1996–97 FIS Snowboard World Cup

Snowboard World Cup 1996/97
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Harald Walder	Karine Ruby
Giant slalom	Peter Pechhacker	Karine Ruby
Slalom	Karl Frenademez	Karine Ruby
Snowboard cross	Elmar Messner	Karine Ruby
Halfpipe	Jonas Gunnarsson	Tara Teigen
Competition
Individual	37	37
←1995/96 1997/98→

The 1996/97 FIS Snowboard World Cup was 3rd multirace tournament over a season for snowboarding organised by International Ski Federation. The season started on 23 November 1996 and ended on 16 March 1997.^[1] This season included five disciplines: parallel slalom, giant slalom, slalom, snowboard cross, and halfpipe.

No.	Season	Date	Place	Event	Winner	Second	Third
20	1	29 November 1996	Tignes	GS	Mike Jacoby	Nicolas Conte	Peter Pechhacker
21	2	6 December 1996	Sestriere	GS	Ross Rebagliati	Steve Persons	Bernd Kroschewski
22	3	13 December 1996	Whistler	GS	Mike Jacoby	Peter Pechhacker	Steve Persons
23	4	18 December 1996	Sun Peaks	GS	Mark Fawcett	Rob Berney	Jasey-Jay Anderson
24	5	11 January 1997	Lenggries	GS	Peter Pechhacker	Harald Walder	Stefan Kaltschütz
25	6	1 February 1997	Mont Sainte-Anne	GS	Mathieu Chiquet	Harald Walder	Thomas Prugger
26	7	7 February 1997	Mount Bachelor	GS	Peter Pechhacker	Harald Walder	Mark Fawcett
27	8	14 February 1997	Yakebitaiyama	GS	Dieter Krassnig	Peter Pechhacker	Dieter Happ
28	9	14 February 1997	Yakebitaiyama	GS	Dieter Happ	Dieter Krassnig	Martin Freinademetz
29	10	28 February 1997	Olang	GS	Thedo Remmelink	Charlie Cosnier	Peter Pechhacker
30	11	8 March 1997	Bardonecchia	GS	Mark Fawcett	Felix Stadler	Charlie Cosnier
31	12	14 March 1997	Morzine	GS	Fadri Mosca	Peter Pechhacker	Stefan Kaltschütz

No.	Season	Date	Place	Event	Winner	Second	Third
14	1	28 November 1996	Tignes	PSL	Karl Frenademez	Peter Pichler	Mathias Behounek
15	2	18 January 1997	Kreischberg	PSL	Dejan Košir	Harald Walder	Helmut Pramstaller
16	3	20 February 1997	Morioka	PSL	Harald Walder	Tom O'Brien	Xavier Rolland
17	4	9 March 1997	Bardonecchia	PSL	Maxence Idesheim	Mathias Behounek	Richard Richardsson
18	5	15 March 1997	Morzine	PSL	Harald Walder	Richard Richardsson	Karl Frenademez

No.	Season	Date	Place	Event	Winner	Second	Third
12	1	7 December 1996	Sestriere	SL	Bernd Kroschewski	Karl Frenademez	Maxence Idesheim
13	2	12 January 1997	Lenggries	SL	Jakob Bergstedt	Stefan Kaltschütz	Ulf Maard
14	3	31 January 1997	Mont Sainte-Anne	SL	Anton Pogue	Dieter Moherndl	Harald Walder
15	4	1 March 1997	Olang	SL	Karl Frenademez	Helmut Pramstaller	Harald Walder
16	5	6 March 1997	Grächen	SL	Anton Pogue	Karl Frenademez	Xavier Rolland

No.	Season	Date	Place	Event	Winner	Second	Third
14	1	14 December 1996	Whistler	HP	Jonas Gunnarsson	Dan Smith	Fredrik Sterner
15	2	15 December 1996	Whistler	HP	Jonas Gunnarsson	Drae Glover	Daniel Andersson
16	3	19 January 1997	Kreischberg	HP	Dan Smith	Ross Powers	Trevor Andrew
17	4	2 February 1997	Mont Sainte-Anne	HP	Trevor Andrew	Takashi Nishida	Michael Michalchuk
18	5	8 February 1997	Mount Bachelor	HP	Daniel Franck	Trevor Andrew	Fredrik Sterner
19	6	16 February 1997	Kanbayashi	HP	Maximilian Plötzeneder	Ross Powers	Markus Hurme
20	7	2 March 1997	Olang	HP	Tom Matthews	Jonas Gunnarsson	Tommy Czeschin
21	8	16 March 1997	Morzine	HP	Dan Smith	Jimi Scott	Shinichi Watanabe

