The 27th World Cup season began in November 1992 in Sestriere, Italy for men and Park City, Utah, USA for women, and concluded in March 1993 at the newly created World Cup Final in Åre, Sweden. A break in the schedule was for the 1993 World Championships, held in Morioka, Japan, from February 4–14.
Marc Girardelli of Luxembourg won his fifth overall title, which was the most for a man in World Cup history until surpassed by Austrian Marcel Hirscher in 2017. Anita Wachter of Austria won the women's overall title, her first. Both winners won narrow victories because of their superior performance in the combined (Girardelli won all three for men en route to a 32-point victory over Kjetil André Aamodt; Wachter won one of the two for women (and was fourth in the other) en route to a 20-point victory over Katja Seizinger). In December, defending women's World Cup champion Petra Kronberger of Austria abruptly retired, saying that she had lost her motivation to continue.
Lack of snow in Europe during the winter caused the schedule to be significantly rearranged. All of the races at the classic sites of Wengen and Kitzbühel were cancelled. Snowmaking was installed at Kitzbühel that summer as a result. Also, Czechoslovakia peacefully dissolved into two countries—the Czech Republic and Slovakia—effective as of January 1, 1993, although the ski team remained unified until the end of the season.
At the end of the season in March, the International Ski Federation (FIS) added a World Cup Final, which immediately became a permanent part of the World Cup agenda. During this final, weather permitting, men's and women's races are held in each of the four disciplines: slalom, giant slalom, Super G, and downhill, as well as a team parallel slalom competition. Only a limited number of racers are invited to ski at the Finals, including the top 25 in the World Cup standings in each discipline, plus the current junior World Champions in each discipline, plus competitors for the overall title who failed to qualify on points within the discipline (if any). Because of the smaller field, World Cup points are only awarded to the top 15 finishers in each race.
Calendar
Men + Event Key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant Slalom, SG – Super Giant Slalom, KB – CombinedDatePlaceWinnerSecondThird760 1 28 November 1992 Sestriere GS 199 Kjetil André Aamodt Alberto Tomba Johan Wallner761 2 29 November 1992 SL 231 Fabrizio Tescari Michael Tritscher Armin Bittner Hubert Strolz762 3 5 December 1992 Val d'Isère SG 046 Jan Einar Thorsen Franz Heinzer Luigi Colturi763 4 6 December 1992 SL 232 Thomas Fogdö Thomas Sykora Hubert Strolz764 5 11 December 1992 Val Gardena DH 224 William Besse Jan Einar Thorsen Patrick Ortlieb765 6 12 December 1992 DH 225 Leonhard Stock William Besse A. J. Kitt766 7 13 December 1992 Alta Badia GS 200 Marc Girardelli Alain Feutrier Alberto Tomba 767 8 15 December 1992 Madonna di Campiglio SL 233 Patrice Bianchi Alberto Tomba Thomas Sykora768 9 19 December 1992 Kranjska Gora SL 234 Thomas Fogdö Alberto Tomba Peter Roth769 10 20 December 1992 GS 201 Marc Girardelli Lasse Kjus Fredrik Nyberg 770 11 22 December 1992 Bad Kleinkirchheim SG 047 Armin Assinger Leonhard Stock Kjetil André Aamodt771 12 9 January 1993 Garmisch-Partenkirchen SL 235 Alberto Tomba Kjetil André Aamodt Thomas Stangassinger 772 13 10 January 1993 DH 226 Franz Heinzer Pietro Vitalini Günther Mader773 14 10 January 1993 KB 063 Marc Girardelli Kjetil André Aamodt Günther Mader774 15 11 January 1993 DH 227 Daniel Mahrer Peter Rzehak Franz Heinzer 775 16 12 January 1993 St. Anton SG 048 Marc Girardelli Jan Einar Thorsen Günther Mader776 17 16 January 1993 DH 228 Franz Heinzer Peter Runggaldier Günther Mader777 18 17 January 1993 Lech am Arlberg SL 236 Thomas Fogdö Jure Košir Alberto Tomba 778 19 16 January 1993 17 January 1993 St. Anton (DH) Lech am Arlberg (SL) KB 064 Marc Girardelli Günther Mader Hubert Strolz779 20 19 January 1993 Veysonnaz GS 202 Michael von Grünigen Alberto Tomba Lasse Kjus780 21 23 