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.:de:Alpiner Skiweltcup 1998

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

Calendar

Men + Event Key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant Slalom, SG – Super Giant Slalom, KB – Combined, PS – Parallel SlalomDatePlaceWinnerSecondThird933 1 24 October 1997   Tignes PS 002  Josef Strobl Kjetil André Aamodt Hermann Maier934 2 26 October 1997   GS 238     Michael von Grünigen    Steve Locher Hermann Maier935 3 20 November 1997   Park City GS 239  Hermann Maier Kjetil André Aamodt Thomas Grandi936 4 22 November 1997   SL 275  Thomas Stangassinger Kristinn Björnsson Finn Christian Jagge937 5 4 December 1997   Beaver Creek DH 274  Kristian Ghedina Jean-Luc Crétier Lasse Kjus938 6 5 December 1997   DH 275  Andreas Schifferer Hermann Maier Stephan Eberharter939 7 6 December 1997   SG 075  Hermann Maier Stephan Eberharter Hans Knauß940 8 14 December 1997   Val d'Isère GS 240     Michael von Grünigen Stephan Eberharter Hans Knauß941 9 15 December 1997   Sestriere SL 276  Finn Christian Jagge Thomas Sykora Hans Petter Buraas942 10 21 December 1997   Alta Badia GS 241  Christian Mayer    Michael von Grünigen Hermann Maier943 11 29 December 1997   Bormio DH 276  Hermann Maier Andreas Schifferer Werner Franz944 12 30 December 1997   DH 277  Andreas Schifferer Werner Franz Lasse Kjus945 13 3 January 1998   Kranjska Gora GS 242  Christian Mayer Hermann Maier    Michael von Grünigen946 14 4 January 1998   SL 277  Thomas Sykora Pierrick Bourgeat Thomas Stangassinger947 15 6 January 1998   Saalbach GS 243  Hermann Maier Alberto Tomba Rainer Salzgeber948 16 8 January 1998   Schladming SL 278  Alberto Tomba Thomas Sykora Hans Petter Buraas949 17 10 January 1998   SG 076  Hermann Maier Stephan Eberharter Luca Cattaneo950 18 11 January 1998   SG 077  Hermann Maier Andreas Schifferer Stephan Eberharter951 19 13 January 1998      Adelboden GS 244  Hermann Maier    Michael von Grünigen    Paul Accola952 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 Maier954 22 18 January 1998      Veysonnaz SL 279  Thomas Stangassinger Kristinn Björnsson Kiminobu Kimura955 23 16 January 1998  18 January 1998      Wengen (DH)   Veysonnaz (SL) KB 074  Hermann Maier    Bruno Kernen    Paul Accola956 24 23 January 1998   Kitzbühel DH 280     Didier Cuche Nicolas Burtin Jean-Luc Crétier957 25 24 January 1998   DH 281  Kristian Ghedina    Didier Cuche Josef Strobl958 26 25 January 1998   SL 280  Thomas Stangassinger Thomas Sykora Ole Kristian Furuseth959 27 25 January 1998   KB 075  Kjetil André Aamodt Werner Franz Ed Podivinsky960 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 Maier962 30 1 February 1998   SG 078  Hermann Maier Hans Knauß Lasse KjusWinter Olympics (10–21 February)963 31 28 February 1998   Yongpyong GS 245     Michael von Grünigen Christian Mayer Hermann Maier964 32 1 March 1998   SL 282  Ole Kristian Furuseth Finn Christian Jagge Tom Stiansen965 33 7 March 1998   Kvitfjell DH 283  Nicolas Burtin Werner Perathoner Lasse Kjus Josef Strobl966 34 8 March 1998   SG 079  Hans Knauß Patrik Järbyn    Didier Cuche967 35 13 March 1998      Crans-Montana DH 284  Josef Strobl    Didier Cuche Fritz Strobl968 36 14 March 1998   GS 246  Stephan Eberharter Hans Knauß Hermann Maier969 37 15 March 1998   SL 283  Alberto Tomba Hans Petter Buraas Finn Christian Jagge

