1997–98 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup

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]

FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 1997/98
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Hermann Maier	Katja Seizinger
Downhill	Andreas Schifferer	Katja Seizinger
Super G	Hermann Maier	Katja Seizinger
Giant Slalom	Hermann Maier	Martina Ertl
Slalom	Thomas Sykora	Ylva Nowén
Nations Cup	Austria	Germany
Nations Cup overall	Austria
Competition
Locations	18	12
Individual	37	33
←1996/97 1998/99→

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]

Race	Season	Date	Place	Type	Winner	Second	Third
933	1	24 October 1997	Tignes	PS 002	Josef Strobl	Kjetil André Aamodt	Hermann Maier
934	2	26 October 1997		GS 238	Michael von Grünigen	Steve Locher	Hermann Maier
935	3	20 November 1997	Park City	GS 239	Hermann Maier	Kjetil André Aamodt	Thomas Grandi
936	4	22 November 1997		SL 275	Thomas Stangassinger	Kristinn Björnsson	Finn Christian Jagge
937	5	4 December 1997	Beaver Creek	DH 274	Kristian Ghedina	Jean-Luc Crétier	Lasse Kjus
938	6	5 December 1997		DH 275	Andreas Schifferer	Hermann Maier	Stephan Eberharter
939	7	6 December 1997		SG 075	Hermann Maier	Stephan Eberharter	Hans Knauß
940	8	14 December 1997	Val d'Isère	GS 240	Michael von Grünigen	Stephan Eberharter	Hans Knauß
941	9	15 December 1997	Sestriere	SL 276	Finn Christian Jagge	Thomas Sykora	Hans Petter Buraas
942	10	21 December 1997	Alta Badia	GS 241	Christian Mayer	Michael von Grünigen	Hermann Maier
943	11	29 December 1997	Bormio	DH 276	Hermann Maier	Andreas Schifferer	Werner Franz
944	12	30 December 1997		DH 277	Andreas Schifferer	Werner Franz	Lasse Kjus
945	13	3 January 1998	Kranjska Gora	GS 242	Christian Mayer	Hermann Maier	Michael von Grünigen
946	14	4 January 1998		SL 277	Thomas Sykora	Pierrick Bourgeat	Thomas Stangassinger
947	15	6 January 1998	Saalbach	GS 243	Hermann Maier	Alberto Tomba	Rainer Salzgeber
948	16	8 January 1998	Schladming	SL 278	Alberto Tomba	Thomas Sykora	Hans Petter Buraas
949	17	10 January 1998		SG 076	Hermann Maier	Stephan Eberharter	Luca Cattaneo
950	18	11 January 1998		SG 077	Hermann Maier	Andreas Schifferer	Stephan Eberharter
951	19	13 January 1998	Adelboden	GS 244	Hermann Maier	Michael von Grünigen	Paul Accola
952	20	16 January 1998	Wengen	DH 278	Hermann Maier	Nicolas Burtin	Andreas Schifferer
953	21	17 January 1998		DH 279	Andreas Schifferer	Jean-Luc Crétier	Hermann Maier
954	22	18 January 1998	Veysonnaz	SL 279	Thomas Stangassinger	Kristinn Björnsson	Kiminobu Kimura
955	23	16 January 1998   18 January 1998	Wengen (DH)    Veysonnaz (SL)	KB 074	Hermann Maier	Bruno Kernen	Paul Accola
956	24	23 January 1998	Kitzbühel	DH 280	Didier Cuche	Nicolas Burtin	Jean-Luc Crétier
957	25	24 January 1998		DH 281	Kristian Ghedina	Didier Cuche	Josef Strobl
958	26	25 January 1998		SL 280	Thomas Stangassinger	Thomas Sykora	Ole Kristian Furuseth
959	27	25 January 1998		KB 075	Kjetil André Aamodt	Werner Franz	Ed Podivinsky
960	28	26 January 1998		SL 281	Thomas Sykora	Hans Petter Buraas	Thomas Stangassinger
961	29	31 January 1998	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	DH 282	Andreas Schifferer	Nicolas Burtin	Hermann Maier
962	30	1 February 1998		SG 078	Hermann Maier	Hans Knauß	Lasse Kjus
Winter Olympics (10–21 February)
963	31	28 February 1998	Yongpyong	GS 245	Michael von Grünigen	Christian Mayer	Hermann Maier
964	32	1 March 1998		SL 282	Ole Kristian Furuseth	Finn Christian Jagge	Tom Stiansen
965	33	7 March 1998	Kvitfjell	DH 283	Nicolas Burtin	Werner Perathoner	Lasse Kjus Josef Strobl
966	34	8 March 1998		SG 079	Hans Knauß	Patrik Järbyn	Didier Cuche
967	35	13 March 1998	Crans-Montana	DH 284	Josef Strobl	Didier Cuche	Fritz Strobl
968	36	14 March 1998		GS 246	Stephan Eberharter	Hans Knauß	Hermann Maier
969	37	15 March 1998		SL 283	Alberto Tomba	Hans Petter Buraas	Finn Christian Jagge

