The 22nd World Cup season began in November 1987 in Italy and concluded in March 1988 in Austria. The overall champions were Pirmin Zurbriggen and Michela Figini, both of Switzerland. Zurbriggen won his third overall title; Figini her second.
Beginning this year, the limitation on the number of events that would count for overall and discipline championships, which had been present since the founding of the World Cup, was eliminated. The intent was to eliminate ties for discipline titles, although the first tiebreaker (number of wins) was retained; additionally, this would permit skiers to accumulate more points toward the overall title from their strongest disciplines.
A break in the schedule in February was for the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The alpine events were held at the new Nakiska ski area. As the Olympics was in the process of eliminating its prior ban on professionals being allowed to compete, Swedish star Ingemar Stenmark returned to the Olympics after having been banned in 1984 (although Stenmark still received his payments from sponsors at his Monaco address, not through the Swedish federation). Accordingly, from this point forward, skiers were able to turn professional and still continue to compete in the World Cup, which caused the demise of the former professional skiing circuit within a decade.
Calendar
Men + Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom, SG – Super giant slalom, KB – Combined, PS – Parallel slalom (Nations Cup ranking only)DatePlaceWinnerSecondThird603 1 27 November 1987 Sestriere SL 187 Alberto Tomba Jonas Nilsson Günther Mader604 2 29 November 1987 GS 166 Alberto Tomba Ingemar Stenmark Joël Gaspoz605 3 7 December 1987 Val d'Isère DH 178 Daniel Mahrer Pirmin Zurbriggen Michael Mair606 4 12 December 1987 Val Gardena DH 179 Rob Boyd Pirmin Zurbriggen Brian Stemmle 607 5 13 December 1987 Alta Badia GS 167 Alberto Tomba Rudolf Nierlich Joël Gaspoz Hans Pieren608 6 16 December 1987 Madonna di Campiglio SL 188 Alberto Tomba Rudolf Nierlich Bojan Križaj609 7 19 December 1987 Kranjska Gora GS 168 Helmut Mayer Pirmin Zurbriggen Hubert Strolz 610 8 20 December 1987 SL 189 Alberto Tomba Richard Pramotton Günther MaderNations Cup 22 December 1987 Bormio PS ncr Pirmin Zurbriggen Joël Gaspoz Martin Hangl611 9 9 January 1988 Val d'Isère DH 180 Pirmin Zurbriggen Anton Steiner Marc Girardelli612 10 10 January 1988 SG 023 Markus Wasmeier Franck Piccard Pirmin Zurbriggen613 11 12 January 1988 Lienz SL 190 Bernhard Gstrein Alberto Tomba Jonas Nilsson614 12 16 January 1988 Bad Kleinkirchheim DH 181 Peter Müller Pirmin Zurbriggen Franck Piccard615 13 17 January 1988 SL 191 Alberto Tomba Thomas Stangassinger Bernhard Gstrein616 14 17 January 1988 KB 052 Hubert Strolz Markus Wasmeier Franck Piccard617 15 19 January 1988 Saas-Fee GS 169 Alberto Tomba Günther Mader Helmut Mayer 618 16 23 January 1988 Leukerbad DH 182 Michael Mair Giorgio Piantanida Werner Perathoner619 17 24 January 1988 DH 183 Daniel Mahrer Franz Heinzer Igor Cigolla620 18 25 January 1988 SG 024 Felix Belczyk Pirmin Zurbriggen Heinz Holzer621 19 29 January 1988 Schladming DH 184 Pirmin Zurbriggen Franz Heinzer Peter Dürr622 20 30 January 1988 GS 170 Rudolf Nierlich Hubert Strolz Helmut Mayer1988 Winter Olympics (15–27 February)623 21 11 March 1988 Beaver Creek DH 185 Franz Heinzer Christophe Ple Marc Girardelli624 22 12 March 1988 DH 186 Peter Müller Donald Stevens Marc Girardelli625 23 13 March 1988 SG 025 Franck Piccard Markus Wasmeier Marc Girardelli626 24 19 March 1988 Åre SL 192 Alberto Tomba Felix McGrath Günther Mader627 25 20 March 1988 DH 187 Karl Alpiger Danilo Sbardellotto Franz Heinzer628 26 20 March 1988 KB 053 Günther Mader Pirmin Zurbriggen Hubert Strolz629 27 22 March 1988 Oppdal SL 193 Alberto Tomba Tetsuya Okabe Paul Frommelt630 28 24 March 1988 Saalbach SG 026 Martin Hangl Hubert Strolz Marc Girardelli631 29 25 March 1988 GS 171 Martin Hangl Marc Girardelli Pirmin Zurbriggen632 30 26 March 1988 SL 194 Paul Frommelt Armin Bittner Hubert StrolzNations Cup 27 March 1988 Saalbach PS ncr Alberto Tomba Pirmin Zurbriggen Helmut Mayer
