Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass
# Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass

Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass (born 29 April 1961) 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 (4 × 10 km relay: 1982, 1985), one silver (15 km: 1989), and one bronze (4 × 10 km relay: 1987).

He married fellow skier Marit Wold in 1994.

## Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

### Olympic Games

* 1 medal – (1 silver)

| Year | Age | 15 km | 30 km | 50 km | 4 × 10 km  relay |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1984 | 22 | 17 | 12 | — | — |
| 1988 | 26 | Silver | 6 | 9 | 6 |

### World Championships

* 4 medals – (2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)

| Year | Age | 10 km | 15 km  classical | 15 km  freestyle | 30 km | 50 km | 4 × 10 km  relay |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1982 | 20 | — | 10 | — | — | — | Gold |
| 1985 | 23 | — | 11 | — | 21 | 14 | Gold |
| 1987 | 25 | — | 4 | — | 8 | 23 | Bronze |
| 1989 | 27 | — | Silver | — | 10 | 20 | 4 |
| 1991 | 29 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — |

### World Cup

**Season standings**

| Season | Age | Overall |
| - | - | - |
| 1982 | 20 | 20 |
| 1983 | 21 | 6 |
| 1984 | 22 | 31 |
| 1985 | 23 | 5 |
| 1986 | 24 | 4 |
| 1987 | 25 | 16 |
| 1988 | 26 | |
| 1989 | 27 | 4 |
| 1991 | 29 | 43 |
| 1992 | 30 | 21 |
| 1993 | 31 | 91 |
| 1995 | 33 | 70 |

**Individual podiums**

* 4 victories
* 20 podiums

| No. | Season | Date | Location | Race | Level | Place |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1981–82 | 9 January 1982 | Reit im Winkl, West Germany | 15 km Individual | World Cup | 1st |
| 2 | 1982–83 | 18 December 1982 | Davos, Switzerland | 15 km Individual | World Cup | 1st |
| 3 | 1982–83 | 4 March 1983 | Lahti, Finland | 15 km Individual | World Cup | 2nd |
| 4 | 1984–85 | 9 December 1984 | Cogne, Italy | 15 km Individual | World Cup | 1st |
| 5 | 1984–85 | 15 December 1984 | Davos, Switzerland | 30 km Individual | World Cup | 2nd |
| 6 | 1984–85 | 16 February 1985 | Aleko, Bulgaria | 15 km Individual | World Cup | 3rd |
| 7 | 1984–85 | 14 March 1985 | Oslo, Norway | 15 km Individual | World Cup | 3rd |
| 8 | 1985–86 | 8 December 1985 | Labrador City, Canada | 15 km Individual C | World Cup | 3rd |
| 9 | 1986–87 | 14 March 1987 | Kavgolovo, Soviet Union | 15 km Individual C | World Cup | 3rd |
| 10 | 1987–88 | 12 December 1987 | La Clusaz, France | 15 km Individual F | World Cup | 3rd |
| 11 | 1987–88 | 19 December 1987 | Davos, Switzerland | 15 km Individual C | World Cup | 2nd |
| 12 | 1987–88 | 19 February 1988 | Calgary, Canada | 15 km Individual C | Olympic Games | 2nd |
| 13 | 1987–88 | 27 March 1988 | Rovaniemi, Finland | 50 km Individual C | World Cup | 1st |
| 14 | 1988–89 | 14 December 1988 | Bohinj, Yugoslavia | 30 km Individual F | World Cup | 3rd |
| 15 | 1988–89 | 17 December 1988 | Val di Sole, Italy | 15 km Individual F | World Cup | 3rd |
| 16 | 1988–89 | 7 January 1989 | Kavgolovo, Soviet Union | 15 km Individual C | World Cup | 2nd |
| 17 | 1988–89 | 13 January 1989 | Nové Město, Czechoslovakia | 15 km Individual F | World Cup | 2nd |
| 18 | 1988–89 | 15 January 1989 | Nové Město, Czechoslovakia | 30 km Individual C | World Cup | 2nd |
| 19 | 1988–89 | 22 February 1989 | Lahti, Finland | 15 km Individual C | World Championships | 2nd |
| 20 | 1991–92 | 29 February 1992 | Lahti, Finland | 15 km Individual C | World Cup | 3rd |

**Team podiums**

* 3 victories
* 11 podiums

| No. | Season | Date | Location | Race | Level | Place | Teammates |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1981–82 | 25 January 1982 | Oslo, Norway | 4 × 10 km Relay | World Championships | 1st | Eriksen / Aunli / Brå |
| 2 | 1984–85 | 24 January 1985 | Seefeld, Austria | 4 × 10 km Relay | World Championships | 1st | Monsen / T.H. Holte / Aunli |
| 3 | 1984–85 | 10 March 1985 | Falun, Sweden | 4 × 10 km Relay | World Cup | 3rd | Monsen / T.H. Holte / G. Holte |
| 4 | 1984–85 | 17 March 1985 | Oslo, Norway | 4 × 10 km Relay | World Cup | 3rd | Hole / Ulvang / Aunli |
| 5 | 1985–86 | 9 March 1986 | Falun, Sweden | 4 × 10 km Relay F | World Cup | 2nd | Monsen / Ulvang / Hole |
| 6 | 1986–87 | 17 February 1987 | Oberstdorf, West Germany | 4 × 10 km Relay F | World Championships | 3rd | Aunli / Ulvang / Langli |
| 7 | 1986–87 | 8 March 1987 | Falun, Sweden | 4 × 10 km Relay C | World Cup | 3rd | Ulvang / Aunli / Langli |
| 8 | 1987–88 | 13 March 1988 | Falun, Sweden | 4 × 10 km Relay F | World Cup | 2nd | Dæhlie / Bjørn / Ulvang |
| 9 | 1987–88 | 17 March 1988 | Oslo, Norway | 4 × 10 km Relay C | World Cup | 1st | Monsen / Bjørn / Ulvang |
| 10 | 1988–89 | 5 March 1989 | Oslo, Norway | 4 × 10 km Relay F | World Cup | 3rd | Dæhlie / Ulvang / Langli |
| 11 | 1988–89 | 12 March 1989 | Falun, Sweden | 4 × 10 km Relay C | World Cup | 3rd | Langli / Ulvang / Dæhlie |

Note: $^1$ Until the 1999 World Championships and the 1994 Olympics, World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

