1998–99 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup

(Redirected from Alpine Ski World Cup 1999)

The 33rd World Cup season began in October 1998 in Sölden, Austria, and concluded in March 1999 at the World Cup finals at Sierra Nevada, Spain. The overall winners were Lasse Kjus of Norway, his second, and Alexandra Meissnitzer of Austria, her first.

FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 1998/99
Discipline Men Women
Overall NorwayLasse Kjus Austria Alexandra Meissnitzer
Downhill NorwayLasse Kjus Austria Renate Götschl
Super G Austria Hermann Maier Austria Alexandra Meissnitzer
Giant Slalom  Switzerland  Michael von Grünigen Austria Alexandra Meissnitzer
Slalom Austria Thomas Stangassinger Austria Sabine Egger
Nations Cup Austria Austria Austria Austria
Nations Cup overall Austria Austria
Competition
Locations 18 14
Individual 35 36

A break in the schedule was for the World Championships, held 2–14 February in the United States at Vail and Beaver Creek, Colorado.

Two-time (and defending) World Cup overall winner Katja Seizinger from Germany missed the entire season due to a severe knee injury suffered in June 1998. She retired in April 1999 at age 26 with eleven season titles (two overall, four downhill, and five super-G).

Calendar

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Event Key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant Slalom, SG – Super Giant Slalom, KB – Combined[1]
Race Season Date Place Type Winner Second Third
970 1 25 October 1998     Sölden GS 247    Hermann Maier   Stephan Eberharter   Heinz Schilchegger
971 2 20 November 1998     Park City GS 248    Stephan Eberharter   Christian Mayer   Marco Büchel
972 3 22 November 1998   SL 284    Pierrick Bourgeat  Hans Petter Buraas   Christian Mayer
973 4 27 November 1998     Aspen SG 080    Stephan Eberharter   Hermann Maier   Christian Mayer
974 5 28 November 1998   SL 285    Thomas Stangassinger   Sébastien Amiez  Tom Stiansen
975 6 12 December 1998     Val d'Isère DH 285   Lasse Kjus   Luca Cattaneo   Erik Seletto
976 7 13 December 1998   SG 081    Hermann Maier   Stephan Eberharter  Lasse Kjus
977 8 14 December 1998     Sestriere SL 286   Finn Christian Jagge   Thomas Stangassinger   Jure Košir
978 9 18 December 1998     Val Gardena DH 286   Lasse Kjus   Werner Franz   Hermann Maier
979 10 19 December 1998   DH 287    Kristian Ghedina  Lasse Kjus   Werner Franz
980 11 20 December 1998     Alta Badia GS 249      Michael von Grünigen   Patrick Holzer   Andreas Schifferer
981 12 21 December 1998     Innsbruck SG 082    Hermann Maier   Christian Mayer   Fritz Strobl
982 13 29 December 1998     Bormio DH 288    Hermann Maier   Fritz Strobl   Stephan Eberharter
983 14 5 January 1999     Kranjska Gora GS 250    Patrick Holzer   Christian Mayer   Hans Knauß
984 15 6 January 1999   SL 287    Jure Košir   Thomas Stangassinger   Benjamin Raich
985 16 7 January 1999     Schladming SL 288    Benjamin Raich   Pierrick Bourgeat  Kjetil André Aamodt
986 17 9 January 1999   SG 083    Hermann Maier   Rainer Salzgeber   Hans Knauß
987 18 10 January 1999     Flachau GS 251    Benjamin Raich     Michael von Grünigen   Hermann Maier
988 19 12 January 1999       Adelboden GS 252    Hermann Maier  Kjetil André Aamodt   Benjamin Raich
989 20 16 January 1999       Wengen DH 289   Lasse Kjus   Hannes Trinkl   Hans Knauß
990 21 17 January 1999   SL 289    Benjamin Raich     Michael von Grünigen  Lasse Kjus
991 22 17 January 1999   KB 076   Lasse Kjus  Kjetil André Aamodt   Hermann Maier
992 23 22 January 1999     Kitzbühel DH 290   Lasse Kjus  Kjetil André Aamodt   Werner Franz
993 24 23 January 1999   DH 291    Hans Knauß   Peter Rzehak   Werner Franz
994 25 24 January 1999   SL 290    Jure Košir     Didier Plaschy   Giorgio Rocca
995 26 24 January 1999   KB 077   Kjetil André Aamodt  Lasse Kjus     Paul Accola
World Championships (2–14 February)
996 27 27 February 1999     Ofterschwang GS 253    Stephan Eberharter   Hans Knauß     Michael von Grünigen
997 28 28 February 1999   SL 291   Finn Christian Jagge   Thomas Stangassinger  Kjetil André Aamodt
998 29 5 March 1999    Kvitfjell DH 292    Andreas Schifferer   Stephan Eberharter  Kjetil André Aamodt
999 30 6 March 1999   DH 293    Andreas Schifferer  Lasse Kjus   Stephan Eberharter
1000 31 7 March 1999   SG 084    Hermann Maier   Stephan Eberharter   Andreas Schifferer
1001 32 10 March 1999     Sierra Nevada DH 294   Lasse Kjus   Chad Fleischer  Audun Grønvold
1002 33 11 March 1999   SG 085    Christian Mayer   Andreas Schifferer   Josef Strobl
1003 34 13 March 1999   SL 292    Thomas Stangassinger  Kjetil André Aamodt     Marco Casanova
1004 35 14 March 1999   GS 254      Michael von Grünigen     Steve Locher   Heinz Schilchegger

