The men's slalom in the 2024 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup consisted of ten events, including the discipline final. Due to three prior cancellations in other disciplines, the first men's race of the entire season was the slalom held at Gurgl, Austria on 18 November 2023. The original season schedule called for 13 events, but during the season (as discussed below) three slaloms were canceled and not rescheduled. In an upset, Manuel Feller of Austria won his first career discipline title.

Season summary On 27 October 2023, two days before the scheduled opening of the men's World Cup season, Lucas Braathen, the 23-year-old Norwegian who was the defending champion in the slalom discipline, announced his retirement from professional Alpine skiing, as part of a dispute with the Norwegian ski federation over his individual commercial rights. The surprising aftermath of that decision was an Austrian podium sweep in Gurgl, the first race of the season, with Manuel Feller defeating Marco Schwarz and Michael Matt. The Austrian victory ended a streak of 17 slaloms without an Austrian victory, dating back to January 2022. However, the next scheduled race, in Val d'Isère on 10 December, was canceled due to a mix of overnight rain followed by new snow and high winds. When the second race was finally held in Madonna di Campiglio, Marco Schwarz won it, coming from sixth after the first run, and took over the season lead in both the discipline and the overall men's World Cup. By the next slalom, Schwarz had suffered a season-ending injury, but Feller won by .02 seconds to maintain the Austrian domination and also regain the overall lead for the season.

In the next two slaloms, at the downhill/slalom festivals in Wengen (SUI) and Kitzbühel (AUT), Feller won and then finished fourth (behind German Linus Straßer, who grew up and learned to ski at Kitzbühel), opening up an almost 200-point lead in the discipline. Straßer also won the night slalom at Schlamding, less than 100 miles away, four days later to move into second overall in the discipline for the season.

The next race, held in poor snow conditions in Chamonix, France after two prior races had already been canceled due to warm temperatures, featured a history-making comeback by Swiss slalom specialist Daniel Yule. Yule made a huge blunder on the first run and was the last of the 30 racers who qualified for the second run, meaning that he would start first, almost two seconds behind the leader; however, he put down a great second run and then sat in the leader's chair as all 29 remaining racers came down the increasingly melting and rutted course, with only two (his countryman Loïc Meillard and first-run leader Clément Noël of France) even managing to get within 0.3 of his total time, thus making Yule the first World Cup men's slalom skier ever to advance from 30th after the first run to 1st after the second run..The race in Bansko the next week was then canceled after 31 skiers had completed the first run, because visibility was compromised by fog while the course had deteriorated due to persistent heavy rain.

The following two races were held in the US, and Feller pulled off a come-from-behind triumph in the first (at Palisades Tahoe) to establish a 204-point lead over Straßer, who dropped from first to third on the second run, with just three races to go. When the slalom scheduled the next weekend in Kranjska Gora was canceled due to heavy rains, Feller clinched the season title over Straßer.

Finals

The World Cup discipline finals took place on Sunday, 17 March 2024, in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria. Only the top 25 in the slalom discipline ranking and the winner of the Junior World Championship were eligible to compete in the final, except that all skiers who have scored at least 500 points in the overall classification were eligible to compete in any discipline. Because of the reduced field size, only the top 15 finishers in the discipline final scored points. In the finals, no skier with at least 500 points who wasn't otherwise eligible chose to compete, and one skier who qualified (Schwarz) was injured, leaving 25 racers at the start.

Since Feller and Straßer had already clinched the top two spots on the discipline podium, the only battle left was for third, and Timon Haugan of Norway jumped out to a big lead after the first run, then held off Feller, Straßer, and Meillard on the second run to claim that podium spot. However, the bigger news was that immediate past champion Lucas Braathen announced his "un-retirement" and return for the 2025 season, but now skiing for Brazil (his mother's homeland) instead of Norway, where he will have full control over his individual commercial rights.

