2003–04 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
The Cross Country World Cup 2003/ 04 began on 25 October 2003 in Dusseldorf and ended on March 14, 2004 in Pragelato.
The overall World Cup in the women won the Italian Gabriella Paruzzi that in 1994 and 1996, the second Italian athlete was by Manuela Di Centas victories that won the World Cup overall standings. Paruzzi secured the victory by continuous top ten results throughout the season, including three wins and three second places. The second place went to the Norwegian sprint specialist Marit Bjørgen that could be displaced by five victories in the last ten races of the season, the Ukrainian Shevchenko Walentyna to third place. However, Shevchenko secured the small crystal globe for Rating Distance competitions before Paruzzi and the Estonian Kristina Šmigun. The sprint competitions were dominated by Marit Bjørgen, who won seven of eight contests for themselves. She won overall in the Spintwettbewerbe before Gabriella Paruzzi that could have less than 50 percent of points won by Bjørgen. The third place went to Sweden's Anna Dahlberg.
In the men's overall winner was René Sommerfeldt and thus for the first time. In the history of cross-country skiing World Cup to a German athletes Sommerfeldt, who decided two races of the season for himself and was able to win another five podium finishes, won by a clear margin of 350 points over last year's winner Mathias Fredriksson. Third place went to the Norwegian Jens Arne Svartedal. The victory in the rating distance competitions also went to René Sommerfeldt. The second and third respectively Mathias Fredriksson and the Norwegian Frode Estil athlete. The small crystal globe for the overall victory of the Sprint competitions could take receipt of the last year's winner Thobias Fredriksson. With two wins this season, he sat down before the Norwegians by Jens Arne Svartedal and Håvard Bjerkeli.
Both the Norwegian men and the Norwegian Women secured the sovereign nations ranking, so that the Nations Cup was won again by Norway with a clear lead of over 2000 points, ahead of Germany and Italy.
- 2.1 podiums
- 2.2 ratings