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