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{{short description|Swedish cross-country skier}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}
{{Infobox skier <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Ski -->
| name              = Thomas Wassberg
| image             = Thomas Wassberg 2013-12-11 001.jpg
| caption           = Thomas Wassberg in December 2013
| nationality       = {{SWE}}
| fullname          = Lars Thomas Wassberg
| birth_date        = {{birth date and age|1956|03|27|df=y}} 
| birth_place       = [[Årjäng Municipality|Årjäng]], Sweden
| death_date        = <!-- {{death date and age|df=yes|deathyear|mm|dd|1956|3|27}} -->
| death_place       = 
| height            = 185 cm
| club              = [[Åsarna IK]]
| personalbest      = 
| seasons           =7 – ([[1981–82 FIS Cross-Country World Cup|1982]]–[[1987–88 FIS Cross-Country World Cup|1988]])
| wins              = 6
| totalpodiums      = 18
| teamwins = 7
| teampodiums = 10
| individual_starts = 44
| team_starts = 11
| wcoveralls        = 0 – (2nd in [[1981–82 FIS Cross-Country World Cup|1982]], [[1983–84 FIS Cross-Country World Cup|1984]], [[1986–87 FIS Cross-Country World Cup|1987]])
| medaltemplates    = 
{{MedalSport|Men's [[cross-country skiing (sport)|cross-country skiing]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{SWE}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|International nordic ski competitions}}
{{MedalCount
|[[Cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics|Olympic Games]]|4|0|0
|[[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships|World Championships]]|3|3|1
|'''Total'''|'''7'''|'''3'''|'''1'''
}}
{{MedalOlympic}}
{{MedalGold|[[Cross-country skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics|1980&nbsp;Lake&nbsp;Placid]]|[[Cross-country skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Men's 15 kilometre|15&nbsp;km]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[Cross-country skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics|1984&nbsp;Sarajevo]]|[[Cross-country skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics – Men's 50 kilometre|50&nbsp;km]]}}
{{MedalGold|1984&nbsp;Sarajevo|[[Cross-country skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics – Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay|4&nbsp;×&nbsp;10&nbsp;km&nbsp;relay]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics|1988&nbsp;Calgary]]|[[Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay|4&nbsp;×&nbsp;10&nbsp;km&nbsp;relay]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1982 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships|1982&nbsp;Oslo]]|50&nbsp;km}}
{{MedalGold|[[1987 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships|1987&nbsp;Oberstdorf]]|30&nbsp;km&nbsp;classical}}
{{MedalGold|1987 Oberstdorf|4&nbsp;×&nbsp;10&nbsp;km&nbsp;relay}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1985 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships|1985&nbsp;Seefeld]]|15&nbsp;km}}
{{MedalSilver|1987&nbsp;Oberstdorf|15&nbsp;km classical}}
{{MedalSilver|1987&nbsp;Oberstdorf|50&nbsp;km&nbsp;freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze|1985&nbsp;Seefeld|4&nbsp;×&nbsp;10&nbsp;km&nbsp;relay}}
| show-medals       = no
| updated           = 
}}

'''Lars Thomas Wassberg''' (born 27 March 1956) is a [[Sweden|Swedish]] former [[cross-country skiing (sport)|cross-country skier]]. A fast skating style – push for every leg – is still called "Wassberg" after him in several countries. Wassberg's skiing idols when growing up were [[Sixten Jernberg]] and [[Oddvar Brå]]. He has described his mental strength and physical fitness as his greatest abilities as a skier, with his main weakness being a lack of sprinting ability.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fischersports.com/en/Nordic/News/1415-Season/11/839/Cross-country-legend-Thomas-Wassberg-%28SWE%29-in-Interview |title=Cross Country Legend Thomas Wassberg (SWE) in Interview |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=14 November 2014 |website=[[Fischer Sports]]|access-date=21 March 2015}}</ref>

Wassberg won four Olympic gold medals: in 15&nbsp;km (1980), 50&nbsp;km (1984), and the 4 × 10&nbsp;km relay (1984, 1988), and served as the Olympic flag bearer for Sweden in 1988.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417041224/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/SWE/ Sweden]. sports-reference.com</ref> At the [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships]], he earned three golds (50&nbsp;km: 1982, 30&nbsp;km: 1987, and 4 × 10&nbsp;km relay: 1987), three silvers (15&nbsp;km: 1985, 1987; 50&nbsp;km (1987), and one bronze (4 × 10&nbsp;km relay: 1985). Additionally, Wassberg won the 50&nbsp;km at the [[Holmenkollen ski festival]] three times (1980, 1982 and 1987) and the 15&nbsp;km twice (1979, 1985).<ref name=sr/>

