1991–92 FIS Cross-Country World Cup

The 1991–92 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was the 11th official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and women. The World Cup started in Silver Star, Canada, from 8 December 1991 and finished in Vang, Norway, on 14 March 1992. Bjørn Dæhlie of Norway won the overall men's cup^[1] and Yelena Välbe of the CIS won the women's.^[2]

1991–92 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Bjørn Dæhlie	Yelena Välbe (3rd title)
Nations Cup	Norway	Russia
Nations Cup Overall	Norway
Competition
Locations	8 venues	8 venues
Individual	12 events	12 events
Relay/Team	5 events	5 events
←1990–91 1992–93→

Calendar

Men

C – Classic / F – Freestyle

No.	Date	Venue	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	7 December 1991	Silver Star, BC	10 km C	Vegard Ulvang	Vladimir Smirnov	Terje Langli
2	8 December 1991		25 km C	Vegard Ulvang	Bjørn Dæhlie	Silvio Fauner
3	14 December 1991	Thunder Bay	30 km F	Bjørn Dæhlie	Vegard Ulvang	Kristen Skjeldal
4	4 January 1992	Kavgolovo	30 km C	Bjørn Dæhlie	Vegard Ulvang	Vladimir Smirnov
5	11 January 1992	Cogne	15 km F	Bjørn Dæhlie	Torgny Mogren	Sigurd Brørs
1992 Winter Olympics (8–23 February)
6	10 February 1992	Albertville	30 km C	Vegard Ulvang	Bjørn Dæhlie	Terje Langli
7	13 February 1992		10 km C	Vegard Ulvang	Marco Albarello	Christer Majbäck
8	15 February 1992		15 km F Pursuit	Bjørn Dæhlie	Vegard Ulvang	Giorgio Vanzetta
9	22 February 1992		50 km F	Bjørn Dæhlie	Maurilio De Zolt	Giorgio Vanzetta
10	29 February 1992	Lahti	15 km C	Bjørn Dæhlie	Vegard Ulvang	Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass
11	7 March 1992	Funäsdalen	30 km F	Torgny Mogren	Bjørn Dæhlie	Vladimir Smirnov
12	14 March 1992	Vang	50 km C	Vegard Ulvang	Mikhail Botvinov	Lubos Buchta

Women

C – Classic / F – Freestyle

No.	Date	Venue	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	7 December 1991	Silver Star, BC	5 km C	Yelena Välbe	Stefania Belmondo	Svetlana Nageykina
2	8 December 1991		15 km C	Stefania Belmondo	Yelena Välbe	Lyubov Yegorova
3	14 December 1991	Thunder Bay	5 km F	Yelena Välbe	Lyubov Yegorova	Elin Nilsen
4	4 January 1992	Kavgolovo	15 km C	Yelena Välbe	Marjut Lukkarinen	Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi
5	11 January 1992	Cogne	30 km F	Stefania Belmondo	Elin Nilsen	Trude Dybendahl
1992 Winter Olympics (8–23 February)
6	9 February 1992	Albertville	15 km C	Lyubov Yegorova	Marjut Lukkarinen	Yelena Välbe
7	13 February 1992		5 km C	Marjut Lukkarinen	Lyubov Yegorova	Yelena Välbe
8	15 February 1992		10 km F Pursuit	Lyubov Yegorova	Stefania Belmondo	Yelena Välbe
9	21 February 1992		30 km F	Stefania Belmondo	Lyubov Yegorova	Yelena Välbe
10	29 February 1992	Lahti	30 km C	Stefania Belmondo	Inger Helene Nybråten	Marjut Lukkarinen
11	7 March 1992	Funäsdalen	5 km C	Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi	Trude Dybendahl	Lyubov Yegorova
12	14 March 1992	Vang	15 km F	Yelena Välbe	Lyubov Yegorova	Stefania Belmondo

Note: Until the 1994 Winter Olympics, Olympic races were part of the World Cup. Hence results from those races are included in the World Cup overall.

