2002–03 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup

FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 2002/03
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Stephan Eberharter	Janica Kostelić
Downhill	Stephan Eberharter	Michaela Dorfmeister
Super-G	Stephan Eberharter	Carole Montillet
Giant slalom	Michael von Grünigen	Anja Pärson
Slalom	Kalle Palander	Janica Kostelić
Combined	Bode Miller	Janica Kostelić
Nations Cup	Austria
Competition
Locations	18	14
Individual	37	33
Cancelled	—	—
Rescheduled	3	—

The 37th World Cup season began in October 2002 on Sölden, Austria, and concluded in March 2003 at the World Cup finals in Lillehammer, Norway. The overall winners were Stephan Eberharter of Austria and Janica Kostelić of Croatia. A break in the schedule was for the 2003 World Championships, held in St. Moritz, Switzerland, from 2–16 February 2003.

Calendar

Men

Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom, SG – Super giant slalom, K.O. – Slalom (knock-out system), KB – Combined

Race	Season	Date	Place	Type	Winner	Second	Third
1113	1	27 October 2002	Sölden	GS 281	Stephan Eberharter	Frédéric Covili	Michael von Grünigen
1114	2	22 November 2002	Park City	GS 282	Michael von Grünigen	Christian Mayer	Benjamin Raich
1115	3	24 November 2002		SL 322	Rainer Schönfelder	Pierrick Bourgeat	Benjamin Raich
1116	4	30 November 2002	Lake Louise	DH 325	Stephan Eberharter	Hannes Trinkl	Kjetil André Aamodt
1117	5	1 December 2002		SG 104	Stephan Eberharter	Josef Strobl	Didier Cuche
1118	6	7 December 2002	Beaver Creek	DH 326	Stephan Eberharter	Michael Walchhofer	Daron Rahlves
1119	7	8 December 2002		SG 105	Didier Cuche	Marco Büchel	Hannes Trinkl
1120	8	14 December 2002	Val d'Isère	DH 327	Stephan Eberharter	Klaus Kröll	Andreas Schifferer
1121	9	15 December 2002		GS 283	Michael von Grünigen	Bode Miller	Christoph Gruber
1122	10	16 December 2002	Sestriere	KO 001	Ivica Kostelić	Giorgio Rocca	Truls Ove Karlsen
1123	11	20 December 2002	Val Gardena	SG 106	Didier Défago	Hannes Reichelt	Marco Büchel
1124	12	21 December 2002		DH 328	Antoine Dénériaz	Michael Walchhofer	Josef Strobl
1125	13	22 December 2002	Alta Badia	GS 284	Bode Miller	Davide Simoncelli	Christian Mayer
1126	14	29 December 2002	Bormio	DH 329	Daron Rahlves	Fritz Strobl	Hannes Trinkl
1127	15	4 January 2003	Kranjska Gora	GS 285	Bode Miller	Christian Mayer	Sami Uotila
1128	16	5 January 2003		SL 323	Ivica Kostelić	Rainer Schönfelder	Jean-Pierre Vidal
		11 January 2003	Chamonix	DH cnx	replaced in Bormio on 11 January 2003
		12 January 2003		SL cnx	replaced in Bormio on 12 January 2003
1129	17	11 January 2003	Bormio	DH 330	Stephan Eberharter	Michael Walchhofer	Daron Rahlves
1130	18	12 January 2003		SL 324	Ivica Kostelić	Bode Miller	Hans Petter Buraas
1131	19	14 January 2003	Adelboden	GS 286	Hans Knauß	Michael von Grünigen	Kjetil André Aamodt
1132	20	17 January 2003	Wengen	DH 331	Stephan Eberharter	Daron Rahlves	Bruno Kernen
1133	21	18 January 2003		DH 332	Bruno Kernen	Michael Walchhofer	Stephan Eberharter
1134	22	19 January 2003		SL 325	Giorgio Rocca	Akira Sasaki	Ivica Kostelić
1135	23	19 January 2003		KB 083	Kjetil André Aamodt	Bode Miller	Lasse Kjus
		24 January 2003	Kitzbühel	SG cnx	replaced in Kitzbühel on 27 January 2003
1136	24	25 January 2003		DH 333	Daron Rahlves	Didier Cuche	Kjetil André Aamodt
1137	25	26 January 2003		SL 326	Kalle Palander	Rainer Schönfelder	Heinz Schilchegger
1138	26	26 January 2003		KB 084	Michael Walchhofer	Aksel Lund Svindal	Didier Défago
1139	27	27 January 2003		SG 107	Hermann Maier	Christoph Gruber	Stephan Eberharter
1140	28	28 January 2003	Schladming	SL 327	Kalle Palander	Benjamin Raich	Hans Petter Buraas
2003 World Championships (2–16 February)
1141	29	22 February 2003	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	DH 334	Stephan Eberharter	Didier Cuche	Daron Rahlves
1142	30	23 February 2003		SG 108	Marco Büchel	Stephan Eberharter	Tobias Grünenfelder
1143	31	1 March 2003	Yongpyong	GS 287	Michael von Grünigen	Frédéric Covili	Bode Miller
1144	32	2 March 2003		SL 328	Kalle Palander	Giorgio Rocca	Benjamin Raich
1145	33	8 March 2003	Shiga Kōgen	SL 329	Kalle Palander Rainer Schönfelder		Giorgio Rocca
1146	34	12 March 2003	Lillehammer	DH 335	Antoine Dénériaz	Stephan Eberharter	Daron Rahlves
1147	35	13 March 2003		SG 109	Stephan Eberharter	Lasse Kjus	Hannes Reichelt
1148	36	15 March 2003		GS 288	Hans Knauß	Benjamin Raich	Michael von Grünigen
1149	37	16 March 2003		SL 330	Giorgio Rocca	Kalle Palander	Manfred Pranger

