986–87 season in parentheses)

Men  Gunde Svan (SWE), 2 (18) first places  Thomas Wassberg (SWE), 2 (6) first place  Torgny Mogren (SWE), 1 (3) first place  Thomas Eriksson (SWE), 1 (2) first place  Harri Kirvesniemi (FIN), 1 (2) first place  Marco Albarello (ITA), 1 (1) first place  Maurilio De Zolt (ITA), 1 (1) first place  Alexey Prokurorov (URS), 1 (1) first place  Pierre Harvey (CAN), 1 (1) first place

Women  Marjo Matikainen (FIN), 3 (5) first places  Brit Pettersen (NOR), 2 (10) first places  Anette Bøe (NOR), 1 (9) first place  Marianne Dahlmo (NOR), 1 (2) first place  Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo (NOR), 1 (2) first place  Anne Jahren (NOR), 1 (2) first place  Evi Kratzer (SUI), 1 (1) first place  Marie-Helene Westin (SWE), 1 (1) first place