1997–98 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup

The 32nd World Cup season began in October 1997 in Tignes, France, and concluded in March 1998 at the World Cup Finals in Crans-Montana, Switzerland. The overall winners were Hermann Maier of Austria, his first, and Katja Seizinger of Germany, her second.[1]

FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 1997/98
Discipline Men Women
Overall Austria Hermann Maier Germany Katja Seizinger
Downhill Austria Andreas Schifferer Germany Katja Seizinger
Super G Austria Hermann Maier Germany Katja Seizinger
Giant Slalom Austria Hermann Maier Germany Martina Ertl
Slalom Austria Thomas Sykora Sweden Ylva Nowén
Nations Cup Austria Austria Germany Germany
Nations Cup overall Austria Austria
Competition
Locations 18 12
Individual 37 33

A break in the schedule in February was for the Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

Calendar

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Event Key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant Slalom, SG – Super Giant Slalom, KB – Combined, PS – Parallel Slalom[2]
Race Season Date Place Type Winner Second Third
933 1 24 October 1997     Tignes PS 002    Josef Strobl  Kjetil André Aamodt   Hermann Maier
934 2 26 October 1997   GS 238      Michael von Grünigen     Steve Locher   Hermann Maier
935 3 20 November 1997     Park City GS 239    Hermann Maier  Kjetil André Aamodt   Thomas Grandi
936 4 22 November 1997   SL 275    Thomas Stangassinger  Kristinn Björnsson  Finn Christian Jagge
937 5 4 December 1997     Beaver Creek DH 274    Kristian Ghedina   Jean-Luc Crétier  Lasse Kjus
938 6 5 December 1997   DH 275    Andreas Schifferer   Hermann Maier   Stephan Eberharter
939 7 6 December 1997   SG 075    Hermann Maier   Stephan Eberharter   Hans Knauß
940 8 14 December 1997     Val d'Isère GS 240      Michael von Grünigen   Stephan Eberharter   Hans Knauß
941 9 15 December 1997     Sestriere SL 276   Finn Christian Jagge   Thomas Sykora  Hans Petter Buraas
942 10 21 December 1997     Alta Badia GS 241    Christian Mayer     Michael von Grünigen   Hermann Maier
943 11 29 December 1997     Bormio DH 276    Hermann Maier   Andreas Schifferer   Werner Franz
944 12 30 December 1997   DH 277    Andreas Schifferer   Werner Franz  Lasse Kjus
945 13 3 January 1998     Kranjska Gora GS 242    Christian Mayer   Hermann Maier     Michael von Grünigen
946 14 4 January 1998   SL 277    Thomas Sykora   Pierrick Bourgeat   Thomas Stangassinger
947 15 6 January 1998     Saalbach GS 243    Hermann Maier   Alberto Tomba   Rainer Salzgeber
948 16 8 January 1998     Schladming SL 278    Alberto Tomba   Thomas Sykora   Hans Petter Buraas
949 17 10 January 1998   SG 076    Hermann Maier   Stephan Eberharter   Luca Cattaneo
950 18 11 January 1998   SG 077    Hermann Maier   Andreas Schifferer   Stephan Eberharter
951 19 13 January 1998       Adelboden GS 244    Hermann Maier     Michael von Grünigen     Paul Accola
952 20 16 January 1998       Wengen DH 278    Hermann Maier   Nicolas Burtin   Andreas Schifferer
953 21 17 January 1998   DH 279    Andreas Schifferer   Jean-Luc Crétier   Hermann Maier
954 22 18 January 1998       Veysonnaz SL 279    Thomas Stangassinger  Kristinn Björnsson   Kiminobu Kimura
955 23 16 January 1998  
18 January 1998  
    Wengen (DH)
    Veysonnaz (SL)
KB 074    Hermann Maier     Bruno Kernen     Paul Accola
956 24 23 January 1998     Kitzbühel DH 280      Didier Cuche   Nicolas Burtin   Jean-Luc Crétier
957 25 24 January 1998   DH 281    Kristian Ghedina     Didier Cuche   Josef Strobl
958 26 25 January 1998   SL 280    Thomas Stangassinger   Thomas Sykora  Ole Kristian Furuseth
959 27 25 January 1998   KB 075   Kjetil André Aamodt   Werner Franz   Ed Podivinsky
960 28 26 January 1998   SL 281    Thomas Sykora  Hans Petter Buraas   Thomas Stangassinger
961 29 31 January 1998     Garmisch-Partenkirchen DH 282    Andreas Schifferer   Nicolas Burtin   Hermann Maier
962 30 1 February 1998   SG 078    Hermann Maier   Hans Knauß  Lasse Kjus
Winter Olympics (10–21 February)
963 31 28 February 1998     Yongpyong GS 245      Michael von Grünigen   Christian Mayer   Hermann Maier
964 32 1 March 1998   SL 282   Ole Kristian Furuseth  Finn Christian Jagge  Tom Stiansen
965 33 7 March 1998    Kvitfjell DH 283    Nicolas Burtin   Werner Perathoner  Lasse Kjus
  Josef Strobl
966 34 8 March 1998   SG 079    Hans Knauß   Patrik Järbyn     Didier Cuche
967 35 13 March 1998       Crans-Montana DH 284    Josef Strobl     Didier Cuche   Fritz Strobl
968 36 14 March 1998   GS 246    Stephan Eberharter   Hans Knauß   Hermann Maier
969 37 15 March 1998   SL 283    Alberto Tomba    Hans Petter Buraas  Finn Christian Jagge

