2011–12 FIS Cross-Country World Cup

2011–12 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Discipline Men Women
Overall Dario Cologna (3rd title) Marit Bjørgen (3rd title)
Distance Dario Cologna Marit Bjørgen
Sprint Teodor Peterson Kikkan Randall
Nations Cup Norway Norway
Nations Cup Overall Norway
Stage events
Nordic Opening Petter Northug Marit Bjørgen
Tour de Ski Dario Cologna Justyna Kowalczyk
World Cup Final Dario Cologna Marit Bjørgen
Competition
Locations 21 venues 21 venues
Individual 35 events 35 events
Relay/Team 4 events 4 events

2011–12 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was a multi-race tournament over the season for cross-country skiers. It was the 31st official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and women. The season began in Sjusjøen, Norway, on 19 November 2011 and concluded on 18 March 2012 in Falun, Sweden.[1]

This season's biggest event was the Tour de Ski, as there were no World Championships or Olympic Games.

Calendar

Men

Key: C – Classic / F – Freestyle
WC Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib Ref.
1 1 19 November 2011   Sjusjøen[nb 1][2] 15 km F   Johan Olsson Petter Northug Roland Clara Johan Olsson [1]
2 25 November 2011   Ruka Sprint C   Teodor Peterson Nikita Kryukov Øystein Pettersen Johan Olsson [2]
3 26 November 2011   Ruka 10 km F   Petter Northug Roland Clara Maurice Manificat Petter Northug [3]
4 27 November 2011   Ruka 15 km C Pursuit   Alexey Poltoranin Eldar Rønning Daniel Rickardsson Johan Olsson [4]
2 2nd Nordic Opening Overall (25–27 November 2011) Petter Northug Dario Cologna Eldar Rønning Petter Northug [5]
3 5 3 December 2011   Düsseldorf Sprint F   Ola Vigen Hattestad Alexey Petukhov Pål Golberg [6]
4 6 10 December 2011   Davos 30 km F   Petter Northug Maurice Manificat Lukáš Bauer [7][3]
5 7 11 December 2011   Davos Sprint F   Alexey Petukhov Teodor Peterson Emil Jönsson [8]
6 8 17 December 2011   Rogla 15 km C Mass Start   Petter Northug Dario Cologna Alexey Poltoranin [9]
7 9 18 December 2011   Rogla Sprint F   Dario Cologna Nikolay Morilov Anders Gløersen [10]
10 29 December 2011   Oberhof 3.75 km F Prologue   Petter Northug Dario Cologna Maurice Manificat [11]
11 30 December 2011   Oberhof 15 km C Pursuit   Axel Teichmann Petter Northug Dario Cologna [12]
12 31 December 2011   Oberstdorf Sprint C   Nikita Kryukov Alexey Petukhov Nikolay Morilov [13]
13 1 January 2012   Oberstdorf 20 km Skiathlon   Petter Northug Dario Cologna Maxim Vylegzhanin [14]
14 3 January 2012   Toblach 5 km C   Alexander Legkov Eldar Rønning Dario Cologna [15]
15 4 January 2012   Toblach Sprint F   Nikolay Morilov Petter Northug Dario Cologna [16]
16 5 January 2012   Cortina d'AmpezzoToblach 35 km F Pursuit   Dario Cologna Petter Northug Alexander Legkov [17]
17 7 January 2012   Val di Fiemme 20 km C Mass Start   Eldar Rønning Alex Harvey Dario Cologna [18]
18 8 January 2012   Val di Fiemme 9 km F Pursuit  
Final Climb  
Alexander Legkov Maurice Manificat Marcus Hellner [19]
8 6th Tour de Ski Overall (29 December 2011 – 8 January 2012) Dario Cologna Marcus Hellner Petter Northug [20]
9 19 14 January 2012   Milan Sprint F   Eirik Brandsdal Josef Wenzl Teodor Peterson [21]
10 20 21 January 2012   Otepää Sprint C   Dario Cologna Ola Vigen Hattestad Eirik Brandsdal [22]
11 21 22 January 2012   Otepää 15 km C   Dario Cologna Lukáš Bauer Devon Kershaw [23]
12 22 2 February 2012   Moscow Sprint F   Teodor Peterson Anders Gløersen Devon Kershaw [24]
13 23 4 February 2012   Rybinsk 15 km F Mass Start   Devon Kershaw Ilia Chernousov Tobias Angerer [25]
14 24 5 February 2012   Rybinsk 30 km Skiathlon   Maxim Vylegzhanin Ilia Chernousov Tobias Angerer [26]
15 25 11 February 2012   Nové Město 30 km C Mass Start   Johan Olsson Dario Cologna Maxim Vylegzhanin [27]
16 26 17 February 2012   Szklarska Poręba Sprint F   Devon Kershaw Nikolay Morilov Ola Vigen Hattestad [28]
17 27 18 February 2012   Szklarska Poręba 15 km C   Johan Olsson Dario Cologna Alexander Legkov [29]
18 28 3 March 2012   Lahti 30 km Skiathlon   Dario Cologna Martin Johnsrud Sundby Alex Harvey [30]
19 29 4 March 2012   Lahti Sprint C   Emil Jönsson Teodor Peterson Nikita Kryukov [31]
20 30 7 March 2012   Drammen Sprint C   Eirik Brandsdal Len Väljas Pål Golberg [32]
21 31 10 March 2012   Oslo 50 km C Mass Start   Eldar Rønning Dario Cologna Martin Johnsrud Sundby [33]
32 14 March 2012   Stockholm Sprint C   Eirik Brandsdal Teodor Peterson Len Väljas [34]
33 16 March 2012   Falun 3.75 km F   Alex Harvey Dario Cologna Devon Kershaw [35]
34 17 March 2012   Falun 15 km C Mass Start   Dario Cologna Eldar Rønning Len Väljas [36]
35 18 March 2012   Falun 15 km F Pursuit   Petr Sedov Alex Harvey Roland Clara [37]
22 2011–12 World Cup Final (14–18 March 2012) Dario Cologna Devon Kershaw Niklas Dyrhaug [38]

