Alpine Ski World Cup 1997/98

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Alpine Ski World Cup 1997/98

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Men's Ladies
winner
total AustriaAustria Hermann Maier GermanyGermany Katja Seizinger
Departure AustriaAustria Andreas Schifferer GermanyGermany Katja Seizinger
Super G AustriaAustria Hermann Maier GermanyGermany Katja Seizinger
Giant slalom AustriaAustria Hermann Maier GermanyGermany Martina Ertl
slalom AustriaAustria Thomas Sykora SwedenSweden Ylva Nowén
combination AustriaAustria Werner Franz GermanyGermany Hilde Gerg
Nations Cup AustriaAustria Austria
Nations Cup AustriaAustria Austria GermanyGermany Germany
Competitions
Venues 18th 12
Individual competitions 37 33
1996/97
1998/99

The 1997/98 season of the Alpine Ski World Cup organized by the FIS began on October 24, 1997 in Tignes and ended on March 15, 1998 on the occasion of the World Cup final in Crans-Montana . 35 races were held for men (11  downhill runs , 5  super-G , 9  giant slaloms , 9  slaloms , 1 parallel race). For women there were 31 races (6 downhill runs, 6 super-G, 8 giant slaloms, 9 slaloms, 2 parallel races). There were also two combination evaluations.

The highlight of the season was the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano .

World Cup ratings

total

Men's
rank athlete Points
1 AustriaAustria Hermann Maier 1685
2 AustriaAustria Andreas Schifferer 1114
3 AustriaAustria Stephan Eberharter 1030
4th NorwayNorway Kjetil André Aamodt 901
5 AustriaAustria Hans Knauß 888
6th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Michael von Grünigen 746
7th AustriaAustria Josef Strobl 697
8th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Didier Cuche 627
9 AustriaAustria Christian Mayer 590
10 NorwayNorway Leave kjus 578
11 ItalyItaly Kristian Ghedina 544
12 AustriaAustria Thomas Stangassinger 539
13 AustriaAustria Thomas Sykora 521
14th ItalyItaly Alberto Tomba 506
15th AustriaAustria Werner Franz 504
16 FranceFrance Nicolas Burtin 485
17th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Paul Accola 471
18th FranceFrance Jean-Luc Crétier 448
19th NorwayNorway Hans Petter Buraas 443
20th AustriaAustria Hannes Trinkl 372
21st SloveniaSlovenia Jure Košir 369
22nd ItalyItaly Werner Perathoner 359
23 NorwayNorway Finn Christian Jagge 353
24 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Bruno Kernen 348
25th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Steve Locher 338
26th AustriaAustria Günther Mader 332
27 JapanJapan Kiminobu Kimura 321
28 SwedenSweden Fredrik Nyberg 314
AustriaAustria Fritz Strobl
30th ItalyItaly Luca Cattaneo 304
31 ItalyItaly Peter Runggaldier 300
32 AustriaAustria Rainer Salzgeber 298
33 NorwayNorway Ole Kristian Furuseth 296
34 FranceFrance Joël Chenal 290
35 SwedenSweden Patrik Jarbyn 289
36 CanadaCanada Thomas Grandi 279
37 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Urs Kälin 277
38 NorwayNorway Tom Stiansen 238
39 LiechtensteinLiechtenstein Marco Büchel 220
40 AustriaAustria Heinz Schilchegger 218
41 AustriaAustria Siegfried Voglreiter 205
42 FranceFrance Pierrick Bourgeat 189
43 SloveniaSlovenia Andrei Miklavc 184
CanadaCanada Ed Podivinsky
45 AustriaAustria Roland Assinger 175
ItalyItaly Fabrizio Tescari
47 AustriaAustria Christian Greber 170
48 FranceFrance Sébastien Amiez 163
49 IcelandIceland Kristinn Björnsson 160
50 GermanyGermany Alois Vogl 158
Ladies
rank Athlete Points
1 GermanyGermany Katja Seizinger 1655
2 GermanyGermany Martina Ertl 1508
3 GermanyGermany Hilde Gerg 1391
4th ItalyItaly Deborah Compagnoni 912
5 AustriaAustria Alexandra Meissnitzer 884
6th SwedenSweden Ylva Nowén 815
7th AustriaAustria Renate Götschl 787
8th ItalyItaly Isolde Kostner 695
9 SloveniaSlovenia Urška Hrovat 592
10 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Heidi Zurbriggen 561
11 United StatesUnited States Kristina Koznick 560
12 AustriaAustria Stefanie Schuster 500
13 FranceFrance Leila Piccard 465
FranceFrance Mélanie Suchet 465
15th FranceFrance Florence Masnada 448
16 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Sonja Nef 443
17th NorwayNorway Andrine Flemmen 390
18th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Karin Roten 375
19th SloveniaSlovenia Špela Pretnar 322
20th AustriaAustria Sabine Egger 317
21st GermanyGermany Regina Häusl 292
22nd ItalyItaly Bibiana Perez 291
23 GermanyGermany Katharina Gutensohn 288
24 NorwayNorway Ingeborg Helen Marken 286
25th NorwayNorway Trine Bakke 281
26th FranceFrance Carole Montillet 276
27 AustriaAustria Anita Wachter 274
28 FranceFrance Régine Cavagnoud 272
29 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Catherine Borghi 258
30th ItalyItaly Karen Putzer 255
31 FranceFrance Sophie Lefranc-Duvillard 252
32 AustraliaAustralia Zali Steggall 244
33 AustriaAustria Michaela Dorfmeister 234
34 AustriaAustria Brigitte Obermoser 233
35 SwedenSweden Anna Ottosson 229
SwedenSweden Pernilla Wiberg
37 ItalyItaly Morena Gallizio 204
38 SloveniaSlovenia Alenka Dovžan 197
39 AustriaAustria Ingrid Salvenmoser 184
40 ItalyItaly Lara Magoni 180
41 FranceFrance Laure Pequegnot 173
42 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Martina Accola 171
43 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Corinne Rey-Bellet 162
44 SpainSpain Ana Galindo Santolaria 158
45 FranceFrance Laetitia Dalloz 157
46 United StatesUnited States Picabo Street 156
47 RussiaRussia Varvara Zelenskaya 154
48 SloveniaSlovenia Špela Bračun 143
49 New ZealandNew Zealand Claudia Riegler 136
50 ItalyItaly Elisabetta Biavaschi 132

Departure

Men's
rank athlete Points
1 AustriaAustria Andreas Schifferer 655
2 AustriaAustria Hermann Maier 479
3 FranceFrance Nicolas Burtin 469
4th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Didier Cuche 424
5 FranceFrance Jean-Luc Crétier 414
6th ItalyItaly Kristian Ghedina 412
7th AustriaAustria Stephan Eberharter 377
8th AustriaAustria Hannes Trinkl 321
9 AustriaAustria Josef Strobl 306
10 AustriaAustria Werner Franz 288
11 NorwayNorway Leave kjus 275
12 NorwayNorway Kjetil André Aamodt 255
13 AustriaAustria Fritz Strobl 253
14th ItalyItaly Werner Perathoner 252
15th AustriaAustria Hans Knauß 242
16 AustriaAustria Roland Assinger 175
17th ItalyItaly Peter Runggaldier 169
18th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Bruno Kernen 165
19th AustriaAustria Christian Greber 154
20th CanadaCanada Brian Stemmle 147
Ladies
rank Athlete Points
1 GermanyGermany Katja Seizinger 520
2 AustriaAustria Renate Götschl 392
3 ItalyItaly Isolde Kostner 292
4th FranceFrance Mélanie Suchet 237
5 GermanyGermany Hilde Gerg 224
6th FranceFrance Florence Masnada 216
7th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Heidi Zurbriggen 185
8th AustriaAustria Alexandra Meissnitzer 168
9 FranceFrance Régine Cavagnoud 167
10 AustriaAustria Brigitte Obermoser 150
11 FranceFrance Carole Montillet 139
12 ItalyItaly Bibiana Perez 136
13 NorwayNorway Ingeborg Helen Marken 135
14th GermanyGermany Katharina Gutensohn 130
15th AustriaAustria Stefanie Schuster 123
16 AustriaAustria Michaela Dorfmeister 112
17th United StatesUnited States Picabo Street 102
18th ItalyItaly Alessandra Merlin 89
19th GermanyGermany Regina Häusl 81
20th FranceFrance Laetitia Dalloz 74

