7th Vitranc Cup (1968)

7th Vitranc Cup

Patrick Russel (FRA) won KG's 1st ever World Cup
Giant slalom
Date: 9 March 1968
Event: FIS International
Official list: 48 or 49
Ranked: 38
Course setter: Ludvik Dornig (YUG)
Gates: 79 or 81
Vertical drop:    540 m
Length: 2,200 m
Slalom
Date: 10 March 1968
Event: FIS World Cup
Official list: 52 or 53
Ranked: 21
Course setter 1: Peter Prodinger (AUT)
Course setter 2: Marjan Magušar (YUG)
Gates (1st run): 67
Gates (2nd run): 69
Vertical drop: 180 m

7th Vitranc Cup was an alpine skiing competition, held between 9–10 March 1968 in Kranjska Gora, SR Slovenia, Yugoslavia, hosting FIS International event and premiere FIS World Cup event.[1]

Official results

On 9 March, FIS International giant slalom event was held.[2][3]

Giant slalom

Rank Competitor Time
1 Stefan Kälin 2:34.74
2 Stefan Sodat 2:34.75
3 Enrico Demetz 2:34.96
4 Jaroslav Janda 2:35.72
5 Giuseppe Compagnoni 2:36.14
6 Franz Digruber 2:36.63
7 Josias Minsch 2:37.53
8 Friedrich Binger 2:37.76
9 Jules Melquiond 2:38.57
10 Jan Čermak 2:39.81
11 Blaž Jakopič 2:39.94
12 Ludvig Heber 2:41.07
13 Georges Collomb-Patton 2:41.08
14 Franco Bertod 2:41.52
15 Gerhard Bechter 2:41.86
16 Klaus Kemser 2:42.02
17 Franz Schaller 2:42.16
18 Stefano Sibille 2:43.05
19 Jan Vojtech 2:43.07
20 Miran Gašperšič 2:43.68
21 Andrej Klinar 2:43.76
22 Pablito Choffar 2:44.17
23 Jože Gazvoda 2:44.52
24 Andrea Marro 2:44.77
25 Laurenz Grunenfelder 2:46.23
26 Alfred Witternwiller 2:46.55
27 Danilo Samonig 2:47.73
28 Mirko Klinar 2:48.18
29 Marko Kavčič 2:51.38
30 Ljubo Majninger 2:52.08
31 Marko Židan 2:54.30
32 Andras Morotz 2:54.58
33 Gorazd Bedrač 2:55.29
34 Boris Pesjak 2:55.58
35 Jani Pogačnik 2:55.94
36 Dušan Lah 2:56.19
37 Jože Sevčnikar 2:58.62
38 Gyula Gazdig 2:59.96
Maks Rieger DSQ  
Josef Wurmer  
Georg Sonnenberger
Patrick Daniel Tambay DNF  
Francoise Roland Gay  
Josef Korman  
Patrick Russel  
Johan Hinterholzer  
Andrej Soklič  
Jean Cristian Macchi  
1 did not start or wasn't on official list

Slalom

On 10 March, the 1st ever FIS Alpine Ski World Cup event was held in the country.[4][5]

Rank Competitor 1st run 2nd run Total
1 Patrick Russel 50.89 56.52 1:47.41
2 Franz Digruber 52.24 56.08 1:48.32
3 Stefan Kälin 53.51 56.36 1:49.87
4 N. Wendrer 52.92 57.24 1:50.16
5 Stefan Sodat 54.21 56.62 1:50.83
6 Peter Lakota 54.69 57.17 1:51.86
7 Johan Hinterholzer 55.35 56.60 1:51.95
8 Franz Schaller 54.37 57.86 1:52.23
9 Blaž Jakopič 55.35 57.64 1:52.99
10 P. Gurber 56.52 57.75 1:54.27
11 Klaus Kemser 55.13 60.58 1:55.71
12 Jan Čermak 57.31 59.19 1:56.50
13 Stefano Sibille 57.38 59.86 1:57.24
14 Jan Vojtech 56.94 60.46 1:57.40
15 Alfred Witternwiller 58.76 61.98 2:00.74
16 Jože Gazvoda 58.85 1:02.88 2:01.73
17 Andrej Soklič 1:00.02 1:06.88 2:06.90
18 Gyula Gazdig 1:01.55 1:05.71 2:07.26
19 Gorazd Bedrač 1:04.68 1:05.93 2:10.61
20 Boris Pesjak 1:04.02 1:07.09 2:11.11
21 Dušan Lah 1:11.44 1:03.48 2:14.92
31 or 32 competitors disqualified or did not finish

References

  1. ^ "Uspeh Jugoslovanov v Kranjski Gori (page 1 and 11/12)" (in Slovenian). Glas. 13 March 1968.
  2. ^ "Zahteven veleslalom (page 5)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 9 March 1968.
  3. ^ "V veleslalomu - Švicar Kälin (page 9)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 10 March 1968.
  4. ^ "Slalom Russelu (page 11)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 13 March 1967.
  5. ^ "Photo gallery (page 10)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 10 March 1967.
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