1987–88 FIS Cross-Country World Cup

The 1987–88 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was the 7th official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and women. The World Cup started in La Clusaz, France, on 12 December 1987 and finished in Rovaniemi, Finland, on 27 March 1988. Gunde Svan of Sweden won the overall men's cup,^[1] and Marjo Matikainen of Finland won the women's.^[2]

1987–88 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Gunde Svan (4th title)	Marjo Matikainen (3rd title)
Nations Cup	Sweden	Soviet Union
Nations Cup Overall	Sweden
Competition
Locations	9 venues	8 venues
Individual	11 events	10 events
Relay/Team	6 events	6 events
←1986–87 1988–89→

The first ever mass start event in the World Cup was arranged in Kastelruth, Italy on 15 December 1987. Swede Torgny Mogren won the men's 30 km race. The first women's mass start event was won by Finnish skier Marjo Matikainen at Holmenkollen, Norway on 17 March 1988.

Calendar

Men

C – Classic / F – Freestyle

No.	Date	Venue	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	12 December 1987	La Clusaz	15 km F	Torgny Mogren	Gunde Svan	Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass
2	15 December 1987	Kastelruth	30 km F Mass Start	Torgny Mogren	Gunde Svan	Pierre Harvey
3	19 December 1987	Davos	15 km C	Gunde Svan	Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass	Jan Ottosson
4	9 January 1988	Kavgolovo	30 km C	Vladimir Smirnov	Alexey Prokourorov	Christer Majbäck
5	15 January 1988	Strbske Pleso	15 km F	Torgny Mogren	Holger Bauroth	Giachem Guidon
1988 Winter Olympics
6	15 February 1988	Calgary	30 km C *	Alexey Prokourorov	Vladimir Smirnov	Vegard Ulvang
7	19 February 1988		15 km C *	Mikhail Devyatyarov	Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass	Vladimir Smirnov
8	27 February 1988		50 km F *	Gunde Svan	Maurilio De Zolt	Andreas Grünenfelder
9	12 March 1988	Falun	30 km F	Pierre Harvey	Holger Bauroth	Kari Ristanen
10	19 March 1988	Holmenkollen	50 km F	Pierre Harvey	Silvano Barco	Maurilio De Zolt
11	27 March 1988	Rovaniemi	50 km C	Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass	Oddvar Brå	Harri Kirvesniemi

Women

C – Classic / F – Freestyle

No.	Date	Venue	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	13 December 1987	La Clusaz	5 km F	Marianne Dahlmo	Jaana Savolainen	Simone Greiner-Petter
2	16 December 1987	Bohinj	10 km F	Tamara Tikhonova	Anfisa Reztsova	Antonina Ordina
3	19 December 1987	Reit im Winkl	5 km F	Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi	Raisa Smetanina	Marie-Helene Westin
4	9 January 1988	Kavgolovo	10 km C	Inger Helene Nybråten	Vida Vencienė	Antonina Ordina
5	15 January 1988	Toblach	20 km F	Simone Greiner-Petter	Anna-Lena Fritzon	Marie-Helene Westin
1988 Winter Olympics
6	14 February 1988	Calgary	10 km C *	Vida Vencienė	Raissa Smetanina	Marjo Matikainen
7	17 February 1988		5 km C *	Marjo Matikainen	Tamara Tikhonova	Vida Vencienė
8	25 February 1988		20 km F *	Tamara Tikhonova	Anfisa Reztsova	Raisa Smetanina
9	17 March 1988	Holmenkollen	30 km F Mass Start	Marjo Matikainen	Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi	Marit Mikkelsplass
10	27 March 1988	Rovaniemi	10 km F	Marie-Helene Westin	Magdalena Wallin	Svetlana Nageykina

Men's team events

Date	Venue	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
10 January 1988	Kavgolovo	4 × 10 km relay F	Soviet Union	Sweden	Norway	[3]
16 January 1988	Štrbské Pleso	4 × 10 km relay C	Sweden Jan Ottosson Lars Håland Gunde Svan Torgny Mogren	Austria Markus Gandler Alois Stadlober Andre Blatter Alois Schwarz	Czechoslovakia Ladislav Švanda Miloš Bečvář Radim Nyč Václav Korunka	[4]
22 February 1988	Calgary	4 × 10 km relay F	Sweden	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia
24 February 1988	Calgary	4 × 10 km relay F *	Sweden Jan Ottosson Thomas Wassberg Gunde Svan Torgny Mogren	Soviet Union Vladimir Smirnov Vladimir Sakhnov Mikhail Devyatyarov Alexey Prokourorov	Czechoslovakia Radim Nyč Václav Korunka Pavel Benc Ladislav Švanda	-
13 March 1988	Falun	4 × 10 km relay F	Sweden Jan Ottosson Gunde Svan Torgny Mogren Christer Majbäck	Norway Bjørn Dæhlie Torgeir Bjørn Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass Vegard Ulvang	Italy Marco Albarello Giorgio Vanzetta Maurilio De Zolt Silvano Barco
17 March 1988	Holmenkollen	4 × 10 km relay F	Norway Arild Monsen Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass Torgeir Bjørn Vegard Ulvang	Sweden I Jan Ottosson Torgny Mogren Christer Majbäck Gunde Svan	Sweden II Thomas Eriksson Henrik Forsberg Lars Håland Benny Kohlberg

