1998–99 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup explained

FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 1998/99
Competition1:	Overall
Competition1men:	Lasse Kjus
Competition1ladies:	Alexandra Meissnitzer
Competition2:	Downhill
Competition2men:	Lasse Kjus
Competition2ladies:	Renate Götschl
Competition3:	Super G
Competition3men:	Hermann Maier
Competition3ladies:	Alexandra Meissnitzer
Competition4:	Giant Slalom
Competition4men:	Michael von Grünigen
Competition4ladies:	Alexandra Meissnitzer
Competition5:	Slalom
Competition5men:	Thomas Stangassinger
Competition5ladies:	Sabine Egger
Competition6:	Nations Cup
Competition6men:	Austria
Competition6ladies:	Austria
Mixedcompetition1:	Nations Cup overall
Mixedcompetition1both:	Austria
Menlocations:	18
Ladieslocations:	14
Menindividual:	35
Ladiesindividual:	36
Previous:	1997/98
Next:	1999/2000

The 33rd World Cup season began in October 1998 in Sölden, Austria, and concluded in March 1999 at the World Cup finals at Sierra Nevada, Spain. The overall winners were Lasse Kjus of Norway, his second, and Alexandra Meissnitzer of Austria, her first.

A break in the schedule was for the World Championships, held 2–14 February in the United States at Vail and Beaver Creek, Colorado.

Two-time (and defending) World Cup overall winner Katja Seizinger from Germany missed the entire season due to a severe knee injury suffered in June 1998. She retired in April 1999 at age 26 with eleven season titles (two overall, four downhill, and five super-G).

Calendar

Men

+ Event Key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant Slalom, SG – Super Giant Slalom, KB – Combined^[1]			Date	Place	Winner	Second	Third
970	1	25 October 1998		GS ₂₄₇		Heinz Schilchegger
971	2	20 November 1998		GS ₂₄₈		Marco Büchel
972	3	22 November 1998		SL ₂₈₄		Christian Mayer
973	4	27 November 1998		SG ₀₈₀		Christian Mayer
974	5	28 November 1998		SL ₂₈₅		Tom Stiansen
975	6	12 December 1998		DH ₂₈₅		Erik Seletto
976	7	13 December 1998		SG ₀₈₁		Lasse Kjus
977	8	14 December 1998		SL ₂₈₆		Jure Košir
978	9	18 December 1998		DH ₂₈₆		Hermann Maier
979	10	19 December 1998		DH ₂₈₇		Werner Franz
980	11	20 December 1998		GS ₂₄₉		Andreas Schifferer
981	12	21 December 1998		SG ₀₈₂		Fritz Strobl
982	13	29 December 1998		DH ₂₈₈		Stephan Eberharter
983	14	5 January 1999		GS ₂₅₀		Hans Knauß
984	15	6 January 1999		SL ₂₈₇		Benjamin Raich
985	16	7 January 1999		SL ₂₈₈		Kjetil André Aamodt
986	17	9 January 1999		SG ₀₈₃		Hans Knauß
987	18	10 January 1999		GS ₂₅₁		Hermann Maier
988	19	12 January 1999		GS ₂₅₂		Benjamin Raich
989	20	16 January 1999		DH ₂₈₉
990	21	17 January 1999		SL ₂₈₉		Lasse Kjus
991	22	17 January 1999		KB ₀₇₆		Hermann Maier
992	23	22 January 1999		DH ₂₉₀		Werner Franz
993	24	23 January 1999		DH ₂₉₁		Werner Franz
994	25	24 January 1999		SL ₂₉₀		Giorgio Rocca
995	26	24 January 1999		KB ₀₇₇		Paul Accola
World Championships (2–14 February)
996	27	27 February 1999		GS ₂₅₃		Michael von Grünigen
997	28	28 February 1999		SL ₂₉₁
998	29	5 March 1999		DH ₂₉₂		Kjetil André Aamodt
999	30	6 March 1999		DH ₂₉₃		Stephan Eberharter
1000	31	7 March 1999		SG ₀₈₄		Andreas Schifferer
1001	32	10 March 1999		DH ₂₉₄		Audun Grønvold
1002	33	11 March 1999		SG ₀₈₅		Josef Strobl
1003	34	13 March 1999		SL ₂₉₂		Marco Casanova
1004	35	14 March 1999		GS ₂₅₄		Heinz Schilchegger