Women

Key: C – Classic / F – Freestyle
WC Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib Ref.
1 1 19 November 2011   Sjusjøen[nb 1][2] 10 km F   Marit Bjørgen Charlotte Kalla Vibeke Skofterud Marit Bjørgen [39]
2 25 November 2011   Ruka Sprint C   Marit Bjørgen Charlotte Kalla Vibeke Skofterud Marit Bjørgen [40]
3 26 November 2011   Ruka 5 km F   Marit Bjørgen Charlotte Kalla Vibeke Skofterud [41]
4 27 November 2011   Ruka 10 km C Pursuit   Therese Johaug Marit Bjørgen Vibeke Skofterud [42]
2 2nd Nordic Opening Overall (25–27 November 2011) Marit Bjørgen Therese Johaug Vibeke Skofterud [43]
3 5 3 December 2011   Düsseldorf Sprint F   Kikkan Randall Natalya Matveyeva Laurien van der Graaff [44]
4 6 10 December 2011   Davos 15 km F   Marit Bjørgen Vibeke Skofterud Therese Johaug [45][3]
5 7 11 December 2011   Davos Sprint F   Kikkan Randall Natalya Matveyeva Maiken Caspersen Falla [46]
6 8 17 December 2011   Rogla 10 km C Mass Start   Justyna Kowalczyk Therese Johaug Vibeke Skofterud [47]
7 9 18 December 2011   Rogla Sprint F   Maiken Caspersen Falla Chandra Crawford Ida Ingemarsdotter [48]
10 29 December 2011   Oberhof 2.5 km F Prologue   Justyna Kowalczyk Marit Bjørgen Hanna Brodin [49]
11 30 December 2011   Oberhof 10 km C Pursuit   Justyna Kowalczyk Therese Johaug Marit Bjørgen [50]
12 31 December 2011   Oberstdorf Sprint C   Justyna Kowalczyk Marit Bjørgen Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen [51]
13 1 January 2012   Oberstdorf 10 km Skiathlon   Marit Bjørgen Justyna Kowalczyk Therese Johaug [52]
14 3 January 2012   Toblach 3 km C   Marit Bjørgen Justyna Kowalczyk Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen [53]
15 4 January 2012   Toblach Sprint F   Marit Bjørgen Kikkan Randall Justyna Kowalczyk [54]
16 5 January 2012   Toblach 15 km F Pursuit   Marit Bjørgen Justyna Kowalczyk Therese Johaug [55]
17 7 January 2012   Val di Fiemme 10 km C Mass Start   Justyna Kowalczyk Marit Bjørgen Charlotte Kalla [56]
18 8 January 2012 Val di Fiemme 9 km F Pursuit  
Final Climb  
Therese Johaug Justyna Kowalczyk Marit Bjørgen [57]
8 6th Tour de Ski Overall (29 December 2011 – 8 January 2012) Justyna Kowalczyk Marit Bjørgen Therese Johaug [58]
9 19 14 January 2012   Milan Sprint F   Ida Ingemarsdotter Kikkan Randall Maiken Caspersen Falla [59]
10 20 21 January 2012   Otepää Sprint C   Justyna Kowalczyk Marit Bjørgen Natalya Matveyeva [60]
11 21 22 January 2012   Otepää 10 km C   Justyna Kowalczyk Marit Bjørgen Therese Johaug [61]
12 22 2 February 2012   Moscow Sprint F   Justyna Kowalczyk Natalya Korostelyova Anastasia Dotsenko [62]
13 23 4 February 2012   Rybinsk 10 km F Mass Start   Marit Bjørgen Charlotte Kalla Marthe Kristoffersen [63]
14 24 5 February 2012   Rybinsk 15 km Skiathlon   Therese Johaug Justyna Kowalczyk Marit Bjørgen [64]
15 25 11 February 2012   Nové Město 15 km C Mass Start   Marit Bjørgen Justyna Kowalczyk Therese Johaug [65]
16 26 17 February 2012   Szklarska Poręba Sprint F   Ida Ingemarsdotter Maiken Caspersen Falla Kikkan Randall [66]
17 27 18 February 2012   Szklarska Poręba 10 km C   Justyna Kowalczyk Marit Bjørgen Therese Johaug [67]
18 28 3 March 2012   Lahti 15 km Skiathlon   Therese Johaug Marit Bjørgen Heidi Weng [68]
19 29 4 March 2012   Lahti Sprint C   Marit Bjørgen Yuliya Ivanova Justyna Kowalczyk [69]
20 30 7 March 2012   Drammen Sprint C   Marit Bjørgen Astrid Jacobsen Justyna Kowalczyk [70]
21 31 11 March 2012   Oslo 30 km C Mass Start   Marit Bjørgen Justyna Kowalczyk Therese Johaug [71]
32 14 March 2012   Stockholm Sprint C   Marit Bjørgen Yuliya Ivanova Maiken Caspersen Falla [72]
33 16 March 2012   Falun 2.5 km F   Marit Bjørgen Charlotte Kalla Marthe Kristoffersen [73]
34 17 March 2012   Falun 10 km C Mass Start   Justyna Kowalczyk Heidi Weng Therese Johaug [74]
35 18 March 2012   Falun 10 km F Pursuit   Therese Johaug Charlotte Kalla Heidi Weng [75]
22 2011–12 World Cup Final (14–18 March 2012) Marit Bjørgen Heidi Weng Charlotte Kalla [76]

