Alpine Ski World Cup 1968

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Alpine Ski World Cup 1968

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Men's Ladies
winner
total FranceFrance Jean-Claude Killy CanadaCanada Nancy Greene
Departure AustriaAustria Gerhard Nenning FranceFrance Isabelle Mir Olga Pall
AustriaAustria 
Giant slalom FranceFrance Jean-Claude Killy CanadaCanada Nancy Greene
slalom SwitzerlandSwitzerland Dumeng Giovanoli FranceFrance Marielle Goitschel
Nations Cup FranceFrance France
Nations Cup AustriaAustria Austria FranceFrance France
Competitions
Venues 12 11
Individual competitions 20th 23
1967
1968/69

The 1968 season of the Alpine Ski World Cup organized by the FIS began on January 4, 1968 in Bad Hindelang (men) and January 5 in Oberstaufen (women) and ended on April 7, 1968 in Heavenly Valley (it was the first and only Time that the Alpine Ski World Cup was only concluded in April). For men, 20 races were held (5  downhill runs , 7  giant slaloms , 8  slaloms ). For women there were 23 races (6 downhill runs, 7 giant slaloms, 10 slaloms).

As in 1967, the three best results were valid for all ratings: the three best results from each of the three disciplines counted towards the overall World Cup, and only the best three counted for each discipline World Cup.

World Cup ratings

total

Men's
rank athlete Points
1 FranceFrance Jean-Claude Killy 200
2 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Dumeng Giovanoli 119
3 AustriaAustria Herbert Huber 112
4th AustriaAustria Gerhard Nenning 102
5 FranceFrance Guy Périllat 83
6th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Edmund Bruggmann 80
7th United StatesUnited States Billy Kidd 73
8th AustriaAustria Karl Schranz 69
9 FranceFrance Patrick Russel 67
10 AustriaAustria Heinrich Messner 63
11 FranceFrance Georges Mauduit 57
12 NorwayNorway Håkon Mjøen 52
13 AustriaAustria Alfred Matt 51
14th United StatesUnited States Rick Chaffee 46
15th FranceFrance Jean-Pierre Augert 44
16 AustriaAustria Reinhard Tritscher 43
17th United StatesUnited States Vladimir Sabich 41
18th FranceFrance Bernard Orcel 39
19th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Jean-Daniel Datwyler 37
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Stefan Kälin
Ladies
rank Athlete Points
1 CanadaCanada Nancy Greene 191
2 FranceFrance Isabelle Mir 159
3 FranceFrance Florence Steurer 153
4th FranceFrance Marielle Goitschel 128
5 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Fernande Bochatay 126
6th FranceFrance Annie Famose 123
7th AustriaAustria Gertrud Gabl 121
8th AustriaAustria Olga Pall 89
9 United StatesUnited States Kiki cutter 78
10 AustriaAustria Christl Haas 55
11 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Divina Galica 48
12 Germany BRBR Germany Rosi Mittermaier 47
AustriaAustria Brigitte Seiwald
14th United StatesUnited States Wendy Allen 41
15th Germany BRBR Germany Burgl Färberinger 38
16 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Gina Hathorn 25th
17th FranceFrance Françoise Macchi 22nd
18th FranceFrance Britt Lafforgue 21st
19th FranceFrance Christine Béranger 19th
United StatesUnited States Rosie Fortna

Departure

Men's
rank athlete Points
1 AustriaAustria Gerhard Nenning 75
2 FranceFrance Jean-Claude Killy 60
3 AustriaAustria Karl Schranz 39
4th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Jean-Daniel Datwyler 37
FranceFrance Guy Périllat
FranceFrance Bernard Orcel
7th AustriaAustria Heinrich Messner 31
8th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Kurt Huggler 20th
9 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Edmund Bruggmann 17th
United StatesUnited States Billy Kidd
Ladies
rank Athlete Points
1 FranceFrance Isabelle Mir 70
AustriaAustria Olga Pall
3 AustriaAustria Christl Haas 55
4th CanadaCanada Nancy Greene 51
5 FranceFrance Annie Famose 48
6th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Divina Galica 32
7th FranceFrance Marielle Goitschel 29
8th AustriaAustria Brigitte Seiwald 25th
9 FranceFrance Florence Steurer 23
10 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Annerösli Zryd 17th

Giant slalom

Men's
rank athlete Points
1 FranceFrance Jean-Claude Killy 75
2 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Edmund Bruggmann 60
3 AustriaAustria Herbert Huber 52
4th FranceFrance Georges Mauduit 51
5 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Dumeng Giovanoli 43
6th FranceFrance Guy Périllat 41
7th AustriaAustria Reinhard Tritscher 35
8th United StatesUnited States Billy Kidd 30th
9 AustriaAustria Werner Bleiner 28
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Willy Favre
Ladies
rank Athlete Points
1 CanadaCanada Nancy Greene 75
2 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Fernande Bochatay 65
3 FranceFrance Florence Steurer 60
4th AustriaAustria Gertrud Gabl 51
5 FranceFrance Marielle Goitschel 44
6th FranceFrance Isabelle Mir 41
7th FranceFrance Annie Famose 32
8th Germany BRBR Germany Rosi Mittermaier 29
9 United StatesUnited States Kiki cutter 25th
10 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Divina Galica 17th

slalom

Men's
rank athlete Points
1 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Dumeng Giovanoli 70
2 FranceFrance Jean-Claude Killy 65
3 FranceFrance Patrick Russel 61
4th AustriaAustria Herbert Huber 60
5 AustriaAustria Alfred Matt 50
6th NorwayNorway Håkon Mjøen 41
7th United StatesUnited States Rick Chaffee 38
8th United StatesUnited States Vladimir Sabich 37
9 FranceFrance Jean-Pierre Augert 30th
10 United StatesUnited States Billy Kidd 26th
Ladies
rank Athlete Points
1 FranceFrance Marielle Goitschel 75
2 AustriaAustria Gertrud Gabl 70
FranceFrance Florence Steurer
4th CanadaCanada Nancy Greene 65
5 United StatesUnited States Kiki cutter 55
6th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Fernande Bochatay 51
7th FranceFrance Isabelle Mir 48
8th FranceFrance Annie Famose 43
9 United StatesUnited States Wendy Allen 37
10 United StatesUnited States Rosie Fortna 19th

