The 1996/97 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup was the eighteenth World Cup season in freestyle skiing organised by International Ski Federation. The season started on 5 December 1996 and ended on 15 March 1997. This season included five disciplines: aerials, moguls, dual moguls, ballet and combined.
This season combined events were last time on world cup calendar for men and none for ladies. Dual moguls counted as season title and was awarded with small crystal globe separately from moguls.
Men
Moguls DatePlaceEventWinnerSecondThird4 1 8 December 1996 Tignes DM Jean-Luc Brassard Garth Hager Dominick Gauthier5 2 15 December 1996 La Plagne DM Thony Hemery Johann Gregoire Jesper Rönnback6 3 18 January 1997 Blackcomb DM Thony Hemery Yugo Tsukita Petsch Moser7 4 21 February 1997 Kirchberg DM Thony Hemery Sean Smith Jesper Rönnback8 5 28 February 1997 Meiringen-Hasliberg DM Fabrice Ougier Jonas Jonell Sergei Karpetchenko9 6 15 March 1997 Hundfjället DM Thony Hemery Jonny Moseley Fabrice Ougier161 1 6 December 1996 Tignes MO Jesper Rönnback Andrei Ivanov Ryan Johnson162 2 13 December 1996 La Plagne MO Jonny Moseley Jesper Rönnback Jean-Luc Brassard163 3 9 January 1997 Mont Tremblant MO Jesper Rönnback Stéphane Rochon Jean-Luc Brassard164 4 12 January 1997 Lake Placid MO Jean-Luc Brassard Jonny Moseley Fabrice Ougier165 5 24 January 1997 Breckenridge MO Ryan Johnson Stéphane Rochon Thony Hemery 166 6 7 March 1997 Altenmarkt-Zauchensee MO Jean-Luc Brassard Stéphane Rochon Thony Hemery167 7 13 March 1997 HundfjälletMO Thony Hemery Stéphane Rochon Jean-Luc Brassard
Aerials DatePlaceEventWinnerSecondThird159 1 7 December 1996 Tignes AE Alexis Blanc Sébastien Foucras Jeff Bean160 2 14 December 1996 La Plagne AE Sébastien Foucras Eric Bergoust Nicolas Fontaine161 3 19 December 1996 Piancavallo AE Matt Chojnacki Sébastien Foucras Mariano Ferrario162 4 8 January 1997 Mont Tremblant AE Christian Rijavec Lloyd Langlois Sébastien Foucras163 5 11 January 1997 Lake Placid AE Lloyd Langlois Christian Rijavec Jean-Damien Climonet164 6 19 January 1997 Blackcomb AE Nicolas Fontaine Lloyd Langlois Matt Chojnacki165 7 25 January 1997 Breckenridge AE Joe Pack Jean-Damien Climonet Dmitri Dashinski166 8 26 January 1997 Breckenridge AE Nicolas Fontaine Darcy Downs David Belhumeur167 9 20 February 1997 Kirchberg AE Jeff Bean Nicolas Fontaine Andy Capicik168 10 2 March 1997 Meiringen-Hasliberg AE Eric Bergoust Andy Messerli Jean-Damien Climonet169 11 7 March 1997 Altenmarkt-Zauchensee AE Nicolas Fontaine Jean-Damien Climonet Andy Capicik170 12 14 March 1997 Hundfjället AE Christian Rijavec David Belhumeur Eric Bergoust
Ballet DatePlaceEventWinnerSecondThird159 1 5 December 1996 Tignes AC Heini Baumgartner Steven Roxberg Konrad Hilpert160 2 21 December 1996 Piancavallo AC Heini Baumgartner Fabrice Becker Ian Edmondson161 3 13 January 1997 Lake Placid AC Fabrice Becker Steven Roxberg Ian Edmondson162 4 17 January 1997 Blackcomb AC Fabrice Becker Heini Baumgartner Ian Edmondson163 5 23 January 1997 Breckenridge AC Fabrice Becker Heini Baumgartner Ian Edmondson164 6 19 February 1997 Kirchberg AC Fabrice Becker Antti Inberg Steven Roxberg165 7 1 March 1997 Meiringen-Hasliberg AC Ian Edmondson Fabrice Becker Antti Inberg166 8 8 March 1997 Altenmarkt-Zauchensee AC Heini Baumgartner Ian Edmondson Fabrice Becker167 9 12 March 1997 Hundfjället AC Ian Edmondson Fabrice Becker Konrad Hilpert
Combined DatePlaceEventWinnerSecondThird143 1 13 January 1997 Lake Placid CO Toben Sutherland Chad St. Onge information is not available144 2 25 January 1997 Breckenridge CO Toben Sutherland Darcy Downs Chad St. Onge145 3 8 March 1997 Altenmarkt-Zauchensee CO Darcy Downs Ondřej Vokatý Toben Sutherland146 4 12 March 1997 Hundfjället CO Toben Sutherland Darcy Downs information is not available
Ladies
