1986–87 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup


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The 21st World Cup season began in August 1986 in Argentina for men, resumed in late November, and concluded in March 1987 in Sarajevo. The overall champions were Pirmin Zurbriggen and Maria Walliser, both of Switzerland, who each won for the second time. Two-time women's overall World Cup champion Erika Hess of Switzerland retired at the end of the season.

FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 1986/87
Discipline Men Women
Overall Switzerland Pirmin Zurbriggen Switzerland Maria Walliser
Downhill Switzerland Pirmin Zurbriggen Switzerland Michela Figini
Super G Switzerland Pirmin Zurbriggen Switzerland Maria Walliser
Giant Slalom Switzerland Pirmin Zurbriggen Switzerland Vreni Schneider
Switzerland Maria Walliser
Slalom Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bojan Križaj Switzerland Corinne Schmidhauser
Nations Cup Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland
Nations Cup overall Switzerland Switzerland
Competition
Locations 19 17
Individual 34 31

Along with the elimination of the Combined discipline championship, all of the combined races on the schedule were eliminated except for the traditional two combineds at Wengen, Switzerland (the Lauberhorn) and Kitzbühel, Austria (the Hahnenkamm) for the men and one at Mellau, Austria for the women. However, under new rules, points were only awarded to skiers who finished in the top 30 in each of the downhill and slalom; as a result, only two men earned points. In addition, despite the presence of two tiebreakers, the ladies' Giant Slalom discipline ended in a tie.

A break in the schedule was for the 1987 World Championships, held in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, between January 27 and February 8, 1987.

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In Men's Overall World Cup 1986/87 the best four downhills, the best four Super Gs, best four giant slaloms, best four slaloms and both combined count. 30 racers had a point deduction.

Place Name Country Total DH SG GS SL KB
1 Pirmin Zurbriggen    Switzerland 339 100 85 90 14 50
2 Marc Girardelli   Luxembourg 190 50 65 65 10 0
3 Markus Wasmeier   West Germany 174 72 50 51 1 0
4 Joël Gaspoz    Switzerland 153 0 0 90 63 0
5 Richard Pramotton   Italy 139 0 28 85 26 0
6 Ingemar Stenmark   Sweden 134 0 0 49 85 0
7 Leonhard Stock   Austria 97 50 42 5 0 0
8 Robert Erlacher   Italy 94 0 44 50 0 0
9 Peter Müller    Switzerland 90 90 0 0 0 0
Bojan Križaj   Yugoslavia 90 0 0 0 90 0
11 Karl Alpiger    Switzerland 87 67 20 0 0 0
12 Franz Heinzer    Switzerland 84 75 9 0 0 0
13 Günther Mader   Austria 83 0 29 12 42 0
14 Hubert Strolz   Austria 81 0 12 57 12 0
15 Alberto Tomba   Italy 76 0 15 49 12 0
16 Michael Mair   Italy 74 70 4 0 0 0
17 Armin Bittner   West Germany 69 0 0 0 69 0
18 Daniel Mahrer    Switzerland 66 58 8 0 0 0
19 Andreas Wenzel   Liechtenstein 63 0 18 15 10 20
Rudolf Nierlich   Austria 63 0 0 34 29 0

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In Men's Downhill World Cup 1986/87 the best five results count. 15 racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). Pirmin Zurbriggen won the cup with maximum points. Swiss athletes won 8 races out of 10.

Place Name Country Total 1 2 5 7 14 15 18 22 27 29 31
1 Pirmin Zurbriggen    Switzerland 125 (10) 25 25 (10) (8) 25 (7) 25 - 25 (5)
2 Peter Müller    Switzerland 105 25 15 (11) (11) - 15 (11) (15) 25 - 25
3 Franz Heinzer    Switzerland 90 15 15 (9) (12) 25 - 15 (11) - (8) 20
4 Markus Wasmeier   West Germany 83 (6) 11 20 15 (6) 12 25 (10) - - -
5 Michael Mair   Italy 82 - - 15 20 (11) 20 - - 15 12 -
6 Karl Alpiger    Switzerland 79 20 (10) (4) - (9) (5) 20 (7) 12 15 12
7 Daniel Mahrer    Switzerland 68 (7) (9) (1) - 12 11 10 (6) - 20 15
8 Rob Boyd   Canada 62 - - - 25 - 10 5 (5) 11 - 11
9 Peter Wirnsberger   Austria 57 8 8 - (3) 20 (7) 9 12 (4) (5) -
10 Marc Girardelli   Luxembourg 56 12 6 - - 7 (6) - - 20 11 -
Leonhard Stock   Austria 56 11 20 (3) 6 - (1) (3) 9 (3) (4) 10

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In Men's Super G World Cup 1986/87 all five results count, but no athlete was able to collect points in all five races. Pirmin Zurbriggen won the cup with only one win.