Ladies + Event Key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant Slalom, SG – Super Giant Slalom, KB – Combined, PS – Parallel SlalomDatePlaceWinnerSecondThird868 1 24 October 1997   Tignes PS 002  Leila Piccard Ylva Nowén Alexandra Meissnitzer869 2 25 October 1997   GS 232  Deborah Compagnoni Martina Ertl Martina Fortkord870 3 21 November 1997   Park City GS 233  Deborah Compagnoni Alexandra Meissnitzer Andrine Flemmen871 4 23 November 1997  SL 267  Zali Steggall Ylva Nowén Claudia Riegler872 5 28 November 1997   Mammoth Mountain PS 003  Hilde Gerg Martina Ertl Alexandra Meissnitzer873 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 Götschl875 8 5 December 1997   DH 232  Katja Seizinger Mélanie Suchet Isolde Kostner876 9 6 December 1997   SG 078  Katja Seizinger Hilde Gerg Isolde Kostner877 10 17 December 1997   Val d'Isère DH 233  Katja Seizinger Hilde Gerg Ingeborg Helen Marken878 11 18 December 1997   SG 079  Katja Seizinger Renate Götschl Hilde Gerg879 12 19 December 1997   GS 234  Deborah Compagnoni Alexandra Meissnitzer Leila Piccard880 13 20 December 1997  SL 268  Ylva Nowén Deborah Compagnoni Urška Hrovat881 14 20 December 1997   KB 064  Hilde Gerg Katja Seizinger Martina Ertl882 15 27 December 1997   Lienz SL 269  Ylva Nowén Deborah Compagnoni Urška Hrovat883 16 28 December 1997   SL 270  Ylva Nowén Kristina Koznick Deborah Compagnoni884 17 5 January 1998   Bormio SL 271  Ylva Nowén Hilde Gerg Špela Pretnar885 18 6 January 1998   GS 235  Deborah Compagnoni Martina Ertl Alexandra Meissnitzer886 19 10 January 1998   Bormio GS 236  Martina Ertl Katja Seizinger Deborah Compagnoni887 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 Meissnitzer889 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 Masnada891 24 23 January 1998   SG 081  Mélanie Suchet Regina Häusl Karen Putzer892 25 24 January 1998   SG 082  Katja Seizinger Renate Götschl Isolde Kostner893 26 25 January 1998   GS 237  Martina Ertl Katja Seizinger Sophie Lefranc-Duvillard894 27 28 January 1998   Åre GS 238  Martina Ertl    Sonja Nef Anna Ottosson895 28 29 January 1998   SL 273  Kristina Koznick Hilde Gerg Sabine Egger896 29 31 January 1998   DH 236  Katja Seizinger Renate Götschl Florence Masnada897 30 31 January 1998   KB 065  Hilde Gerg Martina Ertl Katja SeizingerWinter Olympics (10–21 February)898 31 1 March 1998   Saalbach SL 274  Martina Ertl Trine Bakke Kristina Koznick899 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

Men

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

Downhill PlaceNameCountryTotal 1 Andreas Schifferer 655 2 Hermann Maier 479 3 Nicolas Burtin 469 4 Didier Cuche   424 5 Jean-Luc Cretier 414

Super G PlaceNameCountryTotal 1 Hermann Maier 400 2 Hans Knauss 256 3 Stephan Eberharter 220 4 Patrik Järbyn 195 5 Andreas Schifferer 185

Giant Slalom PlaceNameCountryTotal 1 Hermann Maier 620 2 Michael von Grünigen   560 3 Christian Mayer 429 4 Stephan Eberharter 388 5 Hans Knauss 375

Slalom PlaceNameCountryTotal 1 Thomas Sykora 521 2 Thomas Stangassinger 517 3 Hans Petter Buraas 420 4 Finn Christian Jagge 345 5 Kiminobu Kimura 316

Combined PlaceNameCountryTotal 1 Werner Franz 120 2 Hermann Maier 100 Kjetil André Aamodt 100 4 Bruno Kernen   80 5 Paul Accola   60 Ed Podivinsky 60

Ladies

Overall PlaceNameCountryTotal 1 Katja Seizinger 1655 2 Martina Ertl 1508 3 Hilde Gerg 1391 4 Deborah Compagnoni 912 5 Alexandra Meissnitzer 884 6 Ylva Nowén 815 7 Renate Götschl 787 8 Isolde Kostner 695 9 Urška Hrovat 592 10 Heidi Zurbriggen   561

Downhill PlaceNameCountryTotal 1 Katja Seizinger 520 2 Renate Götschl 392 3 Isolde Kostner 292 4 Melanie Suchet 237 5 Hilde Gerg 224

Super G PlaceNameCountryTotal 1 Katja Seizinger 445 2 Renate Götschl 305 3 Isolde Kostner 266 4 Martina Ertl 259 5 Melanie Suchet 228

Giant Slalom PlaceNameCountryTotal 1 Martina Ertl 591 2 Deborah Compagnoni 565 3 Alexandra Meissnitzer 445 4 Sonja Nef   359 5 Andrine Flemmen 296 6 Katja Seizinger 295

Slalom PlaceNameCountryTotal 1 Ylva Nowén 620 2 Kristina Koznick 560 3 Hilde Gerg 451 4 Urska Hrovat 423 5 Martina Ertl 320

Combined PlaceNameCountryTotal 1 Hilde Gerg 200 2 Katja Seizinger 140 Martina Ertl 140 4 Morena Gallizio 77 5 Florence Masnada 76

References

External links - World Cup Standings - 1998