2002–03 FIS Cross-Country World Cup

The 2002–03 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was the 22nd official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and women. The season began in Düsseldorf, Germany, on 26 October on 2002 and was concluded in Falun, Sweden, on 23 March 2003. Mathias Fredriksson of Sweden won the overall men's cup, and Bente Skari of Norway won the women's.

2002–03 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Mathias Fredriksson	Bente Skari (4th title)
Distance	(not arranged)	(not arranged)
Sprint	Thobias Fredriksson	Marit Bjørgen
Nations Cup	Sweden	Norway
Nations Cup Overall	Norway
Competition
Locations	19 venues	19 venues
Individual	21 events	21 events
Relay/Team	6 events	6 events

Calendar

Men

Key: C – Classic / F – Freestyle

WC	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Ref.
1	26 October 2002	Düsseldorf	Sprint F	Peter Larsson	Thobias Fredriksson	Tor Arne Hetland	Peter Larsson	[1]
2	23 November 2002	Kiruna	10 km F	Vincent Vittoz	Pietro Piller Cottrer	Fulvio Valbusa	Tor Arne Hetland	[2]
3	30 November 2002	Ruka	15 km C	Vasily Rochev	Lukáš Bauer	Axel Teichmann	Vasily Rochev	[3]
4	7 December 2002	Davos	15 km F	Mathias Fredriksson	Vincent Vittoz	Fulvio Valbusa	Vincent Vittoz	[4]
5	11 December 2002	Clusone	Sprint F	Tor Arne Hetland	René Sommerfeldt	Anders Högberg	René Sommerfeldt	[5]
6	14 December 2002	Cogne	30 km C Mass Start	Frode Estil	Anders Aukland	Mathias Fredriksson	Mathias Fredriksson	[6]
7	15 December 2002	Cogne	Sprint C	Tor Arne Hetland	Lauri Pyykönen	Jens Arne Svartedal	Tor Arne Hetland	[7]
8	19 December 2002	Linz	Sprint F	Mikael Östberg	Thobias Fredriksson	Cristian Zorzi		[8]
9	21 December 2002	Ramsau	10 km C + 10 km F   Double Pursuit	Axel Teichmann	Anders Södergren	Tobias Angerer		[9]
10	4 January 2003	Kavgolovo	10 km F	René Sommerfeldt	Mathias Fredriksson	Axel Teichmann	René Sommerfeldt	[10]
11	12 January 2003	Otepää	30 km C Mass Start	Jörgen Brink	Anders Aukland	Andrus Veerpalu		[11]
12	18 January 2003	Nové Město	15 km F	Lukáš Bauer	Christian Hoffmann	Per Elofsson		[12]
13	25 January 2003	Oberhof	15 km C Mass Start	Mathias Fredriksson	Reto Burgermeister	Frode Estil	Mathias Fredriksson	[13]
14	12 February 2003	Reit im Winkl	Sprint F	Cristian Zorzi	Jörgen Brink	Tobias Angerer		[14]
15	15 February 2003	Asiago	10 km C	Andrus Veerpalu	Frode Estil	Fulvio Valbusa		[15]
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2003 (22 February – 5 March)
16	6 March 2003	Oslo	Sprint C	Håvard Bjerkeli	Lauri Pyykönen	Thobias Fredriksson	Mathias Fredriksson	[16]
17	8 March 2003	Oslo	50 km C	Andrus Veerpalu	Anders Aukland	Andrey Noutrikhin		[17]
18	11 March 2003	Drammen	Sprint C	Jens Arne Svartedal	Keijo Kurttila	Thobias Fredriksson		[18]
19	16 March 2003	Lahti	15 km F	Mathias Fredriksson	Lukáš Bauer	Pietro Piller Cottrer		[19]
20	20 March 2003	Borlänge	Sprint F	Thobias Fredriksson	Peter Larsson	Cristian Zorzi		[20]
21	22 March 2003	Falun	10 km C + 10 km F   Double Pursuit	Mathias Fredriksson	Frode Estil	Jörgen Brink		[21]