Super G

Men's
rank athlete Points
1 AustriaAustria Hermann Maier 400
2 AustriaAustria Hans Knauß 256
3 AustriaAustria Stephan Eberharter 220
4th SwedenSweden Patrik Jarbyn 195
5 AustriaAustria Andreas Schifferer 185
6th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Didier Cuche 163
7th AustriaAustria Josef Strobl 150
8th ItalyItaly Luca Cattaneo 148
9 ItalyItaly Peter Runggaldier 131
10 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Paul Accola 114
ItalyItaly Kristian Ghedina
12 SwedenSweden Fredrik Nyberg 113
United StatesUnited States Daron Rahlves
14th AustriaAustria Günther Mader 108
15th ItalyItaly Werner Perathoner 107
16 NorwayNorway Leave kjus 96
17th AustriaAustria Werner Franz 84
18th ItalyItaly Alessandro Fattori 81
19th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Steve Locher 79
20th AustriaAustria Rainer Salzgeber 69
Ladies
rank Athlete Points
1 GermanyGermany Katja Seizinger 445
2 AustriaAustria Renate Götschl 305
3 ItalyItaly Isolde Kostner 266
4th GermanyGermany Martina Ertl 259
5 FranceFrance Mélanie Suchet 228
6th GermanyGermany Regina Häusl 204
7th GermanyGermany Hilde Gerg 197
8th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Heidi Zurbriggen 196
9 GermanyGermany Katharina Gutensohn 152
10 ItalyItaly Karen Putzer 142
11 AustriaAustria Alexandra Meissnitzer 140
12 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Corinne Rey-Bellet 127
13 RussiaRussia Varvara Zelenskaya 111
14th ItalyItaly Bibiana Perez 110
15th AustriaAustria Stefanie Schuster 108
16 AustriaAustria Michaela Dorfmeister 102
FranceFrance Carole Montillet
18th FranceFrance Laetitia Dalloz 83
19th SloveniaSlovenia Mojca Suhadolc 79
20th FranceFrance Florence Masnada 73

Giant slalom

Men's
rank athlete Points
1 AustriaAustria Hermann Maier 620
2 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Michael von Grünigen 560
3 AustriaAustria Christian Mayer 429
4th AustriaAustria Stephan Eberharter 388
5 AustriaAustria Hans Knauß 375
6th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Urs Kälin 277
7th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Steve Locher 246
8th AustriaAustria Rainer Salzgeber 229
9 NorwayNorway Kjetil André Aamodt 226
10 LiechtensteinLiechtenstein Marco Büchel 220
11 AustriaAustria Andreas Schifferer 216
12 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Paul Accola 214
13 ItalyItaly Alberto Tomba 171
14th AustriaAustria Heinz Schilchegger 162
15th CanadaCanada Thomas Grandi 161
16 AustriaAustria Josef Strobl 141
17th FranceFrance Ian Piccard 136
18th ItalyItaly Patrick Holzer 134
19th FranceFrance Joël Chenal 112
SloveniaSlovenia Jure Košir
Ladies
rank Athlete Points
1 GermanyGermany Martina Ertl 591
2 ItalyItaly Deborah Compagnoni 565
3 AustriaAustria Alexandra Meissnitzer 445
4th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Sonja Nef 359
5 NorwayNorway Andrine Flemmen 296
6th GermanyGermany Katja Seizinger 295
7th FranceFrance Sophie Lefranc-Duvillard 252
8th FranceFrance Leila Piccard 224
9 GermanyGermany Hilde Gerg 209
SwedenSweden Anna Ottosson
11 AustriaAustria Stefanie Schuster 150
12 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Heidi Zurbriggen 149
13 SpainSpain Ana Galindo Santolaria 144
14th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Karin Roten 140
15th AustriaAustria Anita Wachter 132
16 LiechtensteinLiechtenstein Birgit Heeb 124
SloveniaSlovenia Urška Hrovat
18th SloveniaSlovenia Špela Pretnar 113
19th SwedenSweden Martina Fortkord 98
ItalyItaly Karen Putzer

slalom

Men's
rank athlete Points
1 AustriaAustria Thomas Sykora 521
2 AustriaAustria Thomas Stangassinger 517
3 NorwayNorway Hans Petter Buraas 420
4th NorwayNorway Finn Christian Jagge 345
5 JapanJapan Kiminobu Kimura 316
6th NorwayNorway Ole Kristian Furuseth 296
7th ItalyItaly Alberto Tomba 290
8th SloveniaSlovenia Jure Košir 257
9 FranceFrance Pierrick Bourgeat 189
10 NorwayNorway Tom Stiansen 185
11 SloveniaSlovenia Andrei Miklavc 184
12 FranceFrance Joël Chenal 178
13 NorwayNorway Kjetil André Aamodt 177
14th ItalyItaly Fabrizio Tescari 175
15th IcelandIceland Kristinn Björnsson 160
16 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Michael von Grünigen 157
17th SwedenSweden Martin Hansson 150
18th FranceFrance Sébastien Amiez 144
19th GermanyGermany Alois Vogl 134
20th NorwayNorway Leave kjus 127
Ladies
rank Athlete Points
1 SwedenSweden Ylva Nowén 620
2 United StatesUnited States Kristina Koznick 560
3 GermanyGermany Hilde Gerg 451
4th SloveniaSlovenia Urška Hrovat 423
5 GermanyGermany Martina Ertl 320
6th ItalyItaly Deborah Compagnoni 304
7th NorwayNorway Trine Bakke 281
8th AustriaAustria Sabine Egger 257
9 AustraliaAustralia Zali Steggall 244
10 SloveniaSlovenia Špela Pretnar 209
11 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Karin Roten 203
12 GermanyGermany Katja Seizinger 193
13 FranceFrance Laure Pequegnot 173
14th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Martina Accola 171
15th ItalyItaly Lara Magoni 153
16 SloveniaSlovenia Alenka Dovžan 136
New ZealandNew Zealand Claudia Riegler
18th ItalyItaly Elisabetta Biavaschi 132
19th ItalyItaly Morena Gallizio 127
20th AustriaAustria Ingrid Salvenmoser 125

combination

Men's
rank athlete Points
1 AustriaAustria Werner Franz 120
2 NorwayNorway Kjetil André Aamodt 100
AustriaAustria Hermann Maier
4th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Bruno Kernen 80
5 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Paul Accola 60
CanadaCanada Ed Podivinsky
7th United StatesUnited States Matthew Grosjean 50
AustriaAustria Fritz Strobl
9 AustriaAustria Stephan Eberharter 45
SwedenSweden Fredrik Nyberg
Ladies
rank Athlete Points
1 GermanyGermany Hilde Gerg 200
2 GermanyGermany Martina Ertl 140
GermanyGermany Katja Seizinger
4th ItalyItaly Morena Gallizio 77
5 FranceFrance Florence Masnada 76
6th AustriaAustria Stefanie Schuster 61
7th NorwayNorway Ingeborg Helen Marken 60
GermanyGermany Stefanie Wolf
9 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Catherine Borghi 58
10 GermanyGermany Miriam Vogt 55

