The 25th World Cup season began in August 1990 in New Zealand (for men only), resumed in December, and concluded in March 1991 in the United States. The overall winners were Marc Girardelli of Luxembourg, his fourth title (the third man to reach that milestone) and Petra Kronberger of Austria (her second). This was the first season following the reunification of Germany and the last before the dissolution of Yugoslavia.
During this season, the three men's races at Wengen were cancelled after the death of Gernot Reinstadler of Austria on January 18. Reinstadler crashed during a training run for the downhill race, immediately above the finish line.
A break in the schedule was for the 1991 World Championships, held in Saalbach, Austria between January 22 and February 3, 1991.
Calendar
Men + Event Key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant Slalom, SG – Super Giant Slalom, KB – Combined, PS – Parallel Slalom (Nations Cup ranking only)DatePlaceWinnerSecondThird698 1 8 August 1990 Mount Hutt SL 213 Peter Roth Michael Tritscher Alberto Tomba699 2 9 August 1990 GS 185 Fredrik Nyberg Lasse Kjus Franck Piccard700 3 2 December 1990 Valloire SG 037 Franck Piccard Franz Heinzer Stephan Eberharter701 4 8 December 1990 Val d'Isère DH 207 Leonhard Stock Franz Heinzer Peter Wirnsberger 702 5 11 December 1990 Sestriere SL 214 Alberto Tomba Ole Kristian Furuseth Rudolf Nierlich703 6 14 December 1990 Val Gardena DH 208 Franz Heinzer Berni Huber Atle Skårdal704 7 15 December 1990 DH 209 Atle Skårdal Rob Boyd Luc Alphand 705 8 16 December 1990 Alta Badia GS 186 Alberto Tomba Urs Kälin Marc Girardelli706 9 18 December 1990 Madonna di Campiglio SL 215 Ole Kristian Furuseth Thomas Fogdö Marc Girardelli707 10 21 December 1990 Kranjska Gora GS 187 Alberto Tomba Urs Kälin Marc Girardelli 708 11 22 December 1990 SL 216 Ole Kristian Furuseth Thomas Fogdö Thomas Stangassinger709 12 5 January 1991 Garmisch-Partenkirchen DH 210 Daniel Mahrer Atle Skårdal Hannes Zehentner 710 13 6 January 1991 SG 038 Günther Mader Franz Heinzer Marc Girardelli711 14 12 January 1991 Kitzbühel DH 211 Franz Heinzer Peter Runggaldier Rob Boyd712 15 13 January 1991 SL 217 Marc Girardelli Ole Kristian Furuseth Rudolf Nierlich 713 16 13 January 1991 KB 059 Marc Girardelli Lasse Kjus Günther Mader714 17 15 January 1991 Adelboden GS 188 Marc Girardelli Alberto Tomba Rudolf Nierlich 19 January 1991 Wengen DH cnx all three races cancelled after thetragic accident of Austrian skier Gernot Reinstadlerat the downhill training on 18 January 1991 20 January 1991 SL cnx 20 January 1991 KB cnx 1991 World Championships (22 January–3 February)715 18 26 February 1991 Oppdal SL 218 Rudolf Nierlich Paul Accola Marc Girardelli 716 19 1 March 1991 Lillehammer (Hafjell) GS 189 Alberto Tomba Rudolf Nierlich Stephan Eberharter717 20 2 March 1991 SL 219 Michael Tritscher Thomas Stangassinger Paul Accola718 21 8 March 1991 Aspen DH 212 Franz Heinzer Atle Skårdal Helmut Höflehner719 22 9 March 1991 GS 190 Alberto Tomba Rudolf Nierlich Marc Girardelli720 23 10 March 1991 SL 220 Rudolf Nierlich Thomas Fogdö Fabio de Crignis721 24 15 March 1991 Lake Louise DH 213 Atle Skårdal Franz Heinzer Helmut Höflehner722 25 16 March 1991 DH 214 Franz Heinzer Atle Skårdal Patrick Ortlieb723 26 17 March 1991 SG 039 Markus Wasmeier Patrick Holzer Stephan Eberharter724 27 21 March 1991 Waterville Valley GS 191 Alberto Tomba Ole Kristian Furuseth Rudolf Nierlich725 28 23 March 1991 SL 221 Thomas Fogdö Rudolf Nierlich Alberto Tomba Nations Cup 24 March 1991 Waterville Valley PS ncr Urs Kälin Paul Accola Ole Kristian Furuseth
