2004–05 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup

The 39th World Cup season began in October 2004 in Sölden, Austria, and concluded in March 2005 at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. The overall winners were Bode Miller of the U.S. and Anja Pärson of Sweden.

FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 2004/05
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Bode Miller	Anja Pärson
Downhill	Michael Walchhofer	Renate Götschl
Super-G	Bode Miller	Michaela Dorfmeister
Giant slalom	Benjamin Raich	Tanja Poutiainen
Slalom	Benjamin Raich	Tanja Poutiainen
Super combined (unofficial)	Benjamin Raich	Janica Kostelić
Nations Cup	Austria
Competition
Locations	18	13
Individual	36	33
Cancelled	1	—
Rescheduled	2	—
←2003/04 2005/06→

The break in the schedule was for the 2005 World Championships, held in Bormio, Italy, between 28 January and 13 February 2005. The women's competition was held in the neighboring skiing area of Santa Caterina.

Calendar

Men

Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom, SG – Super giant slalom, KB – Classic Combined, SC – Super combined^[1]

Race	Season	Date	Place	Type	Winner	Second	Third
1189	1	26 October 2004	Sölden	GS 296	Bode Miller	Massimiliano Blardone	Kalle Palander
1190	2	27 November 2004	Lake Louise	DH 348	Bode Miller	Antoine Dénériaz	Michael Walchhofer
1191	3	28 November 2004		SG 117	Bode Miller	Hermann Maier	Michael Walchhofer
1192	4	2 December 2004	Beaver Creek	SG 118	Stephan Görgl	Bode Miller	Mario Scheiber
1193	5	3 December 2004		DH 349	Bode Miller	Daron Rahlves	Michael Walchhofer
1194	6	4 December 2004		GS 297	Lasse Kjus	Hermann Maier	Benjamin Raich
1195	7	5 December 2004		SL 342	Benjamin Raich	Giorgio Rocca	Rainer Schönfelder
1196	8	11 December 2004	Val-d'Isère	DH 350	Werner Franz	Marco Büchel	Michael Walchhofer
1197	9	12 December 2004		GS 298	Bode Miller	Lasse Kjus	Hermann Maier
1198	10	13 December 2004	Sestriere	SL 343	Bode Miller	Silvan Zurbriggen	Kalle Palander
1199	11	17 December 2004	Val Gardena	SG 119	Michael Walchhofer	Hermann Maier	Benjamin Raich
1200	12	18 December 2004		DH 351	Max Rauffer	Jürg Grünenfelder	Hans Grugger
1201	13	19 December 2004	Alta Badia	GS 299	Thomas Grandi	Benjamin Raich	Didier Cuche Hermann Maier
1202	14	21 December 2004	Flachau	GS 300	Thomas Grandi	Didier Cuche	Bode Miller
1203	15	22 December 2004		SL 344	Giorgio Rocca	Rainer Schönfelder	Alois Vogl
1204	16	29 December 2004	Bormio	DH 352	Hans Grugger	Michael Walchhofer	Fritz Strobl
1205	17	8 January 2005	Chamonix	DH 353	Hans Grugger	Kristian Ghedina	Michael Walchhofer
1206	18	9 January 2005		SL 345	Giorgio Rocca	Benjamin Raich	Markus Larsson
1207	19	11 January 2005	Adelboden	GS 301	Massimiliano Blardone	Bode Miller	Kalle Palander
1208	20	14 January 2005	Wengen	SC 087	Benjamin Raich	Lasse Kjus	Didier Défago
1209	21	15 January 2005		DH 354	Michael Walchhofer	Christoph Gruber	Bode Miller
1210	22	16 January 2005		SL 346	Alois Vogl	Ivica Kostelić	Benjamin Raich
		21 January 2005	Kitzbühel	SG cnx	replaced in Kitzbühel on 24 January 2005
		22 January 2005		DH cnx	replaced in Garmisch-Partenkirchen on 18 February 2005
1211	23	23 January 2005		SL 347	Manfred Pranger	Mario Matt	Ivica Kostelić
		23 January 2005		KB cnx	cancelled
1212	24	[nb 1]24 January 2005		SG 120	Hermann Maier	Daron Rahlves	Fritz Strobl
1213	25	25 January 2005	Schladming	SL 348	Manfred Pranger	Benjamin Raich	André Myhrer
World Championships (28 January–13 February)
1214	26	[nb 2]18 February 2005	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	DH 355	Michael Walchhofer	Hermann Maier	Bode Miller
1215	27	19 February 2005		DH 356	Michael Walchhofer	Mario Scheiber	Fritz Strobl
1216	28	20 February 2005		SG 121	Christoph Gruber	Didier Défago	François Bourque
1217	29	26 February 2005	Kranjska Gora	GS 302	Benjamin Raich	Hermann Maier	Kalle Palander
1218	30	27 February 2005		SL 349	Giorgio Rocca	André Myhrer	Benjamin Raich
1219	31	5 March 2005	Kvitfjell	DH 357	Hermann Maier	Mario Scheiber	Ambrosi Hoffmann
1220	32	6 March 2005		SG 122	Hermann Maier	Didier Défago	Daron Rahlves
1221	33	10 March 2005	Lenzerheide	DH 358	Lasse Kjus	Bode Miller	Fritz Strobl
1222	34	11 March 2005		SG 123	Bode Miller Daron Rahlves		Stephan Görgl
1223	35	12 March 2005		GS 303	Stephan Görgl	Bode Miller	Benjamin Raich
1224	36	13 March 2005		SL 350	Mario Matt	Alois Vogl	Rainer Schönfelder

