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Men's Super G World Cup 1988/1989
| Round | Race No | Place | Country | Date | Winner | Second | Third |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Schladming |  Austria | November 27, 1988 |  Pirmin Zurbriggen |  Franck Piccard | Leonhard Stock |
| 2 | 12 | Laax | Switzerland | January 8, 1989 | Martin Hangl | Hans Enn | Helmut Mayer |
| 3 | 24 | Aspen |  United States | February 18, 1989 |  Lars-Börje Eriksson |  Markus Wasmeier | Helmut Mayer |
| 4 | 27 | Whistler Mountain |  Canada | February 26, 1989 |  Marc Girardelli | Lars-Börje Eriksson | Pirmin Zurbriggen |
In Men's Super G World Cup 1988/89 all four results count.
| Place | Name | Country | Total Points | 1 | 12 | 24 | 27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pirmin Zurbriggen | Switzerland | 62 | 25 | 12 | 10 | 15 |
| 2 | Lars-Börje Eriksson | Sweden | 51 | - | 6 | 25 | 20 |
| 3 | Franck Piccard | France | 49 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 9 |
| 4 | Martin Hangl | Switzerland | 47 | 3 | 25 | 9 | 10 |
| 5 | Marc Girardelli | Luxembourg | 46 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 25 |
| 6 | Markus Wasmeier | West Germany | 43 | 11 | - | 20 | 12 |
| 7 | Alberto Tomba |  Italy | 37 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 7 |
| 8 | Helmut Mayer | Austria | 35 | - | 15 | 15 | 5 |
| 9 | Hans Enn | Austria | 26 | 6 | 20 | - | - |
| 10 | Luc Alphand | France | 25 | 9 | - | 5 | 11 |
| 11 | Günther Mader | Austria | 20 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 |
| 12 | Leonhard Stock | Austria | 19 | 15 | 4 | - | - |
| 13 | Hubert Strolz | Austria | 18 | 10 | 8 | - | - |
| 14 | Helmut Höflehner | Austria | 14 | 8 | - | 6 | - |
| 15 | Peter Runggaldier | Italy | 13 | - | 5 | - | 8 |
| 16 | Michael Eder | West Germany | 8 | 1 | 7 | - | - |
| Tomaž Čižman |  Yugoslavia | 8 | - | - | 8 | - | |
| 18 | Peter Müller | Switzerland | 6 | - | 3 | 3 | - |
| Urs Kälin | Switzerland | 6 | - | - | - | 6 | |
| 20 | Franz Heinzer | Switzerland | 5 | - | - | 1 | 4 |
| 21 | Herbert Renoth | West Germany | 4 | 4 | - | - | - |
| 22 | Niklas Henning | Sweden | 3 | - | - | - | 3 |
| Peter Eigler | West Germany | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | |
| 24 | Josef Polig | Italy | 2 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Daniel Mahrer | Switzerland | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | |
| 26 | Heinz Holzer | Italy | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Felix Belczyk | Canada | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
bold indicate highest score - italics indicate race wins
| Place | Country | Total Points | 1 | 12 | 24 | 27 | Racers | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austria | 132 | 44 | 57 | 25 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | Switzerland | 128 | 28 | 40 | 24 | 35 | 6 | 2 |
| 3 | France | 74 | 29 | 9 | 16 | 20 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | West Germany | 58 | 16 | 7 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | Sweden | 54 | - | 6 | 25 | 23 | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | Italy | 53 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | Luxembourg | 46 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 25 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Yugoslavia | 8 | - | - | 8 | - | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | Canada | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 0 |
| Alpine skiing World Cup | |
| Men | |
Overall | Downhill | Super G | Giant Slalom | Slalom | Combined | |
| 1989 |
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Below are the results of the Men's Super G World Cup 1989/1990 competition.
Men's Super G World Cup 1990/1991
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