The 1996/97 FIS Snowboard World Cup was 3rd multirace tournament over a season for snowboarding organised by International Ski Federation. The season started on 23 November 1996 and ended on 16 March 1997. This season included five disciplines: parallel slalom, giant slalom, slalom, snowboard cross, and halfpipe.

Men Giant slalom No.SeasonDatePlaceEventWinnerSecondThird20 1 29 November 1996 Tignes GS Mike Jacoby Nicolas Conte Peter Pechhacker21 2 6 December 1996 Sestriere GS Ross Rebagliati Steve Persons Bernd Kroschewski22 3 13 December 1996 Whistler GS Mike Jacoby Peter Pechhacker Steve Persons 23 4 18 December 1996 Sun Peaks GS Mark Fawcett Rob Berney Jasey-Jay Anderson24 5 11 January 1997 Lenggries GS Peter Pechhacker Harald Walder Stefan Kaltschütz25 6 1 February 1997 Mont Sainte-Anne GS Mathieu Chiquet Harald Walder Thomas Prugger26 7 7 February 1997 Mount Bachelor GS Peter Pechhacker Harald Walder Mark Fawcett27 8 14 February 1997 Yakebitaiyama GS Dieter Krassnig Peter Pechhacker Dieter Happ28 9 14 February 1997 Yakebitaiyama GS Dieter Happ Dieter Krassnig Martin Freinademetz29 10 28 February 1997 Olang GS Thedo Remmelink Charlie Cosnier Peter Pechhacker30 11 8 March 1997 Bardonecchia GS Mark Fawcett Felix Stadler Charlie Cosnier 31 12 14 March 1997 Morzine GS Fadri Mosca Peter Pechhacker Stefan Kaltschütz

Parallel No.SeasonDatePlaceEventWinnerSecondThird14 1 28 November 1996 Tignes PSL Karl Frenademez Peter Pichler Mathias Behounek15 2 18 January 1997 Kreischberg PSL Dejan Košir Harald Walder Helmut Pramstaller16 3 20 February 1997 Morioka PSL Harald Walder Tom O'Brien Xavier Rolland17 4 9 March 1997 Bardonecchia PSL Maxence Idesheim Mathias Behounek Richard Richardsson18 5 15 March 1997 Morzine PSL Harald Walder Richard Richardsson Karl Frenademez

Slalom No.SeasonDatePlaceEventWinnerSecondThird12 1 7 December 1996 Sestriere SL Bernd Kroschewski Karl Frenademez Maxence Idesheim13 2 12 January 1997 Lenggries SL Jakob Bergstedt Stefan Kaltschütz Ulf Maard14 3 31 January 1997 Mont Sainte-Anne SL Anton Pogue Dieter Moherndl Harald Walder15 4 1 March 1997 Olang SL Karl Frenademez Helmut Pramstaller Harald Walder16 5 6 March 1997 Grächen SL Anton Pogue Karl Frenademez Xavier Rolland

Halfpipe No.SeasonDatePlaceEventWinnerSecondThird14 1 14 December 1996 Whistler HP Jonas Gunnarsson Dan Smith Fredrik Sterner15 2 15 December 1996 Whistler HP Jonas Gunnarsson Drae Glover Daniel Andersson16 3 19 January 1997 Kreischberg HP Dan Smith Ross Powers Trevor Andrew 17 4 2 February 1997 Mont Sainte-Anne HP Trevor Andrew Takashi Nishida Michael Michalchuk18 5 8 February 1997 Mount Bachelor HP Daniel Franck Trevor Andrew Fredrik Sterner19 6 16 February 1997 Kanbayashi HP Maximilian Plötzeneder Ross Powers Markus Hurme 20 7 2 March 1997 Olang HP Tom Matthews Jonas Gunnarsson Tommy Czeschin21 8 16 March 1997 Morzine HP Dan Smith Jimi Scott Shinichi Watanabe

Snowboard cross No.SeasonDatePlaceEventWinnerSecondThird1 1 23 November 1996 Zell am See SBX Helmut Pramstaller Steve Persons Darren Chalmers2 2 17 December 1996 Sun Peaks SBX Elmar Messner Andrew Murphy Rob Kingwill3 3 17 January 1997 Kreischberg SBX Elmar Messner Alexander Koller Helmut Pramstaller 4 4 9 February 1997 Mount Bachelor SBX Alex Voyat Jason McAlister Anders Hagman5 5 19 February 1997 Morioka SBX Mark Janbroers Anders Hagman Elmar Messner6 6 5 March 1997 Grächen SBX Alex Voyat Willi Wieser Richard Richardsson

Standings: Men + Overall Rank Name Points1 Harald Walder 10912 Peter Pechhacker 8973 Anton Pogue 8204 Stefan Wurzacher 8055 Karl Frenademez 729+ Giant slalom Rank Name Points 1. Peter Pechhacker 6020 2. Harald Walder 4420 3. Ross Rebagliati 4280 4. Stefan Wurzacher 4250 5. Mike Jacoby 3530+ Slalom Rank Name Points1. Karl Frenademez 54502. Harald Walder 51903. Anton Pogue 40604. Stefan Wurzacher 30405. Maxence Idesheim 2988+ Halfpipe Rank Name Points1. Jonas Gunnarsson 37702. Dan Smith 36803. Trevor Andrew 29804. Jimi Scott 28705. Takashi Nishida 2350+ Snowboard Rank Name Points1. Elmar Messner 29902. Alex Voyat 27903. Richard Richardsson 17904. Helmut Pramstaller 16005. Anton Pogue 1560

