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1995–96 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Bjørn Dæhlie (4th title)	Manuela Di Centa (2nd title)
Nations Cup	Norway	Russia
Nations Cup Overall	Russia
Competition
Locations	14 venues	14 venues
Individual	16 events	16 events
Relay/Team	6 events	5 events
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The 1995–96 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was the 15th official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and women. The season began in Vuokatti, Finland, on 25 November 1995 and finished at Holmenkollen, Oslo, Norway, on 16 March 1996. Bjørn Dæhlie of Norway won the combined men's cup, and Manuela Di Centa of Italy won the women's.

Calendar

Men

C – Classic / F – Freestyle

WC	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	26 November 1995	Vuokatti	10 km C	Vladimir Smirnov	Bjørn Dæhlie	Sami Repo
2	29 November 1995	Gällivare	15 km F	Bjørn Dæhlie	Jari Isometsä	Silvio Fauner
3	9 December 1995	Davos	30 km C	Bjørn Dæhlie	Vladimir Smirnov	Silvio Fauner
4	13 December 1995	Brusson	15 km F	Bjørn Dæhlie	Silvio Fauner	Vladimir Smirnov
5	16 December 1995	Santa Caterina	10 km C	Bjørn Dæhlie	Vladimir Smirnov	Mika Myllylä
6	17 December 1995	Santa Caterina	15 km F Pursuit	Bjørn Dæhlie	Jari Isometsä	Vladimir Smirnov
7	9 January 1996	Štrbské Pleso	50 km F	Vladimir Smirnov	Bjørn Dæhlie	Niklas Jonsson
8	13 January 1996	Nové Město	15 km C Pursuit	Vladimir Smirnov	Jari Isometsä	Mika Myllylä
9	2 February 1996	Seefeld	10 km F	Bjørn Dæhlie	Fulvio Valbusa	Jari Isometsä
10	4 February 1996	Reit im Winkl	Sprint F	Tor Arne Hetland	Peter Schlickenrieder	Silvio Fauner
11	10 February 1996	Kavgolovo	15 km C	Alexey Prokurorov	Vladimir Smirnov	Bjørn Dæhlie
12	24 February 1996	Trondheim	30 km F	Vladimir Smirnov	Bjørn Dæhlie	Alexey Prokurorov
13	3 March 1996	Lahti	30 km F	Jari Isometsä	Bjørn Dæhlie	Alexey Prokurorov
14	9 March 1996	Falun	15 km C	Vladimir Smirnov	Bjørn Dæhlie	Jari Isometsä
15	10 March 1996	Falun	15 km C Pursuit	Vladimir Smirnov	Fulvio Valbusa	Jari Isometsä
16	16 March 1996	Oslo	50 km C	Erling Jevne	Krister Sørgård	Anders Bergström

Women

C – Classic / F – Freestyle

WC	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	25 November 1995	Vuokatti	5 km C	Lyubov Yegorova	Yelena Välbe	Marit Mikkelsplass
2	29 November 1995	Gällivare	10 km F	Stefania Belmondo	Lyubov Yegorova	Yelena Välbe
3	9 December 1995	Davos	5 km F	Yelena Välbe	Kateřina Neumannová	Manuela Di Centa
4	10 December 1995	Davos	10 km C Pursuit	Lyubov Yegorova	Yelena Välbe	Larisa Lazutina
5	13 December 1995	Brusson	10 km F	Yelena Välbe	Lyubov Yegorova	Nina Gavrylyuk
6	17 December 1995	Santa Caterina	10 km C	Larisa Lazutina	Lyubov Yegorova	Nina Gavrylyuk
7	9 January 1996	Štrbské Pleso	30 km F	Manuela Di Centa	Yelena Välbe	Stefania Belmondo
8	13 January 1996	Nové Město	10 km C	Yelena Välbe	Manuela Di Centa	Larisa Lazutina
9	2 February 1996	Seefeld	10 km F	Manuela Di Centa	Stefania Belmondo	Yelena Välbe
10	4 February 1996	Reit im Winkl	Sprint F	Yelena Välbe	Anita Moen	Kateřina Neumannová
11	11 February 1996	Kavgolovo	10 km C	Manuela Di Centa	Larisa Lazutina	Marit Mikkelsplass
12	24 February 1996	Trondheim	5 km C	Manuela Di Centa	Marit Mikkelsplass	Larisa Lazutina
13	25 February 1996	Trondheim	10 km F Pursuit	Manuela Di Centa	Yelena Välbe	Nina Gavrylyuk
14	2 March 1996	Lahti	10 km F	Manuela Di Centa	Stefania Belmondo	Nina Gavrylyuk
15	9 March 1996	Falun	15 km F	Manuela Di Centa	Yelena Välbe	Nina Gavrylyuk
16	16 March 1996	Oslo	30 km C	Nina Gavrylyuk	Larisa Lazutina	Marit Mikkelsplass