Men's team

WC Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Ref.
1 20 November 2011   Sjusjøen[nb 1][2] 4 × 10 km relay C/F    Norway I
Eldar Rønning
Finn Hågen Krogh
Lars Berger
Petter Northug
 Norway III
John Kristian Dahl
Ronny Fredrik Ansnes
Morten Eilifsen
Sjur Røthe
 Sweden
Marcus Hellner
Daniel Rickardsson
Johan Olsson
Calle Halfvarsson
[77]
2 4 December 2011   Düsseldorf Team Sprint F    Sweden I
Jesper Modin
Teodor Peterson
 Russia I
Nikita Kryukov
Alexey Petukhov
 Norway I
Pål Golberg
Ola Vigen Hattestad
[78]
3 15 January 2012   Milan Team Sprint F    Russia I
Alexey Petukhov
Nikolay Morilov
 Sweden I
Calle Halfvarsson
Teodor Peterson
 Italy I
David Hofer
Fulvio Scola
[79]
4 12 February 2012   Nové Město 4 × 10 km relay C/F    Norway I
Eldar Rønning
Niklas Dyrhaug
Martin Johnsrud Sundby
Petter Northug
 Russia I
Dmitry Yaparov
Stanislav Volzhentsev
Konstantin Glavatskikh
Maxim Vylegzhanin
 Sweden
Daniel Rickardsson
Johan Olsson
Anders Södergren
Marcus Hellner
[80]