Ladies

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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
901 1 24 October 1998     Sölden GS 240   Andrine Flemmen   Alexandra Meissnitzer   Deborah Compagnoni
902 2 19 November 1998     Park City GS 241    Alexandra Meissnitzer   Martina Ertl   Birgit Heeb
903 3 21 November 1998   SL 276    Urška Hrovat   Sabine Egger   Janica Kostelić
904 4 27 November 1998     Lake Louise DH 237    Renate Götschl   Isolde Kostner     Corinne Rey-Bellet
905 5 28 November 1998   DH 238    Renate Götschl   Isolde Kostner   Regina Häusl
906 6 29 November 1998   SG 083    Alexandra Meissnitzer   Pernilla Wiberg   Hilde Gerg
907 7 3 December 1998     Mammoth Mountain SL 277    Anja Pärson   Zali Steggall   Ingrid Salvenmoser
908 8 4 December 1998   SG 084    Christiane Mitterwallner   Renate Götschl   Martina Ertl
909 9 10 December 1998     Val d'Isère SG 085    Alexandra Meissnitzer   Martina Ertl   Régine Cavagnoud
910 10 11 December 1998   GS 242    Alexandra Meissnitzer   Deborah Compagnoni   Anita Wachter
911 11 18 December 1998       Veysonnaz DH 239    Hilde Gerg   Pernilla Wiberg   Bibiana Perez
912 12 19 December 1998   DH 240    Alexandra Meissnitzer   Régine Cavagnoud   Renate Götschl
913 13 20 December 1998   SL 278      Karin Roten   Kristina Koznick   Anja Pärson
914 14 20 December 1998   KB 066    Hilde Gerg   Martina Ertl  Trude Gimle
915 15 27 December 1998     Semmering GS 243    Anita Wachter   Alexandra Meissnitzer  Andrine Flemmen
916 16 28 December 1998   SL 279    Kristina Koznick     Karin Roten   Pernilla Wiberg
917 17 2 January 1999     Maribor SG 086    Hilde Gerg   Martina Ertl   Michaela Dorfmeister
918 18 2 January 1999   GS 244    Anita Wachter     Sonja Nef   Alexandra Meissnitzer
919 19 3 January 1999   SL 280    Pernilla Wiberg   Hilde Gerg   Ylva Nowén
920 20 8 January 1999     Berchtesgaden SL 281    Sabine Egger   Ingrid Salvenmoser   Pernilla Wiberg
921 21 16 January 1999     St. Anton am Arlberg DH 241      Corinne Rey-Bellet   Michaela Dorfmeister   Hilde Gerg
922 22 16 January 1999   SG 087      Corinne Rey-Bellet   Alexandra Meissnitzer   Michaela Dorfmeister
923 23 17 January 1999   SL 282    Trine Bakke   Anja Pärson   Janica Kostelić
924 24 17 January 1999   KB 067    Janica Kostelić   Hilde Gerg  Trude Gimle
925 25 21 January 1999     Cortina d'Ampezzo DH 242    Régine Cavagnoud   Isolde Kostner   Hilde Gerg
926 26 22 January 1999   SG 088    Renate Götschl   Martina Ertl   Régine Cavagnoud
927 27 23 January 1999   SG 089    Régine Cavagnoud     Sylviane Berthod   Michaela Dorfmeister
928 28 24 January 1999   GS 245    Alexandra Meissnitzer   Martina Ertl   Anita Wachter
World Championships (2–14 February)
929 29 22 February 1999     Åre GS 246    Alexandra Meissnitzer   Anita Wachter  Andrine Flemmen
930 30 23 February 1999   SL 283    Špela Pretnar  Trine Bakke   Anja Pärson
931 31 24 February 1999   GS 247    Anita Wachter  Andrine Flemmen     Sonja Nef
932 32 27 February 1999   DH 243    Renate Götschl   Michaela Dorfmeister   Regina Häusl
933 33 5 March 1999       St. Moritz DH 244    Renate Götschl   Michaela Dorfmeister   Isolde Kostner
934 34 6 March 1999   SG 090    Michaela Dorfmeister   Renate Götschl   Kathleen Monahan
935 35 10 March 1999     Sierra Nevada DH 245    Alexandra Meissnitzer  Ingeborg Helen Marken   Mélanie Turgeon
936 36 13 March 1999   GS 248    Anita Wachter   Anna Ottosson  Andrine Flemmen

