1983–84 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup explained

FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 1983/84
Competition1:	Overall
Competition1men:	Pirmin Zurbriggen
Competition1ladies:	Erika Hess
Competition2:	Downhill
Competition2men:	Urs Räber
Competition2ladies:	Maria Walliser
Competition3:	Giant slalom/Super G
Competition3men:	Ingemar Stenmark
Competition3ladies:	Erika Hess
Competition4:	Slalom
Competition4men:	Marc Girardelli
Competition4ladies:	Tamara McKinney
Competition5:	Combined
Competition5men:	Andreas Wenzel
Competition5ladies:	Erika Hess
Competition6:	Nations Cup
Competition6men:	Austria
Competition6ladies:	Switzerland
Mixedcompetition1:	Nations Cup overall
Mixedcompetition1both:	Switzerland
Menlocations:	22
Ladieslocations:	18
Menindividual:	37
Ladiesindividual:	34
Previous:	1982/83
Next:	1984/85

The 18th World Cup season began in December 1983 in Kranjska Gora, Yugoslavia (now Slovenia), and concluded in March 1984 in Oslo, Norway. The overall champions were Pirmin Zurbriggen (his first) and Erika Hess (her second), both of Switzerland.

A break in the schedule in February was for the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia (now Bosnia). The debate over amateur and professional status of world-class skiers came to a head this year over the issue of the Olympic eligibility of the holders of FIS Class B licenses, which were approved in 1981 to permit skiers to accept sponsorship money directly instead of through their national ski federations or Olympic committees.^[1] ^[2] ^[3] After protests by some of the other top skiers (including twin brothers Phil and Steve Mahre), the International Ski Federation (FIS) ruled in the summer of 1983 that the two holders of such licenses, Ingemar Stenmark of Sweden and Hanni Wenzel of Liechtenstein, would be ineligible to compete in the Olympics unless they surrendered those licenses and transferred the money received under them to the appropriate national ski or Olympic committees.^[4]

Although Wenzel was willing to transfer her money as requested, Stenmark, who had moved his tax residence to Monaco and had received an amount estimated at over $5 million in payments during those three years, was not, because repatriating the money to Sweden would subject him to millions of dollars in Swedish income tax. Despite the different reactions of the two, FIS decided to treat Stenmark and Wenzel identically and ban them both from Olympic competition in 1984, while permitting both to continue to compete in World Cup competitions. After the Olympics, Hanni Wenzel, who had won two overall World Cup titles and finished second or third overall six more times, retired, and several of the other top skiers, such as the Mahre twins and Norway's Jarle Halsnes, turned professional and left the World Cup circuit. The backlash over this series of events, combined with the increasing television revenues from the Olympic Games, led to the end of the ban on professional athletes in the Olympics before the end of the decade.^[5]

In another ruling regarding Olympic eligibility, FIS denied rising all-event skier Marc Girardelli, who was a citizen of Austria but who competed for Luxembourg on the World Cup circuit, the ability to compete in the Olympics for Austria, ruling that he could only compete for the country that he represented on the World Cup circuit. As a result, Girardelli was not able to compete in the Olympics until after his Luxembourg citizenship was granted in the mid-1980s.^[6]