Ladies

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Event Key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant Slalom, SG – Super Giant Slalom, KB – Combined, PS – Parallel Slalom[3]
Race Season Date Place Type Winner Second Third
868 1 24 October 1997     Tignes PS 002    Leila Piccard   Ylva Nowén   Alexandra Meissnitzer
869 2 25 October 1997   GS 232    Deborah Compagnoni   Martina Ertl   Martina Fortkord
870 3 21 November 1997     Park City GS 233    Deborah Compagnoni   Alexandra Meissnitzer  Andrine Flemmen
871 4 23 November 1997   SL 267    Zali Steggall   Ylva Nowén   Claudia Riegler
872 5 28 November 1997     Mammoth Mountain PS 003    Hilde Gerg   Martina Ertl   Alexandra Meissnitzer
873 6 29 November 1997   SG 077    Katja Seizinger   Isolde Kostner   Katharina Gutensohn
874 7 4 December 1997     Lake Louise DH 231    Katja Seizinger   Katharina Gutensohn   Renate Götschl
875 8 5 December 1997   DH 232    Katja Seizinger   Mélanie Suchet   Isolde Kostner
876 9 6 December 1997   SG 078    Katja Seizinger   Hilde Gerg   Isolde Kostner
877 10 17 December 1997     Val d'Isère DH 233    Katja Seizinger   Hilde Gerg  Ingeborg Helen Marken
878 11 18 December 1997   SG 079    Katja Seizinger   Renate Götschl   Hilde Gerg
879 12 19 December 1997   GS 234    Deborah Compagnoni   Alexandra Meissnitzer   Leila Piccard
880 13 20 December 1997   SL 268    Ylva Nowén   Deborah Compagnoni   Urška Hrovat
881 14 20 December 1997   KB 064    Hilde Gerg   Katja Seizinger   Martina Ertl
882 15 27 December 1997     Lienz SL 269    Ylva Nowén   Deborah Compagnoni   Urška Hrovat
883 16 28 December 1997   SL 270    Ylva Nowén   Kristina Koznick   Deborah Compagnoni
884 17 5 January 1998     Bormio SL 271    Ylva Nowén   Hilde Gerg   Špela Pretnar
885 18 6 January 1998   GS 235    Deborah Compagnoni   Martina Ertl   Alexandra Meissnitzer
886 19 10 January 1998     Bormio GS 236    Martina Ertl   Katja Seizinger   Deborah Compagnoni
887 20 11 January 1998   SL 272    Hilde Gerg   Kristina Koznick   Špela Pretnar
888 21 18 January 1998     Altenmarkt DH 234    Renate Götschl   Katja Seizinger   Alexandra Meissnitzer
889 22 18 January 1998   SG 080    Martina Ertl     Heidi Zurbriggen   Mélanie Suchet
890 23 22 January 1998     Cortina d'Ampezzo DH 235    Isolde Kostner   Renate Götschl   Florence Masnada
891 24 23 January 1998   SG 081    Mélanie Suchet   Regina Häusl   Karen Putzer
892 25 24 January 1998   SG 082    Katja Seizinger   Renate Götschl   Isolde Kostner
893 26 25 January 1998   GS 237    Martina Ertl   Katja Seizinger   Sophie Lefranc-Duvillard
894 27 28 January 1998     Åre GS 238    Martina Ertl     Sonja Nef   Anna Ottosson
895 28 29 January 1998   SL 273    Kristina Koznick   Hilde Gerg   Sabine Egger
896 29 31 January 1998   DH 236    Katja Seizinger   Renate Götschl   Florence Masnada
897 30 31 January 1998   KB 065    Hilde Gerg   Martina Ertl   Katja Seizinger
Winter Olympics (10–21 February)
898 31 1 March 1998     Saalbach SL 274    Martina Ertl  Trine Bakke   Kristina Koznick
899 32 14 March 1998       Crans-Montana SL 275    Urška Hrovat   Martina Ertl   Hilde Gerg
900 33 15 March 1998   GS 239    Alexandra Meissnitzer   Martina Ertl   Deborah Compagnoni

