Men's downhill World Cup 1977/1978

In men's downhill World Cup 1977/78 the best 5 results count. Four racers had a point deduction, which are given in brackets. 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 - this record is still unbeaten.

Place	Name	Country	Total Points	Deduction	2	5	6	12	13	15	20	21
1	Franz Klammer	Austria	96	(14)	25	15	(3)	11	(11)	-	20	25
2	Josef Walcher	Austria	74	(3)	15	3	-	25	25	6	-	(3)
3	Herbert Plank	Italy	73		20	25	25	3	-	-	-	-
4	Ken Read	Canada	56	(2)	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	(4)	6	8	(4)	8	6	11	-	-
	Erik Håker	Norway	39		2	-	-	-	-	2	15	20
11	Walter Vesti	Switzerland	24		-	-	-	20	4	-	-	-
12	Bernhard Russi	Switzerland	20		-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-
	Dave Murray	Canada	20		-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-
14	Klaus Eberhard	Austria	19		-	6	11	2	-	-	-	-
15	Steve Podborski	Canada	18		-	-	-	1	-	-	11	6
16	Renato Antonioli	Italy	16		-	-	-	15	1	-	-	-
17	Bartl Gensbichler	Austria	14		-	-	8	-	-	-	-	6
18	Peter Müller	Switzerland	13		4	-	1	-	8	-	-	-
19	Philippe Roux	Switzerland	12		-	-	-	6	-	3	2	1
20	Erwin Josi	Switzerland	10		-	1	6	-	-	-	1	2
21	Patrice Pellat-Finet	France	8		-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-
22	Leonhard Stock	Austria	5		1	-	-	-	-	-	3	1
23	Gustav Thöni	Italy	4		-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-
24	Silvano Meli	Switzerland	1		-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-

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