Calendar

Men

+ Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom, SG – Super giant slalom, KB – Combined, PS – Parallel slalom (Nations Cup ranking only)^[7]			Date	Place	Winner	Second	Third
451	1	2 December 1983		SL ₁₄₆		Paul Frommelt
452	2	4 December 1983		DH ₁₃₄		Steve Podborski
453	3	9 December 1983		DH ₁₃₅		Harti Weirather
454	4	10 December 1983		SG ₀₀₄		Jure Franko
455	5	10 December 1983		KB ₀₃₃		Leonhard Stock
456	6	12 December 1983		GS ₁₃₇		Jure Franko
457	7	13 December 1983		SL ₁₄₇
458	8	18 December 1983		DH ₁₃₆		Steve Podborski
459	9	19 December 1983		SG ₀₀₅		Leonhard Stock
460	10	20 December 1983		SL ₁₄₈		Petar Popangelov
461	11	19 December 1983 20 December 1983	Val Gardena (SG) Madonna di Campiglio (SL)	KB ₀₃₄		Alex Giorgi
462	12	7 January 1984		DH ₁₃₇		Michael Mair
463	13	10 January 1984		GS ₁₃₈		Pirmin Zurbriggen
464	14	15 January 1984		DH ₁₃₈		Erwin Resch
465	15	16 January 1984		SL ₁₄₉		Andreas Wenzel
466	16	17 January 1984		SL ₁₅₀		Franz Gruber
467	17	15 January 1984 17 January 1984	Wengen (DH) Parpan (SL)	KB ₀₃₅		Peter Lüscher
468	18	21 January 1984		DH ₁₃₉		Anton Steiner
469	19	22 January 1984		SL ₁₅₁		Bojan Križaj
470	20	22 January 1984		KB ₀₃₆		Phil Mahre
471	21	23 January 1984		GS ₁₃₉		Jörgen Sundqvist
472	22	28 January 1984		DH ₁₄₀		Franz Klammer
473	23	29 January 1984		SG ₀₀₆		Hans Enn
474	24	29 January 1984		KB ₀₃₇		Peter Müller
475	25	2 February 1984		DH ₁₄₁		Conradin Cathomen
476	26	4 February 1984		GS ₁₄₀		Roberto Erlacher
477	27	5 February 1984		SL ₁₅₂		Franz Gruber
1984 Winter Olympics (13–19 February)
478	28	4 March 1984		DH ₁₄₂
479	29	5 March 1984		GS ₁₄₁		Phil Mahre
480	30	6 March 1984		SL ₁₅₃		Lars-Göran Halvarsson Phil Mahre
481	31	7 March 1984		GS ₁₄₂		Hans Enn
482	32	11 March 1984		DH ₁₄₃		Pirmin Zurbriggen
483	33	17 March 1984		GS ₁₄₃		Ingemar Stenmark
484	34	18 March 1984		SL ₁₅₄		Lars-Göran Halvarsson
485	35	20 March 1984		SG ₀₀₇		Jure Franko
486	36	23 March 1984		GS ₁₄₄		Thomas Bürgler
487	37	24 March 1984		SL ₁₅₅		Paolo De Chiesa

Nations Cup	25 March 1984		PS _ncr		Ingemar Stenmark

Ladies

+ Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom, SG – Super giant slalom, KB – Combined, PS – Parallel slalom (Nations Cup ranking only)^[8]			Date	Place	Winner	Second	Third
421	1	1 December 1983		SL ₁₄₄
422	2	7 December 1983		DH ₁₁₆		Caroline Attia
423	3	8 December 1983		DH ₁₁₇		Lea Sölkner
424	4	11 December 1983		GS ₁₃₀	Perrine Pelen	Hanni Wenzel
425	5	11 December 1983		KB ₀₃₁		Hanni Wenzel
426	6	14 December 1983		SL ₁₄₅		Monika Hess
427	7	8 December 1983 14 December 1983	Val d'Isère (DH2) Sestriere (SL)	KB ₀₃₂		Christin Cooper
428	8	17 December 1983		SL ₁₄₆		Maria Rosa Quario
429	9	21 December 1983		DH ₁₁₈		Maria Walliser
430	10	22 December 1983		GS ₁₃₁		Christin Cooper
431	11	7 January 1984		DH ₁₁₉		Maria Walliser
432	12	8 January 1984		SG ₀₀₃		Debbie Armstrong
433	13	8 January 1984		KB ₀₃₃		Marina Kiehl
434	14	13 January 1984		DH ₁₂₀		Maria Walliser
435	15	14 January 1984		SL ₁₄₇		Dorota Tlałka
436	16	14 January 1984		KB ₀₃₄		Tamara McKinney
437	17	15 January 1984		SL ₁₄₈		Christin Cooper
438	18	21 January 1984		DH ₁₂₁		Olga Charvátová
439	19	22 January 1984		SL ₁₄₉		Erika Hess
440	20	22 January 1984		KB ₀₃₅		Brigitte Örtli
441	21	23 January 1984		SL ₁₅₀		Christin Cooper
442	22	28 January 1984		DH ₁₂₂		Sylvia Eder
443	23	29 January 1984		GS ₁₃₂		Carole Merle
444	24	28 January 1984 29 January 1984	Megève (DH) St. Gervais (GS)	KB ₀₃₆		Liisa Savijarvi
1984 Winter Olympics (13–19 February)
445	25	3 March 1984		DH ₁₂₃
446	26	4 March 1984		SG ₀₀₄		Christin Cooper
447	27	7 March 1984		GS ₁₃₃
448	28	10 March 1984		SL ₁₅₁
449	29	11 March 1984		GS ₁₃₄		Christin Cooper
450	30	17 March 1984		GS ₁₃₅		Christin Cooper
451	31	18 March 1984		SL ₁₅₂		Paoletta Magoni
452	32	20 March 1984		SL ₁₅₃		Perrine Pelen
453	33	21 March 1984		GS ₁₃₆		Blanca Fernández Ochoa
454	34	24 March 1984		SL ₁₅₄		Perrine Pelen

