1988–89 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup


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The 23rd World Cup season began in November 1988 in Austria and concluded in March 1989 in Japan. The overall champions were Marc Girardelli of Luxembourg (his third) and Vreni Schneider of Switzerland (her first). Schneider established the record for victories in a World Cup season, winning a total of 14 races (6 (out of 7) giant slaloms, 7 (out of 7) slaloms, and 1 (of 2) combined), surpassing the record of 13 established in 1978-79 by the great Swedish skier and three-time overall World Cup champion Ingemar Stenmark.

FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 1988/89
Discipline Men Women
Overall Luxembourg Marc Girardelli Switzerland Vreni Schneider
Downhill Luxembourg Marc Girardelli Switzerland Michela Figini
Super G Switzerland Pirmin Zurbriggen France Carole Merle
Giant Slalom Norway Ole Kristian Furuseth
Switzerland Pirmin Zurbriggen		 Switzerland Vreni Schneider
Slalom West Germany Armin Bittner Switzerland Vreni Schneider
Nations Cup Austria Austria Switzerland Switzerland
Nations Cup overall Switzerland Switzerland
Competition
Locations 16 15
Individual 31 28

Stenmark, who became the primary example of the transition of the World Cup circuit from fully amateur to fully professional during his 16-year career, retired at the end of the season, after notching his all-time record 86th race victory in February. All of Stenmark's victories were either in giant slalom (46) or slalom (40).

The break in the schedule in early February was for the 1989 World Championships, held in Vail, Colorado, USA.

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In Men's Overall World Cup 1988/89 all results count. The parallel slalom did not count for the Overall World Cup. Marc Girardelli won his third Overall World Cup.

Place Name Country Total DH SG GS SL KB
1 Marc Girardelli   Luxembourg 407 139 46 66 106 50
2 Pirmin Zurbriggen    Switzerland 309 94 62 82 26 45
3 Alberto Tomba   Italy 189 0 37 40 112 0
4 Ole Kristian Furuseth   Norway 188 0 0 82 106 0
5 Markus Wasmeier   West Germany 166 67 43 9 0 47
6 Rudolf Nierlich   Austria 144 0 0 79 65 0
7 Armin Bittner   West Germany 127 0 0 10 117 0
8 Helmut Höflehner   Austria 126 112 14 0 0 0
9 Daniel Mahrer    Switzerland 114 102 2 0 0 10
10 Hubert Strolz   Austria 112 0 18 46 33 15
11 Lars-Börje Eriksson   Sweden 102 2 51 38 0 11
12 Peter Müller    Switzerland 100 79 6 0 0 15
13 Michael Mair   Italy 89 74 0 0 0 15
Peter Wirnsberger   Austria 89 89 0 0 0 0
15 Martin Hangl    Switzerland 87 0 47 40 0 0
16 Franck Piccard   France 82 21 49 6 0 6
17 Ingemar Stenmark   Sweden 79 0 0 67 12 0
18 Leonhard Stock   Austria 76 57 19 0 0 0
19 Helmut Mayer   Austria 74 0 35 39 0 0
20 Paul Accola    Switzerland 72 0 0 0 28 44

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In Men's Downhill World Cup 1988/89 all results count.

Place Name Country Total 4 5 9 11 14 15 19 20 23 26
1 Marc Girardelli   Luxembourg 139 - - 12 7 25 20 25 25 20 5
2 Helmut Höflehner   Austria 112 4 25 25 15 - 6 4 10 11 12
3 Daniel Mahrer    Switzerland 102 - - 3 - 9 25 15 15 15 20
4 Pirmin Zurbriggen    Switzerland 94 12 - 20 6 - 12 8 20 1 15
5 Peter Wirnsberger   Austria 89 7 - 10 20 10 15 11 - 9 7
6 Peter Müller    Switzerland 79 25 15 - - 12 11 - - 6 10
7 Michael Mair   Italy 74 3 6 11 12 20 8 7 4 3 -
8 Rob Boyd   Canada 68 15 - - - - 10 9 9 - 25
9 Markus Wasmeier   West Germany 67 9 - 9 10 - - 20 11 8 -
10 Karl Alpiger    Switzerland 65 - 10 - 1 11 7 5 5 25 1
11 Leonhard Stock   Austria 57 5 - 15 25 5 3 - - 4 -

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In Men's Super-G World Cup 1988/89 all four results count. Pirmin Zurbriggen won his third Super-G World Cup in a row. All events were won by a different racer.