Women's team events

Date	Venue	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
20 December 1987	Reit im Winkl	4 × 5 km relay C	Norway Trude Dybendahl Anne Jahren Inger Helene Nybråten Marianne Dahlmo	Finland	Soviet Union	[5]
10 January 1988	Leningrad	4 × 5 km relay C	Soviet Union	Norway	Sweden	[6]
16 January 1988	Toblach	4 × 5 km relay F	Sweden Karin Svingstedt Anna-Lena Fritzon Magdalena Wallin Marie-Helene Westin	East Germany	Norway	[7]
23 February 1988	Calgary	4 × 5 km relay F *	Soviet Union Svetlana Nageykina Nina Gavrylyuk Tamara Tikhonova Anfisa Reztsova	Norway Trude Dybendahl Marit Wold Anne Jahren Marianne Dahlmo	Finland Pirkko Määttä Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi Marjo Matikainen Jaana Savolainen	-
13 March 1988	Falun	4 × 5 km relay C	Norway I Trude Dybendahl Inger Helene Nybråten Anne Jahren Marianne Dahlmo	Finland Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi Marjo Matikainen Eija Hyytiäinen Pirkko Määttä	Norway II Marit Elveos Marit Mikkelsplass Anette Bøe Solveig Pedersen
26 March 1988	Rovaniemi	Relay 4x5 km F	Finland I Erja Kuivalainen Pirkko Määttä Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi Marjo Matikainen	Finland II	Norway	[8]

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

Overall standings

Men's standings Place Skier Country Points 1. Gunde Svan 109 2. Torgny Mogren 100 3. Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass 99 4. Holger Bauroth 81 4. Vladimir Smirnov 71 6. Pierre Harvey 67 7. Vegard Ulvang 64 8. Jan Ottosson 58 9. Alexey Prokurorov 57 10. Kari Ristanen 50

Women's standings Place Skier Country Points 1. Marjo Matikainen 107 2. Marie-Helen Westin 92 3. Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi 82 4. Tamara Tikhonova 81 5. Vida Vencienė 78 6. Raisa Smetanina 65 7 Marianne Dahlmo 62 8. Simone Greiner-Petter 59 9. Inger Helene Nybråten 54 10. Pirkko Määttä 52

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	7	9	6	22
2	Sweden (SWE)	7	4	4	15
3	Norway (NOR)	3	4	3	10
4	Finland (FIN)	3	2	4	9
5	Canada (CAN)	2	0	1	3
6	East Germany (GDR)	1	2	1	4
7	Italy (ITA)	0	2	1	3
8	Switzerland (SUI)	0	0	2	2
9	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 entries)		23	23	23	69

Achievements

First World Cup career victory

Men None

Women Tamara Tikhonova, 23, in her 5th season – the WC 2 (10 km F) in Bohinj; also first podium Simone Greiner-Petter, 20, in her 2nd season – the WC 5 (20 km F) in Toblach; first podium was 1987–88 WC 1 (5 km F) in La Clusaz Vida Vencienė, 26, in her 3rd season – the WC 6 (10 km C) in Calgary; first podium was 1987–88 WC 4 (10 km C) in Leningrad

Victories in this World Cup (all-time number of victories as of 1987/88 season in parentheses)

Men  Torgny Mogren (SWE), 3 (6) first places  Gunde Svan (SWE), 2 (20) first places  Pierre Harvey (CAN), 2 (3) first places  Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass (NOR), 1 (3) first place  Vladimir Smirnov (USSR), 1 (2) first place  Alexey Prokourorov (USSR), 1 (2) first place  Mikhail Devyatyarov (USSR), 1 (2) first place

Women  Marjo Matikainen (FIN), 2 (7) first places  Tamara Tikhonova (USSR), 2 (2) first places  Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (FIN), 1 (8) first places  Marianne Dahlmo (NOR), 1 (3) first place  Inger Helene Nybråten (NOR), 1 (2) first place  Marie-Helene Westin (SWE), 1 (2) first place  Simone Greiner-Petter (DDR), 1 (1) first place  Vida Vencienė (USSR), 1 (1) first place