At the [[1980 Winter Olympics]] in [[Lake Placid, New York|Lake Placid]], Wassberg edged out [[Finland]]'s [[Juha Mieto]] by 0.01 seconds in the 15&nbsp;km, the closest cross-country ski race in Olympic history. Wassberg subsequently suggested to Mieto that the gold medal should be split between them "as one one-hundredth of a second is nothing in a 15-kilometer race". This incident led the [[International Ski Federation]] (FIS) to change their timing to the nearest one-tenth of a second. It also resulted in an apocryphal [[urban legend]] that Wassberg and Mieto's medals were cut in half and re-welded into half-gold, half-silver medals.<ref>{{cite book |last=Perman |first=Cindy |date=2013 |title=New York Curiosities, 2nd: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aeNoa8C4c8AC&pg=PA151|location=[[Lanham, Maryland]] |publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield]] |page=151 |isbn=9780762774968 }}</ref> At the [[1984 Winter Olympics]], Wassberg beat out fellow Swede [[Gunde Svan]] by 4.9 seconds in the 50&nbsp;km, the closest margin of victory ever in that event until [[Giorgio Di Centa]] edged out [[Yevgeny Dementyev]] by 0.8 seconds at the [[2006 Winter Olympics]] though the 2006 event was a mass start event while the 1984 event was an interval start event.

He won the [[FIS Cross-Country World Cup|World Cup]] in 1977, and in 1980 was awarded the [[Holmenkollen medal]]. For some reason his teammate [[Sven-Åke Lundbäck]] did not receive the [[Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal|''Svenska Dagbladet'' Gold Medal]] in 1978. In protest to this decision Wassberg refused to accept his ''Svenska Dagbladet'' Gold Medal in 1980.<ref name=sr>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wa/thomas-wassberg-1.html |title=Thomas Wassberg |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417071016/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wa/thomas-wassberg-1.html |archive-date=2020-04-17}}</ref><ref name=sok>[http://sok.se/idrottare/idrottare/t/thomas-wassberg.html Thomas Wassberg]. [[Swedish Olympic Committee]]</ref>

According to Bengt Erik Bengtsson, Chief of the Nordic Office of the FIS from 1984 to 2004, Wassberg was the first to suggest in 1984 the splitting of the sport of cross country skiing into classic and freestyle disciplines. This was subsequently implemented by FIS in 1986.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://skiinghistory.org/history/cross-country-skating-how-it-started |title=Cross country skating: how it started |author=Bengt Erik Bengtsson |date=2010 |access-date=27 March 2016}}</ref>

After retiring from competitions Wassberg worked as a sports reporter for [[Sveriges Radio|Swedish Radio]] and a cross-country skiing coach for his club Åsarna IK. In 2009 he appeared on Swedish television in the show contests ''[[Mästarnas mästare]]'', and in 2016 participated in ''[[Let's Dance 2016]]'' which was broadcast on [[TV4 (Sweden)|TV4]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tv4.se/lets-dance/deltagare|title=Deltagare i Let's dance – tv4.se|work=tv4.se|access-date=1 April 2016}}</ref> In the 2010s he oversaw the preparation of ski tracks for Åsarna IK, organized bird hunting events for tourists and worked as a forester.<ref name=sr/>

==Cross-country skiing results==
All results are sourced from the [[International Ski Federation|International Ski Federation (FIS)]].<ref name="FISprofile">{{cite web |url=https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/athlete-biography.html?sector=CC&competitorid=65318&type=st-WC |title=WASSBERG Thomas |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=FIS-Ski |publisher=International Ski Federation |access-date=14 January 2020}}</ref>

