1997–98 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup explained

FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 1997/98
Competition1:	Overall
Competition1men:	Hermann Maier
Competition1ladies:	Katja Seizinger
Competition2:	Downhill
Competition2men:	Andreas Schifferer
Competition2ladies:	Katja Seizinger
Competition3:	Super G
Competition3men:	Hermann Maier
Competition3ladies:	Katja Seizinger
Competition4:	Giant Slalom
Competition4men:	Hermann Maier
Competition4ladies:	Martina Ertl
Competition5:	Slalom
Competition5men:	Thomas Sykora
Competition5ladies:	Ylva Nowén
Competition6:	Nations Cup
Competition6men:	Austria
Competition6ladies:	Germany
Mixedcompetition1:	Nations Cup overall
Mixedcompetition1both:	Austria
Menlocations:	18
Ladieslocations:	12
Menindividual:	37
Ladiesindividual:	33
Previous:	1996/97
Next:	1998/99

The 32nd World Cup season began in October 1997 in Tignes, France, and concluded in March 1998 at the World Cup Finals in Crans-Montana, Switzerland. The overall winners were Hermann Maier of Austria, his first, and Katja Seizinger of Germany, her second.^[1]

A break in the schedule in February was for the Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

Calendar

Men

+ Event Key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant Slalom, SG – Super Giant Slalom, KB – Combined, PS – Parallel Slalom^[2]			Date	Place	Winner	Second	Third
933	1	24 October 1997		PS ₀₀₂		Hermann Maier
934	2	26 October 1997		GS ₂₃₈		Hermann Maier
935	3	20 November 1997		GS ₂₃₉		Thomas Grandi
936	4	22 November 1997		SL ₂₇₅		Finn Christian Jagge
937	5	4 December 1997		DH ₂₇₄		Lasse Kjus
938	6	5 December 1997		DH ₂₇₅		Stephan Eberharter
939	7	6 December 1997		SG ₀₇₅		Hans Knauß
940	8	14 December 1997		GS ₂₄₀		Hans Knauß
941	9	15 December 1997		SL ₂₇₆		Hans Petter Buraas
942	10	21 December 1997		GS ₂₄₁		Hermann Maier
943	11	29 December 1997		DH ₂₇₆		Werner Franz
944	12	30 December 1997		DH ₂₇₇		Lasse Kjus
945	13	3 January 1998		GS ₂₄₂		Michael von Grünigen
946	14	4 January 1998		SL ₂₇₇		Thomas Stangassinger
947	15	6 January 1998		GS ₂₄₃		Rainer Salzgeber
948	16	8 January 1998		SL ₂₇₈		Hans Petter Buraas
949	17	10 January 1998		SG ₀₇₆		Luca Cattaneo
950	18	11 January 1998		SG ₀₇₇		Stephan Eberharter
951	19	13 January 1998		GS ₂₄₄		Paul Accola
952	20	16 January 1998		DH ₂₇₈
953	21	17 January 1998		DH ₂₇₉		Hermann Maier
954	22	18 January 1998		SL ₂₇₉		Kiminobu Kimura
955	23	16 January 1998 18 January 1998	Wengen (DH) Veysonnaz (SL)	KB ₀₇₄		Paul Accola
956	24	23 January 1998		DH ₂₈₀		Jean-Luc Crétier
957	25	24 January 1998		DH ₂₈₁		Josef Strobl
958	26	25 January 1998		SL ₂₈₀		Ole Kristian Furuseth
959	27	25 January 1998		KB ₀₇₅		Ed Podivinsky
960	28	26 January 1998		SL ₂₈₁
961	29	31 January 1998		DH ₂₈₂		Hermann Maier
962	30	1 February 1998		SG ₀₇₈		Lasse Kjus
Winter Olympics (10–21 February)
963	31	28 February 1998		GS ₂₄₅		Hermann Maier
964	32	1 March 1998		SL ₂₈₂		Tom Stiansen
965	33	7 March 1998		DH ₂₈₃		Lasse Kjus Josef Strobl
966	34	8 March 1998		SG ₀₇₉		Didier Cuche
967	35	13 March 1998		DH ₂₈₄		Fritz Strobl
968	36	14 March 1998		GS ₂₄₆		Hermann Maier
969	37	15 March 1998		SL ₂₈₃		Finn Christian Jagge

