Alpine Ski World Cup 1973/74

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Alpine Ski World Cup 1973/74

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Men's Ladies
winner
total ItalyItaly Piero Gros AustriaAustria A. Moser-Pröll
Departure SwitzerlandSwitzerland Roland Collombin AustriaAustria A. Moser-Pröll
Giant slalom ItalyItaly Piero Gros Liechtenstein 1937Liechtenstein Hanni Wenzel
slalom ItalyItaly Gustav Thöni Germany BRBR Germany Christa Zechmeister
Nations Cup AustriaAustria Austria
Nations Cup ItalyItaly Italy AustriaAustria Austria
Competitions
Venues 15th 9
Individual competitions 21st 17th
1972/73
1974/75

The 1973/74 season of the Alpine Ski World Cup organized by the FIS began on December 3, 1973 (men) and December 9 (women) in Val-d'Isère and ended on March 10, 1974 in Vysoké Tatry . In the men's race, 21 races were held (7 downhill runs , giant slalom and slalom each  ). There were 17 races for women (5 downhill runs, 6 giant slaloms, 6 slaloms).

For the first time, there were no overseas races at all (i.e. all competitions took place in Europe). The highlight of the season was the 1974 World Cup in St. Moritz .

World Cup ratings

total

Men's
rank athlete Points
1 ItalyItaly Piero Gros 181
2 ItalyItaly Gustav Thöni 165
3 AustriaAustria Hansi Hinterseer 162
4th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Roland Collombin 140
5 AustriaAustria Franz Klammer 125
6th ItalyItaly Erwin Stricker 98
7th AustriaAustria David Zwilling 95
8th AustriaAustria Johann knee water 67
9 Germany BRBR Germany Christian Neureuther 66
ItalyItaly Herbert Plank
11 ItalyItaly Helmuth Schmalzl 65
12 SwedenSweden Ingemar Stenmark 62
13 AustriaAustria Reinhard Tritscher 59
14th ItalyItaly Fausto Radici 49
15th Spain 1945Spain Francisco Fernández Ochoa 46
16 AustriaAustria Werner Grissmann 42
17th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Bernhard Russi 40
18th AustriaAustria Karl Cordin 37
19th ItalyItaly Giuliano Besson 30th
20th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Walter Tresch 29
Ladies
rank Athlete Points
1 AustriaAustria Annemarie Moser-Pröll 268
2 AustriaAustria Monika Kaserer 153
3 Liechtenstein 1937Liechtenstein Hanni Wenzel 144
4th Germany BRBR Germany Christa Zechmeister 129
5 FranceFrance Fabienne Serrat 127
6th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Marie-Theres Nadig 123
7th Germany BRBR Germany Rosi Mittermaier 116
8th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Lise-Marie Morerod 77
9 AustriaAustria Wiltrud Drexel 72
10 CanadaCanada Kathy Kreiner 70
11 AustriaAustria Irmgard Lukasser 63
12 Germany BRBR Germany Traudl Treichl 56
13 ItalyItaly Claudia Giordani 55
14th United StatesUnited States Barbara Ann Cochran 46
15th United StatesUnited States Cindy Nelson 43
16 AustriaAustria Ingrid Gfölner 42
17th FranceFrance Jacqueline Rouvier 41
18th CanadaCanada Betsy Clifford 32
19th FranceFrance Danièle Debernard 24
20th United StatesUnited States Lindy Cochran 23

Departure

Men's
rank athlete Points
1 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Roland Collombin 120
2 AustriaAustria Franz Klammer 100
3 ItalyItaly Herbert Plank 66
4th AustriaAustria Werner Grissmann 40
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Bernhard Russi
6th AustriaAustria Karl Cordin 37
7th AustriaAustria Reinhard Tritscher 36
8th AustriaAustria David Zwilling 26th
9 ItalyItaly Stefano Anzi 25th
ItalyItaly Giuliano Besson
Ladies
rank Athlete Points
1 AustriaAustria Annemarie Moser-Pröll 120
2 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Marie-Theres Nadig 72
3 AustriaAustria Wiltrud Drexel 70
4th United StatesUnited States Cindy Nelson 35
5 AustriaAustria Ingrid Gfölner 34
6th FranceFrance Jacqueline Rouvier 32
7th CanadaCanada Betsy Clifford 25th
8th AustriaAustria Irmgard Lukasser 20th
9 ItalyItaly Claudia Giordani 14th
10 AustriaAustria Monika Kaserer 12

