2002–03 FIS Cross-Country World Cup

The 2002–03 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was the 22nd official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and women. The season began in Düsseldorf, Germany, on 26 October on 2002 and was concluded in Falun, Sweden, on 23 March 2003. Mathias Fredriksson of Sweden won the overall men's cup,^[1] and Bente Skari of Norway won the women's.^[2]

2002–03 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Mathias Fredriksson	Bente Skari (4th title)
Distance	(not arranged)	(not arranged)
Sprint	Thobias Fredriksson	Marit Bjørgen
Nations Cup	Sweden	Norway
Nations Cup Overall	Norway
Competition
Locations	19 venues	19 venues
Individual	21 events	21 events
Relay/Team	6 events	6 events
←2001–02 2003–04→

Calendar

Men

Key: C – Classic / F – Freestyle

WC	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Ref.
1	26 October 2002	Düsseldorf	Sprint F	Peter Larsson	Thobias Fredriksson	Tor Arne Hetland	Peter Larsson
2	23 November 2002	Kiruna	10 km F	Vincent Vittoz	Pietro Piller Cottrer	Fulvio Valbusa	Tor Arne Hetland
3	30 November 2002	Ruka	15 km C	Vasily Rochev	Lukáš Bauer	Axel Teichmann	Vasily Rochev
4	7 December 2002	Davos	15 km F	Mathias Fredriksson	Vincent Vittoz	Fulvio Valbusa	Vincent Vittoz
5	11 December 2002	Clusone	Sprint F	Tor Arne Hetland	René Sommerfeldt	Anders Högberg	René Sommerfeldt
6	14 December 2002	Cogne	30 km C Mass Start	Frode Estil	Anders Aukland	Mathias Fredriksson	Mathias Fredriksson
7	15 December 2002	Cogne	Sprint C	Tor Arne Hetland	Lauri Pyykönen	Jens Arne Svartedal	Tor Arne Hetland
8	19 December 2002	Linz	Sprint F	Mikael Östberg	Thobias Fredriksson	Cristian Zorzi
9	21 December 2002	Ramsau	10 km C + 10 km F   Double Pursuit	Axel Teichmann	Anders Södergren	Tobias Angerer
10	4 January 2003	Kavgolovo	10 km F	René Sommerfeldt	Mathias Fredriksson	Axel Teichmann	René Sommerfeldt
11	12 January 2003	Otepää	30 km C Mass Start	Jörgen Brink	Anders Aukland	Andrus Veerpalu
12	18 January 2003	Nové Město	15 km F	Lukáš Bauer	Christian Hoffmann	Per Elofsson
13	25 January 2003	Oberhof	15 km C Mass Start	Mathias Fredriksson	Reto Burgermeister	Frode Estil	Mathias Fredriksson
14	12 February 2003	Reit im Winkl	Sprint F	Cristian Zorzi	Jörgen Brink	Tobias Angerer
15	15 February 2003	Asiago	10 km C	Andrus Veerpalu	Frode Estil	Fulvio Valbusa
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2003 (22 February – 5 March)
16	6 March 2003	Oslo	Sprint C	Håvard Bjerkeli	Lauri Pyykönen	Thobias Fredriksson	Mathias Fredriksson
17	8 March 2003	Oslo	50 km C	Andrus Veerpalu	Anders Aukland	Andrey Noutrikhin
18	11 March 2003	Drammen	Sprint C	Jens Arne Svartedal	Keijo Kurttila	Thobias Fredriksson
19	16 March 2003	Lahti	15 km F	Mathias Fredriksson	Lukáš Bauer	Pietro Piller Cottrer
20	20 March 2003	Borlänge	Sprint F	Thobias Fredriksson	Peter Larsson	Cristian Zorzi
21	22 March 2003	Falun	10 km C + 10 km F   Double Pursuit	Mathias Fredriksson	Frode Estil	Jörgen Brink