Women

Key: C – Classic / F – Freestyle

WC	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Ref.
1	26 October 2002	Düsseldorf	Sprint F	Marit Bjørgen	Gabriella Paruzzi	Anita Moen	Marit Bjørgen	[22]
2	23 November 2002	Kiruna	5 km F	Evi Sachenbacher Kristina Šmigun		Claudia Künzel	Evi Sachenbacher	[23]
3	30 November 2002	Ruka	10 km C	Bente Skari	Kristina Šmigun	Lilia Vasilieva	Kristina Šmigun	[24]
4	7 December 2002	Davos	10 km F	Bente Skari	Kristina Šmigun	Gabriella Paruzzi		[25]
5	11 December 2002	Clusone	Sprint F	Marit Bjørgen	Claudia Künzel	Maj Helen Sorkmo		[26]
6	14 December 2002	Cogne	15 km C Mass Start	Bente Skari	Kristina Šmigun	Anita Moen		[27]
7	15 December 2002	Cogne	Sprint C	Bente Skari	Marit Bjørgen	Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen	Bente Skari	[28]
8	19 December 2002	Linz	Sprint F	Pirjo Manninen	Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen	Beckie Scott		[29]
9	21 December 2002	Ramsau	5 km C + 5 km F   Double Pursuit	Bente Skari	Marit Bjørgen	Kristina Šmigun		[30]
10	4 January 2003	Kavgolovo	5 km F	Kristina Šmigun	Sabina Valbusa	Gabriella Paruzzi		[31]
11	12 January 2003	Otepää	15 km C Mass Start	Bente Skari	Kristina Šmigun	Kaisa Varis		[32]
12	18 January 2003	Nové Město	10 km F	Bente Skari	Gabriella Paruzzi	Kristina Šmigun		[33]
13	25 January 2003	Oberhof	10 km C Mass Start	Bente Skari	Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen	Kaisa Varis		[34]
14	12 February 2003	Reit im Winkl	Sprint F	Marit Bjørgen	Evi Sachenbacher	Sabina Valbusa		[35]
15	15 February 2003	Asiago	5 km C	Bente Skari	Beckie Scott	Olga Zavyalova		[36]
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2003 (22 February – 5 March)
16	6 March 2003	Oslo	Sprint C	Bente Skari	Manuela Henkel	Kirsi Välimaa	Bente Skari	[37]
17	8 March 2003	Oslo	30 km C	Bente Skari	Annmari Viljanmaa	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen		[38]
18	11 March 2003	Drammen	Sprint C	Bente Skari	Manuela Henkel	Virpi Kuitunen		[39]
19	16 March 2003	Lahti	10 km F	Gabriella Paruzzi	Olga Zavyalova	Bente Skari		[40]
20	20 March 2003	Borlänge	Sprint F	Bente Skari	Beckie Scott	Marit Bjørgen		[41]
21	22 March 2003	Falun	5 km C + 5 km F   Double Pursuit	Bente Skari	Evi Sachenbacher	Olga Zavyalova		[42]

