1996–97 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup

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.

FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 1996/97
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
←1995/96 1997/98→

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.

Calendar

Men

Event Key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant Slalom, SG – Super Giant Slalom, KB – Combined^[2]

Race	Season	Date	Place	Type	Winner	Second	Third
896	1	27 October 1996	Sölden	GS 230	Steve Locher	Michael von Grünigen	Kjetil André Aamodt
897	2	24 November 1996	Park City	SL 265	Thomas Sykora	Thomas Stangassinger	Kjetil André Aamodt
898	3	25 November 1996		GS 231	Josef Strobl	Hans Knauß	Michael von Grünigen
899	4	30 November 1996	Breckenridge	GS 232	Fredrik Nyberg	Urs Kälin	Hans Knauß
900	5	1 December 1996		SL 266	Tom Stiansen	Thomas Sykora	Thomas Stangassinger
901	6	15 December 1996	Val d'Isère	DH 263	Fritz Strobl	Werner Franz	Patrick Ortlieb
902	7	16 December 1996		SG 069	Hans Knauß	Günther Mader	Steve Locher
903	8	17 December 1996	Madonna di Campiglio	SL 267	Thomas Sykora	Alberto Tomba	Sébastien Amiez
904	9	21 December 1996	Val Gardena	DH 264	Luc Alphand	Atle Skårdal	Kristian Ghedina
905	10	21 December 1996		DH 265	Kristian Ghedina	Luc Alphand	Josef Strobl
906	11	22 December 1996	Alta Badia	GS 233	Michael von Grünigen	Steve Locher	Matteo Nana
907	12	29 December 1996	Bormio	DH 266	Luc Alphand	William Besse	Kristian Ghedina
908	13	5 January 1997	Kranjska Gora	GS 234	Michael von Grünigen	Siegfried Voglreiter	Kjetil André Aamodt
909	14	6 January 1997		SL 268	Thomas Sykora	Sébastien Amiez	Thomas Stangassinger
910	15	11 January 1997	Chamonix	DH 267	Kristian Ghedina	Atle Skårdal	Werner Franz
911	16	12 January 1997		SL 269	Thomas Sykora	Thomas Stangassinger	Martin Hansson
912	17	12 January 1997		KB 072	Günther Mader	Kjetil André Aamodt	Bruno Kernen
913	18	14 January 1997	Adelboden	GS 235	Kjetil André Aamodt	Michael von Grünigen	Andreas Schifferer
914	19	18 January 1997	Wengen	DH 268	Kristian Ghedina	Luc Alphand	Fritz Strobl
915	20	19 January 1997		SL 270	Thomas Sykora	Thomas Stangassinger	Sébastien Amiez
916	21	24 January 1997	Kitzbühel	DH 269	Luc Alphand	Werner Franz	William Besse
917	22	25 January 1997		DH 270	Fritz Strobl	Werner Franz	Luc Alphand
918	23	26 January 1997		SL 271	Mario Reiter	Alberto Tomba	Finn Christian Jagge
919	24	26 January 1997		KB 073	Lasse Kjus	Kjetil André Aamodt	Werner Franz
920	25	29 January 1997	Laax	SG 070	Luc Alphand	Josef Strobl	Peter Runggaldier
921	26	30 January 1997	Schladming	SL 272	Alberto Tomba	Thomas Stangassinger	Sébastien Amiez
World Championships (3–15 February)
922	27	21 February 1997	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	SG 071	Luc Alphand	Hermann Maier	Werner Perathoner
923	28	22 February 1997		DH 271	Luc Alphand	Pietro Vitalini	Kristian Ghedina
924	29	23 February 1997		SG 072	Hermann Maier	Kristian Ghedina	Atle Skårdal   Lasse Kjus
925	30	2 March 1997	Kvitfjell	DH 272	Lasse Kjus	Pietro Vitalini	Ed Podivinsky
926	31	3 March 1997		SG 073	Josef Strobl	Andreas Schifferer	Lasse Kjus
927	32	8 March 1997	Shiga Kōgen	GS 236	Michael von Grünigen	Andreas Schifferer	Paul Accola
928	33	9 March 1997		SL 273	Thomas Stangassinger	Finn Christian Jagge	Ole Kristian Furuseth
929	34	12 March 1997	Vail	DH 273	Fritz Strobl	Kristian Ghedina	Hannes Trinkl
930	35	13 March 1997		SG 074	Andreas Schifferer	Fritz Strobl	Kristian Ghedina
931	36	15 March 1997		SL 274	Finn Christian Jagge	Thomas Stangassinger	Alberto Tomba
932	37	15 March 1997		GS 237	Michael von Grünigen	Rainer Salzgeber	Andreas Schifferer

Ladies

Event Key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant Slalom, SG – Super Giant Slalom, KB – Combined^[3]