Podium placements men

Departure

date place 1st place 2nd place 3rd place
01/13/1968 Wengen ( SUI ) AustriaAustria Gerhard Nenning AustriaAustria Karl Schranz SwitzerlandSwitzerland Edmund Bruggmann
01/20/1968 Kitzbühel ( AUT ) AustriaAustria Gerhard Nenning FranceFrance Jean-Claude Killy SwitzerlandSwitzerland Andreas spokesman
02/09/1968 Olympic games Chamrousse ( FRA ) FranceFrance Jean-Claude Killy FranceFrance Guy Périllat SwitzerlandSwitzerland Jean-Daniel Datwyler
02/24/1968 Chamonix ( FRA ) FranceFrance Bernard Orcel SwitzerlandSwitzerland Kurt Huggler FranceFrance Guy Périllat
03/15/1968 Aspen ( USA ) AustriaAustria Gerhard Nenning AustriaAustria Heinrich Messner FranceFrance Jean-Claude Killy

Giant slalom

date place 1st place 2nd place 3rd place
04/01/1968 Bad Hindelang ( FRG ) SwitzerlandSwitzerland Edmund Bruggmann FranceFrance Jean-Claude Killy SwitzerlandSwitzerland Dumeng Giovanoli
01/08/1968 Adelboden ( SUI ) FranceFrance Jean-Claude Killy SwitzerlandSwitzerland Edmund Bruggmann SwitzerlandSwitzerland Stefan Kälin
02/12/1968 Olympic games Chamrousse ( FRA ) FranceFrance Jean-Claude Killy SwitzerlandSwitzerland Willy Favre AustriaAustria Heinrich Messner
02/24/1968 Oslo ( NOR ) AustriaAustria Werner Bleiner SwitzerlandSwitzerland Dumeng Giovanoli SwitzerlandSwitzerland Edmund Bruggmann
03/10/1968 Méribel ( FRA ) FranceFrance Jean-Claude Killy FranceFrance Georges Mauduit FranceFrance Guy Périllat
March 31, 1968 Rossland ( USA ) AustriaAustria Herbert Huber AustriaAustria Reinhard Tritscher FranceFrance Guy Périllat
04/06/1968 Heavenly Valley ( USA ) AustriaAustria Herbert Huber FranceFrance Georges Mauduit AustriaAustria Reinhard Tritscher

slalom

date place 1st place 2nd place 3rd place
01/14/1968 Wengen ( SUI ) SwitzerlandSwitzerland Dumeng Giovanoli NorwayNorway Håkon Mjøen AustriaAustria Alfred Matt
01/21/1968 Kitzbühel ( AUT ) SwitzerlandSwitzerland Dumeng Giovanoli AustriaAustria Alfred Matt FranceFrance Jean-Claude Killy
02/12/1968 Olympic games Chamrousse ( FRA ) FranceFrance Jean-Claude Killy AustriaAustria Herbert Huber AustriaAustria Alfred Matt
02/25/1968 Oslo ( NOR ) FranceFrance Patrick Russel SwitzerlandSwitzerland Dumeng Giovanoli NorwayNorway Håkon Mjøen
03/01/1968 Kranjska Gora ( YUG ) FranceFrance Patrick Russel AustriaAustria Franz Digruber SwitzerlandSwitzerland Stefan Kälin
March 16, 1968 Aspen ( USA ) United StatesUnited States Billy Kidd AustriaAustria Herbert Huber AustriaAustria Alfred Matt
03/29/1968 Rossland ( USA ) FranceFrance Jean-Claude Killy FranceFrance Jean-Pierre Augert United StatesUnited States Rick Chaffee
04/07/1968 Heavenly Valley ( USA ) United StatesUnited States Vladimir Sabich AustriaAustria Herbert Huber United StatesUnited States Rick Chaffee

Podium placements women

Departure

date place 1st place 2nd place 3rd place
January 17, 1968 Bad Gastein ( AUT ) AustriaAustria Olga Pall AustriaAustria Christl Haas United KingdomUnited Kingdom Divina Galica
01/27/1968 Saint-Gervais-les-Bains ( FRA ) FranceFrance Isabelle Mir FranceFrance Annie Famose AustriaAustria Christl Haas
02/10/1968 Olympic games Chamrousse ( FRA ) AustriaAustria Olga Pall FranceFrance Isabelle Mir AustriaAustria Christl Haas
02/23/1968 Chamonix ( FRA ) CanadaCanada Nancy Greene AustriaAustria Christl Haas United KingdomUnited Kingdom Divina Galica
03/09/1968 Abetone ( ITA ) FranceFrance Isabelle Mir FranceFrance Annie Famose FranceFrance Florence Steurer
03/15/1968 Aspen ( USA ) CanadaCanada Nancy Greene AustriaAustria Olga Pall FranceFrance Marielle Goitschel