Ladies

Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom, SG – Super giant slalom, SC – Super combined^[2]

Race	Season	Date	Place	Type	Winner	Second	Third
1113	1	23 October 2004	Sölden	GS 294	Anja Pärson	Tanja Poutiainen	María José Rienda Contreras
1114	2	26 November 2004	Aspen	GS 295	Tanja Poutiainen	Anja Pärson	Janica Kostelić
1115	3	27 November 2004		SL 330	Janica Kostelić	Anja Pärson	Tanja Poutiainen
1116	4	28 November 2004		SL 331	Tanja Poutiainen	Manuela Mölgg	Kristina Koznick
1117	5	3 December 2004	Lake Louise	DH 288	Lindsey Kildow	Carole Montillet	Hilde Gerg
1118	6	4 December 2004		DH 289	Hilde Gerg	Renate Götschl	Carole Montillet
1119	7	5 December 2004		SG 128	Michaela Dorfmeister	Renate Götschl	Lindsey Kildow
1120	8	11 December 2004	Altenmarkt	SG 129	Alexandra Meissnitzer	Lucia Recchia	Tina Maze
1121	9	12 December 2004		SL 332	Tanja Poutiainen	Marlies Schild	Janica Kostelić
1122	10	21 December 2004	St. Moritz	SG 130	Hilde Gerg	Lindsey Kildow	Maria Riesch
1123	11	22 December 2004		GS 296	Tina Maze	Anja Pärson	María José Rienda Contreras
1124	12	28 December 2004	Semmering	GS 297	Marlies Schild	Tanja Poutiainen	Elisabeth Görgl
1125	13	29 December 2004		SL 333	Marlies Schild	Janica Kostelić	Tanja Poutiainen
1126	14	6 January 2005	Santa Caterina	DH 290	Michaela Dorfmeister	Lindsey Kildow	Hilde Gerg
1127	15	7 January 2005		DH 291	Ingrid Jacquemod	Renate Götschl	Carole Montillet
1128	16	8 January 2005		GS 298	Tina Maze	Geneviève Simard	Allison Forsyth
1129	17	9 January 2005		SL 334	Marlies Schild	Kristina Koznick	Monika Bergmann
1130	18	12 January 2005	Cortina d'Ampezzo	SG 131	Renate Götschl	Anja Pärson	Martina Ertl
1131	19	14 January 2005		SG 132	Renate Götschl	Lindsey Kildow	Silvia Berger
1132	20	15 January 2005		DH 292	Renate Götschl	Janica Kostelić	Lindsey Kildow
1133	21	16 January 2005		DH 293	Michaela Dorfmeister	Renate Götschl	Hilde Gerg
1134	22	20 January 2005	Zagreb	SL 335	Tanja Poutiainen	Kristina Koznick	Marlies Schild
1135	23	22 January 2005	Maribor	GS 299	Tina Maze	Karen Putzer	Martina Ertl
1136	24	23 January 2005		SL 336	Anja Pärson	Janica Kostelić	Tanja Poutiainen
World Championships (28 January–13 February)
1137	25	19 February 2005	Åre	SG 133	Michaela Dorfmeister	Alexandra Meissnitzer	Lucia Recchia
1138	26	20 February 2005		GS 300	María José Rienda Contreras	Nicole Hosp	Anja Pärson
1139	27	25 February 2005	San Sicario	SG 134	Anja Pärson	Isolde Kostner	Michaela Dorfmeister Tina Maze
1140	28	26 February 2005		DH 294	Anja Pärson	Janica Kostelić	Hilde Gerg
1141	29	27 February 2005		SC 073	Janica Kostelić	Anja Pärson	Emily Brydon
1142	30	10 March 2005	Lenzerheide	DH 295	Renate Götschl	Ingrid Jacquemod	Hilde Gerg
1143	31	11 March 2005		SG 135	Michaela Dorfmeister	Marlies Schild	Anja Pärson
1144	32	12 March 2005		SL 337	Sarah Schleper	Janica Kostelić	Nicole Hosp
1145	33	13 March 2005		GS 301	María José Rienda Contreras	Tanja Poutiainen	Nicole Hosp