Race	Season	Date	Place	Type	Winner	Second	Third
836	1	26 October 1996	Sölden	GS 225	Katja Seizinger	Deborah Compagnoni	Hilde Gerg
837	2	21 November 1996	Park City	GS 226	Sabina Panzanini	Anita Wachter	Katja Seizinger
838	3	23 November 1996		SL 258	Claudia Riegler	Pernilla Wiberg	Ingrid Salvenmoser
839	4	30 November 1996	Lake Louise	DH 223	Katja Seizinger	Carole Montillet	Pernilla Wiberg
840	5	1 December 1996		SG 070	Pernilla Wiberg	Hilde Gerg	Varvara Zelenskaya
841	6	7 December 1996	Vail	DH 224	Renate Götschl	Katja Seizinger	Isolde Kostner
842	7	7 December 1996		SG 071	Svetlana Gladysheva	Pernilla Wiberg	Carole Montillet
843	8	12 December 1996	Val d'Isère	SG 072	Hilde Gerg	Katja Seizinger	Isolde Kostner
844	9	21 December 1996	Crans-Montana	SL 259	Claudia Riegler	Pernilla Wiberg	Patricia Chauvet
845	10	28 December 1996	Semmering	SL 260	Pernilla Wiberg	Deborah Compagnoni	Anita Wachter
846	11	29 December 1996		SL 261	Deborah Compagnoni	Patricia Chauvet	Claudia Riegler
847	12	3 January 1997	Maribor	GS 227	Sabina Panzanini	Deborah Compagnoni Anita Wachter
848	13	4 January 1997		SL 262	Pernilla Wiberg	Urška Hrovat	Lara Magoni
849	14	11 January 1997	Bad Kleinkirchheim	DH 225	Heidi Zurbriggen	Hilde Gerg	Stefanie Schuster
850	15	12 January 1997		SG 073	Pernilla Wiberg	Isolde Kostner	Katja Seizinger
851	16	17 January 1997	Zwiesel	GS 228	Deborah Compagnoni	Anita Wachter	Pernilla Wiberg
852	17	18 January 1997		GS 229	Deborah Compagnoni	Anita Wachter	Katja Seizinger
853	18	19 January 1997		SL 263	Pernilla Wiberg	Elfi Eder	Deborah Compagnoni
854	19	23 January 1997	Cortina d'Ampezzo	DH 226	Isolde Kostner    Heidi Zurbriggen		Katja Seizinger
855	20	25 January 1997		SG 074	Isolde Kostner	Pernilla Wiberg	Katja Seizinger
856	21	26 January 1997		GS 230	Deborah Compagnoni	Katja Seizinger	Sonja Nef
857	22	1 February 1997	Laax	DH 227	Varvara Zelenskaya	Renate Götschl    Heidi Zurbriggen
858	23	2 February 1997		SL 264	Claudia Riegler	Lara Magoni	Martina Accola Pernilla Wiberg
859	24	2 February 1997		KB 063	Pernilla Wiberg	Hilde Gerg	Anita Wachter
World Championships (3–15 February)
860	25	28 February 1997	Hakuba	DH 228	Varvara Zelenskaya	Hilary Lindh	Carole Montillet
861	26	2 March 1997		DH 229	Varvara Zelenskaya	Pernilla Wiberg	Renate Götschl
862	27	7 March 1997	Mammoth Mountain	SG 075	Katja Seizinger	Hilde Gerg	Pernilla Wiberg
863	28	7 March 1997		SL 265	Pernilla Wiberg	Sabine Egger	Lara Magoni
864	29	12 March 1997	Vail	DH 230	Pernilla Wiberg	Renate Götschl Katja Seizinger
865	30	13 March 1997		SG 076	Katja Seizinger	Hilde Gerg	Martina Ertl
866	31	15 March 1997		GS 231	Deborah Compagnoni	Katja Seizinger	Karin Roten
867	32	16 March 1997		SL 266	Lara Magoni Pernilla Wiberg		Katja Seizinger

Men

Overall

Place	Name	Country	Total
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

Downhill

Place	Name	Country	Total
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

Super G

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

Giant Slalom

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

Slalom

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

Combined

Place	Name	Country	Total
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

Ladies

Overall

Place	Name	Country	Total
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

Downhill

Place	Name	Country	Total
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

Super G

Place	Name	Country	Total
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

Giant Slalom

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

Slalom

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

Combined

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

References

1. Lloyd, Barbara (March 17, 1997). "A Teary Alphand Returns The World Cup to France". The New York Times. Retrieved December 9, 2018.
2. "FIS: Alpine World Cup 1997 men's schedule". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
3. "FIS: Alpine World Cup 1997 ladies' schedule". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 24 September 2018.

External links

• FIS-ski.com - World Cup standings - 1997