The 1997–98 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was the 17th official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and women. The season began in Beitostølen, Norway, on 22 November 1997 and finished at Holmenkollen, Oslo, Norway, on 14 March 1998. Thomas Alsgaard of Norway won the overall men's cup, and Larisa Lazutina of Russia won the women's.
Calendar Men + C – Classic / F – FreestyleDatePlaceDisciplineWinnerSecondThird 122 November 1997 Beitostølen10 km C Bjørn Dæhlie Vladimir Smirnov Erling Jevne 210 December 1997 MilanSprint F Ari Palolahti Thobias Fredriksson Christian Hoffmann 313 December 1997 Val di Fiemme10 km C Bjørn Dæhlie Sture Sivertsen Vladimir Smirnov 414 December 1997 Val di Fiemme15 km F Pursuit Bjørn Dæhlie Thomas Alsgaard Mikhail Botvinov 516 December 1997 Val di Fiemme15 km F Fulvio Valbusa Thomas Alsgaard Bjørn Dæhlie 620 December 1997 Davos30 km C Bjørn Dæhlie Thomas Alsgaard Erling Jevne 73 January 1998 Kavgolovo30 km F Mika Myllylä Thomas Alsgaard Fabio Maj 88 January 1998 Ramsau15 km C Thomas Alsgaard Mika Myllylä Jari Isometsä 910 January 1998 Ramsau30 km F Thomas Alsgaard Silvio Fauner Mikhail Botvinov 1998 Winter Olympics (7–22 February)108 March 1998 Lahti30 km C Vladimir Smirnov Thomas Alsgaard Frode Estil 1111 March 1998 Falun10 km F Thomas Alsgaard Mikhail Botvinov Per Elofsson 1214 March 1998 Oslo50 km C Alexey Prokurorov Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset Bjørn Dæhlie
Women + C – Classic / F – FreestyleDatePlaceDisciplineWinnerSecondThird 122 November 1997 Beitostølen5 km C Larisa Lazutina Bente Martinsen Kateřina Neumannová 210 December 1997 MilanSprint F Bente Martinsen Trude Dybendahl Anita Moen 313 December 1997 Val di Fiemme5 km C Bente Martinsen Anita Moen Larisa Lazutina 416 December 1997 Val di Fiemme15 km F Larisa Lazutina Sabina Valbusa Stefania Belmondo 520 December 1997 Davos15 km C Yelena Välbe Svetlana Nageykina Anita Moen 64 January 1998 Kavgolovo10 km F Yuliya Chepalova Stefania Belmondo Larisa Lazutina 78 January 1998 Ramsau10 km C Marit Mikkelsplass Bente Martinsen Kateřina Neumannová 89 January 1998 Ramsau5 km C Bente Martinsen Larisa Lazutina Kateřina Neumannová 911 January 1998 Ramsau10 km F Pursuit Stefania Belmondo Larisa Lazutina Marit Mikkelsplass 1998 Winter Olympics (7–22 February)107 March 1998 Lahti15 km F Stefania Belmondo Larisa Lazutina Svetlana Nageykina 1111 March 1998 Falun5 km F Larisa Lazutina Stefania Belmondo Yuliya Chepalova 1214 March 1998 Oslo30 km C Larisa Lazutina Svetlana Nageykina Anita Moen
Men's team
DatePlaceDisciplineWinnerSecondThird 123 November 1997 Beitostølen4 × 10 km relay C 211 January 1998 Ramsau4 × 10 km relay C/F 36 March 1998 Lahti4 × 10 km relay C/F 410 March 1998 FalunTeam Sprint C/F
Women's team
DatePlaceDisciplineWinnerSecondThird 123 November 1997 Beitostølen4 × 5 km relay C 214 December 1997 Val di Fiemme4 × 5 km relay F 36 March 1998 Lahti4 × 5 km relay C/F 410 March 1998 FalunTeam Sprint C/F
Men's standings
Overall Rankafter all 12 eventsPoints1 Thomas Alsgaard 7902 Bjørn Dæhlie 6783 Vladimir Smirnov 4314 Mikhail Botvinov 3305 Jari Isometsä 3166 Fulvio Valbusa 3107 Mika Myllylä 3088 Erling Jevne 2929 Silvio Fauner 27310 Mathias Fredriksson 268
Long Distance Rankafter all eventsPoints1 Thomas Alsgaard 3512 Mika Myllylä 196 Bjørn Dæhlie1964 Vladimir Smirnov 1845 Jari Isometsä 1766 Alexey Prokurorov 1567 Fabio Maj 1558 Silvio Fauner 1459 Frode Estil 14210 Erling Jevne 131
Sprint Rankafter all eventsPoints1 Thomas Alsgaard 4862 Bjørn Dæhlie 4823 Vladimir Smirnov 2474 Mikhail Botvinov 2305 Fulvio Valbusa 2266 Henrik Forsberg 1917 Erling Jevne 1618 Mathias Fredriksson 1489 Jari Isometsä 14010 Per Elofsson 130
Women's standings
Overall Rankafter all 12 eventsPoints1 Larisa Lazutina 7732 Bente Martinsen 6253 Stefania Belmondo 5444 Anita Moen 4625 Marit Mikkelsplass 4166 Olga Danilova 3637 Trude Dybendahl 3338 Iryna Taranenko-Terelia 3299 Yuliya Chepalova 31410 Nina Gavrylyuk 279
Long Distance Rankafter all eventsPoints1 Larisa Lazutina 2932 Stefania Belmondo 2083 Olga Danilova 1644 Yelena Välbe 1365 Marit Mikkelsplass 1356 Anita Moen 1267 Iryna Taranenko-Terelia 123 Yuliya Chepalova 1239 Bente Martinsen 10610 Sabina Valbusa 105
Sprint Rankafter all eventsPoints1 Bente Martinsen 5252 Larisa Lazutina 4803 Stefania Belmondo 3554 Anita Moen 3365 Marit Mikkelsplass 2816 Trude Dybendahl 2447 Iryna Taranenko-Terelia 2068 Nina Gavrylyuk 2049 Kateřina Neumannová 20010 Olga Danilova 199
Achievements Victories in this World Cup (all-time number of victories as of 1997/98 season in parentheses)
Men , 4 (41) first places , 3 (4) first places , 1 (30) first place , 1 (4) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place , 1 (9) first place
Women , 4 (12) first places , 3 (3) first places , 2 (17) first places , 1 (45) first place , 1 (2) first place , 1 (1) first place
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