The 1989–90 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was the 9th official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and women. The World Cup started in Soldier Hollow, United States, on 9 December 1989 and finished in Vang Municipality in Oppland county, Norway, on 17 March 1990. Vegard Ulvang of Norway won the overall men's cup, and Larisa Lazutina of the Soviet Union won the overall women's cup.
Calendar
Men + C – Classic / F – FreestyleDateVenueEventWinnerSecondThird19 December 1989 Salt Lake City 15 km C Bjørn Dæhlie Vegard Ulvang Jochen Behle 216 December 1989 Canmore 15 km F Christer Majbäck Bjørn Dæhlie Markus Gandler 317 December 1989 50 km C Jochen Behle Igor Badamshin Maurilio De Zolt 413 January 1990 Moscow 30 km F Gunde Svan Vegard Ulvang Torgny Mogren 517 February 1990 Campra 15 km F Bjørn Dæhlie Vegard Ulvang Torgny Mogren 621 February 1990 Val di Fiemme 15 km C Gunde Svan Vegard Ulvang Bjørn Dæhlie 725 February 1990 Reit im Winkl 30 km F Vladimir Smirnov Torgny Mogren Jochen Behle 83 March 1990 Lahti 15 km F + 15 km C Pursuit Bjørn Dæhlie Vegard Ulvang Lars Håland 96 March 1990 Trondheim 15 km C Alexey Prokourorov Gunde Svan Christer Majbäck 1010 March 1990 Örnsköldsvik 30 km C Terje Langli Harri Kirvesniemi Vladimir Smirnov 1117 March 1990 Vang 50 km F Gunde Svan Torgny Mogren Alfred Runggaldier
Women + C – Classic / F – FreestyleDateVenueEventWinnerSecondThird19 December 1989 Salt Lake City 5 km C Jaana Savolainen Tuulikki Pyykkonen Svetlana Nageykina 210 December 1989 15 km F Stefania Belmondo Larisa Lazutina Yelena Välbe 315 December 1989 Thunder Bay 15 km C Larisa Lazutina Trude Dybendahl Svetlana Nageykina 414 January 1990 Moscow 30 km F Trude Dybendahl Raissa Smetanina Larisa Lazutina 518 February 1990 Pontresina 15 km F Manuela Di Centa Yelena Välbe Larisa Lazutina 620 February 1990 Val di Fiemme 10 km F Yelena Välbe Lyubov Yegorova Svetlana Nageykina 725 February 1990 Bohinj 10 km C Svetlana Nageykina Lyubov Yegorova Trude Dybendahl 82 March 1990 Lahti 5 km F Yelena Välbe Svetlana Nageykina Larisa Lazutina 97 March 1990 Sollefteå 30 km F Manuela Di Centa Gabriele Hess Yelena Välbe 1010 March 1990 Örnsköldsvik 10 km C Trude Dybendahl Manuela Di Centa Larisa Lazutina 1117 March 1990 Vang 10+10 km Pursuit Trude Dybendahl Larisa Lazutina Lyubov Yegorova
Men's team + C – Classic / F – FreestyleDateVenueEventWinnerSecondThird10 December 1989 Salt Lake City 4 × 10 km relay C/F 22 February 1990 Val di Fiemme 4 × 10 km relay C/F 1 March 1990 Lahti 4 × 10 km relay F 11 March 1990 Örnsköldsvik 4 × 10 km relay C/F 16 March 1990 Vang 4 × 10 km relay C/F
Women's team + C – Classic / F – FreestyleDateVenueEventWinnerSecondThird17 December 1989 Thunder Bay 4 × 5 km relay C/F 14 January 1990 Moscow 4 × 5 km relay C/F 22 February 1990 Val di Fiemme 4 × 5 km relay C/F 24 February 1990 Bohinj 4 × 5 km relay C/F 4 March 1990 Lahti 4 × 5 km relay F 11 March 1990 Örnsköldsvik 4 × 5 km relay C/F
Men's overall standings RankPoints 1 Vegard Ulvang 145 2 Gunde Svan 144 3 Bjørn Dæhlie 118 4 Jochen Behle 88 5 Christer Majbäck 86 6 Torgny Mogren 76 7 Vladimir Smirnov 74 8 Terje Langli 52 9 Jan Ottosson 48 10 Lars Håland 43
Women's overall standings RankPoints 1 Larisa Lazutina 146 2 Yelena Välbe 137 3 Trude Dybendahl 136 4 Svetlana Nageykina 134 5 Manuela Di Centa 126 6 Lyubov Yegorova 94 7 Tamara Tikhonova 76 8 Stefania Belmondo 66 9 Jaana Savolainen 52 10 Tuulikki Pyykkönen 47
Achievements First World Cup career victory
Men Bjørn Dæhlie, 22, in his 2nd season – the WC 1 (15 km C) in Salt Lake City; also first podium Christer Majbäck, 25, in his 6th season – the WC 2 (15 km F) in Calgary; first podium was 1984–85 WC 7 (15 km) in Syktyvkar Jochen Behle, 29, in his 9th season – the WC 3 (15 km F) in Calgary; first podium was 1981–82 WC 9 (15 km) in Štrbské Pleso Terje Langli, 25, in his 4th season – the WC 10 (30 km C) in Örnsköldsvik; also first podium
Women Stefania Belmondo, 20, in her 2nd season – the WC 2 (15 km F) in Salt Lake City; also first podium Larisa Lazutina, 24, in her 6th season – the WC 3 (15 km C) in Thunder Bay; first podium was 1986–87 WC 7 (20 km F) in Oberstdorf Trude Dybendahl, 24, in her 5th season – the WC 4 (30 km F) in Moscow; first podium was 1988–89 WC 4 (15 km C) in Kavgolovo Manuela Di Centa, 27, in her 6th season – the WC 5 (15 km F) in Pontresina; first podium was 1988–89 WC 5 (10 km C) in Klingenthal Svetlana Nageykina, 25, in her 5th season – the WC 7 (10 km C) in Bohinj; first podium was 1987–88 WC 10 (10 km F) in Rovaniemi
Victories in this World Cup (all-time number of victories as of 1989–90 season in parentheses)
Men , 3 (29) first places , 3 (3) first places , 1 (4) first place , 1 (3) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place
Women , 3 (3) first places , 2 (7) first places , 2 (2) first places , 1 (2) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place
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