Men's team

C – Classic / F – Freestyle

WC	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	5 January 1992	Kavgolovo	4 × 10 km relay C/F	Norway Terje Langli Kristen Skjeldal Vegard Ulvang Bjørn Dæhlie	Finland I Mika Myllylä Mika Kuusisto Harri Kirvesniemi Seppo Rantanen	CIS I Andrey Kirillov Mikhail Devyatyarov Alexei Prokourorov Vladimir Smirnov
2	12 January 1992	Cogne	4 × 10 km relay C/F	Sweden I Jan Ottosson Christer Majbäck Henrik Forsberg Torgny Mogren	Norway Gudmund Skjeldal Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass Sigurd Brørs Vegard Ulvang	Finland I Mika Myllylä Harri Kirvesniemi Jari Isometsä Jari Räsänen
3	15 February 1992	Albertville	4 × 10 km relay C/F	Norway Terje Langli Vegard Ulvang Kristen Skjeldal Bjørn Dæhlie	Italy Giuseppe Pulie Marco Albarello Giorgio Vanzetta Silvio Fauner	Finland Mika Kuusisto Harri Kirvesniemi Jari Räsänen Jari Isometsä	-
4	1 March 1992	Lahti	4 × 10 km relay C/F	CIS Andrey Kirillov Mikhail Botvinov Alexey Prokurorov Vladimir Smirnov	Norway I Terje Langli Vegard Ulvang Bjørn Dæhlie Kristen Skjeldal	Finland I Mika Myllylä Jukka Hartonen Jari Räsänen Jari Isometsä
5	8 March 1992	Funäsdalen	4 × 10 km relay C	Norway I Sture Sivertsen Terje Langli Vegard Ulvang Bjørn Dæhlie	CIS Andrey Kirillov Mikhail Botvinov Alexey Prokourorov Vladimir Smirnov	Sweden I Jyrki Ponsiluoma Jan Ottosson Torgny Mogren Henrik Forsberg

Women's team

C – Classic / F – Freestyle

WC	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	5 January 1992	Kavgolovo	4 × 5 km relay C/F	Finland Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi Pirkko Määttä Tuulikki Pyykkönen Marjut Lukkarinen	Norway Inger Helene Nybråten Inger Lise Hegge Solveig Pedersen Trude Dybendahl	CIS I Svetlana Nageykina Iryna Taranenko-Terelia Lyubov Yegorova Yelena Välbe
2	12 January 1992	Cogne	4 × 5 km relay C/F	Italy Bice Vanzetta Gabriella Paruzzi Manuela Di Centa Stefania Belmondo	Finland Pirkko Määttä Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi Jaana Savolainen Marjut Lukkarinen	Norway Inger Helene Nybråten Inger Lise Hegge Kristin Tjelle Elin Nilsen
3	15 February 1992	Albertville	4 × 5 km relay C/F	CIS Yelena Välbe Raisa Smetanina Larisa Lazutina Lyubov Yegorova	Norway Solveig Pedersen Inger Helene Nybråten Trude Dybendahl Elin Nilsen	Italy Bice Vanzetta Manuela Di Centa Gabriella Paruzzi Stefania Belmondo	-
4	8 March 1992	Funäsdalen	4 × 5 km relay C	Norway I Solveig Pedersen Inger Helene Nybråten Elin Nilsen Trude Dybendahl	CIS Yelena Välbe Larisa Lazutina Svetlana Nageykina Lyubov Yegorova	Finland Sirpa Ryhänen Marjut Lukkarinen Jaana Savolainen Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi
5	15 March 1992	Vang	4 × 5 km relay C/F	CIS Svetlana Nageykina Lyubov Yegorova Larisa Lazutina Yelena Välbe	Italy Bice Vanzetta Manuela Di Centa Gabriella Paruzzi Stefania Belmondo	Norway I Inger Helene Nybråten Inger Lise Hegge Elin Nilsen Trude Dybendahl

Overall standings

Men Rank Points 1 Bjørn Dæhlie 198 2 Vegard Ulvang 196 3 Vladimir Smirnov 93 4 Terje Langli 83 5 Torgny Mogren 73 6 Mikhail Botvinov 51 7 Harri Kirvesniemi 48 Kristen Skjeldal 48 9 Christer Majbäck 45 10 Marco Albarello 42

Women Rank Points 1 Yelena Välbe 169 2 Stefania Belmondo 156 3 Lyubov Yegorova 152 4 Marjut Rolig 122 5 Elin Nilsen 98 6 Inger Helene Nybråten 96 7 Trude Dybendahl 87 8 Marie-Helene Westin 56 9 Manuela Di Centa 54 10 Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi 50

Achievements

Victories in this World Cup (all-time number of victories as of 1991–92 season in parentheses)

Men  Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR), 6 (11) first places  Vegard Ulvang (NOR), 5 (8) first places  Torgny Mogren (SWE), 1 (10) first place

Women  Yelena Välbe (CIS), 4 (19) first places  Stefania Belmondo (ITA), 4 (6) first place  Lyubov Yegorova (CIS), 2 (3) first places  Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (FIN), 1 (11) first place  Marjut Rolig (FIN), 1 (1) first place