FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 1984/85 | |||
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Discipline | Men | Women | |
Overall | Marc Girardelli | Michela Figini | |
Downhill | Helmut Höflehner | Michela Figini | |
Giant slalom/super-G | Marc Girardelli | Marina Kiehl | |
Slalom | Marc Girardelli | Erika Hess | |
Combined | Andreas Wenzel | Brigitte Örtli | |
Nations Cup | Switzerland | Switzerland | |
Nations Cup overall | Switzerland | ||
Competition | |||
Locations | 18 | 16 | |
Individual | 36 | 33 | |
The 19th World Cup season began in December 1984 in Italy and concluded in March 1985 in the United States. The overall champions were Marc Girardelli of Luxembourg and Michela Figini of Switzerland; both were first-time champions.
A break in the schedule was for the 1985 World Championships, held in Bormio, northern Italy between January 31 and February 10, 1985. These were the first world championships held in an odd-numbered year. This was also the last year that super-G was included as part of the giant slalom discipline; beginning with the next season, super-G was treated as a separate discipline.
In men's overall World Cup 1984/85 the best five downhills, best five giant slaloms/super-G, best five slaloms and best three combined count. 27 racers had a point deduction.
Place | Name | Country | Total | DH | GS SG | SL | KB |
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1 | Marc Girardelli | Luxembourg | 262 | 17 | 120 | 125 | 0 |
2 | Pirmin Zurbriggen | Switzerland | 244 | 79 | 102 | 38 | 25 |
3 | Andreas Wenzel | Liechtenstein | 172 | 1 | 31 | 75 | 65 |
4 | Peter Müller | Switzerland | 156 | 105 | 4 | 0 | 47 |
5 | Franz Heinzer | Switzerland | 137 | 73 | 9 | 0 | 55 |
6 | Ingemar Stenmark | Sweden | 135 | 0 | 49 | 78 | 8 |
7 | Thomas Bürgler | Switzerland | 131 | 0 | 90 | 16 | 25 |
8 | Helmut Höflehner | Austria | 116 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
9 | Peter Wirnsberger | Austria | 111 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
10 | Bojan Križaj | Yugoslavia | 101 | 0 | 22 | 69 | 10 |
Daniel Mahrer | Switzerland | 101 | 59 | 25 | 0 | 17 | |
Markus Wasmeier | West Germany | 101 | 17 | 52 | 0 | 32 | |
13 | Karl Alpiger | Switzerland | 100 | 80 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
14 | Max Julen | Switzerland | 97 | 0 | 56 | 26 | 15 |
15 | Martin Hangl | Switzerland | 93 | 0 | 69 | 11 | 13 |
16 | Peter Lüscher | Switzerland | 92 | 41 | 12 | 0 | 39 |
Oswald Tötsch | Italy | 92 | 0 | 27 | 57 | 8 | |
18 | Robert Erlacher | Italy | 91 | 0 | 73 | 18 | 0 |
19 | Hans Enn | Austria | 80 | 0 | 67 | 0 | 13 |
Paul Frommelt | Liechtenstein | 80 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 0 |
In men's downhill World Cup 1984/85 the best 5 results count. 11 racers had a point deduction, which are given in ().
Place | Name | Country | Total | 6 | 13 | 15 | 19 | 20 | 23 | 26 | 29 | 31 | 33 |
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1 | Helmut Höflehner | Austria | 110 | 25 | (12) | 20 | 25 | (12) | 25 | (3) | (3) | (12) | 15 |
2 | Peter Müller | Switzerland | 105 | (4) | (11) | (11) | (8) | 15 | 20 | 20 | - | 25 | 25 |
3 | Peter Wirnsberger | Austria | 80 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 25 | (5) | - | (6) | (6) | - |
Karl Alpiger | Switzerland | 80 | 11 | (1) | (2) | (1) | (8) | 12 | 25 | 12 | 20 | (5) | |
5 | Pirmin Zurbriggen | Switzerland | 79 | 9 | 25 | 25 | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | 12 |
6 | Franz Heinzer | Switzerland | 73 | (6) | 20 | 12 | 20 | (3) | (6) | 10 | - | 11 | (4) |
7 | Todd Brooker | Canada | 60 | - | - | 15 | (2) | 7 | 8 | - | 25 | 5 | - |
8 | Daniel Mahrer | Switzerland | 59 | - | (4) | 8 | - | 10 | - | 11 | 10 | (2) | 20 |
9 | Anton Steiner | Austria | 57 | 10 | - | - | 12 | (5) | 15 | 12 | - | (3) | 8 |
10 | Sepp Wildgruber | West Germany | 53 | 2 | - | - | 5 | 11 | - | - | 20 | 15 | - |
In men's giant slalom and super-G World Cup 1984/85 the best 5 results count. Ten racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). Steven Lee and Daniel Mahrer shared the win in a strange race at Furano due to weather changes.
