The 1996–97 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was the 16th official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and women. The season began in Kiruna, Sweden, on 23 November 1996 and finished in Holmenkollen, Oslo, Norway, on 15 March 1997. Bjørn Dæhlie of Norway won the overall men's cup, and Yelena Välbe of Russia won the women's. Both skiers won their fifth overall World Cup.
Calendar Men + C – Classic / F – FreestyleDatePlaceDisciplineWinnerSecondThird 123 November 1996 Kiruna10 km F Bjørn Dæhlie Jari Isometsä Kristen Skjeldal 27 December 1996 Davos10 km C Mika Myllylä Erling Jevne Fulvio Valbusa 314 December 1996 Brusson15 km F Bjørn Dæhlie Fulvio Valbusa Kristen Skjeldal 418 December 1996 Oberstdorf30 km C Bjørn Dæhlie Erling Jevne Sture Sivertsen 54 January 1997 Kavgolovo30 km F Mika Myllylä Fulvio Valbusa Maurizio Pozzi 611 January 1997 Hakuba10 km C Silvio Fauner Erling Jevne Jari Isometsä 712 January 1997 Hakuba15 km F Pursuit Silvio Fauner Giorgio Di Centa Jari Isometsä 819 January 1997 Lahti30 km C Vladimir Smirnov Mika Myllylä Henrik Forsberg FIS Nordic World Ski Championships (21 February–2 March)921 February 1997 Trondheim30 km F Alexey Prokurorov Bjørn Dæhlie Thomas Alsgaard 1024 February 1997 Trondheim10 km C Bjørn Dæhlie Alexey Prokurorov Mika Myllylä 1125 February 1997 Trondheim15 km F Pursuit Bjørn Dæhlie Mika Myllylä Alexey Prokurorov 122 March 1997 Trondheim50 km C Mika Myllylä Erling Jevne Bjørn Dæhlie 138 March 1997 Falun15 km C Bjørn Dæhlie Sture Sivertsen Erling Jevne 1411 March 1997 SunneSprint F Bjørn Dæhlie Tore Bjonviken Mathias Fredriksson 1515 March 1997 Oslo50 km F Pietro Piller Cottrer Tor Arne Hetland Bjørn Dæhlie
Note: Until FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1999, World Championship races are part of the World Cup. Hence results from those races are included in the World Cup overall.
Women + C – Classic / F – FreestyleDatePlaceDisciplineWinnerSecondThird 123 November 1996 Kiruna5 km F Yelena Välbe Stefania Belmondo Nina Gavrylyuk 27 December 1996 Davos10 km C Stefania Belmondo Yelena Välbe Nina Gavrylyuk 314 December 1996 Brusson15 km F Stefania Belmondo Yelena Välbe Nina Gavrylyuk 418 December 1996 Oberstdorf10 km C Trude Dybendahl Bente Martinsen Anita Moen 55 January 1997 Kavgolovo15 km F Yelena Välbe Larisa Lazutina Lyubov Yegorova 611 January 1997 Hakuba5 km C Stefania Belmondo Kateřina Neumannová Yelena Välbe 712 January 1997 Hakuba10 km F Pursuit Stefania Belmondo Kateřina Neumannová Yelena Välbe 818 January 1997 Lahti15 km C Marit Mikkelsplass Yelena Välbe Stefania Belmondo FIS Nordic World Ski Championships (21 February–2 March)921 February 1997 Trondheim15 km F Yelena Välbe Stefania Belmondo Kateřina Neumannová 1023 February 1997 Trondheim5 km C Yelena Välbe Stefania Belmondo Olga Danilova 1124 February 1997 Trondheim10 km F Pursuit Yelena Välbe Stefania Belmondo Nina Gavrylyuk 121 March 1997 Trondheim30 km C Yelena Välbe Stefania Belmondo Marit Mikkelsplass 138 March 1997 Falun5 km F Yelena Välbe Stefania Belmondo Kateřina Neumannová 1411 March 1997 SunneSprint F Trude Dybendahl Yelena Välbe Bente Martinsen 1515 March 1997 Oslo30 km F Stefania Belmondo Yelena Välbe Elin Nilsen
Note: Until FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1999, World Championship races are part of the World Cup. Hence results from those races are included in the World Cup overall.
Men's team
DatePlaceDisciplineWinnerSecondThird 124 November 1996 Kiruna4 × 10 km relay C 28 December 1996 Davos4 × 10 km relay C 315 December 1996 Brusson4 × 10 km relay F 418 January 1997 LahtiTeam Sprint F 528 February 1997 Trondheim4 × 10 km relay C/F 69 March 1997 Falun4 × 10 km relay C/F
Women's team
DatePlaceDisciplineWinnerSecondThird 124 November 1996 Kiruna4 × 5 km relay C 28 December 1996 Davos4 × 5 km relay C 315 December 1996 Brusson4 × 5 km relay F 418 January 1997 LahtiTeam Sprint F 528 February 1997 Trondheim4 × 5 km relay C/F 69 March 1997 Falun4 × 5 km relay C/F 716 March 1997 Oslo4 × 5 km relay F
Men's standings
Overall Rankafter all 15 eventsPoints1 Bjørn Dæhlie 8452 Mika Myllylä 5803 Fulvio Valbusa 5234 Erling Jevne 4885 Silvio Fauner 4476 Jari Isometsä 3637 Kristen Skjeldal 3518 Sture Sivertsen 3459 Vladimir Smirnov 30910 Alexey Prokurorov 290
Long Distance Rankafter all eventsPoints1 Mika Myllylä 2352 Bjørn Dæhlie 2103 Vladimir Smirnov 1934 Pietro Piller Cottrer 1245 Erling Jevne 1166 Mathias Fredriksson 1067 Fulvio Valbusa 1028 Sture Sivertsen 1009 Alexey Prokurorov 9310 Maurizio Pozzi 82
Sprint Rankafter all eventsPoints1 Bjørn Dæhlie 4482 Fulvio Valbusa 3353 Silvio Fauner 3204 Erling Jevne 2565 Kristen Skjeldal 2416 Jari Isometsä 2387 Mika Myllylä 1658 Sture Sivertsen 1559 Sami Repo 14010 Henrik Forsberg 137
Women's standings
Overall Rankafter all 15 eventsPoints1 Yelena Välbe 9402 Stefania Belmondo 9093 Kateřina Neumannová 5254 Nina Gavrylyuk 5185 Olga Danilova 4146 Bente Martinsen 3917 Marit Mikkelsplass 3678 Larisa Lazutina 3669 Trude Dybendahl 33410 Lyubov Yegorova 271
Long Distance Rankafter all eventsPoints1 Yelena Välbe 3402 Stefania Belmondo 2803 Nina Gavrylyuk 2054 Marit Mikkelsplass 1675 Olga Danilova 1626 Larisa Lazutina 1367 Elin Nilsen 1098 Kateřina Neumannová 999 Lyubov Yegorova 9610 Bente Martinsen 95
Sprint Rankafter all eventsPoints1 Stefania Belmondo 4892 Yelena Välbe 4723 Kateřina Neumannová 3214 Bente Martinsen 2325 Trude Dybendahl 2256 Nina Gavrylyuk 2037 Fumiko Aoki 1628 Olga Danilova 1429 Lyubov Yegorova 13510 Larisa Lazutina 130
Achievements Victories in this World Cup (all-time number of victories as of 1996/97 season in parentheses)
Men , 7 (37) first places , 3 (3) first places , 2 (3) first places , 1 (29) first place , 1 (8) first place , 1 (1) first place
Women , 7 (44) first places , 5 (15) first places , 2 (6) first places , 1 (1) first place
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