Langbahn Team – Weltmeisterschaft

1977–78 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup

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

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.

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.

Calendar

Men

Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom, PS – Parallel slalom (Nations Cup ranking only)[1]
Race Season Date Place Type Winner Second Third
263 1 10 December 1977   France Val d'Isère GS 085  Sweden Ingemar Stenmark Switzerland Heini Hemmi Switzerland Jean-Luc Fournier
264 2 11 December 1977   DH 079  Austria Franz Klammer Italy Herbert Plank Austria Josef Walcher
265 3 13 December 1977   Italy Madonna di Campiglio SL 091  Sweden Ingemar Stenmark Austria Klaus Heidegger Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bojan Križaj
266 4 14 December 1977   GS 086  Sweden Ingemar Stenmark Switzerland Heini Hemmi Liechtenstein Andreas Wenzel
267 5 18 December 1977   Italy Val Gardena DH 080  Italy Herbert Plank Austria Peter Wirnsberger Austria Franz Klammer
268 6 22 December 1977   Italy Cortina d'Ampezzo DH 081  Italy Herbert Plank Switzerland Bernhard Russi Austria Peter Wirnsberger
269 7 5 January 1978   West Germany Oberstaufen SL 092  Sweden Ingemar Stenmark Austria Klaus Heidegger Italy Piero Gros
270 8 8 January 1978   West Germany Zwiesel GS 087  Sweden Ingemar Stenmark United States Phil Mahre Liechtenstein Andreas Wenzel
271 9 9 January 1978   SL 093  Sweden Ingemar Stenmark Italy Mauro Bernardi United States Phil Mahre
272 10 15 January 1978   Switzerland Wengen SL 094  Austria Klaus Heidegger Bulgaria Petar Popangelov Italy Mauro Bernardi
273 11 17 January 1978   Switzerland Adelboden GS 088  Liechtenstein Andreas Wenzel Sweden Ingemar Stenmark Italy Piero Gros
274 12 20 January 1978   Austria Kitzbühel DH 082  Austria Josef Walcher Switzerland Walter Vesti Italy Renato Antonioli
275 13 21 January 1978   DH 083  Austria Josef Walcher
West Germany Sepp Ferstl
West Germany Michael Veith
276 14 22 January 1978   SL 095  Austria Klaus Heidegger Bulgaria Petar Popangelov Liechtenstein Andreas Wenzel
FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1978 (29 January – 5 February)
277 15 11 February 1978   France Les Houches DH 084  Canada Ken Read Canada Dave Murray West Germany Michael Veith
278 16 12 February 1978   France Chamonix SL 096  United States Phil Mahre Sweden Ingemar Stenmark Italy Paolo De Chiesa
279 17 3 March 1978   United States Stratton Mountain GS 089  United States Phil Mahre Switzerland Heini Hemmi Sweden Ingemar Stenmark
280 18 4 March 1978   SL 097  United States Steve Mahre Sweden Ingemar Stenmark Switzerland Peter Lüscher
281 19 6 March 1978   United States Waterville Valley GS 090  Liechtenstein Andreas Wenzel United States Phil Mahre Sweden Ingemar Stenmark
282 20 10 March 1978   Switzerland Laax DH 085  Austria Uli Spieß Austria Franz Klammer Norway Erik Håker
283 21 11 March 1978   DH 086  Austria Franz Klammer Norway Erik Håker Austria Uli Spieß
284 22 18 March 1978   Switzerland Arosa GS 091  Sweden Ingemar Stenmark Liechtenstein Andreas Wenzel Switzerland Peter Lüscher
Nations Cup 19 March 1978   Switzerland Arosa PS ncr  United States Phil Mahre Sweden Ingemar Stenmark Austria Leonhard Stock