Ladies + Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom, SG – Super giant slalom, KB – Combined, PS – Parallel slalom (Nations Cup ranking only)DatePlaceWinnerSecondThird556 1 26 November 1987 Sestriere SL 184 Blanca Fernández Ochoa Mateja Svet Vreni Schneider 557 2 28 November 1987 SG 019 Sigrid Wolf Mateja Svet Sylvia Eder558 3 30 November 1987 Courmayeur SL 185 Anita Wachter Ida Ladstätter Ulrike Maier559 4 4 December 1987 Val d'Isère DH 149 Maria Walliser Michela Figini Zoë Haas560 5 5 December 1987 DH 150 Chantal Bournissen Marina Kiehl Ulrike Stanggassinger561 6 11 December 1987 Leukerbad DH 151 Michela Figini Sigrid Wolf Brigitte Oertli562 7 12 December 1987 SG 020 Michela Figini Sylvia Eder Regine Mösenlechner563 8 13 December 1987 SL 186 Ida Ladstätter Camilla Nilsson Blanca Fernández Ochoa564 9 13 December 1987 KB 047 Brigitte Oertli Anita Wachter Karen Percy565 10 19 December 1987 Piancavallo SL 187 Christa Kinshofer Patricia Chauvet Veronika Šarec566 11 20 December 1987 GS 160 Catherine Quittet Vreni Schneider Michela FiginiNations Cup 22 December 1987 Bormio PS ncr Brigitte Oertli Corinne Schmidhauser Michela Figini567 12 5 January 1988 Tignes GS 161 Vreni Schneider Catherine Quittet Carole Merle 568 13 6 January 1988 GS 162 Carole Merle Maria Walliser Blanca Fernández Ochoa 569 14 9 January 1988 Lech am Arlberg SG 021 Zoë Haas Catherine Quittet Michela Figini570 15 14 January 1988 Zinal DH 152 Michela Figini Karen Percy Petra Kronberger571 16 16 January 1988 DH 153 Maria Walliser Michela Figini Brigitte Oertli572 17 18 January 1988 Saas-Fee SL 188 Brigitte Oertli Vreni Schneider Patricia Chauvet573 18 23 January 1988 Bad Gastein DH 154 Beatrice Gafner Brigitte Oertli Veronika Wallinger574 19 24 January 1988 SL 189 Vreni Schneider Christa Kinshofer Corinne Schmidhauser575 20 24 January 1988 KB 048 Brigitte Oertli Vreni Schneider Petra Kronberger576 21 30 January 1988 Kranjska Gora GS 163 Mateja Svet Vreni Schneider Blanca Fernández Ochoa Anita Wachter577 22 31 January 1988 SL 190 Mateja Svet Vreni Schneider Roswitha Steiner 1988 Winter Olympics (15–27 February)578 23 5 March 1988 Aspen DH 155 Brigitte Oertli Regine Mösenlechner Heidi Zeller579 24 6 March 1988 SL 191 Roswitha Steiner Anita Wachter Monika Maierhofer580 25 7 March 1988 GS 164 Christina Meier Blanca Fernández Ochoa Ulrike Maier581 26 12 March 1988 Rossland DH 156 Michela Figini Brigitte Oertli Veronika Wallinger 582 27 13 March 1988 SG 022 Michela Figini Ulrike Maier Anita Wachter583 28 23 March 1988 Saalbach GS 165 Mateja Svet Anita Wachter Ulrike Maier Nations Cup 27 March 1988 Saalbach PS ncr Christina Meier Ulrike Maier Roswitha Steiner
Men
Overall
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In men's overall World Cup 1987/88 all results count. Pirmin Zurbriggen won his third Overall World Cup. The two parallel slaloms did not count for the Overall World Cup.
PlaceNameCountryTotal DH SG GS SL KB 1 Pirmin Zurbriggen 310 122 58 65 45 20 2 Alberto Tomba 281 0 29 82 170 0 3 Hubert Strolz 190 0 31 69 50 40 4 Günther Mader 189 2 24 57 69 37 5 Marc Girardelli 142 59 38 30 15 0 6 Markus Wasmeier 138 37 57 24 0 20 7 Franck Piccard 123 42 54 0 0 27 8 Franz Heinzer 112 94 10 0 0 8 9 Peter Müller 109 90 9 0 0 10 10 Michael Mair 108 108 0 0 0 0 11 Rob Boyd 100 94 0 0 0 6 12 Helmut Mayer 78 0 11 67 0 0 13 Martin Hangl 76 0 30 46 0 0 14 Leonhard Stock 72 42 30 0 0 0 15 Daniel Mahrer 68 64 4 0 0 0 Felix McGrath 68 0 0 8 53 7 17 Rudolf Nierlich 67 0 0 47 20 0 18 Bernhard Gstrein 66 0 0 17 49 0 19 Felix Belczyk 65 38 27 0 0 0 20 Christophe Plé 59 59 0 0 0 0
Downhill
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In men's downhill World Cup 1987/88 all results count.