Place | Name | Country | Total | 2SG | 3 | 5 | 8SG | 12 | 18 | 24SG | 27 | 30SG | 32 | 34SG |
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1 | Marc Girardelli | Luxembourg | 120 | 20 | - | 25 | 25 | (20) | - | 25 | (15) | - | 25 | (9) |
2 | Pirmin Zurbriggen | Switzerland | 102 | 25 | 12 | (11) | 20 | - | - | - | 20 | - | (11) | 25 |
3 | Thomas Bürgler | Switzerland | 90 | 15 | (7) | 10 | (8) | 25 | - | (6) | 25 | - | - | 15 |
4 | Robert Erlacher | Italy | 73 | (7) | 25 | 8 | (6) | - | - | - | 10 | - | 10 | 20 |
5 | Martin Hangl | Switzerland | 69 | - | 20 | 9 | 15 | 15 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
6 | Hans Enn | Austria | 67 | 9 | - | 12 | 12 | - | 25 | - | (3) | - | 9 | - |
7 | Richard Pramotton | Italy | 57 | 9 | 15 | - | (3) | 10 | 15 | - | 8 | - | (5) | (2) |
8 | Max Julen | Switzerland | 56 | 4 | 10 | 15 | - | - | 12 | - | (2) | - | 15 | - |
9 | Markus Wasmeier | West Germany | 52 | 12 | 4 | 20 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | (3) | 12 |
10 | Ingemar Stenmark | Sweden | 49 | - | - | 3 | - | 7 | 7 | - | 12 | - | 20 | - |
Hubert Strolz | Austria | 49 | - | - | 6 | - | 6 | 20 | - | - | - | 6 | 11 | |
12 | Jure Franko | Yugoslavia | 46 | 11 | (6) | - | 7 | 9 | 9 | (3) | (7) | - | - | 10 |
13 | Joël Gaspoz | Switzerland | 37 | 2 | 11 | - | - | 11 | 5 | - | - | - | 8 | - |
14 | Andreas Wenzel | Liechtenstein | 31 | 1 | - | - | 10 | - | - | 20 | - | - | - | - |
Peter Roth | West Germany | 31 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | 7 | - | 4 | |
16 | Alex Giorgi | Italy | 28 | - | 5 | 4 | - | 2 | - | - | 5 | - | 12 | - |
Rok Petrović | Yugoslavia | 28 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 11 | - | 7 | 7 | |
18 | Oswald Tötsch | Italy | 27 | 6 | 8 | 2 | - | - | 3 | 8 | - | - | - | (1) |
19 | Michael Eder | West Germany | 26 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 11 | - | - | 4 | 6 |
20 | Steven Lee | Australia | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 25 | - | - |
Daniel Mahrer | Switzerland | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 25 | - | - |
In men's slalom World Cup 1984/85 the best 5 results count. Six racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). Marc Girardelli won seven races (five in a row) and won the cup with maximum points.
Place | Name | Country | Total | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 21 | 28 | 35 | 36 |
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1 | Marc Girardelli | Luxembourg | 125 | 25 | - | - | 25 | - | 25 | 25 | 25 | (25) | (25) |
2 | Paul Frommelt | Liechtenstein | 80 | - | - | - | - | 15 | - | 15 | 15 | 15 | 20 |
3 | Ingemar Stenmark | Sweden | 78 | - | - | 12 | 15 | 11 | (8) | 20 | 20 | - | - |
4 | Andreas Wenzel | Liechtenstein | 75 | - | 11 | 20 | 9 | 25 | 10 | - | - | - | - |
5 | Paolo De Chiesa | Italy | 70 | 15 | 20 | - | 12 | 12 | 11 | - | - | - | - |
6 | Bojan Križaj | Yugoslavia | 69 | - | 7 | 25 | 11 | - | 15 | 11 | - | - | - |
7 | Jonas Nilsson | Sweden | 67 | 20 | - | 10 | - | 20 | 2 | - | 15 | - | - |
8 | Oswald Tötsch | Italy | 57 | - | 12 | 5 | 10 | - | 20 | - | - | - | 10 |
9 | Ivano Edalini | Italy | 53 | 9 | 15 | (4) | - | - | 6 | - | 11 | 12 | - |
10 | Klaus Heidegger | Austria | 51 | 12 | - | 9 | - | - | (3) | 8 | 10 | - | 12 |
11 | Petar Popangelov | Bulgaria | 46 | - | 6 | 15 | - | - | - | 6 | (2) | 10 | 9 |
12 | Robert Zoller | Austria | 44 | - | 9 | 8 | - | - | - | 12 | - | - | 15 |
Alex Giorgi | Italy | 44 | - | - | - | (1) | 9 | 12 | 10 | - | 5 | 8 | |
14 | Pirmin Zurbriggen | Switzerland | 38 | 2 | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 |
In men's Combined World Cup 1984/85 all 5 results count.
