The 21st World Cup season began in August 1986 in Argentina for men, resumed in late November, and concluded in March 1987 in Sarajevo. The overall champions were Pirmin Zurbriggen and Maria Walliser, both of Switzerland, who each won for the second time. Two-time women's overall World Cup champion Erika Hess of Switzerland retired at the end of the season.
Along with the elimination of the Combined discipline championship, all of the combined races on the schedule were eliminated except for the traditional two combineds at Wengen, Switzerland (the Lauberhorn) and Kitzbühel, Austria (the Hahnenkamm) for the men and one at Mellau, Austria for the women. However, under new rules, points were only awarded to skiers who finished in the top 30 in each of the downhill and slalom; as a result, only two men earned points. In addition, despite the presence of two tiebreakers, the ladies' Giant Slalom discipline ended in a tie.
A break in the schedule was for the 1987 World Championships, held in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, between January 27 and February 8, 1987.
Calendar
Men + Event Key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant Slalom, SG – Super Giant Slalom, KB – Combined, PS – Parallel Slalom (Nations Cup ranking only)DatePlaceWinnerSecondThird569 1 15 August 1986 Las Leñas DH 167 Peter Müller Karl Alpiger Franz Heinzer570 2 16 August 1986 DH 168 Pirmin Zurbriggen Leonhard Stock Peter Müller Franz Heinzer571 3 29 November 1986 Sestriere SL 179 Ingemar Stenmark Jonas Nilsson Richard Pramotton572 4 30 November 1986 GS 158 Richard Pramotton Hubert Strolz Pirmin Zurbriggen573 5 5 December 1986 Val d'Isère DH 169 Pirmin Zurbriggen Markus Wasmeier Michael Mair574 6 6 December 1986 SG 018 Markus Wasmeier Roberto Erlacher Marc Girardelli575 7 13 December 1986 Val Gardena DH 170 Rob Boyd Michael Mair Markus Wasmeier 576 8 14 December 1986 Alta Badia GS 159 Richard Pramotton Alberto Tomba Oswald Totsch577 9 15 December 1986 GS 160 Joël Gaspoz Richard Pramotton Markus Wasmeier578 10 16 December 1986 Madonna di Campiglio SL 180 Ivano Edalini Ingemar Stenmark Joël Gaspoz579 11 19 December 1986 Kranjska Gora GS 161 Joël Gaspoz Roberto Erlacher Richard Pramotton580 12 20 December 1986 SL 181 Bojan Križaj Rok Petrović Ingemar Stenmark581 13 21 December 1986 Hinterstoder SL 182 Armin Bittner Bojan Križaj Oswald TotschNations Cup 28 December 1986 Berlin PS ncr Leonhard Stock Bojan Križaj Michael Eder582 14 4 January 1987 Laax DH 171 Franz Heinzer Peter Wirnsberger Erwin Resch583 15 10 January 1987 Garmisch DH 172 Pirmin Zurbriggen Michael Mair Peter Müller 584 16 11 January 1987 SG 019 Markus Wasmeier Pirmin Zurbriggen Alberto Ghidoni585 17 13 January 1987 Adelboden GS 162 Pirmin Zurbriggen Marc Girardelli Hubert Strolz586 18 17 January 1987 Wengen DH 173 Markus Wasmeier Karl Alpiger Franz Heinzer587 19 18 January 1987 SL 183 Joël Gaspoz Dietmar Köhlbichler Bojan Križaj588 20 18 January 1987 KB 050 Pirmin Zurbriggen only one competitor ranked589 21 20 January 1987 Adelboden GS 163 Pirmin Zurbriggen Joël Gaspoz Ingemar Stenmark590 22 25 January 1987 Kitzbühel DH 174 Pirmin Zurbriggen Erwin Resch Peter Müller591 23 25 January 1987 SL 184 Bojan Križaj Mathias Berthold Armin Bittner592 24 25 January 1987 KB 051 Pirmin Zurbriggen Andreas Wenzel only two competitors ranked1987 World Championships (27 January–8 February)593 25 14 February 1987 Markstein SL 185 Ingemar Stenmark Armin Bittner Günther Mader594 26 15 February 1987 Todtnau GS 164 Pirmin Zurbriggen Marc Girardelli Markus Wasmeier595 27 28 February 1987 Furano DH 175 Peter Müller Marc Girardelli Michael Mair596 28 1 March 1987 SG 020 Marc Girardelli Pirmin Zurbriggen Leonhard Stock597 29 7 March 1987 Aspen DH 176 Pirmin Zurbriggen Daniel Mahrer Karl Alpiger598 30 8 March 1987 SG 021 Pirmin Zurbriggen Richard Pramotton Peter Roth599 31 14 March 1987 Nakiska DH 177 Peter Müller Franz Heinzer Daniel Mahrer600 32 15 March 1987 SG 022 Marc Girardelli Pirmin Zurbriggen Leonhard Stock601 33 21 March 1987 Sarajevo SL 186 Grega