1985–86 FIS Cross-Country World Cup

1985–86 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
1985–86 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Discipline	Men
Overall	Gunde Svan (3rd title)
Nations Cup	Sweden
Competition
Locations	9 venues
Individual	9 events
Relay/Team	5 events
	←1984/85 1986/87→

The 1985–86 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was the 5th official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and ladies. The World Cup began in Labrador City, Canada, on 7 December 1985 and finished in Oslo, Norway, on 15 March 1986. Gunde Svan of Sweden won the overall men's cup, and Marjo Matikainen of Finland won the women's.

Before the season began, after several years of disagreements between athletes and federations concerning what styles of skiing should be allowed, it was decided that cross-country skiing should have two disciplines: classical and free style. The initiative to this idea was made by the Swedish skier Thomas Wassberg.^[1]

Race calendar

Men

C – Classic / F – Freestyle
No.	Date	Venue	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	8 December 1985	Labrador City	15 km C	Gunde Svan	Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass	Vladimir Smirnov	[1]
2	14 December 1985	Biwabik	30 km F	Gunde Svan	Kari Ristanen	Ove Aunli	[2]
3	11 January 1986	La Bresse	30 km C	Gunde Svan	Vladimir Smirnov	Erik Östlund	[3]
4	15 January 1986	Bohinj	5 km F	Torgny Mogren	Gunde Svan	Vegard Ulvang	[4]
5	14 February 1986	Oberstdorf	50 km F	Gunde Svan	Vladimir Sakhnov	Maurilio De Zolt	[5]
6	23 February 1986	Kavgolovo	15 km C	Vladimir Smirnov	Gunde Svan	Yuriy Burlakov	[6]
7	2 March 1986	Lahti	15 km F	Torgny Mogren	Gunde Svan	Giorgio Vanzetta	[7]
8	8 March 1986	Falun	30 km	Thomas Wassberg	Thomas Eriksson	Martin Hole	[8]
9	14 March 1986	Oslo	50 km C	Gunde Svan	Torgny Mogren	Vegard Ulvang	[9]

Women

C – Classic / F – Freestyle
No.	Date	Venue	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	7 December 1985	Labrador City	5 km F	Marjo Matikainen	Anfisa Reztsova	Jaana Savolainen	[10]
2	13 December 1985	Biwabik	10 km C	Brit Pettersen	Marianne Dahlmo	Marjo Matikainen	[11]
3	11 January 1986	Les Saisies	10 km F	Gaby Nestler	Carola Jacob	Simone Opitz	[12]
4	18 January 1986	Nove Mesto	20 km F	Simone Opitz	Gaby Nestler	Marianne Dahlmo	[13]
5	15 February 1986	Oberstdorf	20 km C	Marianne Dahlmo	Brit Pettersen	Raissa Smetanina	[14]
6	22 February 1986	Kavgolovo	10 km C	Anne Jahren	Marianne Dahlmo	Raissa Smetanina	[15]
7	2 March 1986	Lahti	5 km C	Marjo Matikainen	Anne Jahren	Marianne Dahlmo	[16]
8	8 March 1986	Falun	30 km C	Brit Pettersen	Marjo Matikainen	Marit Mikkelsplass	[17]
9	15 March 1986	Oslo	10 km F	Jaana Savolainen	Simone Opitz	Anne Jahren	[18]

Team events

C – Classic / F – Freestyle
Date	Venue	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Gender	Ref.
8 December 1985	Labrador City	Rel 4x10 km M	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Men
15 December 1985	Biwabik	Rel 4x5 km F	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Women
15 January 1986	Bohinj	Rel 4x10 km C	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Men
15 January 1986	Klingenthal	Rel 4x5 km F	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Women
16 February 1986	Oberstdorf	Rel 4x10 km C	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Men
16 February 1986	Oberstdorf	Rel 4x5 km C	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Women
1 March 1986	Lahti	Rel 4x5 km C	Norway I Berit Aunli Brit Pettersen Solveig Pedersen Anne Jahren	Norway II Marianne Myklebust Nina Skeime Nina Østvold Trude Dybendahl	Finland I Pirkko Määttä Eija Hyytiäinen Jaana Savolainen Marjo Matikainen	Women	[19]
9 March 1986	Falun	Rel 4x10 km F	Sweden Erik Östlund Thomas Eriksson Torgny Mogren Gunde Svan	Norway Arild Monsen Vegard Ulvang Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass Martin Hole	Finland Ari Hynninen Kari Ristanen Aki Karvonen Harri Kirvesniemi	Men	[20]
13 March 1986	Oslo	Rel 4x10 km F	Sweden I Erik Östlund Thomas Eriksson Torgny Mogren Gunde Svan	Italy Arild Monsen Vegard Ulvang Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass Martin Hole	Sweden II Thomas Wassberg Christer Majbäck Lars Håland Sven-Eric Danielsson	Men	[21]
13 March 1986	Oslo	Rel 4x5 km F	Sweden Lis Frost Carina Görlin Karin Lamberg-Skog Annika Dahlman	Norway I Marianne Dahlmo Nina Skeime Berit Aunli Anne Jahren	Norway II Inger Helene Nybråten Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen Siv Tangen	Women	[22]