Nations Cup	25 March 1984		PS _ncr		Tamara McKinney

Men

Overall

see complete table

In men's overall World Cup 1983/84 the best five downhills, best five giant slaloms/Super-G, best five slaloms and best three combined count. The parallel slalom only counts for the Nationscup (or was a show-event). 29 racers had a point deduction.

width=35	Place!	width=170	Name!	width=120	Country!	width=50	Total !	width=40	DH !	width=40	GS SG !	width=40	SL !	width=40	KB
1			256	59	115	17	65
2			230	-	115	115	-
3			222	-	92	125	5
4			191	3	58	60	70
5			148	67	4	23	54
6			129	66	26	-	37
7			118	94	-	-	24
8			113	-	19	82	12
9			107	-	49	43	15
10			105	-	34	66	6
11			105	-	105	-	-
12			91	91	-	-	-
			91	-	60	31	-
14			87	87	-	-	-
15			85	2	24	44	15
			85	74	-	-	11
17			84	-	54	2	28
18			82	-	-	77	5
19			80	-	68	5	7
20			79	79	-	-	-

Downhill

see complete table

In men's downhill World Cup 1983/84 the best 5 results count. 12 racers had a point deduction, which are given in .

width=35	Place!	width=170	Name!	width=120	Country!	width=50	Total !	width=40	2!	width=40	3!	width=40	8!	width=40	12!	width=40	14!	width=40	18!	width=40	22!	width=40	25!	width=40	28!	width=40	32
1			94	12	12	25	25	(1)	(10)	-	20	(6)	-
2			91	25	(10)	-	(10)	15	20	20	-	11	-
3			87	-	-	-	-	25	-	-	12	25	25
4			79	11	(6)	8	20	(3)	25	15	(2)	-	(6)
5			76	15	(9)	15	-	-	-	25	10	(8)	11
6			74	-	-	-	2	-	-	7	25	20	20
7			67	-	-	-	-	20	15	6	6	20	(5)
8			66	(4)	25	12	11	-	-	(8)	(2)	9	9
9			64	10	20	20	-	-	-	-	-	2	12
10			59	-	-	-	-	10	12	10	-	12	15

Giant slalom / Super-G

see complete table

In men's giant slalom and super-G World Cup 1983/84 the best 5 results count. 14 racers had a point deduction, which are given in . Ingemar Stenmark and Pirmin Zurbriggen finished tied on total points, but Stenmark's 4 race victories (compared to Zurbriggen's 3) gave him his seventh Giant slalom (and super-G) World Cup! This record is still unbeaten!

