Alpine World Ski Championships 1962

17th Alpine World Ski Championships
Place:	Chamonix ( France )
Start:	February 10, 1962
The End:	February 18, 1962
Competitions:	8th
winner
	Men's	Ladies
Departure	Karl Schranz	Christl Haas
Giant slalom	Egon Zimmermann	Marianne Jahn
slalom	Charles Bozon	Marianne Jahn
Alpine combination	Karl Schranz	Marielle Goitschel
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The 17th Alpine World Ski Championships took place from February 10 to 18, 1962 in Chamonix , France .

Due to the denial of visas for athletes from the GDR (reason: the Berlin Wall was built in 1961), there was a risk that this World Cup would not even be recognized as such. On February 4, 1962, the FIS Executive Committee in Bern decided that the races would take place in Chamonix, but without the official title of a world championship. The official announcement by FIS President Marc Hodler on the afternoon of February 6th said that “the Allied authorities have refused to issue a visa for the East German runners starting at the World Cup, which is why there are no World Championships, but the event is not canceled, but is carried out according to the program ". Some time later the FIS determined the title of these competitions as "FIS World Games 1962" ("Jeux Mondiaux de la FIS 1962"). The Austrian and Soviet delegates spoke out against the implementation; there were even rumors that the races would be moved to Bad Gastein . France protested against the fact that the event should not be considered a world championship, arguing that it was not they who built a wall.
Apparently on February 15th, the FIS Executive Committee at its meetings in Chamonix and Zakopane (venue of the Nordic World Ski Championships) changed the decisions taken by Bern and decided that the Chamonix winners are world champions. Confirmation by an extraordinary FIS congress (probably at the end of September in Vienna ) was required for this, but it was only a matter of form.

Various (political) banter

At the end of January there were already reports that the World Championships would be canceled. The President of the Italian Ski Association, Piero Oneglio, stated in an interview that his association is ready to hold this championship this year and between Sestriere, with 9-11 March as a possible date. At this point in time there would also be the Kandahar races, it would be easily possible to win the world championship at the same time. He also believe that the GDR athletes could come to Italy. - The "lockout" of the GDR (the alpine team would not receive the necessary travel documents from the allied authorities in West Berlin) was the decisive point for the implementation in Chamonix, as the FIS took the position that all nations belonging to it had to be admitted to championships. Other ski resorts that wanted to step into the breach were Badgastein, Kitzbühel, Cortina and Madonna di Campiglio. The Austrian member of the FIS Executive Committee, Dr. Walter Walzer, was in favor of a rejection due to the statutes about the right to participate for every FIS member. Subsequently, it was said that it was up to the French government if they issued entry visas that the GDR would take part and thus the world championships could take place. Nevertheless, there was obviously also a need for the “Allied Travel Bureau” in West Berlin to allow the permit to leave Germany. A first refusal by the FIS was made by its executive committee on February 4th in Bern, but "with reservation", after which it was said that there would be "one last chance if the competent western authorities would grant the visas by noon on February 6th" . The rejection prompted the Soviet ski association to refrain from participating on February 7th, the booked accommodations in Chamonix were canceled by telephone from Megève, and the athletes and officials left by train for home in the morning. At a meeting on February 9th, doubts arose about the validity of the vote, which had resulted in a 7-5 majority for the rejection. Austria's representative Dr. Walzer left it open whether he would change his position, since new points of view had emerged at the conference in Bern, one of which was the departure of the Soviet team. The Polish FIS representative Ziobrzynski explained that "if there are no world championships in Chamonix, the Nordic competitions in Zakopane could not count as world championships either, since Alpine and Nordic are to be viewed as a whole and 'discrimination' 'of a part is contrary to the statutes."

The French press ruthlessly demanded a new FIS board; “Le Dauphine libere” wrote that the FIS had been killed, but it was her own fault because she had been allowed to choose between sport and politics and had chosen politics.

Recognition as world championships

One of the first items on the agenda of the FIS Congress in Athens (May 20 to 24, 1963) was the official sanctioning of all results of these World Championships in 1962.

World championship rehearsal

From February 23 to 26, 1961, a "World Championship rehearsal" took place. The women started with a descent on February 23rd with a victory by Madeleine Bochatay (SUI) ahead of Erika Netzer (AUT) and the slalom on February 24th with an Austrian double victory by Marianne Jahn in front of Sieglinde Bräuer , making the combination of Netzer ahead of Jahn went. From February 25, it was the men's turn, with a four-fold French success in the downhill ( Guy Périllat ahead of François Bonlieu , Charles Bozon and Léo Lacroix ) and falls of the ÖSV runners Heini Messner and Egon Zimmermann II , as well as Karl Schranz was not at the start (since Austria had only sent this small contingent, for the first time since the end of the war there was no ÖSV runner in the ranking for an “FIS downhill”). The final slalom on February 26th was won by Josef Stiegler (AUT) ahead of Périllat, Bozon and Bonlieu, so the combined ranking went to Périllat ahead of Bozon and Bonlieu.

