5th Vitranc Cup (1966)

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5th Vitranc Cup
Guy Périllat (FRA) won slalom event
Giant slalom
Date:	19 February 1966
Event:	FIS 1A International
Official list:	70
Ranked:	53
Course setter:	Marjan Magušar (YUG)
Gates:	72
Start:	1,355 m
Finish:	840 m
Vertical drop:	515 m
Slalom
Date:	20 February 1966
Event:	FIS 1A International
Official list:	68
Ranked:	43
Course 1:	»Bedanc«
Course 2:	»Vitranc«
Course setter 1:	Hans Senger (AUT)
Course setter 2:	Marjan Magušar (YUG)
Gates (1st run):	70
Gates (2nd run):	74

5th Vitranc Cup was an alpine skiing competition, held between 19 and 20 February 1966 in Kranjska Gora, SR Slovenia, Yugoslavia. They were hosting two FIS 1A international events.^[1]

Official results

Giant slalom

On 19 February, giant slalom at vertical drop at 515 metres was held.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Rank	Competitor	Time
1	Werner Bleiner	2:21.3
2	Guy Périllat	2:22.9
3	Karl Schranz	2:23.6
4	Leo Lacroix	2:24.7
5	Jules Melquiond	2:25.0
6	Ludwig Leitner	2:26.3
7	Stefan Kälin	2:27.1
8	Bernard Orcel	2:27.2
	Gerardo Mussner	2:27.2
10	Georges Mauduit	2:27.3
11	Jakob Tischauser	2.27.6
12	Willy Favre	2:28.8
13	Andreas Sprecher	2:29.6
	Kurt Schnider	2:29.6
15	Albert Pitteloud	2:29.8
16	Hugo Nindl	2:29.9
17	Herbert Huber	2:30.0
18	Olle Rollen	2:30.1
19	Lars Olsson	2:30.3
20	Ernst Scherzer	2:30.4
21	Pierre Stamos	2:30.5
22	Stefan Sodat	2:30.9
23	Alain Blanchard	2:34.0
24	Giovanni Dibona	2:35.1
25	Gioseppe De Biasio	2:37.7
	Oswaldo Demetz	2:37.7
27	Peter Lakota	2:38.0
28	Jeremy Palmer-Tomkinson	2:39.4
29	Andrej Klinar	2:40.3
30	Per Olof Richardsson	2:41.9
	Staffan Lindgren	2:41.9
32	Rolf Edlund	2:42.3
33	Arndt Schumann	2:43.1
34	Bernd Dorfel	2:44.8
35	Tone Vogrinec	2:47.3
36	Mirko Klinar	2:47.9
37	Fric Detiček	2:48.3
38	Jože Gazvoda	2:50.6
39	Peter Norman	2:53.8
39	Oto Pustoslemšek	2:53.8
41	Charles von Westenholz	2:54.5
42	Janez Lajbaher	2:55.7
43	Igor Zajc	2:56.2
44	Andrej Soklič	2:57.7
45	Gornel Tabaras	2:58.2
46	David Freeth	2:59.0
47	Marko Židan	3.01.6
48	Charles Palmer-Tomkinson	3:03.5
49	Blaž Jakopič	3:06.8
50	Josef Reith	3:08.2
51	Virgil Brenci	3:20.1
52	Dorin Munteanu	3:23.2
53	Alojz Fortin	3:29.9
	Egon Zimmerman	DNS
	Maks Rieger	DNS
	Kurt Ghon	DSQ
	Carlo Senoner	DSQ
	Heini Messner	DNF
	Eberhard Riedel
	Ivo Mahlknecht
	Peter Lutzendorf
	Klaus Illing
	Georg Sonneberger
	Gerhard Riml
	Mauritz Lindstrom
	Janez Čop
	Andras Marotz
	Malcolm Milne
	Kanai Takashi
	Geza Nemeth

Slalom

On 20 February, slalom was held on »Bedanc« (1st) and »Vitranc« (2nd) courses.^[5]^[6]^[7]