Men's team

WC	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
	27 October 2002	Düsseldorf	Team Sprint F	cancelled, not rescheduled
1	24 November 2002	Kiruna	4 × 10 km relay C/F	Italy Giorgio Di Centa Fulvio Valbusa Pietro Piller Cottrer Cristian Zorzi	Norway Kristen Skjeldal Anders Aukland Tor Arne Hetland Thomas Alsgaard	Germany Andreas Schlütter Axel Teichmann Tobias Angerer René Sommerfeldt	[43]
2	8 December 2002	Davos	4 × 10 km relay C/F	Norway II Anders Aukland Tore Bjonviken Tor Arne Hetland Thomas Alsgaard	Italy Giorgio Di Centa Freddy Schwienbacher Pietro Piller Cottrer Cristian Zorzi	Norway Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset Frode Estil Kristen Skjeldal Espen Bjervig	[44]
	5 January 2003	Kavgolovo	Team Sprint F	cancelled, not rescheduled			[45]
3	19 January 2003	Nové Město	4 × 10 km relay C/F	Norway Anders Aukland Frode Estil Tore Ruud Hofstad Thomas Alsgaard	Italy Giorgio Di Centa Fulvio Valbusa Cristian Zorzi Freddy Schwienbacher	Germany Jens Filbrich Andreas Schlütter Tobias Angerer Andreas Stitzl	[46]
4	26 January 2003	Oberhof	Team Sprint F	Italy Giorgio Di Centa Cristian Zorzi	Germany René Sommerfeldt Tobias Angerer	Norway Jens Arne Svartedal Thomas Alsgaard	[47]
5	14 February 2003	Asiago	Team Sprint F	Italy Giorgio Di Centa Cristian Zorzi	Germany II René Sommerfeldt Tobias Angerer	Italy II Renato Pasini Freddy Schwienbacher	[48]
6	23 March 2003	Falun	4 × 10 km relay C/F	Sweden Lars Carlsson Mathias Fredriksson Anders Södergren Jörgen Brink	Italy Giorgio Di Centa Fulvio Valbusa Pietro Piller Cottrer Cristian Zorzi	Germany Jens Filbrich Andreas Schlütter René Sommerfeldt Axel Teichmann	[49]

Women's team

WC	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
	27 October 2002	Düsseldorf	Team Sprint F	cancelled, not rescheduled
1	24 November 2002	Kiruna	4 × 5 km relay C/F	Norway Anita Moen Bente Skari Maj Helen Sorkmo Vibeke Skofterud	Germany Manuela Henkel Viola Bauer Claudia Künzel Evi Sachenbacher	Italy Magda Genuin Gabriella Paruzzi Arianna Follis Sabina Valbusa	[50]
2	8 December 2002	Davos	4 × 5 km relay C/F	Norway Vibeke Skofterud Bente Skari Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen Maj Helen Sorkmo	Russia Olga Zavyalova Lilia Vasilieva Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova Nina Gavrylyuk	Germany Manuela Henkel Viola Bauer Evi Sachenbacher Claudia Künzel	[51]
	5 January 2003	Kavgolovo	Team Sprint F	cancelled, not rescheduled			[52]
3	19 January 2003	Nové Město	4 × 5 km relay C/F	Germany Viola Bauer Manuela Henkel Claudia Künzel Evi Sachenbacher	Norway Anita Moen Marit Bjørgen Kristin Størmer Steira Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen	Finland Kirsi Välimaa Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Elina Hietamäki Kaisa Varis	[53]
4	26 January 2003	Oberhof	Team Sprint F	Norway Anita Moen Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen	Germany II Claudia Künzel Manuela Henkel	Germany III Viola Bauer Stefanie Böhler	[54]
5	14 February 2003	Asiago	Team Sprint F	Germany II Claudia Künzel Evi Sachenbacher	Russia II Alyona Sidko Natalya Korostelyova	Italy Karin Moroder Arianna Follis	[55]
6	23 March 2003	Falun	4 × 5 km relay C/F	Germany Manuela Henkel Viola Bauer Claudia Künzel Evi Sachenbacher	Norway Anita Moen Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen Kristin Størmer Steira Bente Skari	Italy Sabina Valbusa Gabriella Paruzzi Antonella Confortola Arianna Follis	[56]

Mixed team

WC	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	1 December 2002	Ruka	2 × 5 km/2 × 10 km C/F	Finland Annmari Viljanmaa Ari Palolahti Pirjo Manninen Teemu Kattilakoski	Finland II Kirsi Välimaa Kuisma Taipale Riitta-Liisa Lassila Sami Jauhojärvi	Italy Gabriella Paruzzi Fulvio Valbusa Sabina Valbusa Pietro Piller Cottrer	[57]

Men's standings

Overall

Rank	Skier	Points
1	Mathias Fredriksson	876
2	René Sommerfeldt	589
3	Jörgen Brink	441
4	Axel Teichmann	441
5	Lukáš Bauer	429
6	Frode Estil	414
7	Andrus Veerpalu	370
8	Vincent Vittoz	352
9	Tor Arne Hetland	340
10	Anders Aukland	340