Women

Key: C – Classic / F – Freestyle

WC	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Ref.
1	26 October 2002	Düsseldorf	Sprint F	Marit Bjørgen	Gabriella Paruzzi	Anita Moen	Marit Bjørgen
2	23 November 2002	Kiruna	5 km F	Evi Sachenbacher Kristina Šmigun		Claudia Künzel	Evi Sachenbacher
3	30 November 2002	Ruka	10 km C	Bente Skari	Kristina Šmigun	Lilia Vasilieva	Kristina Šmigun
4	7 December 2002	Davos	10 km F	Bente Skari	Kristina Šmigun	Gabriella Paruzzi
5	11 December 2002	Clusone	Sprint F	Marit Bjørgen	Claudia Künzel	Maj Helen Sorkmo
6	14 December 2002	Cogne	15 km C Mass Start	Bente Skari	Kristina Šmigun	Anita Moen
7	15 December 2002	Cogne	Sprint C	Bente Skari	Marit Bjørgen	Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen	Bente Skari
8	19 December 2002	Linz	Sprint F	Pirjo Manninen	Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen	Beckie Scott
9	21 December 2002	Ramsau	5 km C + 5 km F   Double Pursuit	Bente Skari	Marit Bjørgen	Kristina Šmigun
10	4 January 2003	Kavgolovo	5 km F	Kristina Šmigun	Sabina Valbusa	Gabriella Paruzzi
11	12 January 2003	Otepää	15 km C Mass Start	Bente Skari	Kristina Šmigun	Kaisa Varis
12	18 January 2003	Nové Město	10 km F	Bente Skari	Gabriella Paruzzi	Kristina Šmigun
13	25 January 2003	Oberhof	10 km C Mass Start	Bente Skari	Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen	Kaisa Varis
14	12 February 2003	Reit im Winkl	Sprint F	Marit Bjørgen	Evi Sachenbacher	Sabina Valbusa
15	15 February 2003	Asiago	5 km C	Bente Skari	Beckie Scott	Olga Zavyalova
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2003 (22 February – 5 March)
16	6 March 2003	Oslo	Sprint C	Bente Skari	Manuela Henkel	Kirsi Välimaa	Bente Skari
17	8 March 2003	Oslo	30 km C	Bente Skari	Annmari Viljanmaa	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
18	11 March 2003	Drammen	Sprint C	Bente Skari	Manuela Henkel	Virpi Kuitunen
19	16 March 2003	Lahti	10 km F	Gabriella Paruzzi	Olga Zavyalova	Bente Skari
20	20 March 2003	Borlänge	Sprint F	Bente Skari	Beckie Scott	Marit Bjørgen
21	22 March 2003	Falun	5 km C + 5 km F   Double Pursuit	Bente Skari	Evi Sachenbacher	Olga Zavyalova

Men's team

WC	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
	27 October 2002	Düsseldorf	Team Sprint F	cancelled, not rescheduled
1	24 November 2002	Kiruna	4 × 10 km relay C/F	Italy Giorgio Di Centa Fulvio Valbusa Pietro Piller Cottrer Cristian Zorzi	Norway Kristen Skjeldal Anders Aukland Tor Arne Hetland Thomas Alsgaard	Germany Andreas Schlütter Axel Teichmann Tobias Angerer René Sommerfeldt
2	8 December 2002	Davos	4 × 10 km relay C/F	Norway II Anders Aukland Tore Bjonviken Tor Arne Hetland Thomas Alsgaard	Italy Giorgio Di Centa Freddy Schwienbacher Pietro Piller Cottrer Cristian Zorzi	Norway Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset Frode Estil Kristen Skjeldal Espen Bjervig
	5 January 2003	Kavgolovo	Team Sprint F	cancelled, not rescheduled
3	19 January 2003	Nové Město	4 × 10 km relay C/F	Norway Anders Aukland Frode Estil Tore Ruud Hofstad Thomas Alsgaard	Italy Giorgio Di Centa Fulvio Valbusa Cristian Zorzi Freddy Schwienbacher	Germany Jens Filbrich Andreas Schlütter Tobias Angerer Andreas Stitzl
4	26 January 2003	Oberhof	Team Sprint F	Italy Giorgio Di Centa Cristian Zorzi	Germany René Sommerfeldt Tobias Angerer	Norway Jens Arne Svartedal Thomas Alsgaard
5	14 February 2003	Asiago	Team Sprint F	Italy Giorgio Di Centa Cristian Zorzi	Germany II René Sommerfeldt Tobias Angerer	Italy II Renato Pasini Freddy Schwienbacher
6	23 March 2003	Falun	4 × 10 km relay C/F	Sweden Lars Carlsson Mathias Fredriksson Anders Södergren Jörgen Brink	Italy Giorgio Di Centa Fulvio Valbusa Pietro Piller Cottrer Cristian Zorzi	Germany Jens Filbrich Andreas Schlütter René Sommerfeldt Axel Teichmann

