1988–89 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup

The 23rd World Cup season began in November 1988 in Austria and concluded in March 1989 in Japan. The overall champions were Marc Girardelli of Luxembourg (his third) and Vreni Schneider of Switzerland (her first). Schneider established the record for victories in a World Cup season, winning a total of 14 races (6 (out of 7) giant slaloms, 7 (out of 7) slaloms, and 1 (of 2) combined), surpassing the record of 13 established in 1978-79 by the great Swedish skier and three-time overall World Cup champion Ingemar Stenmark.

Stenmark, who became the primary example of the transition of the World Cup circuit from fully amateur to fully professional during his 16-year career, retired at the end of the season, after notching his all-time record 86th race victory in February. All of Stenmark's victories were either in giant slalom (46) or slalom (40).

The break in the schedule in early February was for the 1989 World Championships, held in Vail, Colorado, USA.

Calendar Source:

Men + Event Key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant Slalom, SG – Super Giant Slalom, KB – Combined, PS – Parallel Slalom (Nations Cup ranking only)DatePlaceWinnerSecondThird633 1 27 November 1988   Schladming SG 027  Pirmin Zurbriggen Franck Piccard Leonhard Stock634 2 29 November 1988   Val Thorens GS 172  Pirmin Zurbriggen Rudolf Nierlich Hans Enn635 3 6 December 1988   Sestriere SL 195  Marc Girardelli Jonas Nilsson Paul Accola636 4 9 December 1988   Val Gardena DH 188  Peter Müller Armin Assinger Rob Boyd 637 5 10 December 1988   DH 189  Helmut Höflehner Patrick Ortlieb Peter Müller638 6 11 December 1988   Madonna di Campiglio SL 196  Alberto Tomba Marc Girardelli Michael Tritscher639 7 17 December 1988   Kranjska Gora SL 197  Marc Girardelli Armin Bittner Alberto Tomba 640 8 21 December 1988   St. Anton SL 198  Armin Bittner Bernhard Gstrein Pirmin Zurbriggen641 9 22 December 1988   DH 190  Helmut Höflehner Pirmin Zurbriggen Leonhard Stock642 10 22 December 1988   KB 054  Pirmin Zurbriggen Markus Wasmeier Hubert Strolz 643 11 6 January 1989   Laax DH 191  Leonhard Stock Peter Wirnsberger Helmut Höflehner644 12 8 January 1989   SG 028  Martin Hangl Hans Enn Helmut Mayer645 13 10 January 1989   Kirchberg GS 173  Rudolf Nierlich Pirmin Zurbriggen Alberto Tomba646 14 13 January 1989   Kitzbühel DH 192  Marc Girardelli Michael Mair Roman Rupp647 15 14 January 1989   DH 193  Daniel Mahrer Marc Girardelli Peter Wirnsberger 648 16 15 January 1989   SL 199  Armin Bittner Alberto Tomba Rudolf Nierlich649 17 15 January 1989   KB 055  Marc Girardelli Paul Accola Michael Mair650 18 17 January 1989   Adelboden GS 174  Marc Girardelli Ole Kristian Furuseth Alberto Tomba651 19 20 January 1989   Wengen DH 194  Marc Girardelli Markus Wasmeier Daniel Mahrer652 20 21 January 1989   DH 195  Marc Girardelli Pirmin Zurbriggen Daniel Mahrer653 21 22 January 1989   SL 200  Rudolf Nierlich Alberto Tomba Hubert Strolz654 22 22 January 1989   KB 056  Marc Girardelli Pirmin Zurbriggen Markus Wasmeier1989 World Championships (2–12 February)655 23 17 February 1989   Aspen DH 196  Karl Alpiger Marc Girardelli Daniel Mahrer656 24 18 February 1989   SG 029  Lars-Börje Eriksson Markus Wasmeier Helmut Mayer657 25 19 February 1989   GS 175  Ingemar Stenmark Marc Girardelli Lars-Börje Eriksson658 26 25 February 1989   Whistler DH 197  Rob Boyd Daniel Mahrer Pirmin Zurbriggen659 27 26 February 1989   SG 030  Marc Girardelli Lars-Börje Eriksson Pirmin Zurbriggen660 28 3 March 1989   Furano GS 176  Rudolf Nierlich Ole Kristian Furuseth Pirmin Zurbriggen661 29 5 March 1989   SL 201  Ole Kristian Furuseth Alberto Tomba Jonas Nilsson662 30 9 March 1989   Shiga Kogen GS 177  Ole Kristian Furuseth Hubert Strolz Johan Wallner663 31 10 March 1989   SL 202  Rudolf Nierlich Ole Kristian Furuseth Armin BittnerNations Cup 11 March 1989   Shiga Kogen PS ncr  Bernhard Gstrein Pirmin Zurbriggen Rudolf Nierlich

