1996–97 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup

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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.

FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 1996/97
Discipline Men Women
Overall France Luc Alphand Sweden Pernilla Wiberg
Downhill France Luc Alphand Austria Renate Götschl
Super G France Luc Alphand Germany Hilde Gerg
Giant Slalom  Switzerland  Michael von Grünigen Italy Deborah Compagnoni
Slalom Austria Thomas Sykora Sweden Pernilla Wiberg
Nations Cup Austria Austria Germany Germany
Nations Cup overall Austria Austria
Competition
Locations 19 15
Individual 37 32

Alphand, who won by just 34 points, became the first male French overall winner in 29 years, since Jean-Claude Killy in 1968.[1] 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),[1] 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

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Event Key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant Slalom, SG – Super Giant Slalom, KB – Combined[2]
Race Season Date Place Type Winner Second Third
896 1 27 October 1996     Sölden GS 230      Steve Locher     Michael von Grünigen  Kjetil André Aamodt
897 2 24 November 1996     Park City SL 265    Thomas Sykora   Thomas Stangassinger  Kjetil André Aamodt
898 3 25 November 1996   GS 231    Josef Strobl   Hans Knauß     Michael von Grünigen
899 4 30 November 1996     Breckenridge GS 232    Fredrik Nyberg     Urs Kälin   Hans Knauß
900 5 1 December 1996   SL 266   Tom Stiansen   Thomas Sykora   Thomas Stangassinger
901 6 15 December 1996     Val d'Isère DH 263    Fritz Strobl   Werner Franz   Patrick Ortlieb
902 7 16 December 1996   SG 069    Hans Knauß   Günther Mader     Steve Locher
903 8 17 December 1996     Madonna di Campiglio SL 267    Thomas Sykora   Alberto Tomba   Sébastien Amiez
904 9 21 December 1996     Val Gardena DH 264    Luc Alphand   Atle Skårdal   Kristian Ghedina
905 10 21 December 1996   DH 265    Kristian Ghedina   Luc Alphand   Josef Strobl
906 11 22 December 1996     Alta Badia GS 233      Michael von Grünigen     Steve Locher   Matteo Nana
907 12 29 December 1996     Bormio DH 266    Luc Alphand     William Besse   Kristian Ghedina
908 13 5 January 1997     Kranjska Gora GS 234      Michael von Grünigen   Siegfried Voglreiter  Kjetil André Aamodt
909 14 6 January 1997   SL 268    Thomas Sykora   Sébastien Amiez   Thomas Stangassinger
910 15 11 January 1997     Chamonix DH 267    Kristian Ghedina  Atle Skårdal   Werner Franz
911 16 12 January 1997   SL 269    Thomas Sykora   Thomas Stangassinger   Martin Hansson
912 17 12 January 1997   KB 072    Günther Mader  Kjetil André Aamodt     Bruno Kernen
913 18 14 January 1997       Adelboden GS 235   Kjetil André Aamodt     Michael von Grünigen   Andreas Schifferer
914 19 18 January 1997       Wengen DH 268    Kristian Ghedina   Luc Alphand   Fritz Strobl
915 20 19 January 1997   SL 270    Thomas Sykora   Thomas Stangassinger   Sébastien Amiez
916 21 24 January 1997     Kitzbühel DH 269    Luc Alphand   Werner Franz     William Besse
917 22 25 January 1997   DH 270    Fritz Strobl   Werner Franz   Luc Alphand
918 23 26 January 1997   SL 271    Mario Reiter   Alberto Tomba  Finn Christian Jagge
919 24 26 January 1997   KB 073   Lasse Kjus  Kjetil André Aamodt   Werner Franz
920 25 29 January 1997       Laax SG 070    Luc Alphand   Josef Strobl   Peter Runggaldier
921 26 30 January 1997     Schladming SL 272    Alberto Tomba   Thomas Stangassinger   Sébastien Amiez
World Championships (3–15 February)
922 27 21 February 1997     Garmisch-Partenkirchen SG 071    Luc Alphand   Hermann Maier   Werner Perathoner
923 28 22 February 1997   DH 271    Luc Alphand   Pietro Vitalini   Kristian Ghedina
924 29 23 February 1997   SG 072    Hermann Maier   Kristian Ghedina  Atle Skårdal
 Lasse Kjus
925 30 2 March 1997    Kvitfjell DH 272   Lasse Kjus   Pietro Vitalini   Ed Podivinsky
926 31 3 March 1997   SG 073    Josef Strobl   Andreas Schifferer  Lasse Kjus
927 32 8 March 1997     Shiga Kōgen GS 236      Michael von Grünigen   Andreas Schifferer     Paul Accola
928 33 9 March 1997   SL 273    Thomas Stangassinger  Finn Christian Jagge  Ole Kristian Furuseth
929 34 12 March 1997     Vail DH 273    Fritz Strobl   Kristian Ghedina   Hannes Trinkl
930 35 13 March 1997   SG 074    Andreas Schifferer   Fritz Strobl   Kristian Ghedina
931 36 15 March 1997   SL 274   Finn Christian Jagge   Thomas Stangassinger   Alberto Tomba
932 37 15 March 1997   GS 237      Michael von Grünigen   Rainer Salzgeber   Andreas Schifferer