Podium placements men

Departure

date place 1st place 2nd place 3rd place
4th December 1997 Beaver Creek ( USA ) ItalyItaly Kristian Ghedina FranceFrance Jean-Luc Crétier NorwayNorway Leave kjus
5th December 1997 Beaver Creek ( USA ) AustriaAustria Andreas Schifferer AustriaAustria Hermann Maier AustriaAustria Stephan Eberharter
December 29, 1997 Bormio ( ITA ) AustriaAustria Hermann Maier AustriaAustria Andreas Schifferer AustriaAustria Werner Franz
December 30, 1997 Bormio ( ITA ) AustriaAustria Andreas Schifferer AustriaAustria Werner Franz NorwayNorway Leave kjus
January 16, 1998 Wengen ( SUI ) AustriaAustria Hermann Maier FranceFrance Nicolas Burtin AustriaAustria Andreas Schifferer
January 17, 1998 Wengen ( SUI ) AustriaAustria Andreas Schifferer FranceFrance Jean-Luc Crétier AustriaAustria Hermann Maier
January 23, 1998 Kitzbühel ( AUT ) SwitzerlandSwitzerland Didier Cuche FranceFrance Nicolas Burtin FranceFrance Jean-Luc Crétier
January 24, 1998 Kitzbühel ( AUT ) ItalyItaly Kristian Ghedina SwitzerlandSwitzerland Didier Cuche AustriaAustria Josef Strobl
January 31, 1998 Garmisch-Partenkirchen ( GER ) AustriaAustria Andreas Schifferer FranceFrance Nicolas Burtin AustriaAustria Hermann Maier
March 7, 1998 Kvitfjell ( NOR ) FranceFrance Nicolas Burtin ItalyItaly Werner Perathoner NorwayNorway Let Kjus Josef Strobl
AustriaAustria 
March 13, 1998 Crans-Montana ( SUI ) AustriaAustria Josef Strobl SwitzerlandSwitzerland Didier Cuche AustriaAustria Fritz Strobl

Super G

date place 1st place 2nd place 3rd place
December 6, 1997 Beaver Creek ( USA ) AustriaAustria Hermann Maier AustriaAustria Stephan Eberharter AustriaAustria Hans Knauß
January 10, 1998 Schladming ( AUT ) AustriaAustria Hermann Maier AustriaAustria Stephan Eberharter ItalyItaly Luca Cattaneo
January 11, 1998 Schladming ( AUT ) AustriaAustria Hermann Maier AustriaAustria Andreas Schifferer AustriaAustria Stephan Eberharter
February 1, 1998 Garmisch-Partenkirchen ( GER ) AustriaAustria Hermann Maier AustriaAustria Hans Knauß NorwayNorway Leave kjus
March 8, 1998 Kvitfjell ( NOR ) AustriaAustria Hans Knauß SwedenSweden Patrik Jarbyn SwitzerlandSwitzerland Didier Cuche

Giant slalom

date place 1st place 2nd place 3rd place
October 26, 1997 Tignes ( FRA ) SwitzerlandSwitzerland Michael von Grünigen SwitzerlandSwitzerland Steve Locher AustriaAustria Hermann Maier
November 20, 1997 Park City ( USA ) AustriaAustria Hermann Maier NorwayNorway Kjetil André Aamodt CanadaCanada Thomas Grandi
December 14, 1997 Val d'Isère ( FRA ) SwitzerlandSwitzerland Michael von Grünigen AustriaAustria Stephan Eberharter AustriaAustria Hans Knauß
December 21, 1997 Alta Badia ( ITA ) AustriaAustria Christian Mayer SwitzerlandSwitzerland Michael von Grünigen AustriaAustria Hermann Maier
January 3, 1998 Kranjska Gora ( SLO ) AustriaAustria Christian Mayer AustriaAustria Hermann Maier SwitzerlandSwitzerland Michael von Grünigen
January 6, 1998 Saalbach-Hinterglemm ( AUT ) AustriaAustria Hermann Maier ItalyItaly Alberto Tomba AustriaAustria Rainer Salzgeber
January 13, 1998 Adelboden ( SUI ) AustriaAustria Hermann Maier SwitzerlandSwitzerland Michael von Grünigen SwitzerlandSwitzerland Paul Accola
February 28, 1998 Yongpyong ( KOR ) SwitzerlandSwitzerland Michael von Grünigen AustriaAustria Christian Mayer AustriaAustria Hermann Maier
March 14, 1998 Crans-Montana ( SUI ) AustriaAustria Stephan Eberharter AustriaAustria Hans Knauß AustriaAustria Hermann Maier

slalom

date place 1st place 2nd place 3rd place
November 22, 1997 Park City ( USA ) AustriaAustria Thomas Stangassinger IcelandIceland Kristinn Björnsson NorwayNorway Finn Christian Jagge
December 15, 1997 Sestriere ( ITA ) NorwayNorway Finn Christian Jagge AustriaAustria Thomas Sykora NorwayNorway Hans Petter Buraas
January 4, 1998 Kranjska Gora ( SLO ) AustriaAustria Thomas Sykora FranceFrance Pierrick Bourgeat AustriaAustria Thomas Stangassinger
January 8, 1998 Schladming ( AUT ) ItalyItaly Alberto Tomba AustriaAustria Thomas Sykora NorwayNorway Hans Petter Buraas
January 18, 1998 Veysonnaz ( SUI ) AustriaAustria Thomas Stangassinger IcelandIceland Kristinn Björnsson JapanJapan Kiminobu Kimura
January 25, 1998 Kitzbühel ( AUT ) AustriaAustria Thomas Stangassinger AustriaAustria Thomas Sykora NorwayNorway Ole Kristian Furuseth
January 26, 1998 Kitzbühel ( AUT ) AustriaAustria Thomas Sykora NorwayNorway Hans Petter Buraas AustriaAustria Thomas Stangassinger
March 1, 1998 Yongpyong ( KOR ) NorwayNorway Ole Kristian Furuseth NorwayNorway Finn Christian Jagge NorwayNorway Tom Stiansen
March 15, 1998 Crans-Montana ( SUI ) ItalyItaly Alberto Tomba NorwayNorway Hans Petter Buraas NorwayNorway Finn Christian Jagge

Parallel races

date place 1st place 2nd place 3rd place
October 24, 1997 Tignes ( FRA ) AustriaAustria Josef Strobl NorwayNorway Kjetil André Aamodt AustriaAustria Hermann Maier

combination

date place 1st place 2nd place 3rd place
16./18.01.1998 Wengen / Veysonnaz ( SUI ) AustriaAustria Hermann Maier SwitzerlandSwitzerland Bruno Kernen SwitzerlandSwitzerland Paul Accola
January 24/25, 1998 Kitzbühel ( AUT ) NorwayNorway Kjetil André Aamodt AustriaAustria Werner Franz CanadaCanada Ed Podivinsky

Podium placements women

Departure

date place 1st place 2nd place 3rd place
4th December 1997 Lake Louise ( CAN ) GermanyGermany Katja Seizinger GermanyGermany Katharina Gutensohn AustriaAustria Renate Götschl
5th December 1997 Lake Louise ( CAN ) GermanyGermany Katja Seizinger FranceFrance Mélanie Suchet ItalyItaly Isolde Kostner
December 17, 1997 Val d'Isère ( FRA ) GermanyGermany Katja Seizinger GermanyGermany Hilde Gerg NorwayNorway Ingeborg Helen Marken
January 18, 1998 Altenmarkt ( AUT ) AustriaAustria Renate Götschl GermanyGermany Katja Seizinger AustriaAustria Alexandra Meissnitzer
January 22, 1998 Cortina d'Ampezzo ( ITA ) ItalyItaly Isolde Kostner AustriaAustria Renate Götschl FranceFrance Florence Masnada
January 31, 1998 Åre ( SWE ) GermanyGermany Katja Seizinger AustriaAustria Renate Götschl FranceFrance Florence Masnada

