1984–85 FIS Cross-Country World Cup

1984–85 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Discipline	Men	Ladies
Overall	Gunde Svan (2nd title)	Anette Bøe
Nations Cup	Norway	Norway
Nations Cup Overall	Norway
Competition
Locations	8 venues	9 venues
Individual	10 events	11 events
Relay/Team	4 events	4 events

The 1984-85 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was the 4th official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and ladies. The World Cup began in Cogne, Italy on 9 December 1984 and finished in Oslo, Norway on 17 March 1985. Gunde Svan of Sweden won the overall men's cup, and Anette Bøe of Norway won the women's.

Race calendar

Men

No.	Date	Venue	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	9 December 1984	Cogne	15 km	Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass	Kari Härkönen	Gunde Svan	[1]
2	15 December 1984	Davos	30 km	Ove Aunli	Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass	Tor Håkon Holte	[2]
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1985
3	18 January 1985	Seefeld	30 km *	Gunde Svan	Ove Aunli	Harri Kirvesniemi	[3]
4	22 January 1985		15 km *	Kari Härkönen	Thomas Wassberg	Maurilio De Zolt	[4]
5	27 January 1985		50 km *	Gunde Svan	Maurilio De Zolt	Ove Aunli	[5]
6	16 February 1985	Vitosha	15 km	Gunde Svan	Tor Håkon Holte	Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass	[6]
7	16 February 1985	Syktyvkar	15 km	Gunde Svan	Tor Håkon Holte	Christer Majbäck	[7]
8	3 March 1985	Lahti	50 km	Tor Haakon Holte	Jan Ottosson	Harri Kirvesniemi	[8]
9	9 March 1985	Falun	30 km	Gunde Svan	Giachem Guidon	Thomas Wassberg	[9]
10	14 March 1985	Oslo	15 km	Thomas Wassberg	Gunde Svan	Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass	[10]

Women

No.	Date	Venue	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	13 December 1984	Val di Sole	5 km	Brit Pettersen	Antonina Ordina	Liliya Vasilchenko	[11]
2	18 December 1984	Davos	10 km	Berit Aunli	Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo	Evi Kratzer	[12]
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1985
3	19 January 1985	Seefeld	10 km *	Anette Bøe	Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi	Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo	[13]
4	21 January 1985		5 km *	Anette Bøe	Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi	Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo	[14]
5	26 January 1985		20 km *	Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo	Brit Pettersen	Anette Bøe	[15]
6	14 February 1985	Klingenthal	10 km	Anette Bøe	Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo	Anfisa Reztsova	[16]
7	18 February 1985	Nové Město	5 km	Anette Bøe	Anfisa Reztsova	Věra Klimková	[17]
8	23 February 1985	Syktyvkar	20 km	Raisa Smetanina	Evi Kratzer	Iraida Kliagina	[18]
9	2 March 1985	Lahti	5 km	Marie Risby	Brit Pettersen	Marianne Dahlmo	[19]
10	9 March 1985	Falun	10 km	Anette Bøe	Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo	Anna-Lena Fritzon	[20]
11	16 March 1985	Oslo	20 km	Anette Bøe	Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo	Brit Pettersen	[21]

