1976–77 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup


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The 11th World Cup season began in December 1976 in France and concluded in March 1977 in Spain. Ingemar Stenmark of Sweden won his second of three consecutive men's overall titles. Rosi Mittermaier, the defending women's overall champion, retired after the 1976 season, but Annemarie Moser-Pröll, who had won the previous five overall titles, returned from her 1976 sabbatical. However, Lise-Marie Morerod of Switzerland won the women's overall title.

FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 1976/77
Discipline Men Women
Overall Sweden Ingemar Stenmark Switzerland Lise-Marie Morerod
Downhill Austria Franz Klammer Austria Brigitte Totschnig
Giant slalom Switzerland Heini Hemmi Switzerland Lise-Marie Morerod
Slalom Sweden Ingemar Stenmark Switzerland Lise-Marie Morerod
Nations Cup Austria Austria Austria Austria
Nations Cup overall Austria Austria
Competition
Locations 18 17
Individual 33 27

No individual championship was awarded in the Combined discipline, even though both men and women held three combined events, the same as the prior year. The combined discipline championship would not return until 1980.

The Men's overall World Cup 1976/77 was most likely also divided into two periods, but no racer had a point deduction.

Place Name Country Total DH GS SL KB
1 Ingemar Stenmark   Sweden 339 0 124 215 0
2 Klaus Heidegger   Austria 250 0 129 121 0
3 Franz Klammer   Austria 203 180 0 0 23
4 Piero Gros   Italy 165 0 76 89 0
5 Bernhard Russi    Switzerland 148 148 0 0 0
6 Gustav Thöni   Italy 145 0 29 71 45
7 Heini Hemmi    Switzerland 133 0 130 3 0
8 Josef Walcher   Austria 115 115 0 0 0
9 Phil Mahre   United States 100 0 75 27 0
10 Paul Frommelt   Liechtenstein 99 0 4 95 0
11 Sepp Ferstl   West Germany 97 46 0 0 51
12 Franco Bieler   Italy 92 0 26 66 0
13 Walter Tresch   Italy 89 15 0 29 45
14 Hansi Hinterseer   Austria 82 0 53 29 0
15 Christian Hemmi    Switzerland 69 0 68 1 0

In men's downhill World Cup 1976/77 the best 5 results count. Six racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). Franz Klammer won 5 races in a row and won the cup with maximum points. Together with the last 4 downhill races last season 1975/76, he won 9 downhill races in a row, and Klammer won his third Downhill World Cup in a row. Austrian skiers won 9 races out of 10.

Place Name Country Total 3 4 8 11 14 18 19 21 27 28
1 Franz Klammer   Austria 125 25 25 25 25 25 (11) (11) (25) (8) -
2 Josef Walcher   Austria 101 - 20 (8) - 11 20 25 - 25 (6)
3 Bernhard Russi    Switzerland 85 (11) 15 (11) 15 15 25 15 (15) (15) (11)
4 Ernst Winkler   Austria 64 - - 20 8 - 15 1 (1) (1) 20
5 Herbert Plank   Italy 56 20 4 - 4 - 8 20 - - -
6 Sepp Ferstl   West Germany 46 - - - 3 20 3 - 20 - -
7 Werner Grissmann   Austria 45 (3) 11 - - 4 - - 6 20 4
8 Peter Wirnsberger   Austria 35 4 (1) 15 6 2 - 8 - - (1)
René Berthod    Switzerland 35 - - - 20 4 - 6 3 - 2
10 Peter Fischer   West Germany 34 - - - - 6 - - 2 11 15
11 Bartl Gensbichler   Austria 29 - - 2 - - - - - 2 25

In men's giant slalom World Cup 1976/77 the best 5 results count. Seven racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). Due to the tiebreak rules then in effect, Ingemar Stenmark failed to win his third Giant slalom World Cup in a row, as the reigning Olympic Champion Heini Hemmi, who scored the same number of retained points (115), achieved the better sixth result throughout the season in that event (3rd place at Sun Valley).

Place Name Country Total 1 2 6 9 17 23 26 29 32 33
1 Heini Hemmi    Switzerland 115 - 25 25 20 25 - (15) - - 20
2 Ingemar Stenmark   Sweden 115 20 (6) (3) - 20 - 25 - 25 25
3 Klaus Heidegger   Austria 100 15 (8) (11) 25 15 (8) - 25 20 (2)
4 Phil Mahre   United States 72 25 15 - 11 - - (3) 15 - 6
5 Piero Gros   Italy 70 11 20 8 (2) (3) - 11 20 (1) -
6 Christian Hemmi    Switzerland 65 2 - 20 (1) 8 - 20 - (2) 15
7 Hansi Hinterseer   Austria 53 6 - 6 8 - 25 - 8 - -
8 Willi Frommelt   Liechtenstein 40 4 2 - 15 - 11 (2) 8 - (1)
9 Manfred Brunner   Austria 32 - - - - - 20 - 4 4 4
10 Gustav Thöni   Italy 29 - 3 15 - - 3 - - 8 -

In men's slalom World Cup 1976/77 the best 5 results count. Nine racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). Ingemar Stenmark won five races in a row and won the cup with maximum points. He won seven races out of ten and won his third Slalom World Cup in a row!