Giant slalom

date place 1st place 2nd place 3rd place
05/01/1968 Oberstaufen ( FRG ) SwitzerlandSwitzerland Fernande Bochatay FranceFrance Florence Steurer CanadaCanada Nancy Greene
01/10/1968 Grindelwald ( SUI ) CanadaCanada Nancy Greene FranceFrance Marielle Goitschel SwitzerlandSwitzerland Fernande Bochatay
02/15/1968 Olympic games Chamrousse ( FRA ) CanadaCanada Nancy Greene FranceFrance Annie Famose SwitzerlandSwitzerland Fernande Bochatay
02/24/1968 Oslo ( NOR ) SwitzerlandSwitzerland Fernande Bochatay FranceFrance Isabelle Mir United StatesUnited States Kiki cutter
03/17/1968 Aspen ( USA ) CanadaCanada Nancy Greene FranceFrance Marielle Goitschel Germany BRBR Germany Rosi Mittermaier
March 31, 1968 Rossland ( USA ) CanadaCanada Nancy Greene FranceFrance Florence Steurer AustriaAustria Gertrud Gabl
04/05/1968 Heavenly Valley ( USA ) AustriaAustria Gertrud Gabl FranceFrance Florence Steurer FranceFrance Isabelle Mir

slalom

date place 1st place 2nd place 3rd place
01/06/1968 Oberstaufen ( FRG ) FranceFrance Marielle Goitschel AustriaAustria Gertrud Gabl CanadaCanada Nancy Greene
01/11/1968 Grindelwald ( SUI ) AustriaAustria Gertrud Gabl FranceFrance Isabelle Mir FranceFrance Marielle Goitschel
January 18, 1968 Bad Gastein ( AUT ) FranceFrance Florence Steurer FranceFrance Marielle Goitschel AustriaAustria Gertrud Gabl
01/25/1968 Saint-Gervais-les-Bains ( FRA ) SwitzerlandSwitzerland Fernande Bochatay FranceFrance Florence Steurer United StatesUnited States Kiki cutter
02/12/1968 Olympic games Chamrousse ( FRA ) FranceFrance Marielle Goitschel CanadaCanada Nancy Greene FranceFrance Annie Famose
02/25/1968 Oslo ( NOR ) United StatesUnited States Kiki cutter FranceFrance Isabelle Mir United StatesUnited States Wendy Allen
03/10/1968 Abetone ( ITA ) FranceFrance Florence Steurer FranceFrance Annie Famose FranceFrance Britt Lafforgue
March 16, 1968 Aspen ( USA ) CanadaCanada Nancy Greene AustriaAustria Gertrud Gabl United StatesUnited States Kiki cutter
03/28/1968 Rossland ( USA ) FranceFrance Marielle Goitschel SwitzerlandSwitzerland Fernande Bochatay United StatesUnited States Kiki cutter
04/06/1968 Heavenly Valley ( USA ) AustriaAustria Gertrud Gabl CanadaCanada Nancy Greene United StatesUnited States Judy Nagel

Nations Cup

Overall rating
rank country Points
1 FranceFrance France 1160
2 AustriaAustria Austria 888
3 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 534
4th United StatesUnited States United States 390
5 CanadaCanada Canada 209
6th Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany 134
7th United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom 86
8th NorwayNorway Norway 69
9 ItalyItaly Italy 37
10 Poland 1944Poland Poland 14th
11 SwedenSweden Sweden 11
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
13 Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Yugoslavia 9
Men's
rank country Points
1 AustriaAustria Austria 549
2 FranceFrance France 499
3 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 382
4th United StatesUnited States United States 185
5 NorwayNorway Norway 58
6th Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany 30th
7th ItalyItaly Italy 15th
8th Poland 1944Poland Poland 14th
9 SwedenSweden Sweden 11
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
11 Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Yugoslavia 9
12 CanadaCanada Canada 5
13 United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom 2
Ladies
rank country Points
1 FranceFrance France 661
2 AustriaAustria Austria 345
3 United StatesUnited States United States 205
4th CanadaCanada Canada 204
5 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 152
6th Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany 104
7th United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom 84
8th ItalyItaly Italy 22nd
9 NorwayNorway Norway 11

Statistics of podium places

Ladies

total
country 1. 2. 3.
1 FranceFrance FRA 7th 15th 6th
2 CanadaCanada CAN 7th 2 2
3 AustriaAustria AUT 5 5 4th
4th SwitzerlandSwitzerland SUI 3 1 2
5 United StatesUnited States United States 1 - 6th
6th United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR - - 2
7th Germany BRBR Germany FRG - - 1
Departure
country 1. 2. 3.
1 FranceFrance FRA 2 3 2
AustriaAustria AUT 2 3 2
3 CanadaCanada CAN 2 - -
4th United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR - - 2
Giant slalom
country 1. 2. 3.
1 CanadaCanada CAN 4th - 1
2 SwitzerlandSwitzerland SUI 2 - 2
3 AustriaAustria AUT 1 - 1
4th FranceFrance FRA - 7th 1
4th Germany BRBR Germany FRG - - 1
United StatesUnited States United States - - 1
slalom
country 1. 2. 3.
1 FranceFrance FRA 5 5 3
2 AustriaAustria AUT 2 2 1
3 CanadaCanada CAN 1 2 1
4th SwitzerlandSwitzerland SUI 1 1 -
5 United StatesUnited States United States 1 - 5

Men's

total
country 1. 2. 3.
1 FranceFrance FRA 9 6th 5
2 AustriaAustria AUT 6th 8th 5
3 SwitzerlandSwitzerland SUI 3 5 7th
4th United StatesUnited States United States 2 - 2
5 NorwayNorway NOR - 1 1
Departure
country 1. 2. 3.
1 AustriaAustria AUT 3 2 -
2 FranceFrance FRA 2 2 2
3 SwitzerlandSwitzerland SUI - 1 3
Giant slalom
country 1. 2. 3.
1 FranceFrance FRA 3 3 2
2 AustriaAustria AUT 3 1 2
3 SwitzerlandSwitzerland SUI 1 3 3
slalom
country 1. 2. 3.
1 FranceFrance FRA 4th 1 1
2 SwitzerlandSwitzerland SUI 2 1 1
3 United StatesUnited States United States 2 - 2
4th AustriaAustria AUT - 5 3
5 NorwayNorway NOR - 1 1

Before the season

Takeover of the World Cup by the FIS

At the 26th Congress of the Fédération Internationale de Ski (FIS), which took place in Beirut , the World Ski Federation decided to host the Ski World Cup. The first edition in 1967 was organized by the French sports newspaper L'Équipe . With regard to the races themselves, the FIS decided that in future gate judges would have to report this violation immediately in the case of clearly recognizable gate errors, in order to enable immediate disqualification.

