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2002–03 FIS Cross-Country World Cup

Cross-country skiing competition

Field	Value
title	2002–03 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
competition1	Overall
competition1men	SWE Mathias Fredriksson
competition1ladies	NOR Bente Skari (4th title)
competition2	Distance
competition2men	(not arranged)
competition2ladies	(not arranged)
competition3	Sprint
competition3men	SWE Thobias Fredriksson
competition3ladies	NOR Marit Bjørgen
competition4	Nations Cup
competition4men	SWE Sweden
competition4ladies	NOR Norway
mixedcompetition1	Nations Cup Overall
mixedcompetition1both	NOR Norway
menlocations	19 venues
ladieslocations	19 venues
menindividual	21 events
ladiesindividual	21 events
relaymen	6 events
relayladies	6 events
previous	2001–02
next	2003–04

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.

Calendar

Men

WC	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib
26 October 2002	GER Düsseldorf	Sprint F	SWE Peter Larsson	SWE Thobias Fredriksson	NOR Tor Arne Hetland	SWE Peter Larsson	http://medias2.fis-ski.com/pdf/2003/CC/2038/2038RL.pdf
23 November 2002	SWE Kiruna	10 km F	FRA Vincent Vittoz	ITA Pietro Piller Cottrer	ITA Fulvio Valbusa	NOR Tor Arne Hetland	http://medias3.fis-ski.com/pdf/2003/CC/2147/2147RL.pdf
30 November 2002	FIN Ruka	15 km C	RUS Vasily Rochev	CZE Lukáš Bauer	GER Axel Teichmann	RUS Vasily Rochev	http://medias1.fis-ski.com/pdf/2003/CC/2485/2485RL.pdf
7 December 2002	SUI Davos	15 km F	SWE Mathias Fredriksson	FRA Vincent Vittoz	ITA Fulvio Valbusa	FRA Vincent Vittoz	http://medias1.fis-ski.com/pdf/2003/CC/2700/2700RL.pdf
11 December 2002	ITA Clusone	Sprint F	NOR Tor Arne Hetland	GER René Sommerfeldt	SWE Anders Högberg	GER René Sommerfeldt	http://medias1.fis-ski.com/pdf/2003/CC/2273/2273WC.pdf
14 December 2002	ITA Cogne	30 km C Mass Start	NOR Frode Estil	NOR Anders Aukland	SWE Mathias Fredriksson	SWE Mathias Fredriksson	http://medias1.fis-ski.com/pdf/2003/CC/2275/2275RL.pdf
15 December 2002	ITA Cogne	Sprint C	NOR Tor Arne Hetland	FIN Lauri Pyykönen	NOR Jens Arne Svartedal	NOR Tor Arne Hetland	http://medias4.fis-ski.com/pdf/2003/CC/2279/2279RL.pdf
19 December 2002	AUT Linz	Sprint F	SWE Mikael Östberg	SWE Thobias Fredriksson	ITA Cristian Zorzi	http://medias3.fis-ski.com/pdf/2003/CC/2377/2377RL.pdf
21 December 2002	AUT Ramsau	10 km C + 10 km F
Double Pursuit	GER Axel Teichmann	SWE Anders Södergren	GER Tobias Angerer	http://medias2.fis-ski.com/pdf/2003/CC/2379/2379RL.pdf
4 January 2003	RUS Kavgolovo	10 km F	GER René Sommerfeldt	SWE Mathias Fredriksson	GER Axel Teichmann	GER René Sommerfeldt	http://medias3.fis-ski.com/pdf/2003/CC/2655/2655RL.pdf
12 January 2003	EST Otepää	30 km C Mass Start	SWE Jörgen Brink	NOR Anders Aukland	EST Andrus Veerpalu	http://medias1.fis-ski.com/pdf/2003/CC/2467/2467RL.pdf
18 January 2003	CZE Nové Město	15 km F	CZE Lukáš Bauer	AUT Christian Hoffmann	SWE Per Elofsson	http://medias2.fis-ski.com/pdf/2003/CC/2114/2114RL.pdf
25 January 2003	GER Oberhof	15 km C Mass Start	SWE Mathias Fredriksson	SUI Reto Burgermeister	NOR Frode Estil	SWE Mathias Fredriksson	http://medias4.fis-ski.com/pdf/2003/CC/2042/2042RL.pdf
12 February 2003	GER Reit im Winkl	Sprint F	ITA Cristian Zorzi	SWE Jörgen Brink	GER Tobias Angerer	http://medias2.fis-ski.com/pdf/2003/CC/2065/2065RL.pdf
15 February 2003	ITA Asiago	10 km C	EST Andrus Veerpalu	NOR Frode Estil	ITA Fulvio Valbusa	http://medias4.fis-ski.com/pdf/2003/CC/2329/2329RL.pdf
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2003 (22 February – 5 March)
6 March 2003	NOR Oslo	Sprint C	NOR Håvard Bjerkeli	FIN Lauri Pyykönen	SWE Thobias Fredriksson	SWE Mathias Fredriksson	http://medias4.fis-ski.com/pdf/2003/CC/2611/2611RL.pdf
8 March 2003	NOR Oslo	50 km C	EST Andrus Veerpalu	NOR Anders Aukland	RUS Andrey Noutrikhin	http://medias4.fis-ski.com/pdf/2003/CC/2613/2613RL.pdf
11 March 2003	NOR Drammen	Sprint C	NOR Jens Arne Svartedal	FIN Keijo Kurttila	SWE Thobias Fredriksson	http://medias4.fis-ski.com/pdf/2003/CC/2471/2471RL.pdf
16 March 2003	FIN Lahti	15 km F	SWE Mathias Fredriksson	CZE Lukáš Bauer	ITA Pietro Piller Cottrer	http://medias3.fis-ski.com/pdf/2003/CC/2503/2503RL.pdf
20 March 2003	SWE Borlänge	Sprint F	SWE Thobias Fredriksson	SWE Peter Larsson	ITA Cristian Zorzi	http://medias4.fis-ski.com/pdf/2003/CC/2225/2225RL.pdf
22 March 2003	SWE Falun	10 km C + 10 km F
Double Pursuit	SWE Mathias Fredriksson	NOR Frode Estil	SWE Jörgen Brink	http://medias4.fis-ski.com/pdf/2003/CC/2228/2228RL.pdf