Place Name Country Total 5 7 10 12 15 20 24 25 30 31
1 Ingemar Stenmark   Sweden 125 - 25 25 25 25 25 (20) (20) (25) (25)
2 Klaus Heidegger   Austria 91 11 - 20 (11) 15 20 25 - (11) (8)
3 Paul Frommelt   Liechtenstein 77 (2) 20 (8) (6) 20 15 (2) 11 - 11
4 Piero Gros   Italy 76 20 (3) (6) 20 - 8 (4) - 20 8
5 Gustav Thöni   Italy 63 15 11 - (8) 11 - 11 - - 15
6 Franco Bieler   Italy 58 (4) (4) - 15 - 11 - 6 6 20
7 Fausto Radici   Italy 53 25 8 4 (4) 8 - 8 (1) - -
8 Christian Neureuther   West Germany 30 - - 3 - 2 6 - 4 15 (2)
9 Walter Tresch    Switzerland 29 - 15 - - 6 - - - 8 -
10 Hansi Hinterseer   Austria 28 6 1 11 2 - (1) - 8 - -
11 Alois Morgenstern   Austria 27 8 - 15 3 1 - - - - -
12 Phil Mahre   United States 25 - - - - - - - 25 - -

After the first ever Combined World Cup 1975/76, in this season 1976/77 there were no special discipline world cup for Combined awarded. All three results only count for the Overall World Cup.

Place Name Country Total 13 16 22
1 Sepp Ferstl   West Germany 51 11 15 25
2 Walter Tresch    Switzerland 45 20 25 -
Gustav Thöni   Italy 45 25 20 -
4 Franz Klammer   Austria 23 8 - 15
5 Peter Lüscher    Switzerland 20 - - 20
6 Hans Enn   Austria 19 - 11 8
7 Leonhard Stock   Austria 16 4 8 4
8 Anton Steiner   Austria 15 15 - -
Michael Veith   West Germany 15 - 4 11
Peter Müller    Switzerland 15 3 6 6

The Women's overall World Cup 1976/77 was divided into two periods. From the first 16 races the best 8 results count and from the last 11 races the best 7 results count. Six racers had a point deduction.

Place Name Country Total
1 Lise-Marie Morerod    Switzerland 319
2 Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Austria 246
3 Monika Kaserer   Austria 196
4 Brigitte Totschnig   Austria 186
5 Hanni Wenzel   Liechtenstein 150
6 Marie-Theres Nadig    Switzerland 133
7 Perrine Pelen   France 132
8 Claudia Giordani   Italy 121
9 Fabienne Serrat   France 85
10 Bernadette Zurbriggen    Switzerland 78
11 Evi Mittermaier   West Germany 77
12 Regina Sackl   Austria 74
13 Kathy Kreiner   Canada 65
14 Nicola Spieß   Austria 61
15 Lea Sölkner   Austria 59

In women's downhill World Cup 1976/77 the best 5 results count. Seven racers had point a deduction, which are given in (). Austrian skiers won 7 races out of 8.

Place Name Country Total 3 6 7 9 10 11 15 26
1 Brigitte Totschnig   Austria 115 15 25 25 (11) (6) (11) 25 25
2 Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Austria 110 25 20 - 25 25 - 15 (8)
3 Marie-Theres Nadig    Switzerland 81 (2) (2) 20 20 15 15 11 (11)
4 Evi Mittermaier   West Germany 74 6 - (3) - 8 20 20 20
5 Bernadette Zurbriggen    Switzerland 63 - - 6 8 20 25 4 -
6 Nicola Spieß   Austria 60 11 15 20 6 (1) 8 - -
7 Irene Epple   West Germany 43 3 (1) (2) 15 11 6 8 -
8 Elena Matous   Iran 33 20 8 4 - - 1 - -
9 Brigitte Schroll   Austria 26 4 11 8 - 3 - - -
10 Cindy Nelson   United States 22 8 3 11 - - - - -

In women's giant slalom World Cup 1976/77 the best 5 results count. Five racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). Lise-Marie Morerod won 5 races and won the cup with maximum points.