Team events

Date	Venue	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Gender	Ref.
13 December 1984	Val di Sole	Relay 3×5 km	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Women
16 December 1984	Davos	Relay 4×10 km	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Men
19 December 1984		Relay 4×5 km	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Women
23 January 1985	Seefeld	Relay 4×5 km *	Soviet Union Tamara Tikhonova Raisa Smetanina Liliya Vasilchenko Anfisa Reztsova	Norway Anette Bøe Anne Jahren Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo Berit Aunli	East Germany Manuela Drescher Gaby Nestler Antje Misersky Ute Noack	Women	[22]
24 January 1985		Relay 4×10 km *	Norway Arild Monsen Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass Tor Håkon Holte Ove Aunli	Italy Marco Albarello Giorgio Vanzetta Maurilio De Zolt Giuseppe Ploner	Sweden Erik Östlund Thomas Wassberg Thomas Eriksson Gunde Svan	Men	[23]
16 February 1985	Vitosha	Relay 4×10 km	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Men
10 March 1985	Falun	Relay 4×10 km	Italy Albert Walder Silvano Barco Maurilio De Zolt Giorgio Vanzetta	Sweden Erik Östlund Thomas Wassberg Torgny Mogren Gunde Svan	Norway Arild Monsen Tor Håkon Holte Geir Holte Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass	Men	[24]
10 March 1985		Relay 4×5 km	Norway Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo Trude Dybendahl Marianne Dahlmo Anette Bøe	Sweden Marie Johansson-Risby Marie Johansson Anna-Lena Fritzon Karin Lamberg-Skog	Finland Pirkko Määttä Eija Hyytiäinen Marjo Matikainen Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen	Women	[25]
17 March 1985	Oslo	Relay 4×10 km	Sweden Thomas Eriksson Sven-Eric Danielsson Thomas Wassberg Gunde Svan	Switzerland Andi Grünenfelder Daniel Sandoz Markus Fähndrich Giachem Guidon	Norway Martin Hole Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass Vegard Ulvang Ove Aunli	Men	[26]
17 March 1985		Relay 4×5 km	Norway Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo Anne Jahren Berit Aunli Anette Bøe	Sweden Marie Johansson Gunnel Mörtberg Anna-Lena Fritzon Karin Lamberg-Skog	East Germany Antje Misersky Gaby Nestler Simone Opitz Ute Noack	Women	[27]

• 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.	Gunde Svan		152
2.	Tor Haakon Holte		117
3.	Ove Aunli		114
3.	Thomas Wassberg		114
5.	Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass		100
6.	Torgny Mogren		85
7.	Kari Härkönen		73
8.	Giachem Guidon		71
9.	Harri Kirvesniemi		66
10.	Geir Holte		65

Women

Place	Skier	Country	Points
1.	Anette Bøe		144
2.	Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo		123
3.	Brit Pettersen		113
4.	Berit Aunli		96
5.	Evi Kratzer		93
6.	Ute Noack		91
6.	Anfisa Reztsova		91
8.	Marie Risby		85
8.	Raisa Smetanina		85
10.	Marjo Matikainen		80

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway (NOR)	13	11	9	33
2	Sweden (SWE)	7	3	5	15
3	Soviet Union (URS)	2	2	3	7
4	Finland (FIN)	1	3	2	6
5	Italy (ITA)	0	2	1	3
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	2	1	3
7	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	0	1	1
	East Germany (GDR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 nations)		23	23	23	69

Achievements

First World Cup career victory

Men

• Ove Aunli, 28, in his 4th season - the WC 2 (30 km) in Davos; first podium was 1983–84 WC 2 (30 km) in Ramsau
• Kari Härkönen, 23, in his 4th season - the WC 4 (15 km) in Seefeld; also first podium

Women

• Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo, 23, in her 4th season – the WC 5 (20 km) in Ramsau; first podium was 1984–85 WC 2 (10 km) in Davos
• Marie Risby, 29, in her 4th season – the WC 9 (5 km) in Lahti; first podium was 1982–83 WC 2 (10 km) in Klingenthal

Victories in this World Cup (all-time number of victories as of 1984/85 season in parentheses)

Men

• Gunde Svan (SWE), 5 (11) first places
• Ove Aunli (NOR), 2 (2) first places
• Thomas Wassberg (SWE), 1 (3) first place
• Tor Håkon Holte (NOR), 1 (2) first place
• Kari Härkönen (FIN), 1 (1) first place

Women

• Anette Bøe (NOR), 6 (8) first place
• Berit Aunli (NOR), 1 (4) first place
• Raisa Smetanina (URS), 1 (3) first place
• Brit Pettersen (NOR), 1 (6) first place
• Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo (NOR), 1 (1) first place
• Marie Risby (SWE), 1 (1) first place