preview

A preview in "Sport Zürich" No. 17 of February 9, 1962, pages 2 and 3, assumed a fundamental duel between Austria and France, whereby the French men were given little chance due to the disappointing results so far. With the women, the US representatives should still be able to surprise, with the Italians only Pia Riva could occasionally keep up in the front groups. Heidi Biebl (candidate for the combination) and Barbi Henneberger were highlighted by the DSV runners. There were no great expectations for the Swiss women, although Lilo Michel had skills, but the question was how she would cope with the psychological pressure.
There are a large number of dangerous "loners" like Chuck Ferries and Bud Werner among men. Bruno Alberti will try again to crown his achievements with an outstanding result. In the German team, the downhill skiers Wolfgang Bartels, Adalbert Leitner and Fritz Wagnerberger should be emphasized, while Willi Bogner and Ludwig Leitner have never quite met expectations. The SSV drivers are not to be regarded as the first contenders for victory, with Willi Forrer deserving full credit in the downhill and Adolf Mathis in the slalom.

A contribution drawn by Jochen Sosthus (and probably made in the last days of December) on the upcoming alpine season, especially the world championships, was very confident about the prospects of the (federal) German team. Although the DSV Alpines, with the exception of Hans-Peter Lanig, Ludwig Leitner and Heidi Biebl, fell short of expectations in the 1961 races, they must be expected again. After completing his Abitur in 1961, Willy Bogner could devote himself to white sport again. Lanig had proven at the Olympics in Squaw Valley that it is not just a matter of metal skis, but that "a whole guy has to be on the skis if he wants to survive internationally". "Oldtimer" Fritz Wagnerberger has big plans, especially in the giant slalom, which has been his specialty for years; he hinted that it might be his last season. The women have been international class for years, Heidi Biebl is the best, fastest, most skilful and most successful - who should fight for the title in Chamonix? Maybe competitors from your own team, namely Barbi Henneberger, Anneliese Meggl or Hannelore Heckmair?

The head coach of the French team, Honore Bonnet, had nominated Guy Périllat, Charles Bozon, Francois Bonlieu and somewhat surprisingly (if perhaps considering the combination) Adrien Duvillard for the qualifying slalom starting at 8.30 a.m., who “was no longer in shape in the past few years and is hardly able to drive a difficult slalom in 2 passes without errors ”. All in all, the French men's team, which in 1961, apart from the slalom competitions, had driven the opponents to the ground, was disillusioned after the disappointments at the current races in Wengen, Kitzbühel, Cortina and Megève. But the hosts had to reckon not only with the winners of the races mentioned (Adolf Mathis, Willi Forrer, "Chuck" Ferries, Gerhard Nenning, Karl Schranz, Ernst Falch), but also with "Buddy" Werner, Willy Bogner, Adalbert and Ludwig Leitner, Bruno Alberti and Egon Zimmermann, Pepi Stiegler and Hias Leitner.

At the ÖSV, a good three weeks before the start, the question of the fourth runner in the men's slalom and the fourth runner in the women's downhill had to be clarified. With regard to the men, Hias Leitner should have the best chances (Karl Schranz and Ernst Falch were also mentioned), with the women it should be Gretl Grander or Marianne Jahn. The fall of Heini Messner during training in Cortina d'Ampezzo (January 25, 1962) required other considerations from those responsible for the team. On the other hand, on January 27th (at least for the time being) both Falch as the slalom winner in Zell am See and Grander as the downhill winner of the “Cup of the three Ladin municipalities in Val Gardena” qualified for the “tickets”.

The lack of snow before the World Championships required the organizers to change their plans. Holes on the downhill slopes were filled with bales of straw dropped by helicopters. For the giant slalom runs that were supposed to be made in the “Mont area”, it was planned to replace the “Charamillon slopes”. The “Piste verte” in Les Houches, for which no alternative route could be found, was fenced off.

A proposal by the Austrian Ski Association to lift the restriction to 4 runners per country and competition was rejected by the organizing committee on February 8th, because “only a competition carried out exactly according to the FIS mode would later give the FIS full congress the opportunity to To award winners the world championship titles and medals ”.

Of the title winners in 1960, only combination world champion Périllat and the gold medalist in the downhill Heidi Biebl were at the start, the others had resigned or (like Roger Staub) had switched to the professional ski circuit in the USA (source - please see the topic “Rejected proposal Austria's to increase the number of starters "under the heading" Bonnet trusts its veterans "and)

Political reaction and IOC statement

The SED party newspaper “Neues Deutschland” (and other GDR newspapers) welcomed the rejection in their editions of February 6th, whereby “NATO-Lakaein” wrote “because of their visa refusal for GDR skiers, which is contrary to international law Want to torpedo the World Championships in Chamonix. ”At the same time, the construction of the wall was defended, because“ every sovereign state can regulate the control and security of its borders at its own discretion ”.
The IOC reacted in a declaration signed by President Brundage against “political influence in sport” to the exclusion of the GDR, according to which in future the Olympic Games “will only be awarded to those cities that can guarantee the entry of all recognized teams”.

