1968–69 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup

The third World Cup season began in December 1968 and concluded in March 1969. This was the first season in which the races began prior to January 1, and that change immediately became permanent. Karl Schranz of Austria won the first of two consecutive overall titles. Gertrude Gabl of Austria won the women's overall title. For the first and only (as of 2016) time in World Cup history, a discipline trophy was shared by more than two people, as four men (three French, one Austrian) tied for the men's slalom trophy.

FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 1968/69
Discipline Men Women
Overall Austria Karl Schranz Austria Gertrude Gabl
Downhill Austria Karl Schranz Austria Wiltrud Drexel
Giant slalom Austria Karl Schranz United States Marilyn Cochran
Slalom France Patrick Russel
Austria Alfred Matt
France Alain Penz
France Jean-Noël Augert
Austria Gertrude Gabl
Nations Cup Austria Austria France France
Nations Cup overall Austria Austria
Competition
Locations 14 11
Individual 22 20
1968

The race footage for the film Downhill Racer was shot during this season, primarily in January 1969.

Calendar

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Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom[1]
Race Season Date Place Type Winner Second Third
38 1 12 December 1968     Val d'Isère GS 013    Karl Schranz   Bernard Orcel   Henri Duvillard
39 2 3 January 1969     Berchtesgaden SL 016    Alfred Matt   Karl Schranz   Patrick Russel
40 3 6 January 1969     Adelboden GS 014    Jean-Noël Augert   Jean-Pierre Augert   Karl Schranz
41 4 11 January 1969     Wengen DH 011    Karl Schranz   Heinrich Messner   Karl Cordin
42 5 12 January 1969   SL 017    Reinhard Tritscher   Spider Sabich   Peter Frei
43 6 18 January 1969     Kitzbühel DH 012    Karl Schranz   Jean-Daniel Dätwyler   Karl Cordin
  Henri Duvillard
44 7 19 January 1969   SL 018    Patrick Russel   Herbert Huber   Dumeng Giovanoli
45 8 24 January 1969     Megève DH 013    Henri Duvillard   Heinrich Messner   Alfred Matt
46 9 26 January 1969   SL 019    Alain Penz   Herbert Huber   Spider Sabich
47 10 1 February 1969     St. Anton DH 014    Karl Schranz   Heinrich Messner   Franz Vogler
48 11 8 February 1969     Åre GS 015    Jean-Noël Augert   Jakob Tischhauser   Alain Penz
49 12 9 February 1969   SL 020    Patrick Russel   Jean-Noël Augert   Alfred Matt
50 13 9 February 1969     Cortina d'Ampezzo DH 015    Josef Minsch   Jean-Pierre Augert   Hans Peter Rohr
51 14 14 February 1969     Val Gardena DH 016    Jean-Daniel Dätwyler   Henri Duvillard   Rudi Sailer
52 15 16 February 1969     Kranjska Gora GS 016    Reinhard Tritscher   Alfred Matt   Franz Digruber
53 16 17 February 1969   SL 021    Edmund Bruggmann   Alain Penz   Herbert Huber
54 17 28 February 1969     Squaw Valley SL 022    Billy Kidd   Alain Penz   Patrick Russel
55 18 1 March 1969   GS 017    Reinhard Tritscher   Jakob Tischhauser   Heinrich Messner
56 19 15 March 1969     Mont St. Anne GS 018    Karl Schranz   Dumeng Giovanoli   Jakob Tischhauser
57 20 16 March 1969   SL 023    Alfred Matt   Jean-Noël Augert   Billy Kidd
58 21 21 March 1969     Waterville Valley GS 019    Dumeng Giovanoli   Karl Schranz   Jakob Tischhauser
59 22 22 March 1969   SL 024    Jean-Noël Augert   Herbert Huber   Patrick Russel

Note: Race 12 and 13 were held on the same day.

Women

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Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom[2]
Race Season Date Place Type Winner Second Third
41 1 11 December 1968     Val d'Isère GS 014    Françoise Macchi   Rosi Mittermaier   Annie Famose
42 2 3 January 1969     Oberstaufen GS 015    Kiki Cutter   Gertrude Gabl
  Olga Pall
43 3 4 January 1969   SL 018    Gertrude Gabl   Judy Nagel   Marilyn Cochran
44 4 7 January 1969     Grindelwald SL 019    Gertrude Gabl   Annie Famose   Kiki Cutter
45 5 10 January 1969   DH 011    Wiltrud Drexel   Rosi Mittermaier   Isabelle Mir
46 6 15 January 1969     Schruns DH 012    Wiltrud Drexel   Florence Steurer   Annie Famose
47 7 16 January 1969   SL 020    Rosi Mittermaier   Gertrude Gabl   Kiki Cutter
48 8 23 January 1969     St. Gervais SL 021    Ingrid Lafforgue   Annie Famose   Judy Nagel
49 9 25 January 1969   DH 013    Isabelle Mir   Annie Famose
  Annemarie Pröll
50 10 31 January 1969     St. Anton DH 014    Olga Pall   Isabelle Mir   Wiltrud Drexel
51 11 8 February 1969     Sterzing SL 022    Judy Nagel   Cathy Nagel   Florence Steurer
52 12 9 February 1969   GS 016    Michèle Jacot   Marilyn Cochran   Ingrid Lafforgue
53 13 16 February 1969     Vysoké Tatry SL 023    Gertrude Gabl   Kiki Cutter   Ingrid Lafforgue
54 14 17 February 1969   GS 017    Gertrude Gabl   Marilyn Cochran   Florence Steurer
55 15 28 February 1969     Squaw Valley SL 024    Bernadette Rauter   Ingrid Lafforgue   Judy Nagel
56 16 1 March 1969   GS 018    Florence Steurer   Marilyn Cochran   Bernadette Rauter
57 17 14 March 1969     Mont St. Anne GS 019    Michèle Jacot   Marilyn Cochran   Wiltrud Drexel
58 18 15 March 1969   SL 025    Kiki Cutter   Ingrid Lafforgue   Florence Steurer
59 19 20 March 1969     Waterville Valley GS 020    Bernadette Rauter   Marilyn Cochran
  Karen Budge
60 20 22 March 1969   SL 026    Kiki Cutter   Rosi Mittermaier   Judy Nagel