===Olympic Games===
* 4 medals – (4 gold)
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center; border:grey solid 1px; border-collapse:collapse; background:#ffffff;"
! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:60px;"|&nbsp;Year&nbsp; 
! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:40px;"|&nbsp;Age&nbsp; 
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| &nbsp;15&nbsp;km&nbsp;
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| &nbsp;30&nbsp;km&nbsp;
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| &nbsp;50&nbsp;km&nbsp;
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"|&nbsp;4&nbsp;×&nbsp;10&nbsp;km&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;relay&nbsp;
|-
| [[Cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics|1976]] || ''19'' ||  [[Cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Men's 15 kilometre|15]]  ||  [[Cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Men's 30 kilometre|—]] || [[Cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Men's 50 kilometre|—]] || [[Cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay|4]] 
|-
| [[Cross-country skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics|1980]] || ''23'' ||style="background:gold;"|  [[Cross-country skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Men's 15 kilometre|'''Gold''']]  ||  [[Cross-country skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Men's 30 kilometre|4]] || [[Cross-country skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Men's 50 kilometre|—]] || [[Cross-country skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay|5]] 
|-
| [[Cross-country skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics|1984]] || ''27'' ||  [[Cross-country skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics – Men's 15 kilometre|—]]  ||  [[Cross-country skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics – Men's 30 kilometre|14]] || style="background:gold;"|[[Cross-country skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics – Men's 50 kilometre|'''Gold''']] ||style="background:gold;"| [[Cross-country skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics – Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay|'''Gold''']] 
|-
| [[Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics|1988]] || ''31'' ||  [[Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Men's 15 kilometre classical|—]]  ||  [[Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Men's 30 kilometre classical|42]] || [[Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Men's 50 kilometre freestyle|{{Abbr|DNF|Did not finish}}]] ||style="background:gold;"| [[Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay|'''Gold''']] 
|}

===World Championships===
* 7 medals – (3 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze)
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center; border:grey solid 1px; border-collapse:collapse; background:#ffffff;"
! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:60px;"|&nbsp;Year&nbsp; 
! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:40px;"|&nbsp;Age&nbsp; 
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| &nbsp;15&nbsp;km&nbsp;
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| &nbsp;30&nbsp;km&nbsp;
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| &nbsp;50&nbsp;km&nbsp;
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"|&nbsp;4&nbsp;×&nbsp;10&nbsp;km&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;relay&nbsp; 
|-
| [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1982|1982]] || ''25'' ||18 ||16 ||style="background:gold;"|'''Gold''' ||5
|-
| [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1985|1985]] || ''28'' ||style="background:silver;"|'''Silver''' ||4 ||26 ||bgcolor="cc9966"|'''Bronze'''
|-
| [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1987|1987]] || ''30'' ||style="background:silver;"|'''Silver''' ||style="background:gold;"|'''Gold''' ||style="background:silver;"|'''Silver'''||style="background:gold;"|'''Gold''' 
|-
|}

===World  Cup===
====Season standings====
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center; border:grey solid 1px; border-collapse:collapse; background:#ffffff;"
! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:60px;"|&nbsp;Season&nbsp; 
! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:40px;"|&nbsp;Age&nbsp; 
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"|Overall 
|-
| [[1981–82 FIS Cross-Country World Cup|1982]] || ''25'' ||  style="background:silver;"| {{silver02}}
|-
| [[1982–83 FIS Cross-Country World Cup|1983]] || ''26'' ||  5
|-
| [[1983–84 FIS Cross-Country World Cup|1984]] || ''27'' ||  style="background:silver;"| {{silver02}}
|-
| [[1984–85 FIS Cross-Country World Cup|1985]] || ''28'' ||  style="background:#c96;"| {{bronze03}}
|-
| [[1985–86 FIS Cross-Country World Cup|1986]] || ''29'' ||  15
|-
| [[1986–87 FIS Cross-Country World Cup|1987]] || ''30'' ||   style="background:silver;"| {{silver02}}
|-
| [[1987–88 FIS Cross-Country World Cup|1988]] || ''31'' ||  19
|-
|}