Men's team

WC	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	10 December 1995	Davos	4 × 10 km relay C	Finland Karri Hietamäki Sami Repo Mika Myllylä Jari Isometsä	Norway I Sture Sivertsen Erling Jevne Bjørn Dæhlie Thomas Alsgaard	Sweden I Morgan Göransson Niklas Jonsson Anders Bergström Torgny Mogren
2	14 January 1996	Nové Město	4 × 10 km relay C	Finland I Sami Repo Mika Myllylä Harri Kirvesniemi Jari Isometsä	Norway I Thomas Alsgaard Vegard Ulvang Erling Jevne Bjørn Dæhlie	Italy Fabio Maj Giorgio Vanzetta Fulvio Valbusa Gaudenzio Godioz
3	3 February 1996	Seefeld	Team Sprint F	Italy Fulvio Valbusa Silvio Fauner	Sweden I Niklas Jonsson Torgny Mogren	Finland Mika Myllylä Jari Isometsä
4	25 February 1996	Trondheim	4 × 10 km relay C/F	Norway I Vegard Ulvang Erling Jevne Bjørn Dæhlie Thomas Alsgaard	Italy I Giorgio Di Centa Marco Albarello Fulvio Valbusa Silvio Fauner	Sweden I Mathias Fredriksson Niklas Jonsson Anders Bergström Torgny Mogren
5	1 March 1996	Lahti	4 × 10 km relay C/F	Italy Marco Albarello Silvio Fauner Fabio Maj Fulvio Valbusa	Russia I Sergey Chepikov Mikhail Botvinov Sergey Tchernych Alexey Prokurorov	Norway Kristen Skjeldal Anders Eide Egil Kristiansen Thomas Alsgaard
6	17 March 1996	Oslo	4 × 5 km relay F	Norway II Tore Bjonviken Frode Estil Remi Andersen Tor Arne Hetland	Norway I Egil Kristiansen Vegard Ulvang Anders Eide Bjørn Dæhlie	Finland Ari Palolahti Sami Repo Markus Vuorenmaa Jari Isometsä

Women's team

WC	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	17 December 1995	Santa Caterina	4 × 5 km relay C	Russia I Larisa Lazutina Nina Gavrylyuk Lyubov Yegorova Yelena Välbe	Italy I Cristina Paluselli Stefania Belmondo Gabriella Paruzzi Manuela Di Centa	Russia II Svetlana Nageykina Yuliya Chepalova Natalya Baranova-Masalkina Olga Zavyalova
2	14 January 1996	Nové Město	4 × 5 km relay C	Russia Svetlana Nageykina Larisa Lazutina Nina Gavrylyuk Yelena Välbe	Norway Anita Moen Bente Martinsen Marit Mikkelsplass Trude Dybendahl	Italy Cristina Paluselli Stefania Belmondo Gabriella Paruzzi Manuela Di Centa
3	3 February 1996	Seefeld	Team Sprint F	Italy Stefania Belmondo Manuela Di Centa	Norway Trude Dybendahl Anita Moen	Russia I Yelena Välbe Olga Zavyalova
4	10 March 1996	Falun	4 × 5 km relay C/F	Russia I Nina Gavrylyuk Larisa Lazutina Lyubov Yegorova Yelena Välbe	Norway Bente Martinsen Marit Mikkelsplass Trude Dybendahl Anita Moen	Italy I Barbara Giacomuzzi Manuela Di Centa Guidina Dal Sasso Stefania Belmondo
5	17 March 1996	Oslo	4 × 5 km relay C/F	Russia Svetlana Nageykina Larisa Lazutina Olga Zavyalova Nina Gavrylyuk	Finland Riikka Sirviö Tuulikki Pyykkönen Kati Pulkkinen Anu Kittilä	Norway I Bente Martinsen Marit Mikkelsplass Maj Helen Sorkmo Anita Moen

Men's overall standings

Rank after all 16 events Points 1 Bjørn Dæhlie 1110 2 Vladimir Smirnov 1034 3 Jari Isometsä 617 4 Alexey Prokurorov 544 5 Silvio Fauner 508 6 Fulvio Valbusa 482 7 Mikhail Botvinov 401 8 Thomas Alsgaard 352 9 Torgny Mogren 312 Johann Mühlegg 312

Rank Points 11 Anders Eide 286 12 Vegard Ulvang 253 13 Anders Bergström 252 14 Mika Myllylä 238 15 Erling Jevne 220 16 Niklas Jonsson 218 17 Markus Gandler 178 Sami Repo 178 19 Sergey Chepikov 164 20 Sture Sivertsen 158

