The 1997/98 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup was the nineteenth World Cup season in freestyle skiing organised by International Ski Federation. The season started on 1 August 1997 and ended on 15 March 1998. This season included four disciplines: aerials, moguls, dual moguls and ballet. Dual moguls counted as season title and was awarded with small crystal globe separately from moguls.
Men
Moguls DatePlaceEventWinnerSecondThird10 1 6 December 1997 Tignes DM Jean-Luc Brassard Jesper Rönnback Fabrice Ougier11 2 28 February 1998 Châtel DM Johann Gregoire Kurre Lansburgh Travis Ramos12 3 2 March 1998 Châtel DM Fabrice Ougier Adrian Costa Stéphane Rochon13 4 10 March 1998 Hundfjället DM Jesper Rönnback Dominick Gauthier Sami Mustonen14 5 15 March 1998 Altenmarkt-Zauchensee DM Johann Gregoire Jesper Rönnbäck Stian Overå168 1 5 December 1998 Tignes MO Thony Hemery Jonny Moseley Laurent Niol169 2 19 December 1997 La Plagne MO Jonny Moseley Jean François Cusson Stéphane Rochon170 3 20 December 1997 La Plagne MO Jonny Moseley Fabrice Ougier Lauri Lassila171 4 11 January 1998 Mont Tremblant MO Jean-Luc Brassard Dominick Gauthier Julien Regnier-Lafforgue172 5 24 January 1998 Blackcomb MO Jean-Luc Brassard Lauri Lassila Yugo Tsukita173 6 30 January 1998 Breckenridge MO Jonny Moseley Evan Dybvig Lauri Lassila174 7 9 March 1998 Hundfjället MO Jonny Moseley Jesper Rönnback Janne Lahtela175 8 14 March 1998 Altenmarkt-Zauchensee MO Jonny Moseley Fabrice Ougier Jean-Luc Brassard
Aerials DatePlaceEventWinnerSecondThird171 1 1 August 1997 Mt. Buller AE Nicolas Fontaine Matt Chojnacki Andy Capicik172 2 2 August 1997 Mt. Buller AE Eric Bergoust Britt Swartley Jeff Bean173 3 12 December 1997 Tignes AE Britt Swartley Mariano Ferrario Andy Capicik174 4 16 December 1997 Piancavallo AE Andy Capicik Nicolas Fontaine David Belhumeur175 5 10 January 1998 Mont Tremblant AE Vassili Vorobiov Eric Bergoust Britt Swartley176 6 25 January 1998 Blackcomb AE Eric Bergoust Nicolas Fontaine Jonathan Sweet177 7 31 January 1998 Breckenridge AE Kip Griffin David Belhumeur Nicolas Fontaine178 8 1 March 1998 Châtel AE Aleksandr Mikhaylov Nicolas Fontaine Andy Capicik179 9 7 March 1998 Meiringen-Hasliberg AE Nicolas Fontaine Aleksei Grishin Gerhard Melcher180 10 13 March 1998 Altenmarkt-Zauchensee AE Eric Bergoust Britt Swartley Nicolas Fontaine
Ballet DatePlaceEventWinnerSecondThird168 1 9 January 1998 Mont Tremblant AC Fabrice Becker Ian Edmondson Heini Baumgartner169 2 23 January 1998 Blackcomb AC Fabrice Becker Heini Baumgartner Ian Edmondson170 3 29 January 1998 Breckenridge AC Konrad Hilpert Steven Roxberg Ian Edmondson171 4 6 March 1998 Meiringen-Hasliberg AC Ian Edmondson Fabrice Becker Antti Inberg172 5 13 March 1998 Altenmarkt-Zauchensee AC Fabrice Becker Konrad Hilpert Heini Baumgartner173 6 13 March 1998 Altenmarkt-Zauchensee AC Ian Edmondson Heini Baumgartner Konrad Hilpert
Ladies
Moguls DatePlaceEventWinnerSecondThird10 1 6 December 1997 Tignes DM Candice Gilg Anne-Marie Pelchat Ann Battelle11 2 28 February 1998 Châtel DM Candice Gilg Marja Elfman Brooke Ballachey12 3 2 March 1998 Châtel DM Marja Elfman Brooke Ballachey Anne-Marie Pelchat13 4 10 March 1998 Hundfjället DM Kari Traa Candice Gilg Sandra Schmitt14 5 15 March 1998 Altenmarkt-Zauchensee DM Kari Traa Jenny Eidolf Jillian Vogtli168 1 5 December 1997 Tignes MO Liz McIntyre Marja Elfman Tatjana Mittermayer169 2 19 December 1997 La Plagne MO Anja Bolbjerg Candice Gilg Kari Traa170 3 20 December 1997 La Plagne MO Marja Elfman Ann Battelle Gabriele Rauscher171 4 11 January 1998 Mont Tremblant MO Candice Gilg Ann Battelle Tatjana Mittermayer172 5 24 January 1998 Blackcomb MO Ann Battelle Candice Gilg Kari Traa173 6 30 January 1998 Breckenridge MO Jenny Eidolf Sara Kjellin Kelly Ringstad174 7 9 March 1997 Hundfjället MO Tae Satoya Marja Elfman Kari Traa175 8 14 March 1998 Altenmarkt-Zauchensee MO Kari Traa Marja Elfman Tatjana Mittermayer
