1996–97 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup

International sports competition FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 1996/97 Overall FRA Luc Alphand SWE Pernilla Wiberg Downhill FRA Luc Alphand AUT Renate Götschl Super G FRA Luc Alphand GER Hilde Gerg Giant Slalom  SUI  Michael von Grünigen ITA Deborah Compagnoni Slalom AUT Thomas Sykora SWE Pernilla Wiberg Nations Cup AUT Austria GER Germany Nations Cup overall AUT Austria 19 15 37 32 1995/96 1997/98 The 31st World Cup season began in October 1996 in Sölden, Austria, and concluded in March 1997 in the United States at the World Cup finals at Vail, Colorado. The overall winners were Luc Alphand of France and Pernilla Wiberg of Sweden, the only championship for each. Alphand, who won by just 34 points, became the first male French overall winner in 29 years, since Jean-Claude Killy in 1968.https://www.nytimes.com/1997/03/17/sports/a-teary-alphand-returns-the-world-cup-to-france.html Barbara Lloyd A Teary Alphand Returns The World Cup to France The New York Times March 17, 1997 December 9, 2018 After his overall victory, as well as discipline titles in both downhill (his third straight) and super-G (the only two events in which Alphand competed during the season), Alphand retired from international competition. Five-time overall World Cup champion Marc Girardelli of Luxembourg also retired during the season after suffering another knee injury during a race in December 1996. A break in the schedule was for the World Championships, held 3–15 February in Sestriere, northwestern Italy. Calendar Men + Event Key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant Slalom, SG – Super Giant Slalom, KB – Combinedhttps://www.fis-ski.com/DB/alpine-skiing/calendar-results.html?eventselection=&place=&sectorcode=AL&seasoncode=1997&categorycode=WC&disciplinecode=&gendercode=M&racedate=&racecodex=&nationcode=&seasonmonth=X-1997 FIS: Alpine World Cup 1997 men's schedule 24 September 2018 International Ski Federation Race Race event in totalSeason Season eventDatePlaceType Discipline event in totalWinnerSecondThird896 1 27 October 1996   AUT Sölden GS 230   SUI  Steve Locher  SUI  Michael von Grünigen NOR Kjetil André Aamodt897 2 24 November 1996   USA Park City SL 265  AUT Thomas Sykora AUT Thomas Stangassinger NOR Kjetil André Aamodt898 3 25 November 1996   GS 231  AUT Josef Strobl AUT Hans Knauß  SUI  Michael von Grünigen899 4 30 November 1996   USA Breckenridge GS 232  SWE Fredrik Nyberg  SUI  Urs Kälin AUT Hans Knauß900 5 1 December 1996   SL 266  NOR Tom Stiansen AUT Thomas Sykora AUT Thomas Stangassinger901 6 15 December 1996   FRA Val d'Isère DH 263  AUT Fritz Strobl AUT Werner Franz AUT Patrick Ortlieb902 7 16 December 1996   SG 069  AUT Hans Knauß AUT Günther Mader  SUI  Steve Locher903 8 17 December 1996   ITA Madonna di Campiglio SL 267  AUT Thomas Sykora ITA Alberto Tomba FRA Sébastien Amiez904 9 21 December 1996   ITA Val Gardena DH 264  FRA Luc Alphand NOR Atle Skårdal ITA Kristian Ghedina905 