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 – FreestyleDatePlaceDisciplineWinnerSecondThird 126 November 1995 Vuokatti10 km C Vladimir Smirnov Bjørn Dæhlie Sami Repo 229 November 1995 Gällivare15 km F Bjørn Dæhlie Jari Isometsä Silvio Fauner 39 December 1995 Davos30 km C Bjørn Dæhlie Vladimir Smirnov Silvio Fauner 413 December 1995 Brusson15 km F Bjørn Dæhlie Silvio Fauner Vladimir Smirnov 516 December 1995 Santa Caterina10 km C Bjørn Dæhlie Vladimir Smirnov Mika Myllylä 617 December 1995 Santa Caterina15 km F Pursuit Bjørn Dæhlie Jari Isometsä Vladimir Smirnov 79 January 1996 Štrbské Pleso50 km F Vladimir Smirnov Bjørn Dæhlie Niklas Jonsson 813 January 1996 Nové Město15 km C Pursuit Vladimir Smirnov Jari Isometsä Mika Myllylä 92 February 1996 Seefeld10 km F Bjørn Dæhlie Fulvio Valbusa Jari Isometsä 104 February 1996 Reit im WinklSprint F Tor Arne Hetland Peter Schlickenrieder Silvio Fauner 1110 February 1996 Kavgolovo15 km C Alexey Prokurorov Vladimir Smirnov Bjørn Dæhlie 1224 February 1996 Trondheim30 km F Vladimir Smirnov Bjørn Dæhlie Alexey Prokurorov 133 March 1996 Lahti30 km F Jari Isometsä Bjørn Dæhlie Alexey Prokurorov 149 March 1996 Falun15 km C Vladimir Smirnov Bjørn Dæhlie Jari Isometsä 1510 March 1996 Falun15 km C Pursuit Vladimir Smirnov Fulvio Valbusa Jari Isometsä 1616 March 1996 Oslo50 km C Erling Jevne Krister Sørgård Anders Bergström
Women + C – Classic / F – FreestyleDatePlaceDisciplineWinnerSecondThird 125 November 1995 Vuokatti5 km C Lyubov Yegorova Yelena Välbe Marit Mikkelsplass 229 November 1995 Gällivare10 km F Stefania Belmondo Lyubov Yegorova Yelena Välbe 39 December 1995 Davos5 km F Yelena Välbe Kateřina Neumannová Manuela Di Centa 410 December 1995 Davos10 km C Pursuit Lyubov Yegorova Yelena Välbe Larisa Lazutina 513 December 1995 Brusson10 km F Yelena Välbe Lyubov Yegorova Nina Gavrylyuk 617 December 1995 Santa Caterina10 km C Larisa Lazutina Lyubov Yegorova Nina Gavrylyuk 79 January 1996 Štrbské Pleso30 km F Manuela Di Centa Yelena Välbe Stefania Belmondo 813 January 1996 Nové Město10 km C Yelena Välbe Manuela Di Centa Larisa Lazutina 92 February 1996 Seefeld10 km F Manuela Di Centa Stefania Belmondo Yelena Välbe 104 February 1996 Reit im WinklSprint F Yelena Välbe Anita Moen Kateřina Neumannová 1111 February 1996 Kavgolovo10 km C Manuela Di Centa Larisa Lazutina Marit Mikkelsplass 1224 February 1996 Trondheim5 km C Manuela Di Centa Marit Mikkelsplass Larisa Lazutina 1325 February 1996 Trondheim10 km F Pursuit Manuela Di Centa Yelena Välbe Nina Gavrylyuk 142 March 1996 Lahti10 km F Manuela Di Centa Stefania Belmondo Nina Gavrylyuk 159 March 1996 Falun15 km F Manuela Di Centa Yelena Välbe Nina Gavrylyuk 1616 March 1996 Oslo30 km C Nina Gavrylyuk Larisa Lazutina Marit Mikkelsplass
Men's team
DatePlaceDisciplineWinnerSecondThird 110 December 1995 Davos4 × 10 km relay C 214 January 1996 Nové Město4 × 10 km relay C 33 February 1996 SeefeldTeam Sprint F 425 February 1996 Trondheim4 × 10 km relay C/F 51 March 1996 Lahti4 × 10 km relay C/F 617 March 1996 Oslo4 × 5 km relay F
Women's team
DatePlaceDisciplineWinnerSecondThird 117 December 1995 Santa Caterina4 × 5 km relay C 214 January 1996 Nové Město4 × 5 km relay C 33 February 1996 SeefeldTeam Sprint F 410 March 1996 Falun4 × 5 km relay C/F 517 March 1996 Oslo4 × 5 km relay C/F
Men's overall standings
Rankafter all 16 eventsPoints1 Bjørn Dæhlie 11102 Vladimir Smirnov 10343 Jari Isometsä 6174 Alexey Prokurorov 5445 Silvio Fauner 5086 Fulvio Valbusa 4827 Mikhail Botvinov 4018 Thomas Alsgaard 3529 Torgny Mogren 312 Johann Mühlegg 312
RankPoints11 Anders Eide 28612 Vegard Ulvang 25313 Anders Bergström 25214 Mika Myllylä 23815 Erling Jevne 22016 Niklas Jonsson 21817 Markus Gandler 178 Sami Repo 17819 Sergey Chepikov 16420 Sture Sivertsen 158
RankPoints21 Harri Kirvesniemi 14922 Giorgio Di Centa 14223 Markus Hasler 13824 Henrik Forsberg 134 Alois Stadlober 13426 Gaudenzio Godioz 12627 Krister Sørgård 12328 Giorgio Vanzetta 12029 Fabio Maj 10130 Luboš Buchta 96
Women's overall standings
Rankafter all 16 eventsPoints1 Manuela Di Centa 10042 Yelena Välbe 9453 Larisa Lazutina 7324 Nina Gavrylyuk 7175 Lyubov Yegorova 6906 Stefania Belmondo 6757 Marit Mikkelsplass 5798 Kateřina Neumannová 4199 Iryna Taranenko-Terelia 34010 Anita Moen 330
RankPoints11 Olga Zavyalova 32412 Bente Martinsen 29113 14 Trude Dybendahl 235 Yuliya Chepalova 23516 Natalya Baranova-Masalkina 21017 Kristina Šmigun 20618 Sophie Villeneuve 18419 Sylvia Honegger 15920 Gabriella Paruzzi 156
RankPoints21 Tuulikki Pyykkönen 14722 Fumiko Aoki 13123 Maria Theurl 11424 Brigitte Albrecht Loretan 113 Kati Pulkkinen 11326 Maj Helen Sorkmo 9827 Anu Kittilä 9528 Anke Reschwamm Schulze 9129 Annika Evaldsson 8630 Guidina Dal Sasso 85
Achievements Victories in this World Cup (all-time number of victories as of 1995/96 season in parentheses)
Men , 6 (30) first places , 6 (28) first places , 1 (7) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place
Women , 7 (15) first places , 4 (37) first places , 2 (13) first places , 1 (8) first place , 1 (3) first place , 1 (10) first place
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