1977–78 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup


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The 12th World Cup season began in December 1977 and concluded in March 1978. Ingemar Stenmark of Sweden won his third consecutive overall title. Hanni Wenzel of Liechtenstein won the women's overall title.

FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 1977/78
Discipline Men Women
Overall Sweden Ingemar Stenmark Liechtenstein Hanni Wenzel
Downhill Austria Franz Klammer Austria Annemarie Moser-Pröll
Giant slalom Sweden Ingemar Stenmark Switzerland Lise-Marie Morerod
Slalom Sweden Ingemar Stenmark Liechtenstein Hanni Wenzel
Nations Cup Austria Austria Austria Austria
Nations Cup overall Austria Austria
Competition
Locations 15 15
Individual 22 22

A break in the schedule was for the 1978 World Championships, held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, West Germany, between 29 January and 5 February 1978.

During this season, no combined races were included in the World Cup. Combined was resumed in the following season 1978/79. A demonstration parallel slalom race was run as the last race of the season, in Arosa, Switzerland on 19 March 1978, but it did not count in the official standings for either men or women. However, it became the model for a season-ending team parallel slalom race to be run as a part of the season-ending events.

In men's overall World Cup 1977/78 the best 3 results of each discipline count; best three downhills, best three giant slaloms and best three slaloms. The parallel slalom only counts for the Nationscup (or was a show-event). 24 racers had a point deduction. Ingemar Stenmark won his third Overall World Cup in a row.

Place Name Country Total DH GS SL
1 Ingemar Stenmark   Sweden 150 0 75 75
2 Phil Mahre   United States 116 0 65 51
3 Andreas Wenzel   Liechtenstein 100 0 70 30
4 Klaus Heidegger   Austria 95 0 25 70
5 Herbert Plank   Italy 70 70 0 0
Franz Klammer   Austria 70 70 0 0
7 Josef Walcher   Austria 65 65 0 0
8 Piero Gros   Italy 60 0 23 37
Heini Hemmi    Switzerland 60 0 60 0
10 Mauro Bernardi   Italy 54 0 11 43
11 Ken Read   Canada 47 47 0 0
12 Petar Popangelov   Bulgaria 43 0 0 43
Uli Spieß   Austria 43 43 0 0
14 Michael Veith   West Germany 41 41 0 0
Sepp Ferstl   West Germany 41 41 0 0

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In men's downhill World Cup 1977/78 the best 5 results count. Four racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). For the very first time there was a shared win, when Josef Walcher and Sepp Ferstl tied in the second race at Kitzbühel. Franz Klammer won his fourth Downhill World Cup in a row.

Place Name Country Total 2 5 6 12 13 15 20 21
1 Franz Klammer   Austria 96 25 15 (3) 11 (11) - 20 25
2 Josef Walcher   Austria 74 15 3 - 25 25 6 - (3)
3 Herbert Plank   Italy 73 20 25 25 3 - - - -
4 Ken Read   Canada 56 11 - (2) - 3 25 6 11
5 Sepp Ferstl   West Germany 49 8 - - - 25 - 8 8
6 Uli Spieß   Austria 47 3 2 - - 2 - 25 15
7 Michael Veith   West Germany 45 - 11 - - 15 15 4 -
8 Peter Wirnsberger   Austria 43 - 20 15 4 - 4 - -
9 Werner Grissmann   Austria 39 6 8 (4) 8 6 11 - -
Erik Håker   Norway 39 2 - - - - 2 15 20

In men's giant slalom World Cup 1977/78 the best 5 results count. Four racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). Ingemar Stenmark regained his Giant slalom World Cup title after losing the previous year on a tiebreak.

Place Name Country Total 1 4 8 11 17 19 22
1 Ingemar Stenmark   Sweden 120 25 25 25 20 (15) (15) 25
2 Andreas Wenzel   Liechtenstein 100 - 15 15 25 (2) 25 20
3 Phil Mahre   United States 84 11 (4) 20 8 25 20 (6)
4 Heini Hemmi    Switzerland 82 20 20 - 11 20 11 (11)
5 Jean-Luc Fournier    Switzerland 32 15 6 11 - - - -
6 Peter Lüscher    Switzerland 30 - 1 - 4 6 4 15
7 Klaus Heidegger   Austria 27 6 11 8 2 - - -
8 Leonhard Stock   Austria 24 8 8 - - - - 8
9 Piero Gros   Italy 23 4 - 4 15 - - -
10 Gustav Thöni   Italy 17 - 3 3 3 - 8 -

In men's slalom World Cup 1977/78 the best 5 results count. Two racers had point a deduction, which are given in (). Ingemar Stenmark won his fourth Slalom World Cup in a row.

Place Name Country Total 3 7 9 10 14 16 18
1 Ingemar Stenmark   Sweden 115 25 25 25 (8) - 20 20
2 Klaus Heidegger   Austria 90 20 20 - 25 25 - -
3 Phil Mahre   United States 66 11 11 15 - 4 25 -
4 Piero Gros   Italy 47 (1) 15 11 4 11 - 6
5 Mauro Bernardi   Italy 43 8 - 20 15 - - -
Petar Popangelov   Bulgaria 43 3 - - 20 20 - -
7 Andreas Wenzel   Liechtenstein 30 4 - - - 15 - 11
8 Paolo De Chiesa   Italy 28 - 1 4 - 6 15 2
9 Steve Mahre   United States 25 - - - - - - 25
10 Fausto Radici   Italy 22 6 4 - 11 1 - -

In women's overall World Cup 1977/78 the best 3 results of each discipline count; best three downhills, best three giant slaloms and best three slaloms. The parallel slalom only counts for the Nationscup (or was a show-event). 17 racers had a point deduction.