Place Name Country Total 1 12 24 27
1 Pirmin Zurbriggen    Switzerland 62 25 12 10 15
2 Lars-Börje Eriksson   Sweden 51 - 6 25 20
3 Franck Piccard   France 49 20 9 11 9
4 Martin Hangl    Switzerland 47 3 25 9 10
5 Marc Girardelli   Luxembourg 46 7 2 12 25
6 Markus Wasmeier   West Germany 43 11 - 20 12
7 Alberto Tomba   Italy 37 12 11 7 7
8 Helmut Mayer   Austria 35 - 15 15 5
9 Hans Enn   Austria 26 6 20 - -
10 Luc Alphand   France 25 9 - 5 11

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In Men's Giant Slalom World Cup 1988/89 all results count. Ole Kristian Furuseth won Giant Slalom World Cup (20 points two times).

Place Name Country Total 2 13 18 25 28 30
1 Ole Kristian Furuseth   Norway 82 - 10 20 7 20 25
2 Pirmin Zurbriggen    Switzerland 82 25 20 11 - 15 11
3 Rudolf Nierlich   Austria 79 20 25 - - 25 9
4 Ingemar Stenmark   Sweden 67 9 2 10 25 9 12
5 Marc Girardelli   Luxembourg 66 3 11 25 20 7 -
6 Hubert Strolz   Austria 46 8 9 7 - 2 20
7 Alberto Tomba   Italy 40 - 15 15 10 - -
8 Martin Hangl    Switzerland 40 - 8 9 11 6 6
9 Helmut Mayer   Austria 39 12 5 12 - 10 -
10 Lars-Börje Eriksson   Sweden 38 - 4 - 15 12 7

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In Men's Slalom World Cup 1988/89 all results count.

Place Name Country Total 3 6 7 8 16 21 29 31
1 Armin Bittner   West Germany 117 12 12 20 25 25 - 8 15
2 Alberto Tomba   Italy 112 - 25 15 - 20 20 20 12
3 Marc Girardelli   Luxembourg 106 25 20 25 - 12 12 12 -
4 Ole Kristian Furuseth   Norway 106 7 8 12 12 11 11 25 20
5 Jonas Nilsson   Sweden 70 20 - 7 8 - 10 15 10
6 Rudolf Nierlich   Austria 65 - - - - 15 25 - 25
7 Michael Tritscher   Austria 54 8 15 4 9 - 5 7 6
8 Bernhard Gstrein   Austria 51 11 11 - 20 - - 9 -
9 Felix McGrath   United States 43 9 - 8 11 - - 11 4
10 Paul Frommelt   Liechtenstein 42 - 10 1 - 10 9 5 7

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In Men's Combined World Cup 1988/89 all three results count.

Place Name Country Total 10 17 22
1 Marc Girardelli   Luxembourg 50 - 25 25
2 Markus Wasmeier   West Germany 47 20 12 15
3 Pirmin Zurbriggen    Switzerland 45 25 - 20
4 Paul Accola    Switzerland 44 12 20 12
5 Gustav Oehrli    Switzerland 22 3 8 11
6 Atle Skårdal   Norway 20 7 5 8
7 Jean-Luc Crétier   France 19 9 10 -
8 Hubert Strolz   Austria 15 15 - -
Michael Mair   Italy 15 - 15 -
10 Peter Müller    Switzerland 15 4 11 -

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In Women's Overall World Cup 1988/89 all results count. The parallel slalom did not count for the Overall World Cup.