Place Name Country Total 6 16 28 30 32
1 Pirmin Zurbriggen    Switzerland 85 - 20 20 25 20
2 Marc Girardelli   Luxembourg 65 15 - 25 - 25
3 Markus Wasmeier   West Germany 50 25 25 - - -
4 Robert Erlacher   Italy 44 20 - - 12 12
5 Leonhard Stock   Austria 42 3 - 15 9 15
6 Günther Mader   Austria 29 - 10 3 7 9
Herbert Renoth   West Germany 29 12 9 - - 8
8 Richard Pramotton   Italy 28 8 - - 20 -
9 Michael Eder   West Germany 26 10 5 - - 11
10 Guido Hinterseer   Austria 24 4 - - 10 10

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In Men's Giant Slalom World Cup 1986/87 the best five results count. Zurbriggen and Gaspoz finished with the same number of points, but Zurbriggen was awarded the championship based on the victories tiebreaker (three wins to two).

Place Name Country Total 4 8 9 11 17 21 26 34
1 Pirmin Zurbriggen    Switzerland 102 15 - 12 (7) 25 25 25 (10)
1 Joël Gaspoz    Switzerland 102 12 - 25 25 - 20 (9) 20
3 Richard Pramotton   Italy 95 25 25 20 15 - (3) 10 -
4 Hubert Strolz   Austria 66 20 - 11 9 15 11 (5) -
5 Marc Girardelli   Luxembourg 65 - - - - 20 - 20 25
6 Markus Wasmeier   West Germany 59 - (1) 15 11 8 10 15 -
7 Ingemar Stenmark   Sweden 58 - 12 9 10 12 15 (8) (9)
8 Robert Erlacher   Italy 57 8 10 (4) 20 (6) 7 12 -
9 Alberto Tomba   Italy 52 - 20 3 6 - - 11 12
10 Helmut Mayer   Austria 39 - - 2 12 7 - 7 11

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In Men's Slalom World Cup 1986/87 the best five results count. Five racers had a point deduction, which are given in ().

Place Name Country Total 3 10 12 13 19 23 25 33
1 Bojan Križaj   Yugoslavia 105 (12) (12) 25 20 15 25 (8) 20
2 Ingemar Stenmark   Sweden 96 25 20 15 - 11 (10) 25 -
3 Armin Bittner   West Germany 78 (5) 9 - 25 (5) 15 20 9
4 Joël Gaspoz    Switzerland 71 11 15 - 12 25 8 - (7)
5 Grega Benedik   Yugoslavia 55 10 - 6 8 - - 6 25
6 Mathias Berthold   Austria 54 (2) - 10 5 8 20 (2) 11
7 Dietmar Köhlbichler   Austria 52 - - 5 9 20 7 11 -
8 Günther Mader   Austria 42 - 11 12 - 4 - 15 -
9 Didier Bouvet   France 41 - - 8 6 12 - - 15
10 Jonas Nilsson   Sweden 35 20 - 11 - - - - 4

In Men's Combined World Cup 1986/87 both results count. Only two racers scored points (Wengen and Kitzbuhel). Points were only awarded to athletes, who were able to finish in both events (downhill and slalom) in top thirty.

Place Name Country Total 20 24
1 Pirmin Zurbriggen    Switzerland 50 25 25
2 Andreas Wenzel   Liechtenstein 20 - 20

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In Women's Overall World Cup 1986/87 the best four downhills, the best four Super Gs, best four giant slaloms, best four slaloms and the only combined count. 26 racers had a point deduction. Swiss athletes took the first five places.