Ladies + Event Key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant Slalom, SG – Super Giant Slalom, KB – Combined, PS – Parallel Slalom (Nations Cup ranking only)DatePlaceWinnerSecondThird645 1 1 December 1990 Val Zoldana GS 181 Petra Kronberger Vreni Schneider Pernilla Wiberg646 2 2 December 1990 SL 208 Petra Kronberger Ingrid Salvenmoser Patricia Chauvet647 3 8 December 1990 Altenmarkt-Zauchensee DH 173 Katharina Gutensohn Petra Kronberger Kerrin Lee648 4 9 December 1990 SG 033 Petra Kronberger Sigrid Wolf Anita Wachter649 5 16 December 1990 Meiringen SG 034 Chantal Bournissen Petra Kronberger Lucie Laroche650 6 21 December 1990 Morzine DH 174 Petra Kronberger Chantal Bournissen Varvara Zelenskaya651 7 22 December 1990 SL 209 Blanca Fernández Ochoa Pernilla Wiberg Vreni Schneider652 8 22 December 1990 KB 053 Ingrid Stöckl Florence Masnada Sabine Ginther653 9 6 January 1991 Bad Kleinkirchheim DH 175 Katharina Gutensohn Sabine Ginther Chantal Bournissen654 10 7 January 1991 SL 210 Pernilla Wiberg Monika Maierhofer Christine von Grünigen655 11 7 January 1991 KB 054 Petra Kronberger Sabine Ginther Florence Masnada 656 12 11 January 1991 Kranjska Gora GS 182 Vreni Schneider Nataša Bokal Petra Kronberger 657 13 12 January 1991 SL 211 Nataša Bokal Monika Maierhofer Veronika Šarec 658 14 13 January 1991 SL 212 Petra Kronberger Ingrid Salvenmoser Veronika Šarec 659 15 18 January 1991 Méribel DH 176 Petra Kronberger Carole Merle Veronika Wallinger660 16 19 January 1991 SG 035 Petra Kronberger Michaela Gerg Carole Merle1991 World Championships (22 January–3 February)661 17 8 February 1991 Garmisch-Partenkirchen DH 177 Chantal Bournissen Carole Merle Veronika Wallinger662 18 9 February 1991 SG 036 Carole Merle Karin Dedler Michaela Gerg663 19 10 February 1991 Zwiesel GS 183 Anita Wachter Eva Twardokens Vreni Schneider664 20 24 February 1991 Furano DH 178 Anja Haas Chantal Bournissen Varvara Zelenskaya665 21 24 February 1991 SG 037 Carole Merle Edith Thys Sabine Ginther666 22 9 March 1991 Lake Louise DH 179 Sabine Ginther Chantal Bournissen Svetlana Gladysheva667 23 10 March 1991 GS 184 Pernilla Wiberg Vreni Schneider Sylvia Eder668 24 11 March 1991 SL 213 Vreni Schneider Kristina Andersson Anita Wachter669 25 15 March 1991 Vail DH 180 Sabine Ginther Lucie Laroche Chantal Bournissen670 26 16 March 1991 DH 181 Chantal Bournissen Anja Haas Sabine Ginther 671 27 17 March 1991 GS 185 Vreni Schneider Julie Lunde Hansen Anita Wachter672 28 20 March 1991 Waterville Valley SL 214 Pernilla Wiberg Vreni Schneider Petra Kronberger673 29 22 March 1991 GS 186 Julie Parisien Ulrike Maier Julie Lunde HansenNations Cup 24 March 1991 Waterville Valley PS ncr Anita Wachter Ingrid Salvenmoser Chantal Bournissen
Men
Overall
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In Men's Overall World Cup all results count. The parallel slalom only counts for the Nationscup (or was a show-event). Marc Girardelli won his fourth Overall World Cup.