Overall

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In men's overall World Cup 1968/69 the best three downhills, best three giant slaloms and best three slaloms count. 17 racers had a point deduction.

Place Name Country Total DH GS SL
1 Karl Schranz   Austria 182 75 70 37
2 Jean-Noël Augert   France 123 0 58 65
3 Reinhard Tritscher   Austria 108 0 61 47
4 Alfred Matt   Austria 104 19 20 65
5 Alain Penz   France 98 1 32 65
6 Henri Duvillard   France 91 60 22 9
7 Heinrich Messner   Austria 89 60 26 3
8 Patrick Russel   France 80 0 15 65
9 Dumeng Giovanoli    Switzerland 79 0 48 31
10 Herbert Huber   Austria 62 0 2 60
11 Spider Sabich   United States 58 3 12 43
12 Jean-Daniel Dätwyler    Switzerland 56 56 0 0
13 Jakob Tischhauser    Switzerland 55 0 55 0
Billy Kidd   United States 55 0 15 40
15 Jean-Pierre Augert   France 49 24 20 5

Downhill

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In men's downhill World Cup 1968/69 the best 3 results count. Karl Schranz won the cup with maximum points.

Place Name Country Total 4  6  8  10  13  14 
1 Karl Schranz   Austria 75 25 25 25
2 Heinrich Messner   Austria 60 20 20 20 (3)
Henri Duvillard   France 60 15 25 (6) (6) 20
4 Jean-Daniel Dätwyler    Switzerland 56 11 20 (11) (11) (2) 25
5 Josef Minsch    Switzerland 44 8 (3) (4) 25 11
6 Karl Cordin   Austria 41 15 15 11 (8)
7 Rudi Sailer   Austria 31 (6) 8 8 15
8 Jean-Pierre Augert   France 24 4 20
9 Alfred Matt   Austria 19 2 15 2
10 Hans Peter Rohr    Switzerland 17 15 2

Giant slalom

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In men's giant slalom World Cup 1968/69 the best 3 results count. Four racers had a point deduction, which are given in ().

Place Name Country Total 1  3  11  15  18  19  21 
1 Karl Schranz   Austria 70 25 (15) (6) (11) 25 20
2 Reinhard Tritscher   Austria 61 11 25 25 (3)
3 Jean-Noël Augert   France 58 25 25 8
4 Jakob Tischhauser    Switzerland 55 (4) 20 20 15 (15)
5 Dumeng Giovanoli    Switzerland 48 3 20 25
6 Alain Penz   France 32 6 15 (3) (4) 11
7 Bernard Orcel   France 26 20 6
Heinrich Messner   Austria 26 15 11
9 Henri Duvillard   France 22 15 6 1
10 Jean-Pierre Augert   France 20 20
Alfred Matt   Austria 20 20

Slalom

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In men's slalom World Cup 1968/69 the best 3 results count. The one and only World Cup ever shared by more than two racers. Three French athletes tied with one Austrian.

Place Name Country Total 2  5  7  9  12  16  17  20  22 
1 Patrick Russel   France 65 15 25 25 (15) (11) (15)
Alfred Matt   Austria 65 25 (11) (1) 15 25
Alain Penz   France 65 (6) (8) 25 20 20
Jean-Noël Augert   France 65 (6) 20 20 25
5 Herbert Huber   Austria 60 (3) 20 20 (11) (15) (8) (4) 20
6 Reinhard Tritscher   Austria 47 11 25 11 (11) (3)
7 Spider Sabich   United States 43 20 (4) 15 (3) (1) 8
8 Billy Kidd   United States 40 25 15
9 Karl Schranz   Austria 37 20 6 11 (4)
10 Edmund Bruggmann    Switzerland 32 1 25 6

Women

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Overall

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In women's overall World Cup 1968/69 the best three downhills, best three giant slaloms and best three slaloms count. 15 racers had a point deduction.