Standings Venue#SkierTotal Manuel Feller100x45100100504550x10045x807152 Linus Straßer29x2950DNF110010018x6080x605263 Timon Haugan 40x502929DNF28032x5040x1004504   Loïc Meillard DNF2x362245321580x29100x504095 Clément Noël22x80DNF150DNF26060x80DNF2x45397636x40DSQ260104045x3260x363597 Dave Ryding 50x601022451824x736x16288   Daniel Yule 45xDNF226226032100xDNF23x02889   Marc Rochat12x84540265013xDNF124x4025810 Kristoffer Jakobsen24xDNF1DNF1DNF1803612x45DNF1x2021711 Atle Lie McGrath DSQ1x328080DNF1DNF21x22DNF1x021512 Fabio Gstrein 32x22DNQ32DNF12620x3626x019413 Steven AmiezDNQxDNQ2424401329x2429xDNF1183 Johannes StrolzDNF1x151316161418x1550x2618315 Marco Schwarz80x100DNS18016 Dominik Raschner14x1160DNF136DNF245xDNF213x017917 Tommaso Sala DNQxDNQ361429295x815x2215818 Alex Vinatzer5x9DNF1515DNF226x4013x3214519   Luca Aerni11x2032DNF1DNF1169x1418x1813820 Samuel Kolega9xDNQ4015DNF1836x26DNF1x013421 Michael Matt60x16DNF236DSQ1DNS12xDNQ5x012922 Alexander Steen Olsen 13x20DNF2DNF1DNF12415xDNQ20x2411623 AJ GinnisDNF1x26DNF1DNF1182022xDNF1DNF1x2911524 Albert Popov 26x2416DNF1DNF1225x18DNF1x011125 Sebastian Holzmann16x42018912DNF1xDNQ7xDNF28626 Istok RodešDNQx5142624DNF1DNF1xDNF116xNE8527 9x1418DNF2DNSDNF114x10DNF1xNE6528 Filip Zubčić 18xDSQ2DNF110DNF1DNF28x208xNE6429   Tanguy Nef11x12DNF212DNF1DNQ7x11DNF1xNE5330 Billy Major15xDNF1DNQ1320DNQDNQxDNF2DNF1xNE48 Armand Marchant DNF1x13DNQDNF1DSQ2DNF2DNQx1322xNE4832 Adrian PertlDNF2xDNF1931592x9DNF1xNE4733 Laurie TaylorDNF2xDNF1DNF1DNF112DNQDNQxDNQ32xNE4434 Tobias Kastlunger20xDNF1157DNF1DNF1DNQxDNF2DNQxNE4235 Juan del Campo7xDNQDNF167DNQDNQxDNQ14xNE34 6xDNQ7DNQDNF110DNQxDNQ11xNE3437 Paco RassatDNF1xDNQDNS922DNF1DNQxDNQDNF1xNE3138 Stefano GrossDSQ1xDNF244DNF1DNQ10x12DNQxNE3039 Sam MaesDNQxDNF1DNF18DNF111DNF1x6DNF1xNE25 Jett SeymourDNF1xDNF1DNQDNQDNQDNF23x166xNE2541 Benjamin RitchieDNF1xDNQ811DNF1DNF1DNF1xDNF14xNE2342 Anton TremmelDNF1x10DNF1DNF18DNQDNQxDNQDSQ1xNE1843 Erik ReadDNQx611DNQDNF1DNF1DNQxDNQDNQxNE1744 Joshua SturmDNSxDNSDNQDNF1DNQDNQ6xDNF210xNE1645 Eirik Hystad SolbergDNSxDNS13DNQDNQxDNSxNE1346 River Radamus DNSxDNS12DNF1DNF1DNQDNSxDNF1DNQxNE1247 Fabian Ax SwartzDNF1xDNQDNQDNS11DNQDNQxDNQDNF1xNE1148 Kilian Pramstaller DNSxDNSDNF1DNF1DNSxDNQ9xNE949 Hugo DesgrippesDNF1x7DNF1DNF1DNF2DNQDNQxDNQDNQxNE750 Theodor BrækkenDNQxDNF1DNS6DNQDNSxDNQDNF1xNE6 Joaquim SalarichDNF1xDNF16DNQDNF1DNF1DNQxDNQDNQxNE652 Léo AnguenotDNSxDNS5DNQDNF1DNQDNQxDNQDNF1xNE553 Simon Rüland4xDNQDNQDNSDNQDNSxNE454 Seigo KatōDNF1xDNSDNF12DNF1DNQDNF1DNSDNQDNSxNE2References

Legend

DNQ = Did not qualify for run 2 DNF1 = Did not finish run 1 DSQ1 = Disqualified run 1 DNF2 = Did not finish run 2 DSQ2 = Disqualified run 2 DNS2 = Did not start run 2

See also 2024 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's summary rankings 2024 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's overall 2024 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's downhill 2024 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's super-G 2024 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's giant slalom World Cup scoring system

References

External links Alpine skiing at FIS website