PlaceNameCountryTotal DH SG GS SL KB 1 Marc Girardelli 242 8 15 84 110 25 2 Alberto Tomba 222 0 0 152 70 0 3 Rudolf Nierlich 201 0 0 101 100 0 4 Franz Heinzer 199 159 40 0 0 0 5 Ole Kristian Furuseth 156 0 10 44 102 0 6 Atle Skårdal 153 125 28 0 0 0 7 Günther Mader 117 5 26 35 36 15 8 Paul Accola 114 0 13 22 67 12 9 Lasse Kjus 103 5 6 30 42 20 10 Thomas Fogdö 95 0 0 0 95 0 11 Daniel Mahrer 93 81 12 0 0 0 12 Stephan Eberharter 88 0 33 35 9 11 13 Thomas Stangassinger 80 0 0 0 80 0 14 Armin Bittner 77 0 0 15 62 0 15 Urs Kälin 70 0 6 64 0 0 16 Hannes Zehentner 68 50 18 0 0 0 17 Kjetil André Aamodt 67 0 19 32 16 0 18 Franck Piccard 66 11 27 28 0 0 19 Michael Tritscher 65 0 0 1 64 0 20 Helmut Höflehner 64 64 0 0 0 0 Rob Boyd 64 62 0 0 0 2
Downhill
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In 1991 all results count.
PlaceNameCountryTotal 4 6 7 12 14 21 24 25 1 Franz Heinzer 159 20 25 11 8 25 25 20 25 2 Atle Skårdal 125 - 15 25 20 - 20 25 20 3 Daniel Mahrer 81 7 11 6 25 10 - 10 12 4 Helmut Höflehner 64 - - - 12 11 15 15 11 5 Rob Boyd 62 - 9 20 10 15 - 4 4 6 Patrick Ortlieb 56 11 4 4 - - 11 11 15 7 Hannes Zehentner 50 12 10 8 20 - - - - Leonhard Stock 50 25 - 5 - - 12 8 - 9 William Besse 47 - 6 10 4 - 10 7 10 10 Lasse Arnesen 44 8 12 12 12 - - - -
Super G
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In 1991 all three results count.
PlaceNameCountryTotal 3 13 26 1 Franz Heinzer 40 20 20 - 2 Stephan Eberharter 33 15 3 15 3 Atle Skårdal 28 12 7 9 4 Franck Piccard 27 25 - 2 5 Günther Mader 26 1 25 - 6 Markus Wasmeier 25 - - 25 7 Patrick Holzer 20 - - 20 8 Kjetil André Aamodt 19 8 11 - 9 Hannes Zehentner 18 10 4 4 10 Marc Girardelli 15 - 15 - Luc Alphand 15 - 9 6
Giant Slalom
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In 1991 all results count.
PlaceNameCountryTotal 2 8 10 17 19 22 27 1 Alberto Tomba 152 7 25 25 20 25 25 25 2 Rudolf Nierlich 101 8 11 12 15 20 20 15 3 Marc Girardelli 84 2 15 15 25 12 15 - 4 Urs Kälin 64 4 20 20 7 8 3 2 5 Fredrik Nyberg 52 25 12 10 5 - - - 6 Ole Kristian Furuseth 44 5 - - 4 7 8 20 7 Stephan Eberharter 35 - 8 - - 15 12 - Günther Mader 35 - 10 3 11 - 11 - 9 Johan Wallner 34 10 7 - 3 - 2 12 10 Kjetil André Aamodt 32 9 5 1 8 5 4 -
Slalom
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In 1991 all results count.