Ladies

Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom, SG – Super giant slalom, K.O. – Slalom (knock-out system), KB – Combined

Race	Season	Date	Place	Type	Winner	Second	Third
1045	1	26 October 2002	Sölden	GS 277	Andrine Flemmen Nicole Hosp Tina Maze
1046	2	21 November 2002	Park City	GS 278	Birgit Heeb	Alexandra Meissnitzer	Janica Kostelić
1047	3	23 November 2002		SL 312	Janica Kostelić	Christel Pascal	Sabine Egger
1048	4	29 November 2002	Aspen	SG 112	Hilde Gerg	Janica Kostelić	Isolde Kostner
1049	5	30 November 2002		SL 313	Anja Pärson	Janica Kostelić	Marlies Schild
1050	6	6 December 2002	Lake Louise	DH 273	Hilde Gerg	Carole Montillet	Kirsten Lee Clark
1051	7	7 December 2002		DH 274	Carole Montillet	Corinne Rey-Bellet	Renate Götschl
1052	8	8 December 2002		SG 113	Karen Putzer	Martina Ertl	Carole Montillet
1053	9	12 December 2002	Val d'Isère	GS 279	Karen Putzer	Sonja Nef	Michaela Dorfmeister Alexandra Meissnitzer
1054	10	13 December 2002		SG 114	Carole Montillet	Daniela Ceccarelli	Michaela Dorfmeister
1055	11	15 December 2002	Sestriere	KO 001	Anja Pärson	Tanja Poutiainen	Nicole Hosp
1056	12	21 December 2002	Lenzerheide	DH 275	Michaela Dorfmeister	Brigitte Obermoser	Kirsten Lee Clark
1057	13	22 December 2002		SL 314	Janica Kostelić	Tanja Poutiainen	Claudia Riegler
1058	14	22 December 2002		KB 072	Janica Kostelić	Martina Ertl	Maria Riesch
1059	15	28 December 2002	Semmering	GS 280	Karen Putzer	Janica Kostelić	Nicole Hosp Denise Karbon
1060	16	29 December 2002		SL 315	Janica Kostelić	Christel Pascal	Nicole Gius
1061	17	4 January 2003	Bormio	GS 281	Sonja Nef	Anja Pärson	Michaela Dorfmeister
1062	18	5 January 2003		SL 316	Janica Kostelić	Elisabeth Görgl	Anja Pärson
1063	19	15 January 2003	Cortina d'Ampezzo	SG 115	Carole Montillet	Renate Götschl	Hilde Gerg
1064	20	17 January 2003		SG 116	Renate Götschl	Alexandra Meissnitzer	Mélanie Turgeon
1065	21	18 January 2003		DH 276	Renate Götschl	Kirsten Lee Clark	Michaela Dorfmeister
1066	22	19 January 2003		GS 282	Anja Pärson	Janica Kostelić	Karen Putzer
1067	23	25 January 2003	Maribor	GS 283	Anja Pärson	Nicole Hosp	Martina Ertl
1068	24	26 January 2003		SL 317	Anja Pärson	Janica Kostelić	Nicole Hosp
2003 World Championships (2–16 February)
1069	25	28 February 2003	Innsbruck	SG 117	Renate Götschl	Carole Montillet	Alexandra Meissnitzer
1070	26	1 March 2003		DH 277	Michaela Dorfmeister	Katja Wirth	Hilde Gerg
1071	27	2 March 2003		SG 118	Brigitte Obermoser	Carole Montillet	Renate Götschl
1072	28	6 March 2003	Åre	GS 284	Anja Pärson	Daniela Merighetti	Denise Karbon
1073	29	8 March 2003		SL 318	Janica Kostelić	Anja Pärson	Monika Bergmann
1074	30	12 March 2003	Lillehammer	DH 278	Renate Götschl	Ingrid Jacquemod	Kirsten Lee Clark
1075	31	13 March 2003		SG 119	Karen Putzer	Martina Ertl Alexandra Meissnitzer
1076	32	15 March 2003		SL 319	Kristina Koznick	Laure Pequegnot	Marlies Schild
1077	33	16 March 2003		GS 285	Karen Putzer	Denise Karbon	Nicole Hosp

