1996–97 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup explained

FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 1996/97
Competition1:	Overall
Competition1men:	Luc Alphand
Competition1ladies:	Pernilla Wiberg
Competition2:	Downhill
Competition2men:	Luc Alphand
Competition2ladies:	Renate Götschl
Competition3:	Super G
Competition3men:	Luc Alphand
Competition3ladies:	Hilde Gerg
Competition4:	Giant Slalom
Competition4men:	Michael von Grünigen
Competition4ladies:	Deborah Compagnoni
Competition5:	Slalom
Competition5men:	Thomas Sykora
Competition5ladies:	Pernilla Wiberg
Competition6:	Nations Cup
Competition6men:	Austria
Competition6ladies:	Germany
Mixedcompetition1:	Nations Cup overall
Mixedcompetition1both:	Austria
Menlocations:	19
Ladieslocations:	15
Menindividual:	37
Ladiesindividual:	32
Previous:	1995/96
Next:	1997/98

The 31st World Cup season began in October 1996 in Sölden, Austria, and concluded in March 1997 in the United States at the World Cup finals at Vail, Colorado. The overall winners were Luc Alphand of France and Pernilla Wiberg of Sweden, the only championship for each.

Alphand, who won by just 34 points, became the first male French overall winner in 29 years, since Jean-Claude Killy in 1968.^[1] After his overall victory, as well as discipline titles in both downhill (his third straight) and super-G (the only two events in which Alphand competed during the season), Alphand retired from international competition. Five-time overall World Cup champion Marc Girardelli of Luxembourg also retired during the season after suffering another knee injury during a race in December 1996.

A break in the schedule was for the World Championships, held 3–15 February in Sestriere, northwestern Italy.

Calendar

Men

+ Event Key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant Slalom, SG – Super Giant Slalom, KB – Combined^[2]			Date	Place	Winner	Second	Third
896	1	27 October 1996		GS ₂₃₀		Kjetil André Aamodt
897	2	24 November 1996		SL ₂₆₅		Kjetil André Aamodt
898	3	25 November 1996		GS ₂₃₁		Michael von Grünigen
899	4	30 November 1996		GS ₂₃₂		Hans Knauß
900	5	1 December 1996		SL ₂₆₆		Thomas Stangassinger
901	6	15 December 1996		DH ₂₆₃		Patrick Ortlieb
902	7	16 December 1996		SG ₀₆₉		Steve Locher
903	8	17 December 1996		SL ₂₆₇		Sébastien Amiez
904	9	21 December 1996		DH ₂₆₄		Kristian Ghedina
905	10	21 December 1996		DH ₂₆₅		Josef Strobl
906	11	22 December 1996		GS ₂₃₃		Matteo Nana
907	12	29 December 1996		DH ₂₆₆		Kristian Ghedina
908	13	5 January 1997		GS ₂₃₄		Kjetil André Aamodt
909	14	6 January 1997		SL ₂₆₈		Thomas Stangassinger
910	15	11 January 1997		DH ₂₆₇		Werner Franz
911	16	12 January 1997		SL ₂₆₉		Martin Hansson
912	17	12 January 1997		KB ₀₇₂		Bruno Kernen
913	18	14 January 1997		GS ₂₃₅		Andreas Schifferer
914	19	18 January 1997		DH ₂₆₈		Fritz Strobl
915	20	19 January 1997		SL ₂₇₀
916	21	24 January 1997		DH ₂₆₉		William Besse
917	22	25 January 1997		DH ₂₇₀		Luc Alphand
918	23	26 January 1997		SL ₂₇₁		Finn Christian Jagge
919	24	26 January 1997		KB ₀₇₃		Werner Franz
920	25	29 January 1997		SG ₀₇₀		Peter Runggaldier
921	26	30 January 1997		SL ₂₇₂		Sébastien Amiez
World Championships (3–15 February)
922	27	21 February 1997		SG ₀₇₁		Werner Perathoner
923	28	22 February 1997		DH ₂₇₁
924	29	23 February 1997		SG ₀₇₂		Atle Skårdal Lasse Kjus
925	30	2 March 1997		DH ₂₇₂		Ed Podivinsky
926	31	3 March 1997		SG ₀₇₃		Lasse Kjus
927	32	8 March 1997		GS ₂₃₆		Paul Accola
928	33	9 March 1997		SL ₂₇₃		Ole Kristian Furuseth
929	34	12 March 1997		DH ₂₇₃		Hannes Trinkl
930	35	13 March 1997		SG ₀₇₄		Kristian Ghedina
931	36	15 March 1997		SL ₂₇₄		Alberto Tomba
932	37	15 March 1997		GS ₂₃₇		Andreas Schifferer