Opening ceremony

The opening took place at 8.30 p.m. in the ice rink, the active members moved in to the clang of a Chasseurs Alpins band, with no flag-bearers - and the delegations were each accompanied by a lady to the designated places for their national flags. The organizing committee had obviously not succeeded in procuring a real Swiss flag, because the one that fluttered on one of the masts looked precariously like the Danish flag. There were short speeches by the Mayor of Chamonix, Lanet, the French Ski Association President Urbain Cazaux and the National Representative for Sport, Maurice Herzog, who also made the official opening. James Couttet and Lucienne Schmitt-Couttet hoisted the FIS flag. Among the guests of honor was Alois Lugger , the mayor of the Olympic city of Innsbruck, designated for 1964 .
A great fireworks display rounded off this celebration. But then two more bands passed through Chamonix, followed by many of the town's residents.

Program changes

On the afternoon of Tuesday, February 13th, after the men's slalom had been held, there were power outages in the Chamonix valley following avalanches and thus the interruption of telex and telephone connections. Some of the newspaper reporters rattled their reports on their typewriters in the dark. The newspapers had to wait a long time for the reports.
As a result, the program was changed, with the women's slalom already taking place on February 14th (the downhill race had been scheduled, the slalom should have been held on February 17th) - and the starting number drawing did not take place until the early hours of this Wednesday .
In addition, both the women’s and men’s downhill run were only ridden on the last day of the competition, February 18th, the women’s on the so-called red, those of the men’s on the green.

Worth mentioning

• At the men's qualifying slalom on Saturday, February 10th, officials, stewards, police officers, two doctors, photographers, journalists and a man who served hot chocolate were present, but no spectators.

• Under strange circumstances, Fritz Wagnerberger had to take note of his elimination in the said qualifying slalom. Masayoshi Mitanti, the fifth from last runner, pushed him out of the first 15. For the time being, a time of 65.47 seconds was announced for the Japanese, but was then corrected to 56.10 seconds. Ultimately, however, it was unimportant that the clock started too early at Mitanti had caused this confusion, because even Francisco Cortez (Chile), who did not qualify either, had a better time than the German with 57.75 seconds.

• Switzerland remained medalless. This was to be repeated in Innsbruck in 1964 at the Olympic Games (where there were also no medals in the other competitions) and also at the 1966 Summer World Championships in Portillo. Before that, Switzerland had been without a medal once, namely in Oslo in 1952 (where the alpine races were also considered world championships).
• In contrast, the neighboring country Austria was able to achieve the best record of all world championships in all respects to date (April 2017): records were 6 gold medals, 15 medals in total - and this in "only" eight competitions. The second best brand was there in 1999 with five gold medals and a total of 13, but in 10 decisions.
• In view of the hours of delayed transmission of news to their editorial offices, many media representatives preferred to watch the races themselves on television in order to save the time driving to and from the slopes. (See also the article "Criticism")
• Toni Sailer was also present during the World Championships , but he was hardly noticed, the crowd cheered the current heroes.
• The French press built in their reports on the duel against Austria, despite objections to this, that historical comparisons and war memories should be put aside in sport and that the competitions should not be treated with such animal seriousness, sentences such as “Waterloo the Austrians in the men's slalom” and “Austerlitz of the French giant slalom riders ”.
• A curiosity happened around the medals, which were to be brought to Chamonix by FIS President Marc Hodler. The French customs did not let him through, because according to their regulations medals could only be imported or exported by people who had won them. Hodler had to travel back to Geneva and deposited the prices in the station depot. The World Cup Organizing Committee later had to iron this out and sent its own car to Geneva for collection.

criticism

There was criticism that the organizers of the men's giant slalom did not prepare the snow-covered seats, but expected the visitors to do so. The journalists themselves found their accommodation unworthy (they were housed in the basement of the Majestic Hotel) and criticized the small number of telephone lines and the excessive police checks; even the team supervisors were prevented from approaching their protégés again before the races. The press center was called “madhouse” by media representatives, there were almost always incidents (power failure, so that candles were always lit as a precaution so as not to be interrupted during his work), breakdown of the telephone connections

French sports public

The sports director of the “Volkszeitung Kärnten”, Leo Kaspar (born 1928), who was sent to Chamonix, commented in issue no. 41 of February 20, page 8 (title: “It was no skiing miracle”) that with regard to alpine skiing , compared to Austria, France is primarily interested in Jacques Anquetil , which is why this “defeat” hardly affected the majority of the French.

