Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass


Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass is a former Norwegian cross-country skier who competed from 1981 to 1997. He won the 15 km silver at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary.
Mikkelsplass also won the 15 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1981. His best-known successes were at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships where he won two golds, one silver, and one bronze.
He married fellow skier Marit Wold in 1994.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation.

Olympic Games

Year Age 15 km 30 km 50 km 4 × 10 km
relay
1984221712——
198826Silver696

World Championships

Year Age 10 km 15 km
classical 		15 km
freestyle 		30 km 50 km 4 × 10 km
relay
19822010——Gold
198523112114Gold
1987254823Bronze
198927Silver—10204
19912912————

World Cup

Season standings

Individual podiums

No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlace
11981–829 January 1982 Reit im Winkl, West Germany15 km IndividualWorld Cup1st
21982–8318 December 1982 Davos, Switzerland15 km IndividualWorld Cup1st
31982–834 March 1983 Lahti, Finland15 km IndividualWorld Cup2nd
41984–859 December 1984 Cogne, Italy15 km IndividualWorld Cup1st
51984–8515 December 1984 Davos, Switzerland30 km IndividualWorld Cup2nd
61984–8516 February 1985 Aleko, Bulgaria15 km IndividualWorld Cup3rd
71984–8514 March 1985 Oslo, Norway15 km IndividualWorld Cup3rd
8 1985–86 8 December 1985 Labrador City, Canada15 km Individual CWorld Cup3rd
9 1986–87 14 March 1987 Kavgolovo, Soviet Union15 km Individual CWorld Cup3rd
10 1987–88 12 December 1987 La Clusaz, France15 km Individual FWorld Cup3rd
11 1987–88 19 December 1987 Davos, Switzerland15 km Individual CWorld Cup2nd
12 1987–88 19 February 1988 Calgary, Canada15 km Individual COlympic Games2nd
13 1987–88 27 March 1988 Rovaniemi, Finland50 km Individual CWorld Cup1st
14 1988–89 14 December 1988 Bohinj, Yugoslavia30 km Individual FWorld Cup3rd
15 1988–89 17 December 1988 Val di Sole, Italy15 km Individual FWorld Cup3rd
16 1988–89 7 January 1989 Kavgolovo, Soviet Union15 km Individual CWorld Cup2nd
17 1988–89 13 January 1989 Nové Město, Czechoslovakia15 km Individual FWorld Cup2nd
18 1988–89 15 January 1989 Nové Město, Czechoslovakia30 km Individual CWorld Cup2nd
18 1988–89 22 February 1989 Lahti, Finland15 km Individual CWorld Championships2nd
19 1991–92 29 February 1992 Lahti, Finland15 km Individual CWorld Cup3rd

Team podiums

No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlaceTeammates
11981–8225 January 1982 Oslo, Norway4 × 10 km RelayWorld Championships1stEriksen / Aunli / Brå
21984–8524 January 1985 Seefeld, Austria4 × 10 km RelayWorld Championships1stMonsen / T.H. Holte / Aunli
31984–8510 March 1985 Falun, Sweden4 × 10 km RelayWorld Cup3rdMonsen / T.H. Holte / G. Holte
41984–8517 March 1985 Oslo, Norway4 × 10 km RelayWorld Cup3rdHole / Ulvang / Aunli
5 1985–86 9 March 1986 Falun, Sweden4 × 10 km Relay FWorld Cup2ndMonsen / Ulvang / Hole
6 1986–87 17 February 1987 Oberstdorf, West Germany4 × 10 km Relay FWorld Championships3rdAunli / Ulvang / Langli
7 1986–87 8 March 1987 Falun, Sweden4 × 10 km Relay CWorld Cup3rdUlvang / Aunli / Langli
8 1987–88 13 March 1988 Falun, Sweden4 × 10 km Relay FWorld Cup2ndDæhlie / Bjørn / Ulvang
9 1987–88 17 March 1988 Oslo, Norway4 × 10 km Relay CWorld Cup1stMonsen / Bjørn / Ulvang
10 1988–89 5 March 1989 Oslo, Norway4 × 10 km Relay FWorld Cup3rdDæhlie / Ulvang / Langli
11 1988–89 12 March 1989 Falun, Sweden4 × 10 km Relay CWorld Cup3rdLangli / Ulvang / Dæhlie

Note: Until the 1999 World Championships and the 1994 Olympics, World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.