Super G

date place 1st place 2nd place 3rd place
November 29, 1997 Mammoth Mountain ( USA ) GermanyGermany Katja Seizinger ItalyItaly Isolde Kostner GermanyGermany Katharina Gutensohn
December 6, 1997 Lake Louise ( CAN ) GermanyGermany Katja Seizinger GermanyGermany Hilde Gerg ItalyItaly Isolde Kostner
December 18, 1997 Val d'Isère ( FRA ) GermanyGermany Katja Seizinger AustriaAustria Renate Götschl GermanyGermany Hilde Gerg
January 18, 1998 Altenmarkt ( AUT ) GermanyGermany Martina Ertl SwitzerlandSwitzerland Heidi Zurbriggen FranceFrance Mélanie Suchet
January 23, 1998 Cortina d'Ampezzo ( ITA ) FranceFrance Mélanie Suchet GermanyGermany Regina Häusl ItalyItaly Karen Putzer
January 24, 1998 Cortina d'Ampezzo ( ITA ) GermanyGermany Katja Seizinger AustriaAustria Renate Götschl ItalyItaly Isolde Kostner

Giant slalom

date place 1st place 2nd place 3rd place
October 25, 1997 Tignes ( FRA ) ItalyItaly Deborah Compagnoni GermanyGermany Martina Ertl SwedenSweden Martina Fortkord
November 21, 1997 Park City ( USA ) ItalyItaly Deborah Compagnoni AustriaAustria Alexandra Meissnitzer NorwayNorway Andrine Flemmen
December 19, 1997 Val d'Isère ( FRA ) ItalyItaly Deborah Compagnoni AustriaAustria Alexandra Meissnitzer FranceFrance Leila Piccard
January 6, 1998 Bormio ( ITA ) ItalyItaly Deborah Compagnoni GermanyGermany Martina Ertl AustriaAustria Alexandra Meissnitzer
January 10, 1998 Bormio ( ITA ) GermanyGermany Martina Ertl GermanyGermany Katja Seizinger ItalyItaly Deborah Compagnoni
January 25, 1998 Cortina d'Ampezzo ( ITA ) GermanyGermany Martina Ertl GermanyGermany Katja Seizinger FranceFrance Sophie Lefranc-Duvillard
January 28, 1998 Åre ( SWE ) GermanyGermany Martina Ertl SwitzerlandSwitzerland Sonja Nef SwedenSweden Anna Ottosson
March 15, 1998 Crans-Montana ( SUI ) AustriaAustria Alexandra Meissnitzer GermanyGermany Martina Ertl ItalyItaly Deborah Compagnoni

slalom

date place 1st place 2nd place 3rd place
November 23, 1997 Park City ( USA ) AustraliaAustralia Zali Steggall SwedenSweden Ylva Nowén New ZealandNew Zealand Claudia Riegler
December 20, 1997 Val d'Isère ( FRA ) SwedenSweden Ylva Nowén ItalyItaly Deborah Compagnoni SloveniaSlovenia Urška Hrovat
December 27, 1997 Lienz ( AUT ) SwedenSweden Ylva Nowén ItalyItaly Deborah Compagnoni SloveniaSlovenia Urška Hrovat
December 28, 1997 Lienz ( AUT ) SwedenSweden Ylva Nowén United StatesUnited States Kristina Koznick ItalyItaly Deborah Compagnoni
January 5, 1998 Bormio ( ITA ) SwedenSweden Ylva Nowén GermanyGermany Hilde Gerg SloveniaSlovenia Špela Pretnar
January 11, 1998 Bormio ( ITA ) GermanyGermany Hilde Gerg United StatesUnited States Kristina Koznick SloveniaSlovenia Špela Pretnar
January 29, 1998 Åre ( SWE ) United StatesUnited States Kristina Koznick GermanyGermany Hilde Gerg AustriaAustria Sabine Egger
March 1, 1998 Saalbach-Hinterglemm ( AUT ) GermanyGermany Martina Ertl NorwayNorway Trine Bakke United StatesUnited States Kristina Koznick
March 14, 1998 Crans-Montana ( SUI ) SloveniaSlovenia Urška Hrovat GermanyGermany Martina Ertl GermanyGermany Hilde Gerg

Parallel races

date place 1st place 2nd place 3rd place
October 24, 1997 Tignes ( FRA ) FranceFrance Leila Piccard SwedenSweden Ylva Nowén AustriaAustria Alexandra Meissnitzer
November 28, 1997 Mammoth Mountain ( USA ) GermanyGermany Hilde Gerg GermanyGermany Martina Ertl AustriaAustria Alexandra Meissnitzer

combination

date place 1st place 2nd place 3rd place
December 17/20, 1997 Val d'Isère ( FRA ) GermanyGermany Hilde Gerg GermanyGermany Katja Seizinger GermanyGermany Martina Ertl
29./31.01.1998 Åre ( SWE ) GermanyGermany Hilde Gerg GermanyGermany Martina Ertl GermanyGermany Katja Seizinger

Nations Cup

Overall rating
rank country Points
1 AustriaAustria Austria 12823
2 GermanyGermany Germany 6077
3 ItalyItaly Italy 6001
4th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 5610
5 FranceFrance France 5024
6th NorwayNorway Norway 4069
7th SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia 2857
8th SwedenSweden Sweden 2286
9 United StatesUnited States United States 1236
10 CanadaCanada Canada 905
11 JapanJapan Japan 357
12 LiechtensteinLiechtenstein Liechtenstein 344
13 AustraliaAustralia Australia 244
RussiaRussia Russia
15th SpainSpain Spain 230
16 IcelandIceland Iceland 160
17th New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand 136
18th FinlandFinland Finland 119
19th PolandPoland Poland 20th
20th CroatiaCroatia Croatia 5
Men's
rank country Points
1 AustriaAustria Austria 9216
2 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 3468
3 NorwayNorway Norway 2928
4th ItalyItaly Italy 2911
5 FranceFrance France 2380
6th SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia 1398
7th SwedenSweden Sweden 771
8th CanadaCanada Canada 711
9 GermanyGermany Germany 472
10 United StatesUnited States United States 434
11 JapanJapan Japan 340
12 LiechtensteinLiechtenstein Liechtenstein 220
13 IcelandIceland Iceland 160
14th FinlandFinland Finland 70
15th PolandPoland Poland 18th
16 CroatiaCroatia Croatia 5
Ladies
rank country Points
1 GermanyGermany Germany 5605
2 AustriaAustria Austria 3607
3 ItalyItaly Italy 3090
4th FranceFrance France 2644
5 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 2142
6th SwedenSweden Sweden 1515
7th SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia 1459
8th NorwayNorway Norway 1141
9 United StatesUnited States United States 802
10 AustraliaAustralia Australia 244
RussiaRussia Russia
12 SpainSpain Spain 230
13 CanadaCanada Canada 194
14th New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand 136
15th LiechtensteinLiechtenstein Liechtenstein 124
16 FinlandFinland Finland 49
17th JapanJapan Japan 17th

statistics

Men overall 1967–1998:

Subtotal 1997: 932 races: DH 273, SG 74, GS 237, SL 274 + 1, C 73

1998: 37 races: DH 11, SG 5, GS 9, SL 9, C 2, P 1

Subtotal: 969 races: DH 284, SG 79, GS 246, SL 283, C 75, P 2 (the parallel slalom from 1974/75 that was previously attached to the slalom has now been recorded separately).