Men

Departure

space	country	athlete	time
1	AUT	Karl Schranz	2: 24.33 min
2	FRA	Émile Viollat	2: 24.82 min
3	AUT	Egon Zimmermann	2: 25.13 min
4th	SUI	Willi Forrer	2: 25.62 min
5	AUT	Gerhard Nenning	2: 25.96 min
6th	FRA	Guy Périllat	2: 26.46 min

Date: February 18, 11 am
piste: "Verte des Houches"
Length: 3343 m, difference in altitude: 870 m (start 1871 m, finish 1001 m)

51 runners finished.

Other important places and best of their countries:
7. Wolfgang Bartels FRG 2: 26.62
8. Bud Werner USA 2: 26.67
9. Adrien Duvillard FRA 2: 27.85
10. Hias Leitner (AUT) 2: 28.18
11. Léo Lacroix (FRA) 2: 28.65
12. Georg Grünenfelder (SUI) 2: 28.86
13. Bruno Alberti (ITA) 2: 29.46
14. Fritz Wagnerberger (FRG) 2: 30.06
15. Willy Bogner (FRG ) 2: 30.09
16. Ludwig Leitner (FRG) 2: 30.14
17. Robert Grünenfelder (SUI) 2: 30.50
18. Jean-Guy Brunet (CAN) 2: 31.42
20. Gianreto Giovanoli (SUI) 2 : 32.00
21. Felice de Nicolo (ITA) 2: 32.50
22. Raimo Manninen (FIN) 2: 32.58
23. Ivo Mahlknecht (ITA) 2: 33.87
25. James Heuga (USA) 2: 34.15
26. Carlo Senoner (ITA) 2: 34.74
27. Jerry Bujakowski (IND) 2: 35.18
28. Arild Holm (NOR) 2: 35.63
29. Roddy Hebron (CAN) 2:37, 00
31 Majine Tomii (JAP) 2: 38.19
32. Bengt-Erik Grahn (SWE) 2: 40.26
35. Kirstinn Benediktsson (ISL) 2: 40.93
38. Francisco Cortes (CHI) 2:41, 60
40. Javier Masana (SPA) 2: 43.28
46. Bob Hampton (GBR) 2: 52.78
49. Feisolah Bandalli (IRA) 3: 02.07
51. and last: Dimi tris Pappos (GRE) 3: 27.56
Two drivers from the higher starting groups managed to penetrate the “high-class phalanx”: Georg Grünenfelder with No. 40 in 12th place and Willy Bogner with No. 30 in 15th place.

The race was described as “the fastest downhill race in the world”, with 14 runners breaking the course record. The weather conditions were ideal, because it was colder, the snow had become harder and the visibility was ideal when the sun was shining. In the interim timing, Zimmermann was 1: 39.80 ahead of Nenning (1: 40.30), Werner (1: 40.40) and Forrer (1: 40.60). Schranz took 5th place in 1: 40.80 at the same time as Viollat; in the other places followed Bartels (1: 41.0), Senoner & Mathias Leitner) 1: 41.20), Ludwig Leitner (1: 41.40), Périllat (1: 41.50) and Duvillard (1:41 , 70). When Viollat ​​crossed the finish line with a new best time - lead of 0.31 seconds over Zimmermann, who was clearly ahead in the meantime, everything seemed to speak for his victory. Great tension, because Schranz was reported at the same time as the French; the Arlberger risked more in the further part of the route (he explained afterwards that he did not want to lose the gold medal again - as in the giant slalom). At that time it was still common for racers to choose the ski from the range of ski companies in their country for the respective race, whereby the Austrian carpenter opted for a metal ski, as in the giant slalom, but from a different brand. Schranz, however, rode a plastic ski from another brand.

Giant slalom

space	country	athlete	time
1	AUT	Egon Zimmermann	1: 38.97 min
2	AUT	Karl Schranz	1: 39.12 min
3	AUT	Martin Burger	1: 39.42 min
4th	FRA	Adrien Duvillard	1: 39.69 min
5	United States	Wallace Werner	1: 40.13 min
6th	ITA	Carlo Senoner	1: 40.25 min

Date: February 15,
start at 1,500 m altitude; Length: 2200 m, difference in altitude: 470 m,
gates: 49 (course setter Louis Ravanel, FRA)