Ladies

+ Event Key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant Slalom, SG – Super Giant Slalom, KB – Combined^[3]			Date	Place	Winner	Second	Third
836	1	26 October 1996		GS ₂₂₅		Hilde Gerg
837	2	21 November 1996		GS ₂₂₆		Katja Seizinger
838	3	23 November 1996		SL ₂₅₈		Ingrid Salvenmoser
839	4	30 November 1996		DH ₂₂₃		Pernilla Wiberg
840	5	1 December 1996		SG ₀₇₀		Varvara Zelenskaya
841	6	7 December 1996		DH ₂₂₄
842	7	7 December 1996		SG ₀₇₁		Carole Montillet
843	8	12 December 1996		SG ₀₇₂		Isolde Kostner
844	9	21 December 1996		SL ₂₅₉		Patricia Chauvet
845	10	28 December 1996		SL ₂₆₀		Anita Wachter
846	11	29 December 1996		SL ₂₆₁		Claudia Riegler
847	12	3 January 1997		GS ₂₂₇
848	13	4 January 1997		SL ₂₆₂		Lara Magoni
849	14	11 January 1997		DH ₂₂₅		Stefanie Schuster
850	15	12 January 1997		SG ₀₇₃		Katja Seizinger
851	16	17 January 1997		GS ₂₂₈		Pernilla Wiberg
852	17	18 January 1997		GS ₂₂₉		Katja Seizinger
853	18	19 January 1997		SL ₂₆₃		Deborah Compagnoni
854	19	23 January 1997		DH ₂₂₆		Katja Seizinger
855	20	25 January 1997		SG ₀₇₄
856	21	26 January 1997		GS ₂₃₀		Sonja Nef
857	22	1 February 1997		DH ₂₂₇
858	23	2 February 1997		SL ₂₆₄		Martina Accola Pernilla Wiberg
859	24	2 February 1997		KB ₀₆₃		Anita Wachter
World Championships (3–15 February)
860	25	28 February 1997		DH ₂₂₈
861	26	2 March 1997		DH ₂₂₉		Renate Götschl
862	27	7 March 1997		SG ₀₇₅
863	28	7 March 1997		SL ₂₆₅		Lara Magoni
864	29	12 March 1997	Vail	DH ₂₃₀
865	30	13 March 1997		SG ₀₇₆		Martina Ertl
866	31	15 March 1997		GS ₂₃₁		Karin Roten
867	32	16 March 1997		SL ₂₆₆

Men

Overall

width=35	Place!	width=170	Name!	width=120	Country!	width=50	Total
1			1130
2			1096
3			1021
4			990
5			867
6			781
7			756
8			697
9			670
10			660

Downhill

width=35	Place!	width=170	Name!	width=120	Country!	width=50	Total
1			779
2			700
3			571
4			517
5			470

Super G

width=35	Place!	width=170	Name!	width=120	Country!	width=50	Total
1			351
2			333
3			256
4			230
5			218

Giant Slalom

width=35	Place!	width=170	Name!	width=120	Country!	width=50	Total
1			660
2			387
3			349
4			305
5			292

Slalom

width=35	Place!	width=170	Name!	width=120	Country!	width=50	Total
1			695
2			670
3			374
4			373
5			352

Combined

width=35	Place!	width=170	Name!	width=120	Country!	width=50	Total
1			160
2			100
			100
4			90
5			89