Rank	Competitor	1st run	2nd run	Total
1	Guy Périllat	57.03	54.63	1:51.66
2	Karl Schranz	57.14	54.55	1:51.69
3	Ludwig Leitner	57.30	55.39	1:52.69
4	Heini Messner	57.19	55.54	1:52.73
5	Carlo Senoner	57.09	55.81	1:52.90
6	Hugo Nindl	58.09	55.17	1:53.19
7	Ernst Scherzer	59.25	55.73	1:54.98
8	Olle Rollen	57.76	57.75	1:55.51
9	Ivo Mahlknecht	59.19	56.51	1:55.70
10	Andreas Sprecher	59.43	56.82	1:56.25
11	Stefan Sodat	59.13	57.27	1:56.40
12	Alain Blanchard	59.80	56.75	1:56.55
13	Georges Mauduit	1:00.13	56.52	1:56.65
14	Herbert Huber	59.36	57.40	1:56.76
15	Pierre Stamos	1:00.40	57.41	1:57.81
16	Kurt Schnider	1:00.53	57.34	1:57.87
17	Willy Favre	59.98	58.02	1:58.00
18	Peter Lutzendorf	1:00.94	57.40	1:58.34
19	Lars Olsson	1:00.03	58.54	1:58.57
20	Gerardo Musser	1:01.04	57.54	1:58.58
21	Giovanni Dibonar	59.49	59.78	1:59.27
22	Albert Pitteloud	1:01.68	58.02	1:59.70
23	Bernard Orcel	1:00.57	59.37	1:59.94
24	Staffan Lindgren	1:01.40	59.49	2:00.49
25	Per Olof Richardsson	1:03.53	57.82	2:01.35
26	Jakob Tischauser	1:02.53	59.29	2:01.82
27	Georg Sonneberger	1:03.23	1:00.45	2:03.68
28	Blaž Jakopič	1:04.31	1:02.27	2:06.58
29	Oswaldo Demetz	1:02.20	1:04.85	2:07.05
30	Bernd Dorfel	1:05.27	1:02.88	2:08.15
31	Andrej Klinar	1:06.26	1:04.06	2:10.32
32	Malcolm Milne	1:06.62	1:06.16	2:12.78
33	Mirko Klinar	1:07.19	1:06.30	2:13.49
34	Tone Vogrinec	1:08.99	1:05.15	2:14.14
35	Kurt Ghon	1:12.24	1:04.16	2:16.40
36	Peter Norman	1:09.46	1:07.60	2:17.06
37	Jože Gazvoda	1:14.58	1:04.39	2:18.97
38	Gornel Tabaras	1:14.97	1:04.31	2:19.28
39	Charles von Westnholz	1:12.50	1:07.48	2:19.98
40	Dorin Munteanu	1:13.52	1:07.96	2:21.48
41	Charles Palmer-Tomkinson	1:14.24	1:09.81	2:24.05
42	David Freeth	1:13.13	1:20.55	2:33.68
43	Geza Nemeth	1:23.89	1:19.65	2:43.54
	Egon Zimmerman	Did not start
	Igor Zajc	Disqualified in 1st run
	Leo Lacroix
	Werner Bleiner
	Oto Pustoslemšek
	Janez Čop
	Andrej Soklič
	Stjepan Puhak
	Rolf Edlund	Disqualified in 2nd run
	Jules Melquiond
	Stefan Kälin
	Jeremy Palmer-Tomkinson
	Peter Lakota
	Alojz Fortin
	Janez Lajbaher
	Fric Detiček	Did not finish in 1st run
	Kanai Takashi
	J. Rieth
	Andras Marotz
	Virgil Brenci
	Marko Kavčič
	Gioseppe de Biasio	Did not finish in 2nd run
	Arndt Schumann
	Mauritz Lindstrom
	Eberhard Riedel
	Klaus Illing

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References

↑ "Svetovna elita na najvišji ravni (page 8)" (in Slovenian). Glas. 23 February 1966.
↑ "Domala vsa svetovna elita na startu (page 7)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 19 February 1966.
↑ "Velika zmaga Bleinerja (Avstr.) (page 5)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 20 February 1966.
↑ "FIS 1A Giant slalom, official results" (PDF) (in Slovenian). pokal-vitranc.com. 19 February 1966.
↑ "Slalom with photo gallery and description (page 1)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 21 February 1966.
↑ "V slalomu: Guy Perillat (page 5)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 21 February 1966.
↑ "FIS 1A Slalom, official results" (PDF) (in Slovenian). pokal-vitranc.com. 21 February 1966.

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[1] "Svetovna elita na najvišji ravni (page 8)" (in Slovenian). Glas. 23 February 1966.

[2] "Domala vsa svetovna elita na startu (page 7)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 19 February 1966.

[3] "Velika zmaga Bleinerja (Avstr.) (page 5)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 20 February 1966.

[4] "FIS 1A Giant slalom, official results" (PDF) (in Slovenian). pokal-vitranc.com. 19 February 1966.

[5] "Slalom with photo gallery and description (page 1)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 21 February 1966.

[6] "V slalomu: Guy Perillat (page 5)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 21 February 1966.

[7] "FIS 1A Slalom, official results" (PDF) (in Slovenian). pokal-vitranc.com. 21 February 1966.

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