Ladies

+ Event Key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant Slalom, SG – Super Giant Slalom, KB – Combined^[2]			Date	Place	Winner	Second	Third
901	1	24 October 1998		GS ₂₄₀		Deborah Compagnoni
902	2	19 November 1998		GS ₂₄₁		Birgit Heeb
903	3	21 November 1998		SL ₂₇₆		Janica Kostelić
904	4	27 November 1998		DH ₂₃₇		Corinne Rey-Bellet
905	5	28 November 1998		DH ₂₃₈		Regina Häusl
906	6	29 November 1998		SG ₀₈₃
907	7	3 December 1998		SL ₂₇₇		Ingrid Salvenmoser
908	8	4 December 1998		SG ₀₈₄		Martina Ertl
909	9	10 December 1998		SG ₀₈₅		Régine Cavagnoud
910	10	11 December 1998		GS ₂₄₂		Anita Wachter
911	11	18 December 1998		DH ₂₃₉		Bibiana Perez
912	12	19 December 1998		DH ₂₄₀		Renate Götschl
913	13	20 December 1998		SL ₂₇₈		Anja Pärson
914	14	20 December 1998		KB ₀₆₆		Trude Gimle
915	15	27 December 1998		GS ₂₄₃		Andrine Flemmen
916	16	28 December 1998		SL ₂₇₉		Pernilla Wiberg
917	17	2 January 1999		SG ₀₈₆		Michaela Dorfmeister
918	18	2 January 1999		GS ₂₄₄		Alexandra Meissnitzer
919	19	3 January 1999		SL ₂₈₀		Ylva Nowén
920	20	8 January 1999		SL ₂₈₁
921	21	16 January 1999		DH ₂₄₁
922	22	16 January 1999		SG ₀₈₇		Michaela Dorfmeister
923	23	17 January 1999		SL ₂₈₂		Janica Kostelić
924	24	17 January 1999		KB ₀₆₇		Trude Gimle
925	25	21 January 1999		DH ₂₄₂		Hilde Gerg
926	26	22 January 1999		SG ₀₈₈		Régine Cavagnoud
927	27	23 January 1999		SG ₀₈₉		Michaela Dorfmeister
928	28	24 January 1999		GS ₂₄₅		Anita Wachter
World Championships (2–14 February)
929	29	22 February 1999		GS ₂₄₆		Andrine Flemmen
930	30	23 February 1999		SL ₂₈₃		Anja Pärson
931	31	24 February 1999		GS ₂₄₇
932	32	27 February 1999		DH ₂₄₃
933	33	5 March 1999		DH ₂₄₄
934	34	6 March 1999		SG ₀₉₀
935	35	10 March 1999		DH ₂₄₅
936	36	13 March 1999		GS ₂₄₈

Men

Overall

width=35	Place!	width=170	Name!	width=120	Country!	width=50	Total
1			1465
2			1442
3			1307
4			1079
5			913
6			901
7			766
8			705
9			614
10			575

Downhill

width=35	Place!	width=170	Name!	width=120	Country!	width=50	Total
1			760
2			438
3			427
4			399
5			397

Super G

width=35	Place!	width=170	Name!	width=120	Country!	width=50	Total
1			516
2			330
3			262
4			252
5			233

Giant Slalom

width=35	Place!	width=170	Name!	width=120	Country!	width=50	Total
1			483
2			410
3			371
4			335
5			297

Slalom

width=35	Place!	width=170	Name!	width=120	Country!	width=50	Total
1			566
2			415
3			386
4			363
			363

Combined

width=35	Place!	width=170	Name!	width=120	Country!	width=50	Total
1			180
			180
3			100
4			81
5			64