1983–84 FIS Cross-Country World Cup

The 1983–84 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was the 3rd official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and ladies. The World Cup started in Reit im Winkl, West Germany from 9 December 1983 and finished in Murmansk, Soviet Union 25 March 1984. Gunde Svan of Sweden won the combined men's cup and Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen of Finland won the women's.

Calendar

Date	Venue	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
17 December 1983	Ramsau	Relay 4x10 km	Finnland Kari Ristanen Kari Väänänen Harri Kirvesniemi Kari Härkönen	Norwegen II Lars Erik Eriksen Per Knut Aaland Leiv-Bjørn Walle Karl-Kristen Aketun	Schweden Erik Östlund Benny Kohlberg Torgny Mogren Thomas Eriksson	^[1]
16 February 1984	Sarajevo	Relay 4x10 km *	Schweden Thomas Wassberg Benny Kohlberg Jan Ottosson Gunde Svan	Soviet Union Oleksandr Batyuk Alexander Zavyalov Vladimir Nikitin Nikolay Zimyatov	Finnland Kari Ristanen Juha Mieto Harri Kirvesniemi Aki Karvonen	[21]
26 February 1984	Falun	Relay 4x10 km	Schweden Erik Östlund Thomas Wassberg Jan Ottosson Gunde Svan	Finnland Aki Karvonen Kari Ristanen Kari Härkönen Juha Mieto	Norwegen I Tor Håkon Holte Geir Holte Vegard Ulvang Hans Erik Tofte	^[2]
18 March 1984	Fairbanks	Relay 3x10 km	Schweden Thomas Wassberg Jan Ottosson Gunde Svan	Norwegen I Tor Håkon Holte Geir Holte Oddvar Brå	Schweiz Konrad Hallenbarter Giachem Guidon Andy Grünenfelder	^[3]

Date	Venue	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
18 December 1983	Autrans	Relay 3x5 km	Czechoslovakia I Anna Pasiarová Květoslava Jeriová Blanka Paulů	Norwegen Berit Aunli Anne Jahren Brit Pettersen	East Germany Petra Sölter Carola Anding Ute Noack	^[4]
15 February 1984	Sarajevo	Relay 4x5 km *	Norwegen Inger Helene Nybråten Anne Jahren Brit Pettersen Berit Aunli	Czechoslovakia Dagmar Švubová Blanka Paulu Gabriela Svobodová Květa Jeriová	Finnland Pirkko Määttä Eija Hyytiäinen Marjo Matikainen Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen	[22]
26 February 1984	Falun	Relay 4x5 km	Norwegen Anette Bøe Inger Helene Nybråten Anne Jahren Brit Pettersen	Finnland Pirkko Määttä Eija Hyytiäinen Jaana Savolainen Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen	Soviet Union Tamara Markaschanskaya Lyubov Zimyatova Nadesha Burlakova Raisa Smetanina	[23]
25 March 1984	Murmansk	Relay 3x5 km	Czechoslovakia Anna Pasiarová Gabriela Svobodová [[Květoslava Jeriová]	Norwegen Inger Helene Nybråten Anne Jahren Anette Bøe	Soviet Union Lyubov Zimyatova Raisa Smetanina Tamara Markaschanskaya	^[5]

NOTE: Races marked with * counts officially for both as "FIS World Cup" / "Olympic Games" wins statistic

Place	Skier	Points
1.	Gunde Svan	145
2.	Thomas Wassberg	96
3.	Harri Kirvesniemi	93
4.	Tor Haakon Holte	86
5.	Vladimir Sakhnov	85
6.	Nikolay Zimyatov	84
7.	Andi Grünenfelder	73
8.	Lars-Erik Eriksen	70
9.	Jan Ottosson	65
10.	Jan Lindvall	60

Place	Skier	Points
1.	Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen	134
2.	Raisa Smetanina	114
3.	Anne Jahren	104
4.	Inger Helene Nybråten	102
4.	Květa Jeriová	102
6.	Marie Risby	95
7.	Berit Aunli	89
8.	Brit Pettersen	87
9.	Tamara Markaschanskaya	82
10.	Anette Bøe	78


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Schweden (SWE)	6	4	5	15
2	Norwegen (NOR)	6	3	7	16
3	Finnland (FIN)	4	3	5	12
4	Soviet Union (SUN)	4	0	0	4
5	Czechoslovakia (CSK)	2	0	0	2
6	Soviet Union (URS)	0	8	3	11
7	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	3	1	4
8	Schweiz (SUI)	0	1	0	1
9	West Germany (FRG)	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 entries)		22	22	22	66

Nikolay Zimyatov, 28, in his 3rd season - the WC 1 (15 km) in Reit im Winkl; also first podium
Lars Erik Eriksen, 29, in his 3rd season - the WC 7 (15 km) in Lahti; first podium was 1981–82 WC 4 (30 km) in Oslo
Tor Håkon Holte, 25, in his 3rd season - the WC 8 (50 km) in Oslo; first podium was 1981–82 WC 1 (15 km) in Reit im Winkl
Mikhail Devyatyarov, 25, in his 2nd season - the WC 10 (15 km) in Murmansk; first podium was 1982–83 WC 3 (15 km) in Sarajevo

Inger Helene Nybråten, 23, in her 3rd season – the WC 10 (15 km) in Murmansk; first podium was 1981–82 WC 7 (10 km) in Lahti

Victories in this World Cup (all-time number of victories as of 1983/84 season in parentheses)

^ Trousil, Jaroslav, ed. (January 1984). "Zajímavosti ze Světa: V Ramsau" (PDF). LYŽAŘSTVÍ (in Czech). Czech Ski Association. p. 14. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
^ Trousil, Jaroslav, ed. (April 1984). "Zajímavosti ze Světa: V Falun" (PDF). LYŽAŘSTVÍ (in Czech). Czech Ski Association. p. 14. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
^ Trousil, Jaroslav, ed. (June 1984). "Zajímavosti ze Světa: Švédští Bězci" (PDF). LYŽAŘSTVÍ (in Czech). Czech Ski Association. p. 14. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
^ Trousil, Jaroslav, ed. (January 1984). "Zajímavosti ze Světa: Štafeta ČSSR Žen" (PDF). LYŽAŘSTVÍ (in Czech). Czech Ski Association. p. 14. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
^ Trousil, Jaroslav, ed. (May 1984). "Zajímavosti ze Světa: Štafeta Žen ČSSR" (PDF). LYŽAŘSTVÍ (in Czech). Czech Ski Association. p. 14. Retrieved 25 March 2020.