1989–90 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup

The 24th World Cup season began in August 1989 in Australia (for men) and Argentina (for women), resumed in November 1989 in the United States and concluded in March 1990 in Sweden. During this season, the Soviet Union's empire collapsed, leading to the reunification of East and West Germany, the dissolution of Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia, and many other changes in Eastern Europe, which would have a significant effect on future World Cup seasons.

The overall champions were Pirmin Zurbriggen of Switzerland (his fourth, tying the men's record held by Gustav Thöni) and Petra Kronberger of Austria (her first). At the end of the season, Zurbriggen retired, as did former women's World Cup overall champions Tamara McKinney of the United States and Maria Walliser and Michela Figini of Switzerland.

Calendar

Men + Event Key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant Slalom, SG – Super Giant Slalom, KB – CombinedDatePlaceWinnerSecondThird664 1 11 August 1989   Thredbo GS 178  Lars-Börje Eriksson Ole Kristian Furuseth Günther Mader665 2 12 August 1989   SL 203  Armin Bittner Ole Kristian Furuseth Bernhard Gstrein666 3 23 November 1989   Park City GS 179  Ole Kristian Furuseth Pirmin Zurbriggen Ivano Camozzi667 4 29 November 1989   Waterville Valley SL 204  Alberto Tomba Pirmin Zurbriggen Marc Girardelli 668 5 30 November 1989   GS 180  Urs Kälin Lars-Börje Eriksson Günther Mader669 6 2 December 1989   Mont St. Anne GS 181  Günther Mader Ole Kristian Furuseth Armin Bittner670 7 3 December 1989  SL 205  Thomas Stangassinger Bernhard Gstrein Marc Girardelli 671 8 10 December 1989   Val d'Isère SG 031  Niklas Henning Franck Piccard Peter Runggaldier672 9 12 December 1989   Sestriere SG 032  Pirmin Zurbriggen Lars-Börje Eriksson Franck Piccard673 10 16 December 1989   Val Gardena DH 198  Pirmin Zurbriggen Franz Heinzer Kristian Ghedina 674 11 6 January 1990   Kranjska Gora SL 206  Jonas Nilsson Hubert Strolz Michael Tritscher675 12 7 January 1990   SL 207  Armin Bittner Bernhard Gstrein Paul Accola676 13 11 January 1990   Schladming DH 199  Franck Piccard Kristian Ghedina Daniel Mahrer677 14 12 January 1990   SL 208  Armin Bittner Michael Tritscher Konrad Ladstätter Tetsuya Okabe678 15 12 January 1990   KB 057  Pirmin Zurbriggen Paul Accola Günther Mader 679 16 14 January 1990   Alta Badia GS 182  Richard Kröll Günther Mader Hubert Strolz Rudolf Nierlich680 17 20 January 1990   Kitzbühel DH 200  Atle Skårdal Helmut Höflehner Pirmin Zurbriggen681 18 21 January 1990   SL 209  Rudolf Nierlich Ole Kristian Furuseth Armin Bittner682 19 21 January 1990   KB 058  Pirmin Zurbriggen Paul Accola Markus Wasmeier683 20 23 January 1990   Veysonnaz GS 183  Richard Kröll Hubert Strolz Rudolf Nierlich684 21 27 January 1990   Val d'Isère DH 201  Helmut Höflehner Atle Skårdal William Besse685 22 29 January 1990   DH 202  Helmut Höflehner William Besse Franz Heinzer686 23 29 January 1990   SG 033  Steve Locher Armand Schiele Günther Mader687 24 30 January 1990   Les Menuires SG 034  Günther Mader Ole Kristian Furuseth Atle Skårdal688 25 3 February 1990   Cortina d'Ampezzo DH 203  Kristian Ghedina Daniel Mahrer Helmut Höflehner689 26 4 February 1990   DH 204  Helmut Höflehner Franz Heinzer Atle Skårdal 690 27 6 February 1990   Courmayeur SG 035  Pirmin Zurbriggen Günther Mader Peter Runggaldier691 28 3 March 1990   Veysonnaz GS 184  Fredrik Nyberg Hubert Strolz Richard Kröll692 29 4 March 1990   SL 210  Armin Bittner Alberto Tomba Hubert Strolz693 30 8 March 1990   Geilo SL 211  Alberto Tomba Michael Tritscher Jonas Nilsson694 31 10 March 1990   Hemsedal SG 036  Pirmin Zurbriggen Karl Alpiger Hans Stuffer695 32 12 March 1990   Sälen SL 212  Alberto Tomba Rudolf Nierlich Armin Bittner696 33 15 March 1990   Åre DH 205  Kristian Ghedina Franz Heinzer Helmut Höflehner697 34 17 March 1990   DH 206  Atle Skårdal Helmut Höflehner Felix Belczyk