Benedik Bojan Križaj Didier Bouvet602 34 22 March 1987 GS 165 Marc Girardelli Joël Gaspoz 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)DatePlaceWinnerSecondThird525 1 29 November 1986 Park City GS 152 Michaela Gerg Mateja Svet Vreni Schneider 526 2 30 November 1986 SL 174 Corinne Schmidhauser Tamara McKinney Roswitha Steiner527 3 5 December 1986 Waterville Valley SL 175 Erika Hess Brigitte Oertli Karin Buder528 4 6 December 1986 GS 153 Vreni Schneider Maria Walliser Josee Lacasse 529 5 12 December 1986 Val d'Isère DH 142 Michela Figini Maria Walliser Heidi Zurbriggen530 6 13 December 1986 DH 143 Laurie Graham Maria Walliser Catherine Quittet531 7 14 December 1986 SG 014 Maria Walliser Catherine Quittet Vreni Schneider532 8 17 December 1986 Courmayeur SL 176 Vreni Schneider Tamara McKinney Brigitte Oertli533 9 18 December 1986 SL 177 Tamara McKinney Roswitha Steiner Monika Maierhofer534 10 20 December 1986 Val Zoldana GS 154 Maria Walliser Blanca Fernández Ochoa Michela Figini535 11 21 December 1986 SL 178 Erika Hess Brigitte Oertli Claudia Strobl536 12 4 January 1987 Maribor SL 179 Camilla Nilsson Vreni Schneider Corinne Schmidhauser537 13 5 January 1987 Saalbach GS 155 Vreni Schneider Mateja Svet Maria Walliser538 14 6 January 1987 SG 015 Maria Walliser Brigitte Oertli Mateja Svet539 15 10 January 1987 Mellau DH 144 Beatrice Gafner Maria Walliser Sieglinde Winkler540 16 11 January 1987 SL 180 Tamara McKinney Mateja Svet Małgorzata Tlałka-Mogore541 17 11 January 1987 KB 046 Brigitte Oertli Vreni Schneider Erika Hess542 18 16 January 1987 Pfronten DH 145 Michela Figini Regine Mösenlechner Maria Walliser543 19 17 January 1987 SG 016 Catherine Quittet Traudl Hächer Gavet Marina Kiehl544 20 18 January 1987 Bischofswiesen GS 156 Maria Walliser Vreni Schneider Brigitte OertliNations Cup 18 January 1987 Munich PS ncr Tamara McKinney Małgorzata Tlałka-Mogore Corinne Schmidhauser1987 World Championships (27 January–8 February)545 21 13 February 1987 Megève GS 157 Vreni Schneider Blanca Fernández Ochoa Maria Walliser546 22 14 February 1987 St. Gervais SL 181 Vreni Schneider Corinne Schmidhauser Blanca Fernández Ochoa547 23 15 February 1987 Flühli SL 182 Corinne Schmidhauser Monika Maierhofer Erika Hess548 24 27 February 1987 Zwiesel GS 158 Maria Walliser Erika Hess Blanca Fernández Ochoa549 25 28 February 1987 SL 183 Corinne Schmidhauser Erika Hess Roswitha Steiner550 26 8 March 1987 Nakiska DH 146 Michela Figini Laurie Graham Regine Mösenlechner 551 27 13 March 1987 Vail DH 147 Sigrid Wolf Elisabeth Kirchler Pam Fletcher552 28 14 March 1987 DH 148 Sigrid Wolf Laurie Graham Maria Walliser 553 29 15 March 1987 SG 017 Marina Kiehl Anita Wachter Sigrid Wolf554 30 15 March 1987 SG 018 Maria Walliser Sigrid Wolf Anita Wachter 555 31 22 March 1987 Sarajevo GS 159 Maria Walliser Vreni Schneider Michela Figini
Men
Overall
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In Men's Overall World Cup 1986/87 the best four downhills, the best four Super Gs, best four giant slaloms, best four slaloms and both combined count. 30 racers had a point deduction.
PlaceNameCountryTotal DH SG GS SL KB 1 Pirmin Zurbriggen 339 100 85 90 14 50 2 Marc Girardelli 190 50 65 65 10 0 3 Markus Wasmeier 174 72 50 51 1 0 4 Joël Gaspoz 153 0 0 90 63 0 5 Richard Pramotton 139 0 28 85 26 0 6 Ingemar Stenmark 134 0 0 49 85 0 7 Leonhard Stock 97 50 42 5 0 0 8 Robert Erlacher 94 0 44 50 0 0 9 Peter Müller 90 90 0 0 0 0 Bojan Križaj 90 0 0 0 90 0 11 Karl Alpiger 87 67 20 0 0 0 12 Franz Heinzer 84 75 9 0 0 0 13 Günther Mader 83 0 29 12 42 0 14 Hubert Strolz 81 0 12 57 12 0 15 Alberto Tomba 76 0 15 49 12 0 16 Michael Mair 74 70 4 0 0 0 17 Armin Bittner 69 0 0 0 69 0 18 Daniel Mahrer 66 58 8 0 0 0 19 Andreas Wenzel 63 0 18 15 10 20 Rudolf Nierlich 63 0 0 34 29 0
Downhill
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In Men's Downhill World Cup 1986/87 the best five results count. 15 racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). Pirmin Zurbriggen won the cup with maximum points. Swiss athletes won 8 races out of 10.
