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 and Yelena Välbe of the CIS won the women's.

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

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	[1]
2	8 December 1991		25 km C	Vegard Ulvang	Bjørn Dæhlie	Silvio Fauner	[2]
3	14 December 1991	Thunder Bay	30 km F	Bjørn Dæhlie	Vegard Ulvang	Kristen Skjeldal	[3]
4	4 January 1992	Kavgolovo	30 km C	Bjørn Dæhlie	Vegard Ulvang	Vladimir Smirnov	[4]
5	11 January 1992	Cogne	15 km F	Bjørn Dæhlie	Torgny Mogren	Sigurd Brørs	[5]
1992 Winter Olympics (8–23 February)
6	10 February 1992	Albertville	30 km C	Vegard Ulvang	Bjørn Dæhlie	Terje Langli	[6]
7	13 February 1992		10 km C	Vegard Ulvang	Marco Albarello	Christer Majbäck	[7]
8	15 February 1992		15 km F Pursuit	Bjørn Dæhlie	Vegard Ulvang	Giorgio Vanzetta	[8]
9	22 February 1992		50 km F	Bjørn Dæhlie	Maurilio De Zolt	Giorgio Vanzetta	[9]
10	29 February 1992	Lahti	15 km C	Bjørn Dæhlie	Vegard Ulvang	Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass	[10]
11	7 March 1992	Funäsdalen	30 km F	Torgny Mogren	Bjørn Dæhlie	Vladimir Smirnov	[11]
12	14 March 1992	Vang	50 km C	Vegard Ulvang	Mikhail Botvinov	Lubos Buchta	[12]

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	[13]
2	8 December 1991		15 km C	Stefania Belmondo	Yelena Välbe	Lyubov Yegorova	[14]
3	14 December 1991	Thunder Bay	5 km F	Yelena Välbe	Lyubov Yegorova	Elin Nilsen	[15]
4	4 January 1992	Kavgolovo	15 km C	Yelena Välbe	Marjut Lukkarinen	Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi	[16]
5	11 January 1992	Cogne	30 km F	Stefania Belmondo	Elin Nilsen	Trude Dybendahl	[17]
1992 Winter Olympics (8–23 February)
6	9 February 1992	Albertville	15 km C	Lyubov Yegorova	Marjut Lukkarinen	Yelena Välbe	[18]
7	13 February 1992		5 km C	Marjut Lukkarinen	Lyubov Yegorova	Yelena Välbe	[19]
8	15 February 1992		10 km F Pursuit	Lyubov Yegorova	Stefania Belmondo	Yelena Välbe	[20]
9	21 February 1992		30 km F	Stefania Belmondo	Lyubov Yegorova	Yelena Välbe	[21]
10	29 February 1992	Lahti	30 km C	Stefania Belmondo	Inger Helene Nybråten	Marjut Lukkarinen	[22]
11	7 March 1992	Funäsdalen	5 km C	Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi	Trude Dybendahl	Lyubov Yegorova	[23]
12	14 March 1992	Vang	15 km F	Yelena Välbe	Lyubov Yegorova	Stefania Belmondo	[24]

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	[25]
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	[26]
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	[27]
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	[28]

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	[29]
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	[30]
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	[31]
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	[32]

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