====Individual podiums====
* 6 victories 
* 18 podiums 
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center; border:grey solid 1px; border-collapse:collapse; background:#ffffff;"
|- style="background:#efefef;"
! style="background-color:#369; color:white;"| No.
! style="background-color:#369; color:white;"| Season
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:110px;"| Date
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:200px;"| Location
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:170px;"| Race
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:130px;"| Level
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white;| Place
|-
| align=center|1 || rowspan=5 align=center|'''[[1981–82 FIS Cross-Country World Cup|1981–82]]'''|| align=right| 9 January 1982 || align=left| {{flagicon|West Germany}}  [[Reit im Winkl]], West Germany || 15 km Individual  || World Cup|| 3rd
|-
| align=center|2 || align=right| 16 January 1982 || align=left|  {{flagicon|SWI}} [[Le Brassus]], Switzerland || 15 km Individual || World Cup|| 2nd
|-
| align=center|3|| bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align=right| 27 February 1982 || align=left| {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Oslo]], Norway || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|  50&nbsp;km Individual  || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|World Championships{{ref label|worldcuprace|1}} || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|'''1st'''
|-
| align=center|4 || align=right| 12 March 1982 || align=left|  {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Lugnet, Falun|Falun]], Sweden ||30&nbsp;km Individual || World Cup|| 3rd
|-
| align=center|5 || align=right| 19 March 1982 || align=left|  {{flagicon|Czechoslovak Socialist Republic}} [[Štrbské Pleso]], Czechoslovakia ||15&nbsp;km Individual || World Cup|| 2nd
|-
| align=center|6 || rowspan=2 align=center|'''[[1982–83 FIS Cross-Country World Cup|1982–83]]'''|| align=right| 26 February 1983 || align=left| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Lugnet, Falun|Falun]], Sweden || 30&nbsp;km Individual  || World Cup|| 2nd
|-
| align=center|7 || align=right| 27 March 1983 || align=left|  {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Labrador City]], Canada || 30&nbsp;km Individual || World Cup|| 3rd
|-
| align=center|8 || rowspan=3 align=center|'''[[1983–84 FIS Cross-Country World Cup|1983–84]]'''|| bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align=right| 19 February 1984  || align=left| {{flagicon|YUG}} [[Sarajevo]], Yugoslavia || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"| 50&nbsp;km Individual  || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|Olympic Games{{ref label|worldcuprace|1}}||bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|'''1st'''
|-
| align=center|9 || align=right| 25 February 1984 || align=left|  {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Lugnet, Falun|Falun]], Sweden ||30&nbsp;km Individual || World Cup|| 2nd
|-
| align=center|10 || align=right| 2 March 1984 || align=left|  {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Lahti]], Finland ||15&nbsp;km Individual || World Cup|| 2nd
|-
| align=center|11|| rowspan=3 align=center|'''[[1984–85 FIS Cross-Country World Cup|1984–85]]'''|| align=right| 22 January 1985 || align=left| {{flagicon|AUT}}  [[Seefeld in Tirol|Seefeld]], Austria || 15&nbsp;km Individual  || World Championships{{ref label|worldcuprace|1}}|| 2nd
|-
| align=center|12 || align=right| 9 March 1985 || align=left|  {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Lugnet, Falun|Falun]], Sweden ||30&nbsp;km Individual || World Cup|| 3rd
|-
| align=center|13|| bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align=right| 14 March 1985 || align=left| {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Oslo]], Norway || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|  15&nbsp;km Individual  || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|World Cup || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|'''1st'''
|-
| align=center|14 || rowspan=1 align=center|'''[[1985–86 FIS Cross-Country World Cup|1985–86]]'''|| bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align=right| 8 March 1986  || align=left|  {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Lugnet, Falun|Falun]], Sweden || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"| 30&nbsp;km Individual C || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|World Cup||bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|'''1st'''
|-
| align=center|15 || rowspan=4 align=center|'''[[1986–87 FIS Cross-Country World Cup|1986–87]]'''|| bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align=right| 12 February 1987  || rowspan=3 align=left|{{flagicon|West Germany}} [[Oberstdorf]], West Germany || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"| 30&nbsp;km Individual C || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|World Championships{{ref label|worldcuprace|1}}||bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|'''1st'''
|-
| align=center|16 || align=right| 15 February 1987 || 15&nbsp;km Individual C|| World Championships{{ref label|worldcuprace|1}}|| 2nd
|-
| align=center|17 || align=right| 21 February 1987  ||50&nbsp;km Individual F|| World Championships{{ref label|worldcuprace|1}}|| 2nd
|-
| align=center|18|| bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align=right| 21 March 1987 || align=left| {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Oslo]], Norway || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|  50&nbsp;km Individual C || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|World Cup || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|'''1st'''
|}