Place Name Country Total DH SG GS SL KB
1 Vreni Schneider    Switzerland 376 0 11 165 175 25
2 Maria Walliser    Switzerland 261 142 27 87 0 5
3 Michela Figini    Switzerland 248 176 29 18 0 25
4 Carole Merle   France 206 67 75 55 0 9
5 Anita Wachter   Austria 157 0 56 59 42 0
6 Mateja Svet   Yugoslavia 154 0 0 106 40 8
7 Ulrike Maier   Austria 150 0 33 60 26 31
8 Michaela Gerg   West Germany 148 91 23 34 0 0
9 Karen Percy   Canada 127 53 13 24 17 20
10 Sigrid Wolf   Austria 119 28 71 20 0 0
11 Tamara McKinney   United States 116 0 0 27 77 12
12 Heidi Zurbriggen    Switzerland 86 41 18 12 0 15
13 Monika Maierhofer   Austria 85 0 0 0 85 0
14 Regine Mösenlechner   West Germany 84 45 27 12 0 0
15 Veronika Wallinger   Austria 78 65 13 0 0 0
16 Ingrid Salvenmoser   Austria 66 0 0 31 35 0
17 Veronika Šarec   Yugoslavia 62 0 0 1 61 0
18 Blanca Fernández Ochoa   Spain 61 0 4 17 40 0
19 Brigitte Oertli    Switzerland 60 9 8 0 7 36
20 Barbara Sadleder   Austria 58 41 9 0 0 8

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In Women's Downhill World Cup 1988/89 all results count. Michela Figini won her fourth Downhill World Cup (the last three in a row). She was able to win six races and only her teammate Maria Walliser was able to take two wins. The second consecutive season that saw only wins by Swiss athletes!

Place Name Country Total 3 4 13 14 18 21 22 23
1 Michela Figini    Switzerland 176 25 15 25 25 11 25 25 25
2 Maria Walliser    Switzerland 142 5 25 12 15 25 20 20 20
3 Michaela Gerg   West Germany 91 15 4 6 9 15 15 15 12
4 Carole Merle   France 67 12 - 15 20 20 - - -
5 Veronika Wallinger   Austria 65 11 20 9 7 - 7 - 11
6 Chantal Bournissen    Switzerland 55 7 - - - 9 12 12 15
7 Karen Percy   Canada 53 10 - 5 - 6 10 12 10
8 Regine Mösenlechner   West Germany 45 20 - 4 11 10 - - -
9 Heidi Zurbriggen    Switzerland 41 9 - 3 6 12 11 - -
Barbara Sadleder   Austria 41 7 12 10 3 - - 3 6

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In Women's Super-G World Cup 1988/89 all four results count.

Place Name Country Total 1 15 19 24
1 Carole Merle   France 75 25 25 25 -
2 Sigrid Wolf   Austria 71 11 20 15 25
3 Anita Wachter   Austria 56 15 1 20 20
4 Ulrike Maier   Austria 33 20 12 1 -
5 Michela Figini    Switzerland 29 9 5 - 15
6 Maria Walliser    Switzerland 27 - 15 12 -
Regine Mösenlechner   West Germany 27 15 3 9 -
8 Michaela Gerg   West Germany 23 8 8 7 -
9 Catherine Quittet   France 22 - - 11 11
10 Heidi Zurbriggen    Switzerland 18 - 2 6 10
Cathy Chedal   France 18 4 - 10 4

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In Women's Giant Slalom World Cup 1988/89 all results count. Vreni Schneider won her third Giant Slalom World Cup by winning 6 races out of 7. Only her teammate Maria Walliser was able to win a single race.

Place Name Country Total 2 7 10 11 20 26 27
1 Vreni Schneider    Switzerland 165 25 25 25 25 25 15 25
2 Mateja Svet   Yugoslavia 106 10 20 12 12 12 20 20
3 Maria Walliser    Switzerland 87 - 11 15 9 15 25 12
4 Ulrike Maier   Austria 60 15 - 20 20 5 - -
5 Anita Wachter   Austria 59 20 15 - - 10 6 8
6 Carole Merle   France 55 - 10 10 15 20 - -
7 Catherine Quittet   France 35 - 1 9 3 - 12 10
8 Michaela Gerg   West Germany 34 8 - - 8 7 - 11
9 Traudl Hächer   West Germany 32 9 - 8 6 2 7 -
10 Ingrid Salvenmoser   Austria 31 3 8 4 5 - 10 1

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In Women's Slalom World Cup 1988/89 all results count. Vreni Schneider won all races and won the cup with maximum points. Up to now this was the last time an athlete was able to win a cup with maximum points. Together with the win in the first race next season 1989/90 Vreni Schneider was able to win nine world cup slalom races in a row!

