7th Vitranc Cup (1968)

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]

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

Official results

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

Giant slalom
Rank Competitor Time
1 Stefan Kälin2:34.74
2 Stefan Sodat2:34.75
3 Enrico Demetz2:34.96
4 Jaroslav Janda2:35.72
5 Giuseppe Compagnoni2:36.14
6 Franz Digruber2:36.63
7 Josias Minsch2:37.53
8 Friedrich Binger2:37.76
9 Jules Melquiond2:38.57
10 Jan Čermak2:39.81
11 Blaž Jakopič2:39.94
12 Ludvig Heber2:41.07
13 Georges Collomb-Patton2:41.08
14 Franco Bertod2:41.52
15 Gerhard Bechter2:41.86
16 Klaus Kemser2:42.02
17 Franz Schaller2:42.16
18 Stefano Sibille2:43.05
19 Jan Vojtech2:43.07
20 Miran Gašperšič2:43.68
21 Andrej Klinar2:43.76
22 Pablito Choffar2:44.17
23 Jože Gazvoda2:44.52
24 Andrea Marro2:44.77
25 Laurenz Grunenfelder2:46.23
26 Alfred Witternwiller2:46.55
27 Danilo Samonig2:47.73
28 Mirko Klinar2:48.18
29 Marko Kavčič2:51.38
30 Ljubo Majninger2:52.08
31 Marko Židan2:54.30
32 Andras Morotz2:54.58
33 Gorazd Bedrač2:55.29
34 Boris Pesjak2:55.58
35 Jani Pogačnik2:55.94
36 Dušan Lah2:56.19
37 Jože Sevčnikar2:58.62
38 Gyula Gazdig2:59.96
Maks RiegerDSQ  
Josef Wurmer  
Georg Sonnenberger
Patrick Daniel TambayDNF  
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 Russel50.8956.521:47.41
2 Franz Digruber52.2456.081:48.32
3 Stefan Kälin53.5156.361:49.87
4 N. Wendrer52.9257.241:50.16
5 Stefan Sodat54.2156.621:50.83
6 Peter Lakota54.6957.171:51.86
7 Johan Hinterholzer55.3556.601:51.95
8 Franz Schaller54.3757.861:52.23
9 Blaž Jakopič55.3557.641:52.99
10 P. Gurber56.5257.751:54.27
11 Klaus Kemser55.1360.581:55.71
12 Jan Čermak57.3159.191:56.50
13 Stefano Sibille57.3859.861:57.24
14 Jan Vojtech56.9460.461:57.40
15 Alfred Witternwiller58.7661.982:00.74
16 Jože Gazvoda58.851:02.882:01.73
17 Andrej Soklič1:00.021:06.882:06.90
18 Gyula Gazdig1:01.551:05.712:07.26
19 Gorazd Bedrač1:04.681:05.932:10.61
20 Boris Pesjak1:04.021:07.092:11.11
21 Dušan Lah1:11.441:03.482:14.92
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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