The 1981–82 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was the first official World Cup in cross-country skiing. It was arranged by the International Ski Federation (FIS). The 1981/82 World Cup started in Reit im Winkl, West Germany on 9 January 1982 and finished in Kiruna, Sweden on 13 April 1982. Bill Koch of United States won the overall men's event, and Berit Aunli of Norway won the women's.
Calendar
NOTE: Races marked with (*) counts officially for both as "FIS World Cup" / "FIS Nordic World Ski Championships" wins statistics.
Men DateVenueEventWinnerSecond Third 19 January 1982 Reit im Winkl 15 km Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass Tor Håkon Holte Thomas Wassberg 216 January 1982 Le Brassus 15 km Bill Koch Thomas Wassberg Benny Kohlberg 324 January 1982 Brusson 30 km Bill Koch Jean-Paul Pierrat Sergey Sokarev FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1982420 February 1982 Oslo 30 km * Thomas Eriksson Lars Erik Eriksen Bill Koch 523 February 1982 15 km * Oddvar Brå Alexander Zavyalov Harri Kirvesniemi 627 February 1982 50 km * Thomas Wassberg Yuriy Burlakov Lars Erik Eriksen 77 March 1982 Lahti 50 km Oddvar Brå Jan Lindvall Maurilio De Zolt 812 March 1982 Falun 30 km Bill Koch Dan Simoneau Thomas Wassberg 919 March 1982 Štrbské Pleso 15 km Harri Kirvesniemi Thomas Wassberg Jochen Behle 1027 March 1982 Kastelruth 15 km Bill Koch Miloš Bečvář Harri Kirvesniemi
Women DateVenueEventWinnerSecond Third 19 January 1982 Klingenthal 10 km Květa Jeriová Brit Pettersen Anna Pasiarová 215 January 1982 La Bresse 5 km Květa Jeriová Berit Aunli Marit Myrmæl 322 January 1982 Furtwangen 5 km Květa Jeriová Gabriela Svobodová Blanka Paulů FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1982419 February 1982 Oslo 10 km * Berit Aunli Hilkka Riihivuori Květa Jeriová 522 February 1982 5 km * Berit Aunli Hilkka Riihivuori Brit Pettersen 626 February 1982 20 km * Raisa Smetanina Berit Aunli Hilkka Riihivuori 76 March 1982 Lahti 10 km Anette Bøe Berit Aunli Inger Helene Nybråten 812 March 1982 Falun 20 km Brit Pettersen Marit Myrmæl Anette Bøe 928 March 1982 Štrbské Pleso 10 km Blanka Paulů Berit Aunli Karin Jäger 1013 April 1982 Kiruna 5 km Brit Pettersen Berit Aunli Inger Helene Nybråten
Men's relay DateVenueEventWinnerSecondThird 25 February 1982 Oslo Relay 4 × 10 km* none
Women's relay DateVenueEventWinnerSecondThird 24 February 1982 Oslo Relay 4 × 5 km*
Overall standings
Men's standings RankPoints 1 Bill Koch 121 2 Thomas Wassberg 114 3 Harri Kirvesniemi 106 4 Jean-Paul Pierrat 82 5 Oddvar Brå 77 6 Jochen Behle 67 7 Jan Ottosson 60 Dan Simoneau 60 9 Giorgio Vanzetta 57 10 Yuriy Burlakov 56
Women's standings RankPoints 1 Berit Aunli 136 2 Brit Pettersen 126 3 Květa Jeriová 113 4 Marit Myrmæl 104 5 Anette Bøe 95 6 Anna Pasiarová 92 7 Blanka Paulů 81 8 Karin Jäger 79 9 Inger Helene Nybråten 76 10 Marie Johansson 74
Achievements Victories in this World Cup
Men , 4 first places , 2 first places , 1 first place , 1 first place , 1 first place , 1 first place
Women , 3 first places , 2 first places , 2 first place , 1 first place , 1 first place , 1 first place