1984–85 FIS Cross-Country World Cup

1984–85 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
1984–85 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Discipline	Men
Overall	Gunde Svan (2nd title)
Nations Cup	Norway
Nations Cup Overall	Norway
Competition
Locations	8 venues
Individual	10 events
Relay/Team	5 events
	←1983–84 1985–86→

The 1984–85 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was the 4th official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and women. 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.

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	23 February 1985	Syktyvkar	15 km	Gunde Svan	Tor Håkon Holte	Christer Majbäck	[7]
8	3 March 1985	Lahti	50 km	Tor Håkon 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]

Men's team events

Date	Venue	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
16 December 1984	Davos	Relay 4×10 km	Norway I Arild Monsen Oddvar Brå Geir Holte Tor Håkon Holte	Switzerland I Andi Grünenfelder Daniel Sandoz Markus Fähndrich Giachem Guidon	Sweden II Erik Östlund Thomas Wassberg Sven-Eric Danielsson Torgny Mogren	^[1]
24 January 1985	Seefeld	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	[22]
16 February 1985	Vitosha	Relay 4×10 km	Sweden Erik Östlund Jan Ottosson Torgny Mogren Gunde Svan	Switzerland Andi Grünenfelder Markus Fähndrich Christian Marchon Giachem Guidon	Soviet Union Nikolay Zimyatov Vladimir Sakhnov Vladimir Smirnov Oleksandr Batyuk	^[2]
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	[23]
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	[24]

Women's team events

Date	Venue	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
13 December 1984	Val di Sole	Relay 3×5 km	Finland Pirkko Määttä Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen Marjo Matikainen	Soviet Union Antonina Ordina Raisa Smetanina Liliya Vasilchenko	Soviet Union Anfisa Romanova Yuliya Stepanova Lyubov Zimyatova	^[3]
19 December 1984	Davos	Relay 4×5 km	Norway Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo Berit Aunli Marianne Dahlmo Anette Bøe	Soviet Union Antonina Ordina Raisa Smetanina Liliya Vasilchenko Yuliya Stepanova	Sweden I Marie Risby Helena Blomqvist Karin Lamberg-Skog Marie Johansson	^[4]
23 January 1985	Seefeld	Relay 4×5 km *	Soviet Union Tamara Tikhonova Raisa Smetanina Liliya Vasilchenko Anfisa Romanova	Norway Anette Bøe Anne Jahren Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo Berit Aunli	East Germany Manuela Drescher Gaby Nestler Antje Misersky Ute Noack	[25]
10 March 1985	Falun	Relay 4×5 km	Norway Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo Trude Dybendahl Marianne Dahlmo Anette Bøe	Sweden Marie Risby Marie Johansson Anna-Lena Fritzon Karin Lamberg-Skog	Finland Pirkko Määttä Eija Hyytiäinen Marjo Matikainen Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen	[26]
17 March 1985	Oslo	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	[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's standings

Place	Skier	Points
1.	Gunde Svan	152
2.	Tor Håkon 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's standings

Place	Skier	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
5	Switzerland (SUI)	0	2	1	3
7	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	0	1	1
7	East Germany (GDR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		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

References

^ Trousil, Jaroslav, ed. (February 1985). "4x10 km v Davosu 17 prosince" (PDF). LYŽAŘSTVÍ (in Czech). Czech Ski Association. p. 15. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
^ Trousil, Jaroslav, ed. (April 1985). "4x10 km 17 února na Vitoši" (PDF). LYŽAŘSTVÍ (in Czech). Czech Ski Association. p. 15. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
^ Trousil, Jaroslav, ed. (February 1985). "3x5 km v Passo Campo Carlo Magno 14 prosince" (PDF). LYŽAŘSTVÍ (in Czech). Czech Ski Association. p. 15. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
^ Trousil, Jaroslav, ed. (February 1985). "4x5 km v Davosu 19 prosince" (PDF). LYŽAŘSTVÍ (in Czech). Czech Ski Association. p. 15. Retrieved 25 March 2020.

[1] Trousil, Jaroslav, ed. (February 1985). "4x10 km v Davosu 17 prosince" (PDF). LYŽAŘSTVÍ (in Czech). Czech Ski Association. p. 15. Retrieved 25 March 2020.

[2] Trousil, Jaroslav, ed. (April 1985). "4x10 km 17 února na Vitoši" (PDF). LYŽAŘSTVÍ (in Czech). Czech Ski Association. p. 15. Retrieved 25 March 2020.

[3] Trousil, Jaroslav, ed. (February 1985). "3x5 km v Passo Campo Carlo Magno 14 prosince" (PDF). LYŽAŘSTVÍ (in Czech). Czech Ski Association. p. 15. Retrieved 25 March 2020.

[4] Trousil, Jaroslav, ed. (February 1985). "4x5 km v Davosu 19 prosince" (PDF). LYŽAŘSTVÍ (in Czech). Czech Ski Association. p. 15. Retrieved 25 March 2020.

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1984–85 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
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	5 events	5 events
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