January 1993 DH 229 Franz Heinzer Patrick Ortlieb William Besse781 22 24 January 1993 SL 237 Thomas Stangassinger Alberto Tomba Thomas Fogdö782 23 24 January 1993 KB 065 Marc Girardelli Kjetil André Aamodt Günther Mader1993 World Championships (4–14 February)783 24 27 February 1993 Whistler DH 230 Atle Skårdal Tommy Moe Franz Heinzer784 25 28 February 1993 SG 049 Günther Mader Franz Heinzer Patrick Ortlieb785 26 7 March 1993 Aspen SG 050 Kjetil André Aamodt Stephan Eberharter Daniel Mahrer786 27 15 March 1993 Sierra Nevada DH 231 Armin Assinger Daniel Mahrer Hannes Trinkl787 28 19 March 1993 Lillehammer (Kvitfjell) DH 232 Adrien Duvillard Werner Perathoner Atle Skårdal788 29 20 March 1993 DH 233 Armin Assinger Werner Perathoner Hannes Trinkl789 30 21 March 1993 SG 051 Kjetil André Aamodt Daniel Mahrer Dietmar Thöni790 31 23 March 1993 Oppdal GS 203 Kjetil André Aamodt Johan Wallner Fredrik Nyberg791 32 26 March 1993 Åre SG 052 Kjetil André Aamodt Günther Mader Franz Heinzer792 33 27 March 1993 GS 204 Kjetil André Aamodt Alberto Tomba Marc Girardelli793 34 28 March 1993 SL 238 Thomas Fogdö Kjetil André Aamodt Thomas Stangassinger
Ladies + Event Key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant Slalom, SG – Super Giant Slalom, KB – CombinedDatePlaceWinnerSecondThird704 1 28 November 1992 Park City GS 194 Ulrike Maier Carole Merle Vreni Schneider705 2 29 November 1992 SL 223 Julie Parisien Pernilla Wiberg Annelise Coberger706 3 5 December 1992 Steamboat Springs GS 195 Anita Wachter Sabina Panzanini Deborah Compagnoni707 4 6 December 1992 SL 224 Pernilla Wiberg Annelise Coberger Petra Kronberger708 5 12 December 1992 Vail DH 189 Miriam Vogt Katharina Gutensohn Kerrin Lee-Gartner709 6 13 December 1992 SG 044 Ulrike Maier Astrid Lødemel Anita Wachter710 7 19 December 1992 Lake Louise DH 190 Chantal Bournissen Katja Seizinger Michaela Gerg-Leitner711 8 20 December 1992 SG 045 Katja Seizinger Tetiana Lebedeva Regina Häusl712 9 5 January 1993 Maribor GS 196 Carole Merle Anita Wachter Vreni Schneider713 10 6 January 1993 SL 225 Vreni Schneider Annelise Coberger Deborah Compagnoni714 11 9 January 1993 Cortina d'Ampezzo DH 191 Regina Häusl Heidi Zurbriggen Katja Seizinger 715 12 10 January 1993 GS 197 Carole Merle Anita Wachter Deborah Compagnoni 716 13 15 January 1993 DH 192 Katja Seizinger Carole Merle Barbara Sadleder 717 14 16 January 1993 SG 046 Ulrike Maier Carole Merle Sylvia Eder 718 15 17 January 1993 SL 226 Vreni Schneider Annelise Coberger Karin Buder719 16 17 January 1993 KB 057 Anita Wachter Miriam Vogt Sabine Ginther720 17 22 January 1993 Haus im Ennstal DH 193 Chantal Bournissen Varvara Zelenskaya Sabine Ginther721 18 24 January 1993 SL 227 Patricia Chauvet Anita Wachter Morena Gallizio1993 World Championships (4–14 February)722 19 26 February 1993 Veysonnaz DH 194 Katja Seizinger Kerrin Lee-Gartner Miriam Vogt723 20 27 February 1993 DH 195 Anja Haas Régine Cavagnoud Heidi Zurbriggen Kate Pace724 21 28 February 1993 SG 047 Carole Merle Anita Wachter Régine Cavagnoud725 22 3 March 1993 Morzine DH 196 Katja Seizinger Regina Häusl Astrid Lødemel726 23 7 March 1993 SG 048 Deborah Compagnoni Katja Seizinger Anita Wachter727 24 13 March 1993 Lillehammer (Kvitfjell) DH 197 Kate Pace Picabo Street Carole Montillet728 25 14 March 1993 Lillehammer (Hafjell) SL 228 Renate Götschl Kristina Andersson Patricia Chauvet729 26 14 March 1993 KB 058 Bibiana Perez Morena Gallizio Miriam Vogt 730 27 15 March 1993 GS 198 Christina Meier-Höck Martina Ertl Katja Seizinger731 28 19 March 1993 Vemdalen SL 229 Vreni Schneider Patricia Chauvet Annelise Coberger732 29 20 March 1993 GS 199 Katja Seizinger Heidi Zeller-Bähler Carole Merle733 30 26 March 1993 Åre SG 049 Katja Seizinger Ulrike Maier Deborah Compagnoni734 31 27 March 1993 GS 200 Carole Merle Deborah Compagnoni Anita Wachter735 32 28 March 1993 SL 230 Vreni Schneider Karin Köllerer Christina Riegel
Men
Overall
see complete table
In 1993, all the results count toward the overall title. Marc Girardelli won his fifth overall title.