Women's team

WC	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
	27 October 2002	Düsseldorf	Team Sprint F	cancelled, not rescheduled
1	24 November 2002	Kiruna	4 × 5 km relay C/F	Norway Anita Moen Bente Skari Maj Helen Sorkmo Vibeke Skofterud	Germany Manuela Henkel Viola Bauer Claudia Künzel Evi Sachenbacher	Italy Magda Genuin Gabriella Paruzzi Arianna Follis Sabina Valbusa
2	8 December 2002	Davos	4 × 5 km relay C/F	Norway Vibeke Skofterud Bente Skari Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen Maj Helen Sorkmo	Russia Olga Zavyalova Lilia Vasilieva Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova Nina Gavrylyuk	Germany Manuela Henkel Viola Bauer Evi Sachenbacher Claudia Künzel
	5 January 2003	Kavgolovo	Team Sprint F	cancelled, not rescheduled
3	19 January 2003	Nové Město	4 × 5 km relay C/F	Germany Viola Bauer Manuela Henkel Claudia Künzel Evi Sachenbacher	Norway Anita Moen Marit Bjørgen Kristin Størmer Steira Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen	Finland Kirsi Välimaa Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Elina Hietamäki Kaisa Varis
4	26 January 2003	Oberhof	Team Sprint F	Norway Anita Moen Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen	Germany II Claudia Künzel Manuela Henkel	Germany III Viola Bauer Stefanie Böhler
5	14 February 2003	Asiago	Team Sprint F	Germany II Claudia Künzel Evi Sachenbacher	Russia II Alyona Sidko Natalya Korostelyova	Italy Karin Moroder Arianna Follis
6	23 March 2003	Falun	4 × 5 km relay C/F	Germany Manuela Henkel Viola Bauer Claudia Künzel Evi Sachenbacher	Norway Anita Moen Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen Kristin Størmer Steira Bente Skari	Italy Sabina Valbusa Gabriella Paruzzi Antonella Confortola Arianna Follis

Mixed team

WC	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	1 December 2002	Ruka	2 × 5 km/2 × 10 km C/F	Finland Annmari Viljanmaa Ari Palolahti Pirjo Manninen Teemu Kattilakoski	Finland II Kirsi Välimaa Kuisma Taipale Riitta-Liisa Lassila Sami Jauhojärvi	Italy Gabriella Paruzzi Fulvio Valbusa Sabina Valbusa Pietro Piller Cottrer

Men's standings

Overall Rank Skier Points 1 Mathias Fredriksson 876 2 René Sommerfeldt 589 3 Jörgen Brink 441 4 Axel Teichmann 441 5 Lukáš Bauer 429 6 Frode Estil 414 7 Andrus Veerpalu 370 8 Vincent Vittoz 352 9 Tor Arne Hetland 340 10 Anders Aukland 340