10 21 December 1996   DH 265  ITA Kristian Ghedina FRA Luc Alphand AUT Josef Strobl906 11 22 December 1996   ITA Alta Badia GS 233   SUI  Michael von Grünigen  SUI  Steve Locher ITA Matteo Nana907 12 29 December 1996   ITA Bormio DH 266  FRA Luc Alphand  SUI  William Besse ITA Kristian Ghedina908 13 5 January 1997   SLO Kranjska Gora GS 234   SUI  Michael von Grünigen AUT Siegfried Voglreiter NOR Kjetil André Aamodt909 14 6 January 1997   SL 268  AUT Thomas Sykora FRA Sébastien Amiez AUT Thomas Stangassinger910 15 11 January 1997   FRA Chamonix DH 267  ITA Kristian Ghedina NOR Atle Skårdal AUT Werner Franz911 16 12 January 1997   SL 269  AUT Thomas Sykora AUT Thomas Stangassinger SWE Martin Hansson912 17 12 January 1997   KB 072  AUT Günther Mader NOR Kjetil André Aamodt  SUI  Bruno Kernen913 18 14 January 1997    SUI  Adelboden GS 235  NOR Kjetil André Aamodt  SUI  Michael von Grünigen AUT Andreas Schifferer914 19 18 January 1997    SUI  Wengen DH 268  ITA Kristian Ghedina FRA Luc Alphand AUT Fritz Strobl915 20 19 January 1997   SL 270  AUT Thomas Sykora AUT Thomas Stangassinger FRA Sébastien Amiez 916 21 24 January 1997   AUT Kitzbühel DH 269  FRA Luc Alphand AUT Werner Franz  SUI  William Besse917 22 25 January 1997   DH 270  AUT Fritz Strobl AUT Werner Franz FRA Luc Alphand918 23 26 January 1997   SL 271  AUT Mario Reiter ITA Alberto Tomba NOR Finn Christian Jagge919 24 26 January 1997   KB 073  NOR Lasse Kjus NOR Kjetil André Aamodt AUT Werner Franz920 25 29 January 1997    SUI  Laax SG 070  FRA Luc Alphand AUT Josef Strobl ITA Peter Runggaldier921 26 30 January 1997   AUT Schladming SL 272  ITA Alberto Tomba AUT Thomas Stangassinger FRA Sébastien AmiezWorld Championships (3–15 February)922 27 21 February 1997   GER Garmisch-Partenkirchen SG 071  FRA Luc Alphand AUT Hermann Maier ITA Werner Perathoner923 28 22 February 1997   DH 271  FRA Luc Alphand ITA Pietro Vitalini ITA Kristian Ghedina 924 29 23 February 1997   SG 072  AUT Hermann Maier ITA Kristian Ghedina NOR Atle SkårdalNOR Lasse Kjus925 30 2 March 1997   NOR Kvitfjell DH 272  NOR Lasse Kjus ITA Pietro Vitalini CAN Ed Podivinsky926 31 3 March 1997   SG 073  AUT Josef Strobl AUT Andreas Schifferer NOR Lasse Kjus927 32 8 March 1997   JPN Shiga Kōgen GS 236   SUI  Michael von Grünigen AUT Andreas Schifferer  SUI  Paul Accola928 33 9 March 1997   SL 273  AUT Thomas Stangassinger NOR Finn Christian Jagge NOR Ole Kristian Furuseth929 34 12 March 1997   USA Vail DH 273  AUT Fritz Strobl ITA Kristian Ghedina AUT Hannes Trinkl930 35 13 March 1997   SG 074  AUT Andreas Schifferer AUT Fritz Strobl ITA Kristian Ghedina931 36 15 March 1997   SL 274  NOR Finn Christian Jagge AUT Thomas Stangassinger ITA Alberto Tomba932 37 15 March 1997   GS 237   SUI  Michael von Grünigen AUT Rainer Salzgeber AUT Andreas Schifferer Ladies + Event Key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant Slalom, SG – Super Giant Slalom, KB – Combinedhttps://www.fis-ski.com/DB/alpine-skiing/calendar-results.html?eventselection=&place=&sectorcode=AL&seasoncode=1997&categorycode=WC&disciplinecode=&gendercode=L&racedate=&racecodex=&nationcode=&seasonmonth=X-1997 FIS: Alpine World Cup 1997 ladies' schedule 24 September 2018 International Ski Federation Race Race event in totalSeason Season eventDatePlaceType Discipline event in totalWinnerSecondThird836 1 26 October 1996   AUT Sölden GS 225  GER Katja Seizinger ITA Deborah Compagnoni GER Hilde Gerg837 2 21 November 1996   USA Park City GS 226  ITA Sabina Panzanini AUT Anita Wachter GER Katja Seizinger838 3 23 November 1996   SL 258  NZL Claudia Riegler SWE Pernilla Wiberg AUT Ingrid Salvenmoser839 4 30 November 1996   CAN Lake Louise DH 223  GER Katja Seizinger FRA Carole Montillet SWE Pernilla Wiberg840 5 1 December 1996   SG 070  SWE Pernilla Wiberg GER Hilde Gerg RUS Varvara Zelenskaya841 6 7 December 1996   USA Vail DH 224  AUT Renate Götschl GER Katja Seizinger ITA Isolde Kostner 842 7 7 December 1996   SG 071  RUS Svetlana Gladysheva SWE Pernilla Wiberg FRA Carole Montillet843 8 12 December 1996   FRA Val d'Isère SG 072  GER Hilde Gerg GER Katja Seizinger ITA Isolde Kostner844 9 21 December 1996    SUI  Crans-Montana SL 259  NZL Claudia Riegler SWE Pernilla Wiberg FRA Patricia Chauvet845 10 28 December 1996   AUT Semmering SL 260  SWE Pernilla Wiberg ITA Deborah Compagnoni AUT Anita Wachter846 11 29 December 1996   SL 261  ITA Deborah Compagnoni FRA Patricia Chauvet NZL Claudia Riegler847 12 3 January 1997   SLO Maribor GS 227  ITA Sabina Panzanini ITA Deborah CompagnoniAUT Anita Wachter 848 13 4 January 1997   SL 262  SWE Pernilla Wiberg SLO Urška Hrovat ITA Lara Magoni849 14 11 January 1997   AUT Bad Kleinkirchheim DH 225   SUI  Heidi Zurbriggen GER Hilde Gerg AUT Stefanie Schuster850 15 12 January 1997   SG 073  SWE Pernilla Wiberg ITA Isolde Kostner GER Katja Seizinger851 16 17 January 1997   GER Zwiesel GS 228  ITA Deborah Compagnoni AUT Anita Wachter SWE Pernilla Wiberg852 17 18 January 1997   GS 229  ITA Deborah Compagnoni AUT Anita Wachter GER Katja Seizinger853 18 19 January 1997   SL 263  SWE Pernilla Wiberg AUT Elfi Eder ITA Deborah Compagnoni854 19 23 January 1997   ITA Cortina d'Ampezzo DH 226  ITA Isolde Kostner SUI  Heidi Zurbriggen GER Katja Seizinger855 20 25 January 1997   SG 074  ITA Isolde Kostner SWE Pernilla Wiberg GER Katja Seizinger 856 21 26 January 1997   GS 230  ITA Deborah Compagnoni GER Katja Seizinger  SUI  Sonja Nef857 22 1 February 1997    SUI  Laax DH 227  RUS Varvara Zelenskaya AUT Renate Götschl SUI  Heidi Zurbriggen 858 23 2 February 1997   SL 264  NZL Claudia Riegler ITA Lara Magoni  SUI  Martina AccolaSWE Pernilla Wiberg859 24 2 February 1997   KB 063  SWE Pernilla Wiberg GER Hilde Gerg AUT Anita WachterWorld Championships (3–15 February)860 25 28 February 1997   JPN Hakuba DH 228  RUS Varvara Zelenskaya USA Hilary Lindh FRA Carole Montillet 861 26 2 March 1997   DH 229  RUS Varvara Zelenskaya SWE Pernilla Wiberg AUT Renate Götschl862 27 7 March 1997   USA Mammoth Mountain SG 075  GER Katja Seizinger GER Hilde Gerg SWE Pernilla