Women

WC	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib
26 October 2002	GER Düsseldorf	Sprint F	NOR Marit Bjørgen	ITA Gabriella Paruzzi	NOR Anita Moen	NOR Marit Bjørgen	http://medias2.fis-ski.com/pdf/2003/CC/2036/2036RL.pdf
23 November 2002	SWE Kiruna	5 km F	GER Evi Sachenbacher
EST Kristina Šmigun		GER Claudia Künzel	GER Evi Sachenbacher	http://medias4.fis-ski.com/pdf/2003/CC/2146/2146RL.pdf
30 November 2002	FIN Ruka	10 km C	NOR Bente Skari	EST Kristina Šmigun	RUS Lilia Vasilieva	EST Kristina Šmigun	http://medias4.fis-ski.com/pdf/2003/CC/2484/2484RL.pdf
7 December 2002	SUI Davos	10 km F	NOR Bente Skari	EST Kristina Šmigun	ITA Gabriella Paruzzi	http://medias2.fis-ski.com/pdf/2003/CC/2699/2699RL.pdf
11 December 2002	ITA Clusone	Sprint F	NOR Marit Bjørgen	GER Claudia Künzel	NOR Maj Helen Sorkmo	http://medias4.fis-ski.com/pdf/2003/CC/2271/2271RL.pdf
14 December 2002	ITA Cogne	15 km C Mass Start	NOR Bente Skari	ESTKristina Šmigun	NOR Anita Moen	http://medias1.fis-ski.com/pdf/2003/CC/2274/2274RL.pdf
15 December 2002	ITA Cogne	Sprint C	NOR Bente Skari	NOR Marit Bjørgen	NOR Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen	NOR Bente Skari	http://medias4.fis-ski.com/pdf/2003/CC/2277/2277RL.pdf
19 December 2002	AUT Linz	Sprint F	FIN Pirjo Manninen	NOR Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen	CAN Beckie Scott	http://medias1.fis-ski.com/pdf/2003/CC/2375/2375RL.pdf
21 December 2002	AUT Ramsau	5 km C + 5 km F
Double Pursuit	NOR Bente Skari	NOR Marit Bjørgen	EST Kristina Šmigun	http://medias3.fis-ski.com/pdf/2003/CC/2378/2378RL.pdf
4 January 2003	RUS Kavgolovo	5 km F	EST Kristina Šmigun	ITA Sabina Valbusa	ITA Gabriella Paruzzi	http://medias1.fis-ski.com/pdf/2003/CC/2654/2654RL.pdf
12 January 2003	EST Otepää	15 km C Mass Start	NOR Bente Skari	EST Kristina Šmigun	FIN Kaisa Varis	http://medias2.fis-ski.com/pdf/2003/CC/2466/2466RL.pdf
18 January 2003	CZE Nové Město	10 km F	NOR Bente Skari	ITA Gabriella Paruzzi	ESTKristina Šmigun	http://medias2.fis-ski.com/pdf/2003/CC/2113/2113RL.pdf
25 January 2003	GER Oberhof	10 km C Mass Start	NOR Bente Skari	NOR Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen	FIN Kaisa Varis	http://medias1.fis-ski.com/pdf/2003/CC/2041/2041RL.pdf
12 February 2003	GER Reit im Winkl	Sprint F	NOR Marit Bjørgen	GER Evi Sachenbacher	ITA Sabina Valbusa	http://medias1.fis-ski.com/pdf/2003/CC/2064/2064RL.pdf
15 February 2003	ITA Asiago	5 km C	NOR Bente Skari	CAN Beckie Scott	RUS Olga Zavyalova	http://medias1.fis-ski.com/pdf/2003/CC/2328/2328RL.pdf
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2003 (22 February – 5 March)
6 March 2003	NOR Oslo	Sprint C	NOR Bente Skari	GER Manuela Henkel	FIN Kirsi Välimaa	NOR Bente Skari	http://medias3.fis-ski.com/pdf/2003/CC/2609/2609RL.pdf
8 March 2003	NOR Oslo	30 km C	NOR Bente Skari	FIN Annmari Viljanmaa	FIN Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	http://medias2.fis-ski.com/pdf/2003/CC/2612/2612RL.pdf
11 March 2003	NOR Drammen	Sprint C	NOR Bente Skari	GER Manuela Henkel	FIN Virpi Kuitunen	http://medias4.fis-ski.com/pdf/2003/CC/2469/2469RL.pdf
16 March 2003	FIN Lahti	10 km F	ITA Gabriella Paruzzi	RUS Olga Zavyalova	NOR Bente Skari	http://medias4.fis-ski.com/pdf/2003/CC/2502/2502RL.pdf
20 March 2003	SWE Borlänge	Sprint F	NOR Bente Skari	CAN Beckie Scott	NOR Marit Bjørgen	http://medias1.fis-ski.com/pdf/2003/CC/2223/2223RL.pdf
22 March 2003	SWE Falun	5 km C + 5 km F
Double Pursuit	NOR Bente Skari	GER Evi Sachenbacher	RUS Olga Zavyalova	http://medias4.fis-ski.com/pdf/2003/CC/2227/2227RL.pdf