PlaceNameCountryTotal DH SG GS SL KB 1 Marc Girardelli 1379 331 216 372 160 300 2 Kjetil André Aamodt 1347 90 420 410 267 160 3 Franz Heinzer 828 527 301 0 0 0 4 Günther Mader 826 192 307 26 101 200 5 Alberto Tomba 817 0 0 381 436 0 6 Atle Skårdal 596 427 169 0 0 0 7 Patrick Ortlieb 560 272 198 0 0 90 8 Daniel Mahrer 556 343 213 0 0 0 9 Thomas Fogdö 545 0 0 0 545 0 10 Armin Assinger 533 360 13 0 0 0 11 Jan Einar Thorsen 460 164 294 2 0 0 12 Lasse Kjus 452 0 32 254 96 70 13 William Besse 442 366 44 0 0 32 14 Markus Wasmeier 400 171 135 21 18 55 15 Steve Locher 370 12 68 124 35 131 16 Adrien Duvillard 364 206 69 7 0 82 17 Thomas Stangassinger 362 0 0 0 362 0 18 Paul Accola 334 4 83 168 79 0 19 Fredrik Nyberg 319 0 69 250 0 0 20 Michael von Grünigen 313 0 0 236 77 0
Downhill
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In 1993, all results were used to determine the title. Franz Heinzer won his third Downhill title in a row.
PlaceNameCountryTotal 5 6 13 15 17 21 24 27 28 29 1 Franz Heinzer 527 40 24 100 60 100 100 60 10 7 26 2 Atle Skårdal 427 36 40 15 29 50 50 100 18 60 29 3 William Besse 366 100 80 26 10 24 60 7 - 9 50 4 Armin Assinger 360 20 7 10 32 22 - 29 100 40 100 5 Daniel Mahrer 343 15 29 6 100 36 26 14 80 15 22 6 Marc Girardelli 331 29 50 45 45 40 22 36 16 3 45 7 Patrick Ortlieb 272 60 26 - - 45 80 32 - 5 24 8 Hannes Trinkl 264 26 12 50 20 - 36 - 60 - 60 9 Werner Perathoner 256 8 14 2 8 26 16 9 13 80 80 10 Peter Rzehak 255 6 - 18 80 15 32 40 - 50 14
Super G
see complete table
In Men's Super G World Cup 1992/93 all results count.
PlaceNameCountryTotal 3 11 16 25 26 30 32 1 Kjetil André Aamodt 420 - 60 24 36 100 100 100 2 Günther Mader 307 29 6 60 100 - 32 80 3 Franz Heinzer 301 80 14 18 80 36 13 60 4 Jan Einar Thorsen 294 100 50 80 26 10 4 24 5 Marc Girardelli 216 - 20 100 40 40 - 16 6 Daniel Mahrer 213 12 - 10 29 30 80 22 7 Patrick Ortlieb 198 45 - 16 60 - 32 45 8 Luigi Colturi 181 60 - 40 4 - 45 32 9 Martin Hangl 176 - 45 45 14 22 - 50 10 Armin Assinger 173 18 100 11 - 3 15 26
Giant Slalom
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In 1993 all results counted toward the title.
PlaceNameCountryTotal 1 7 10 20 31 33 1 Kjetil André Aamodt 410 100 20 50 40 100 100 2 Alberto Tomba 381 80 60 36 80 45 80 3 Marc Girardelli 372 12 100 100 50 50 60 4 Lasse Kjus 254 40 9 80 60 20 45 5 Fredrik Nyberg 250 22 40 60 18 60 50 6 Michael von Grünigen 236 11 45 26 100 22 32 7 Johan Wallner 208 60 26 18 24 80 - 8 Paul Accola 168 36 50 13 - 40 29 9 Alain Feutrier 148 - 80 - - 32 36 10 Hans Pieren 143 24 32 20 45 - 22
Slalom
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In 1993 all results counted towards the title.
PlaceNameCountryTotal 2 4 8 9 12 18 22 34 1 Thomas Fogdö 545 - 100 40 100 45 100 60 100 2 Alberto Tomba 436 - 36 80 80 100 60 80 - 3 Thomas Stangassinger 362 24 - 24 24 80 50 100 60 4 Bernhard Gstrein 276 22 26 32 16 40 50 40 50 5 Kjetil André Aamodt 267 - 11 - 15 80 36 45 80 6 Jure Košir 251 12 16 29 32 32 80 50 - 7 Thomas Sykora 238 29 80 60 - 29 - - 40 8 Peter Roth 202 - - 16 60 50 40 36 - 9 Patrick Staub 196 - 24 50 45 18 10 20 29 10 Armin Bittner 185 60 50 - - 24 - 15 36 11 Oliver Künzi 179 15 45 45 - 8 24 18 24 12 Hubert Strolz 172 60 60 - - 20 32 - - 13 Marc Girardelli 160 45 - 11 20 36 22 26 - 14 Michael Tritscher 149 80 - - 40 - - 29 - 15 Patrice Bianchi 140 40 - 100 - - - - - 16 Fabrizio Tescari 113 100 6 - - 7 - - -
Combined
see complete table
In 1993, all three results count. Marc Girardelli won his third Combined World Cup by winning all three competitions.