The takeover of the World Cup also brought several administrative innovations. Several bodies have been set up for this purpose: a “Council” as the executive body, a “Downhill slalom committee” and a “Congress”. This congress consisted of twelve members (three “Council” representatives, four from the “Downhill Slalom Committee”, one from the “Women's Committee” and four from the specialist press). The trade press representatives were designated by the Association Internationale de la Presse Sportive and the International Association of Ski Journalists. The first meeting of the FIS World Cup Committee took place on September 21, 1967 in Paris , with the main focus on the selection of the races and the evaluation criteria. Although there were various concerns about staggering. Some were in favor of a system like in motorsport with points only for the top six. Others said the first 15 should be scored in the same way. Ultimately, it stayed with the system 25-20-15-11-8-6-4-3-2-1. The committee also determined that if there was a tie at the end of the season, the next best result was not to be used. Thus it was possible that a rating could be won by more than one runner. Awarding the races turned out to be significantly more difficult, as a certain "star cult" (which was recognized as an effect of television) had emerged compared to previous years and ski clubs were only willing to organize such big races if the actual world elite accepted the start went.

Team preparations for the season

The preparation of all teams for the new season was primarily influenced by the upcoming Olympic Games . The right measures had to be taken both for this major event and for the World Cup that coincided with it for the first time. With regard to pre-selection (from December 20 in Santa Caterina ), the Italian association did not apply the traditional criterion of the first snow in Val-d'Isère . The ÖSV, however, changed its stance. He had made participation dependent on the departure also taking place. When this failed, he still gave the "green light".

DSV President Adolf Heine pointed out that the installation of performance centers created the technical prerequisites for influencing training in high-performance sport. On the part of the life called German Foundation Sports Aid , there was also support. The Swiss men's team had a number of doubts about the preparations, but the technical manager Peter Baumgartner reported before the start of the season that they were "two months ahead of previous years". The only concern of the French federation or its sports director Honoré Bonnet was to keep the level high. For the Olympics, he had announced the exact line-up in May, which he hoped would be more calm in the team. Even later, he saw no reason for changes due to the hierarchy in the new world rankings to be expected, as these underlined the French dominance anyway. The preparations for the gentlemen consisted of a few short get-togethers where relaxation was the top priority on the agenda. The only question was Léo Lacroix , who had been operated on for acute appendicitis in November.

Jean Béranger, the coach of the French women, was a strict director. After the end of the season he stopped for extensive fitness training and in August deployed a small team each for races in Chile and Australia . Psycho-technical tests that were carried out in a test room of the French Air Force in the summer were aimed at bringing the susceptibility of individual runners to falls in a precise relationship to their visual reactions. The Italian association persuaded slalom world champion Carlo Senoner to continue his career. In the women's team, differences between Giorlanda Cipolla, who comes from southern Italy, and the German-speaking South Tyrolean women were resolved. However, only Giustina Demetz was granted real chances of top places . The ÖSV wanted to reduce the gap in particular to the French. For too long, the association had rested on the successes of bygone days. There is currently only one real winner ( Karl Schranz ) and the gap can probably only be closed by the offspring in the winter after next. Racing director Franz Hoppichler had drawn up a kind of “four-year plan” that placed emphasis on summer training and increased fitness work. From his point of view, the races had been lost in those passages in which a physical improvement had to be important. The financial worries should also be a thing of the past, as the association president Karlheinz Klee succeeded in securing an annual budget of approx. 3.6 million schillings in June. A relief effort came from the Ennstal Landgenossenschaft in Styria, which agreed to provide 900,000 schillings immediately and to supply the teams with milk and milk products free of charge throughout the winter. In return, the ÖSV runners should train once on their slopes.

The rapid development of materials in skiing also brought up the topic of founding a "ski pool" based on the French model at the DSV and ÖSV. In Italy, runners were allowed to compete in a fifth of the races with foreign material. With regard to the Olympics in particular, there was already talk of a “material battle like never before”, because the industry was struggling to be represented with its makes. The DSV decided to only compete with domestic material. In Austria there was disagreement about how high the contributions of the companies to the association budget should be.

FIS world rankings

The FIS published a world ranking on December 9th. In the men's race, Jean-Claude Killy was in first place in all three disciplines. In the women's race, Erika Schinegger , who had not yet been excluded, was in the lead in the downhill, in the giant slalom the Canadian Nancy Greene was in first place, in the slalom the French Marielle Goitschel . The FIS published another world ranking list on February 5, 1968, but only for the downhill due to lack of time. In it, Killy led the men, while Schinegger, who no longer took part, led the women.

Various other activities of the FIS

At an "appointment conference" of the representatives of the alpine skiing countries in Bern , reform proposals with dates for the next racing calendar were put forward. It had been determined that this new World Cup, as interesting as it might make the races concerned, forced reforms as all other races would be devalued in some way.