Rank	Skier	Points
11	Giorgio Di Centa	338
12	Cristian Zorzi	315
13	Tobias Angerer	312
14	Fulvio Valbusa	309
15	Jens Arne Svartedal	294
16	Anders Södergren	286
17	Thobias Fredriksson	284
18	Pietro Piller Cottrer	282
19	Jaak Mae	272
20	Vasily Rochev	271

Rank	Skier	Points
21	Peter Larsson	225
22	Kristen Skjeldal	225
23	Martin Koukal	217
24	Per Elofsson	209
25	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset	199
26	Lauri Pyykönen	195
27	Håvard Bjerkeli	190
28	Andreas Schlütter	185
29	Jens Filbrich	173
30	Ivan Bátory	172

Sprint

Rank	Skier	Points
1	Thobias Fredriksson	416
2	Tor Arne Hetland	391
3	Lauri Pyykönen	280
4	Jörgen Brink	279
5	Cristian Zorzi	276
6	Håvard Bjerkeli	267
7	Peter Larsson	248
8	Jens Arne Svartedal	215
9	Mikael Östberg	195
10	René Sommerfeldt	195

Women's standings

Overall

Rank	Skier	Points
1	Bente Skari	1392
2	Kristina Šmigun	834
3	Gabriella Paruzzi	713
4	Evi Sachenbacher	667
5	Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen	543
6	Marit Bjørgen	508
7	Claudia Künzel	466
8	Sabina Valbusa	427
9	Beckie Scott	405
10	Anita Moen	398

Rank	Skier	Points
11	Olga Zavyalova	378
12	Manuela Henkel	360
13	Valentyna Shevchenko	317
14	Petra Majdič	275
15	Annmari Viljanmaa	274
16	Pirjo Manninen	271
17	Natalya Korostelyova	269
18	Nina Gavrylyuk	230
19	Kirsi Välimaa	229
20	Viola Bauer	224

Rank	Skier	Points
21	Vibeke Skofterud	217
22	Maj Helen Sorkmo	202
23	Virpi Kuitunen	188
24	Jenny Olsson	187
25	Alyona Sidko	185
26	Kaisa Varis	184
27	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	169
28	Lilia Vasilieva	163
29	Elin Ek	155
30	Yelena Burukhina	151

Sprint

Rank	Skier	Points
1	Marit Bjørgen	485
2	Bente Skari	410
3	Pirjo Manninen	292
4	Manuela Henkel	276
5	Anita Moen	263
6	Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen	248
7	Claudia Künzel	230
8	Maj Helen Sorkmo	196
9	Evi Sachenbacher	190
10	Beckie Scott	181

Achievements

Victories in this World Cup (all-time number of victories as of 2002/03 season in parentheses)

Men

• Mathias Fredriksson (SWE), 4 (5) first places
• Tor Arne Hetland (NOR), 2 (6) first places
• Andrus Veerpalu (EST), 2 (2) first places
• Cristian Zorzi (ITA), 1 (5) first place
• Jens Arne Svartedal (NOR), 1 (4) first places
• Frode Estil (NOR), 1 (2) first place
• Håvard Bjerkeli (NOR), 1 (2) first place
• Peter Larsson (SWE), 1 (1) first place
• Vincent Vittoz (FRA), 1 (1) first place
• Vasily Rochev (RUS), 1 (1) first place
• Mikael Östberg (SWE), 1 (1) first place
• Axel Teichmann (GER), 1 (1) first place
• René Sommerfeldt (GER), 1 (1) first place
• Jörgen Brink (SWE), 1 (1) first place
• Lukáš Bauer (CZE), 1 (1) first place
• Thobias Fredriksson (SWE), 1 (1) first place

Women

• Bente Skari (NOR), 14 (42) first places
• Marit Bjørgen (NOR), 3 (3) first places
• Kristina Šmigun (EST), 2 (9) first places
• Pirjo Manninen (FIN), 1 (4) first place
• Evi Sachenbacher (GER), 1 (2) first place
• Gabriella Paruzzi (ITA), 1 (1) first place