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.
Official results On 9 March, FIS International giant slalom event was held.
Giant slalom Rank CompetitorTime1 Stefan Kälin 2:34.742 Stefan Sodat 2:34.753 Enrico Demetz 2:34.964 Jaroslav Janda 2:35.725 Giuseppe Compagnoni 2:36.146 Franz Digruber 2:36.637 Josias Minsch 2:37.538 Friedrich Binger 2:37.769 Jules Melquiond 2:38.5710 Jan Čermak 2:39.8111 Blaž Jakopič 2:39.9412 Ludvig Heber 2:41.0713 Georges Collomb-Patton 2:41.0814 Franco Bertod 2:41.5215 Gerhard Bechter 2:41.8616 Klaus Kemser 2:42.0217 Franz Schaller 2:42.1618 Stefano Sibille 2:43.0519 Jan Vojtech 2:43.0720 Miran Gašperšič 2:43.6821 Andrej Klinar 2:43.7622 Pablito Choffar 2:44.1723 Jože Gazvoda 2:44.5224 Andrea Marro 2:44.7725 Laurenz Grunenfelder 2:46.2326 Alfred Witternwiller 2:46.5527 Danilo Samonig 2:47.7328 Mirko Klinar 2:48.1829 Marko Kavčič 2:51.3830 Ljubo Majninger 2:52.0831 Marko Židan 2:54.3032 Andras Morotz 2:54.5833 Gorazd Bedrač 2:55.2934 Boris Pesjak 2:55.5835 Jani Pogačnik 2:55.9436 Dušan Lah 2:56.1937 Jože Sevčnikar 2:58.6238 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. Rank Competitor1st run 2nd run Total1 Patrick Russel 50.89 56.52 1:47.412 Franz Digruber 52.24 56.08 1:48.323 Stefan Kälin 53.51 56.36 1:49.874 N. Wendrer 52.92 57.24 1:50.165 Stefan Sodat 54.21 56.62 1:50.836 Peter Lakota 54.69 57.17 1:51.867 Johan Hinterholzer 55.35 56.60 1:51.958 Franz Schaller 54.37 57.86 1:52.239 Blaž Jakopič 55.35 57.64 1:52.9910 P. Gurber 56.52 57.75 1:54.2711 Klaus Kemser 55.13 60.58 1:55.7112 Jan Čermak 57.31 59.19 1:56.5013 Stefano Sibille 57.38 59.86 1:57.2414 Jan Vojtech 56.94 60.46 1:57.4015 Alfred Witternwiller 58.76 61.98 2:00.7416 Jože Gazvoda 58.85 1:02.88 2:01.7317 Andrej Soklič 1:00.02 1:06.88 2:06.9018 Gyula Gazdig 1:01.55 1:05.71 2:07.2619 Gorazd Bedrač 1:04.68 1:05.93 2:10.6120 Boris Pesjak 1:04.02 1:07.09 2:11.1121 Dušan Lah 1:11.44 1:03.48 2:14.9231 or 32 competitors disqualified or did not finish
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