1996–97 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup
# 1996–97 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup

The 1996/97 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup was the eighteenth World Cup season in freestyle skiing organised by International Ski Federation. The season started on 5 December 1996 and ended on 15 March 1997. This season included five disciplines: aerials, moguls, dual moguls, ballet and combined.

This season combined events were last time on world cup calendar for men and none for ladies. Dual moguls counted as season title and was awarded with small crystal globe separately from moguls.

## Men

### Moguls

| Num | Season | Date | Place | Event | Winner | Second | Third |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | 1 | 8 December 1996 | Tignes | DM | Jean-Luc Brassard | Garth Hager | Dominick Gauthier |
| 5 | 2 | 15 December 1996 | La Plagne | DM | Thony Hemery | Johann Gregoire | Jesper Rönnback |
| 6 | 3 | 18 January 1997 | Blackcomb | DM | Thony Hemery | Yugo Tsukita | Petsch Moser |
| 7 | 4 | 21 February 1997 | Kirchberg | DM | Thony Hemery | Sean Smith | Jesper Rönnback |
| 8 | 5 | 28 February 1997 | Meiringen-Hasliberg | DM | Fabrice Ougier | Jonas Jonell | Sergei Karpetchenko |
| 9 | 6 | 15 March 1997 | Hundfjället | DM | Thony Hemery | Jonny Moseley | Fabrice Ougier |
| 161 | 1 | 6 December 1996 | Tignes | MO | Jesper Rönnback | Andrei Ivanov | Ryan Johnson |
| 162 | 2 | 13 December 1996 | La Plagne | MO | Jonny Moseley | Jesper Rönnback | Jean-Luc Brassard |
| 163 | 3 | 9 January 1997 | Mont Tremblant | MO | Jesper Rönnback | Stéphane Rochon | Jean-Luc Brassard |
| 164 | 4 | 12 January 1997 | Lake Placid | MO | Jean-Luc Brassard | Jonny Moseley | Fabrice Ougier |
| 165 | 5 | 24 January 1997 | Breckenridge | MO | Ryan Johnson | Stéphane Rochon | Thony Hemery |
| 166 | 6 | 7 March 1997 | Altenmarkt-Zauchensee | MO | Jean-Luc Brassard | Stéphane Rochon | Thony Hemery |
| 167 | 7 | 13 March 1997 | Hundfjället | MO | Thony Hemery | Stéphane Rochon | Jean-Luc Brassard |

### Aerials

| Num | Season | Date | Place | Event | Winner | Second | Third |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 159 | 1 | 7 December 1996 | Tignes | AE | Alexis Blanc | Sébastien Foucras | Jeff Bean |
| 160 | 2 | 14 December 1996 | La Plagne | AE | Sébastien Foucras | Eric Bergoust | Nicolas Fontaine |
| 161 | 3 | 19 December 1996 | Piancavallo | AE | Matt Chojnacki | Sébastien Foucras | Mariano Ferrario |
| 162 | 4 | 8 January 1997 | Mont Tremblant | AE | Christian Rijavec | Lloyd Langlois | Sébastien Foucras |
| 163 | 5 | 11 January 1997 | Lake Placid | AE | Lloyd Langlois | Christian Rijavec | Jean-Damien Climonet |
| 164 | 6 | 19 January 1997 | Blackcomb | AE | Nicolas Fontaine | Lloyd Langlois | Matt Chojnacki |
| 165 | 7 | 25 January 1997 | Breckenridge | AE | Joe Pack | Jean-Damien Climonet | Dmitri Dashinski |
| 166 | 8 | 26 January 1997 | Breckenridge | AE | Nicolas Fontaine | Darcy Downs | David Belhumeur |
| 167 | 9 | 20 February 1997 | Kirchberg | AE | Jeff Bean | Nicolas Fontaine | Andy Capicik |
| 168 | 10 | 2 March 1997 | Meiringen-Hasliberg | AE | Eric Bergoust | Andy Messerli | Jean-Damien Climonet |
| 169 | 11 | 7 March 1997 | Altenmarkt-Zauchensee | AE | Nicolas Fontaine | Jean-Damien Climonet | Andy Capicik |
| 170 | 12 | 14 March 1997 | Hundfjället | AE | Christian Rijavec | David Belhumeur | Eric Bergoust |

### Ballet

| Num | Season | Date | Place | Event | Winner | Second | Third |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 159 | 1 | 5 December 1996 | Tignes | AC | Heini Baumgartner | Steven Roxberg | Konrad Hilpert |
| 160 | 2 | 21 December 1996 | Piancavallo | AC | Heini Baumgartner | Fabrice Becker | Ian Edmondson |
| 161 | 3 | 13 January 1997 | Lake Placid | AC | Fabrice Becker | Steven Roxberg | Ian Edmondson |
| 162 | 4 | 17 January 1997 | Blackcomb | AC | Fabrice Becker | Heini Baumgartner | Ian Edmondson |
| 163 | 5 | 23 January 1997 | Breckenridge | AC | Fabrice Becker | Heini Baumgartner | Ian Edmondson |
| 164 | 6 | 19 February 1997 | Kirchberg | AC | Fabrice Becker | Antti Inberg | Steven Roxberg |
| 165 | 7 | 1 March 1997 | Meiringen-Hasliberg | AC | Ian Edmondson | Fabrice Becker | Antti Inberg |
| 166 | 8 | 8 March 1997 | Altenmarkt-Zauchensee | AC | Heini Baumgartner | Ian Edmondson | Fabrice Becker |
| 167 | 9 | 12 March 1997 | Hundfjället | AC | Ian Edmondson | Fabrice Becker | Konrad Hilpert |