Place Name Country Total DH GS SL
1 Hanni Wenzel   Liechtenstein 154 4 75 75
2 Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Austria 147 75 53 19
3 Lise-Marie Morerod    Switzerland 135 0 75 60
4 Fabienne Serrat   France 105 0 45 60
5 Cindy Nelson   United States 97 60 25 12
6 Perrine Pelen   France 96 0 21 75
7 Maria Epple   West Germany 94 0 55 39
8 Monika Kaserer   Austria 76 6 55 15
9 Lea Sölkner   Austria 70 0 24 46
10 Marie-Theres Nadig    Switzerland 63 55 8 0
11 Irene Epple   West Germany 62 32 30 0
12 Evi Mittermaier   West Germany 60 60 0 0
13 Becky Dorsey   United States 45 0 28 17
14 Doris de Agostini    Switzerland 37 37 0 0
15 Abbi Fisher   United States 27 0 9 18
Irmgard Lukasser   Austria 27 27 0 0

In women's downhill World Cup 1977/78 the best 5 results count. Five racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). Annemarie Moser-Pröll won 5 races and won the cup with maximum points. She won her sixth Downhill World Cup.

Place Name Country Total 1 5 6 9 10 20 21
1 Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Austria 125 (20) 25 25 25 (20) 25 25
2 Cindy Nelson   United States 91 - 20 20 11 (8) 20 20
3 Marie-Theres Nadig    Switzerland 78 25 (6) 15 8 15 - 15
4 Evi Mittermaier   West Germany 74 6 8 (4) 20 25 15 -
5 Doris de Agostini    Switzerland 51 11 15 8 6 (4) - 11
6 Irene Epple   West Germany 36 - 11 - 15 6 - 4
7 Irmgard Lukasser   Austria 32 8 3 - - 2 11 8
8 Brigitte Totschnig   Austria 24 4 2 11 3 - 4 -
9 Bernadette Zurbriggen    Switzerland 23 - - - - 11 6 6
10 Monika Bader   West Germany 16 15 - - - - - 1

In women's giant slalom World Cup 1977/78 the best 5 results count. Five racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). Lise-Marie Morerod won her third Giant slalom World Cup in a row! This record is still unbeaten!

Place Name Country Total 2 4 7 8 16 17 19 22
1 Lise-Marie Morerod    Switzerland 115 25 15 25 - 25 (15) 25 (15)
2 Hanni Wenzel   Liechtenstein 106 11 25 20 25 (8) 25 - (3)
3 Maria Epple   West Germany 77 20 11 15 11 - 20 - -
4 Monika Kaserer   Austria 62 15 20 1 20 6 - - -
5 Fabienne Serrat   France 60 - 4 11 11 15 (3) 15 -
Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Austria 60 - 8 4 3 20 - - 25
7 Lea Sölkner   Austria 36 8 6 8 8 (4) - - 6
8 Becky Dorsey   United States 30 6 2 - 1 1 (1) 20 -
Irene Epple   West Germany 30 - - - - - 8 2 20
Cindy Nelson   United States 30 - (1) - 2 3 6 8 11

In women's slalom World Cup 1977/78 the best 5 results count. Two racers had a point deduction, which are given in ().

Place Name Country Total 3 11 12 13 14 15 18
1 Hanni Wenzel   Liechtenstein 110 15 20 25 25 25 (11) (15)
2 Perrine Pelen   France 105 25 15 - 15 - 25 25
3 Fabienne Serrat   France 78 20 - - 3 20 15 20
4 Lise-Marie Morerod    Switzerland 71 - 25 - 20 15 8 3
5 Lea Sölkner   Austria 65 11 - 15 (2) 8 20 11
6 Maria Epple   West Germany 46 1 11 20 - - 6 8
7 Christin Cooper   United States 23 - 8 6 8 - 1 -
8 Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Austria 19 8 - 11 - - - -
9 Abbi Fisher   United States 18 - - - 6 11 - 1
10 Becky Dorsey   United States 17 - - 6 - 11 - -
Place Country Total Men Ladies
1   Austria 1095 555 540
2    Switzerland 669 267 402
3   United States 460 192 268
4   Liechtenstein 424 150 274
5   West Germany 419 109 310
6   Italy 324 314 10
7   France 288 12 276
8   Sweden 273 273 0
9   Canada 107 96 11
10   Bulgaria 43 43 0
11   Norway 39 39 0
12   Yugoslavia 32 32 0
13   Iran 10 0 10
14   Japan 9 9 0

All points were shown including individual deduction. But without parallel slalom, because result ? (Also possible, that the parallel slalom was only a show-event.)

Place Country Total DH GS SL Racers Wins
1   Austria 555 355 62 138 16 7
2   Italy 314 93 65 156 11 3
3   Sweden 273 0 150 123 1 7
4    Switzerland 267 80 164 23 11 0
5   United States 192 0 101 91 3 2
6   Liechtenstein 150 0 114 50 2 2
7   West Germany 109 94 1 14 4 1
8   Canada 96 96 0 0 3 1
9   Bulgaria 43 0 0 43 1 0
10   Norway 39 39 0 0 1 0
11   Yugoslavia 32 0 12 20 1 0
12   France 12 8 2 2 2 0
13   Japan 9 0 0 9 1 0

All points were shown including individual deduction but without parallel slalom, because parallel slalom was only an exhibition event.

Place Country Total DH GS SL Racers Wins
1   Austria 540 245 178 117 11 6
2    Switzerland 402 169 156 77 7 6
3   West Germany 310 132 113 65 8 1
4   France 276 0 88 188 4 3
5   Liechtenstein 274 4 134 136 2 6
6   United States 268 100 91 77 6 0
7   Canada 11 4 5 2 1 0
8   Italy 10 2 0 8 3 0
  Iran 10 10 0 0 1 0