Ladies

Event Key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant Slalom, SG – Super Giant Slalom, KB – Combined, PS – Parallel Slalom^[3]

Race	Season	Date	Place	Type	Winner	Second	Third
868	1	24 October 1997	Tignes	PS 002	Leila Piccard	Ylva Nowén	Alexandra Meissnitzer
869	2	25 October 1997		GS 232	Deborah Compagnoni	Martina Ertl	Martina Fortkord
870	3	21 November 1997	Park City	GS 233	Deborah Compagnoni	Alexandra Meissnitzer	Andrine Flemmen
871	4	23 November 1997		SL 267	Zali Steggall	Ylva Nowén	Claudia Riegler
872	5	28 November 1997	Mammoth Mountain	PS 003	Hilde Gerg	Martina Ertl	Alexandra Meissnitzer
873	6	29 November 1997		SG 077	Katja Seizinger	Isolde Kostner	Katharina Gutensohn
874	7	4 December 1997	Lake Louise	DH 231	Katja Seizinger	Katharina Gutensohn	Renate Götschl
875	8	5 December 1997		DH 232	Katja Seizinger	Mélanie Suchet	Isolde Kostner
876	9	6 December 1997		SG 078	Katja Seizinger	Hilde Gerg	Isolde Kostner
877	10	17 December 1997	Val d'Isère	DH 233	Katja Seizinger	Hilde Gerg	Ingeborg Helen Marken
878	11	18 December 1997		SG 079	Katja Seizinger	Renate Götschl	Hilde Gerg
879	12	19 December 1997		GS 234	Deborah Compagnoni	Alexandra Meissnitzer	Leila Piccard
880	13	20 December 1997		SL 268	Ylva Nowén	Deborah Compagnoni	Urška Hrovat
881	14	20 December 1997		KB 064	Hilde Gerg	Katja Seizinger	Martina Ertl
882	15	27 December 1997	Lienz	SL 269	Ylva Nowén	Deborah Compagnoni	Urška Hrovat
883	16	28 December 1997		SL 270	Ylva Nowén	Kristina Koznick	Deborah Compagnoni
884	17	5 January 1998	Bormio	SL 271	Ylva Nowén	Hilde Gerg	Špela Pretnar
885	18	6 January 1998		GS 235	Deborah Compagnoni	Martina Ertl	Alexandra Meissnitzer
886	19	10 January 1998	Bormio	GS 236	Martina Ertl	Katja Seizinger	Deborah Compagnoni
887	20	11 January 1998		SL 272	Hilde Gerg	Kristina Koznick	Špela Pretnar
888	21	18 January 1998	Altenmarkt	DH 234	Renate Götschl	Katja Seizinger	Alexandra Meissnitzer
889	22	18 January 1998		SG 080	Martina Ertl	Heidi Zurbriggen	Mélanie Suchet
890	23	22 January 1998	Cortina d'Ampezzo	DH 235	Isolde Kostner	Renate Götschl	Florence Masnada
891	24	23 January 1998		SG 081	Mélanie Suchet	Regina Häusl	Karen Putzer
892	25	24 January 1998		SG 082	Katja Seizinger	Renate Götschl	Isolde Kostner
893	26	25 January 1998		GS 237	Martina Ertl	Katja Seizinger	Sophie Lefranc-Duvillard
894	27	28 January 1998	Åre	GS 238	Martina Ertl	Sonja Nef	Anna Ottosson
895	28	29 January 1998		SL 273	Kristina Koznick	Hilde Gerg	Sabine Egger
896	29	31 January 1998		DH 236	Katja Seizinger	Renate Götschl	Florence Masnada
897	30	31 January 1998		KB 065	Hilde Gerg	Martina Ertl	Katja Seizinger
Winter Olympics (10–21 February)
898	31	1 March 1998	Saalbach	SL 274	Martina Ertl	Trine Bakke	Kristina Koznick
899	32	14 March 1998	Crans-Montana	SL 275	Urška Hrovat	Martina Ertl	Hilde Gerg
900	33	15 March 1998		GS 239	Alexandra Meissnitzer	Martina Ertl	Deborah Compagnoni

