The 1987–88 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was the 7th official

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season in cross-country skiing for men and ladies. The World Cup started in

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, on 12 December 1987 and finished in

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, on 27 March 1988.

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won the overall men's cup, and

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won the women's. The first ever mass start event in the World Cup was arranged in

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, Italy on 15 December 1987. Swede

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won the men's 30 km race. The first women's mass start event was won by Finnish skier

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, Norway on 17 March 1988.

Calendar

Men

Women

Men's team events

Women's team events

*''NOTE'': Races marked with a star (*) counts officially for both as ''"FIS World Cup" and "Olympic Winter Games"'' wins statistics.

Overall standings

Men's standings

Women's standings

Medal table

Achievements

;First World Cup career victory: ;Men ''None'' ;Women *

Tamara Tikhonova Tamara Ivanovna Tikhonova (russian: Тамара Ивановна Тихонова; born 13 June 1964) is a former Soviet Russian cross-country skier who competed from 1984 to 1992. She represented the Soviet Union at the 1988 Winter Olympics i ...

, 23, in her 5th season – the WC 2 (10 km F) in Bohinj; also first podium *

Simone Greiner-Petter Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm (born 15 September 1967) is a German cross-country skier and biathlete who competed from 1987 to 1997 in cross-country skiing and from 1992 to 2000 in biathlon. She was born in Jena, as Simone Greine ...

, 20, in her 2nd season – the WC 5 (20 km F) in Toblach; first podium was 1987–88 WC 1 (5 km F) in La Clusaz *

Vida Vencienė Vida Vencienė (maiden name Vida Mogenytė; born 28 May 1961 in Ukmergė) is a former cross-country skier who represented the Soviet Union and later Lithuania from 1988 to 1994. She won a gold medal over 10 km and a bronze over 5 km at t ...

, 26, in her 3rd season – the WC 6 (10 km C) in Calgary; first podium was 1987–88 WC 4 (10 km C) in Leningrad ;Victories in this World Cup (all-time number of victories as of 1987/88 season in parentheses) ;Men * , 3 (6) first places * , 2 (20) first places * , 2 (3) first places * , 1 (3) first place * , 1 (2) first place * , 1 (2) first place * , 1 (2) first place ;Women * , 2 (7) first places * , 2 (2) first places * , 1 (8) first places * , 1 (3) first place * , 1 (2) first place * , 1 (2) first place * , 1 (1) first place * , 1 (1) first place

References

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