width=35	Place!	width=170	Name!	width=120	Country!	width=50	Total !	width=40	4SG !	width=40	6!	width=40	9SG !	width=40	13!	width=40	21!	width=40	23SG !	width=40	26!	width=40	29!	width=40	31!	width=40	33!	width=40	35SG !	width=40	36
1			115	-	(9)	-	25	25	(11)	25	-	25	15	-	(11)
2			115	20	20	25	(15)	-	(20)	-	25	(20)	(10)	25	(12)
3			105	25	(12)	(12)	(10)	-	15	-	-	15	25	(12)	25
4			92	(4)	-	-	12	20	(12)	20	20	-	(12)	20	-
5			68	15	15	(8)	11	12	(9)	-	-	-	-	15	(9)
6			65	-	8	(6)	20	(4)	(5)	8	-	(2)	20	9	(1)
7			60	8	25	-	9	-	-	-	-	12	(4)	(1)	6
8			58	(3)	(5)	10	-	-	25	6	-	-	-	10	7
9			54	(6)	10	(7)	(4)	10	-	9	10	(6)	-	(6)	15
10			49	-	(6)	11	8	11	10	-	-	9	-	(7)	(5)
			49	-	7	20	-	-	(3)	(2)	12	-	5	5	-
			49	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	9	(4)	8	5	20

Slalom

see complete table

In men's slalom World Cup 1983/84 the best 5 results count. Six racers had a point deduction, which are given in . Marc Girardelli won the cup with maximum points.

width=35	Place!	width=170	Name!	width=120	Country!	width=50	Total !	width=40	1!	width=40	7!	width=40	10!	width=40	15!	width=40	16!	width=40	19!	width=40	27!	width=40	30!	width=40	34!	width=40	37
1			125	-	-	-	25	(20)	25	25	-	25	25
2			115	-	25	25	-	25	(11)	20	(6)	(12)	20
3			82	(11)	(11)	(8)	12	15	20	15	-	20	-
4			77	20	-	15	-	10	(6)	(5)	20	(6)	12
5			66	-	20	10	9	12	15	(7)	-	(8)	(8)
6			60	25	-	7	15	5	-	8	-	-	-
7			57	-	-	-	20	-	-	12	-	10	15
8			55	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	25	-	10
9			44	7	-	-	-	-	12	10	15	-	-
			44	-	-	-	-	11	-	3	15	15	-

Combined

see complete table

In men's combined World Cup 1983/84 all 5 results count.

width=35	Place!	width=170	Name!	width=120	Country!	width=50	Total !	width=40	5!	width=40	11!	width=40	17!	width=40	20!	width=40	24
1			90	10	25	25	10	20
2			65	20	-	-	20	25
3			54	-	9	20	25	-
4			37	25	-	-	-	12
5			28	-	20	-	-	8
6			24	9	-	-	11	4
7			21	-	-	-	12	9
8			20	-	-	11	9	-
9			19	12	-	-	7	-
10			16	-	-	10	6	-

Ladies

Overall

see complete table

In women's overall World Cup 1983/84 the best four downhills, best four giant slaloms/Super-G, best four slaloms and best three combined count. The parallel slalom only counts for the Nationscup (or was a show-event). 30 racers had a point deduction.

width=35	Place!	width=170	Name!	width=120	Country!	width=50	Total !	width=40	DH !	width=40	GS SG !	width=40	SL !	width=40	KB
1			247	5	95	77	70
2			238	70	60	57	51
3			195	0	74	90	31
4			178	85	33	3	57
5			166	60	57	0	49
6			161	10	75	50	26
7			153	34	32	35	52
8			131	80	22	0	29
9			126	29	67	0	30
10			122	0	47	75	0
			122	38	48	0	36
12			100	60	15	0	25
13			95	46	0	9	40
14			92	0	53	39	0
15			91	0	1	90	0
16			89	23	11	32	23
17			69	0	0	69	0
18			67	51	2	5	9
19			65	23	32	0	10
20			60	60	0	0	0

