1981–82 FIS Cross-Country World Cup

The 1981–82 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was the first official World Cup in cross-country skiing. It was arranged by the International Ski Federation (FIS). The 1981/82 World Cup started in Reit im Winkl, West Germany on 9 January 1982 and finished in Kiruna, Sweden on 13 April 1982. Bill Koch of United States won the overall men's event, and Berit Aunli of Norway won the women's.

1981–82 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Bill Koch	Berit Aunli
Nations Cup	Norway	Norway
Nations Cup Overall	Norway
Competition
Locations	8 venues	8 venues
Individual	10 events	10 events
Relay/Team	1 event	1 event

Calendar

• NOTE: Races marked with (*) counts officially for both as "FIS World Cup" / "FIS Nordic World Ski Championships" wins statistics.

Men

No.	Date	Venue	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	9 January 1982	Reit im Winkl	15 km	Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass	Tor Håkon Holte	Thomas Wassberg	[1]
2	16 January 1982	Le Brassus	15 km	Bill Koch	Thomas Wassberg	Benny Kohlberg	[2]
3	24 January 1982	Brusson	30 km	Bill Koch	Jean-Paul Pierrat	Sergey Sokarev	[3]
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1982
4	20 February 1982	Oslo	30 km *	Thomas Eriksson	Lars Erik Eriksen	Bill Koch	[4]
5	23 February 1982		15 km *	Oddvar Brå	Alexander Zavyalov	Harri Kirvesniemi	[5]
6	27 February 1982		50 km *	Thomas Wassberg	Yuriy Burlakov	Lars Erik Eriksen	[6]
7	7 March 1982	Lahti	50 km	Oddvar Brå	Jan Lindvall	Maurilio De Zolt	[7]
8	12 March 1982	Falun	30 km	Bill Koch	Dan Simoneau	Thomas Wassberg	[8]
9	19 March 1982	Štrbské Pleso	15 km	Harri Kirvesniemi	Thomas Wassberg	Jochen Behle	[9]
10	27 March 1982	Kastelruth	15 km	Bill Koch	Miloš Bečvář	Harri Kirvesniemi	[10]

Women

No.	Date	Venue	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	9 January 1982	Klingenthal	10 km	Květa Jeriová	Brit Pettersen	Anna Pasiarová	[11]
2	15 January 1982	La Bresse	5 km	Květa Jeriová	Berit Aunli	Marit Myrmæl	[12]
3	22 January 1982	Furtwangen	5 km	Květa Jeriová	Gabriela Svobodová	Blanka Paulů	[13]
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1982
4	19 February 1982	Oslo	10 km *	Berit Aunli	Hilkka Riihivuori	Květa Jeriová	[14]
5	22 February 1982		5 km *	Berit Aunli	Hilkka Riihivuori	Brit Pettersen	[15]
6	26 February 1982		20 km *	Raisa Smetanina	Berit Aunli	Hilkka Riihivuori	[16]
7	6 March 1982	Lahti	10 km	Anette Bøe	Berit Aunli	Inger Helene Nybråten	[17]
8	12 March 1982	Falun	20 km	Brit Pettersen	Marit Myrmæl	Anette Bøe	[18]
9	28 March 1982	Štrbské Pleso	10 km	Blanka Paulů	Berit Aunli	Karin Jäger	[19]
10	13 April 1982	Kiruna	5 km	Brit Pettersen	Berit Aunli	Inger Helene Nybråten	[20]

Men's relay

Date	Venue	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
25 February 1982	Oslo	Relay 4 × 10 km*	Norway Lars Erik Eriksen Ove Aunli Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass Oddvar Brå Soviet Union Vladimir Nikitin Oleksandr Batyuk Yuriy Burlakov Alexander Zavyalov	none	Finland Kari Härkönen Aki Karvonen Harri Kirvesniemi Juha Mieto East Germany Uwe Bellmann Uwe Wünsch Stefan Schicker Frank Schröder	[21]

Women's relay

Date	Venue	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
24 February 1982	Oslo	Relay 4 × 5 km*	Norway Anette Bøe Inger Helene Nybråten Berit Aunli Brit Pettersen	Soviet Union Lyubov Lyadova Lyubov Zabolotskaya Raisa Smetanina Galina Kulakova	East Germany Petra Sölter Carola Anding Barbara Petzold Veronika Hesse	[22]

Overall standings

Men's standings

Rank		Points
1	Bill Koch	121
2	Thomas Wassberg	114
3	Harri Kirvesniemi	106
4	Jean-Paul Pierrat	82
5	Oddvar Brå	77
6	Jochen Behle	67
7	Jan Ottosson	60
	Dan Simoneau	60
9	Giorgio Vanzetta	57
10	Yuriy Burlakov	56

Women's standings

Rank		Points
1	Berit Aunli	136
2	Brit Pettersen	126
3	Květa Jeriová	113
4	Marit Myrmæl	104
5	Anette Bøe	95
6	Anna Pasiarová	92
7	Blanka Paulů	81
8	Karin Jäger	79
9	Inger Helene Nybråten	76
10	Marie Johansson	74

Achievements

Victories in this World Cup

Men

• Bill Koch (USA), 4 first places
• Oddvar Brå (NOR), 2 first places
• Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass (NOR), 1 first place
• Thomas Eriksson (SWE), 1 first place
• Thomas Wassberg (SWE), 1 first place
• Harri Kirvesniemi (FIN), 1 first place

Women

• Květa Jeriová (TCH), 3 first places
• Berit Aunli (NOR), 2 first places
• Brit Pettersen (NOR), 2 first place
• Raisa Smetanina (URS), 1 first place
• Anette Bøe (NOR), 1 first place
• Blanka Paulů (TCH), 1 first place