### Combined

| Num | Season | Date | Place | Event | Winner | Second | Third |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 143 | 1 | 13 January 1997 | Lake Placid | CO | Toben Sutherland | Chad St. Onge | information is not available |
| 144 | 2 | 25 January 1997 | Breckenridge | CO | Toben Sutherland | Darcy Downs | Chad St. Onge |
| 145 | 3 | 8 March 1997 | Altenmarkt-Zauchensee | CO | Darcy Downs | Ondřej Vokatý | Toben Sutherland |
| 146 | 4 | 12 March 1997 | Hundfjället | CO | Toben Sutherland | Darcy Downs | information is not available |

## Ladies

### Moguls

| Num | Season | Date | Place | Event | Winner | Second | Third |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | 1 | 8 December 1996 | Tignes | DM | Liz McIntyre | Ann Battelle | Candice Gilg |
| 5 | 2 | 15 December 1996 | La Plagne | DM | Minna Karhu | Donna Weinbrecht | Tatjana Mittermayer |
| 6 | 3 | 18 January 1997 | Blackcomb | DM | Marja Elfman | Candice Gilg | Minna Karhu |
| 7 | 4 | 21 February 1997 | Kirchberg | DM | Candice Gilg | Ann Battelle | Kari Traa |
| 8 | 5 | 28 February 1997 | Meiringen-Hasliberg | DM | Kari Traa | Minna Karhu | Marja Elfman |
| 9 | 6 | 15 March 1997 | Hundfjället | DM | Marja Elfman | Liz McIntyre | Candice Gilg |
| 161 | 1 | 6 December 1996 | Tignes | MO | Tatjana Mittermayer | Candice Gilg | Minna Karhu |
| 162 | 2 | 13 December 1996 | La Plagne | MO | Tatjana Mittermayer | Donna Weinbrecht | Ann Battelle |
| 163 | 3 | 9 January 1997 | Mont Tremblant | MO | Kari Traa | Candice Gilg | Donna Weinbrecht |
| 164 | 4 | 12 January 1997 | Lake Placid | MO | Kari Traa | Tatjana Mittermayer | Liz McIntyre |
| 165 | 5 | 24 January 1997 | Breckenridge | MO | Donna Weinbrecht | Kari Traa | Minna Karhu |
| 166 | 6 | 7 March 1997 | Altenmarkt-Zauchensee | MO | Donna Weinbrecht | Candice Gilg | Tatjana Mittermayer |
| 167 | 7 | 13 March 1997 | Hundfjället | MO | Ann Battelle | Tatjana Mittermayer | Minna Karhu |

### Aerials

| Num | Season | Date | Place | Event | Winner | Second | Third |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 161 | 1 | 7 December 1996 | Tignes | AE | Veronica Brenner | Karin Kuster | Evelyne Leu |
| 162 | 2 | 15 December 1996 | La Plagne | AE | Veronica Brenner | Michèle Rohrbach | Stacey Blumer |
| 163 | 3 | 8 January 1997 | Mont Tremblant | AE | Veronica Brenner | Michèle Rohrbach | Caroline Olivier |
| 164 | 4 | 11 January 1997 | Lake Placid | AE | Kirstie Marshall | Michèle Rohrbach | Caroline Olivier |
| 165 | 5 | 19 January 1997 | Blackcomb | AE | Caroline Olivier | Veronica Brenner | Hilde Synnøve Lid |
| 166 | 6 | 25 January 1997 | Breckenridge | AE | Kirstie Marshall | Guo Dandan | Stacey Blumer |
| 167 | 7 | 26 January 1997 | Breckenridge | AE | Veronica Brenner | Nikki Stone | Michèle Rohrbach |
| 168 | 8 | 20 February 1997 | Kirchberg | AE | Caroline Olivier | Veronica Brenner | Natalia Orekhova |
| 169 | 9 | 2 March 1997 | Meiringen-Hasliberg | AE | Kirstie Marshall | Jacqui Cooper | Veronica Brenner |
| 170 | 10 | 7 March 1997 | Altenmarkt-Zauchensee | AE | Kirstie Marshall | Xu Nannan | Jacqui Cooper |
| 171 | 11 | 14 March 1997 | Hundfjället | AE | Kirstie Marshall | Nikki Stone | Veronica Brenner |

### Ballet

| Num | Season | Date | Place | Event | Winner | Second | Third |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 160 | 1 | 5 December 1996 | Tignes | AC | Elena Batalova | Oksana Kushenko | Åsa Magnusson |
| 161 | 2 | 21 December 1996 | Piancavallo | AC | Elena Batalova | Annika Johansson | Oksana Kushenko |
| 162 | 3 | 13 January 1997 | Lake Placid | AC | Oksana Kushenko | Annika Johansson | Åsa Magnusson |
| 163 | 4 | 17 January 1997 | Blackcomb | AC | Oksana Kushenko | Annika Johansson | Åsa Magnusson |
| 164 | 5 | 23 January 1997 | Breckenridge | AC | Elena Batalova | Oksana Kushenko | Annika Johansson |
| 165 | 6 | 19 February 1997 | Kirchberg | AC | Oksana Kushenko | Natalia Razumovskaya | Åsa Magnusson |
| 166 | 7 | 1 March 1997 | Meiringen-Hasliberg | AC | Elena Batalova | Oksana Kushenko | Natalia Razumovskaya |
| 167 | 8 | 8 March 1997 | Altenmarkt-Zauchensee | AC | Elena Batalova | Natalia Razumovskaya | Oksana Kushenko |
| 168 | 9 | 12 March 1997 | Hundfjället | AC | Elena Batalova | Oksana Kushenko | Annika Johansson |
