The 2001–02 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was the 21st official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and women. The season began in Kuopio, Finland on 24 November 2001 and finished in Lillehammer, Norway on 23 March 2002. Per Elofsson of Sweden won the overall men's cup,^[1] and Bente Skari of Norway won the women's.^[2]

Key: C – Classic / F – Freestyle

WC	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Ref.
1	24 November 2001	Kuopio	15 km C	Anders Aukland	Erling Jevne	Frode Estil	Anders Aukland	[1]
2	25 November 2001	Kuopio	10 km F	Per Elofsson	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Thomas Alsgaard		[2]
3	8 December 2001	Cogne	10 km C	Anders Aukland	Per Elofsson	Frode Estil		[3]
4	9 December 2001	Cogne	Sprint F	Cristian Zorzi	Tor Arne Hetland	Markus Hasler		[4]
5	12 December 2001	Brusson	15 km F	Johann Mühlegg	Christian Hoffmann	Per Elofsson	Per Elofsson	[5]
6	15 December 2001	Davos	15 km C	Erling Jevne	Per Elofsson	Ivan Bátory		[6]
7	19 December 2001	Asiago	Sprint C	Jens Arne Svartedal	Trond Iversen	Andreas Schlütter		[7]
8	22 December 2001	Ramsau	30 km F Mass Start	Per Elofsson	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Christian Hoffmann		[8]
9	27 December 2001	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Sprint F	Cristian Zorzi	Tor Arne Hetland	Peter Larsson		[9]
10	29 December 2001	Salzburg	Sprint F	Håvard Bjerkeli	Trond Einar Elden	Tor Arne Hetland		[10]
11	5 January 2002	Val di Fiemme	10 km C + 10 km F   Double Pursuit	Per Elofsson	Thomas Alsgaard	Anders Aukland		[11]
12	6 January 2002	Val di Fiemme	Sprint F	Trond Iversen	Keijo Kurttila	Thobias Fredriksson		[12]
13	8 January 2002	Val di Fiemme	30 km C Mass Start	Anders Aukland	Vitaly Denisov	Mathias Fredriksson		[13]
14	12 January 2002	Nové Město	10 km F	Fabio Maj	Jaak Mae	Kristen Skjeldal		[14]
2002 Winter Olympics (8–24 February)
15	2 March 2002	Lahti	15 km F	Per Elofsson	Thomas Alsgaard	Tore Ruud Hofstad	Per Elofsson	[15]
16	5 March 2002	Stockholm	Sprint C	Jens Arne Svartedal	Trond Iversen	Björn Lind		[16]
17	9 March 2002	Falun	10 km C + 10 km F   Double Pursuit	Thomas Alsgaard	Kristen Skjeldal	Per Elofsson		[17]
18	13 March 2002	Oslo	Sprint C	Jens Arne Svartedal	Jörgen Brink	Keijo Kurttila		[18]
19	16 March 2002	Oslo	50 km F	Thomas Alsgaard	Kristen Skjeldal	Pietro Piller Cottrer		[19]
20	23 March 2002	Lillehammer	58 km C   (Birkebeinerrennet)	Thomas Alsgaard	Anders Aukland	Frode Estil		[20]