Overall

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Place Name Country Total
1 Hermann Maier   Austria 1685
2 Andreas Schifferer   Austria 1114
3 Stephan Eberharter   Austria 1030
4 Kjetil André Aamodt   Norway 901
5 Hans Knauss   Austria 888
6 Michael von Grünigen     Switzerland 746
7 Josef Strobl   Austria 697
8 Didier Cuche     Switzerland 627
9 Christian Mayer   Austria 590
10 Lasse Kjus   Norway 578

Downhill

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Place Name Country Total
1 Andreas Schifferer   Austria 655
2 Hermann Maier   Austria 479
3 Nicolas Burtin   France 469
4 Didier Cuche     Switzerland 424
5 Jean-Luc Cretier   France 414

Super G

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Place Name Country Total
1 Hermann Maier   Austria 400
2 Hans Knauss   Austria 256
3 Stephan Eberharter   Austria 220
4 Patrik Järbyn   Sweden 195
5 Andreas Schifferer   Austria 185

Giant Slalom

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Place Name Country Total
1 Hermann Maier   Austria 620
2 Michael von Grünigen     Switzerland 560
3 Christian Mayer   Austria 429
4 Stephan Eberharter   Austria 388
5 Hans Knauss   Austria 375

Slalom

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Place Name Country Total
1 Thomas Sykora   Austria 521
2 Thomas Stangassinger   Austria 517
3 Hans Petter Buraas   Norway 420
4 Finn Christian Jagge   Norway 345
5 Kiminobu Kimura   Japan 316

Combined

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Place Name Country Total
1 Werner Franz   Austria 120
2 Hermann Maier   Austria 100
Kjetil André Aamodt   Norway 100
4 Bruno Kernen     Switzerland 80
5 Paul Accola     Switzerland 60
Ed Podivinsky   Canada 60

Ladies

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Overall

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Place Name Country Total
1 Katja Seizinger   Germany 1655
2 Martina Ertl   Germany 1508
3 Hilde Gerg   Germany 1391
4 Deborah Compagnoni   Italy 912
5 Alexandra Meissnitzer   Austria 884
6 Ylva Nowén   Sweden 815
7 Renate Götschl   Austria 787
8 Isolde Kostner   Italy 695
9 Urška Hrovat   Slovenia 592
10 Heidi Zurbriggen     Switzerland 561

Downhill

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Place Name Country Total
1 Katja Seizinger   Germany 520
2 Renate Götschl   Austria 392
3 Isolde Kostner   Italy 292
4 Melanie Suchet   France 237
5 Hilde Gerg   Germany 224

Super G

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Place Name Country Total
1 Katja Seizinger   Germany 445
2 Renate Götschl   Austria 305
3 Isolde Kostner   Italy 266
4 Martina Ertl   Germany 259
5 Melanie Suchet   France 228

Giant Slalom

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Place Name Country Total
1 Martina Ertl   Germany 591
2 Deborah Compagnoni   Italy 565
3 Alexandra Meissnitzer   Austria 445
4 Sonja Nef     Switzerland 359
5 Andrine Flemmen   Norway 296
6 Katja Seizinger   Germany 295

Slalom

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Place Name Country Total
1 Ylva Nowén   Sweden 620
2 Kristina Koznick   United States 560
3 Hilde Gerg   Germany 451
4 Urska Hrovat   Slovenia 423
5 Martina Ertl   Germany 320

Combined

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Place Name Country Total
1 Hilde Gerg   Germany 200
2 Katja Seizinger   Germany 140
Martina Ertl   Germany 140
4 Morena Gallizio   Italy 77
5 Florence Masnada   France 76

References

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  1. ^ de:Alpiner Skiweltcup 1998
  2. ^ "FIS: Alpine World Cup 1998 men's schedule". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  3. ^ "FIS: Alpine World Cup 1998 ladies' schedule". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
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