PlaceNameCountryTotal 125714151822272931 1 Pirmin Zurbriggen 125 (10) 25 25 (10) (8) 25 (7) 25 - 25 (5) 2 Peter Müller 105 25 15 (11) (11) - 15 (11) (15) 25 - 25 3 Franz Heinzer 90 15 15 (9) (12) 25 - 15 (11) - (8) 20 4 Markus Wasmeier 83 (6) 11 20 15 (6) 12 25 (10) - - - 5 Michael Mair 82 - - 15 20 (11) 20 - - 15 12 - 6 Karl Alpiger 79 20 (10) (4) - (9) (5) 20 (7) 12 15 12 7 Daniel Mahrer 68 (7) (9) (1) - 12 11 10 (6) - 20 15 8 Rob Boyd 62 - - - 25 - 10 5 (5) 11 - 11 9 Peter Wirnsberger 57 8 8 - (3) 20 (7) 9 12 (4) (5) - 10 Marc Girardelli 56 12 6 - - 7 (6) - - 20 11 - Leonhard Stock 56 11 20 (3) 6 - (1) (3) 9 (3) (4) 10
Super G
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In Men's Super G World Cup 1986/87 all five results count, but no athlete was able to collect points in all five races. Pirmin Zurbriggen won the cup with only one win.
PlaceNameCountryTotal 616283032 1 Pirmin Zurbriggen 85 - 20 20 25 20 2 Marc Girardelli 65 15 - 25 - 25 3 Markus Wasmeier 50 25 25 - - - 4 Robert Erlacher 44 20 - - 12 12 5 Leonhard Stock 42 3 - 15 9 15 6 Günther Mader 29 - 10 3 7 9 Herbert Renoth 29 12 9 - - 8 8 Richard Pramotton 28 8 - - 20 - 9 Michael Eder 26 10 5 - - 11 10 Guido Hinterseer 24 4 - - 10 10
Giant Slalom
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In Men's Giant Slalom World Cup 1986/87 the best five results count. Zurbriggen and Gaspoz finished with the same number of points, but Zurbriggen was awarded the championship based on the victories tiebreaker (three wins to two).
PlaceNameCountryTotal 4891117212634 1 Pirmin Zurbriggen 102 15 - 12 (7) 25 25 25 (10) 1 Joël Gaspoz 102 12 - 25 25 - 20 (9) 20 3 Richard Pramotton 95 25 25 20 15 - (3) 10 - 4 Hubert Strolz 66 20 - 11 9 15 11 (5) - 5 Marc Girardelli 65 - - - - 20 - 20 25 6 Markus Wasmeier 59 - (1) 15 11 8 10 15 - 7 Ingemar Stenmark 58 - 12 9 10 12 15 (8) (9) 8 Robert Erlacher 57 8 10 (4) 20 (6) 7 12 - 9 Alberto Tomba 52 - 20 3 6 - - 11 12 10 Helmut Mayer 39 - - 2 12 7 - 7 11
Slalom
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In Men's Slalom World Cup 1986/87 the best five results count. Five racers had a point deduction, which are given in ().
PlaceNameCountryTotal 310121319232533 1 Bojan Križaj 105 (12) (12) 25 20 15 25 (8) 20 2 Ingemar Stenmark 96 25 20 15 - 11 (10) 25 - 3 Armin Bittner 78 (5) 9 - 25 (5) 15 20 9 4 Joël Gaspoz 71 11 15 - 12 25 8 - (7) 5 Grega Benedik 55 10 - 6 8 - - 6 25 6 Mathias Berthold 54 (2) - 10 5 8 20 (2) 11 7 Dietmar Köhlbichler 52 - - 5 9 20 7 11 - 8 Günther Mader 42 - 11 12 - 4 - 15 - 9 Didier Bouvet 41 - - 8 6 12 - - 15 10 Jonas Nilsson 35 20 - 11 - - - - 4
Combined In Men's Combined World Cup 1986/87 both results count. Only two racers scored points (Wengen and Kitzbuhel). Points were only awarded to athletes, who were able to finish in both events (downhill and slalom) in top thirty.
PlaceNameCountryTotal 2024 1 Pirmin Zurbriggen 50 25 25 2 Andreas Wenzel 20 - 20
Ladies
Overall
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In Women's Overall World Cup 1986/87 the best four downhills, the best four Super Gs, best four giant slaloms, best four slaloms and the only combined count. 26 racers had a point deduction. Swiss athletes took the first five places.