65 named, 64 at the start - 55 in the ranking

Other important places and best in their countries:
7. Léo Lacroix (FRA) 1: 40.66
8. Gerhard Nenning (AUT) 1: 41.24
9. Felice de Nicolo (ITA) 1: 42.25
10. Ludwig Leitner ( FRG) 1: 42.53
11. Willi Forrer (SUI) 1: 42.85
12. James Heuga (USA) 1: 42.97
13. Robert Grünenfelder (SUI) 1: 43.11
14 Paride Milianti (ITA) 1 : 43.18
15. William Kidd (USA) 1: 43.40
16. Wolfgang Bartels (FRG) 1: 44.01
17. Georg Grünenfelder (SUI) 1: 44.11
18. Martin Fill (ITA) 1:44 , 55
20. Verne Anderson (CAN) 1: 46.87
21. Joshihara Fukuhara (JPN) 1: 47.01
22. Olle Rohlen (SWE) 1: 47.34
25. Harald Arnesen (NOR) 1: 48.37
31 Kirtinn Benediktsson (ISL) 1: 52.72
32. Willy Bogner (FRG) 1: 52.98
34. Lui Vio (SPA) 1: 53.51
35. Jerry Bujakowski (IND) 1: 57.44
36th Karim Aga Khan (IRA) 1: 58.30
37. Alec Mongomery (GBR) 1: 58.84
38. Nazih Geagea (LIB) 1: 59.84
39. Vicente Vera (CHI) 2: 00.54
41. Tor-Rolf Skogström (FIN) 2: 03.50
47th Diego Schweizer (ARG) 2: 16.03
48th Vassilis Macridia (GRE) 2: 23.23
55th and last Dimitris Maragoudaki (GRE) 2: 52.05
Disq Qualification: Guy Périllat (FRA), Werner Schmid (SUI)
Not in the finish (7), including Michel Arpin (FRA), Fritz Wagnerberger (FRG), Bengt Erik Grahn (SWE)
Not started: Abel Eiras (ARG)

The race was held in wonderful winter weather and excellent visibility, with French mountain soldiers (“chasseurs alpins”) carefully preparing the route so that there was an absolutely regular competition. It was the same slope in Les Besson as in the men's slalom, only the goal was moved further down.

After Chuck Ferries as the forerunner, Burger opened the race, Duvillard was only faster for the eye (but 0.23 seconds behind Burger), Schranz set a new best time (afterwards it turned out that he was even eight tenths of a second behind Zimmermann and had reduced the delay to 0.15 sec.), Willy Forrer was clearly behind and also No. 5, Lacroix, stayed over 1:40 min. The gold medal was already awarded with No. 6. The Frenchman Michel Arpin (No. 9) was too over motivated, he fell in one of the first goals and had to give up. Perillat, who, as the immediately following runner, had seen his comrade's bad luck, also lost his nerve; Gate No. 26 was his undoing, although he drove on in a sporty manner. Bud Werner (No. 11) put in a daring race, but he did not drive as precisely as the Austrians, so that he fell out of the medal ranks. Wagnerberger (No. 13) had to give up after falling. The Italians had fast skis, Senoner came in 6th with No. 14. From the runners in the second group there was no more chance of jeopardizing the top positions, Georg Grünenfelder came in 16th with No. 18, but fared better Ludwig Leitner with No. 22, James Heuga with No. 19, but it was nothing more than a connection to the "first-class boys".

There was a curiosity that all four Austrian starters came from the Arlberg ski club.

Regarding Zimmermann's line-up among the Austrians, it became known that he was actually only a substitute (he first attracted the selectionists' attention by placing 5th in the giant slalom in Megève as the second best Austrian skier) and made his line-up dependent on Stiegler's result in the slalom had been - and the luck of the East Tyrolean was the luck of the Arlberger. In order to disregard the slalom winner Bozon among the French (this was surprising in view of the combination chances), their trainer and selectionist Honoré Bonnet announced that the same way as in Squaw Valley , only according to the principles of who is better in the respective discipline. Bozon was behind six others in the internal rating. Bonnet, usually referred to as "Napoleon", declared that only titles counted for him - "and Bozon was too weak, especially on the descent".

slalom

space	country	athlete	time
1	FRA	Charles Bozon	2: 21.67 min
2	FRA	Guy Périllat	2: 23.07 min
3	AUT	Gerhard Nenning	2: 24.20 min
4th	AUT	Karl Schranz	2: 24.23 min
5	FRG	Ludwig Leitner	2: 25.36 min
6th	AUT	Ernst Falch	2: 26.17 min

Date: February 12, 10:30 am (1st run), 1:30 p.m. (2nd run)
Length: 562 m, difference in altitude: 202 m
Gates: 74 (1st run - course setter Fritz Huber) / 69 ( 2nd run) Run - course setter James Couttet)