Rank Points 21 Harri Kirvesniemi 149 22 Giorgio Di Centa 142 23 Markus Hasler 138 24 Henrik Forsberg 134 Alois Stadlober 134 26 Gaudenzio Godioz 126 27 Krister Sørgård 123 28 Giorgio Vanzetta 120 29 Fabio Maj 101 30 Luboš Buchta 96

Women's overall standings

Rank after all 16 events Points 1 Manuela Di Centa 1004 2 Yelena Välbe 945 3 Larisa Lazutina 732 4 Nina Gavrylyuk 717 5 Lyubov Yegorova 690 6 Stefania Belmondo 675 7 Marit Mikkelsplass 579 8 Kateřina Neumannová 419 9 Iryna Taranenko-Terelia 340 10 Anita Moen 330

Rank Points 11 Olga Zavyalova 324 12 Bente Martinsen 291 13 — — 14 Trude Dybendahl 235 Yuliya Chepalova 235 16 Natalya Baranova-Masalkina 210 17 Kristina Šmigun 206 18 Sophie Villeneuve 184 19 Sylvia Honegger 159 20 Gabriella Paruzzi 156

Rank Points 21 Tuulikki Pyykkönen 147 22 Fumiko Aoki 131 23 Maria Theurl 114 24 Brigitte Albrecht Loretan 113 Kati Pulkkinen 113 26 Maj Helen Sorkmo 98 27 Anu Kittilä 95 28 Anke Reschwamm Schulze 91 29 Annika Evaldsson 86 30 Guidina Dal Sasso 85

Achievements

Victories in this World Cup (all-time number of victories as of 1995/96 season in parentheses)

References

1. "Men's 10 km C – Vuokatti". International Ski Federation.
2. "Men's 15 km F – Gällivare". International Ski Federation.
3. "Men's 30 km C – Davos". International Ski Federation.
4. "Men's 15 km F – Brusson". International Ski Federation.
5. "Men's 10 km C – Santa Caterina". International Ski Federation.
6. "Men's 15 km F Pursuit – Santa Caterina". International Ski Federation.
7. "Santa Caterina di Valfurva". skisport365.com.
8. "Men's 50 km F – Strbske Pleso". International Ski Federation.
9. "Men's 15 km C Pursuit – Nové Město". International Ski Federation.
10. "Men's 10 km F – Seefeld". International Ski Federation.
11. "Men's Sprint F – Reit im Winkl". International Ski Federation.
12. "Men's 15 km C – Kavgolovo". International Ski Federation.
13. "Men's 30 km F – Trondheim". International Ski Federation.
14. "Men's 30 km F – Lahti". International Ski Federation.
15. "Men's 10 km F – Falun". International Ski Federation.
16. "Men's 15 km C Pursuit – Falun". International Ski Federation.
17. "Men's 50 km C – Oslo". International Ski Federation.
18. "Ladies' 5 km C – Vuokatti". International Ski Federation.
19. "Ladies' 10 km F – Gällivare". International Ski Federation.
20. "Ladies' 5 km F – Davos". International Ski Federation.
21. "Ladies' 10 km C Pursuit – Davos". International Ski Federation.
22. "Ladies' 10 km F – Brusson". International Ski Federation.
23. "Ladies' 10 km C – Santa Caterina". International Ski Federation.
24. "Ladies' 30 km F – Strbske Pleso". International Ski Federation.
25. "Ladies' 10 km C – Nové Město". International Ski Federation.
26. "Ladies' 10 km F – Seefeld". International Ski Federation.
27. "Ladies' Sprint F – Reit im Winkl". International Ski Federation.
28. "Ladies' 10 km C – Kavgolovo". International Ski Federation.
29. "Ladies' 5 km C – Trondheim". International Ski Federation.
30. "Ladies' 10 km F Pursuit – Trondheim". International Ski Federation.
31. "Ladies' 10 km F – Lahti". International Ski Federation.
32. "Ladies' 15 km F – Falun". International Ski Federation.
33. "Ladies' 30 km C – Oslo". International Ski Federation.
34. "Men 4x10 km Relay C – Davos". skisport365.com. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
35. "Men 4x10 km Relay C – Nové Město". Skisport365.com. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
36. "Men (12x1.5 km) Team Sprint F – Seefeld". Skisport365.com. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
37. "Men's 4 x 10 km Relay – Trondheim". Skisport365.com. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
38. "Men 4x10 km Relay C/F – Lahti". Skisport365.com. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
39. "Men 4x5 km Relay F – Oslo". Skisport365.com. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
40. "Ladies 4x5 km Relay C – Davos". skisport365.com. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
41. "Ladies 4x5 km Relay C – Nové Město". Skisport365.com. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
42. "LAdies (6x1.5 km) Team Sprint F – Seefeld". Skisport365.com. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
43. "Ladies 4 x 5 km Relay – Falun". Skisport365.com. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
44. "Ladies 4x5 km Relay – Oslo". Skisport365.com. Retrieved 13 April 2018.

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