Men's team

WC	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner
27 October 2002	GER Düsseldorf	Team Sprint F	cancelled, not rescheduled
24 November 2002	SWE Kiruna	4 × 10 km relay C/F	ITA Italy
NOR Norway
GER Germany
http://medias3.fis-ski.com/pdf/2003/CC/2149/2149RL.pdf
8 December 2002	SUI Davos	4 × 10 km relay C/F	NOR Norway II
ITA Italy
NOR Norway
http://medias3.fis-ski.com/pdf/2003/CC/2702/2702RL.pdf
5 January 2003	RUS Kavgolovo	Team Sprint F	cancelled, not rescheduled	http://medias3.fis-ski.com/pdf/2003/CC/2657/2657SL.pdf
19 January 2003	CZE Nové Město	4 × 10 km relay C/F	NOR Norway
ITA Italy
GER Germany
http://medias4.fis-ski.com/pdf/2003/CC/2116/2116RL.pdf
26 January 2003	GER Oberhof	Team Sprint F	ITA Italy
GER Germany
NOR Norway
http://medias3.fis-ski.com/pdf/2003/CC/2044/2044RL.pdf
14 February 2003	ITA Asiago	Team Sprint F	ITA Italy
GER Germany II
ITA Italy II
http://medias1.fis-ski.com/pdf/2003/CC/2908/2908RL.pdf
23 March 2003	SWE Falun	4 × 10 km relay C/F	SWE Sweden
ITA Italy
GER Germany
http://medias3.fis-ski.com/pdf/2003/CC/2230/2230RL.pdf

Women's team

WC	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner
27 October 2002	GER Düsseldorf	Team Sprint F	cancelled, not rescheduled
24 November 2002	SWE Kiruna	4 × 5 km relay C/F	NOR Norway
GER Germany
ITA Italy
http://medias3.fis-ski.com/pdf/2003/CC/2148/2148RL.pdf
8 December 2002	SUI Davos	4 × 5 km relay C/F	NOR Norway
RUS Russia
GER Germany
http://medias4.fis-ski.com/pdf/2003/CC/2701/2701RL.pdf
5 January 2003	RUS Kavgolovo	Team Sprint F	cancelled, not rescheduled	http://medias3.fis-ski.com/pdf/2003/CC/2656/2656SL.pdf
19 January 2003	CZE Nové Město	4 × 5 km relay C/F	GER Germany
NOR Norway
FIN Finland
http://medias3.fis-ski.com/pdf/2003/CC/2115/2115RL.pdf
26 January 2003	GER Oberhof	Team Sprint F	NOR Norway
GER Germany II
GER Germany III
http://medias1.fis-ski.com/pdf/2003/CC/2043/2043RL.pdf
14 February 2003	ITA Asiago	Team Sprint F	GER Germany II
RUS Russia II
ITA Italy
http://medias4.fis-ski.com/pdf/2003/CC/2909/2909RL.pdf
23 March 2003	SWE Falun	4 × 5 km relay C/F	GER Germany
NOR Norway
ITA Italy
http://medias3.fis-ski.com/pdf/2003/CC/2229/2229RL.pdf