Giant slalom

Men's
rank athlete Points
1 ItalyItaly Piero Gros 110
2 AustriaAustria Hans Hinterseer 95
3 ItalyItaly Gustav Thöni 85
4th ItalyItaly Helmuth Schmalzl 55
5 ItalyItaly Erwin Stricker 48
6th SwedenSweden Ingemar Stenmark 37
7th AustriaAustria Hubert Berchtold 25th
8th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Engelhard Pargätzi 21st
9 AustriaAustria Thomas Hauser 20th
10 NorwayNorway Erik Håker 17th
AustriaAustria Franz Klammer
Ladies
rank Athlete Points
1 Liechtenstein 1937Liechtenstein Hanni Wenzel 71
2 FranceFrance Fabienne Serrat 68
3 AustriaAustria Monika Kaserer 60
4th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Lise-Marie Morerod 55
5 Germany BRBR Germany Traudl Treichl 44
6th ItalyItaly Claudia Giordani 41
7th AustriaAustria Annemarie Moser-Pröll 35
8th CanadaCanada Kathy Kreiner 31
9 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Marie-Theres Nadig 28
10 Germany BRBR Germany Christa Zechmeister 26th

slalom

Men's
rank athlete Points
1 ItalyItaly Gustav Thöni 80
2 Germany BRBR Germany Christian Neureuther 65
3 AustriaAustria Johann knee water 63
4th ItalyItaly Piero Gros 61
5 AustriaAustria Hans Hinterseer 56
6th SwedenSweden Ingemar Stenmark 51
7th ItalyItaly Fausto Radici 47
8th Spain 1945Spain Francisco Fernández Ochoa 46
9 AustriaAustria David Zwilling 26th
10 Poland 1944Poland Jan Bachleda 23
Ladies
rank Athlete Points
1 Germany BRBR Germany Christa Zechmeister 103
2 Germany BRBR Germany Rosi Mittermaier 88
3 FranceFrance Fabienne Serrat 63
4th Liechtenstein 1937Liechtenstein Hanni Wenzel 49
5 AustriaAustria Annemarie Moser-Pröll 41
6th AustriaAustria Monika Kaserer 32
7th United StatesUnited States Barbara Ann Cochran 26th
8th United StatesUnited States Lindy Cochran 23
9 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Lise-Marie Morerod 22nd
10 FranceFrance Danièle Debernard 20th

Podium placements men

Departure

date place 1st place 2nd place 3rd place
December 10, 1973 Val d'Isère ( FRA ) ItalyItaly Herbert Plank AustriaAustria Werner Grissmann AustriaAustria Franz Klammer
December 18, 1973 Zell am See ( AUT ) AustriaAustria Karl Cordin SwitzerlandSwitzerland Roland Collombin AustriaAustria Peter Feyrsinger Manfred Grabler Josef Walcher
AustraliaAustralia 
AustriaAustria 
12/22/1973 Schladming ( AUT ) AustriaAustria Franz Klammer SwitzerlandSwitzerland Roland Collombin SwitzerlandSwitzerland Bernhard Russi
01/06/1974 Garmisch-Partenkirchen ( FRG ) SwitzerlandSwitzerland Roland Collombin AustriaAustria Franz Klammer ItalyItaly Herbert Plank
01/12/1974 Avoriaz ( FRA ) SwitzerlandSwitzerland Roland Collombin AustriaAustria Franz Klammer SwitzerlandSwitzerland Philippe Roux
01/19/1974 Wengen ( SUI ) SwitzerlandSwitzerland Roland Collombin AustriaAustria Franz Klammer ItalyItaly Herbert Plank
01/26/1974 Kitzbühel ( AUT ) SwitzerlandSwitzerland Roland Collombin ItalyItaly Stefano Anzi Giuliano Besson
ItalyItaly 

Giant slalom

date place 1st place 2nd place 3rd place
December 8, 1973 Val d'Isère ( FRA ) AustriaAustria Hans Hinterseer ItalyItaly Helmuth Schmalzl ItalyItaly Piero Gros
December 16, 1973 Saalbach-Hinterglemm ( AUT ) AustriaAustria Hubert Berchtold AustriaAustria Thomas Hauser AustriaAustria Hans Hinterseer
07/01/1974 Berchtesgaden ( FRG ) ItalyItaly Piero Gros ItalyItaly Gustav Thöni ItalyItaly Erwin Stricker
01/13/1974 Morzine ( FRA ) ItalyItaly Piero Gros AustriaAustria Hans Hinterseer ItalyItaly Gustav Thöni
01/21/1974 Adelboden ( SUI ) ItalyItaly Gustav Thöni ItalyItaly Piero Gros AustriaAustria Hans Hinterseer
03/02/1974 Voss ( NOR ) ItalyItaly Gustav Thöni AustriaAustria Hans Hinterseer SwedenSweden Ingemar Stenmark
03/09/1974 Vysoké Tatry ( TCH ) ItalyItaly Piero Gros SwedenSweden Ingemar Stenmark AustriaAustria Hans Hinterseer