Men

At the World Cup finals in Lillehammer (Kvitfjell, Hafjell), only the best racers were allowed to compete and only the top 15 finishers were awarded with points.

Overall

see complete table

Place	Name	Country	Total
1	Stephan Eberharter	Austria	1333
2	Bode Miller	United States	1100
3	Kjetil André Aamodt	Norway	940
4	Kalle Palander	Finland	718
5	Didier Cuche	Switzerland	709
6	Daron Rahlves	United States	647
7	Ivica Kostelić	Croatia	632
8	Benjamin Raich	Austria	622
9	Michael Walchhofer	Austria	600
10	Hans Knauß	Austria	596

Downhill

see complete table In men's downhill World Cup 2002/03 the all results count.

Place	Name	Country	Total	4	6	8	12	14	17	20	21	24	29	34
1	Stephan Eberharter	Austria	790	100	100	100	-	-	100	100	60	50	100	80
2	Daron Rahlves	United States	593	7	60	10	24	100	60	80	32	100	60	60
3	Michael Walchhofer	Austria	430	40	80	8	80	29	80	-	80	9	-	24
4	Bruno Kernen	Switzerland	351	5	15	32	20	-	36	60	100	14	29	40
5	Hannes Trinkl	Austria	341	80	26	26	40	60	26	24	14	45	-	-
6	Antoine Dénériaz	France	337	11	-	50	100	-	18	-	40	18	-	100
7	Fritz Strobl	Austria	334	45	50	11	50	80	14	-	26	26	32	-
	Kjetil André Aamodt	Norway	334	60	36	45	14	-	-	32	29	60	13	45
9	Didier Cuche	Switzerland	333	9	45	-	11	22	45	14	5	80	80	22
10	Klaus Kröll	Austria	317	22	22	80	32	32	50	26	-	24	-	29

Super G

see complete table In men's super G World Cup 2002/03 all results count.

Place	Name	Country	Total	5	7	11	27	30	35
1	Stephan Eberharter	Austria	356	100	16	-	60	80	100
2	Marco Büchel	Liechtenstein	280	40	80	60	-	100	-
3	Didier Cuche	Switzerland	270	60	100	20	40	18	32
4	Kjetil André Aamodt	Norway	251	50	36	50	29	36	50
5	Hannes Reichelt	Austria	194	-	-	80	32	22	60
6	Christoph Gruber	Austria	185	5	9	29	80	40	22
7	Didier Défago	Switzerland	180	16	50	100	3	11	-
8	Andreas Schifferer	Austria	165	45	22	32	50	16	-
9	Hannes Trinkl	Austria	155	24	60	-	26	-	45
10	Josef Strobl	Austria	150	80	-	24	18	12	16
11	Lasse Kjus	Norway	140	20	14	26	-	-	80
12	Bode Miller	United States	138	36	40	40	22	-	-
	Bruno Kernen	Switzerland	138	10	-	45	14	29	40
14	Hans Knauß	Austria	131	-	29	18	45	10	29
15	Ambrosi Hoffmann	Switzerland	127	15	45	-	24	7	36
16	Fritz Strobl	Austria	124	26	-	12	36	50	-
17	Tobias Grünenfelder	Switzerland	107	13	26	-	8	60	-
18	Franco Cavegn	Switzerland	102	32	18	1	5	20	26
19	Hermann Maier	Austria	100	-	-	-	100	-	-

Giant slalom

see complete table In men's giant slalom World Cup 2002/03 all results count. Michael von Grünigen won his fourth Giant slalom World Cup.