1997/98 SEASON:

Men:
Downhill (11):
Rank 1: AUT 7, ITA 2, FRA 1, SUI 1
Rank 2: FRA 5, AUT 3, SUI 2, ITA 1
Rank 3 (plus one ex aequo): AUT 8, NOR 3 , FRA 1
Super-G (6):
Rank 1: AUT 5
Rank 2: AUT 4, SWE 1
Rank 3: AUT 2, ITA 1, NOR 1, SUI 1
Giant Slalom (9):
Rank 1: AUT 6, SUI 3
Rank 2: AUT 4, SUI 3, ITA 1, NOR 1
Rank 3: AUT 6, SUI 2, CAN 1
Slalom (9):
Rank 1: AUT 5, ITA 2, NOR 2
Rank 2: AUT 3, NOR 3, ISL 2, FRA 1
Rank 3: NOR 6, AUT 2, JPN 1
Combination (2):
Rank 1: AUT 1, NOR 1
Rank 2: AUT 1, SUI 1
Rank 3: CAN 1, SUI 1
Parallel (1):
Rank 1: AUT 1
Rank 2: NOR 1
Rank 3: AUT 1

Overall (37):
Rank 1: AUT 25, ITA 4, SUI 4, NOR 3, FRA 1
Rank 2: AUT 15, FRA 6, SUI 6, NOR 5, ISL 2, ITA 2, SWE 1
Rank 3 (plus. an ex aequo): AUT 19, NOR 10, SUI 4, CAN 2, FRA 1, ITA 1, JPN 1

Overview:
AUT 25 | 15 | 19
SUI 4 | 6 | 4
ITA 4 | 2 | 1
NOR 3 | 5 | 10
FRA 1 | 6 | 1
ISL - | 2 | -
SWE - | 1 | -
CAN - | - | 2
JPN - | - | 1

Women overall 1967–1998:

Subtotal 1997: 868 races: DH 230, SG 77, GS 231, SL 266 + 1, C 63
1998: 33 races: DH 6, SG 6, GS 8, SL 9, C 2, P 2
Total: 901 races: DH 236, SG 83, GS 239, SL 275, C 65, P 3 (as with the men, the parallel slaloms were summarized separately)

1997/98 SEASON:

Women:
Downhill (6):
Rank 1: GER 4, AUT 1, ITA 1
Rank 2: GER 3, AUT 2, FRA 1
Rank 3: AUT 2, FRA 2, ITA 1, NOR 1
Super-G (6):
Rank 1: GER 5, FRA 1
Rank 2: AUT 2, GER 2, ITA 1, SUI 1
Rank 3: ITA 3, GER 2, FRA 1
giant slalom (8):
Rank 1: ITA 4, GER 3, AUT 1
rank 2: GER 5, AUT 2, SUI 1
Rank 3: FRA 2, ITA 2, SWE 2, AUT 1, NOR 1
Slalom (9):
Rank 1: SWE 4, GER 2, OUT 1, SLO 1 USA 1
Rank 2: GER 3, ITA 2, USA 2, NOR 1, SWE 1
Rank 3: SLO 4, AUT 1, GER 1, ITA 1, NZE 1, USA 1
Combination (2):
Rank 1: GER 2
Rank 2: GER 2
Rank 3: GER 2
Parallel:
Rank 1: FRA 1, GER 1
Rank 2: GER 1, SWE 1
Rank 3: AUT 2

Overall (33):
Rank 1: GER 17, ITA 5, SWE 4, AUT 2, FRA 2, AUS 1, SLO 1, USA 1
Rank 2: GER 16, AUT 6, ITA 3, SUI 2, SWE 2, USA 2, FRA 1, NOR 1
Rank 3: ITA 7, AUT 6, FRA 5, GER 5, SLO 4, NOR 2, SWE 2, NZE 1, USA 1

Overview:
GER 17 | 16 | 5
ITA 5 | 3 | 7
SWE 4 | 2 | 2
AUT 2 | 6 | 6
FRA 2 | 1 | 5
USA 1 | 2 | 1
SLO 1 | - | 4
AUS 1 | - | -
SUI - | 2 | -
NOR - | 1 | 2
NZE - | - | 1

Season course

Premier victories

Men's:

Women:

  • For Leila Piccard there was the first and only victory in the parallel slalom at the start of the season in Tignes (October 24th), whereby her start number. 31 reveals that she was by no means one of the top favorites.
  • Zali Steggall won the slalom in Park City (23 November) mentioned under “Other special incidents”, with the start number in the “third category” in the hierarchy of top riders. 23, her first and only victory, although as the leader she had kept her nerve after the first run. It was also the first and so far (January 2019) only World Cup victory for the women's team of the Australian ski association " Ski & Snowboard Australia ", after the men had previously been successful twice ( Malcolm Milne on December 14, 1969 in the descent from Val- d'Isère and Steven Lee on March 3, 1985 at the Super-G in Furano ).
  • Ylva Nowén had a great slalom season with four wins in a row, starting with her maiden win on December 20 in Val d'Isère (where she had also gone from 13th place after the first run to the top podium); this performance was the cornerstone for their overall success in the season discipline ranking.
  • Mélanie Suchet, also mentioned under “Other special incidents”, took her first (and only) victory in the Super-G in Cortina d'Ampezzo (23 January).
  • Kristina Koznick achieved the first of her six slalom victories in the World Cup at the night slalom in Åre (January 29).

Cancellations, postponements

General:

  • Val-d'Isère had big problems with both men and women: First, on December 11th, the planned Super-G was canceled due to heavy rain and poor visibility, and on December 12th, the descent after heavy snowfall and gusty winds.
  • In the final there were several cancellations: For the time being, the departures scheduled for March 12th at 9:00 am (women) and 12:30 pm (men) were canceled due to fog, so that a “monster program” was included for March 13th the downhill runs (women from 9:00 a.m., then men) and Super-G (men from 1:00 p.m., then women) were scheduled (this is contrary to the regulations that there are no amendments in the final), but only the men’s downhill run could (without the participation of Hermann Maier). For the time being, that of the women was already after the catastrophic fall of Picabo Street with start no. 2 has been canceled (see also article "Injuries"). The Super-Gs were then no longer tackled, the women's downhill was canceled.

Men's:

  • No training due to the onset of warm weather and heavy rain on November 28th - then heavy snowfalls came, so that the races in Whistler were canceled. Because of the bad snow conditions in Europe, the catch-up was programmed for the next station, Vail, with departures on the 4th and 5th, a Super-G on December 6th; a possible further Super-G for December 7th did not take place.
  • The Val Gardena descent (replacement for Val-d'Isère), which was scheduled to start at 1pm on December 19 and started at 2:47 pm, had to be canceled after 13 runners (Peter Runggaldier) due to excessive fog. It might have been the first World Cup victory for the later Olympic champion Jean-Luc Crétier , who - on which everyone agreed - had led in this irregular race in front of Fritz Strobl and Hannes Trinkl.
  • The slalom of Madonna di Campiglio (December 22nd) was canceled due to rain and snowfall and the catch-up was scheduled for January 28th in Garmisch-Partenkirchen , but it was decided to do it on January 19th in Veysonnaz. However, 45 cm of fresh snow prevented this project, and in the end Kitzbühel (initially the program there was also in question, before a visit on January 11th by FIS officials Günther Hujara and Sepp Messner and a further inspection by the Munich snow inspector Peter Hinterseer had been given the green light; the ski club had carried out snow transport for an additional one million schillings). Help out on January 26th, although both the original and this supplementary slalom there were only in the first passages on the Ganslernhang due to the precarious snow conditions (which could not be covered with snow in time due to the warm temperatures), but the rest of the course on the (flat for slalom conditions ) Departure target shot were driven.
  • The giant slalom planned for January 6th in Hinterstoder was canceled on December 31st and awarded to Saalbach-Hinterglemm on January 1st .
  • A parallel slalom scheduled for January 30th in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and counting as part of the World Cup was not held.