Place Name Country Total DH SG GS SL KB
1 Maria Walliser    Switzerland 269 75 82 100 0 12
2 Vreni Schneider    Switzerland 262 23 41 100 78 20
3 Brigitte Oertli    Switzerland 206 30 46 38 67 25
4 Erika Hess    Switzerland 169 3 13 53 85 15
5 Michela Figini    Switzerland 162 86 27 49 0 0
6 Tamara McKinney   United States 127 0 7 30 90 0
7 Mateja Svet   Yugoslavia 126 0 27 51 48 0
8 Blanca Fernández Ochoa   Spain 121 0 30 67 24 0
9 Sigrid Wolf   Austria 119 61 35 23 0 0
10 Catherine Quittet   France 118 31 57 30 0 0
Marina Kiehl   West Germany 118 30 52 36 0 0
12 Corinne Schmidhauser    Switzerland 112 0 0 17 95 0
13 Michaela Gerg   West Germany 109 25 39 45 0 0
14 Anita Wachter   Austria 107 12 47 12 36 0
15 Laurie Graham   Canada 76 76 0 0 0 0
16 Elisabeth Kirchler   Austria 74 32 26 16 0 0
17 Regine Mösenlechner   West Germany 69 59 10 0 0 0
18 Camilla Nilsson   Sweden 67 0 0 9 58 0
19 Sylvia Eder   Austria 63 10 18 25 0 10
20 Roswitha Steiner   Austria 62 0 0 0 62 0

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In Women's Downhill World Cup 1986/87 the best five results count. Four racer had a point deduction, which are given in ().

Place Name Country Total 5 6 15 18 26 27 28
1 Michela Figini    Switzerland 93 25 - 11 25 25 7 -
2 Maria Walliser    Switzerland 90 20 20 20 15 (12) (10) 15
3 Laurie Graham   Canada 86 11 25 10 (6) 20 (8) 20
4 Regine Mösenlechner   West Germany 71 (8) (8) 12 20 15 12 12
5 Sigrid Wolf   Austria 61 - - - - 11 25 25
6 Marina Kiehl   West Germany 35 5 6 - 10 9 5 -
7 Brigitte Oertli    Switzerland 33 3 (1) 8 4 - 9 9
8 Elisabeth Kirchler   Austria 32 - - - 1 - 20 11
9 Catherine Quittet   France 31 6 15 2 8 - - -
10 Beatrice Gafner    Switzerland 30 - - 25 - - - 5

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In Women's Super G World Cup 1986/87 all five results count.

Place Name Country Total 7 14 19 29 30
1 Maria Walliser    Switzerland 82 25 25 7 - 25
2 Catherine Quittet   France 57 20 12 25 - -
3 Marina Kiehl   West Germany 52 - 11 15 25 1
4 Brigitte Oertli    Switzerland 49 5 20 3 10 11
5 Anita Wachter   Austria 47 9 3 - 20 15
6 Vreni Schneider    Switzerland 44 15 6 10 3 10
7 Michaela Gerg   West Germany 43 11 10 4 12 6
8 Sigrid Wolf   Austria 35 - - - 15 20
9 Traudl Hächer   West Germany 31 4 4 20 3 -
Blanca Fernández Ochoa   Spain 31 10 1 1 7 12

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In Women's Giant Slalom World Cup 1986/87 the best five results count. Six racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). Vreni Schneider and Maria Walliser tied in the last race at Sarajevo and each finished with 120 points and identical tiebreakers (each had four victories (first tiebreaker) and 15 points as the sixth result (second tiebreaker)). Thus, they also shared the Giant Slalom discipline trophy. As a consequence, the scoring procedures were changed for the next season to remove the limitation on the number of results that would count; all results would count beginning with the 1987/88 season.

Place Name Country Total 1 4 10 13 20 21 24 31
1 Vreni Schneider    Switzerland 120 (15) 25 (12) 25 20 25 - 25
Maria Walliser    Switzerland 120 - 20 25 (15) 25 (15) 25 25
3 Blanca Fernández Ochoa   Spain 78 (6) (10) 20 11 (10) 20 15 12
4 Erika Hess    Switzerland 62 11 11 9 (9) - 11 20 (7)
5 Michela Figini    Switzerland 55 12 - 15 6 - (6) 7 15
6 Mateja Svet   Yugoslavia 51 20 - - 20 11 - - -
7 Michaela Gerg   West Germany 48 25 - 3 8 - 7 5 -
8 Marina Kiehl   West Germany 42 - (4) 6 (5) 8 10 12 6
Brigitte Oertli    Switzerland 42 - - 11 8 15 4 - 4
10 Catherine Quittet   France 30 10 - 7 - 1 12 - -

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In Women's Slalom World Cup 1986/87 the best five results count. Ten racers had a point deduction, which are given in ().

