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[edit]

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

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

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