Place	Name	Country	Total	1	2	9	13	15	19	31	36
1	Michael von Grünigen	Switzerland	524	60	100	100	18	24	80	100	60
2	Bode Miller	United States	425	45	-	80	100	100	-	60	40
3	Hans Knauß	Austria	365	11	26	32	40	40	100	16	100
4	Frédéric Covili	France	296	80	29	36	-	10	45	80	16
5	Heinz Schilchegger	Austria	249	24	9	10	20	36	50	50	50
	Massimiliano Blardone	Italy	249	36	50	11	45	15	32	36	24
7	Christian Mayer	Austria	234	10	80	-	60	80	-	4	-
8	Benjamin Raich	Austria	231	-	60	9	32	50	-	-	80
9	Christoph Gruber	Austria	227	26	9	60	16	16	36	40	24
10	Joël Chenal	France	194	20	-	50	50	-	-	45	29
11	Didier Défago	Switzerland	171	29	24	26	40	20	-	32	-
12	Erik Schlopy	United States	163	-	45	-	4	50	-	12	50
13	Fredrik Nyberg	Sweden	159	40	40	16	-	13	-	18	32
14	Kjetil André Aamodt	Norway	156	50	-	13	13	-	60	-	20
15	Arnold Rieder	Italy	150	10	22	45	-	32	15	26	-
16	Stephan Eberharter	Austria	147	100	32	-	-	7	-	8	-

Slalom

see complete table In men's slalom World Cup 2002/03 the all results count. Race No. 10 at Sestriere was a K.O.-Slalom.

Place	Name	Country	Total	3	10	16	18	22	25	28	32	33	37
1	Kalle Palander	Finland	658	11	22	50	45	50	100	100	100	100	80
2	Ivica Kostelić	Croatia	580	18	100	100	100	60	50	50	16	50	36
3	Rainer Schönfelder	Austria	473	100	-	80	36	18	80	6	8	100	45
4	Giorgio Rocca	Italy	438	13	80	-	-	100	-	5	80	60	100
5	Manfred Pranger	Austria	385	50	26	45	50	32	-	45	32	45	60
6	Benjamin Raich	Austria	367	60	10	40	40	-	45	80	60	-	32
7	Hans Petter Buraas	Norway	280	-	50	32	60	45	-	60	15	18	-
8	Truls Ove Karlsen	Norway	263	45	60	-	20	24	32	24	-	29	29
9	Pierrick Bourgeat	France	224	80	2	-	-	6	18	18	20	26	24
10	Jean-Pierre Vidal	France	200	40	45	60	-	40	-	-	-	15	-

Combined

see complete table In men's combined World Cup 2002/03 both results count.

Place	Name	Country	Total	23	26
1	Bode Miller	United States	125	80	45
2	Kjetil André Aamodt	Norway	100	100	-
	Michael Walchhofer	Austria	100	-	100
4	Aksel Lund Svindal	Norway	80	-	80
5	Ambrosi Hoffmann	Switzerland	72	36	36
	Bruno Kernen	Switzerland	72	40	32
7	Lasse Kjus	Norway	60	60	-
	Didier Défago	Switzerland	60	-	60
9	Gaetan Llorach	France	50	50	-
	Christoph Gruber	Austria	50	-	50

Ladies

At the World Cup finals in Lillehammer (Kvitfjell, Hafjell), only the best racers were allowed to compete and only the top 15 finishers were awarded with points.

Overall

see complete table

Place	Name	Country	Total
1	Janica Kostelić	Croatia	1570
2	Karen Putzer	Italy	1100
3	Anja Pärson	Sweden	1042
4	Michaela Dorfmeister	Austria	972
5	Martina Ertl	Germany	922
6	Carole Montillet	France	869
7	Renate Götschl	Austria	830
8	Alexandra Meissnitzer	Austria	776
9	Kirsten Clark	United States	661
10	Nicole Hosp	Austria	558

Downhill

see complete table In women's downhill World Cup 2002/03 all results count.

Place	Name	Country	Total	6	7	12	21	26	30
1	Michaela Dorfmeister	Austria	372	22	50	100	60	100	40
2	Renate Götschl	Austria	368	36	60	22	100	50	100
3	Kirsten Clark	United States	316	60	45	60	80	11	60
4	Carole Montillet	France	313	80	100	15	50	36	32
5	Corinne Rey-Bellet	Switzerland	230	40	80	13	16	45	36
6	Hilde Gerg	Germany	196	100	-	-	36	60	-
7	Ingrid Jacquemod	France	153	20	32	2	18	1	80
8	Mélanie Turgeon	Canada	149	-	18	40	26	20	45
9	Karen Putzer	Italy	143	16	22	26	40	15	24
10	Alexandra Meissnitzer	Austria	139	45	16	4	22	26	26

Super G

see complete table In women's super G World Cup 2002/03 all results count.