Ladies + Event Key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant Slalom, SG – Super Giant Slalom, KB – CombinedDatePlaceWinnerSecondThird612 1 8 August 1989   Las Leñas DH 165  Michaela Gerg Heidi Zeller Veronika Wallinger613 2 9 August 1989  SG 027  Anita Wachter Cathy Chedal Petra Kronberger 3 24 November 1989   Park City GS   Nathalie Bouvier Diann Roffe Anita Wachter615 4 25 November 1989  SL 199  Vreni Schneider Monika Maierhofer Anita Wachter616 5 2 December 1989   Vail SG 028  Regine Mösenlechner Sigrid Wolf Michaela Gerg 6 3 December 1989  GS   Anita Wachter Diann Roffe Vreni Schneider618 7 9 December 1989   Steamboat Springs DH 166  Maria Walliser Michela Figini Michaela Gerg619 8 10 December 1989  SL 200  Claudia Strobl Veronika Sarec Karin Buder620 9 10 December 1989  KB 051  Brigitte Örtli Michaela Gerg Anita Wachter621 10 16 December 1989   Panorama DH 167  Petra Kronberger Michaela Gerg Karen Percy622 11 17 December 1989  DH 168  Petra Kronberger Katharina Gutensohn Michaela Gerg 623 12 6 January 1990   Piancavallo SL 201  Vreni Schneider Monika Maierhofer Claudia Strobl 624 13 8 January 1990   Hinterstoder GS 175  Petra Kronberger Anita Wachter Michaela Gerg 625 14 9 January 1990  SL 202  Vreni Schneider Anita Wachter Christine von Grünigen 626 15 13 January 1990   Haus im Ennstal DH 169  Maria Walliser Petra Kronberger Karin Dedler627 16 14 January 1990  SL 203  Veronika Šarec Monika Maierhofer Claudia Strobl628 17 14 January 1990  KB 052  Petra Kronberger Anita Wachter Ingrid Stöckl629 18 20 January 1990   Maribor GS 176  Mateja Svet Anita Wachter Maria Walliser630 19 21 January 1990  SL 204  Vreni Schneider Ida Ladstätter Patricia Chauvet631 20 27 January 1990   Santa Caterina DH 170  Michela Figini Miriam Vogt Petra Kronberger632 21 27 January 1990  SG 029  Sigrid Wolf Carole Merle Petra Kronberger633 22 28 January 1990  GS 177  Petra Kronberger Anita Wachter Zoë Haas634 23 3 February 1990   Veysonnaz DH 171  Katharina Gutensohn Carole Merle Michela Figini635 24 4 February 1990  DH 172  Katharina Gutensohn Carole Merle Karin Dedler 25 5 February 1990  GS   Mateja Svet Anita Wachter Diann Roffe637 26 10 February 1990   Méribel SG 030  Carole Merle Maria Walliser Michaela Gerg 638 27 11 February 1990  SG 031  Carole Merle Katja Seizinger Maria Walliser639 28 10 March 1990   Stranda GS 179  Carole Merle Kristi Terzian Florence Masnada 640 29 11 March 1990  SL 205  Karin Buder Claudia Strobl Anita Wachter 641 30 13 March 1990   Vemdalen SL 206  Petra Kronberger Ida Ladstätter Claudia Strobl642 31 14 March 1990   Klövsjö GS 180  Carole Merle Julie Lunde Hansen Mateja Svet643 32 16 March 1990   Åre SG 032  Carole Merle Michaela Gerg Petra Kronberger644 33 18 March 1990  SL 207  Vreni Schneider Patricia Chauvet Pernilla Wiberg

Men

Overall

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In Men's Overall World Cup all results count. Pirmin Zurbriggen won his fourth Overall World Cup. He became the second male athlete to win four times. Following Gustav Thöni, who won his fourth Overall World Cup 15 years ago.

