The 23rd

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season began in November 1988 in Austria and concluded in March 1989 in Japan. The overall champions were

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of Luxembourg (his third) and

Vreni Schneider Verena "Vreni" Schneider (born 26 November 1964) is a retired ski racer from Switzerland. She is the most successful alpine ski racer of her country, the fourth most successful female ski racer ever (after Lindsey Vonn, Annemarie Moser-Pröll a ...

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

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. 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

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, Colorado, USA.

Calendar

Source:

Men

Ladies

Men

Overall

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

won his third Overall World Cup.

Downhill

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

Super-G

'' see complete table'' In Men's Super-G World Cup 1988/89 all four results count.

Pirmin Zurbriggen Pirmin Zurbriggen (born 4 February 1963) is a former FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, World Cup Alpine skiing, alpine ski racer from Switzerland. One of the most successful ski racers ever, he won the overall World Cup title four times, an Alpine skiing ...

won his third Super-G World Cup in a row. All events were won by a different racer.

Giant Slalom

'' see complete table'' In Men's Giant Slalom World Cup 1988/89 all results count.

Ole Kristian Furuseth Ole Kristian Furuseth (born 7 January 1967) is a retired Norwegian alpine skier. He scored his first World Cup victory in Furano in 1989 and his final World Cup victory in Bormio in 2000, and in total he has three World Cup victories in gian ...

won Giant Slalom World Cup (20 points two times).

Slalom

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

Combined

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

Ladies

Overall

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

Downhill

'' see complete table'' In Women's Downhill World Cup 1988/89 all results count.

Michela Figini Michela Figini (born 7 April 1966) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland. She is an Olympic, World Cup and world champion. Career Figini made her World Cup debut at age 16 in January 1983 and won the downhill at the 1984 Win ...

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 Maria Walliser (born 27 May 1963) is a Swiss former alpine skiing, alpine skier. Career Walliser grew up in Mosnang, the daughter of a wealthy cattle breeder. She made her World Cup debut in 1980. Together with her fellow Swiss Erika Hess, Miche ...

was able to take two wins. The second consecutive season that saw only wins by Swiss athletes!

Super-G

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

Giant Slalom

'' see complete table'' In Women's Giant Slalom World Cup 1988/89 all results count.

won her third Giant Slalom World Cup by winning 6 races out of 7. Only her teammate

was able to win a single race.

Slalom

'' see complete table'' In Women's Slalom World Cup 1988/89 all results count.

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

was able to win nine world cup slalom races in a row!

Combined

'' see complete table'' 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).

Nations Cup

Overall

Men

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

Ladies

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.

References

External links

FIS-ski.com
- World Cup standings - 1989 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup

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