Ladies

+ Event Key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant Slalom, SG – Super Giant Slalom, KB – Combined, PS – Parallel Slalom^[3]			Date	Place	Winner	Second	Third
868	1	24 October 1997		PS ₀₀₂		Alexandra Meissnitzer
869	2	25 October 1997		GS ₂₃₂		Martina Fortkord
870	3	21 November 1997		GS ₂₃₃		Andrine Flemmen
871	4	23 November 1997		SL ₂₆₇		Claudia Riegler
872	5	28 November 1997		PS ₀₀₃		Alexandra Meissnitzer
873	6	29 November 1997		SG ₀₇₇
874	7	4 December 1997		DH ₂₃₁		Renate Götschl
875	8	5 December 1997		DH ₂₃₂		Isolde Kostner
876	9	6 December 1997		SG ₀₇₈		Isolde Kostner
877	10	17 December 1997		DH ₂₃₃		Ingeborg Helen Marken
878	11	18 December 1997		SG ₀₇₉		Hilde Gerg
879	12	19 December 1997		GS ₂₃₄		Leila Piccard
880	13	20 December 1997		SL ₂₆₈		Urška Hrovat
881	14	20 December 1997		KB ₀₆₄		Martina Ertl
882	15	27 December 1997		SL ₂₆₉		Urška Hrovat
883	16	28 December 1997		SL ₂₇₀		Deborah Compagnoni
884	17	5 January 1998		SL ₂₇₁		Špela Pretnar
885	18	6 January 1998		GS ₂₃₅		Alexandra Meissnitzer
886	19	10 January 1998		GS ₂₃₆		Deborah Compagnoni
887	20	11 January 1998		SL ₂₇₂
888	21	18 January 1998		DH ₂₃₄		Alexandra Meissnitzer
889	22	18 January 1998		SG ₀₈₀
890	23	22 January 1998		DH ₂₃₅		Florence Masnada
891	24	23 January 1998		SG ₀₈₁		Karen Putzer
892	25	24 January 1998		SG ₀₈₂		Isolde Kostner
893	26	25 January 1998		GS ₂₃₇		Sophie Lefranc-Duvillard
894	27	28 January 1998		GS ₂₃₈		Anna Ottosson
895	28	29 January 1998		SL ₂₇₃		Sabine Egger
896	29	31 January 1998		DH ₂₃₆		Florence Masnada
897	30	31 January 1998		KB ₀₆₅		Katja Seizinger
Winter Olympics (10–21 February)
898	31	1 March 1998		SL ₂₇₄		Kristina Koznick
899	32	14 March 1998		SL ₂₇₅
900	33	15 March 1998		GS ₂₃₉

Men

Overall

width=35	Place!	width=170	Name!	width=120	Country!	width=50	Total
1			1685
2			1114
3			1030
4			901
5			888
6			746
7			697
8			627
9			590
10			578

Downhill

width=35	Place!	width=170	Name!	width=120	Country!	width=50	Total
1			655
2			479
3			469
4			424
5			414

Super G

width=35	Place!	width=170	Name!	width=120	Country!	width=50	Total
1			400
2			256
3			220
4			195
5			185

Giant Slalom

width=35	Place!	width=170	Name!	width=120	Country!	width=50	Total
1			620
2			560
3			429
4			388
5			375

Slalom

width=35	Place!	width=170	Name!	width=120	Country!	width=50	Total
1			521
2			517
3			420
4			345
5			316

Combined

width=35	Place!	width=170	Name!	width=120	Country!	width=50	Total
1			120
2			100
			100
4			80
5			60
			60