Aerials DatePlaceEventWinnerSecondThird172 1 1 August 1997 Mt. Buller AE Nikki Stone Veronica Brenner Caroline Olivier173 2 2 August 1997 Mt. Buller AE Guo Dandan Veronica Brenner Kirstie Marshall174 3 12 December 1997 Tignes AE Nikki Stone Colette Brand Caroline Olivier175 4 17 December 1997 Piancavallo AE Nikki Stone Veronica Brenner Jacqui Cooper176 5 10 January 1998 Mont Tremblant AE Ji Xiaoou Jacqui Cooper Kirstie Marshall177 6 25 January 1998 Blackcomb AE Nikki Stone Jacqui Cooper Natalia Orekhova178 7 31 January 1998 Breckenridge AE Jacqui Cooper Nikki Stone Colette Brand179 8 1 March 1998 Châtel AE Jacqui Cooper Kirstie Marshall Natalia Orekhova180 9 7 March 1998 Meiringen-Hasliberg AE Jacqui Cooper Nikki Stone Michèle Rohrbach181 10 13 March 1998 Altenmarkt-Zauchensee AE Kirstie Marshall Nikki Stone Natalia Orekhova
Ballet DatePlaceEventWinnerSecondThird169 1 9 January 1998 Mont Tremblant AC Elena Batalova Natalia Razumovskaya Annika Johansson170 2 23 January 1998 Blackcomb AC Natalia Razumovskaya Elena Batalova Zuzana Smiercakova171 3 29 January 1998 Breckenridge AC Elena Batalova Natalia Razumovskaya Oksana Kushenko172 4 6 March 1998 Meiringen-Hasliberg AC Elena Batalova Oksana Kushenko Annika Johansson173 5 13 March 1998 Altenmarkt-Zauchensee AC Elena Batalova Oksana Kushenko Åsa Magnusson174 6 13 March 1998 Altenmarkt-Zauchensee AC Oksana Kushenko Åsa Magnusson Elena Batalova
Men's standings
Overall RankPoints 1 Fabrice Becker 109 2 Jonny Moseley 99 3 Ian Edmondson 97 4 Nicolas Fontaine 96 5 Heini Baumgartner 94 Standings after 29 races.
Moguls RankPoints 1 Jonny Moseley 596 2 Jean-Luc Brassard 528 3 Lauri Lassila 500 4 Jesper Rönnbäck 472 5 Stéphane Rochon 472 Standings after 8 races.
Aerials RankPoints 1 Nicolas Fontaine 672 2 Andy Capicik 632 3 Britt Swartley 624 4 Eric Bergoust 592 5 Aleš Valenta 536 Standings after 10 races.
Ballet RankPoints 1 Fabrice Becker 388 2 Ian Edmondson 388 3 Heini Baumgartner 376 4 Konrad Hilpert 368 5 Steven Roxberg 340 Standings after 6 races.
Dual moguls RankPoints 1 Jesper Rönnbäck 364 2 Jean-Luc Brassard 316 3 Johann Gregoire 312 4 Fabrice Ougier 300 5 Stéphane Rochon 284 Standings after 5 races.
Ladies' standings
Overall RankPoints 1 Nikki Stone 98 2 Elena Batalova 98 3 Oksana Kushenko 96 4 Jacqui Cooper 94 5 Marja Elfman 93 Standings after 29 races.
Moguls RankPoints 1 Marja Elfman 560 2 Candice Gilg 536 3 Tatjana Mittermayer 532 4 Ann Battelle 524 5 Kari Traa 516 Standings after 8 races.
Aerials RankPoints 1 Nikki Stone 688 2 Jacqui Cooper 660 3 Kirstie Marshall 632 4 Caroline Olivier 596 5 Veronica Brenner 584 Standings after 10 races.
Ballet RankPoints 1 Elena Batalova 392 2 Oksana Kushenko 384 3 Natalia Razumovskaya 364 4 Åsa Magnusson 356 5 Annika Johansson 348 Standings after 6 races.
Dual moguls RankPoints 1 Kari Traa 344 2 Marja Elfman 340 3 Candice Gilg 336 4 Brooke Ballachey 308 5 Anne-Marie Pelchat 296 Standings after 5 races.
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