Overall

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Place Name Country Total
1 Lasse Kjus   Norway 1465
2 Kjetil André Aamodt   Norway 1442
3 Hermann Maier   Austria 1307
4 Stephan Eberharter   Austria 1079
5 Hans Knauss   Austria 913
6 Andreas Schifferer   Austria 901
7 Christian Mayer   Austria 766
8 Michael von Grünigen     Switzerland 705
9 Werner Franz   Austria 614
10 Benjamin Raich   Austria 575

Downhill

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Place Name Country Total
1 Lasse Kjus   Norway 760
2 Andreas Schifferer   Austria 438
3 Werner Franz   Austria 427
4 Hans Knauss   Austria 399
5 Kjetil André Aamodt   Norway 397

Super G

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Place Name Country Total
1 Hermann Maier   Austria 516
2 Stephan Eberharter   Austria 330
3 Andreas Schifferer   Austria 262
4 Christian Mayer   Austria 252
5 Hans Knauss   Austria 233

Giant Slalom

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Place Name Country Total
1 Michael von Grünigen     Switzerland 483
2 Stephan Eberharter   Austria 410
3 Hermann Maier   Austria 371
4 Kjetil André Aamodt   Norway 335
5 Christian Mayer   Austria 297

Slalom

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Place Name Country Total
1 Thomas Stangassinger   Austria 566
2 Jure Košir   Slovenia 415
3 Finn Christian Jagge   Norway 386
4 Kjetil André Aamodt   Norway 363
Pierrick Bourgeat   France 363

Combined

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Place Name Country Total
1 Lasse Kjus   Norway 180
Kjetil André Aamodt   Norway 180
3 Werner Franz   Austria 100
4 Didier Cuche     Switzerland 81
5 Markus Herrmann     Switzerland 64

Ladies

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Overall

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Place Name Country Total
1 Alexandra Meissnitzer   Austria 1672
2 Hilde Gerg   Germany 1179
3 Renate Götschl   Austria 1035
4 Martina Ertl   Germany 987
5 Pernilla Wiberg   Sweden 924
6 Michaela Dorfmeister   Austria 920
7 Régine Cavagnoud   France 764
8 Anita Wachter   Austria 756
9 Andrine Flemmen   Norway 728
10 Corinne Rey-Bellet     Switzerland 720

Downhill

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Place Name Country Total
1 Renate Götschl   Austria 610
2 Alexandra Meissnitzer   Austria 468
3 Michaela Dorfmeister   Austria 454
4 Hilde Gerg   Germany 431
5 Isolde Kostner   Italy 371

Super G

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Place Name Country Total
1 Alexandra Meissnitzer   Austria 459
2 Michaela Dorfmeister   Austria 373
3 Martina Ertl   Germany 340
4 Régine Cavagnoud   France 335
5 Renate Götschl   Austria 308

Giant Slalom

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Place Name Country Total
1 Alexandra Meissnitzer   Austria 652
2 Anita Wachter   Austria 636
3 Andrine Flemmen   Norway 518
4 Sonja Nef     Switzerland 353
5 Anna Ottosson   Sweden 313

Slalom

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Place Name Country Total
1 Sabine Egger   Austria 425
2 Pernilla Wiberg   Sweden 415
3 Anja Pärson   Sweden 374
4 Trine Bakke   Norway 335
5 Ingrid Salvenmoser   Austria 292

Combined

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Place Name Country Total
1 Hilde Gerg   Germany 180
2 Janica Kostelić   Croatia 150
3 Trude Gimle   Norway 120
4 Michaela Dorfmeister   Austria 82
5 Alexandra Meissnitzer   Austria 81

References

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  1. ^ "FIS: Alpine World Cup 1999 men's schedule". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  2. ^ "FIS: Alpine World Cup 1999 ladies' schedule". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
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