PlaceNameCountryTotal DH SG GS SL KB 1 Pirmin Zurbriggen 357 105 98 48 56 50 2 Ole Kristian Furuseth 234 0 43 96 95 0 3 Günther Mader 213 0 71 96 31 15 4 Armin Bittner 193 0 0 43 150 0 5 Helmut Höflehner 174 166 8 0 0 0 6 Atle Skårdal 167 120 47 0 0 0 7 Hubert Strolz 155 0 33 71 51 0 8 Lars-Börje Eriksson 121 4 61 56 0 0 9 Alberto Tomba 116 0 0 21 95 0 10 Rudolf Nierlich 110 0 0 42 68 0 11 Paul Accola 109 0 11 0 58 40 12 Daniel Mahrer 105 88 9 0 0 8 13 William Besse 102 88 0 0 0 14 14 Franck Piccard 101 27 52 12 0 10 15 Konrad Ladstätter 97 0 28 0 69 0 Kristian Ghedina 97 87 0 0 0 10 17 Bernhard Gstrein 96 0 0 5 91 0 18 Franz Heinzer 95 84 10 0 0 1 19 Michael Tritscher 93 0 0 0 93 0 20 Markus Wasmeier 91 20 35 9 0 27

Downhill

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In Men's Downhill World Cup 1989/90 all results count. Race No. 17 at Kitzbühel saw the first ever downhill-sprint held in two heats.

PlaceNameCountryTotal 10 13 17 21 22 25 26 33 34 1 Helmut Höflehner 166 10 11 20 25 25 15 25 15 20 2 Atle Skårdal 120 - - 25 20 9 10 20 11 25 3 Pirmin Zurbriggen 105 25 9 15 11 11 11 10 8 5 4 Daniel Mahrer 88 5 15 8 5 12 20 12 - 11 William Besse 88 12 5 12 15 20 - 6 9 9 6 Kristian Ghedina 87 15 20 - - - 25 1 25 1 7 Franz Heinzer 84 20 - 8 - 15 1 20 20 - 8 Felix Belczyk 49 - - - 9 6 7 2 10 15 9 Roman Rupp 38 - - 10 6 10 4 8 - - 10 Bernhard Fahner 35 11 - 9 3 - 9 3 - - 11 Peter Wirnsberger 34 9 - - - - 6 7 12 - 12 Danilo Sbardellotto 28 - - - - - - 11 5 12 13 Franck Piccard 27 - 25 2 - - - - - -

Super-G

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In Men's Super-G World Cup 1989/90 all results count. Pirmin Zurbriggen won his fourth Super-G World Cup in a row!

PlaceNameCountryTotal 8 9 23 24 27 31 1 Pirmin Zurbriggen 98 8 25 6 9 25 25 2 Günther Mader 71 - 1 15 25 20 10 3 Lars-Börje Eriksson 61 12 20 10 12 2 5 4 Franck Piccard 52 20 15 7 10 - - 5 Atle Skårdal 47 - 12 11 15 - 9 6 Ole Kristian Furuseth 43 11 - 12 20 - - 7 Niklas Henning 39 25 11 - - 3 - 8 Peter Runggaldier 37 15 - - - 15 7 9 Armand Schiele 35 4 - 20 11 - - Markus Wasmeier 35 10 - 8 7 10 - 11 Hubert Strolz 33 2 4 1 8 12 6 12 Hans Stuffer 30 - - 5 - 10 15 13 Konrad Ladstätter 28 6 9 2 - 11 - 14 Stephan Eberharter 26 - - 9 5 4 8 15 Steve Locher 25 - - 25 - - -

Giant Slalom

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In Men's Giant Slalom World Cup 1989/90 all results count. There were 6 different winners in 7 races. Richard Kröll won two consecutive races (in the first, Alta Badia, he had the starting number 34). Ole Kristian Furuseth won this title for a second year in a row (20 points two times).