Place	Name	Country	Total	4	8	10	19	20	25	27	31
1	Carole Montillet	France	493	18	60	100	100	29	80	80	26
2	Renate Götschl	Austria	458	-	18	50	80	100	100	60	50
3	Karen Putzer	Italy	394	40	100	36	26	50	16	26	100
4	Alexandra Meissnitzer	Austria	350	-	3	32	45	80	60	50	80
5	Michaela Dorfmeister	Austria	298	36	45	60	22	-	50	40	45
6	Daniela Ceccarelli	Italy	289	24	26	80	24	36	29	50	20
7	Hilde Gerg	Germany	281	100	-	-	60	40	45	36	-
	Janica Kostelić	Croatia	281	80	36	28	36	45	16	32	18
9	Martina Ertl	Germany	267	32	80	14	13	10	24	14	80
10	Kirsten Clark	United States	252	50	50	40	18	18	11	29	36
11	Brigitte Obermoser	Austria	213	7	13	-	-	13	40	100	40

Giant slalom

see complete table In women's giant slalom World Cup 2002/03 all results count.

Place	Name	Country	Total	1	2	9	15	17	22	23	28	33
1	Anja Pärson	Sweden	514	26	50	-	13	80	100	100	100	45
2	Karen Putzer	Italy	513	-	29	100	100	50	60	45	29	100
3	Janica Kostelić	Croatia	343	24	60	45	80	-	80	14	40	-
4	Nicole Hosp	Austria	332	100	-	32	60	-	-	80	-	60
5	Sonja Nef	Switzerland	329	40	45	80	40	100	-	24	-	-
6	Denise Karbon	Italy	293	-	-	13	60	10	50	20	60	80
7	Alexandra Meissnitzer	Austria	287	-	80	60	32	40	22	16	13	24
8	Martina Ertl	Germany	280	-	24	22	20	18	36	60	50	50
9	Michaela Dorfmeister	Austria	266	22	7	60	22	60	45	50	-	-
10	María José Rienda Contreras	Spain	237	45	14	40	26	45	29	32	6	-
11	Andrine Flemmen	Norway	232	100	-	11	16	26	8	15	16	40
12	Anna Ottosson	Sweden	194	20	40	26	15	36	12	9	20	16
13	Tina Maze	Slovenia	190	100	-	-	-	8	24	36	-	22
14	Tanja Poutiainen	Finland	184	29	-	18	29	32	-	40	36	-
15	Birgit Heeb-Batliner	Liechtenstein	180	-	100	36	1	5	11	18	9	-

Slalom

see complete table In women's slalom World Cup 2002/03 all results count. Race No. 11 at Sestriere was a K.O.-Slalom.

Place	Name	Country	Total	3	5	11	13	16	18	24	29	32
1	Janica Kostelić	Croatia	710	100	80	50	100	100	100	80	100	-
2	Anja Pärson	Sweden	498	18	100	100	-	-	60	100	80	40
3	Tanja Poutiainen	Finland	367	12	18	80	80	-	50	32	45	50
4	Christel Pascal	France	359	80	45	26	14	80	13	45	32	24
5	Marlies Schild	Austria	342	45	60	22	-	40	36	50	29	60
6	Laure Pequegnot	France	341	50	-	40	-	50	36	45	40	80
7	Nicole Gius	Italy	264	29	36	20	18	60	13	2	50	36
8	Monika Bergmann	Germany	245	20	24	16	50	26	40	9	60	-
9	Martina Ertl	Germany	228	24	32	32	13	-	36	10	36	45
10	Nicole Hosp	Austria	226	32	50	60	-	-	24	60	-	-
11	Kristina Koznick	United States	212	13	-	11	26	-	26	36	-	100

Combined

see complete table In women's combined World Cup 2002/03 only one competition was held.

Place	Name	Country	Total	14
1	Janica Kostelić	Croatia	100	100
2	Martina Ertl	Germany	80	80
3	Maria Riesch	Germany	60	60
4	Karen Putzer	Italy	50	50
5	Julia Mancuso	United States	45	45
6	Marlies Oester	Switzerland	40	40
7	Michaela Dorfmeister	Austria	36	36
8	Caroline Lalive	United States	32	32
9	Jessica Lindell-Vikarby	Sweden	29	29
10	Šárka Záhrobská	Czech Republic	29	29

External links

• FIS-ski.com – World Cup standings – 2003