The third World Cup season began in December 1968 and concluded in March 1969. This was the first season in which the races began prior to 1 January, and that change immediately became permanent. Karl Schranz of Austria won the first of two consecutive overall titles. Gertrude Gabl of Austria won the women's overall title. For the first and only (as of 2016) time in World Cup history, a discipline trophy was shared by more than two people, as four men (three French, one Austrian) tied for the men's slalom trophy.
The race footage for the film Downhill Racer was shot during this season, primarily in January 1969.
Calendar
Men + Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalomDatePlaceWinnerSecondThird38 1 12 December 1968 Val d'Isère GS 013 Karl Schranz Bernard Orcel Henri Duvillard39 2 3 January 1969 Berchtesgaden SL 016 Alfred Matt Karl Schranz Patrick Russel40 3 6 January 1969 Adelboden GS 014 Jean-Noël Augert Jean-Pierre Augert Karl Schranz41 4 11 January 1969 Wengen DH 011 Karl Schranz Heinrich Messner Karl Cordin42 5 12 January 1969 SL 017 Reinhard Tritscher Spider Sabich Peter Frei43 6 18 January 1969 Kitzbühel DH 012 Karl Schranz Jean-Daniel Dätwyler Karl Cordin Henri Duvillard44 7 19 January 1969 SL 018 Patrick Russel Herbert Huber Dumeng Giovanoli45 8 24 January 1969 Megève DH 013 Henri Duvillard Heinrich Messner Alfred Matt46 9 26 January 1969 SL 019 Alain Penz Herbert Huber Spider Sabich47 10 1 February 1969 St. Anton DH 014 Karl Schranz Heinrich Messner Franz Vogler48 11 8 February 1969 Åre GS 015 Jean-Noël Augert Jakob Tischhauser Alain Penz49 12 9 February 1969 SL 020 Patrick Russel Jean-Noël Augert Alfred Matt50 13 9 February 1969 Cortina d'Ampezzo DH 015 Josef Minsch Jean-Pierre Augert Hans Peter Rohr51 14 14 February 1969 Val Gardena DH 016 Jean-Daniel Dätwyler Henri Duvillard Rudi Sailer52 15 16 February 1969 Kranjska Gora GS 016 Reinhard Tritscher Alfred Matt Franz Digruber53 16 17 February 1969 SL 021 Edmund Bruggmann Alain Penz Herbert Huber54 17 28 February 1969 Squaw Valley SL 022 Billy Kidd Alain Penz Patrick Russel55 18 1 March 1969 GS 017 Reinhard Tritscher Jakob Tischhauser Heinrich Messner56 19 15 March 1969 Mont St. Anne GS 018 Karl Schranz Dumeng Giovanoli Jakob Tischhauser57 20 16 March 1969 SL 023 Alfred Matt Jean-Noël Augert Billy Kidd 58 21 21 March 1969 Waterville Valley GS 019 Dumeng Giovanoli Karl Schranz Jakob Tischhauser59 22 22 March 1969 SL 024 Jean-Noël Augert Herbert Huber Patrick Russel
Note: Race 12 and 13 were held on the same day.
Women + Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalomDatePlaceWinnerSecondThird41 1 11 December 1968 Val d'Isère GS 014 Françoise Macchi Rosi Mittermaier Annie Famose42 2 3 January 1969 Oberstaufen GS 015 Kiki Cutter Gertrude Gabl Olga Pall 43 3 4 January 1969 SL 018 Gertrude Gabl Judy Nagel Marilyn Cochran44 4 7 January 1969 Grindelwald SL 019 Gertrude Gabl Annie Famose Kiki Cutter45 5 10 January 1969 DH 011 Wiltrud Drexel Rosi Mittermaier Isabelle Mir46 6 15 January 1969 Schruns DH 012 Wiltrud Drexel Florence Steurer Annie Famose47 7 16 January 1969 SL 020 Rosi Mittermaier Gertrude Gabl Kiki Cutter48 8 23 January 1969 St. Gervais SL 021 Ingrid Lafforgue Annie Famose Judy Nagel49 9 25 January 1969 DH 013 Isabelle Mir Annie Famose Annemarie Pröll 50 10 31 January 1969 St. Anton DH 014 Olga Pall Isabelle Mir Wiltrud Drexel51 11 8 February 1969 Sterzing SL 022 Judy Nagel Cathy Nagel Florence Steurer52 12 9 February 1969 GS 016 Michèle Jacot Marilyn Cochran Ingrid Lafforgue53 13 16 February 1969 Vysoké Tatry SL 023 Gertrude Gabl Kiki Cutter Ingrid Lafforgue54 14 17 February 1969 GS 017 Gertrude Gabl Marilyn Cochran Florence Steurer 55 15 28 February 1969 Squaw Valley SL 024 Bernadette Rauter Ingrid Lafforgue Judy Nagel56 16 1 March 1969 GS 018 Florence Steurer Marilyn Cochran Bernadette Rauter57 17 14 March 1969 Mont St. Anne GS 019 Michèle Jacot Marilyn Cochran Wiltrud Drexel58 18 15 March 1969 SL 025 Kiki Cutter Ingrid Lafforgue Florence Steurer 59 19 20 March 1969 Waterville Valley GS 020 Bernadette Rauter Marilyn Cochran Karen Budge 60 20 22 March 1969 SL 026 Kiki Cutter Rosi Mittermaier Judy Nagel
Men
Overall In men's overall World Cup 1968/69 the best three downhills, best three giant slaloms and best three slaloms count. 17 racers had a point deduction.