Season course

Events

  • The high point of the season was the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble . The races held there also counted for the World Cup ranking. There were also conflicting dates: On February 24th there was the men's Kandahar downhill in Chamonix and on the same weekend there was also a giant slalom and a slalom in Oslo . The season was contested without downhill world champion Erika Schinegger . At that time, however, the public was not informed of the reasons for the absence. At first there was only one report that she had "resigned for personal and private reasons" and that "the French had requested a medical examination". On June 14, 1968, the news, which spread like wildfire, came for the first time that Schinegger had become a man after four operations in Innsbruck.
  • The program had to be changed for the SDS races in Grindelwald , which were almost suffocated in the fresh snow . The slalom was postponed from January 9th to January 11th, the downhill run planned for January 12th was canceled and a second giant slalom was scheduled instead. However, the giant slalom could not be driven because 40 cm of fresh snow had fallen overnight and a strong wind had blown it into the slopes.
  • Already noticed in December at the Val d' Isère races, but still unknown to the general public, Alfred Matt finished on the podium in the Lauberhorn Slalom on January 14 after finishing 11th in the first run (3rd place). The Swiss Peter Frei finished fifth with starting number 62. The starting order in the 2nd run at that time (the individual groups 1 to 15, 16 to 30 etc. started in a reversed order, so that Matt was the last of this second group, Frei as the penultimate of the fifth starting group) made it difficult for the back numbers to a large extent sensations. The combined ranking, which is not part of the World Cup, went to downhill winner Nenning ahead of Giovanoli and Messner.
  • On January 17th, the ÖSV women achieved their first success in a World Cup descent in Bad Gastein . Quite unnoticed, just once in the results lists by the print media on rank 78 with 27.9 seconds behind, an Austrian runner named Annemarie Pröll appeared in the ranking . It was her first time in the World Cup, where she fell several times (among other things because the ski bindings were incorrectly fitted).
  • There was a disagreement between the French runners and the organizer of the Hahnenkamm races. On the basis of an order from the Innsbruck Regional Court , an attempt was made to seize Jean-Claude Killy's bags. As a reaction to this process, the French team left the race location immediately after the race on Sunday without attending the award ceremony. It described the matter as an attempt to "demoralize Killy before the race and reduce his chances of winning." The newspaper France Soir quoted Killy as saying that he was "disgusted and will never start again in Austria". A handful of spectators then acted at the FIS races in Megève as “Killy-Avengers” against the ÖSV runners, which L'Équipe condemned in an editorial in the January 26th edition, “because the Austrian runners with the difficulties of the French had nothing to do, you can't undo one injustice with a second. "
  • At the Kandahar races in Chamonix on February 24th, in addition to the three-time Olympic champion Killy, the Austrians Schranz, Messner and Nenning, who had withdrawn their entry out of bitterness after the Schranz disqualification in the Olympic slalom a week earlier, were also missing.
  • The men's giant slalom in Méribel was held with the first run on March 8th and the second run on March 10th. But it was also about the amateur status of Killy, who had just made an affidavit shortly before the race that he had not received any money from the Paris Match magazine for exclusive rights to a photo and an autobiography. Thereupon he received the start permit from the FIS and subsequently also that for the following races in the USA.
  • In the women's races in Oslo (February 24th / 25th) neither ÖSV nor runners of the French federation took part, in Abetone on March 9th and 10th only four nations took part. Besides the French, only runners from Italy, Great Britain and Switzerland were at the start. It was missing u. a. the representations of the ÖSV and the DSV . The downhill run there on March 9th brought a five-fold victory for the French. In the slalom on March 10, winner Florence Steurer distanced runner-up Annie Famose by exactly three seconds. This record lead was only surpassed on November 28, 2015 by Mikaela Shiffrin's 3.07 seconds in Aspen .
  • The victory for Werner Bleiner (after the first run only fifth, 0.72 behind Dumeng Giovanoli) in the giant slalom in Oslo (February 24th) was only certain one day after the race, because the protests were so numerous and difficult to verify, that the jury went directly to Oslo that evening, held its deliberations there and did not announce the official ranking until one day later. Second-placed Willi Favre, who was disqualified, suffered a great deal, which meant that the Swiss men's team, which had taken the first four places after the first run (with Jakob Tischhauser, Edmund Bruggmann and Favre), was disappointed.
  • With the victory in the slalom in Rossland on March 29th, Jean-Claude Killy was theoretically overall World Cup winner. He then announced his retirement again, traveled directly to New York and declared that he would not start in the remaining races. He said he would “only ski for fun” and “after his return to France he would devote himself to his second great passion, car racing”. Contrary to his announcement, Killy took part in the last race of the season, the slalom in Heavenly Valley on April 7th. However, rank 7 did not bring him an increase in points in either the overall or discipline World Cup.
  • At the aforementioned final slalom in Heavenly Valley, there was a high failure rate for both women and men - only 19 of the 89 men and only 16 of the women were classified. In the men’s race, where Dumeng Giovanoli had already retired in the first run, Patrick Russel (along with Killy) could have won the discipline classification; he led after the first run, but then braked.

With start no. 30, the highest starting number with which a men's World Cup slalom was won (which remained until January 23, 2000, when Mario Matt won with number 47 in Kitzbühel), Vladimir Sabich achieved his first and only victory. In the women's slalom, Barbara Cochran was clearly in the lead after the first run, but after a goal mistake she had to step back and fell back to 6th place. It still brought an outstanding result for the US Ski Association, because there were (despite disqualifications from Rosy Fortna, Penny McCoy and Kiki Cutter) eight runners in the first eleven (as eleventh Susan Chaffee in 121.85 seconds). In contrast, the entire SSV team experienced the heaviest defeat of the season with only a tenth place for Giovanoli in the giant slalom. With his strong finish, after winning the giant slalom a week ago, the win here and also second place in the slalom, Herbert Huber moved up to third place in the overall standings.

Injuries

  • On July 16, 1968, Franz Vogler suffered a broken forearm during speed tests in Cervinia .
  • The Austrian women's team had to cope with several failures: After Traudl Hecher and Erika Schinegger resigned , Ingeborg Jochum (consequences of a car accident) and Heidi Zimmermann (knee injury) were also missing . Zimmermann was injured at the beginning of the season after a fall during downhill training in Cervinia (torn ligament in the right knee joint).
  • Willy Favre suffered third-degree frostbite on his left foot and was out for several weeks, but he was back at the start of the World Cup and finished eighth in the giant slalom in Hindelang.
  • Annie Famose was canceled at the beginning of the season for the races in Oberstaufen due to an ankle injury.
  • Nancy Greene suffered a slight strain on her foot during downhill training in Bad Gastein on January 14 , so she had to pause
  • Egon Zimmermann fell badly on January 17th while training on the Kitzbüheler Streif , where he suffered bruises in the chest. He had to be taken to the hospital, which meant that he could not take part in the Hahnenkamm races.
  • Like four years ago, Hugo Nindl was unlucky and missed the Olympic Games again: During training for the Lauberhorn descent, he got into deep snow, had a hard fall and was left with a broken right shin. Just two days earlier he had won an FIS slalom in Morzine .
  • Olympic champion Olga Pall and her sister Liesl were involved in a traffic accident on April 4, 1968 in Heavenly Valley , where the season-end races were taking place.
  • Practically at the end of the season, it also happened almost at the end of the second round of the slalom in Heavenly Valley (April 7th), when the Pole Andrzej Bachleda broke his ankle when he was hanging on a ski on a gate - even though the safety binding popped open was.

