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FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 1996/97
Discipline Men Women
Overall France Luc Alphand Sweden Pernilla Wiberg
Downhill France Luc Alphand Austria Renate Götschl
Super G France Luc Alphand Germany Hilde Gerg
Giant Slalom  Switzerland  Michael von Grünigen Italy Deborah Compagnoni
Slalom Austria Thomas Sykora Sweden Pernilla Wiberg
Nations Cup Austria Austria Germany Germany
Nations Cup overall Austria Austria
Competition
Locations 19 15
Individual 37 32

The 31st World Cup season began in October 1996 in Sölden, Austria, and concluded in March 1997 in the United States at the World Cup finals at Vail, Colorado. The overall winners were Luc Alphand of France and Pernilla Wiberg of Sweden, the only championship for each.

Alphand, who won by just 34 points, became the first male French overall winner in 29 years, since Jean-Claude Killy in 1968.[1] After his overall victory, as well as discipline titles in both downhill (his third straight) and super-G (the only two events in which Alphand competed during the season),[1] Alphand retired from international competition. Five-time overall World Cup champion Marc Girardelli of Luxembourg also retired during the season after suffering another knee injury during a race in December 1996.

A break in the schedule was for the World Championships, held 3–15 February in Sestriere, northwestern Italy.

Place Name Country Total
1 Luc Alphand  France 1130
2 Kjetil André Aamodt  Norway 1096
3 Josef Strobl  Austria 1021
4 Kristian Ghedina  Italy 990
5 Michael von Grünigen    Switzerland 867
6 Andreas Schifferer  Austria 781
7 Hans Knauss  Austria 756
8 Thomas Sykora  Austria 697
9 Thomas Stangassinger  Austria 670
10 Werner Franz  Austria 660
Place Name Country Total
1 Luc Alphand  France 779
2 Kristian Ghedina  Italy 700
3 Fritz Strobl  Austria 571
4 Werner Franz  Austria 517
5 Josef Strobl  Austria 470
Place Name Country Total
1 Luc Alphand  France 351
2 Josef Strobl  Austria 333
3 Andreas Schifferer  Austria 256
4 Hermann Maier  Austria 230
5 Kristian Ghedina  Italy 218
Place Name Country Total
1 Michael von Grünigen    Switzerland 660
2 Kjetil André Aamodt  Norway 387
3 Hans Knauss  Austria 349
4 Steve Locher    Switzerland 305
5 Fredrik Nyberg  Sweden 292
Place Name Country Total
1 Thomas Sykora  Austria 695
2 Thomas Stangassinger  Austria 670
3 Finn Christian Jagge  Norway 374
4 Sébastien Amiez  France 373
5 Alberto Tomba  Italy 352
Place Name Country Total
1 Kjetil André Aamodt  Norway 160
2 Lasse Kjus  Norway 100
Günther Mader  Austria 100
4 Paul Accola    Switzerland 90
5 Werner Franz  Austria 89
Place Name Country Total
1 Pernilla Wiberg  Sweden 1960
2 Katja Seizinger  Germany 1424
3 Hilde Gerg  Germany 1150
4 Deborah Compagnoni  Italy 967
5 Isolde Kostner  Italy 833
6 Heidi Zurbriggen    Switzerland 785
7 Anita Wachter  Austria 741
8 Renate Götschl  Austria 647
9 Martina Ertl-Renz  Germany 620
10 Warwara Zelenskaja  Russia 604
Place Name Country Total
1 Renate Götschl  Austria 483
2 Heidi Zurbriggen    Switzerland 466
3 Varvara Zelenskaya  Russia 423
4 Pernilla Wiberg  Sweden 412
5 Katja Seizinger  Germany 405
Place Name Country Total
1 Hilde Gerg  Germany 490
2 Katja Seizinger  Germany 474
3 Pernilla Wiberg  Sweden 449
4 Isolde Kostner  Italy 355
5 Martina Ertl  Germany 248
Place Name Country Total
1 Deborah Compagnoni  Italy 560
2 Katja Seizinger  Germany 420
3 Anita Wachter  Austria 378
4 Karin Roten    Switzerland 258
5 Pernilla Wiberg  Sweden 229
Sabina Panzanini  Italy 229
Place Name Country Total
1 Pernilla Wiberg  Sweden 770
2 Claudia Riegler  New Zealand 418
3 Deborah Compagnoni  Italy 407
4 Lara Magoni  Italy 391
5 Patricia Chauvet  France 347
Place Name Country Total
1 Pernilla Wiberg  Sweden 100
2 Hilde Gerg  Germany 80
3 Anita Wachter  Austria 60
4 Sibylle Brauner  Germany 50
5 Catherine Borghi    Switzerland 45