Place | Name | Country | Total | 9 | 14 | 17 | 22 | 25 |
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1 | Andreas Wenzel | Liechtenstein | 76 | 25 | 15 | 25 | - | 11 |
2 | Franz Heinzer | Switzerland | 55 | - | 20 | 20 | - | 15 |
3 | Peter Müller | Switzerland | 52 | - | 11 | 11 | 5 | 25 |
4 | Peter Lüscher | Switzerland | 39 | - | 4 | - | 15 | 20 |
5 | Markus Wasmeier | West Germany | 32 | - | 12 | - | 11 | 9 |
6 | Peter Wirnsberger | Austria | 31 | - | 10 | 12 | 9 | - |
7 | Gerhard Rambaud | France | 27 | - | - | 15 | 12 | - |
8 | Peter Roth | West Germany | 26 | - | - | - | 20 | 6 |
9 | Pirmin Zurbriggen | Switzerland | 25 | - | 25 | - | - | - |
Thomas Bürgler | Switzerland | 25 | 12 | 9 | - | - | 4 | |
Michel Vion | France | 25 | - | - | - | 25 | - |
In women's overall World Cup 1984/85 the best four downhills, best four giant slaloms/super-G, best four slaloms and best three combined count. 31 racers had a point deduction.
Place | Name | Country | Total | DH | GS SG | SL | KB |
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1 | Michela Figini | Switzerland | 259 | 95 | 95 | 9 | 60 |
2 | Brigitte Örtli | Switzerland | 218 | 69 | 36 | 51 | 62 |
3 | Maria Walliser | Switzerland | 197 | 70 | 75 | 2 | 50 |
4 | Marina Kiehl | West Germany | 168 | 46 | 95 | 0 | 27 |
Erika Hess | Switzerland | 168 | 0 | 41 | 85 | 42 | |
6 | Olga Charvátová | Czechoslovakia | 167 | 28 | 42 | 53 | 44 |
7 | Elisabeth Kirchler | Austria | 156 | 61 | 55 | 7 | 33 |
8 | Tamara McKinney | United States | 139 | 0 | 48 | 82 | 9 |
9 | Vreni Schneider | Switzerland | 112 | 0 | 85 | 18 | 9 |
10 | Blanca Fernández Ochoa | Spain | 108 | 0 | 58 | 32 | 18 |
11 | Zoë Haas | Switzerland | 107 | 42 | 52 | 3 | 10 |
12 | Maria Epple | West Germany | 106 | 0 | 43 | 63 | 0 |
Perrine Pelen | France | 106 | 0 | 29 | 77 | 0 | |
14 | Christelle Guignard | France | 97 | 0 | 24 | 65 | 8 |
15 | Traudl Hächer | West Germany | 89 | 0 | 63 | 11 | 15 |
16 | Eva Twardokens | United States | 83 | 0 | 49 | 28 | 6 |
17 | Laurie Graham | Canada | 73 | 63 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
18 | Michaela Gerg | West Germany | 70 | 18 | 37 | 0 | 15 |
19 | Maria Rosa Quario | Italy | 65 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 0 |
20 | Debbie Armstrong | United States | 62 | 16 | 38 | 0 | 8 |
In women's downhill World Cup 1984/85 the best five results count. Six racers had a point deduction, which are given in ().