Place Name Country Total 5 8 9 12 16 25 28
1 Vreni Schneider    Switzerland 175 25 25 25 25 25 25 25
2 Monika Maierhofer   Austria 85 12 - 20 11 15 7 20
3 Tamara McKinney   United States 77 15 - 15 - 20 15 12
4 Veronika Šarec   Yugoslavia 61 2 - - 12 12 20 15
5 Christine von Grünigen    Switzerland 48 - 10 11 10 8 9 -
6 Patricia Chauvet   France 45 11 - - 15 9 10 -
7 Anita Wachter   Austria 42 - 12 - 8 - 11 11
8 Blanca Fernández Ochoa   Spain 40 9 20 - - 11 - -
Mateja Svet   Yugoslavia 40 10 - - 20 10 - -
10 Katjuša Pušnik   Yugoslavia 39 20 - 10 - 7 - 2

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In Women's Combined World Cup 1988/89 both results count. Brigitte Oertli won her fourth Combined World Cup (the last three in a row).

Place Name Country Total 6 17
1 Brigitte Oertli    Switzerland 36 11 25
2 Ulrike Maier   Austria 31 20 11
3 Vreni Schneider    Switzerland 25 25 -
Michela Figini    Switzerland 25 10 15
5 Karen Percy   Canada 20 - 20
6 Petra Kronberger   Austria 19 15 4
7 Heidi Zurbriggen    Switzerland 15 5 10
8 Tamara McKinney   United States 12 12 -
Florence Masnada   France 12 - 12
10 Ulrike Stanggassinger   West Germany 9 9 -
Carole Merle   France 9 - 9
Lenka Kebrlová   Czechoslovakia 9 7 2
Place Country Total Men Ladies
1    Switzerland 2225 928 1297
2   Austria 1967 1037 930
3   West Germany 834 433 401
4   France 609 170 439
5   Italy 414 414 0
6   Luxembourg 407 407 0
7   Sweden 366 294 72
8   Yugoslavia 335 80 255
9   Canada 276 85 191
10   Norway 256 256 0
11   United States 217 74 143
12   Liechtenstein 77 42 35
13   Spain 61 0 61
14   Czechoslovakia 39 19 20
15   Japan 38 38 0
16   Soviet Union 33 0 33
17   United Kingdom 8 5 3
18   Mexico 2 2 0

All points were shown. But without parallel slalom, because result ? (Also possible, that the parallel slaloms were only show-events.)

Place Country Total DH SG GS SL KB Racers Wins
1   Austria 1037 404 132 195 270 36 21 7
2    Switzerland 928 447 128 166 43 144 15 7
3   West Germany 433 131 58 29 143 72 15 2
4   Italy 414 105 53 67 164 25 16 1
5   Luxembourg 407 139 46 66 106 50 1 9
6   Sweden 294 2 54 137 84 17 7 2
7   Norway 256 48 0 82 106 20 3 2
8   France 170 21 74 23 18 34 9 0
9   Canada 85 81 1 0 0 3 4 1
10   Yugoslavia 80 0 8 50 22 0 5 0
11   United States 74 0 0 13 55 6 5 0
12   Liechtenstein 42 0 0 0 42 0 1 0
13   Japan 38 0 0 0 38 0 1 0
14   Czechoslovakia 19 0 0 0 0 19 2 0
15   United Kingdom 5 5 0 0 0 0 1 0
16   Mexico 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0

All points were shown. But without parallel slalom, because result ? (Also possible, that the parallel slaloms were only show-events.) Only three teams were able to win races.

Place Country Total DH SG GS SL KB Racers Wins
1    Switzerland 1297 493 110 314 265 115 18 24
2   Austria 930 219 212 204 236 59 17 1
3   France 439 88 123 115 91 22 11 3
4   West Germany 401 180 71 119 16 15 9 0
5   Yugoslavia 255 0 0 107 140 8 3 0
6   Canada 191 97 22 24 22 26 6 0
7   United States 143 12 2 30 87 12 7 0
8   Sweden 72 0 0 18 54 0 3 0
9   Spain 61 0 4 17 40 0 1 0
10   Liechtenstein 35 0 0 22 13 0 1 0
11   Soviet Union 33 21 12 0 0 0 2 0
12   Czechoslovakia 20 0 0 0 1 19 3 0
13   United Kingdom 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 0
  1. ^ "All Season 1989". Fis-Ski.com. FIS. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  2. ^ "FIS: Alpine World Cup 1989 men's schedule". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  3. ^ "FIS: Alpine World Cup 1989 ladies' schedule". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 24 September 2018.