PlaceNameCountryTotal 1 5 9 11 15 18 20 23 28 1 Marc Girardelli 110 7 12 15 12 25 15 12 12 - 2 Ole Kristian Furuseth 102 3 20 25 25 20 - - 9 - 3 Rudolf Nierlich 100 - 15 - - 15 25 - 25 20 4 Thomas Fogdö 95 - 10 20 20 - - - 20 25 5 Thomas Stangassinger 80 10 - 12 15 8 8 20 7 - 6 Alberto Tomba 70 15 25 - - - - - 10 20 7 Paul Accola 67 11 - 2 7 - 20 15 - 12 8 Michael Tritscher 64 20 - 11 - - - 25 8 - 9 Armin Bittner 62 6 11 - 9 12 10 - 5 9 10 Mats Ericson 56 - - 9 8 10 - 10 11 8 11 Bernhard Gstrein 48 8 7 10 - 9 5 - 6 3 12 Peter Roth 46 25 9 - - - - 4 3 5
Combined
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In 1991 only one competition was held.
PlaceNameCountryTotal 16 1 Marc Girardelli 25 25 2 Lasse Kjus 20 20 3 Günther Mader 15 15 4 Paul Accola 12 12 5 Stephan Eberharter 11 11 6 Kristian Ghedina 10 10 7 Peter Runggaldier 9 9 8 Josef Polig 8 8 9 Xavier Gigandet 7 7 10 Jan Einar Thorsen 6 6
Ladies
Overall
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In Women's Overall World Cup all results count. The parallel slalom only counts for the Nationscup (or was a show-event).
PlaceNameCountryTotal DH SG GS SL KB 1 Petra Kronberger 312 90 70 44 83 25 2 Sabine Ginther 195 122 28 6 4 35 3 Vreni Schneider 185 0 0 113 72 0 4 Chantal Bournissen 181 140 30 0 0 11 5 Carole Merle 176 76 88 12 0 0 6 Anita Wachter 142 0 23 79 28 12 7 Pernilla Wiberg 140 0 0 61 79 0 8 Ingrid Salvenmoser 103 0 0 28 75 0 9 Michaela Gerg 94 23 44 6 0 21 10 Blanca Fernández Ochoa 88 0 0 12 76 0 11 Katrin Gutensohn 87 72 15 0 0 0 12 Anja Haas 86 70 0 0 0 16 13 Veronika Wallinger 84 74 10 0 0 0 14 Eva Twardokens 83 0 2 57 22 2 15 Katja Seizinger 79 34 33 5 0 7 16 Kerrin Lee 78 60 18 0 0 0 17 Sylvia Eder 76 0 26 50 0 0 18 Lucie Laroche 73 49 24 0 0 0 19 Nataša Bokal 71 0 0 43 28 0 20 Karin Dedler 70 32 33 0 0 5
Downhill
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In Women's Downhill World Cup 1990/91 all results count.
PlaceNameCountryTotal 3 6 9 15 17 20 22 25 26 1 Chantal Bournissen 140 - 20 15 - 25 20 20 15 25 2 Sabine Ginther 122 11 8 20 - 8 10 25 25 15 3 Petra Kronberger 90 20 25 3 25 - 9 8 - - 4 Carole Merle 76 10 11 9 20 20 3 3 - - 5 Veronika Wallinger 74 7 5 7 15 15 2 5 7 11 6 Katrin Gutensohn 72 25 10 25 12 - - - - - 7 Anja Haas 70 6 - 1 2 9 25 7 - 20 8 Warwara Zelenskaja 68 - 15 11 - 10 15 12 5 - 9 Kerrin Lee 60 15 - 12 1 11 6 11 1 3 10 Lucie Laroche 49 - - - - 5 7 9 20 8
Super G
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In Women's Super G World Cup 1990/91 all results count. Carole Merle won her third Super G World Cup in a row.
PlaceNameCountryTotal 4 5 16 18 21 1 Carole Merle 88 12 11 15 25 25 2 Petra Kronberger 70 25 20 25 - - 3 Michaela Gerg 44 2 - 20 15 7 4 Karin Dedler 33 10 - 3 20 - Katja Seizinger 33 - - 12 11 10 6 Sigrid Wolf 30 20 10 - - - Chantal Bournissen 30 1 25 - 4 - 8 Sabine Ginther 28 - 3 - 10 15 9 Sylvia Eder 26 6 12 - - 8 10 Lucie Laroche 24 - 15 - - 9
Giant Slalom
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In Women's Giant Slalom World Cup 1990/91 all results count. Vreni Schneider won her fourth Giant Slalom World Cup.