Ladies + Event Key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant Slalom, SG – Super Giant Slalom, KB – Combined, PS – Parallel Slalom (Nations Cup ranking only)DatePlaceWinnerSecondThird584 1 26 November 1988   Schladming SG 023  Carole Merle Ulrike Maier Anita Wachter Regine Mösenlechner585 2 28 November 1988   Les Menuires GS 166  Vreni Schneider Anita Wachter Ulrike Maier586 3 2 December 1988   Val d'Isère DH 157  Michela Figini Regine Mösenlechner Michaela Gerg587 4 15 December 1988   Altenmarkt-Zauchensee DH 158  Maria Walliser Veronika Wallinger Michela Figini588 5 16 December 1988   SL 192  Vreni Schneider Katjusa Pusnik Tamara McKinney589 6 16 December 1988   KB 049  Vreni Schneider Ulrike Maier Petra Kronberger590 7 18 December 1988   Val Zoldana GS 167  Vreni Schneider Mateja Svet Anita Wachter591 8 20 December 1988   Courmayeur SL 193  Vreni Schneider Blanca Fernández Ochoa Ingrid Salvenmoser592 9 3 January 1989   Maribor SL 194  Vreni Schneider Monika Maierhofer Tamara McKinney593 10 6 January 1989   Schwarzenberg GS 168  Vreni Schneider Ulrike Maier Maria Walliser594 11 7 January 1989   GS 169  Vreni Schneider Ulrike Maier Carole Merle 595 12 8 January 1989   Mellau SL 195  Vreni Schneider Mateja Svet Patricia Chauvet 596 13 12 January 1989   Grindelwald DH 159  Michela Figini Beatrice Gafner Carole Merle 597 14 13 January 1989   DH 160  Michela Figini Carole Merle Maria Walliser 598 15 14 January 1989   SG 024  Carole Merle Sigrid Wolf Maria Walliser599 16 15 January 1989   SL 196  Vreni Schneider Tamara McKinney Monika Maierhofer600 17 15 January 1989   KB 050  Brigitte Oertli Karen Percy Michela Figini601 18 19 January 1989   Tignes DH 161  Maria Walliser Carole Merle Michaela Gerg602 19 20 January 1989   SG 025  Carole Merle Anita Wachter Sigrid Wolf603 20 21 January 1989   GS 170  Vreni Schneider Carole Merle Maria Walliser1989 World Championships (2–12 February)604 21 18 February 1989   Lake Louise DH 162  Michela Figini Maria Walliser Michaela Gerg605 22 19 February 1989   DH 163  Michela Figini Maria Walliser Michaela Gerg606 23 24 February 1989   Steamboat Springs DH 164  Michela Figini Maria Walliser Chantal Bournissen607 24 25 February 1989   SG 026  Sigrid Wolf Anita Wachter Michela Figini608 25 3 March 1989   Furano SL 197  Vreni Schneider Veronika Šarec Tamara McKinney609 26 4 March 1989   GS 171  Maria Walliser Mateja Svet Vreni Schneider 610 27 8 March 1989   Shiga Kogen GS 172  Vreni Schneider Mateja Svet Christina Meier611 28 10 March 1989   SL 198  Vreni Schneider Monika Maierhofer Veronika Šarec Nations Cup 11 March 1989   Shiga Kogen PS ncr  Chantal Bournissen Michaela Gerg-Leitner Tamara McKinney

Men

Overall

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In Men's Overall World Cup 1988/89 all results count. The parallel slalom did not count for the Overall World Cup. Marc Girardelli won his third Overall World Cup.