Downhill

see complete table

In women's downhill World Cup 1983/84 the best 5 results count. Four racers had a point deduction, which are given in .

width=35	Place!	width=170	Name!	width=120	Country!	width=50	Total !	width=40	2!	width=40	3!	width=40	9!	width=40	11!	width=40	14!	width=40	18!	width=40	22!	width=40	25
1			95	(8)	25	15	15	15	25	(12)	(3)
2			94	25	20	20	9	20	-	-	-
3			77	10	7	25	10	25	-	-	-
4			70	-	12	(1)	25	10	-	11	12
5			67	7	-	11	(7)	12	12	25	-
6			64	-	-	7	-	8	20	4	25
7			52	9	1	-	12	-	-	15	15
8			49	20	11	4	-	9	-	-	5
9			46	12	15	-	8	11	-	-	-
10			44	11	9	9	6	-	(1)	9	-

Giant slalom / Super-G

see complete table

In women's giant slalom and super-G World Cup 1983/84 the best 5 results count. Nine racers had a point deduction, which are given in . Erika Hess won the cup with all points collected in giant slaloms.

width=35	Place!	width=170	Name!	width=120	Country!	width=50	Total !	width=40	4!	width=40	10!	width=40	12SG !	width=40	23!	width=40	26SG !	width=40	27!	width=40	29!	width=40	30!	width=40	33
1			115	25	(12)	-	25	-	(10)	20	25	20
2			90	-	15	(2)	20	15	25	15	(15)	-
3			85	12	(10)	-	(7)	(10)	12	25	11	25
4			77	(6)	-	10	-	25	20	-	10	12
5			69	15	25	9	-	9	11	-	(4)	(8)
6			64	8	7	20	(2)	-	-	-	20	9
7			55	7	(5)	-	9	20	(4)	12	-	7
8			53	-	20	-	-	-	15	6	12	-
9			51	20	9	-	10	-	4	8	(1)	-
10			37	11	-	-	15	-	-	11	-	-
11			34	9	8	8	-	-	2	-	7	(1)
12			33	10	11	12	-	-	-	-	-	-
			33	-	-	15	11	-	-	-	-	7
14			32	-	-	25	-	7	-	-	-	-

Slalom

see complete table

In women's slalom World Cup 1983/84 the best 5 results count. 13 racers had a point deduction, which are given in .

width=35	Place!	width=170	Name!	width=120	Country!	width=50	Total !	width=40	1!	width=40	6!	width=40	8!	width=40	15!	width=40	17!	width=40	19!	width=40	21!	width=40	28!	width=40	31!	width=40	32!	width=40	34
1			110	20	-	(10)	(12)	20	(7)	-	25	-	20	25
2			100	-	20	25	20	-	-	-	-	25	-	10
3			90	-	-	(11)	25	-	-	-	15	20	15	15
4			89	25	(11)	12	(8)	25	15	12	(11)	-	(10)	(12)
5			77	-	25	15	-	-	-	20	-	-	9	8
6			71	(7)	12	(9)	15	(11)	12	-	(10)	12	(11)	20
7			65	-	-	-	(7)	12	9	-	8	11	25	-
8			64	15	10	20	-	-	-	(5)	-	-	8	11
9			60	10	(9)	-	10	15	-	15	10	-	-	-
10			56	(5)	-	(1)	11	7	25	(3)	-	-	6	7
11			49	-	-	5	9	10	-	25	-	-	-	-

Combined

see complete table

In women's combined World Cup 1983/84 the best 5 results count. One racer had a point deduction, which is given in .