Place | Name | Country | Total | 2 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 19 | 23 | 25 | 27 |
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1 | Michela Figini | Switzerland | 115 | (5) | (12) | 25 | 25 | 25 | - | 20 | 20 |
2 | Maria Walliser | Switzerland | 81 | (8) | - | 11 | 15 | (11) | 15 | 25 | 15 |
3 | Brigitte Örtli | Switzerland | 76 | - | - | 20 | 20 | - | 20 | 7 | 9 |
4 | Laurie Graham | Canada | 73 | - | (6) | 10 | 11 | - | 12 | 15 | 25 |
5 | Elisabeth Kirchler | Austria | 71 | 12 | 25 | 12 | 12 | - | (9) | 10 | - |
6 | Katrin Gutensohn | Austria | 63 | 4 | 15 | (2) | 8 | - | 25 | 11 | - |
7 | Marina Kiehl | West Germany | 48 | 20 | 10 | 9 | - | - | - | 2 | 7 |
8 | Ariane Ehrat | Switzerland | 45 | 11 | 5 | 15 | 6 | - | - | 8 | (4) |
9 | Zoë Haas | Switzerland | 42 | 25 | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 11 |
10 | Catherine Quittet | France | 33 | - | 8 | - | - | 20 | - | 5 | - |
In women's giant slalom and super-G World Cup 1983/84 the best 5 results count. 11 racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). Marina Kiehl and Michela Figini each finished with 110 points and each won three races during the year, so the second tiebreak (best sixth result) needed to be used, which awarded the discipline victory to Kiehl (15 points to 8).
Place | Name | Country | Total | 3SG | 7 | 8 | 10 | 17SG | 20 | 22SG | 24 | 28SG | 29 | 31 |
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1 | Marina Kiehl | West Germany | 110 | 15 | 25 | (11) | - | 20 | - | 25 | (4) | 25 | (15) | (8) |
2 | Michela Figini | Switzerland | 110 | - | (8) | (5) | 25 | 25 | 25 | 15 | (5) | 20 | - | - |
3 | Vreni Schneider | Switzerland | 88 | - | 3 | 25 | 20 | (1) | - | - | 15 | - | - | 25 |
4 | Maria Walliser | Switzerland | 87 | 20 | 20 | (1) | 12 | 15 | (3) | (9) | 20 | (7) | (5) | (12) |
5 | Traudl Hächer | West Germany | 71 | 25 | (5) | - | - | (4) | 8 | - | 11 | - | 12 | 15 |
6 | Elisabeth Kirchler | Austria | 65 | 11 | 12 | - | - | 12 | 20 | - | 10 | - | - | - |
7 | Blanca Fernández Ochoa | Spain | 63 | - | - | - | 15 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 25 | (4) | (3) | - |
8 | Zoë Haas | Switzerland | 62 | - | 15 | 10 | 10 | - | - | (1) | 15 | 12 | - | - |
9 | Diann Roffe | United States | 57 | - | 7 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 25 | 20 |
10 | Eva Twardokens | United States | 56 | - | - | 7 | (6) | 7 | - | 20 | - | 11 | (1) | 11 |
In women's slalom World Cup 1984/85 the best 5 results count. Nine racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). Erika Hess won her fourth Slalom World Cup.
Place | Name | Country | Total | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 30 | 32 | 33 |
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1 | Erika Hess | Switzerland | 100 | (11) | 20 | - | (12) | 15 | - | 15 | (5) | 25 | 25 |
2 | Tamara McKinney | United States | 93 | 12 | - | - | 25 | - | - | 20 | 25 | - | 11 |
3 | Perrine Pelen | France | 89 | 25 | (5) | 12 | (11) | - | - | 12 | (11) | 20 | 20 |
4 | Maria Rosa Quario | Italy | 75 | 10 | - | - | - | 20 | - | 10 | 20 | 15 | - |
5 | Maria Epple | West Germany | 67 | 20 | 4 | 9 | - | - | - | 25 | - | 9 | - |
Brigitte Gadient | Switzerland | 67 | (5) | (1) | 20 | 15 | 12 | - | - | 8 | - | 12 | |
7 | Christelle Guignard | France | 65 | - | 25 | 15 | - | 25 | - | - | - | - | - |
8 | Paoletta Magoni | Italy | 64 | 15 | - | - | 9 | (5) | 25 | 6 | (4) | - | 9 |
9 | Olga Charvátová | Czechoslovakia | 60 | - | 10 | 11 | 20 | 7 | 12 | (5) | (2) | - | - |
10 | Brigitte Örtli | Switzerland | 58 | - | 11 | (6) | - | (6) | 20 | 7 | 12 | - | 8 |
In women's Combined World Cup 1984/85 all 4 results count. All four events were won by athletes from Switzerland.