Rank Skier Points 11 Giorgio Di Centa 338 12 Cristian Zorzi 315 13 Tobias Angerer 312 14 Fulvio Valbusa 309 15 Jens Arne Svartedal 294 16 Anders Södergren 286 17 Thobias Fredriksson 284 18 Pietro Piller Cottrer 282 19 Jaak Mae 272 20 Vasily Rochev 271

Rank Skier Points 21 Peter Larsson 225 22 Kristen Skjeldal 225 23 Martin Koukal 217 24 Per Elofsson 209 25 Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset 199 26 Lauri Pyykönen 195 27 Håvard Bjerkeli 190 28 Andreas Schlütter 185 29 Jens Filbrich 173 30 Ivan Bátory 172

Sprint Rank Skier Points 1 Thobias Fredriksson 416 2 Tor Arne Hetland 391 3 Lauri Pyykönen 280 4 Jörgen Brink 279 5 Cristian Zorzi 276 6 Håvard Bjerkeli 267 7 Peter Larsson 248 8 Jens Arne Svartedal 215 9 Mikael Östberg 195 10 René Sommerfeldt 195

Women's standings

Overall Rank Skier Points 1 Bente Skari 1392 2 Kristina Šmigun 834 3 Gabriella Paruzzi 713 4 Evi Sachenbacher 667 5 Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen 543 6 Marit Bjørgen 508 7 Claudia Künzel 466 8 Sabina Valbusa 427 9 Beckie Scott 405 10 Anita Moen 398

Rank Skier Points 11 Olga Zavyalova 378 12 Manuela Henkel 360 13 Valentyna Shevchenko 317 14 Petra Majdič 275 15 Annmari Viljanmaa 274 16 Pirjo Manninen 271 17 Natalya Korostelyova 269 18 Nina Gavrylyuk 230 19 Kirsi Välimaa 229 20 Viola Bauer 224

Rank Skier Points 21 Vibeke Skofterud 217 22 Maj Helen Sorkmo 202 23 Virpi Kuitunen 188 24 Jenny Olsson 187 25 Alyona Sidko 185 26 Kaisa Varis 184 27 Aino-Kaisa Saarinen 169 28 Lilia Vasilieva 163 29 Elin Ek 155 30 Yelena Burukhina 151

Sprint Rank Skier Points 1 Marit Bjørgen 485 2 Bente Skari 410 3 Pirjo Manninen 292 4 Manuela Henkel 276 5 Anita Moen 263 6 Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen 248 7 Claudia Künzel 230 8 Maj Helen Sorkmo 196 9 Evi Sachenbacher 190 10 Beckie Scott 181

Achievements

Victories in this World Cup (all-time number of victories as of 2002/03 season in parentheses)

Men  Mathias Fredriksson (SWE), 4 (5) first places  Tor Arne Hetland (NOR), 2 (6) first places  Andrus Veerpalu (EST), 2 (2) first places  Cristian Zorzi (ITA), 1 (5) first place  Jens Arne Svartedal (NOR), 1 (4) first places  Frode Estil (NOR), 1 (2) first place  Håvard Bjerkeli (NOR), 1 (2) first place  Peter Larsson (SWE), 1 (1) first place  Vincent Vittoz (FRA), 1 (1) first place  Vasily Rochev (RUS), 1 (1) first place  Mikael Östberg (SWE), 1 (1) first place  Axel Teichmann (GER), 1 (1) first place  René Sommerfeldt (GER), 1 (1) first place  Jörgen Brink (SWE), 1 (1) first place  Lukáš Bauer (CZE), 1 (1) first place  Thobias Fredriksson (SWE), 1 (1) first place

Women  Bente Skari (NOR), 14 (42) first places  Marit Bjørgen (NOR), 3 (3) first places  Kristina Šmigun (EST), 2 (9) first places  Pirjo Manninen (FIN), 1 (4) first place  Evi Sachenbacher (GER), 1 (2) first place  Gabriella Paruzzi (ITA), 1 (1) first place