Furthermore: 7. Carlo Senoner (ITA) 148.0; 8. Bill Kidd (USA) 149.27; 9. Willi Bogner (FRG) 150.77; 12. James Heuga (USA) 152.00; 15. Carlo Gartner (ITA) 152.60; 20. Josef Stiegler 161.04; 21. Mitani (JAP) 161.45; 22. Bengt Erik Grahn (SWE) 170.99.
Not in the classification due to disqualification (including): Wallace Werner , Chuck Ferries (both USA), Adrien Duvillard (ski racer, 1934) (FRA), Adolf Mathis (SUI).
After the first run, in which Nenning wore the No. 1, Bozon led before Nenning, Bud (Wallace) Werner, Ferries, Périllat, Bonlieu, Stiegler, L. Leitner and Schranz, with Bozon more than one in 69.10 seconds Second ahead.
30 runners were registered, but Bruno Alberti (ITA) was unable to take part due to an injury (he suffered a hip injury in downhill training in a fall on February 11 and had to be treated in hospital). The organizers had to deal with half a meter of fresh snow. After Nenning and Carlo Senoner , No. 3 Adolf Mathis almost fell when he got caught on a pole with the tip of his ski (he was 11th behind Senoner in 72.14 seconds - ultimately a total time of 146.69 and rank 8, but it was subsequently disqualified because he missed several goals after the incident). Adrien Duvillard paid for his research style with a fall, the running time was 83.31 seconds. The track had already suffered after 10 riders, Schranz with No. 14 was 3.5 seconds behind Bozon. The persistent snowfall did the rest to prevent a driver from the second starting group from being surprised. Rather, sheets of corrugated iron were whirled through the air by the rising wind.

The second round should have started with Schranz, but initially only two forerunners were sent, then a quarter of an hour passed before Schranz started the race as the snowfall got stronger. Although he was obviously slowed down by these circumstances, it should be the fastest time. Duvillard, already without a chance, had to stop and the following competitors were either carried out of the gates or fell in view of the extremely difficult conditions. Ferries, winners of Kitzbühel and Cortina, risked too much and flew out of gate 56. Stiegler, who was the slalom dominator last year, could not find his way around and even fell once when he got stuck in gate number 63. After a splendid drive, Bonlieu failed on the last gate pole, he fell next to the photocell. Périllat showed that the incredibly difficult task was manageable and took the lead. Bozon became a deserved winner; he never gave up a moment in commitment and will to win, became the new top man - and it was also a late compensation for Bad Gastein four years ago when he broke a cervical vertebra in the giant slalom. Nenning decided the number of those who could have been eligible for victory, but with 73.94 seconds he did not succeed in the "big coup".

On February 10th, after the Polish runners did not start, 64 runners had a qualifying run, whereby all Austrians qualified, but only Schranz already in the first run. Of the elite runners, only five needed a first run, the rest, including Bozon, Ferries, Bogner and Périllat, had to contest a second run, and with Adalbert Leitner (who also fell and injured himself in his second run, so that he for the giant slalom was canceled and it was questionable whether to take part in the descent) and Fritz Wagnerberger two members of the FRG ski association fell by the wayside. Of the Swiss, only Mathis, who immediately finished seventh, remained; Werner Schmid came in twentieth, Robert Grünenfelder came in 27th and Daniel Gerber in 31st; in the second run Gerber was eighteenth, Schmid was placed right behind - and Grünenfelder only landed in 32nd place (still behind Karim Aga Kahn, who started 31st for Great Britain ). Erich Nogler (ITA) had the first run with 67 goals, the second H. Perret (FRA) with 70 goals, with the Nogler slope being more demanding.

30 (15 each from the first and second run) were eligible to start the actual slalom, of which 22 made it to the finish. The Chilean Francisco Cortez had bad luck: after such a long journey he failed by 5 hundredths of a second.

combination

space	country	athlete	Points
1	AUT	Karl Schranz	11.04
2	AUT	Gerhard Nenning	33.21
3	FRG	Ludwig Leitner	64.70
4th	ITA	Carlo Senoner	78.55
5	United States	Jimmy Heuga	108.15
6th	FRG	Willy Bogner	143.70

There were 40 runners at the start, 13 of them classified. The positions were determined according to a point system from the results of the downhill, giant slalom and slalom.

The other placed:

7. Arild Holm (NOR) 162.59

8. Verne Anderson (CAN) 166.28

9. Olle Rohlen (SWE) 172.62

10. Yoshiharu Fukuhara (JAP) 177.86

11. Ulf Ekstam (FIN) 259.87

12. Jean-Guy Brunet (CAN) 260.51

13. Raimo Manninen (FIN) 315.50

Before the final departure the order was: 1) Schranz 11.04 points; 2) Nenning 25.33 points; 3) Senoner 33.41 points; 4) Ludwig Leitner 38.63; 5) Kidd 58.18; 6) Heuga 65.38.

Women

Departure

space	country	athlete	time
1	AUT	Christl Haas	2: 09.08 min
2	ITA	Pia Riva	2: 12.31 min
3	United States	Barbara Ferries	2: 13.76 min
4th	FRG	Barbara Henneberger	2: 13.86 min
5	CAN	Nancy Greene	2: 14.00 min
6th	BEL	Patrizia Durois du Bliquy	2: 14.16 min

Date: February 18, 1 p.m.
Piste: “Piste Rouge”
Length: 2500 m, difference in altitude: 500 m (other information: 2.240 / 630); Start at 1,610 m height
Gates: 16

There were 44 runners at the start, 40 of them finished.