Women Giant slalom No.SeasonDatePlaceEventWinnerSecondThird20 1 29 November 1996 Tignes GS Charlotte Bernard Karine Ruby Isabelle Blanc21 2 6 December 1996 Sestriere GS Margherita Parini Birgit Herbert Rosey Fletcher22 3 13 December 1996 Whistler GS Karine Ruby Lidia Trettel Dagmar Mair unter der Eggen 23 4 18 December 1996 Sun Peaks GS Isabel Zedlacher Sondra van Ert Rosey Fletcher24 5 11 January 1997 Lenggries GS Lidia Trettel Heidi Renoth Karine Ruby25 6 1 February 1997 Mont Sainte-Anne GS Marion Posch Dagmar Mair unter der Eggen Sondra van Ert26 7 7 February 1997 Mount Bachelor GS Margherita Parini Sondra van Ert Karine Ruby27 8 14 February 1997 Yakebitaiyama GS Karine Ruby Brigitte Köck Birgit Herbert28 9 15 February 1997 Yakebitaiyama GS Brigitte Köck Karine Ruby Lisa Kosglow29 10 28 February 1997 Olang GS Karine Ruby Margherita Parini Isabel Zedlacher30 11 8 March 1997 Bardonecchia GS Rosey Fletcher Margherita Parini Lidia Trettel 31 12 14 March 1997 Morzine GS Maria Pichler Sondra van Ert Lidia Trettel

Parallel No.SeasonDatePlaceEventWinnerSecondThird14 1 28 November 1996 Tignes PSL Karine Ruby Heidi Renoth Manuela Riegler15 2 18 January 1997 Kreischberg PSL Marie Birkl Heidi Renoth Stacia Hookom16 3 20 February 1997 Morioka PSL Karine Ruby Dorothée Fournier Marion Posch17 4 9 March 1997 Bardonecchia PSL Karine Ruby Isabel Zedlacher Marion Posch18 5 15 March 1997 Morzine PSL Karine Ruby Manuela Riegler Birgit Herbert

Slalom No.SeasonDatePlaceEventWinnerSecondThird12 1 7 December 1996 Sestriere SL Dorothée Fournier Dagmar Mair unter der Eggen Alexandra Krings13 2 12 January 1997 Lenggries SL Heidi Renoth Isabel Zedlacher Marie Birkl14 3 31 January 1997 Mont Sainte-Anne SL Marion Posch Heidi Renoth Karine Ruby15 4 1 March 1997 Olang SL Marion Posch Karine Ruby Dagmar Mair unter der Eggen16 5 6 March 1997 Grächen SL Isabel Zedlacher Karine Ruby Heidi Renoth

Halfpipe No.SeasonDatePlaceEventWinnerSecondThird14 1 14 December 1996 Whistler HP Natasza Zurek Maëlle Ricker Tara Teigen15 2 15 December 1996 Whistler HP Tara Teigen Kelly Kaye Natasza Zurek16 3 19 January 1997 Kreischberg HP Nicola Thost Nicole Fischer Maëlle Ricker 17 4 2 February 1997 Mont Sainte-Anne HP Sabrina Sadeghi Leslee Olson Maëlle Ricker18 5 8 February 1997 Mount Bachelor HP Tricia Byrnes Aurelie Sayres Leslee Olson19 6 16 February 1997 Kanbayashi HP Stine Brun Kjeldaas Nicola Pederzolli Tricia Byrnes 20 7 2 March 1997 Olang HP Siw Alida Renander Alessandra Pescosta Annemarie Uliasz21 8 16 March 1997 Morzine HP Doriane Vidal Siw Alida Renander Kaori Takeyama

Snowboard cross No.SeasonDatePlaceEventWinnerSecondThird1 1 23 November 1996 Zell am See SBX Marie Birkl Karine Ruby Lynn Ott2 2 17 December 1996 Sun Peaks SBX Cammy Potter Karine Ruby Isabel Zedlacher3 3 17 January 1997 Kreischberg SBX Manuela Riegler Karine Ruby Isabel Zedlacher 4 4 9 February 1997 Mount Bachelor SBX Karine Ruby Candice Drouin Maëlle Ricker5 5 19 February 1997 Morioka SBX Manuela Riegler Sondra van Ert Karine Ruby6 6 5 March 1997 Grächen SBX Sondra van Ert Claudia Riegler Ursula Fingerlos

Standings: Women + Overall Rank Name Points1 Karine Ruby 16382 Sondra van Ert 10803 Manuela Riegler 10064 Heidi Renoth 9775 Isabel Zedlacher 969+ Giant slalom Rank Name Points 1 Karine Ruby 6590 2 Margherita Parini 5420 3 Sondra van Ert 5320 4 Lidia Trettel 5300 5 Maria Pichler 4000+ Slalom Rank Name Points1 Karine Ruby 67002 Heidi Renoth 53603 Marion Posch 46504 Dagmar Mair unter der Eggen 41105 Isabel Zedlacher 4040+ Snowboard cross Rank Name Points1 Karine Ruby 40002 Manuela Riegler 29103 Sondra van Ert 27404 Isabel Zedlacher 23205 Lynn Ott 2210+ Halfpipe Rank Name Points1 Tara Teigen 33502 Sabrina Sadeghi 26203 Maëlle Ricker 24704 Siw Alida Renander 23305 Kaori Takeyama 1970

Podium table by nation Table showing the World Cup podium places (gold–1st place, silver–2nd place, bronze–3rd place) by the countries represented by the athletes.

See also FIS Snowboarding World Championships 1997

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