PlaceNameCountryTotal DH GS SL 1 Karl Schranz 182 75 70 37 2 Jean-Noël Augert 123 0 58 65 3 Reinhard Tritscher 108 0 61 47 4 Alfred Matt 104 19 20 65 5 Alain Penz 98 1 32 65 6 Henri Duvillard 91 60 22 9 7 Heinrich Messner 89 60 26 3 8 Patrick Russel 80 0 15 65 9 Dumeng Giovanoli 79 0 48 31 10 Herbert Huber 62 0 2 60 11 Spider Sabich 58 3 12 43 12 Jean-Daniel Dätwyler 56 56 0 0 13 Jakob Tischhauser 55 0 55 0 Billy Kidd 55 0 15 40 15 Jean-Pierre Augert 49 24 20 5
Downhill
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In men's downhill World Cup 1968/69 the best 3 results count. Karl Schranz won the cup with maximum points.
PlaceNameCountryTotal 4 6 8 10 13 14 1 Karl Schranz 75 25 25 – 25 – – 2 Heinrich Messner 60 20 – 20 20 – (3) Henri Duvillard 60 – 15 25 (6) (6) 20 4 Jean-Daniel Dätwyler 56 11 20 (11) (11) (2) 25 5 Josef Minsch 44 8 – (3) (4) 25 11 6 Karl Cordin 41 15 15 – – 11 (8) 7 Rudi Sailer 31 – (6) – 8 8 15 8 Jean-Pierre Augert 24 4 – – – 20 – 9 Alfred Matt 19 – 2 15 2 – – 10 Hans Peter Rohr 17 – – – – 15 2
Giant slalom
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In men's giant slalom World Cup 1968/69 the best 3 results count. Four racers had a point deduction, which are given in ().
PlaceNameCountryTotal 1 3 11 15 18 19 21 1 Karl Schranz 70 25 (15) – (6) (11) 25 20 2 Reinhard Tritscher 61 – 11 – 25 25 (3) – 3 Jean-Noël Augert 58 – 25 25 – – – 8 4 Jakob Tischhauser 55 – (4) 20 – 20 15 (15) 5 Dumeng Giovanoli 48 – – – 3 – 20 25 6 Alain Penz 32 6 – 15 – (3) (4) 11 7 Bernard Orcel 26 20 6 – – – – – Heinrich Messner 26 – – – – 15 11 – 9 Henri Duvillard 22 15 – – – – 6 1 10 Jean-Pierre Augert 20 – 20 – – – – – Alfred Matt 20 – – – 20 – – –
Slalom
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In men's slalom World Cup 1968/69 the best 3 results count. The one and only World Cup ever shared by more than two racers. Three French athletes tied with one Austrian.
PlaceNameCountryTotal 2 5 7 9 12 16 17 20 22 1 Patrick Russel 65 15 – 25 – 25 – (15) (11) (15) Alfred Matt 65 25 (11) (1) – 15 – – 25 – Alain Penz 65 (6) – (8) 25 – 20 20 – – Jean-Noël Augert 65 – – (6) – 20 – – 20 25 5 Herbert Huber 60 (3) – 20 20 (11) (15) (8) (4) 20 6 Reinhard Tritscher 47 11 25 11 (11) – – (3) – – 7 Spider Sabich 43 – 20 (4) 15 – (3) (1) 8 – 8 Billy Kidd 40 – – – – – – 25 15 – 9 Karl Schranz 37 20 – – – 6 11 (4) – – 10 Edmund Bruggmann 32 1 – – – – 25 – 6 –
Women
Overall
In women's overall World Cup 1968/69 the best three downhills, best three giant slaloms and best three slaloms count. 15 racers had a point deduction.