Other important places and best of their countries:
7. Madeleine Bochatay (FRA) 2: 14.66
8. Traudl Hecher (AUT) 2: 14.86
9. Jean Saubert (USA) 2: 15.07
10. Erika Netzer (AUT ) 2: 15.39
11. Marielle Goitschel (FRA) 2: 15.55
12. Therese Obrecht (SUI) 2: 15.69
13. Traudl Urban (FRG) 2: 16.76
14. Anne-Marie Leduc (FRA ) 2: 17.03
15. Nancy Holland (CAN) 2: 17.15
17. Linda Meyers (USA) 2: 17.17
18. Arlette Grosso (FRA) 2: 17.47
19. Inge Senoner (ITA) 2 : 17.78
20. Ruth Adolf (SUI) 2: 17.88
21. Heidi Mittermaier (FRG) 2: 18.45
22. Marianne Jahn (AUT) 2: 18.77
23. Silvia Zimmermann (SUI) 2:18 , 81
24. Jerta Schir (ITA) 2: 20.57
25. Lilo Michel (SUI) 2: 20.67
26. Liv Christiansen (NOR) 2: 20.84
27. Taina Heald (GBR) 2: 21.32
33. Christina Schweizer (ARG) 2: 27.51
35. Hatsuko Matsuahima (JAP) 2: 32.12
36. Kathinka Frisk (SWE) 2: 33.96
37. Cecilia Womersley (NZE) 2: 39.21
39. Marian Navarro (SPA) 3: 05.42
40. and last: Mihoko Ohtsue (JAP) 3: 07.47
Task: Heidi Biebl (FRG), Joan Hannah (USA), Vicky Rutledge (CAN), Siri-Bor ge Andersen (NOR)
. The route turned out to be very difficult (it was “tailor-made” for Christl Haas), there were many more falls, including Heidi Biebl (she looked overblown) and Joan Hannah , who both had to give up. Haas was initially only 0.10 seconds faster than the Ferries and Biebl at the same time in 1: 32.40; the subsequent order was: Hannah 1: 33.0; Obrecht 1: 33.10; Netzer 1: 33.30; Bochatay 1: 33.40; Henneberger & Schir 1: 33.60; Du Roy 1: 33.70. - The Italians had not been given a credit after their failure in the slalom, so that silver came as a surprise for Pia Riva, who continued her best times. (In the meantime she was only 11th with 1: 33.80) The USA managed to get another medal despite Hannah's bad luck. The French women could not quite live up to their reputation, Madeleine Bochatay (No. 1) was washed back to 7th place. Henneberger delivered the expected top performance, but it didn't win her a medal. Nancy Greene recalled the good performances of the Canadians, and a real sensation was the Belgian du Bliquy, who with start no. 40 showed no respect. The performance of the Swiss women could be described as decent.

Giant slalom

space	country	athlete	time
1	AUT	Marianne Jahn	1: 41.53 min
2	AUT	Erika Netzer	1: 41.60 min
3	United States	Joan Hannah	1: 41.72 min
4th	FRA	Marielle Goitschel	1: 41.88 min
5	United States	Barbara Ferries	1: 42.10 min
6th	United States	Jean Saubert	1: 42.20 min

Date: February 11th
Slope: “Chemin de Mont”
Length: 2100 m, difference in altitude: 370 m
Gates: 50; Course setter: Marius Mora (FRA)

The length of the route, which was initially given as 2,100 m, later as 2,000 m, was doubted by experts, because according to this, winner Jahn would have driven with an hourly average of 74.44 or 70.88 km / h, which the women didn't even think of Departure has been reached.

Also: 7th Lilo Michel (SUI) 1: 42.92, 8th Christine Goitschel (FRA) 1: 43.15, 9th Traudl Hecher (AUT) 1: 43.23, 10th Madeleine Bochatay (FRA) 1: 44.11, 11. Heidi Biebl (GER) 1: 44.33, 12. Christl Haas (AUT) 1: 44.41; 13. Barbie Henneberger (GER) 1: 44.52; 14. Therese Leduc (FRA) 1: 44.86; 15. Linda Meyers (USA) 1: 46.15; 16. Jerta Shir (ITA) 1: 46.31; 17. Astrid Sandvik (NOR) 1: 46.43; 20. Theres Obrecht (SUI) 1: 47.16
There were 50 runners at the start, 42 of them finished.
There were very little time differences, an average of three tenths of a second: From the first to the tenth runner it was 2.6 seconds, from 10th to 20th it was three seconds, and from 20 to 30th it was 3.4 seconds. The course setter flagged the first part (a very steep slope) rather slalom-like with 35 gates. Jahn benefited from this - although their lead would have been more considerable; she was clearly ahead in the uppermost part of the route, but a mistake in (of all things) goal no. 13, which she mastered with great exertion, cost her a lot of her credit. With the gate no. 30 officially stopped intermediate times it showed 67.0 seconds, followed by Hannah (67.2), M. Goitschel (68.0), Ferries and Netzer (68.2), Michel (68.4), Saubert (68 , 5), Hecher (68.8). Chr. Goitschel (69.0) and Biebl (69.3). Jahn floated through the gates, Hecher drove too upright, Haas had too wide a ski guide, Netzer swung out too far in the first gates, Biebl braced, Madeleine Bochatay stood too much on the edges.