Women's team

WC Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Ref.
1 20 November 2011   Sjusjøen[nb 1] 4 × 5 km relay C/F    Norway I
Vibeke Skofterud
Therese Johaug
Kristin Størmer Steira
Marit Bjørgen
 Norway II
Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen
Ingvild Flugstad Østberg
Tora Berger
Marthe Kristoffersen
 Finland
Krista Lähteenmäki
Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
Riitta-Liisa Roponen
Riikka Sarasoja-Lilja
[81]
2 4 December 2011   Düsseldorf Team Sprint F    Norway I
Mari Eide
Maiken Caspersen Falla
 United States I
Sadie Bjornsen
Kikkan Randall
 Russia I
Natalya Korostelyova
Natalya Matveyeva
[82]
3 15 January 2012   Milan Team Sprint F    Sweden I
Hanna Brodin
Ida Ingemarsdotter
 United States I
Jessie Diggins
Kikkan Randall
 Canada
Perianne Jones
Chandra Crawford
[83]
4 12 February 2012   Nové Město 4 × 5 km relay C/F    Norway I
Vibeke Skofterud
Therese Johaug
Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen
Marit Bjørgen
 Finland
Riikka Sarasoja-Lilja
Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
Riitta-Liisa Roponen
Krista Lähteenmäki
 Norway II
Heidi Weng
Ragnhild Haga
Marthe Kristoffersen
Ingvild Flugstad Østberg
[84]

Men's standings

Overall

Rank Athlete Points[4]
1  Dario Cologna (SUI) 2216
2  Devon Kershaw (CAN) 1466
3  Petter Northug (NOR) 1199
4  Marcus Hellner (SWE) 1058
5  Alexander Legkov (RUS) 1000
6  Alex Harvey (CAN) 974
7  Maxim Vylegzhanin (RUS) 911
8  Maurice Manificat (FRA) 768
9  Ilia Chernousov (RUS) 750
10  Eldar Rønning (NOR) 675
Rank Athlete Points
11  Tobias Angerer (GER) 646
12  Teodor Peterson (SWE) 617
13  Lukáš Bauer (CZE) 611
14  Johan Olsson (SWE) 593
15  Nikolay Morilov (RUS) 524
16  Niklas Dyrhaug (NOR) 512
17  Eirik Brandsdal (NOR) 483
18  Roland Clara (ITA) 463
19  Martin Johnsrud Sundby (NOR) 449
20  Alexey Petukhov (RUS) 435
Rank Athlete Points
21  Ola Vigen Hattestad (NOR) 426
22  Martin Jakš (CZE) 402
23  Jean-Marc Gaillard (FRA) 382
24  Petr Sedov (RUS) 379
25  Jens Filbrich (GER) 370
26  Alexey Poltoranin (KAZ) 368
27  Sergey Turychev (RUS) 347
28  Len Väljas (CAN) 343
29  Tim Tscharnke (GER) 326
30  Sjur Røthe (NOR) 319

Distance

Rank Athlete Points
1  Dario Cologna (SUI) 1052
2  Devon Kershaw (CAN) 781
3  Alexander Legkov (RUS) 673
4  Maxim Vylegzhanin (RUS) 657
5  Petter Northug (NOR) 619
6  Ilia Chernousov (RUS) 567
7  Alex Harvey (CAN) 546
8  Marcus Hellner (SWE) 536
9  Maurice Manificat (FRA) 508
10  Johan Olsson (SWE) 503

Sprint

Rank Athlete Points
1  Teodor Peterson (SWE) 617
2  Nikolay Morilov (RUS) 494
3  Eirik Brandsdal (NOR) 483
4  Alexey Petukhov (RUS) 435
5  Ola Vigen Hattestad (NOR) 426
6  Dario Cologna (SUI) 404
7  Devon Kershaw (CAN) 303
8  Emil Jönsson (SWE) 277
9  Pål Golberg (NOR) 258
10  Nikita Kriukov (RUS) 257

Women's standings

Overall

Rank Athlete Points[5]
1  Marit Bjørgen (NOR) 2689
2  Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) 2419
3  Therese Johaug (NOR) 1787
4  Charlotte Kalla (SWE) 1376
5  Kikkan Randall (USA) 1307
6  Marthe Kristoffersen (NOR) 1069
7  Krista Lähteenmäki (FIN) 940
8  Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN) 852
9  Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen (NOR) 787
10  Heidi Weng (NOR) 785
Rank Athlete Points
11  Vibeke Skofterud (NOR) 707
12  Maiken Caspersen Falla (NOR) 703
13  Katrin Zeller (GER) 631
14  Kristin Størmer Steira (NOR) 616
15  Riitta-Liisa Roponen (FIN) 613
16  Yuliya Ivanova (RUS) 573
17  Nicole Fessel (GER) 561
18  Masako Ishida (JPN) 542
19  Ingvild Flugstad Østberg (NOR) 539
20  Natalya Matveyeva (RUS) 487
Rank Athlete Points
21  Anne Kyllönen (FIN) 487
22  Ida Ingemarsdotter (SWE) 475
23  Anna Haag (SWE) 404
24  Riikka Sarasoja-Lilja (FIN) 367
25  Natalya Korostelyova (RUS) 328
26  Anastasia Dotsenko (RUS) 304
27  Polina Medvedeva (RUS) 294
28  Hanna Brodin (SWE) 292
29  Chandra Crawford (CAN) 280
30  Valentyna Shevchenko (UKR) 280