Place | Name | Country | Total | 5 | 13 | 16 | 26 |
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1 | Brigitte Örtli | Switzerland | 74 | 25 | 12 | 25 | 12 |
2 | Michela Figini | Switzerland | 60 | - | 25 | 10 | 25 |
3 | Maria Walliser | Switzerland | 50 | - | 15 | 20 | 15 |
4 | Olga Charvátová | Czechoslovakia | 47 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 20 |
5 | Erika Hess | Switzerland | 44 | 20 | 2 | 11 | 11 |
6 | Elisabeth Kirchler | Austria | 33 | 10 | 11 | 12 | - |
7 | Marina Kiehl | West Germany | 27 | 7 | 20 | - | - |
8 | Blanca Fernández Ochoa | Spain | 18 | - | - | 8 | 10 |
9 | Traudl Hächer | West Germany | 15 | 15 | - | - | - |
Michaela Gerg | West Germany | 15 | 11 | 4 | - | - |
Place | Country | Total | Men | Ladies |
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1 | Switzerland | 3018 | 1489 | 1529 |
2 | Austria | 1383 | 871 | 512 |
3 | West Germany | 1011 | 356 | 655 |
4 | Italy | 892 | 672 | 220 |
5 | France | 593 | 162 | 431 |
6 | United States | 515 | 67 | 448 |
7 | Luxembourg | 356 | 356 | 0 |
8 | Yugoslavia | 321 | 243 | 78 |
9 | Sweden | 293 | 243 | 50 |
10 | Liechtenstein | 281 | 263 | 18 |
11 | Canada | 265 | 82 | 183 |
12 | Czechoslovakia | 211 | 5 | 206 |
13 | Spain | 121 | 0 | 121 |
14 | Poland | 94 | 0 | 94 |
15 | Bulgaria | 59 | 59 | 0 |
16 | Australia | 41 | 41 | 0 |
17 | Japan | 34 | 34 | 0 |
18 | Soviet Union | 15 | 15 | 0 |
19 | Norway | 13 | 13 | 0 |
20 | Netherlands | 5 | 0 | 5 |
Place | Country | Total | DH | GS SG | SL | KB | Racers | Wins |
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1 | Switzerland | 1489 | 636 | 485 | 98 | 270 | 16 | 13 |
2 | Austria | 871 | 406 | 214 | 153 | 98 | 23 | 5 |
3 | Italy | 672 | 113 | 255 | 274 | 30 | 15 | 1 |
4 | Luxembourg | 356 | 17 | 164 | 175 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
West Germany | 356 | 82 | 146 | 67 | 61 | 12 | 0 | |
6 | Liechtenstein | 263 | 1 | 31 | 155 | 76 | 2 | 3 |
7 | Yugoslavia | 243 | 0 | 121 | 108 | 14 | 6 | 1 |
Sweden | 243 | 0 | 55 | 178 | 10 | 6 | 0 | |
9 | France | 162 | 11 | 13 | 73 | 65 | 8 | 1 |
10 | Canada | 82 | 67 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
11 | United States | 67 | 29 | 6 | 32 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
12 | Bulgaria | 59 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
13 | Australia | 41 | 16 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
14 | Japan | 34 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 0 |
15 | Soviet Union | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
16 | Norway | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 |
17 | Czechoslovakia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
Place | Country | Total | DH | GS SG | SL | KB | Racers | Wins |
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1 | Switzerland | 1529 | 401 | 518 | 350 | 260 | 14 | 16 |
2 | West Germany | 655 | 104 | 383 | 84 | 84 | 11 | 5 |
3 | Austria | 512 | 263 | 81 | 116 | 52 | 17 | 2 |
4 | United States | 448 | 51 | 242 | 132 | 23 | 11 | 3 |
5 | France | 431 | 95 | 118 | 204 | 14 | 10 | 3 |
6 | Italy | 220 | 11 | 8 | 193 | 8 | 7 | 1 |
7 | Czechoslovakia | 206 | 38 | 44 | 77 | 47 | 4 | 0 |
8 | Canada | 183 | 145 | 12 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 1 |
9 | Spain | 121 | 0 | 70 | 33 | 18 | 1 | 1 |
10 | Poland | 94 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
11 | Yugoslavia | 78 | 0 | 41 | 37 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
12 | Sweden | 50 | 0 | 8 | 42 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
13 | Liechtenstein | 18 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
14 | Netherlands | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
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