Key: C – Classic / F – Freestyle

WC	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Ref.
1	24 November 2001	Kuopio	10 km C	Bente Skari	Olga Danilova	Lina Andersson	Bente Skari	[21]
2	25 November 2001	Kuopio	5 km F	Kateřina Neumannová	Yuliya Chepalova	Kristina Šmigun	Olga Danilova	[22]
3	8 December 2001	Cogne	10 km C	Bente Skari	Olga Danilova	Vibeke Skofterud		[23]
4	9 December 2001	Cogne	Sprint F	Kateřina Neumannová	Vibeke Skofterud	Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen	Kateřina Neumannová	[24]
5	12 December 2001	Brusson	10 km F	Yuliya Chepalova	Stefania Belmondo	Kristina Šmigun		[25]
6	15 December 2001	Davos	10 km C	Bente Skari	Kristina Šmigun	Stefania Belmondo		[26]
7	19 December 2001	Asiago	Sprint C	Bente Skari	Petra Majdič	Beckie Scott	Bente Skari	[27]
8	22 December 2001	Ramsau	15 km F Mass Start	Kristina Šmigun	Stefania Belmondo	Yelena Burukhina		[28]
9	27 December 2001	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Sprint F	Evi Sachenbacher	Sabina Valbusa	Maj Helen Sorkmo		[29]
10	29 December 2001	Salzburg	Sprint F	Anita Moen	Kateřina Neumannová	Maj Helen Sorkmo	Kateřina Neumannová	[30]
11	5 January 2002	Val di Fiemme	5 km C + 5 km F   Double Pursuit	Olga Danilova	Bente Skari	Kateřina Neumannová	Bente Skari	[31]
12	6 January 2002	Val di Fiemme	Sprint F	Kateřina Neumannová	Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen	Sabina Valbusa	Kateřina Neumannová	[32]
13	8 January 2002	Val di Fiemme	15 km F Mass Start	Bente Skari	Olga Danilova	Svetlana Nageykina	Bente Skari	[33]
14	12 January 2002	Nové Město	5 km F	Yuliya Chepalova	Kateřina Neumannová	Stefania Belmondo	Kateřina Neumannová	[34]
2002 Winter Olympics (8–24 February)
15	2 March 2002	Lahti	10 km F	Kristina Šmigun	Stefania Belmondo	Nina Gavrylyuk	Kateřina Neumannová	[35]
16	5 March 2002	Stockholm	Sprint C	Bente Skari	Petra Majdič	Anita Moen	Bente Skari	[36]
17	9 March 2002	Falun	5 km C + 5 km F   Double Pursuit	Stefania Belmondo	Nina Gavrylyuk	Gabriella Paruzzi		[37]
18	13 March 2002	Oslo	Sprint C	Bente Skari	Lina Andersson	Manuela Henkel		[38]
19	16 March 2002	Oslo	30 km F	Stefania Belmondo	Kristina Šmigun	Gabriella Paruzzi		[39]
20	23 March 2002	Lillehammer	58 km C   (Birkebeinerrennet)	Anita Moen	Vibeke Skofterud	Manuela Henkel		[40]

WC	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	27 November 2001	Kuopio	4 × 10 km relay C/F	Norway Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset Erling Jevne Håvard Bjerkeli Tor Arne Hetland	Sweden Urban Lindgren Mathias Fredriksson Per Elofsson Jörgen Brink	Russia Vasily Rochev Mikhail Ivanov Nikolay Bolshakov Vladimir Vilissov	[41]
2	16 December 2001	Davos	4 × 10 km relay C/F	Sweden Urban Lindgren Mathias Fredriksson Niklas Jonsson Per Elofsson	Russia Vitaly Denisov Mikhail Ivanov Vladimir Vilissov Nikolay Bolshakov	Norway Frode Estil Erling Jevne Thomas Alsgaard Tor Arne Hetland	[42]
3	13 January 2002	Nové Město	Team Sprint F	Italy II Fabio Maj Freddy Schwienbacher	Italy I Giorgio Di Centa Cristian Zorzi	Finland III Teemu Kattilakoski Sami Repo	[43]
4	3 March 2002	Lahti	Team Sprint F	Italy Giorgio Di Centa Cristian Zorzi	Germany René Sommerfeldt Tobias Angerer	Czech Republic Lukáš Bauer Martin Koukal	[44]
5	10 March 2002	Falun	4 × 10 km relay C/F	Norway I Frode Estil Anders Aukland Kristen Skjeldal Thomas Alsgaard	Sweden Mathias Fredriksson Per Elofsson Anders Södergren Fredrik Östberg	Norway II Jens Arne Svartedal Erling Jevne Tore Ruud Hofstad Tore Bjonviken	[45]