Resignations and aftermaths

At the end of the season, several well-known runners retired, including Nancy Greene , Marielle Goitschel and her sister Christine , Christl Haas and Jean-Claude Killy, as well as combined world champion Ludwig Leitner . The US team had three resignations: Jimmy Heuga , Sandy Shellworth and Suzy Chaffee . Then there was the Swiss Madeleine Wuilloud . Later, on September 4, 1968, Egon Zimmermann , the 1964 Olympic downhill champion and 1962 giant slalom world champion, announced his resignation. Somewhat surprisingly, about a month before the start of the season , Olympic bronze winner Willy Favre made the decision to refrain from continuing his career.
The boss of the US team, Bob Beattie, announced his resignation (announced before the start of the season) in South Lake Tahoe. Beatte had been in this role for six years and now wanted to move on to other tasks. He had previously made the proposal to start the World Cup in the USA from mid-December to early January. This would have the advantage that the US ski races would not, as is now the case, be competed by the beginning golf season on television - the European calendar could also be made more attractive.

The FIS met in Innsbruck in mid-June 1968 . On June 14th, regarding concerns raised about Jean-Claude Killy in relation to amateur status, she found that he had not violated it. On June 15, she also dealt with a protest by the ÖSV because of the disqualification of Karl Schranz at the Olympic slalom, but rejected it with 13: 1 votes (with two abstentions).

Race outside the World Cup

Before and during the season there were several competitions that were not part of the World Cup.

  • At the 1st / 2nd July 1967 held "International Summer Grand Prix" in Val-d'Isère , a giant slalom driven in two rounds by both men and women, was won by Marielle Goitschel in front of Burgl Frebsinger and Christine Béranger and Jean-Claude Killy in front of Willy Lesch and Max Rieger .
  • The first major winter event was the criterion for the first snow in Val-d'Isère on 14/15. December 1967, whereby the DSV canceled its participation. The men's giant slalom on December 14th was won by Gerhard Nenning ahead of Guy Périllat and Karl Schranz . The women's slalom on the same day went to Isabelle Mir, ahead of Gertrud Gabl and Karen Budge . However, there was a protest, which ultimately did not change the classification (according to a film that was shown Mir had missed a goal, but the time gained was classified as too small that she would not have won with a margin of 0.94 seconds ). On December 15, Schranz won the slalom ahead of Alfred Matt , Billy Kidd and Jean-Pierre Augert - the combined classification brought Schranz a victory ahead of ex aequo Kidd and Augert. The winner of the women's giant slalom was Florence Steurer ; she was successful before Olga Pall and Marielle Goitschel . So the score in the combination was: Pall, Gabl, Budge.
  • On December 17th, the "Coupe d'Oreiller" was also driven in Val-d'Isère on the Col de l'Iseran in the form of a giant slalom; this was chosen as a replacement for the canceled departure. There was a superior success for Killy before Kurt Schnider (who lost a stick in the final part) and Stefan Kälin . However, the runners from Germany, Italy and Canada were missing.
  • In the Kitzbühel combination, which is not part of the World Cup, Killy won ahead of Schranz and Giovanoli.
  • The FIS races in Megève brought victories for Georges Mauduit ahead of Bernard Orcel and Willy Favre in the giant slalom on January 24th and for Billy Kidd ahead of Kurt Schnider and Favre and Orcel in the giant slalom on January 26th. Orcel secured overall victory in the Grand Prix de Megève in 4: 07.91 ahead of Kidd and Schnider. In the final slalom on January 28th, Alain Penz won ahead of Franz Digruber , who started again after his injury, and Jimmy Heuga ^ , which finally went to Orcel.
  • The still unknown Patrick Russel won a non-World Cup slalom in Zell am See on January 27th ahead of Herbert Huber and Heinrich Messner .
  • On the Hohen-Wand-Wiese in Mauerbach near Vienna, parallel slalom for the so-called “Burschik Cup” took place on the evening of January 30th, with the finals for both men and women by disqualifying the opponent in favor of relatively unknown people were decided; the Austrian Klos benefited from a goal mistake by her teammate Christl Ditfurth; the Swiss Bergamin won against Patrick Russel.
  • The women's races in Abetone (March 9th and 10th) also had a combined classification: Florence Steurer won ahead of Annie Famose and Ingrid Lafforgue . At the same time as Abetone there were women's races outside of the World Cup in Åre (all three victories for Dyed) and men.
  • The women's and men's races in Aspen (March 15 to 17), in which Killy surprisingly remained without a win, was also about the Roche Cup : There was one race, the men's giant slalom (Tritscher won ahead of Giovanoli and Kidd) , not to the World Cup.
  • On the weekend of March 22nd to 24th there were races outside of the World Cup in both Sun Valley and Holmenkollen . In the USA it was again the “five-country fight”: In the descent, Nenning won ahead of Killy and Schranz and Greene ahead of Mir and Pall. Killy won the slalom before Matt and Chaffee and the giant slalom before Chaffee and Mauduit. Greene also won the other competitions, the slalom in front of Gabl and Goitschel, the giant slalom in front of Goitschel and Budge, with the overall victory going to France. In Norway, Michèle Jacot won the downhill runs ahead of Burgl Färberinger and Ivo Mahlknecht ahead of Josef Loidl on March 22nd, the women's slalom went to Färberinger.
  • From February 28 to March 3, the national championships took place, those of the Germans in Todtnau , Switzerland in Haute-Nendaz , the GDR in Oberwiesenthal , Italy in Santa Caterina , France in Vars , Canada in Collingwood and Austria in Bad Kleinkirchheim . From the ÖSV women's downhill run on March 1st, it was reported that a 14-year-old girl named Pröll took part and took 20th place.
  • The 18th Glockner races took place on May 11, 1968 as a giant slalom. After the first day, Françoise Macchi led in front of Gabl and Brigitte Seiwald and Reinhard Tritscher in front of Gerhard Prinzing and Rudolf Sailer . The planned continuation on May 12th fell victim to the bad weather.