PlaceNameCountryTotal 341013171820222326 1 Pirmin Zurbriggen 122 20 20 25 20 - 3 25 5 - 4 2 Michael Mair 108 15 11 11 4 25 8 - 12 10 12 3 Franz Heinzer 94 7 - - - - 20 20 25 7 15 Rob Boyd 94 11 25 - 11 7 9 - 10 11 10 5 Peter Müller 90 6 7 1 25 - - 6 11 25 9 6 Daniel Mahrer 64 25 2 - - - 25 12 - - - 7 Marc Girardelli 59 4 10 15 - - - - 15 15 - Christophe Plé 59 10 - 10 - 10 - - 20 9 - 9 Karl Alpiger 50 12 - 6 2 - - - 2 3 25 10 Danilo Sbardellotto 42 9 - - 6 - 7 - - - 20 Leonhard Stock 42 - 9 9 12 - - - - 5 7 Franck Piccard 42 - - 12 15 - - 10 - - 5
Super G
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In men's super G World Cup 1987/88 all four results count. Pirmin Zurbriggen won the cup without a single race-win. All events were won by a different racer.
PlaceNameCountryTotal 11192429 1 Pirmin Zurbriggen 58 15 20 12 11 2 Markus Wasmeier 57 25 12 20 - 3 Franck Piccard 54 20 - 25 9 4 Marc Girardelli 38 8 - 15 15 5 Hubert Strolz 31 4 - 7 20 6 Martin Hangl 30 5 - - 25 Leonhard Stock 30 10 - 10 10 8 Alberto Tomba 29 11 - 11 7 9 Felix Belczyk 27 - 25 2 - 10 Hans Enn 24 6 6 - 12 Günther Mader 24 12 3 8 1
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In men's giant slalom World Cup 1987/88 all results count.
PlaceNameCountryTotal 257162130 1 Alberto Tomba 82 25 25 - 25 7 - 2 Hubert Strolz 69 - 11 15 11 20 12 3 Helmut Mayer 67 12 - 25 15 15 - 4 Pirmin Zurbriggen 65 - 10 20 12 8 15 5 Günther Mader 57 - 5 10 20 12 10 6 Hans Pieren 48 6 15 12 - 11 4 7 Rudolf Nierlich 47 - 20 - 2 25 - 8 Martin Hangl 46 5 - 11 5 - 25 9 Ingemar Stenmark 37 20 - 6 - - 11 10 Frank Wörndl 36 10 7 8 1 4 6
Slalom
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In men's slalom World Cup 1987/88 all results count. Alberto Tomba was able to win six races out of eight.
PlaceNameCountryTotal 1681214252831 1 Alberto Tomba 170 25 25 25 20 25 25 25 - 2 Günther Mader 69 15 - 15 7 - 15 11 6 3 Felix McGrath 53 - - 4 9 9 20 - 11 4 Paul Frommelt 52 12 - - - - - 15 25 Armin Bittner 52 - 12 - 12 - - 8 20 6 Hubert Strolz 50 - 8 8 - 11 8 - 15 7 Bernhard Gstrein 49 - - - 25 15 - - 9 Jonas Nilsson 49 20 - - 15 - - 7 7 9 Pirmin Zurbriggen 45 9 - 12 - - - 12 12 10 Grega Benedik 44 5 5 9 - 6 9 10 -
Combined
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In men's combined World Cup 1987/88 both results count.
PlaceNameCountryTotal 1527 1 Hubert Strolz 40 25 15 2 Günther Mader 37 12 25 3 Franck Piccard 27 15 12 4 Markus Wasmeier 20 20 - Pirmin Zurbriggen 20 - 20 6 Peter Jurko 11 11 - Lars-Göran Halvarsson 11 - 11 Denis Rey 11 8 3 9 Ole Kristian Furuseth 10 10 - Peter Müller 10 - 10
Ladies
Overall
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In women's overall World Cup 1987/88 all results count. The two parallel slaloms did not count for the Overall World Cup.
PlaceNameCountryTotal DH SG GS SL KB 1 Michela Figini 244 143 65 29 0 7 2 Brigitte Oertli 226 119 12 4 41 50 3 Anita Wachter 211 8 22 74 75 32 4 Blanca Fernández Ochoa 190 0 40 66 73 11 5 Vreni Schneider 185 0 9 76 80 20 6 Mateja Svet 167 0 24 87 56 0 7 Maria Walliser 143 82 5 40 0 16 8 Ulrike Maier 132 0 34 39 49 10 9 Catherine Quittet 116 12 26 78 0 0 10 Sigrid Wolf 110 55 36 19 0 0 11 Karen Percy 107 59 15 0 9 24 12 Christa Kinshofer 105 0 16 22 67 0 13 Roswitha Steiner 87 0 0 0 87 0 14 Michaela Gerg 84 24 32 16 0 12 15 Regine Mösenlechner 80 38 40 0 0 2 16 Corinne Schmidhauser 77 0 0 11 66 0 17 Petra Kronberger 76 37 15 0 0 24 18 Marina Kiehl 70 40 10 20 0 0 19 Carole Merle 69 10 0 59 0 0 20 Camilla Nilsson 66 0 0 16 50 0
Downhill
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In women's downhill World Cup 1987/88 all results count. Michela Figini won her third Downhill World Cup. Swiss athletes were able to win all races.