PlaceNameCountryTotal DH SG GS SL KB 1 Marc Girardelli 407 139 46 66 106 50 2 Pirmin Zurbriggen 309 94 62 82 26 45 3 Alberto Tomba 189 0 37 40 112 0 4 Ole Kristian Furuseth 188 0 0 82 106 0 5 Markus Wasmeier 166 67 43 9 0 47 6 Rudolf Nierlich 144 0 0 79 65 0 7 Armin Bittner 127 0 0 10 117 0 8 Helmut Höflehner 126 112 14 0 0 0 9 Daniel Mahrer 114 102 2 0 0 10 10 Hubert Strolz 112 0 18 46 33 15 11 Lars-Börje Eriksson 102 2 51 38 0 11 12 Peter Müller 100 79 6 0 0 15 13 Michael Mair 89 74 0 0 0 15 Peter Wirnsberger 89 89 0 0 0 0 15 Martin Hangl 87 0 47 40 0 0 16 Franck Piccard 82 21 49 6 0 6 17 Ingemar Stenmark 79 0 0 67 12 0 18 Leonhard Stock 76 57 19 0 0 0 19 Helmut Mayer 74 0 35 39 0 0 20 Paul Accola 72 0 0 0 28 44

Downhill

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In Men's Downhill World Cup 1988/89 all results count.

PlaceNameCountryTotal 4 5911141519202326 1 Marc Girardelli 139 - - 12 7 25 20 25 25 20 5 2 Helmut Höflehner 112 4 25 25 15 - 6 4 10 11 12 3 Daniel Mahrer 102 - - 3 - 9 25 15 15 15 20 4 Pirmin Zurbriggen 94 12 - 20 6 - 12 8 20 1 15 5 Peter Wirnsberger 89 7 - 10 20 10 15 11 - 9 7 6 Peter Müller 79 25 15 - - 12 11 - - 6 10 7 Michael Mair 74 3 6 11 12 20 8 7 4 3 - 8 Rob Boyd 68 15 - - - - 10 9 9 - 25 9 Markus Wasmeier 67 9 - 9 10 - - 20 11 8 - 10 Karl Alpiger 65 - 10 - 1 11 7 5 5 25 1 11 Leonhard Stock 57 5 - 15 25 5 3 - - 4 -

Super-G

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In Men's Super-G World Cup 1988/89 all four results count. Pirmin Zurbriggen won his third Super-G World Cup in a row. All events were won by a different racer.

PlaceNameCountryTotal 1122427 1 Pirmin Zurbriggen 62 25 12 10 15 2 Lars-Börje Eriksson 51 - 6 25 20 3 Franck Piccard 49 20 9 11 9 4 Martin Hangl 47 3 25 9 10 5 Marc Girardelli 46 7 2 12 25 6 Markus Wasmeier 43 11 - 20 12 7 Alberto Tomba 37 12 11 7 7 8 Helmut Mayer 35 - 15 15 5 9 Hans Enn 26 6 20 - - 10 Luc Alphand 25 9 - 5 11

Giant Slalom

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In Men's Giant Slalom World Cup 1988/89 all results count. Ole Kristian Furuseth won Giant Slalom World Cup (20 points two times).

PlaceNameCountryTotal 21318252830 1 Ole Kristian Furuseth 82 - 10 20 7 20 25 2 Pirmin Zurbriggen 82 25 20 11 - 15 11 3 Rudolf Nierlich 79 20 25 - - 25 9 4 Ingemar Stenmark 67 9 2 10 25 9 12 5 Marc Girardelli 66 3 11 25 20 7 - 6 Hubert Strolz 46 8 9 7 - 2 20 7 Alberto Tomba 40 - 15 15 10 - - 8 Martin Hangl 40 - 8 9 11 6 6 9 Helmut Mayer 39 12 5 12 - 10 - 10 Lars-Börje Eriksson 38 - 4 - 15 12 7

Slalom

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In Men's Slalom World Cup 1988/89 all results count.