Marielle Goitschel had start number 1, the Austrians no. 3 Netzer, no. 5 Hecher, no. 6 Jahn. No. 9 Haas

slalom

space	country	athlete	Points
1	AUT	Marianne Jahn	1: 34.84 min
2	FRA	Marielle Goitschel	1: 36.30 min
3	AUT	Erika Netzer	1: 38.12 min
4th	NOR	Astrid Sandvik	1: 43.61 min
5	FRG	Barbara Henneberger	1: 43.93 min
6th	FRA	Annemarie Leduc	1: 44.20 min

Date: February 14
Height difference: 150 m
Goals: 50 - Course setter Rupert Suter (SUI) and Marius Mora (FRA)

The competition was held on the same slope as the men, albeit a shortened one, and took place with constant snowfall, but in contrast to the previous day for the men with only moderate wind, whereby the first course with a sudden change of direction and a few staggered gates took many runners out of the Brought rhythm, while the second run was more in the fall line.

Further ranks: 7th Linda Meyers (USA) 105.41, 8th Sieglinde Bräuer (AUT) 10, .84, 9th Lilo Michel (SUI) 109.55, 12th Traudl Hecher (AUT) and Thérès Léduc (FRA) 111.49
30 runners crossed the finish line.
After the first run, Marielle Goitschel was in 48.55 seconds just ahead of Jahn (48.63 seconds) and Netzer (48.91 seconds), while Traudl Hecher fell out of the race for a top position after a fall (she rose back) was. Between the two rounds there were already interviews with Goitschel from French radio, who looked confident and never thought of losing the race.
In the second run, heavy snow drifts began. Of the medal contenders, Goitschel was the first to start and scored 47.75 seconds. Netzer was nowhere near with 49.41 seconds, so everything seemed to be developing into a gold medal for France “according to the program”, but Jahn demonstrated special class in 46 , 31 seconds she was almost 1.5 seconds faster than Goitschel; even the French audience applauded.
It is also noteworthy that there is a large time difference between the medal ranks at 4th place (over 5 seconds) and then a further eight seconds up to 12th place (to runners who are still "world class" there)!
Regarding the driving style of winner Jahn in the second run, experts said that “she drove the way you will drive in a few years. She anticipated the future in slalom ”.

combination

space	country	athlete	Points
1	FRA	Marielle Goitschel	41.13
2	AUT	Marianne Jahn	44.78
3	AUT	Erika Netzer	48.33
4th	FRG	Barbara Henneberger	89.36
5	United States	Linda Meyers	121.03
6th	AUT	Traudl Hecher	122.06

There were 50 runners at the start, 22 of them classified. The positions were determined according to a point system from the results of the downhill, giant slalom and slalom.

Other important places and best in their countries:
7. Lilo Michel (SUI) 137.08
8. Barbara Ferries (USA) 138.05
9. Jean Saubert (USA) 139.83
10. Therese Obrecht (SUI) 162.10
11. Margrit Haraldsen (NOR) 182.12
12. Pia Riva (ITA) 187.80
13. Vivi-Anne Wassdahl (SWE) 211.79
14. Linda Crutchfield (CAN) 222.39
15. Taina Heald (Tania Heald?) ( GBR) 266.90
17. Annette Courquelet (BEL) 368.19
18. Nancy Greene (CAN) 278.57
20. Cecilia Womersley (NZE) 375.78
21. Eiko Kawabata (JAP) 384.28
22nd and last: Hatzuko Matsuahima (JAP) 406.72

With regard to the combination, the Austrian runners missed their chances in the downhill: Jahn had led with a mark of zero after their two victories (e.g. ahead of Goitschel with 10.53 points, Netzer with 18.65 points, Henneberger 66.50 points, Sandvik 76.10 points and Meyers 83.28 points), but now she had to record a slide in the upper part of the track, with which she lost over 9 seconds to the best time of teammate Haas. Hecher again revealed uncertainties and Netzer seemed to be operating a little too carefully. So Marielle Goitschel, who was used for Thérès Leduc at the last moment , took her chance and took Jahn from more than three seconds.

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Austria	6th	4th	5	15th
2	France	2	3	-	5
3	Italy	-	1	-	1
4th	United States	-	-	2	2
5	BR Germany	-	-	1	1

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