Distance

Rank Athlete Points
1  Marit Bjørgen (NOR) 1448
2  Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) 1324
3  Therese Johaug (NOR) 1231
4  Charlotte Kalla (SWE) 804
5  Marthe Kristoffersen (NOR) 699
6  Vibeke Skofterud (NOR) 522
7  Krista Lähteenmäki (FIN) 492
8  Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN) 488
9  Kristin Størmer Steira (NOR) 484
10  Heidi Weng (NOR) 429

Sprint

Rank Athlete Points
1  Kikkan Randall (USA) 658
2  Maiken Caspersen Falla (NOR) 536
3  Marit Bjørgen (NOR) 521
4  Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) 515
5  Natalya Matveyeva (RUS) 469
6  Ida Ingemarsdotter (SWE) 416
7  Chandra Crawford (CAN) 280
8  Ingvild Flugstad Østberg (NOR) 266
9  Anne Kyllönen (FIN) 256
10  Vesna Fabjan (SLO) 252

Nations Cup

Overall

Rank Nation Points[6]
1  Norway 16702
2  Russia 9627
3  Sweden 7394
4  Finland 5590
5  Germany 4046
6  Canada 3560
7   Switzerland 3157
8  United States 2734
9  Italy 2698
10  France 2556

Men

Rank Nation Points[6]
1  Russia 6814
2  Norway 6034
3  Sweden 3991
4  Canada 2990
5   Switzerland 2804
6  Germany 2133
7  Italy 2066
8  France 1762
9  Finland 1314
10  Czech Republic 1222

Women

Rank Nation Points[6]
1  Norway 10668
2  Finland 4276
3  Sweden 3403
4  Russia 2813
5  Poland 2489
6  United States 2211
7  Germany 1913
8  France 794
9  Slovenia 691
10  Italy 632

Points distribution

The table shows the number of points won in the 2011–12 Cross-Country Skiing World Cup for men and women.[7]

Place 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Individual 100 80 60 50 45 40 36 32 29 26 24 22 20 18 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Team Sprint
Nordic Opening 200 160 120 100 90 80 72 64 58 52 48 44 40 36 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2
World Cup Final
Relay
Tour de Ski 400 320 240 200 180 160 144 128 116 104 96 88 80 72 64 60 56 52 48 44 40 36 32 28 24 20 16 12 8 4
Stage Nordic Opening 50 46 43 40 37 34 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Stage Tour de Ski
Stage World Cup Final
Bonus points 15 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1

A skier's best results in all distance races and sprint races counts towards the overall World Cup totals.

All distance races, included individual stages in Tour de Ski and in World Cup Final (which counts as 50% of a normal race), count towards the distance standings. All sprint races, including the sprint races during the Tour de Ski and the first race of the World Cup final (which counts as 50% of a normal race), count towards the sprint standings.

In mass start races bonus points are awarded to the first 10 at each bonus station.

The Nations Cup ranking is calculated by adding each country's individual competitors' scores and scores from team events. Relay events count double (see World Cup final positions), with only one team counting towards the total, while in team sprint events two teams contribute towards the total, with the usual World Cup points (100 to winning team, etc.) awarded.

Achievements

First World Cup career victory
First World Cup podium
Victories in this World Cup (all-time number of victories as of 2011–12 season in parentheses)


Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c d Rescheduled from Beitostølen.

References

  1. ^ "FIS Cross-Country World Cup Presented By "Viessmann" 2011/12" (PDF). FIS. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
  2. ^ a b c "Beitostölen rescheduled in Sjusjoen (NOR)". fis-ski.com. Fédération Internationale de Ski. 10 November 2011. Archived from the original on 23 January 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Davos: Individual competitions back to original distances. UPDATED". FIS Cross-Country World Cup. Fédération Internationale de Ski. 8 December 2011. Archived from the original on 3 February 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
  4. ^ "Overall Men". Archived from the original on 7 November 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  5. ^ "Overall Women". Archived from the original on 8 January 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  6. ^ a b c "Nations Cup Standings Overall/Men/Women" (PDF). FIS.
  7. ^ "Rules for the FIS Cross-country World Cup" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 December 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2012.