PlaceNameCountryTotal 367816212931 1 Armin Bittner 117 12 12 20 25 25 - 8 15 2 Alberto Tomba 112 - 25 15 - 20 20 20 12 3 Marc Girardelli 106 25 20 25 - 12 12 12 - 4 Ole Kristian Furuseth 106 7 8 12 12 11 11 25 20 5 Jonas Nilsson 70 20 - 7 8 - 10 15 10 6 Rudolf Nierlich 65 - - - - 15 25 - 25 7 Michael Tritscher 54 8 15 4 9 - 5 7 6 8 Bernhard Gstrein 51 11 11 - 20 - - 9 - 9 Felix McGrath 43 9 - 8 11 - - 11 4 10 Paul Frommelt 42 - 10 1 - 10 9 5 7

Combined

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In Men's Combined World Cup 1988/89 all three results count.

PlaceNameCountryTotal 101722 1 Marc Girardelli 50 - 25 25 2 Markus Wasmeier 47 20 12 15 3 Pirmin Zurbriggen 45 25 - 20 4 Paul Accola 44 12 20 12 5 Gustav Oehrli 22 3 8 11 6 Atle Skårdal 20 7 5 8 7 Jean-Luc Crétier 19 9 10 - 8 Hubert Strolz 15 15 - - Michael Mair 15 - 15 - 10 Peter Müller 15 4 11 -

Ladies

Overall

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In Women's Overall World Cup 1988/89 all results count. The parallel slalom did not count for the Overall World Cup.

PlaceNameCountryTotal DH SG GS SL KB 1 Vreni Schneider 376 0 11 165 175 25 2 Maria Walliser 261 142 27 87 0 5 3 Michela Figini 248 176 29 18 0 25 4 Carole Merle 206 67 75 55 0 9 5 Anita Wachter 157 0 56 59 42 0 6 Mateja Svet 154 0 0 106 40 8 7 Ulrike Maier 150 0 33 60 26 31 8 Michaela Gerg 148 91 23 34 0 0 9 Karen Percy 127 53 13 24 17 20 10 Sigrid Wolf 119 28 71 20 0 0 11 Tamara McKinney 116 0 0 27 77 12 12 Heidi Zurbriggen 86 41 18 12 0 15 13 Monika Maierhofer 85 0 0 0 85 0 14 Regine Mösenlechner 84 45 27 12 0 0 15 Veronika Wallinger 78 65 13 0 0 0 16 Ingrid Salvenmoser 66 0 0 31 35 0 17 Veronika Šarec 62 0 0 1 61 0 18 Blanca Fernández Ochoa 61 0 4 17 40 0 19 Brigitte Oertli 60 9 8 0 7 36 20 Barbara Sadleder 58 41 9 0 0 8

Downhill

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In Women's Downhill World Cup 1988/89 all results count. Michela Figini won her fourth Downhill World Cup (the last three in a row). She was able to win six races and only her teammate Maria Walliser was able to take two wins. The second consecutive season that saw only wins by Swiss athletes!

PlaceNameCountryTotal 34131418212223 1 Michela Figini 176 25 15 25 25 11 25 25 25 2 Maria Walliser 142 5 25 12 15 25 20 20 20 3 Michaela Gerg 91 15 4 6 9 15 15 15 12 4 Carole Merle 67 12 - 15 20 20 - - - 5 Veronika Wallinger 65 11 20 9 7 - 7 - 11 6 Chantal Bournissen 55 7 - - - 9 12 12 15 7 Karen Percy 53 10 - 5 - 6 10 12 10 8 Regine Mösenlechner 45 20 - 4 11 10 - - - 9 Heidi Zurbriggen 41 9 - 3 6 12 11 - - Barbara Sadleder 41 7 12 10 3 - - 3 6

Super-G

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In Women's Super-G World Cup 1988/89 all four results count.