Overall standings

Men

Place	Skier	Points
1.	Gunde Svan	145
2.	Torgny Mogren	101
3.	Vladimir Smirnov	78
4.	Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass	57
4.	Erik Östlund	57
6.	Thomas Eriksson	50
7.	Christer Majbäck	47
8.	Vegard Ulvang	43
9.	Pierre Harvey	40
10.	Martin Hole	29

Women

Place	Skier	Points
1.	Marjo Matikainen	107
2.	Marianne Dahlmo	106
3.	Brit Pettersen	104
4.	Anne Jahren	88
5.	Simone Opitz	60
6.	Gaby Nestler	54
6.	Evi Kratzer	54
8.	Jaana Savolainen	44
9.	Nina Koroleva	42
9.	Pirkko Määttä	42

Medal table

Achievements

First World Cup career victory

Men

Torgny Mogren, 22, in his 3rd season - the WC 4 (5 km F) in Bohinj; also first podium
Vladimir Smirnov, 21, in his 4th season - the WC 6 (15 km C) in Kavgolovo; first podium was 1983–84 WC 10 (15 km) in Murmansk

Women

Marjo Matikainen, 20, in her 2nd season – the WC 1 (5 km F) in Labrador City; also first podium
Gaby Nestler, 18, in her 3rd season – the WC 3 (10 km F) in Les Saisies; also first podium
Simone Opitz, 23, in her 2nd season – the WC 4 (20 km F) in Nove Mesto; first podium was 1985–86 WC 3 (10 km F) in Les Saisies
Marianne Dahlmo, 21, in her 2nd season – the WC 5 (20 km C) in Oberstdorf; first podium was 1984–85 WC 9 (5 km) in Lahti
Anne Jahren, 22, in her 5th season – the WC 6 (10 km C) in Kavgolovo; first podium was 1982–83 WC 3 (10 km) in Stachy Zadow
Jaana Savolainen, 23, in her 3rd season – the WC 9 (10 km F) in Oslo; first podium was 1985–86 WC 1 (5 km F) in Labrador City

Victories in this World Cup (all-time number of victories as of 1985/86 season in parentheses)

Men

Gunde Svan (SWE), 5 (16) first places
Torgny Mogren (SWE), 2 (2) first places
Vladimir Smirnov (USSR), 1 (1) first place
Thomas Wassberg (SWE), 1 (4) first place

Women

Brit Pettersen (NOR), 2 (8) first places
Marjo Matikainen (FIN), 2 (2) first places
Gaby Nestler (DDR), 1 (1) first place
Simone Opitz (DDR), 1 (1) first place
Marianne Dahlmo (NOR), 1 (1) first place
Anne Jahren (NOR), 1 (1) first place
Jaana Savolainen (FIN), 1 (1) first place

References

^ Alexander Lundholm (15 February 2015). "När skejten kom och förändrade längdskidåkningen för alltid" (in Swedish). Sveriges radio. Retrieved 24 January 2018.

[1] Alexander Lundholm (15 February 2015). "När skejten kom och förändrade längdskidåkningen för alltid" (in Swedish). Sveriges radio. Retrieved 24 January 2018.

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Sweden (SWE)	8	5	1	14
2	Norway (NOR)	4	4	9	17
3	Finland (FIN)	3	2	2	7
4	East Germany (DDR)	2	3	1	6
5	Soviet Union (SUN)	1	4	3	8
6	Italy (ITA)	0	0	2	2
Totals (6 entries)		18	18	18	54