Place Name Country Total 2 3 8 9 11 12 16 22 23 25
1 Corinne Schmidhauser    Switzerland 110 25 - (10) (12) (6) 15 (6) 20 25 25
2 Tamara McKinney   United States 99 20 - 20 25 - - 25 9 - -
3 Erika Hess    Switzerland 96 (4) 25 (7) (3) 25 11 (9) (8) 15 20
4 Vreni Schneider    Switzerland 84 6 - 25 8 - 20 (4) 25 - -
5 Brigitte Oertli    Switzerland 77 - 20 15 10 20 - 12 (5) (10) -
6 Roswitha Steiner   Austria 74 15 - (11) 20 - - - 12 12 15
7 Monika Maierhofer   Austria 67 11 - (8) 15 - 10 - 11 20 -
8 Camilla Nilsson   Sweden 66 10 (4) (5) (7) - 25 11 (7) 8 12
9 Mateja Svet   Yugoslavia 55 8 8 - - - 12 20 (6) - 7
10 Karin Buder   Austria 53 12 15 (4) - 11 - - - 5 10

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In Women's Combined World Cup 1986/87 only one competition was held. Points were only awarded to athletes, who were able to finish in both events (downhill and slalom) in top thirty.

Place Name Country Total 17
1 Brigitte Oertli    Switzerland 25 25
2 Vreni Schneider    Switzerland 20 20
3 Erika Hess    Switzerland 15 15
4 Maria Walliser    Switzerland 12 12
5 Karen Percy   Canada 11 11
6 Sylvia Eder   Austria 10 10
Place Country Total Men Ladies
1    Switzerland 2952 1270 1682
2   Austria 1691 913 778
3   West Germany 1072 572 500
4   Italy 787 666 121
5   Yugoslavia 398 245 153
6   Sweden 376 245 131
7   Canada 333 125 208
8   France 317 73 244
9   United States 282 35 247
10   Luxembourg 202 202 0
11   Spain 159 0 159
12   Liechtenstein 91 91 0
13   Norway 36 36 0
14   Japan 19 19 0
15   Czechoslovakia 16 0 16
  Netherlands 16 0 16
17   United Kingdom 10 10 0
18   Bulgaria 2 2 0
Place Country Total DH SG GS SL KB Racers Wins
1    Switzerland 1270 674 146 306 94 50 15 18
2   Austria 913 311 144 198 260 0 24 0
3   Italy 666 151 133 267 115 0 16 3
4   West Germany 572 148 146 144 134 0 13 4
5   Yugoslavia 245 0 0 21 224 0 5 3
  Sweden 245 2 0 81 162 0 7 2
7   Luxembourg 202 62 65 65 10 0 1 3
8   Canada 125 112 13 0 0 0 6 1
9   Liechtenstein 91 0 34 15 22 20 3 0
10   France 73 6 12 9 46 0 5 0
11   Norway 36 23 0 0 13 0 3 0
12   United States 35 23 0 2 10 0 5 0
13   Japan 19 7 0 0 12 0 2 0
14   United Kingdom 10 10 0 0 0 0 1 0
15   Bulgaria 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
Place Country Total DH SG GS SL KB Racers Wins
1    Switzerland 1682 359 220 519 512 72 14 23
2   Austria 778 173 126 93 376 10 19 2
3   West Germany 500 187 152 152 9 0 12 2
4   United States 247 56 18 61 112 0 6 2
5   France 244 34 62 73 75 0 7 1
6   Canada 208 144 36 17 0 11 6 1
7   Spain 159 0 31 104 24 0 1 0
8   Yugoslavia 153 0 27 54 72 0 3 0
9   Sweden 131 0 0 15 116 0 4 1
10   Italy 121 17 23 13 68 0 7 0
11   Czechoslovakia 16 0 0 0 16 0 2 0
  Netherlands 16 0 0 11 5 0 1 0