Web links

World Cup men
World Cup women

Individual evidence

  1. “Beirut in the focus of the ski world”. In: "ski - Official Organ of the German Ski Association", Unionverlag Stuttgart, Volume 20, Issue No. 1, October 4, 1967, pp. 34–35.
  2. World Cup of Skiers now officially . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna September 24, 1967, p. 11 , lower center ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  3. "World Cup gives alpine racing new impulses". In: "ski - Official Organ of the German Ski Association", Unionverlag Stuttgart, Volume 20, Issue No. 2, November 2, 1967, p. 60.
  4. “Not to Val d'Isère”. In: "ski - official organ of the German Ski Association". Unionverlag Stuttgart, Volume 20, Issue No. 5, December 15, 1967, p. 255.
  5. a b Why Erika Schinegger resigned . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 10, 1967, p. 16 , above ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  6. With all aces to Val d'Isère . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 12, 1967, p. 12 , above ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  7. Lacroix is ​​training again . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 10, 1967, p. 16 , bottom left ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  8. The goal: to reduce the gap . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna August 27, 1967, p. 9 , above ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  9. "Looking towards Grenoble" and "Professor Hoppichler's 'four-year plan'". In: "ski - official organ of the German Ski Association". Unionverlag Stuttgart, Volume 20, Issue No. 2, November 2, 1967, pp. 60 and 68.
  10. "Calm, concentration and new attempts", "Nogler hopes for the 'problem child' Senoner", and "New wind?" In: "ski - official organ of the German Ski Association". Unionverlag Stuttgart, Volume 20, Issue No. 1, October 4, 1967, pp. 14-16.
  11. "The Problem of Selections". In: "ski - official organ of the German Ski Association". Unionverlag Stuttgart, Volume 20, Issue No. 5, December 15, 1967, p. 258.
  12. "The pot is not yet acceptable", "Commercial thinking stops subsidies", "'Material battle' like never before - clubs have to show initiative", "The bomb with the surprising effect". In "ski - official organ of the German Ski Association". Unionverlag Stuttgart, Volume 20, Issue No. 3, November 15, 1967, pp. 163 and 165, No. 4, November 29, 1967, p. 164, No. 5, December 15, 1967, p. 256.
  13. "Departure: Erika Schinegger number 1". In: Welt und Sport, December 11, 1967, page 4.
  14. "FIS rankings at the start of the season". In: "ski - official organ of the German Ski Association". Unionverlag Stuttgart, Volume 20, Issue No. 5, December 15, 1967, pp. 298/299.
  15. "New FIS downhill classification: Karl Schranz back in Group I". In: Kärntner Tageszeitung , February 6, 1968, p. 9.
  16. ^ "Ski World Cup forces new reforms" in "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 90 of April 18, 1967, page 8; POS .: Column 1
  17. "Erika became Erik". In: Kärntner Tageszeitung , June 15, 1968, p. 10.
  18. Also Grindelwald without downhill skiing . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 9, 1968, p. 12 , middle right ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  19. Grindelwald: Second giant slalom canceled . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 13, 1968, p. 14 , top right ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  20. ^ French: Revenge in Kitzbühel . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 16, 1968, p. 14 , center right ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  21. Gastein: sunshine and excellent slopes . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 16, 1968, p. 14 , top left ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  22. Cancellations in Gastein and Kitzbühel . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 17, 1968, p. 12 , middle right ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  23. Downhill triumph of the Austrians . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 18, 1968, p. 12 , above ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  24. "Killy was seized". In: Volkszeitung , January 21, 1968, p. 7.
  25. ^ Scandal about Jean-Claude Killy - fights among the French . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 21, 1968, p. 14 , bottom left ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  26. Killy: Never again to Austria . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 23, 1968, p. 14 , top right ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  27. "Killy Avengers in Megève". In: Volkszeitung , January 27, 1968, p. 8.
  28. Not to Chamonix - Killy combination winner . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 18, 1968, p. 13 , bottom left ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  29. Chamonix: Nancy Greene and Orcel . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 25, 1968, p. 15 , bottom left ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  30. Killy: Used to drive Porsche . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 8, 1968, p. 16 , above ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  31. Amateur Killy defeated by Mauduit . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 9, 1968, p. 14 , center right ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  32. a b Killy's suspension for the USA lifted defeated . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 12, 1968, p. 11 , above ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  33. Sport Zürich, March 11, 1968, p. 18.
  34. ^ Tip Basel, March 12, 1968, p. 41.
  35. Shiffrin wins Aspen Slalom with a record advantage. derStandard.at , November 28, 2015, accessed on February 2, 2017 .
  36. “Bleiner had to wait a day” in “Welt und Sport” (= Monday edition of the “Volkszeitung Kärnten”) No. 1051 of February 26, 1968, page 3, POS. bottom left
  37. "Fernande Bochatay won before Isabelle Mir" in "Sport Zürich" No. 26 of February 26, 1968, p. 17
  38. Killy finally winner of the World Cup . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 31, 1968, p. 13 , middle right ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  39. ^ "Sabich before Huber in the last race of this season". In: Tiroler Tageszeitung , April 9, 1968, p. 8.
  40. "Swiss demonstrated the debacle" in "Sport Zurich" No. 44 of April 8, 1968, p. 25
  41. "US ski races with valuable information" in "Sport Zurich" No. 45 of April 10, 1968, p. 11
  42. Volkszeitung , July 17, 1968, p. 7.
  43. Heidi Zimmermann injured . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 1, 1967, p. 16 , middle right ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  44. Messner trained, Zimmermann out . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 2, 1967, p. 14 , center right ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  45. Favre fails . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 21, 1967, p. 12 , upper middle left ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  46. Famose does not start . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 29, 1967, p. 16 , lower center right ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  47. "Today kick-off in Badgastein". In: Volkszeitung , January 16, 1968, p. 7.