No.	Season	Date	Place	Event	Winner	Second	Third
1	1	23 November 1996	Zell am See	SBX	Helmut Pramstaller	Steve Persons	Darren Chalmers
2	2	17 December 1996	Sun Peaks	SBX	Elmar Messner	Andrew Murphy	Rob Kingwill
3	3	17 January 1997	Kreischberg	SBX	Elmar Messner	Alexander Koller	Helmut Pramstaller
4	4	9 February 1997	Mount Bachelor	SBX	Alex Voyat	Jason McAlister	Anders Hagman
5	5	19 February 1997	Morioka	SBX	Mark Janbroers	Anders Hagman	Elmar Messner
6	6	5 March 1997	Grächen	SBX	Alex Voyat	Willi Wieser	Richard Richardsson

Overall Rank Name Points 1 Harald Walder 1091 2 Peter Pechhacker 897 3 Anton Pogue 820 4 Stefan Wurzacher 805 5 Karl Frenademez 729

Giant slalom Rank Name Points 1. Peter Pechhacker 6020 2. Harald Walder 4420 3. Ross Rebagliati 4280 4. Stefan Wurzacher 4250 5. Mike Jacoby 3530

Slalom Rank Name Points 1. Karl Frenademez 5450 2. Harald Walder 5190 3. Anton Pogue 4060 4. Stefan Wurzacher 3040 5. Maxence Idesheim 2988

Halfpipe Rank Name Points 1. Jonas Gunnarsson 3770 2. Dan Smith 3680 3. Trevor Andrew 2980 4. Jimi Scott 2870 5. Takashi Nishida 2350

Snowboard Rank Name Points 1. Elmar Messner 2990 2. Alex Voyat 2790 3. Richard Richardsson 1790 4. Helmut Pramstaller 1600 5. Anton Pogue 1560

No.	Season	Date	Place	Event	Winner	Second	Third
20	1	29 November 1996	Tignes	GS	Charlotte Bernard	Karine Ruby	Isabelle Blanc
21	2	6 December 1996	Sestriere	GS	Margherita Parini	Birgit Herbert	Rosey Fletcher
22	3	13 December 1996	Whistler	GS	Karine Ruby	Lidia Trettel	Dagmar Mair unter der Eggen
23	4	18 December 1996	Sun Peaks	GS	Isabel Zedlacher	Sondra van Ert	Rosey Fletcher
24	5	11 January 1997	Lenggries	GS	Lidia Trettel	Heidi Renoth	Karine Ruby
25	6	1 February 1997	Mont Sainte-Anne	GS	Marion Posch	Dagmar Mair unter der Eggen	Sondra van Ert
26	7	7 February 1997	Mount Bachelor	GS	Margherita Parini	Sondra van Ert	Karine Ruby
27	8	14 February 1997	Yakebitaiyama	GS	Karine Ruby	Brigitte Köck	Birgit Herbert
28	9	15 February 1997	Yakebitaiyama	GS	Brigitte Köck	Karine Ruby	Lisa Kosglow
29	10	28 February 1997	Olang	GS	Karine Ruby	Margherita Parini	Isabel Zedlacher
30	11	8 March 1997	Bardonecchia	GS	Rosey Fletcher	Margherita Parini	Lidia Trettel
31	12	14 March 1997	Morzine	GS	Maria Pichler	Sondra van Ert	Lidia Trettel

No.	Season	Date	Place	Event	Winner	Second	Third
14	1	28 November 1996	Tignes	PSL	Karine Ruby	Heidi Renoth	Manuela Riegler
15	2	18 January 1997	Kreischberg	PSL	Marie Birkl	Heidi Renoth	Stacia Hookom
16	3	20 February 1997	Morioka	PSL	Karine Ruby	Dorothée Fournier	Marion Posch
17	4	9 March 1997	Bardonecchia	PSL	Karine Ruby	Isabel Zedlacher	Marion Posch
18	5	15 March 1997	Morzine	PSL	Karine Ruby	Manuela Riegler	Birgit Herbert