Women:

  • Already on December 30th, Ofterschwang had to get his 5th / 6th due to lack of snow. Cancellation of planned races on January 1st - here Bormio took over , with the competitions being scheduled in reverse order, i.e. first slalom, then giant slalom. But since Maribor had to give “where”, Bormio tried again - so it turned out that there was the “giant” on January 6th and the slalom on January 11th as Maribor, the other two competitions as an Ofterschwang replacement were.
  • As in the 1989/90 season, when the Super-G scheduled for January 16 in Kitzbühel could not be ridden, the newly planned “return” of the women to the “Hahnenkamm-Ort” was due to the weather and slope conditions Victim. FIS race director Jan Tischhauser ordered the cancellation on January 7th due to the lack of snow and the associated lack of expansion of the fall areas. Altenmarkt was fixed as a replacement location on January 8th. (A new attempt for a women's competition in "Kitz" could have been made in 1999/2000 at the earliest, but this project was not implemented by now (summer 2019).) The substitute organizer from Pongau got into the crowd because it came on during the night 20 cm of fresh snow had fallen on the first day of the race. For example, on January 17th at 9:45 am, the new schedule, the departure on the next day (January 18th) at 9:15 am and the Super-G starting at 12:30 pm, had to be issued.
  • There was a short-term cancellation on March 5th for the races in Morzine , which were canceled without replacement. According to a statement by Sonja Reichen from the FIS, the day before the zero degree limit had risen to 3,000 m above sea level, the following night it had rained and the snow cover had melted by about 30 cm.

Injuries

Men's:

  • Michael Tritscher was plagued by major problems with his damaged knee (irreparable cartilage damage) (punctured and flushed through on January 12th in Schruns). There was a comeback attempt in Kitzbühel, but when he found himself in reserve, which caused him more pain, he dropped out and did without the slalom on January 26th.
  • Josef Strobl sustained an injury to his right eye arch when he failed the first descent in Bormio (December 29th) and was in Innsbruck by Primarius Dr. Göttinger is operating, which means that he is facing a three-week break. The DSV runner Christian Deissenböck was hit badly in this first descent, as he tied all the ligaments in his left knee (without a fall).
  • For Roland Assinger (N ° 23) after rank 15, 0.68 s behind the leading Cuche in the second round of the sprint descent in Kitzbühel (23 January), after falling in a right-hand bend before the Lärchenschuss, the season ended early. Only during the detailed examinations were his considerable injuries in the shoulder (splintering, torn tendons, partial fragmentation of the humerus head) discovered. He was diagnosed on January 26th at the Salzburg Clinic by Primarius Dr. Herbert Resch operated for two hours.

Women:

  • After a torn ligament in Las Leñas in the summer and a pelvic inflammation that she survived some time later, Anita Wachter suffered a torn knee ligament in a capital fall in Cortina's second Super-G (January 24) and had to undergo an operation. It was even feared the end of his career.
  • The season ended prematurely for Pernilla Wiberg . On March 1, she was unable to compete in the Saalbach night slalom due to complaints of the Achilles tendon (source according to “Heimisches Fiasko zu Late Stund '” in “Salzburger Nachrichten” of March 2, 1998, page 21)
  • Super-G Olympic champion Picabo Street suffered a broken thigh in her fall on the descent at the finals in Crans-Montana (March 13th). She was operated on the same day in Sion (please refer to the source under “Cancellations, postponements”).

World Cup decisions

  • In the men's race, all balls went to runners from the Austrian Ski Association, with Hermann Maier being the most successful with overall victory and two discipline victories. Before the Olympic Games started, Maier was leading with 1,565 ahead of Schifferer (998), Eberharter (861) and Aamodt (715) - at this point it was already clear that an Austrian would win the overall World Cup for the first time since Karl Schranz in 1969/70 where only Maier or (with very little chance) Schifferer came into question.

In addition, the ÖSV secured the Nations Cup (and the "lower level" men's rating ).

  • The German Ski Association was very successful with women; only the slalom classification did not go to the DSV: So far (end of season 2018/19) the victory in the “lower level” women’s classification was won for the last time , for Katja Seizinger there was again (after 1995/96) the “big ball” and for third time in the downhill and super-G disciplines. In addition, Martina Ertl managed to win this discipline again in the final giant slalom and Hilde Gerg was able to record the combination success. The DSV balance sheet with a triple victory in the so-called “overall rating” and 38 podium places recalled the heyday of the Swiss colleagues who had put similar brands in series between 1984/85 and 1988/89; The top three in the overall World Cup ranking made up the majority with 36 “Top 3” (Seizinger 14, Ertl 12, Gerg 10), the remaining two were due to Katharina Gutensohn ; in terms of victories, 24 of the Swiss women were the best in the 1988/89 season, with 37 podium places; however, with the podium places 50 (1986/87, with at least 23 victories) before 46 (1985/86 with “only” 15 victories) the so far unsurpassed highlights were.

Events

  • The Austrian Ski Association made several changes in the coaching team on April 29; One of the most important was the appointment of Karl Frehsner from Upper Austria , who was so successful in the Swiss men's team and who was most recently active in automobile racing (Formula I) , who replaced Raimund Berger from Carinthia - and built a strong team. According to a survey by the ÖSV , the advertising value of the “Austria Ski Team” was 3.6 billion Schilling.
  • Elfriede Eder , who wanted to walk “solo paths” and train with her personal supervisor Gottfried Trinkl, did not extend her ÖSV license ; she no longer took up the fitness classes and was therefore “officially warned” on June 4th; A report dated June 30th indicated that she wanted to start for Grenada from 1998/99 . The runner, represented by lawyer Reinhard Ratschiller, was released by the ÖSV on December 30th by a ruling by the Linz Higher Regional Court on December 22nd, but according to the ÖSV President Peter Schröcksnadel there was no longer any return home. (Note: Grenada was only accepted as a member of the World Ski Association on the occasion of the FIS Congress in Prague on May 24, 1998, so that a change of nation was only possible from then on.)
  • For the first time since the season finale 1974/75 in Val Gardena (exactly the slopes in Ortisei with victories for Monika Kaserer and Gustav Thöni ), parallel slaloms counting for the individual World Cup were held again, with women and men on the same day, October 24th , in Tignes - and also another one for the women on November 28th in Mammoth Mountain (and this not only brought a double win for the DSV, but also one for two runners from the same ski club ( Lenggries )).
  • On December 14, 1997, Hermann Maier had won the giant slalom in Val-d'Isère , but he was disqualified (after protests by the opposing supervisors) due to the competition regulations (Article 630.1.11) because he hit the so-called red line Had unbuckled his skis. (It was also bad luck for the Salzburg man that the red line had not been changed after the previous day's descent, when it was usually drawn later.) On January 20th, the FIS confirmed the disqualification. This case was a striking reminder of Toni Bürgler's mishap after the World Cup downhill run in Val Gardena in December 1982 (although it was "only" the fifth best time at that time).
  • Apart from the fact that Maier missed the point record held by Paul Accola in the 1991/92 season by 14 points because of this disqualification in Val-d'Isère , it was also due to his personal decisions not to participate in various races, among others. between the Hahnenkamm run and the competitions in Kvitfjell (and also the run at the final). He justified his renunciation of Kitzbühel with the “energy saving for the Olympics” (“I'm just a person who can get sick and has pain”.), The others with the concentration on the giant slalom discipline (the overall World Cup victory and the He had already secured a “small ball” in the Super-G, but it was also said that Maier was continuing his therapy for his back pain.). In addition, he stayed in Asia after the games in Nagano, because he spent the interval up to the giant slalom in Yongpyong on Guam (at the invitation of Arnold Schwarzenegger ). (Stephan Eberharter and Hans Knauss were also on Guam.)