Men

At the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide only the best racers were allowed to compete and only the best 15 finishers were awarded with points.

Overall

Place	Name	Country	Total
1	Bode Miller	United States	1648
2	Benjamin Raich	Austria	1454
3	Hermann Maier	Austria	1295
4	Michael Walchhofer	Austria	1012
5	Daron Rahlves	United States	984
6	Didier Défago	Switzerland	684
7	Lasse Kjus	Norway	580
8	Fritz Strobl	Austria	537
9	Kalle Palander	Finland	530
10	Hans Grugger	Austria	521

Downhill

Main article: 2005 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's downhill

In men's downhill World Cup 2004/05 the all results count.

Place	Name	Country	Total	2	5	8	12	16	17	21	26	27	31	33
1	Michael Walchhofer	Austria	681	60	60	60	11	80	60	100	100	100	-	50
2	Bode Miller	United States	618	100	100	50	18	18	32	60	60	50	50	80
3	Hermann Maier	Austria	451	45	29	5	-	24	32	50	80	36	100	50
4	Daron Rahlves	United States	444	50	80	36	18	40	45	-	45	45	45	40
5	Hans Grugger	Austria	418	13	22	9	60	100	100	20	50	12	14	18
6	Fritz Strobl	Austria	379	-	32	26	50	60	-	22	40	60	29	60
7	Werner Franz	Austria	254	10	-	100	20	26	12	45	26	4	11	-
8	Mario Scheiber	Austria	247	2	6	6	4	-	50	6	13	80	80	-
9	Christoph Gruber	Austria	242	-	14	14	-	29	40	80	14	15	36	-
10	Marco Büchel	Liechtenstein	237	8	24	80	12	-	6	7	-	24	40	36

Super G

Main article: 2005 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's super G

In men's super G World Cup 2004/05 all results count.

Place	Name	Country	Total	3	4	11	24	28	32	34
1	Bode Miller	United States	470	100	80	50	45	50	45	100
2	Hermann Maier	Austria	453	80	32	80	100	32	100	29
3	Daron Rahlves	United States	362	45	15	22	80	40	60	100
4	Didier Défago	Switzerland	286	32	10	14	50	80	80	20
5	Michael Walchhofer	Austria	265	60	-	100	24	45	-	36
6	Benjamin Raich	Austria	262	40	26	60	36	26	50	24
7	Stephan Görgl	Austria	245	15	100	29	29	6	6	60
8	Marco Büchel	Liechtenstein	198	24	36	40	15	20	13	50
9	Mario Scheiber	Austria	166	36	60	24	12	10	24	-
10	Fritz Strobl	Austria	158	-	40	26	60	-	32	-
11	Aksel Lund Svindal	Norway	156	15	24	45	45	7	20	-
12	Christoph Gruber	Austria	151	9	-	22	20	100	-	-

Giant slalom

Main article: 2005 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's giant slalom

In men's giant slalom World Cup 2004/05 all results count.

