1984–85 FIS Cross-Country World Cup explained

1984–85 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Competition1:	Overall
Competition1men:	Gunde Svan (2nd title)
Competition1ladies:	Anette Bøe
Competition2:	Nations Cup
Competition2men:	Norway
Competition2ladies:	Norway
Mixedcompetition1:	Nations Cup Overall
Mixedcompetition1both:	Norway
Menlocations:	8 venues
Ladieslocations:	9 venues
Menindividual:	10 events
Ladiesindividual:	11 events
Relaymen:	5 events
Relayladies:	5 events
Previous:	1983–84
Next:	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

	Date	Venue	Event	Winner	Second	Third
1	9 December 1984		15 km				http://skisport365.com/ski/resultat.php?lop=570
2	15 December 1984		30 km				https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=CC&raceid=1872
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1985
3	18 January 1985		30 km *				https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=CC&raceid=1876
4	22 January 1985		15 km *				https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=CC&raceid=1880
5	27 January 1985		50 km *				https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=CC&raceid=1886
6	16 February 1985		15 km				https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=CC&raceid=1889
7	23 February 1985		15 km				https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=CC&raceid=1892
8	3 March 1985		50 km				https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=CC&raceid=1895
9	9 March 1985		30 km				https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=CC&raceid=1896
10	14 March 1985		15 km				https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=CC&raceid=1900

Women

Date

Venue

Event

Winner

Second

Third

1

13 December 1984

5 km

https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=CC&raceid=1870

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2

18 December 1984

10 km

https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=CC&raceid=1874

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1985

3

19 January 1985

10 km *

https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=CC&raceid=1878

4

21 January 1985

5 km *

Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi

https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=CC&raceid=29523

5

26 January 1985

20 km *

https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=CC&raceid=1884

6

14 February 1985

10 km

https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=CC&raceid=1888

7

18 February 1985

5 km

https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=CC&raceid=1891

8

23 February 1985

20 km

https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=CC&raceid=1893

9

2 March 1985

5 km

https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=CC&raceid=1894

10

9 March 1985

10 km

https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=CC&raceid=1897

11

16 March 1985

20 km

https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=CC&raceid=1901

Men's team events

Date	Venue	Event	Winner	Second	Third
16 December 1984		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		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	https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=CC&raceid=1883
16 February 1985		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		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	http://skisport365.com/ski/resultat.php?lop=772
17 March 1985		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	http://skisport365.com/ski/resultat.php?lop=771

Women's team events

Date	Venue	Event	Winner	Second	Third
13 December 1984		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		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		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	https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=CC&raceid=1882
10 March 1985		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	http://skisport365.com/ski/resultat.php?lop=1129&k=F
17 March 1985		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	http://skisport365.com/ski/resultat.php?lop=1127&k=F

• 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	Country	Points
1.			152
2.			117
3.			114
3.			114
5.			100
6.			85
7.			73
8.			71
9.			66
10.			65

Women's standings

Place	Skier	Country	Points
1.			144
2.			123
3.			113
4.			96
5.			93
6.			91
6.			91
8.			85
8.			85
10.			80

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

• , 5 (11) first places
• , 2 (2) first places
• , 1 (3) first place
• , 1 (2) first place
• , 1 (1) first place

Women

• , 6 (8) first place
• , 1 (4) first place
• , 1 (3) first place
• , 1 (6) first place
• , 1 (1) first place
• , 1 (1) first place

Notes and References

1. 4x10 km v Davosu 17 prosince. LYŽAŘSTVÍ. Czech Ski Association. Trousil. Jaroslav. cs. 15. February 1985. 25 March 2020. lbgs.
2. 4x10 km 17 února na Vitoši. LYŽAŘSTVÍ. Czech Ski Association. Trousil. Jaroslav. cs. 15. April 1985. 25 March 2020. lbgs.
3. 3x5 km v Passo Campo Carlo Magno 14 prosince. LYŽAŘSTVÍ. Czech Ski Association. Trousil. Jaroslav. cs. 15. February 1985. 25 March 2020. lbgs.
4. 4x5 km v Davosu 19 prosince. LYŽAŘSTVÍ. Czech Ski Association. Trousil. Jaroslav. cs. 15. February 1985. 25 March 2020. lbgs.