Place Name Country Total 1 2 14 19 21 23 25 27
1 Lise-Marie Morerod    Switzerland 125 25 - 25 (20) 25 (20) 25 25
2 Monika Kaserer   Austria 93 (4) - 15 25 20 25 8 -
3 Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Austria 60 15 4 (1) 15 - 15 (3) 11
4 Kathy Kreiner   Canada 59 8 8 20 - - 3 20 (3)
5 Abbi Fisher   United States 39 20 - - 4 - - 15 -
Brigitte Totschnig   Austria 39 - 25 - 1 - 2 11 -
7 Lea Sölkner   Austria 36 2 20 - 2 11 - 1 (1)
8 Hanni Wenzel   Liechtenstein 31 - 15 - - 8 8 - -
Becky Dorsey   United States 31 1 - 8 3 - 11 - 8
Fabienne Serrat   France 31 - - 4 6 15 - - 6

In women's slalom World Cup 1976/77 the best 5 results count. Five racers had a point deduction, which are given in ().

Place Name Country Total 4 8 12 16 18 20 22 24
1 Lise-Marie Morerod    Switzerland 106 25 25 25 20 - - - 11
2 Perrine Pelen   France 98 (3) - 8 25 25 15 (4) 25
3 Claudia Giordani   Italy 86 15 - (2) 11 (8) 25 15 20
4 Monika Kaserer   Austria 65 4 11 (3) (4) 15 20 - 15
5 Hanni Wenzel   Liechtenstein 57 20 20 11 3 - - 3 -
6 Regina Sackl   Austria 56 11 8 4 - - 8 25 -
7 Fabienne Serrat   France 49 - 4 20 15 4 6 - (2)
8 Patricia Emonet   France 41 - 15 - 6 20 - - -
9 Pamela Behr   Austria 40 - - 15 8 11 - 6 -
10 Christa Zechmeister   West Germany 30 - 6 6 (2) 3 11 - 4

After the first ever Combined World Cup 1975/76, in this season 1976/77 there were no special discipline world cup for Combined awarded. All three results only count for the Overall World Cup.

Place Name Country Total 5 13 17
1 Hanni Wenzel   Liechtenstein 55 15 25 15
2 Lise-Marie Morerod    Switzerland 48 20 20 8
3 Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Austria 45 25 - 20
4 Marie-Theres Nadig    Switzerland 36 - 11 25
5 Monika Kaserer   Austria 32 6 15 11
6 Cindy Nelson   United States 11 11 - -
7 Claudia Giordani   Italy 10 8 2 -
8 Christa Zechmeister   West Germany 8 - 8 -
Danièle Debernard   France 8 4 4 -
Lea Sölkner   Austria 8 - 6 2
Place Country Total Men Ladies
1   Austria 1973 1001 972
2    Switzerland 1153 602 551
3   Italy 688 567 121
4   West Germany 381 200 181
5   Liechtenstein 370 193 177
6   Sweden 364 364 0
7   France 311 1 310
8   United States 300 144 156
9   Canada 69 4 65
10   Iran 39 0 39
11   Czechoslovakia 24 24 0
12   Norway 21 21 0
13   Yugoslavia 15 15 0
14   Japan 4 4 0
15   Australia 3 3 0
16   Bulgaria 1 1 0
Place Country Total DH GS SL KB Racers Wins
1   Austria 1001 533 218 177 73 14 13
2    Switzerland 602 237 251 34 80 12 5
3   Italy 567 58 149 313 47 8 2
4   Sweden 364 0 142 222 0 3 10
5   West Germany 200 97 0 32 71 4 1
6   Liechtenstein 193 0 74 113 6 3 0
7   United States 144 6 94 40 4 6 2
8   Czechoslovakia 24 0 20 4 0 2 0
9   Norway 21 19 0 2 0 2 0
10   Yugoslavia 15 0 3 12 0 1 0
11   Japan 4 0 0 4 0 1 0
12   Canada 4 0 0 0 4 2 0
13   Australia 3 3 0 0 0 1 0
14   Bulgaria 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
  France 1 0 1 0 0 1 0
Place Country Total DH GS SL KB Racers Wins
1   Austria 972 378 281 218 95 11 12
2    Switzerland 551 178 179 106 88 5 10
3   France 310 1 72 220 17 5 3
4   West Germany 181 123 6 43 9 7 0
5   Liechtenstein 177 19 46 57 55 2 1
6   United States 156 31 93 21 11 8 0
7   Italy 121 0 15 96 10 1 1
8   Canada 65 3 62 0 0 1 0
9   Iran 39 33 6 0 0 1 0