The 26th

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season began in November 1991 in the

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and concluded in March 1992 in Switzerland. The overall winners were

Paul Accola Paul Accola (born 20 February 1967 in Davos) is a Swiss former Alpine skier. He came in first in the overall World Cup in 1992, and won a total of four medals at the Winter Olympics and World Championships in the combined event. By the end of ...

of Switzerland, his first, and

Petra Kronberger Petra Kronberger (born 21 February 1969) is an Austrian former alpine skier, who participated in all disciplines. She was the first female alpine skier to win in all five World Cup events. Career Kronberger entered the World Cup circuit in th ...

of Austria, her third straight. A major change during this season was made to the scoring system, moving from a "Top 15" system, with 25 points for first, 20 for second, and 15 for third down to 1 for 15th, to a "Top 30" system, with 100 for first, 80 for second, and 60 for third down to 1 for 30th. A slight change was made to the points awarded at lower levels in 1992–93, and that revised system has remained in effect until the present. This was also the first season after the dissolution of Yugoslavia into multiple nations, with its traditional skiing resorts (Kranjska Gora and Maribor) becoming part of Slovenia, and the Soviet Union also dissolved during this season, on 25/26 December 1991. A break in the schedule in February was for the

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, France from 9–22 February.

Calendar

Men

Ladies

Men

Overall

In Men's Overall World Cup 1991/92 all results count.

Downhill

'' see complete table'' In Men's Downhill World Cup 1991/92 all results count. Swiss athletes won seven races out of nine.

Super-G

'' see complete table'' In Men's Super-G World Cup 1991/92 all results count.

Giant Slalom

'' see complete table'' In Men's Giant Slalom World Cup 1991/92 all results count.

Alberto Tomba Alberto Tomba Golden Collar of Sports Merit - Army Gold Cross of Merit (born 19 December 1966) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Italy. He was the dominant technical skier ( slalom and giant slalom) in the late 1980s and 1990s. At 1 ...

won his third Giant Slalom World Cup.

Slalom

'' see complete table'' In Men's Slalom World Cup 1991/92 all results count.

won six races and finished every race on the podium.

Combined

'' see complete table'' In Men's Combined World Cup 1991/92 all three results count.

was able to win all three competitions.

Ladies

Overall

In Women's Overall World Cup 1991/92 all results count.

captured her third Overall World Cup win in a row despite having only two wins, both in downhill races. But she was able to score points in all but five competitions under the new "Top 30" scoring system. By contrast,

Carole Merle Carole Merle (; born 24 January 1964) is a former French Alpine skier. A specialist of Giant slalom and Super-G, she won 22 World Cup races, 6 World Cup season titles and 1 World Championship gold medal. Skiing career A native of , a ski resor ...

won seven races and, according to the points system used from the following year onwards, she would have won this overall World Cup—which was part of the motivation underlying the point value change before the following season.

Downhill

'' see complete table'' In Women's Downhill World Cup 1991/92 all results count.

Super-G

'' see complete table'' In Women's Super-G World Cup 1991/92 all results count.

won her fourth Super-G World Cup in a row.

Giant Slalom

'' see complete table'' In Women's Giant Slalom World Cup 1991/92 all results count.

Slalom

'' see complete table'' In Women's Slalom World Cup 1991/92 all results count.

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 ...

won her third Slalom World Cup.

Combined

In Women's Combined World Cup 1991/92 both results count.

Nations Cup

Overall

Men

Ladies

References

External links

FIS-ski.com
- World Cup standings - 1992 {{DEFAULTSORT:1991-92 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup FIS Alpine Ski World Cup