width=35	Place!	width=170	Name!	width=120	Country!	width=50	Total !	width=40	5!	width=40	7!	width=40	13!	width=40	16!	width=40	20!	width=40	24
1			79	20	25	-	9	25	-
2			77	25	10	20	10	12	-
3			70	(6)	12	7	20	20	11
4			69	15	-	11	25	11	7
5			67	12	-	12	8	10	25
6			44	-	20	4	12	8	-
			44	10	-	3	5	6	20
8			43	9	7	8	7	-	12
9			31	7	-	-	15	9	-
			31	11	4	15	-	1	-
11			26	-	15	-	11	-	-
12			25	-	-	25	-	-	-

Nations Cup

Overall

width=35	Place!	width=170	Country!	width=60	Total !	width=50	Men !	width=50	Ladies
1		2313	1224	1089
2		1899	1306	593
3		922	237	685
4		656	118	538
5		588	256	332
6		517	348	169
7		495	78	417
8		484	482	2
9		436	183	253
10		416	335	81
11		328	28	300
12		271	271	0
13		207	0	207
14		101	101	0
15		34	31	3
16		33	0	33
17		29	29	0
18		20	20	0
19		9	9	0
20		8	8	0
21		5	5	0
22		2	2	0

Men

All points were shown including individual deduction. But without parallel slalom, because result ? (Also possible, that the parallel slalom was only a show-event.)

width=35	Place!	width=170	Country !	width=60	Total !	width=50	DH !	width=50	GS SG !	width=50	SL !	width=50	KB !	width=50	Racers !	width=50	Wins
1		1306	526	398	248	134	20	8
2		1224	425	479	80	240	14	9
3		482	0	174	308	0	10	7
4		348	67	111	130	40	14	0
5		335	0	198	116	21	6	0
6		271	0	121	145	5	1	5
7		256	3	71	92	90	2	4
8		237	97	44	79	17	8	3
9		183	181	0	0	2	5	1
10		118	40	41	14	23	9	0
11		101	0	0	94	7	2	0
12		78	5	12	46	15	8	0
13		31	15	0	16	0	3	0
14		29	29	0	0	0	1	0
15		28	0	0	0	28	2	0
16		20	0	0	12	8	3	0
17		9	0	0	0	9	1	0
18		8	0	3	5	0	1	0
19		5	0	0	0	5	1	0
20		2	2	0	0	0	1	0

Ladies

All points were shown including individual deduction. But without parallel slalom, because result ? (Also possible, that the parallel slalom was only a show-event.)

width=35	Place!	width=170	Country !	width=60	Total !	width=50	DH !	width=50	GS SG !	width=50	SL !	width=50	KB !	width=50	Racers !	width=50	Wins
1		1089	278	298	296	217	12	11
2		685	107	287	209	82	12	6
3		593	212	75	183	123	14	3
4		538	151	182	46	159	7	3
5		417	87	167	132	31	13	1
6		332	77	81	105	69	3	5
7		300	81	37	90	92	5	0
8		253	116	80	5	52	6	3
9		207	0	0	207	0	3	0
10		169	0	6	163	0	4	2
11		81	0	10	71	0	5	0
12		33	0	22	11	0	1	0
13		3	0	0	1	2	2	0
14		2	0	0	2	0	1	0

External links

FIS-ski.com – World Cup standings - 1984

Notes and References

Web site: Stenmark Ineligible for 1984 Olympics . . October 29, 1983 . January 15, 2018.
Web site: World Cup . Leonard . Shapiro . February 5, 1984 . January 15, 2018.
News: THE OLYMPIC JOKE: CHARTER RULE 26 . Anderson . Dave . . February 7, 1984 . January 15, 2018.
Web site: Some top skiers to miss Olympics due to eligibility rules . L. Dana . Gatlin . January 30, 1984 . January 15, 2018.
Web site: What changed the Olympics forever. Bob. Greene. July 23, 2012. January 15, 2018.
News: Girardelli, Skiing to Different Tune, Dismisses Olympics . Christine . Brennan . . January 2, 1994 . January 15, 2018.
Web site: FIS: Alpine World Cup 1984 men's schedule . 24 September 2018 . .
Web site: FIS: Alpine World Cup 1984 ladies' schedule . 24 September 2018 . .