WC	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	27 November 2001	Kuopio	4 × 5 km relay C/F	Russia I Olga Danilova Natalya Baranova-Masalkina Nina Gavrylyuk Yuliya Chepalova	Russia II Alyona Sidko Lyubov Yegorova Yelena Burukhina Olga Zavyalova	Sweden Lina Andersson Elin Ek Anna Dahlberg Jenny Olsson	[46]
2	16 December 2001	Davos	4 × 5 km relay C/F	Norway Tina Bay Bente Skari Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen Vibeke Skofterud	Russia III Alyona Sidko Olga Moskalenko Yelena Burukhina Ekaterina Stchastlivaia	Italy Cristina Paluselli Gabriella Paruzzi Arianna Follis Stefania Belmondo	[47]
3	13 January 2002	Nové Město	Team Sprint F	Russia Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova Yuliya Chepalova	Italy Gabriella Paruzzi Sabina Valbusa	Finland Riikka Sirviö Riitta-Liisa Lassila	[48]
4	3 March 2002	Lahti	Team Sprint F	Italy Gabriella Paruzzi Sabina Valbusa	Russia Olga Zavyalova Nina Gavrylyuk	France/ Italy Karine Philippot Stefania Belmondo	[49]
5	10 March 2002	Falun	4 × 5 km relay C/F	Italy Sabina Valbusa Gabriella Paruzzi Cristina Paluselli Stefania Belmondo	Norway Anita Moen Marit Bjørgen Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen Vibeke Skofterud	Germany Manuela Henkel Viola Bauer Claudia Künzel Evi Sachenbacher	[50]

Overall Rank Skier Points    Per Elofsson 780 2 Thomas Alsgaard 777 3 Anders Aukland 545 4 Kristen Skjeldal 518 5 Frode Estil 404 6 Jaak Mae 401 7 Cristian Zorzi 327 8 Johann Mühlegg 322 9 Jens Arne Svartedal 315 10 Erling Jevne 307

Rank Skier Points 11 Lukáš Bauer 303 12 Trond Iversen 260 13 Tor Arne Hetland 258 14 Tobias Angerer 231 15 Pietro Piller Cottrer 226 16 Jörgen Brink 214 17 Andreas Schlütter 211 18 Håvard Bjerkeli 210 19 Andrus Veerpalu 201 20 Mathias Fredriksson 198

Rank Skier Points 21 Ivan Bátory 197 22 Espen Bjervig 196 23 Fabio Maj 179 24 Vincent Vittoz 174 25 Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset 171 26 Giorgio Di Centa 170 27 Freddy Schwienbacher 167 28 Christian Hoffmann 163 29 Ole Einar Bjørndalen 160 30 Thobias Fredriksson 150

Sprint Rank Skier Points    Trond Iversen 328 2 Jens Arne Svartedal 300 3 Cristian Zorzi 264 4 Thobias Fredriksson 254 5 Håvard Bjerkeli 249 6 Tor Arne Hetland 247 7 Björn Lind 205 8 Jörgen Brink 155 9 Keijo Kurttila 154 10 Freddy Schwienbacher 149

Overall Rank Skier Points    Bente Skari 877 2 Kateřina Neumannová 763 3 Stefania Belmondo 760 4 Kristina Šmigun 649 5 Yuliya Chepalova 612 6 Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen 552 7 Olga Danilova 488 8 Gabriella Paruzzi 467 9 Anita Moen 440 10 Sabina Valbusa 381

Rank Skier Points 11 Vibeke Skofterud 370 12 Olga Zavyalova 345 13 Nina Gavrylyuk 330 14 Petra Majdič 311 15 Lina Andersson 290 16 Evi Sachenbacher 289 17 Lyubov Yegorova 263 18 Manuela Henkel 258 19 Valentyna Shevchenko 254 20 Natalya Baranova-Masalkina 235

Rank Skier Points 21 Viola Bauer 218 22 Beckie Scott 216 23 Svetlana Nageykina 214 24 Maj Helen Sorkmo 199 25 Kaisa Varis 194 26 Kati Venäläinen 191 27 Tina Bay 183 28 Yelena Burukhina 178 29 Karine Philippot 165 30 Satu Salonen 162

Sprint Rank Skier Points    Bente Skari 319 2 Anita Moen 307 3 Kateřina Neumannová 293 4 Evi Sachenbacher 237 5 Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen 223 6 Manuela Henkel 209 7 Maj Helen Sorkmo 203 8 Sabina Valbusa 201 9 Petra Majdič 200 10 Beckie Scott 158

Victories in this World Cup (all-time number of victories as of 2001–02 season in parentheses)