No.	Season	Date	Place	Event	Winner	Second	Third
12	1	7 December 1996	Sestriere	SL	Dorothée Fournier	Dagmar Mair unter der Eggen	Alexandra Krings
13	2	12 January 1997	Lenggries	SL	Heidi Renoth	Isabel Zedlacher	Marie Birkl
14	3	31 January 1997	Mont Sainte-Anne	SL	Marion Posch	Heidi Renoth	Karine Ruby
15	4	1 March 1997	Olang	SL	Marion Posch	Karine Ruby	Dagmar Mair unter der Eggen
16	5	6 March 1997	Grächen	SL	Isabel Zedlacher	Karine Ruby	Heidi Renoth

No.	Season	Date	Place	Event	Winner	Second	Third
14	1	14 December 1996	Whistler	HP	Natasza Zurek	Maëlle Ricker	Tara Teigen
15	2	15 December 1996	Whistler	HP	Tara Teigen	Kelly Kaye	Natasza Zurek
16	3	19 January 1997	Kreischberg	HP	Nicola Thost	Nicole Fischer	Maëlle Ricker
17	4	2 February 1997	Mont Sainte-Anne	HP	Sabrina Sadeghi	Leslee Olson	Maëlle Ricker
18	5	8 February 1997	Mount Bachelor	HP	Tricia Byrnes	Aurelie Sayres	Leslee Olson
19	6	16 February 1997	Kanbayashi	HP	Stine Brun Kjeldaas	Nicola Pederzolli	Tricia Byrnes
20	7	2 March 1997	Olang	HP	Siw Alida Renander	Alessandra Pescosta	Annemarie Uliasz
21	8	16 March 1997	Morzine	HP	Doriane Vidal	Siw Alida Renander	Kaori Takeyama

No.	Season	Date	Place	Event	Winner	Second	Third
1	1	23 November 1996	Zell am See	SBX	Marie Birkl	Karine Ruby	Lynn Ott
2	2	17 December 1996	Sun Peaks	SBX	Cammy Potter	Karine Ruby	Isabel Zedlacher
3	3	17 January 1997	Kreischberg	SBX	Manuela Riegler	Karine Ruby	Isabel Zedlacher
4	4	9 February 1997	Mount Bachelor	SBX	Karine Ruby	Candice Drouin	Maëlle Ricker
5	5	19 February 1997	Morioka	SBX	Manuela Riegler	Sondra van Ert	Karine Ruby
6	6	5 March 1997	Grächen	SBX	Sondra van Ert	Claudia Riegler	Ursula Fingerlos

Overall Rank Name Points 1 Karine Ruby 1638 2 Sondra van Ert 1080 3 Manuela Riegler 1006 4 Heidi Renoth 977 5 Isabel Zedlacher 969

Giant slalom Rank Name Points 1 Karine Ruby 6590 2 Margherita Parini 5420 3 Sondra van Ert 5320 4 Lidia Trettel 5300 5 Maria Pichler 4000

Slalom Rank Name Points 1 Karine Ruby 6700 2 Heidi Renoth 5360 3 Marion Posch 4650 4 Dagmar Mair unter der Eggen 4110 5 Isabel Zedlacher 4040

Snowboard cross Rank Name Points 1 Karine Ruby 4000 2 Manuela Riegler 2910 3 Sondra van Ert 2740 4 Isabel Zedlacher 2320 5 Lynn Ott 2210

Halfpipe Rank Name Points 1 Tara Teigen 3350 2 Sabrina Sadeghi 2620 3 Maëlle Ricker 2470 4 Siw Alida Renander 2330 5 Kaori Takeyama 1970

Table showing the World Cup podium places (gold–1st place, silver–2nd place, bronze–3rd place) by the countries represented by the athletes.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Austria	14	20	18	52
2	France	13	10	9	32
3	United States	12	15	12	39
4	Italy	12	9	9	30
5	Canada	6	6	10	22
6	Sweden	5	3	8	16
7	Germany	3	7	3	13
8	Norway	3	1	0	4
9	Netherlands	2	0	0	2
10	Slovenia	1	0	0	1
	Switzerland	1	0	0	1
12	Japan	0	1	2	3
13	Finland	0	0	1	1
Totals (13 entries)		72	72	72	216

• FIS Snowboarding World Championships 1997