====Team podiums====
* 7 victories 
* 10 podiums 
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center; border:grey solid 1px; border-collapse:collapse; background:#ffffff;"
|- style="background:#efefef;"
! style="background-color:#369; color:white;"| No.
! style="background-color:#369; color:white;"| Season
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:120px;"| Date
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:190px;"| Location
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:170px;"| Race
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:130px;"| Level
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white;| Place
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white;"| Teammates
|-
| align=center|1|| rowspan=2 align=center|'''[[1983–84 FIS Cross-Country World Cup|1983–84]]'''|| bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align=right| 16 February 1984  || align=left| {{flagicon|YUG}} [[Sarajevo]], Yugoslavia || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"| 4 × 10&nbsp;km Relay  || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|Olympic Games{{ref label|worldcuprace|1}}||bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|'''1st'''|| [[Benny Kohlberg|Kohlberg]] / [[Jan Ottosson|Ottosson]] / [[Gunde Svan|Svan]]
|-
| align=center|2|| bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align=right| 26 February 1984 || align=left| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Lugnet, Falun|Falun]], Sweden || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|  4 × 10&nbsp;km Relay  || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|World Cup || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|'''1st'''|| [[Erik Östlund|Östlund]] / [[Jan Ottosson|Ottosson]] / [[Gunde Svan|Svan]]
|-
| align=center|3|| rowspan=3 align=center|'''&nbsp;[[1984–85 FIS Cross-Country World Cup|1984–85]]&nbsp;'''|| align=right| 24 January 1985 || align=left| {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Seefeld in Tirol|Seefeld]], Austria || 4 × 10&nbsp;km Relay  || World Championships{{ref label|worldcuprace|1}} || 3rd ||  [[Erik Östlund|Östlund]] / [[Thomas Eriksson (skier)|Eriksson]] / [[Gunde Svan|Svan]]
|-
| align=center|4 || align=right| 10 March 1985 || align=left|  {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Lugnet, Falun|Falun]], Sweden || 4 × 10&nbsp;km Relay || World Cup|| 2nd || [[Erik Östlund|Östlund]] / [[Torgny Mogren|Mogren]] / [[Gunde Svan|Svan]]
|-
| align=center|5|| bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align=right| 17 March 1985 || align=left| {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Oslo]], Norway || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|  4 × 10&nbsp;km Relay  || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|World Cup || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|'''1st'''|| [[Thomas Eriksson (skier)|Eriksson]] / [[Sven-Erik Danielsson|Danielsson]] / [[Gunde Svan|Svan]]
|-
| align=center|6|| rowspan=1 align=center|'''&nbsp;[[1985–86 FIS Cross-Country World Cup|1985–86]]&nbsp;'''|| align=right| 13 March 1986 || align=left| {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Oslo]], Norway || 4 × 10&nbsp;km Relay F || World Cup || 3rd || [[Christer Majbäck|Majbäck]] / [[Lars Håland|Håland]] / [[Sven-Erik Danielsson|Danielsson]]
|-
| align=center|7 || rowspan=3 align=center|'''[[1986–87 FIS Cross-Country World Cup|1986–87]]'''|| bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align=right|17 February 1987 || align=left|  {{flagicon|West Germany}} [[Oberstdorf]], West Germany || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"| 4 × 10&nbsp;km Relay F || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|World Championships{{ref label|worldcuprace|1}} ||bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|'''1st''' || [[Erik Östlund|Östlund]] / [[Gunde Svan|Svan]] / [[Torgny Mogren|Mogren]] 
|-
| align=center|8|| bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align=right| 8 March 1987 || align=left|  {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Lugnet, Falun|Falun]], Sweden || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|  4 × 10&nbsp;km Relay C || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|World Cup || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|'''1st'''|| [[Erik Östlund|Östlund]] / [[Torgny Mogren|Mogren]] / [[Christer Majbäck|Majbäck]]
|-
| align=center|9|| bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align=right| 19 March 1987 || align=left| {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Oslo]], Norway || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|  4 × 10&nbsp;km Relay C || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|World Cup || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|'''1st'''|| [[Jan Ottosson|Ottosson]] / [[Torgny Mogren|Mogren]] / [[Thomas Eriksson (skier)|Eriksson]] 
|-
| align=center|10 || rowspan=1 align=center|'''[[1987–88 FIS Cross-Country World Cup|1987–88]]'''|| bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align=right|24 February 1988 || align=left|  {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Calgary]], Canada || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"| 4 × 10&nbsp;km Relay F || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|Olympic Games{{ref label|worldcuprace|1}} ||bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|'''1st''' || [[Jan Ottosson|Ottosson]] / [[Gunde Svan|Svan]] / [[Torgny Mogren|Mogren]] 
|}
{{refbegin}}
'''Note:''' {{note label|worldcuprace|1}} Until the [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1999|1999 World Championships]] and the [[Cross-country skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics|1994 Winter Olympics]], World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.
{{refend}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Thomas Wassberg}}
*{{FIS cross-country skier|65318}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070224190249/http://www.skiforeningen.no/holmenkollen/holmenkollen_historikk Holmenkollen medalists] – click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file {{in lang|no}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070224190249/http://www.skiforeningen.no/holmenkollen/holmenkollen_historikk Holmenkollen winners since 1892] – click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file {{in lang|no}}
*[http://www.svd.se/sport/svds-bragdguld-2013_8786644.svd?sidan=10#article9 Wassberg tar emot Bragdguldet – efter 33 år]
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{Olympics.com profile}}
* {{SOK|t/thomas-wassberg}}

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