PlaceNameCountryTotal 1 3 5 6 16 20 28 1 Ole Kristian Furuseth 96 20 25 - 20 11 12 8 2 Günther Mader 96 15 - 15 25 20 11 10 3 Hubert Strolz 71 3 11 - 2 15 20 20 4 Richard Kröll 65 - - - - 25 25 15 5 Lars-Börje Eriksson 56 25 - 20 - - - 11 6 Pirmin Zurbriggen 48 10 20 9 - - 2 7 7 Armin Bittner 43 7 12 - 15 - - 9 8 Rudolf Nierlich 42 - - - 12 15 15 - 9 Fredrik Nyberg 35 - - - - 10 - 25 10 Hans Pieren 31 1 - 10 - 6 9 5 11 Urs Kälin 25 - - 25 - - - -

Slalom

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In Men's Slalom World Cup 1989/90 all results count.

PlaceNameCountryTotal 2 4 7 11 12 14 18 29 30 32 1 Armin Bittner 150 25 11 9 - 25 25 15 25 - 15 2 Alberto Tomba 95 - 25 - - - - - 20 25 25 Ole Kristian Furuseth 95 20 12 10 10 9 - 20 - 8 6 4 Michael Tritscher 93 - 7 - 15 11 20 12 - 20 8 5 Bernhard Gstrein 91 15 10 20 11 20 - - 4 11 - 6 Jonas Nilsson 78 - 1 5 25 12 - 11 - 15 9 7 Tetsuya Okabe 75 3 - 12 - - 15 11 12 10 12 8 Konrad Ladstätter 69 - 9 7 7 10 15 - 11 - 10 9 Rudolf Nierlich 68 1 - - 12 - 10 25 - - 20 10 Paul Accola 58 7 5 6 9 15 8 8 - - - 11 Pirmin Zurbriggen 56 9 20 - - - 6 4 10 7 - Thomas Stangassinger 56 12 - 25 - - - - - 12 7

Combined

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In Men's Combined World Cup 1989/90 both results count.

PlaceNameCountryTotal 15 19 1 Pirmin Zurbriggen 50 25 25 2 Paul Accola 40 20 20 3 Markus Wasmeier 27 12 15 4 Thomas Hangl 23 11 12 5 Günther Mader 15 15 - 6 William Besse 14 3 11 7 Kristian Ghedina 10 10 - Franck Piccard 10 - 10 9 Peter Runggaldier 9 9 - Peter Wirnsberger 9 - 9

Ladies

Overall

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In Women's Overall World Cup all results count. After 11 years Petra Kronberger was able to bring back the Women's Overall World Cup to Austria.

PlaceNameCountryTotal DH SG GS SL KB 1 Petra Kronberger 341 106 69 85 56 25 2 Anita Wachter 300 0 43 133 89 35 3 Michaela Gerg 270 105 79 47 7 32 4 Maria Walliser 227 99 56 55 0 17 5 Carole Merle 202 50 99 53 0 0 6 Vreni Schneider 198 0 4 69 125 0 7 Mateja Svet 140 0 0 89 51 0 8 Michela Figini 134 105 24 5 0 0 9 Sigrid Wolf 133 33 73 27 0 0 10 Diann Roffe 130 0 29 82 19 0 11 Karin Dedler 125 62 36 21 0 6 12 Katharina Gutensohn 114 110 4 0 0 0 13 Claudia Strobl 108 0 0 0 108 0 14 Veronika Wallinger 102 69 33 0 0 0 15 Ida Ladstätter 98 0 0 0 98 0 Karin Buder 94 0 0 0 94 0 17 Kristi Terzian 93 0 18 32 32 11 18 Regine Mösenlechner 85 9 52 24 0 0 19 Monika Maierhofer 83 0 0 12 71 0 20 Heidi Zeller 72 62 3 0 0 7

Downhill

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In Women's Downhill World Cup 1989/90 all results count.