Mixed team

WC	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.	1
1 December 2002	FIN Ruka	2 × 5 km/2 × 10 km C/F				http://medias1.fis-ski.com/pdf/2003/CC/2486/2486RL.pdf

Men's standings

Overall

Rank	Skier	Points
1	SWE Mathias Fredriksson	876
2	GER René Sommerfeldt	589
3	SWE Jörgen Brink	441
4	GER Axel Teichmann	441
5	CZE Lukáš Bauer	429
6	NOR Frode Estil	414
7	EST Andrus Veerpalu	370
8	FRA Vincent Vittoz	352
9	NOR Tor Arne Hetland	340
10	NOR Anders Aukland	340

Rank	Skier	Points
11	ITA Giorgio Di Centa	338
12	ITA Cristian Zorzi	315
13	GER Tobias Angerer	312
14	ITA Fulvio Valbusa	309
15	NOR Jens Arne Svartedal	294
16	SWE Anders Södergren	286
17	SWE Thobias Fredriksson	284
18	ITA Pietro Piller Cottrer	282
19	EST Jaak Mae	272
20	RUS Vasily Rochev	271

Rank	Skier	Points
21	SWE Peter Larsson	225
22	NOR Kristen Skjeldal	225
23	CZE Martin Koukal	217
24	SWE Per Elofsson	209
25	NOR Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset	199
26	FIN Lauri Pyykönen	195
27	NOR Håvard Bjerkeli	190
28	GER Andreas Schlütter	185
29	GER Jens Filbrich	173
30	SVK Ivan Bátory	172

Sprint

Rank	Skier	Points
1	SWE Thobias Fredriksson	416
2	NOR Tor Arne Hetland	391
3	FIN Lauri Pyykönen	280
4	SWE Jörgen Brink	279
5	ITA Cristian Zorzi	276
6	NOR Håvard Bjerkeli	267
7	SWE Peter Larsson	248
8	NOR Jens Arne Svartedal	215
9	SWE Mikael Östberg	195
10	GER René Sommerfeldt	195

Women's standings

Overall

Rank	Skier	Points
1	NOR Bente Skari	1392
2	EST Kristina Šmigun	834
3	ITA Gabriella Paruzzi	713
4	GER Evi Sachenbacher	667
5	NOR Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen	543
6	NOR Marit Bjørgen	508
7	GER Claudia Künzel	466
8	ITA Sabina Valbusa	427
9	CAN Beckie Scott	405
10	NOR Anita Moen	398

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

Rank	Skier	Points
21	NOR Vibeke Skofterud	217
22	NOR Maj Helen Sorkmo	202
23	FIN Virpi Kuitunen	188
24	SWE Jenny Olsson	187
25	RUS Alyona Sidko	185
26	FIN Kaisa Varis	184
27	FIN Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	169
28	RUS Lilia Vasilieva	163
29	SWE Elin Ek	155
30	RUS Yelena Burukhina	151

Sprint

Rank	Skier	Points
1	NOR Marit Bjørgen	485
2	NOR Bente Skari	410
3	FIN Pirjo Manninen	292
4	GER Manuela Henkel	276
5	NOR Anita Moen	263
6	NOR Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen	248
7	GER Claudia Künzel	230
8	NOR Maj Helen Sorkmo	196
9	GER Evi Sachenbacher	190
10	CAN Beckie Scott	181

Achievements

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

Mathias Fredriksson, 4 (5) first places
Tor Arne Hetland, 2 (6) first places
Andrus Veerpalu, 2 (2) first places
Cristian Zorzi, 1 (5) first place
Jens Arne Svartedal, 1 (4) first places
Frode Estil, 1 (2) first place
Håvard Bjerkeli, 1 (2) first place
Peter Larsson, 1 (1) first place
Vincent Vittoz, 1 (1) first place
Vasily Rochev, 1 (1) first place
Mikael Östberg, 1 (1) first place
Axel Teichmann, 1 (1) first place
René Sommerfeldt, 1 (1) first place
Jörgen Brink, 1 (1) first place
Lukáš Bauer, 1 (1) first place
Thobias Fredriksson, 1 (1) first place ;Women
Bente Skari, 14 (42) first places
Marit Bjørgen, 3 (3) first places
Kristina Šmigun, 2 (9) first places
Pirjo Manninen, 1 (4) first place
Evi Sachenbacher, 1 (2) first place
Gabriella Paruzzi, 1 (1) first place

References

"WORLD CUP STANDING MEN". [[International Ski Federation]].
"WORLD CUP STANDING WOMEN". [[International Ski Federation]].

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