Other special occurrences

Men's:

  • Michael Tritscher , currently ranked 24th in the slalom world rankings, was not allowed to start in the parallel slalom in Tignes (October 24th) because the FIS no longer recognized his injured status, because he had previously (but to find his form) in summer slaloms in Australia and New Zealand and later also participated in Europe. Interventions by the ÖSV were unsuccessful.
  • For the first time and once only, second place went to the slaloms in Park City (November 22nd) and Veysonnaz (January 18th) for Kristinn Björnsson , which also applies “parallel” to the Icelandic Ski Association. In Park City, winner Thomas Stangassinger had improved from rank 8 in the first run.
  • The slalom in Kranjska Gora (January 4th) brought about an overturn in the second run; Winner Thomas Sykora was able to mark the best overall time with ranks 9 and 14, while the leader Finn Christian Jagge with the worst time fell back to rank 24 and the one with start number. Pierrick Bourgeat, who started the race in 28, went from 19th place to 2nd place and many other previous runners also achieved huge improvements in rank. Alberto Tomba , who had taken second place only 0.01 s behind Jagge after the first run, did not compete again because of the "bad conditions" (he argued with FIS Race Director Günther Hujara, demanded the use of the "15" -Rule".)
  • Hermann Maier's victory in the first Wengen descent (January 16), which was carried out on a shorter route and with several interruptions due to the weather conditions, was the first victory for Austria's men on the Lauberhorn since Peter Wirnsberger on January 20, 1985.
  • So far it had never been the case that a runner started a World Cup slalom without the necessary FIS points, but Hermann Maier could not be denied in terms of the Lauberhorn combination - the result was 10th place in the slalom and the combination victory.
  • The first descent in Kitzbühel (January 23) was a sprint descent.
  • The victory for Kristian Ghedina in the Kitzbühel downhill run on January 24th meant the first downhill success on the Hahnenkamm for a runner from the Italian Association.
  • The ORF -Television was first represented at the Kitzbuehel downhill with 24 cameras, of which 22 to door, one was mounted on the new target house and a m in the city on a 42 high crane and was able to show the entire route.
  • On the downhill run in Garmisch-Partenkirchen (January 31), the unlucky start number 32 was awarded again for the first time since 1994, and the memorial cross for Ulrike Maier was removed for safety reasons .

Women:

  • In the slalom in Park City (November 23), with 24 runners in the end, none of the five Austrian runners who had started made it into the ranking: Sabine Egger , Karin Köllerer and Carolina Dummer were in first, Ingrid Salvenmoser (7th) and Anita Wachter ( Rank 30) eliminated in the second round. In addition, Claudia Riegler took third place (with the restriction that she only had a New Zealand passport) two podium places for runners in the southern hemisphere.
  • The descent on December 17th in Val-d'Isère was a sprint descent, which after the first run looked like a tight decision (Ingeborg Helen Marken with 0.02 s before Seizinger and 0.03 s before Hilde Gerg), Ultimately, however, Seizinger was 0.51 s and 0.62 s ahead of the competitors.
  • With her victory in the Super-G in Val-d'Isère (December 18), Katja Seizinger stopped Jean-Claude Killy's series from the Ski World Cup that only started in January 1967 (6 races en suite unbeaten).
  • In the slalom of Val-d'Isère (December 21st) Ilva Nowen improved from 13th to victory, with the cheaper start number in the second run.
  • The DSV women finished on 10/11. January in Bormio the winning series of Deborah Compagnoni (unbeaten in nine giant slaloms since January 1997) and Ylva Nowen.
  • With Mélanie Suchet's maiden victory in the first Super-G in Cortina d'Ampezzo (January 23), it seemed to be the start number. 14 to act as an "elimination race". Only three runners had mastered the course set irregularly by the Russian Leonid Melnikow, from start number 6 ( Alexandra Meissnitzer ) to 13 ( Carole Montillet ) 9 runners in a row did not pass a red gate correctly after about 53 seconds of driving.
  • Renate Götschl ended the ÖSV women’s lack of victory on January 18th with the downhill victory in Altenmarkt after 407 days and 46 races. However, a mishap happened to Michaela Dorfmeister : Her service man, it was said, had taken her racing skis with her into the valley (what exactly had happened remained a secret of the ski company, which also looked after the winner Götschl). Dorfmeister had to improvise, was only able to start retrospectively thanks to the unbureaucratic action on the part of the trainers (with the question of disqualification), skied out of Stefanie Schuster's reservoir - the result was 21st place, 1.68 seconds behind.
  • The slaloms on January 29th in Åre and on March 1st in Saalbach-Hinterglemm were night slaloms, the giant slalom on January 28th in Åre was the first giant night slalom in World Cup history. The night slalom in Saalbach on March 1st (the event was under the sign of "100 Years of Skiing") only four women from the ÖSV were at the start (Sabine Egger had to cancel at short notice due to flu) - only Ingrid Salvenmoser (11th place; 1.90 s deficit) came in the rating.
  • In the last slalom of the season, FIS controller Heinz Krecek pronounced a disqualification against Deborah Compagnoni because her ski under the binding was only 57 mm wide instead of the prescribed 60 mm.

Race outside the World Cup

At the suggestion of World Cup co-founder Serge Lang , the FIS organized several "Legends races" this season, the first on December 10th in Val-d'Isère, which was carried out with a giant slalom open to men and women Participants at the start were. The victory went to Franck Piccard with 1.62 seconds ahead of Daniel Mahrer; Third place went to Hans Enn (+ 1.66). Sabine Ginther (+ 8.45) and Elisabeth Kirchler (+ 15.11) came in 10th and 14th. There was another on January 7th in Schladming with almost the same winning picture - this time Piccard ahead of Enn and Mahrer; best lady in 10th place Sylvia Eder, 4.40 s behind.

The ÖSV championships started on March 19th in Damüls with the women's downhill (victory Renate Götschl), on March 20th there was the men's downhill (victory Josef Strobl), the Super-Gs were led by Alexandra Meissnitzer and Andreas Schifferer (Hermann Maier, Eberharter and Knauss) and in Mellau only the women's slalom could be run on March 23rd ( Monika Bergmann won , but the title for second Karin Köllerer ), because the men's giant slalom had to take the lead after 26 runners due to snowfall and fog Benjamin Raich; the favorites Maier, Knauss and Mayer were among the 10 eliminated). The canceled giant slalom was canceled without replacement, the competitions taking place on March 24th (slalom men, giant slalom women) were canceled after the first run due to again poor visibility due to the fog, which also contributed to the definitive cancellation and therefore no combination title led the gentlemen.