Place	Name	Country	Total	1	6	9	13	14	19	29	35
1	Benjamin Raich	Austria	423	20	60	3	80	50	50	100	60
2	Bode Miller	United States	420	100	-	100	-	60	80	-	80
3	Thomas Grandi	Canada	366	36	20	24	100	100	22	40	24
4	Hermann Maier	Austria	362	16	80	60	60	3	13	80	50
5	Massimiliano Blardone	Italy	345	80	18	20	36	12	100	50	29
6	Kalle Palander	Finland	303	60	15	40	-	32	60	60	36
7	Lasse Kjus	Norway	258	-	100	80	-	11	45	22	-
8	Davide Simoncelli	Italy	207	5	36	50	22	40	18	36	-
9	Stephan Görgl	Austria	206	3	45	26	6	-	-	26	100
10	Fredrik Nyberg	Sweden	203	32	-	18	15	24	40	29	45

Slalom

Main article: 2005 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's slalom

In men's slalom World Cup 2004/05 all results count.

Place	Name	Country	Total	7	10	15	18	22	23	25	30	36
1	Benjamin Raich	Austria	552	100	50	40	80	60	32	80	60	50
2	Rainer Schönfelder	Austria	408	60	29	80	29	-	50	50	50	60
3	Manfred Pranger	Austria	396	36	36	24	32	50	100	100	18	-
4	Giorgio Rocca	Italy	390	80	-	100	100	-	-	10	100	-
5	Alois Vogl	Germany	310	-	22	60	22	100	26	-	-	80
6	Mario Matt	Austria	294	29	-	45	40	-	80	-	-	100
7	Ivica Kostelić	Croatia	263	-	-	36	45	80	60	-	16	26
8	Manfred Mölgg	Italy	256	24	32	-	26	24	40	36	29	45
9	André Myhrer	Sweden	247	45	18	-	-	12	-	60	80	32
10	Kalle Palander	Finland	227	50	60	-	50	-	16	-	22	29
11	Markus Larsson	Sweden	191	12	-	-	60	45	29	-	45	-
12	Silvan Zurbriggen	Switzerland	170	11	80	-	36	32	-	11	-	-
13	Jean-Pierre Vidal	France	152	-	14	11	-	11	20	45	15	36
14	Akira Sasaki	Japan	144	22	45	26	-	29	-	-	-	22
15	Bode Miller	United States	140	-	100	-	-	-	-	-	-	40

Super combined

Main article: 2005 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's combined

In men's combined World Cup 2004/05 only one competition was held.

Place	Name	Country	Total	20
1	Benjamin Raich	Austria	100	100
2	Lasse Kjus	Norway	80	80
3	Didier Défago	Switzerland	60	60
4	Daniel Albrecht	Switzerland	50	50
5	Kjetil André Aamodt	Norway	45	45
6	Pierrick Bourgeat	France	40	40
7	Christoph Gruber	Austria	36	36
8	Peter Fill	Italy	32	32
9	Markus Larsson	Sweden	29	29
	Hermann Maier	Austria	29	29

Ladies

At the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide only the best racers were allowed to compete and only the best 15 finishers were awarded with points.

Overall

Place	Name	Country	Total
1	Anja Pärson	Sweden	1359
2	Janica Kostelić	Croatia	1356
3	Renate Götschl	Austria	1295
4	Michaela Dorfmeister	Austria	1122
5	Tanja Poutiainen	Finland	1039
6	Lindsey Kildow	United States	914
7	Hilde Gerg	Germany	799
8	Marlies Schild	Austria	668
9	Julia Mancuso	United States	659
10	Tina Maze	Slovenia	650

Downhill

Main article: 2005 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's downhill

In women's downhill World Cup 2004/05 all results count. Renate Götschl won her fourth Downhill World Cup.

Place	Name	Country	Total	5	6	14	15	20	21	28	30
1	Renate Götschl	Austria	567	45	80	50	80	100	80	32	100
2	Hilde Gerg	Germany	495	60	100	60	45	50	60	60	60
3	Michaela Dorfmeister	Austria	432	50	32	100	15	45	100	50	40
4	Janica Kostelić	Croatia	387	20	26	36	45	80	50	80	50
5	Lindsey Kildow	United States	384	100	45	80	50	60	13	36	-
6	Ingrid Jacquemod	France	298	18	16	18	100	40	12	14	80
7	Carole Montillet	France	284	80	60	45	60	12	5	4	18
8	Anja Pärson	Sweden	209	15	14	1	-	2	45	100	32
9	Sylviane Berthod	Switzerland	207	36	22	40	11	18	40	40	-
10	Julia Mancuso	United States	170	16	-	9	20	14	32	29	50

Super G

Main article: 2005 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's super G

In women's super G World Cup 2004/05 all results count.

