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Men's downhill World Cup 1993/1994
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Men's downhill World Cup 1993/1994
In men's downhill World Cup 1993/94 all results count. Marc Girardelli won the cup without winning a single competition.
| Place | Name | Country | Total Points | 8  | 9 | 13 | 14  | 18 | 22  | 24  | 28  | 29 | 31  | 33 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marc Girardelli |  Luxembourg | 556 | 60 | 20 | 80 | 50 | 80 | 80 | 32 | 60 | 22 | 36 | 36 |
| 2 | Hannes Trinkl | Austria | 536 | 36 | - | 100 | - | 40 | 40 | 30 | 100 | - | 80 | 80 |
| 3 | Patrick Ortlieb | Austria | 488 | 40 | 100 | 45 | 36 | 100 | 26 | 29 | 15 | 13 | 24 | 60 |
| 4 | Cary Mullen | Canada | 461 | 22 | 36 | 24 | 80 | - | 32 | 10 | 80 | 100 | 45 | 32 |
| 5 | William Besse | Switzerland | 446 | 4 | 26 | 14 | 15 | 60 | 100 | 40 | 29 | 18 | 40 | 100 |
| 6 | Atle Skårdal |  Norway | 399 | - | 10 | 20 | 60 | 26 | 36 | 22 | 45 | 80 | 100 | - |
| 7 | Ed Podivinsky | Canada | 313 | 9 | - | 18 | 100 | - | 13 | 24 | 36 | 50 | 18 | 45 |
| 8 | Tommy Moe | United States | 308 | 8 | 15 | 60 | 32 | 32 | 12 | 18 | - | 11 | 60 | 60 |
| 9 | Daniel Mahrer | Switzerland | 302 | 26 | 80 | 22 | - | 36 | 18 | 20 | 26 | 16 | 29 | 29 |
| 10 | Kjetil André Aamodt | Norway | 296 | - | 32 | - | 26 | 15 | 45 | 100 | 24 | 15 | 15 | 24 |
| 11 | Pietro Vitalini | Italy | 254 | 14 | 40 | 50 | 11 | - | 29 | 14 | 36 | 60 | - | - |
| 12 | Peter Runggaldier | Italy | 248 | - | 16 | 32 | - | 18 | 80 | 2 | 20 | 24 | 16 | 40 |
| 13 | Jean-Luc Crétier | France | 231 | - | 60 | 9 | 22 | 16 | - | 80 | - | 32 | 12 | - |
| 14 | Luc Alphand | France | 227 | - | - | 29 | 45 | 14 | 15 | 36 | - | 26 | 36 | 26 |
| 15 | Franco Cavegn | Switzerland | 218 | - | 13 | 1 | 3 | 45 | 10 | 26 | 40 | 40 | 20 | 20 |
| 16 | Franz Heinzer | Switzerland | 212 | - | 4 | 2 | 24 | - | - | 15 | 50 | 45 | 50 | 22 |
| 17 | Markus Foser |  Liechtenstein | 192 | 100 | 22 | - | - | 13 | - | - | 18 | 36 | 3 | - |
| 18 | Rob Boyd | Canada | 170 | 50 | 50 | 9 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 12 | 26 | 18 |
| 19 | Kristian Ghedina | Italy | 146 | 15 | 45 | 5 | 14 | - | 50 | 3 | - | - | 14 | - |
| 20 | Armin Assinger | Austria | 121 | - | 5 | 40 | - | 24 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 10 | - |
| 21 | A. J. Kitt | United States | 115 | 11 | 24 | - | 20 | - | 22 | - | 18 | 20 | - | - |
| 22 | Ralf Socher | Canada | 104 | - | - | 3 | 45 | 20 | - | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | - |
| 23 | Luigi Colturi | Italy | 97 | - | 29 | 11 | - | 9 | 3 | 45 | - | - | - | - |
| 24 | Werner Franz | Austria | 96 | 80 | 8 | - | - | 1 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 25 | Christophe Plé | France | 87 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 14 | - | - | 11 | 12 | 9 | 22 | - |
| 26 | Jan Einar Thorsen | Norway | 86 | 29 | 9 | 7 | - | - | 4 | 4 | 14 | 3 | - | 16 |
| 27 | Lasse Kjus | Norway | 83 | - | - | - | - | 50 | 14 | 12 | - | - | 7 | - |
| 28 | Xavier Gigandet | Switzerland | 81 | - | - | 10 | - | 29 | 24 | 7 | 6 | 5 | - | - |
| 29 | Helmut Höflehner | Austria | 71 | 4 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 50 | 5 | 4 | - | - |
| Kyle Rasmussen | United States | 71 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 18 | - | 5 | 16 | - | - | 12 | - | |
| Asgeir Linberg | Norway | 71 | 13 | 12 | - | 10 | - | 6 | 6 | 22 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| 32 | Günther Mader | Austria | 65 | - | 2 | 36 | 8 | 2 | - | - | 4 | - | 13 | - |
| 33 | Werner Perathoner | Italy | 62 | 24 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 29 | - | - |
| Franck Piccard | France | 62 | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | - | 7 | 14 | 9 | 16 | |
| 35 | Nicolas Burtin | France | 61 | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 11 | 8 | 5 | - |
| 36 | Darren Thorburn | Canada | 54 | 45 | - | - | - | - | 9 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 37 | Hans-Jörg Tauscher |  Germany | 45 | 1 | 18 | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 38 | Markus Wasmeier | Germany | 44 | - | - | 18 | - | 12 | 11 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - |
| 39 | Luke Sauder | Canada | 39 | 20 | - | - | 16 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 40 | David Pretot | France | 34 | - | - | - | 29 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 3 | - |
| 41 | Gianfranco Martin | Italy | 29 | - | 6 | 15 | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - |
| 42 | Lionel Finance | France | 26 | 18 | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 43 | Xavier Fournier | France | 25 | - | - | 14 | 7 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 44 | Martin Bell |  United Kingdom | 24 | 10 | - | 5 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 45 | Graham Bell | United Kingdom | 22 | - | - | - | - | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 46 | Lasse Arnesen | Norway | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 13 | - | 6 | - |
| Stefan Krauß | Germany | 21 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | |
| 48 | Fritz Strobl | Austria | 18 | - | - | - | - | 11 | - | - | - | 7 | - | - |
| 49 | Luca Cattaneo | Italy | 15 | 7 | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 50 | Jeff Olson | United States | 14 | - | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 51 | Jürgen Hasler | Liechtenstein | 13 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 52 | Patrik Järbyn |  Sweden | 12 | - | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Craig Thrasher | United States | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 10 | 1 | - | - | |
| 54 | Marcel Sulliger | Switzerland | 10 | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 55 | Martin Fiala | Germany | 7 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Oswald Schranzhofer | Italy | 7 | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 57 | Brian Stemmle | Canada | 6 | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Berni Huber | Germany | 6 | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 59 | Roman Torn | Canada | 5 | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 60 | Alessandro Fattori | Italy | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 61 | Michael Lichtenegger | Austria | 3 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 62 | Harald Strand Nilsen | Norway | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 62 | Max Rauffer | Germany | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Christophe Fivel | France | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Alpine skiing World Cup | |
| Men | |
| 1994 |
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