Wiberg 863 28 7 March 1997   SL 265  SWE Pernilla Wiberg AUT Sabine Egger ITA Lara Magoni864 29 12 March 1997   USA VailDH 230  SWE Pernilla Wiberg AUT Renate GötschlGER Katja Seizinger 865 30 13 March 1997   SG 076  GER Katja Seizinger GER Hilde Gerg GER Martina Ertl866 31 15 March 1997   GS 231  ITA Deborah Compagnoni GER Katja Seizinger  SUI  Karin Roten867 32 16 March 1997   SL 266  ITA Lara MagoniSWE Pernilla Wiberg GER Katja Seizinger Men Overall PlaceNameCountryTotal 1 Luc Alphand France 1130 2 Kjetil André Aamodt Norway 1096 3 Josef Strobl Austria 1021 4 Kristian Ghedina Italy 990 5 Michael von Grünigen  Switzerland 867 6 Andreas Schifferer Austria 781 7 Hans Knauss Austria 756 8 Thomas Sykora Austria 697 9 Thomas Stangassinger Austria 670 10 Werner Franz Austria 660 Downhill PlaceNameCountryTotal 1 Luc Alphand France 779 2 Kristian Ghedina Italy 700 3 Fritz Strobl Austria 571 4 Werner Franz Austria 517 5 Josef Strobl Austria 470 Super G PlaceNameCountryTotal 1 Luc Alphand France 351 2 Josef Strobl Austria 333 3 Andreas Schifferer Austria 256 4 Hermann Maier Austria 230 5 Kristian Ghedina Italy 218 Giant Slalom PlaceNameCountryTotal 1 Michael von Grünigen  Switzerland 660 2 Kjetil André Aamodt Norway 387 3 Hans Knauss Austria 349 4 Steve Locher  Switzerland 305 5 Fredrik Nyberg Sweden 292 Slalom PlaceNameCountryTotal 1 Thomas Sykora Austria 695 2 Thomas Stangassinger Austria 670 3 Finn Christian Jagge Norway 374 4 Sébastien Amiez France 373 5 Alberto Tomba Italy 352 Combined PlaceNameCountryTotal 1 Kjetil André Aamodt Norway 160 2 Lasse Kjus Norway 100 Günther Mader Austria 100 4 Paul Accola  Switzerland 90 5 Werner Franz Austria 89 Ladies Overall PlaceNameCountryTotal 1 Pernilla Wiberg Sweden 1960 2 Katja Seizinger Germany 1424 3 Hilde Gerg Germany 1150 4 Deborah Compagnoni Italy 967 5 Isolde Kostner Italy 833 6 Heidi Zurbriggen  Switzerland 785 7 Anita Wachter Austria 741 8 Renate Götschl Austria 647 9 Martina Ertl-Renz Germany 620 10 Warwara Zelenskaja Russia 604 Downhill PlaceNameCountryTotal 1 Renate Götschl Austria 483 2 Heidi Zurbriggen  Switzerland 466 3 Varvara Zelenskaya Russia 423 4 Pernilla Wiberg Sweden 412 5 Katja Seizinger Germany 405 Super G PlaceNameCountryTotal 1 Hilde Gerg Germany 490 2 Katja Seizinger Germany 474 3 Pernilla Wiberg Sweden 449 4 Isolde Kostner Italy 355 5 Martina Ertl Germany 248 Giant Slalom PlaceNameCountryTotal 1 Deborah Compagnoni Italy 560 2 Katja Seizinger Germany 420 3 Anita Wachter Austria 378 4 Karin Roten  Switzerland 258 5 Pernilla Wiberg Sweden 229 Sabina Panzanini Italy 229 Slalom PlaceNameCountryTotal 1 Pernilla Wiberg Sweden 770 2 Claudia Riegler New Zealand 418 3 Deborah Compagnoni Italy 407 4 Lara Magoni Italy 391 5 Patricia Chauvet France 347 Combined PlaceNameCountryTotal 1 Pernilla Wiberg Sweden 100 2 Hilde Gerg Germany 80 3 Anita Wachter Austria 60 4 Sibylle Brauner Germany 50 5 Catherine Borghi  Switzerland 45 References 50em External links FIS-ski.com - World Cup standings - 1997 1996–97 World Cup World Cup