Moguls DatePlaceEventWinnerSecondThird4 1 8 December 1996 Tignes DM Liz McIntyre Ann Battelle Candice Gilg5 2 15 December 1996 La Plagne DM Minna Karhu Donna Weinbrecht Tatjana Mittermayer6 3 18 January 1997 Blackcomb DM Marja Elfman Candice Gilg Minna Karhu7 4 21 February 1997 Kirchberg DM Candice Gilg Ann Battelle Kari Traa 8 5 28 February 1997 Meiringen-Hasliberg DM Kari Traa Minna Karhu Marja Elfman9 6 15 March 1997 Hundfjället DM Marja Elfman Liz McIntyre Candice Gilg161 1 6 December 1996 Tignes MO Tatjana Mittermayer Candice Gilg Minna Karhu162 2 13 December 1996 La Plagne MO Tatjana Mittermayer Donna Weinbrecht Ann Battelle163 3 9 January 1997 Mont Tremblant MO Kari Traa Candice Gilg Donna Weinbrecht164 4 12 January 1997 Lake Placid MO Kari Traa Tatjana Mittermayer Liz McIntyre165 5 24 January 1997 Breckenridge MO Donna Weinbrecht Kari Traa Minna Karhu166 6 7 March 1997 Altenmarkt-Zauchensee MO Donna Weinbrecht Candice Gilg Tatjana Mittermayer167 7 13 March 1997 HundfjälletMO Ann Battelle Tatjana Mittermayer Minna Karhu
Aerials DatePlaceEventWinnerSecondThird161 1 7 December 1996 Tignes AE Veronica Brenner Karin Kuster Evelyne Leu162 2 15 December 1996 La Plagne AE Veronica Brenner Michèle Rohrbach Stacey Blumer163 3 8 January 1997 Mont Tremblant AE Veronica Brenner Michèle Rohrbach Caroline Olivier 164 4 11 January 1997 Lake Placid AE Kirstie Marshall Michèle Rohrbach Caroline Olivier165 5 19 January 1997 Blackcomb AE Caroline Olivier Veronica Brenner Hilde Synnøve Lid166 6 25 January 1997 Breckenridge AE Kirstie Marshall Guo Dandan Stacey Blumer167 7 26 January 1997 Breckenridge AE Veronica Brenner Nikki Stone Michèle Rohrbach168 8 20 February 1997 Kirchberg AE Caroline Olivier Veronica Brenner Natalia Orekhova169 9 2 March 1997 Meiringen-Hasliberg AE Kirstie Marshall Jacqui Cooper Veronica Brenner170 10 7 March 1997 Altenmarkt-Zauchensee AE Kirstie Marshall Xu Nannan Jacqui Cooper171 11 14 March 1997 Hundfjället AE Kirstie Marshall Nikki Stone Veronica Brenner
Ballet DatePlaceEventWinnerSecondThird160 1 5 December 1996 Tignes AC Elena Batalova Oksana Kushenko Åsa Magnusson 161 2 21 December 1996 Piancavallo AC Elena Batalova Annika Johansson Oksana Kushenko162 3 13 January 1997 Lake Placid AC Oksana Kushenko Annika Johansson Åsa Magnusson163 4 17 January 1997 Blackcomb AC Oksana Kushenko Annika Johansson Åsa Magnusson164 5 23 January 1997 Breckenridge AC Elena Batalova Oksana Kushenko Annika Johansson165 6 19 February 1997 Kirchberg AC Oksana Kushenko Natalia Razumovskaya Åsa Magnusson166 7 1 March 1997 Meiringen-Hasliberg AC Elena Batalova Oksana Kushenko Natalia Razumovskaya167 8 8 March 1997 Altenmarkt-Zauchensee AC Elena Batalova Natalia Razumovskaya Oksana Kushenko168 9 12 March 1997 Hundfjället AC Elena Batalova Oksana Kushenko Annika Johansson
Men's standings
Overall RankPoints 1 Darcy Downs 120 2 Fabrice Becker 111 3 Heini Baumgartner 95 4 Jean-Luc Brassard 95 5 Ian Edmondson 95 Standings after 38 races.
Moguls RankPoints 1 Jean-Luc Brassard 476 2 Stéphane Rochon 468 3 Jesper Rönnbäck 444 4 Thony Hemery 440 5 Jonny Moseley 396 Standings after 7 races.
Aerials RankPoints 1 Nicolas Fontaine 824 2 Jean-Damien Climonet 784 3 Andy Capicik 728 4 David Belhumeur 704 5 Jeff Bean 612 Standings after 12 races.
Ballet RankPoints 1 Fabrice Becker 688 2 Heini Baumgartner 668 3 Ian Edmondson 664 4 Steven Roxberg 612 5 Antti Inberg 612 Standings after 9 races.
Dual moguls RankPoints 1 Thony Hemery 404 2 Jean-Luc Brassard 368 3 Garth Hager 332 4 Sean Smith 332 5 Jonny Moseley 320 Standings after 6 races.
Combined RankPoints 1 Toben Sutherland 392 2 Darcy Downs 292 3 information is not available 4 information is not available 5 Aleš Valenta 88 Standings after 4 races.
Ladies' standings
Overall RankPoints 1 Stacey Blumer 100 2 Elena Batalova 100 3 Katherina Kubenk 99 4 Veronica Brenner 97 5 Tatjana Mittermayer 97 Standings after 33 races.
Moguls RankPoints 1 Tatjana Mittermayer 484 2 Candice Gilg 464 3 Minna Karhu 444 4 Donna Weinbrecht 432 5 Ann Battelle 432 Standings after 7 races.
Aerials RankPoints 1 Veronica Brenner 776 2 Kirstie Marshall 728 3 Caroline Olivier 708 4 Michèle Rohrbach 688 5 Jacqui Cooper 684 Standings after 11 races.
Ballet RankPoints 1 Elena Batalova 700 2 Oksana Kushenko 676 3 Annika Johansson 648 4 Åsa Magnusson 624 5 Raquel Gutiérrez 564 Standings after 9 races.
Dual moguls RankPoints 1 Candice Gilg 444 2 Minna Karhu 440 3 Liz McIntyre 412 4 Ann Battelle 388 5 Marja Elfman 368 Standings after 6 races.
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