Men

Overall

Place	Name	Country	Total
1	Hermann Maier	Austria	1685
2	Andreas Schifferer	Austria	1114
3	Stephan Eberharter	Austria	1030
4	Kjetil André Aamodt	Norway	901
5	Hans Knauss	Austria	888
6	Michael von Grünigen	Switzerland	746
7	Josef Strobl	Austria	697
8	Didier Cuche	Switzerland	627
9	Christian Mayer	Austria	590
10	Lasse Kjus	Norway	578

Downhill

Place	Name	Country	Total
1	Andreas Schifferer	Austria	655
2	Hermann Maier	Austria	479
3	Nicolas Burtin	France	469
4	Didier Cuche	Switzerland	424
5	Jean-Luc Cretier	France	414

Super G

Place	Name	Country	Total
1	Hermann Maier	Austria	400
2	Hans Knauss	Austria	256
3	Stephan Eberharter	Austria	220
4	Patrik Järbyn	Sweden	195
5	Andreas Schifferer	Austria	185

Giant Slalom

Place	Name	Country	Total
1	Hermann Maier	Austria	620
2	Michael von Grünigen	Switzerland	560
3	Christian Mayer	Austria	429
4	Stephan Eberharter	Austria	388
5	Hans Knauss	Austria	375

Slalom

Place	Name	Country	Total
1	Thomas Sykora	Austria	521
2	Thomas Stangassinger	Austria	517
3	Hans Petter Buraas	Norway	420
4	Finn Christian Jagge	Norway	345
5	Kiminobu Kimura	Japan	316

Combined

Place	Name	Country	Total
1	Werner Franz	Austria	120
2	Hermann Maier	Austria	100
	Kjetil André Aamodt	Norway	100
4	Bruno Kernen	Switzerland	80
5	Paul Accola	Switzerland	60
	Ed Podivinsky	Canada	60

Ladies

Overall

Place	Name	Country	Total
1	Katja Seizinger	Germany	1655
2	Martina Ertl	Germany	1508
3	Hilde Gerg	Germany	1391
4	Deborah Compagnoni	Italy	912
5	Alexandra Meissnitzer	Austria	884
6	Ylva Nowén	Sweden	815
7	Renate Götschl	Austria	787
8	Isolde Kostner	Italy	695
9	Urška Hrovat	Slovenia	592
10	Heidi Zurbriggen	Switzerland	561

Downhill

Place	Name	Country	Total
1	Katja Seizinger	Germany	520
2	Renate Götschl	Austria	392
3	Isolde Kostner	Italy	292
4	Melanie Suchet	France	237
5	Hilde Gerg	Germany	224

Super G

Place	Name	Country	Total
1	Katja Seizinger	Germany	445
2	Renate Götschl	Austria	305
3	Isolde Kostner	Italy	266
4	Martina Ertl	Germany	259
5	Melanie Suchet	France	228

Giant Slalom

Place	Name	Country	Total
1	Martina Ertl	Germany	591
2	Deborah Compagnoni	Italy	565
3	Alexandra Meissnitzer	Austria	445
4	Sonja Nef	Switzerland	359
5	Andrine Flemmen	Norway	296
6	Katja Seizinger	Germany	295

Slalom

Place	Name	Country	Total
1	Ylva Nowén	Sweden	620
2	Kristina Koznick	United States	560
3	Hilde Gerg	Germany	451
4	Urska Hrovat	Slovenia	423
5	Martina Ertl	Germany	320

Combined

Place	Name	Country	Total
1	Hilde Gerg	Germany	200
2	Katja Seizinger	Germany	140
	Martina Ertl	Germany	140
4	Morena Gallizio	Italy	77
5	Florence Masnada	France	76