  48. ^ "Egon Zimmermann injured". In: Volkszeitung , January 18, 1968, p. 7.
  49. ^ After a fall on the Lauberhorn: Hugo Nindl's broken leg . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna 11 January 1968, p. 12 , above ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  50. Broken legs of the Pall sisters . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna April 6, 1968, p. 12 , Mitte ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  51. “Sabich won at the end” in “Sport Zürich” No. 45 of April 10, 1968, p. 11; POS .: Column 3
  52. Egon Zimmermann is now stepping down . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna September 5, 1968, p. 12 , middle left ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  53. "St. Moritz wants to have a say: Two candidacies ". In: "ski - official organ of the German Ski Association". Unionverlag Stuttgart, Volume 21, Issue No. 5, December 12, 1968, pp. 244/245.
  54. ^ "Bob Beattie resigns" in "Sport Zürich" No. 44 of April 8, 1968, p. 25; POS .: Column 4, first heading
  55. “World Cup start in the USA?” In “Sport Zürich” No. 45 of April 10, 1968, p. 11; POS .: box in column 1
  56. Today the Schranz case . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna June 15, 1968, p. 14 , center left ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  57. Case Schranz: Protest useless . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna June 16, 1968, p. 11 , upper center left ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  58. "Killy Victory in Summer". In: Volkszeitung , July 4, 1967, p. 7.
  59. Nindl went with me, Messner waived . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 13, 1967, p. 12 , upper center right ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  60. Nenning's watch fell off his wrist . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 15, 1967, p. 16 , above ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  61. ^ "Gerhard Nenning giant slalom winner ahead of Guy Perillat and Karl Schranz". In: Kärntner Tageszeitung , December 15, 1967, p. 7.
  62. Karl Schranz as in the best of days . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 16, 1967, p. 14 , above ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  63. ^ Protest against the victor, Mir . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 15, 1967, p. 16 , above ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  64. “Memo for France's ski ace. Karl Schranz slalom and combination winner ”. In: Kärntner Tageszeitung , No. 286 of December 16, 1967.
  65. Team alert: upset stomach . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 17, 1967, p. 14 , above ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  66. “Now Jean-Claude Killy struck!” In: Volkszeitung , December 18, 1967, p. 3.
  67. "Matt - new slalom hope". In: Volkszeitung , January 23, 1968, p. 8.
  68. ^ "Georges Mauduit before Bernard Orcel". In: Volkszeitung , January 25, 1968, p. 8.
  69. "Orcel RTL overall winner in Megeve". In: Volkszeitung , January 27, 1968, p. 8.
  70. ^ "Alain Penz before Franz Digruber". In: Volkszeitung , January 30, 1968, p. 9.
  71. Kidd won, Orcel overall winner . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 27, 1968, p. 14 , center right ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  72. ^ French victory in Zell am See . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 28, 1968, p. 14 , below ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  73. ^ Before knockout slalom in Mauerbach . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 24, 1968, p. 12 , below ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  74. ^ Knockout slalom: Russel defeated . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 31, 1968, p. 12 , top left ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  75. Greene wins everything, Killy without a win . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 19, 1968, p. 11 , above ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  76. The French are considered favorites . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 22, 1968, p. 14 , center right ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  77. Nenning beats Killy and Schranz . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 23, 1968, p. 14 , upper center right ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  78. Killy was king again in the slalom . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 24, 1968, p. 15 , top right ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  79. ↑ The ski team failed in the giant slalom . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 26, 1968, p. 13 , above ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized version).
  80. ^ Loidl behind Mahlknecht . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 23, 1968, p. 14 ( Arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  81. "A scream in the larch shot". In: Volkszeitung , March 2, 1968, p. 8.
  82. "Championships Abroad". In: Volkszeitung , March 3, 1968, p. 7.
  83. ^ "France: Four times Isabelle Mir". In: Volkszeitung , March 5, 1968, p. 8.
  84. Gabl won ahead of Haas and O. Pall . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 1, 1968, p. 16 , Mitte ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  85. ^ Departure title for Schranz, O. Pall . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 2, 1968, p. 14 , bottom left ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  86. Tritscher winner in giant slalom . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 3, 1968, p. 15 , below ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  87. Championship title for Huber and Schranz . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 5, 1968, p. 14 , below ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  88. ^ "All against the Olympic team" in "Sport Zurich" No. 28 of March 1, 1968, p. 13
  89. "Fernande Bochatay and Dumeng Giovanoli won three titles each" and "Fernande Bochatay sovereign - Dumeng Giovanoli after a tough fight", "Daetwyler with 101.6 km average before Minsch" and "Lots of spectators and rare hat tricks" in "Sport Zurich" No. . 29 of March 4, 1968, pp. 17, 18, 19, 21
  90. ^ "Nancy Greene and Rob Hebron Canadian Masters" in "Sport Zurich" No. 30 of March 6, 1968, p. 5; POS .: Column 2
  91. "It starts today!" In: Kärntner Tageszeitung , May 11, 1968, p. 16.
  92. "Reinhard Tritscher continues winning streak". In: Kärntner Tageszeitung , May 12, 1968, p. 7.
  93. “On a Glockner race 1969!” In: Kärntner Tageszeitung , May 14, 1968, p. 9.