Place	Name	Country	Total	7	8	10	18	19	25	27	31
1	Michaela Dorfmeister	Austria	493	100	20	50	45	18	100	60	100
2	Renate Götschl	Austria	416	80	-	29	100	100	26	36	45
3	Lindsey Kildow	United States	396	60	20	80	50	80	36	20	50
4	Anja Pärson	Sweden	359	22	32	20	80	-	45	100	60
5	Hilde Gerg	Germany	296	50	26	100	14	29	32	45	-
6	Alexandra Meissnitzer	Austria	276	6	100	4	26	40	80	-	20
7	Janica Kostelić	Croatia	257	45	40	15	20	26	50	45	16
8	Lucia Recchia	Italy	240	-	80	45	24	-	60	15	16
9	Tina Maze	Slovenia	236	12	60	40	6	24	16	60	18
10	Martina Ertl	Germany	224	40	-	12	60	36	18	18	40

Giant slalom

Main article: 2005 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's giant slalom

In women's giant slalom World Cup 2004/05 all results count.

Place	Name	Country	Total	1	2	11	12	16	23	26	33
1	Tanja Poutiainen	Finland	461	80	100	45?	80	40	36	-	80
2	Anja Pärson	Sweden	410	100	80	80	-	40	50	60	-
3	María José Rienda Contreras	Spain	384	60	-	60	40	-	24	100	100
4	Tina Maze	Slovenia	366	-	20	100	8	100	100	16	22
5	Geneviève Simard	Canada	241	7	14	26	16	80	22	36	40
6	Nicole Hosp	Austria	238	29	-	24	-	-	45	80	60
7	Martina Ertl	Germany	230	45	45	4	26	-	60	14	36
	Julia Mancuso	United States	230	16	-	40	-	50	45	50	29
9	Karen Putzer	Italy	226	26	29	50	-	15	80	8	18
10	Elisabeth Görgl	Austria	225	20	26	-	60	24	-	45	50

Slalom

Main article: 2005 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's slalom

In women's slalom World Cup 2004/05 all results count.

Place	Name	Country	Total	3	4	9	13	17	22	24	32
1	Tanja Poutiainen	Finland	570	60	100	100	60	40	100	60	50
2	Janica Kostelić	Croatia	400	100	-	60	80	-	-	80	80
3	Marlies Schild	Austria	376	-	-	80	100	100	60	36	-
4	Kristina Koznick	United States	355	40	60	26	24	80	80	45	-
5	Sarah Schleper	United States	337	24	16	36	45	26	40	50	100
6	Anja Pärson	Sweden	301	80	-	50	45	-	-	100	26
7	Nicole Hosp	Austria	204	50	-	-	15	29	50	-	60
8	Monika Bergmann-Schmuderer	Germany	194	36	-	32	50	60	-	16	-
9	Veronika Zuzulová	Slovakia	185	22	32	11	26	50	24	20	-
10	Nika Fleiss	Croatia	183	7	29	29	13	15	32	18	40

Women's super combined

Main article: 2005 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's combined

In women's combined World Cup 2004/05 only one competition was held.

Place	Name	Country	Total	29
1	Janica Kostelić	Croatia	100	100
2	Anja Pärson	Sweden	80	80
3	Emily Brydon	Canada	60	60
4	Nicole Hosp	Austria	50	50
5	Lindsey Kildow	United States	45	45
6	Julia Mancuso	United States	40	40
7	Renate Götschl	Austria	36	36
8	Resi Stiegler	United States	32	32
9	Marlies Schild	Austria	29	29
10	Brigitte Acton	Canada	26	26

Footnotes

1. Super giant slalom from Kitzbühel was rescheduled from 21 to 24 January 2005.
2. Downhill from Kitzbühel was rescheduled to Garmisch-Partenkirchen on 18 February 2005.