PlaceNameCountryTotal DH GS SL 1 Gertrude Gabl 131 3 53 75 2 Florence Steurer 112 20 51 41 3 Wiltrud Drexel 111 65 34 12 4 Kiki Cutter 107 0 37 70 5 Ingrid Lafforgue 103 6 32 65 6 Annie Famose 101 35 15 51 7 Rosi Mittermaier 98 20 27 51 8 Michèle Jacot 92 19 56 17 9 Isabelle Mir 86 60 17 9 10 Judy Nagel 85 3 22 60 11 Bernadette Rauter 82 0 41 41 12 Marilyn Cochran 76 1 60 15 13 Olga Pall 61 36 23 2 14 Karen Budge 40 9 31 0 15 Françoise Macchi 38 8 30 0
Downhill
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In women's downhill World Cup 1968/69 the best 3 results count. Three racers had a point deduction, which are given in ().
PlaceNameCountryTotal 5 6 9 10 1 Wiltrud Drexel 65 25 25 (3) 15 2 Isabelle Mir 60 15 (11) 25 20 3 Olga Pall 36 – – 11 25 4 Annie Famose 35 – 15 20 – 5 Rosi Mittermaier 20 20 – – – Florence Steurer 20 – 20 – – Annemarie Pröll 20 – – 20 – 8 Michèle Jacot 19 11 4 4 (3) 9 Giustina Demetz 14 3 – – 11 10 Erica Skinger 10 2 8 – – Annerösli Zryd 10 – 6 – 4
Giant slalom
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In women's giant slalom World Cup 1968/69 the best 3 results counted. Eight racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). Marilyn Cochran won the cup without a win, but was runner-up in the final five races.
PlaceNameCountryTotal 1 2 12 14 16 17 19 1 Marilyn Cochran 60 – (1) 20 20 20 (20) (20) 2 Michèle Jacot 56 – – 25 6 – 25 (2) 3 Gertrude Gabl 53 – 20 – 25 8 – (6) 4 Florence Steurer 51 – – – 15 25 (4) 11 5 Bernadette Rauter 41 1 – – – 15 – 25 6 Kiki Cutter 37 – 25 6 – – 6 (4) 7 Wiltrud Drexel 34 (3) 8 – – 11 15 (8) 8 Ingrid Lafforgue 32 – 11 15 (4) 6 – – 9 Karen Budge 31 – – – 8 – 3 20 10 Françoise Macchi 30 25 4 – – – 1 –
Slalom
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In women's slalom World Cup 1968/69 the best 3 results count. 11 racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). Gertrude Gabl won the cup with maximum points.
PlaceNameCountryTotal 3 4 7 8 11 13 15 18 20 1 Gertrude Gabl 75 25 25 (20) (2) – 25 – – – 2 Kiki Cutter 70 (4) (15) (15) (4) – 20 – 25 25 3 Ingrid Lafforgue 65 (2) (1) (3) 25 (8) (15) 20 20 (11) 4 Judy Nagel 60 20 (11) – 15 25 – (15) – (15) 5 Annie Famose 51 11 20 (11) 20 – – – – – Rosi Mittermaier 51 – 6 25 – – (6) – – 20 7 Florence Steurer 41 (3) (4) – (3) 15 11 – 15 (6) Bernadette Rauter 41 – – – – – 8 25 8 – 9 Cathy Nagel 37 6 – – 11 20 – – – – 10 Barbara Ann Cochran 27 – – 8 8 (3) – – 11 (3)
Nations Cup
Overall PlaceCountryTotal Men Ladies 1 1291 776 515 2 1217 580 637 3 678 157 521 4 494 445 49 5 138 25 113 6 75 46 29 7 39 14 25 8 32 0 32 9 22 22 0 10 12 12 0 12 12 0 12 6 6 0
Men PlaceCountry Total DH GS SL Racers Wins 1 776 244 244 288 11 10 2 580 114 193 273 10 7 3 445 172 146 127 11 4 4 157 3 33 121 5 1 5 46 3 32 11 6 0 6 25 17 8 0 3 0 7 22 0 8 14 3 0 8 14 13 0 1 3 0 9 12 0 2 10 1 0 12 0 0 12 2 0 11 6 0 0 6 1 0
Women PlaceCountry Total DH GS SL Racers Wins 1 637 162 213 262 8 6 2 521 23 198 300 9 4 3 515 142 192 181 9 9 4 113 20 35 58 3 1 5 49 10 20 19 2 0 6 32 0 15 17 2 0 7 29 14 4 11 4 0 8 25 15 2 8 2 0
Medal table
References
External links FIS-ski.com – World Cup standings – 1969