Ladies

Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom, PS – Parallel slalom (Nations Cup ranking only)[2]
Race Season Date Place Type Winner Second Third
251 1 7 December 1977   France Val d'Isère DH 069  Switzerland Marie-Theres Nadig Austria Annemarie Moser-Pröll West Germany Monika Bader
252 2 8 December 1977   GS 082  Switzerland Lise-Marie Morerod West Germany Maria Epple Austria Monika Kaserer
253 3 10 December 1977   Italy Cervinia SL 092  France Perrine Pelen France Fabienne Serrat Liechtenstein Hanni Wenzel
254 4 15 December 1977   Italy Madonna di Campiglio GS 083  Liechtenstein Hanni Wenzel Austria Monika Kaserer Switzerland Lise-Marie Morerod
255 5 6 January 1978   West Germany Pfronten DH 070  Austria Annemarie Moser-Pröll United States Cindy Nelson Switzerland Doris de Agostini
256 6 7 January 1978   DH 071  Austria Annemarie Moser-Pröll United States Cindy Nelson Switzerland Marie-Theres Nadig
257 7 9 January 1978   Switzerland Les Mosses GS 084  Switzerland Lise-Marie Morerod Liechtenstein Hanni Wenzel West Germany Maria Epple
258 8 10 January 1978   GS 085  Liechtenstein Hanni Wenzel Austria Monika Kaserer France Fabienne Serrat
259 9 13 January 1978   Switzerland Les Diablerets DH 072  Austria Annemarie Moser-Pröll West Germany Evi Mittermaier West Germany Irene Epple
260 10 18 January 1978   Austria Bad Gastein DH 073  West Germany Evi Mittermaier Austria Annemarie Moser-Pröll Switzerland Marie-Theres Nadig
261 11 19 January 1978   SL 093  Switzerland Lise-Marie Morerod Liechtenstein Hanni Wenzel France Perrine Pelen
262 12 22 January 1978   Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Maribor SL 094  Liechtenstein Hanni Wenzel West Germany Maria Epple Austria Lea Sölkner
263 13 24 January 1978   West Germany Berchtesgaden SL 095  Liechtenstein Hanni Wenzel Switzerland Lise-Marie Morerod France Perrine Pelen
264 14 25 January 1978   SL 096  Liechtenstein Hanni Wenzel France Fabienne Serrat Switzerland Lise-Marie Morerod
FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1978 (29 January – 5 February)
265 15 8 February 1978   France St. Gervais SL 097  France Perrine Pelen Austria Lea Sölkner France Fabienne Serrat
266 16 9 February 1978   France Megève GS 086  Switzerland Lise-Marie Morerod Austria Annemarie Moser-Pröll France Fabienne Serrat
267 17 2 March 1978   United States Stratton Mountain GS 087  Liechtenstein Hanni Wenzel West Germany Maria Epple Switzerland Lise-Marie Morerod
268 18 5 March 1978   SL 098  France Perrine Pelen France Fabienne Serrat Liechtenstein Hanni Wenzel
269 19 7 March 1978   United States Waterville Valley GS 088  Switzerland Lise-Marie Morerod United States Becky Dorsey France Fabienne Serrat
270 20 11 March 1978   Austria Bad Kleinkirchheim DH 074  Austria Annemarie Moser-Pröll United States Cindy Nelson West Germany Evi Mittermaier
271 21 12 March 1978   DH 075  Austria Annemarie Moser-Pröll United States Cindy Nelson Switzerland Marie-Theres Nadig
272 22 17 March 1978   Switzerland Arosa GS 089  Austria Annemarie Moser-Pröll West Germany Irene Epple Switzerland Lise-Marie Morerod
Nations Cup 19 March 1978   Switzerland Arosa PS ncr  Austria Annemarie Moser-Pröll West Germany Christa Zechmeister United States Viki Fleckenstein

Men

Overall

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

Downhill

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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

Giant slalom

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 -

Slalom

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 - -

Ladies

Overall

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

Downhill

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

Giant slalom

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

Slalom

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 - -

Nations Cup

Overall

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

Men

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

Ladies

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

References