Place Name Country Total DH GS SL
1 Gertrude Gabl   Austria 131 3 53 75
2 Florence Steurer   France 112 20 51 41
3 Wiltrud Drexel   Austria 111 65 34 12
4 Kiki Cutter   United States 107 0 37 70
5 Ingrid Lafforgue   France 103 6 32 65
6 Annie Famose   France 101 35 15 51
7 Rosi Mittermaier   West Germany 98 20 27 51
8 Michèle Jacot   France 92 19 56 17
9 Isabelle Mir   France 86 60 17 9
10 Judy Nagel   United States 85 3 22 60
11 Bernadette Rauter   Austria 82 0 41 41
12 Marilyn Cochran   United States 76 1 60 15
13 Olga Pall   Austria 61 36 23 2
14 Karen Budge   United States 40 9 31 0
15 Françoise Macchi   France 38 8 30 0

Downhill

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In women's downhill World Cup 1968/69 the best 3 results count. Three racers had a point deduction, which are given in ().

Place Name Country Total 5  6  9  10 
1 Wiltrud Drexel   Austria 65 25 25 (3) 15
2 Isabelle Mir   France 60 15 (11) 25 20
3 Olga Pall   Austria 36 11 25
4 Annie Famose   France 35 15 20
5 Rosi Mittermaier   West Germany 20 20
Florence Steurer   France 20 20
Annemarie Pröll   Austria 20 20
8 Michèle Jacot   France 19 11 4 4 (3)
9 Giustina Demetz   Italy 14 3 11
10 Erica Skinger   United States 10 2 8
Annerösli Zryd    Switzerland 10 6 4

Giant slalom

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In women's giant slalom World Cup 1968/69 the best 3 results counted. Eight racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). Marilyn Cochran won the cup without a win, but was runner-up in the final five races.

Place Name Country Total 1  2  12  14  16  17  19 
1 Marilyn Cochran   United States 60 (1) 20 20 20 (20) (20)
2 Michèle Jacot   France 56 25 6 25 (2)
3 Gertrude Gabl   Austria 53 20 25 8 (6)
4 Florence Steurer   France 51 15 25 (4) 11
5 Bernadette Rauter   Austria 41 1 15 25
6 Kiki Cutter   United States 37 25 6 6 (4)
7 Wiltrud Drexel   Austria 34 (3) 8 11 15 (8)
8 Ingrid Lafforgue   France 32 11 15 (4) 6
9 Karen Budge   United States 31 8 3 20
10 Françoise Macchi   France 30 25 4 1

Slalom

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In women's slalom World Cup 1968/69 the best 3 results count. 11 racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). Gertrude Gabl won the cup with maximum points.

Place Name Country Total 3  4  7  8  11  13  15  18  20 
1 Gertrude Gabl   Austria 75 25 25 (20) (2) 25
2 Kiki Cutter   United States 70 (4) (15) (15) (4) 20 25 25
3 Ingrid Lafforgue   France 65 (2) (1) (3) 25 (8) (15) 20 20 (11)
4 Judy Nagel   United States 60 20 (11) 15 25 (15) (15)
5 Annie Famose   France 51 11 20 (11) 20
Rosi Mittermaier   West Germany 51 6 25 (6) 20
7 Florence Steurer   France 41 (3) (4) (3) 15 11 15 (6)
Bernadette Rauter   Austria 41 8 25 8
9 Cathy Nagel   United States 37 6 11 20
10 Barbara Ann Cochran   United States 27 8 8 (3) 11 (3)

Nations Cup

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Overall

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Place Country Total Men Ladies
1   Austria 1291 776 515
2   France 1217 580 637
3   United States 678 157 521
4    Switzerland 494 445 49
5   West Germany 138 25 113
6   Italy 75 46 29
7   Canada 39 14 25
8   United Kingdom 32 0 32
9   Sweden 22 22 0
10   Poland 12 12 0
  Norway 12 12 0
12   Spain 6 6 0
Place Country Total DH GS SL Racers Wins
1   Austria 776 244 244 288 11 10
2   France 580 114 193 273 10 7
3    Switzerland 445 172 146 127 11 4
4   United States 157 3 33 121 5 1
5   Italy 46 3 32 11 6 0
6   West Germany 25 17 8 0 3 0
7   Sweden 22 0 8 14 3 0
8   Canada 14 13 0 1 3 0
9   Poland 12 0 2 10 1 0
  Norway 12 0 0 12 2 0
11   Spain 6 0 0 6 1 0

Women

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Place Country Total DH GS SL Racers Wins
1   France 637 162 213 262 8 6
2   United States 521 23 198 300 9 4
3   Austria 515 142 192 181 9 9
4   West Germany 113 20 35 58 3 1
5    Switzerland 49 10 20 19 2 0
6   United Kingdom 32 0 15 17 2 0
7   Italy 29 14 4 11 4 0
8   Canada 25 15 2 8 2 0

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Austria19131244
2  France13151442
3  United States510823
4  Switzerland44513
5  Germany1315
Totals (5 entries)424540127

References

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  1. ^ "FIS: Alpine World Cup 1969 men's schedule". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  2. ^ "FIS: Alpine World Cup 1969 ladies' schedule". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
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