Ladies

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Event Key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant Slalom, SG – Super Giant Slalom, KB – Combined[3]
Race Season Date Place Type Winner Second Third
836 1 26 October 1996     Sölden GS 225    Katja Seizinger   Deborah Compagnoni   Hilde Gerg
837 2 21 November 1996     Park City GS 226    Sabina Panzanini   Anita Wachter   Katja Seizinger
838 3 23 November 1996   SL 258    Claudia Riegler   Pernilla Wiberg   Ingrid Salvenmoser
839 4 30 November 1996     Lake Louise DH 223    Katja Seizinger   Carole Montillet   Pernilla Wiberg
840 5 1 December 1996   SG 070    Pernilla Wiberg   Hilde Gerg   Varvara Zelenskaya
841 6 7 December 1996     Vail DH 224    Renate Götschl   Katja Seizinger   Isolde Kostner
842 7 7 December 1996   SG 071    Svetlana Gladysheva   Pernilla Wiberg   Carole Montillet
843 8 12 December 1996     Val d'Isère SG 072    Hilde Gerg   Katja Seizinger   Isolde Kostner
844 9 21 December 1996       Crans-Montana SL 259    Claudia Riegler   Pernilla Wiberg   Patricia Chauvet
845 10 28 December 1996     Semmering SL 260    Pernilla Wiberg   Deborah Compagnoni   Anita Wachter
846 11 29 December 1996   SL 261    Deborah Compagnoni   Patricia Chauvet   Claudia Riegler
847 12 3 January 1997     Maribor GS 227    Sabina Panzanini   Deborah Compagnoni
  Anita Wachter
848 13 4 January 1997   SL 262    Pernilla Wiberg   Urška Hrovat   Lara Magoni
849 14 11 January 1997     Bad Kleinkirchheim DH 225      Heidi Zurbriggen   Hilde Gerg   Stefanie Schuster
850 15 12 January 1997   SG 073    Pernilla Wiberg   Isolde Kostner   Katja Seizinger
851 16 17 January 1997     Zwiesel GS 228    Deborah Compagnoni   Anita Wachter   Pernilla Wiberg
852 17 18 January 1997   GS 229    Deborah Compagnoni   Anita Wachter   Katja Seizinger
853 18 19 January 1997   SL 263    Pernilla Wiberg   Elfi Eder   Deborah Compagnoni
854 19 23 January 1997     Cortina d'Ampezzo DH 226    Isolde Kostner
    Heidi Zurbriggen
  Katja Seizinger
855 20 25 January 1997   SG 074    Isolde Kostner   Pernilla Wiberg   Katja Seizinger
856 21 26 January 1997   GS 230    Deborah Compagnoni   Katja Seizinger     Sonja Nef
857 22 1 February 1997       Laax DH 227    Varvara Zelenskaya   Renate Götschl
    Heidi Zurbriggen
858 23 2 February 1997   SL 264    Claudia Riegler   Lara Magoni     Martina Accola
  Pernilla Wiberg
859 24 2 February 1997   KB 063    Pernilla Wiberg   Hilde Gerg   Anita Wachter
World Championships (3–15 February)
860 25 28 February 1997     Hakuba DH 228    Varvara Zelenskaya   Hilary Lindh   Carole Montillet
861 26 2 March 1997   DH 229    Varvara Zelenskaya   Pernilla Wiberg   Renate Götschl
862 27 7 March 1997     Mammoth Mountain SG 075    Katja Seizinger   Hilde Gerg   Pernilla Wiberg
863 28 7 March 1997   SL 265    Pernilla Wiberg   Sabine Egger   Lara Magoni
864 29 12 March 1997     Vail DH 230    Pernilla Wiberg   Renate Götschl
  Katja Seizinger
865 30 13 March 1997   SG 076    Katja Seizinger   Hilde Gerg   Martina Ertl
866 31 15 March 1997   GS 231    Deborah Compagnoni   Katja Seizinger     Karin Roten
867 32 16 March 1997   SL 266    Lara Magoni
  Pernilla Wiberg
  Katja Seizinger

Overall

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Place Name Country Total
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

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Place Name Country Total
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

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Place Name Country Total
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

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Place Name Country Total
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

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Place Name Country Total
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

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Place Name Country Total
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

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Overall

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Place Name Country Total
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

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Place Name Country Total
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

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Place Name Country Total
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

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Place Name Country Total
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

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Place Name Country Total
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

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Place Name Country Total
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

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  1. ^ a b Lloyd, Barbara (March 17, 1997). "A Teary Alphand Returns The World Cup to France". The New York Times. Retrieved December 9, 2018.
  2. ^ "FIS: Alpine World Cup 1997 men's schedule". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  3. ^ "FIS: Alpine World Cup 1997 ladies' schedule". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
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