Web links

World Cup men
World Cup women

Individual evidence

  1. “The rain was a spoilsport” in “Tiroler Tageszeitung” No. 287 of December 12, 1997, page 29
  2. “Fresh snow - no women’s race, maybe today the men’s downhill run” in “Tiroler Tageszeitung” No. 288 from 13./14. December 1997, page 38; POS .: second big heading
  3. ^ "Two with a crystal clear view" in "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 60 of March 13, 1998, page 27
  4. "Circles don't always have to be round ..." in "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 61 from 14./15. March 1998, page 37
  5. ^ "After double rejection, the alpine marathon follows today" in "Salzburger Nachrichten" of March 13, 1998, page 24; POS .: columns 1 and 2, middle
  6. "24. Victory like balm for Strobl "in" Salzburger Nachrichten "of March 14, 1998, page 27
  7. "Weather puts ski calendars in danger" in "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 277 of 29./30. November 1997, page 39; POS .: last heading, below
  8. ^ "After the total rejection, it went off in the direction of Vail" in "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 278 of December 1, 1997, page 28; POS .: columns 2 and 3, middle
  9. "Reasonable decision in the last second" in "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 294 of 20./21. December 1997, page 37
  10. ^ "All-clear from Kitzbühel" in "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 8 from January 12, 1998, page 27
  11. ^ "Green light for races on the Streif" in "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 10 of January 14, 1998, page 25; POS .: below
  12. ^ "Madonna canceled - and '98 no longer in the calendar" in "Kleine Zeitung" of December 23, 1997; Page 32
  13. ^ "Veysonnaz suffocates in the snow" in "Kleine Zeitung" from January 20, 1998; Page 28
  14. ^ "Only Tomba is happy" in "Kleine Zeitung" from January 24, 1998; Page 34; POS .: box below
  15. "'Kitz' also without goose-chops" in "Kleine Zeitung" from January 25, 1998; Page 34
  16. ^ "Kitz-Slalom, second part" in "Kleine Zeitung" from January 26, 1998; Page 23
  17. ^ "New Ganslern, but old ranking" in "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 19 of January 23, 1998, page 33
  18. ^ "Tomba is looking for a dream woman, Schladming has a waiting list" in "Kleine Zeitung" from January 2, 1998; Page 20
  19. ^ "Planai is passable" in "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 1 of January 2, 1998, page 32; POS .: Column 3, middle
  20. ^ "Tomba is looking for a dream woman, Schladming has a waiting list" in "Kleine Zeitung" from January 2, 1998; Page 20
  21. ^ "Once again Bormio" in "Kleine Zeitung" from December 31, 1997; Page 41; POS .: box bottom left
  22. ^ "Ladies race now in Bormio" in "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 301 of December 31, 1997/1. January 1998, page 25; POS .: middle
  23. Glossary “Sport Mix” with title “Kitzbühel: No women's races!” In “Tiroler Tageszeitung” No. 5 of January 8, 1998, page 25; POS .: Column 5
  24. "Kitzbühel has to wait until 2000" in "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 6 of January 9, 1998, page 26
  25. ^ "Altenmarkt is ready for the ladies!" In "Kronenzeitung" of January 15, 1998, page 8 from the back; POS .: box below
  26. “At half past six there is a day watch for the girls” in “Kleine Zeitung” from January 18, 1998; Page 41
  27. ^ "Women's World Cup in Morzine canceled" in "Salzburger Nachrichten" of March 6, 1998, page 22; POS .: column 5, above
  28. ^ Box "Alpine skiing" with the second title "Tritscher fights for Veysonnaz" in "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 9 of January 13, 1998, page 23; POS .: Column 1
  29. gloss "Kitzühel splitter" in "Tiroler 20 days newspaper" No on 26 January 1998, p. 26; POS .: below; first post
  30. ^ "Operation and break for Strobl" in "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 3 from 5./6. January 1998, page 27; POS .: bottom right
  31. ^ "Pepi was operated on" in "Kleine Zeitung" from January 5, 1998; Page 24; POS .: box bottom left
  32. ^ "Four in the shadow of triumphs" in "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 301 of December 31, 1997/1. January 1998, page 25; POS .: large heading, below
  33. ^ "Pepi was operated on" in "Kleine Zeitung" from January 5, 1998; Page 24; POS .: box bottom left
  34. "Assi: Olympic season is over - but career not endangered" in "Kronenzeitung" of January 24, 1998, page 6 from the back
  35. ^ "No little things" in "Kleine Zeitung" from January 28, 1998; Page 34; POS .: box bottom right
  36. ^ "Nagano without Anita" in "Kronenzeitung" from January 25, 1998, pages 9/8 from the back
  37. "Knees broken, Operation - Anita's last race" in "Kleine Zeitung" from January 25, 1998; Pages 38/39
  38. "Only the winner of all races is the champion" in "Kleine Zeitung" from February 2, 1998; Pages 26/27
  39. ^ "World Cup diary" with the title "A bit of advertising value" in "Salzburger Nachrichten" of January 10, 1998, page 26
  40. ^ "There is no going back for Eder" in "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 1 of January 2, 1998, page 32; POS .: below
  41. ^ "Only disqualification stopped Maier" in "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 289 of December 15, 1997, page 25
  42. ^ "'100 want a Maier interview" in "Kleine Zeitung" from January 21, 1998; Page 37
  43. "Don't be angry, there will be Kitz next year" in "Kleine Zeitung" of January 22, 1998; Pages 40/41
  44. "Maier does not drive - a hammer rushed down on Kitz" in "Kronenzeitung" of January 23, 1998, pages 7/6 from the back
  45. "Shin forced Maier to his knees" in "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 17 of January 22, 1998, page 29
  46. ^ "Also Super-G without Maier" in "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 54 of March 6, 1998, page 34; POS .: middle
  47. "Somewhat differently than Toni" in "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 42 of February 20, 1998, page 29; POS .: below
  48. "I would much rather be with you now" in "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 44 of February 24, 1998, page 25
  49. “Bye-bye stress: Now it's time to go on vacation to Guam” in “Salzburger Nachrichten” of February 20, 1998, page 24
  50. ^ "The zealous trophy collector" in "Salzburger Nachrichten" of February 27, 1998, page 22
  51. ^ "Tritscher is not allowed to start, the ÖSV is still intervening" in "Kleine Zeitung" of October 24, 1997; Page 81
  52. ^ "Von Deppen, Streithansln and a few beneficiaries" in "Kleine Zeitung" from January 5, 1998; Page 23
  53. "Sykora turned the list of results upside down" in "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 3 from 5./6. January 1998, page 27
  54. "Sensation Maier: Now I'm a real downhill skier!" In "Kronenzeitung" of January 17, 1998, pages 9/8 from the back
  55. "13 years, then came Maier" in "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 13 of 17./18. January 1998, page 32
  56. "Hermann Maier fears falling into the deep cellar" in "Kronenzeitung" of January 20, 1998, pages 6/5 from the back
  57. ^ "Knauss 500,000 S" in "Kleine Zeitung" from January 25, 1998; Page 37
  58. ^ "Kitz im Bild: 24 cameras and 3 directors" in "Kleine Zeitung" from January 23, 1998; Pages 72/73
  59. ^ "For safety reasons, the cross has been removed" in "Kleine Zeitung" of January 31, 1998; Page 38
  60. ^ "No ÖSV lady in the evaluation" in "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 272 ​​of November 24, 1997, page 25; POS .: box center right
  61. ^ "Seizinger, who else?" In "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 292 of December 18, 1997, page 29; POS .: big headline, middle
  62. "Seizier's record furioso is prolonged" in "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 293 of December 19, 1997, page 30
  63. "Slalom of Sensations" in "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 295 of December 22, 1997, page 27
  64. "DSV women finished the winning series" in "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 8 of January 12, 1998, page 26
  65. ^ "The end of two big series" in "Salzburger Nachrichten" of January 12, 1998, page 21; POS .: columns 2 to 4, below
  66. “A new course setter. The stars flew out ”in“ Kronenzeitung ”of January 24, 1998, page 7 from the back
  67. ^ "End of the line in the 'Russen-Schikane'" in "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 19 of January 23, 1998, page 32
  68. ^ "The dry spell ended" and "Frehsner's handwriting" in "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 8 of January 12, 1998, page 27
  69. ^ "World Cup diary" with the title "Dorfmeister Surprise" in "Salzburger Nachrichten" from January 19, 1998, page 23; middle left
  70. ^ "Hot nights in the cold Aare" in "Kleine Zeitung" from January 28, 1998; Page 35
  71. ^ "Qualification pressure under floodlights" in "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 22 of January 28, 1998, page 25; POS :. below
  72. ^ "Ski Festival in Times of Crisis" in "Salzburger Nachrichten" of February 28, 1998, page 27
  73. ^ "Domestic fiasco to late hour" "in" Salzburger Nachrichten "of March 2, 1998, page 21; POS .: second big heading
  74. ^ "World Cup Diary" heading; last article in "Salzburger Nachrichten" on March 16, 1998, page 21; POS .: bottom left
  75. "Only 14 Legends" in "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 286 of December 11, 1997, page 31; POS .: Column 4, middle
  76. ^ "Tritscher with problems" in "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 5 of January 8, 1998, page 25; POS .: Column 4, middle
  77. ^ "Renate Götschl got the title" in "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 66 of March 20, 1998, page 35; POS .: middle
  78. "Champion title back to Strobl" in "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 67 from 21./22. March 1998, page 38
  79. "Pepi Strobl Vice Master" in "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 68 of March 23, 1998, page 28; POS .: middle
  80. "Slalom Title Karin Koellerer" in "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 69 of 24 March 1998, p. 34; POS .: below
  81. "Fog was again big spoiler" in "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 70 of March 27, 1998, page 27; POS .: middle