slalom

date place 1st place 2nd place 3rd place
December 17, 1973 Sterzing ( ITA ) ItalyItaly Piero Gros AustriaAustria Johann knee water Germany BRBR Germany Christian Neureuther
01/05/1974 Garmisch-Partenkirchen ( FRG ) Germany BRBR Germany Christian Neureuther ItalyItaly Gustav Thöni Germany BRBR Germany Hansjörg Schlager
01/20/1974 Wengen ( SUI ) Germany BRBR Germany Christian Neureuther ItalyItaly Fausto Radici AustriaAustria David Zwilling
01/27/1974 Kitzbühel ( AUT ) AustriaAustria Hans Hinterseer AustriaAustria Johann knee water ItalyItaly Gustav Thöni
03/03/1974 Voss ( NOR ) ItalyItaly Piero Gros SwedenSweden Ingemar Stenmark AustriaAustria Johann knee water
03/06/1974 Zakopane ( POL ) Spain 1945Spain Francisco Fernández Ochoa ItalyItaly Gustav Thöni AustriaAustria Hans Hinterseer
03/10/1974 Vysoké Tatry ( TCH ) ItalyItaly Gustav Thöni SwedenSweden Ingemar Stenmark Spain 1945Spain Francisco Fernández Ochoa

Podium placements women

Departure

date place 1st place 2nd place 3rd place
December 06, 1973 Val d'Isère ( FRA ) AustriaAustria Annemarie Moser-Pröll AustriaAustria Ingrid Gfölner AustriaAustria Wiltrud Drexel
December 19, 1973 Zell am See ( AUT ) AustriaAustria Annemarie Moser-Pröll AustriaAustria Wiltrud Drexel SwitzerlandSwitzerland Marie-Theres Nadig
01/05/1974 Pfronten ( FRG ) AustriaAustria Annemarie Moser-Pröll AustriaAustria Wiltrud Drexel CanadaCanada Betsy Clifford
01/13/1974 Grindelwald ( SUI ) United StatesUnited States Cindy Nelson AustriaAustria Annemarie Moser-Pröll SwitzerlandSwitzerland Marie-Theres Nadig
01/23/1974 Bad Gastein ( AUT ) AustriaAustria Annemarie Moser-Pröll SwitzerlandSwitzerland Marie-Theres Nadig AustriaAustria Wiltrud Drexel

Giant slalom

date place 1st place 2nd place 3rd place
December 20, 1973 Zell am See ( AUT ) Liechtenstein 1937Liechtenstein Hanni Wenzel SwitzerlandSwitzerland Marie-Theres Nadig Germany BRBR Germany Traudl Treichl
01/06/1974 Pfronten ( FRG ) CanadaCanada Kathy Kreiner SwitzerlandSwitzerland Lise-Marie Morerod FranceFrance Fabienne Serrat
01/09/1974 Les Gets ( FRA ) ItalyItaly Claudia Giordani United StatesUnited States Barbara Ann Cochran Liechtenstein 1937Liechtenstein Hanni Wenzel
01/14/1974 Grindelwald ( SUI ) AustriaAustria Monika Kaserer Liechtenstein 1937Liechtenstein Hanni Wenzel Germany BRBR Germany Christa Zechmeister
01/25/1974 Bad Gastein ( AUT ) FranceFrance Fabienne Serrat SwitzerlandSwitzerland Lise-Marie Morerod Germany BRBR Germany Rosi Mittermaier
03/08/1974 Vysoké Tatry ( TCH ) AustriaAustria Monika Kaserer AustriaAustria Annemarie Moser-Pröll SwitzerlandSwitzerland Lise-Marie Morerod

slalom

date place 1st place 2nd place 3rd place
December 07, 1973 Val d'Isère ( FRA ) Germany BRBR Germany Christa Zechmeister Liechtenstein 1937Liechtenstein Hanni Wenzel United StatesUnited States Marilyn Cochran
01/08/1974 Les Gets ( FRA ) Germany BRBR Germany Christa Zechmeister United StatesUnited States Lindy Cochran AustriaAustria Annemarie Moser-Pröll
January 16, 1974 Les Diablerets ( SUI ) Germany BRBR Germany Christa Zechmeister FranceFrance Fabienne Serrat Germany BRBR Germany Rosi Mittermaier
01/24/1974 Bad Gastein ( AUT ) Germany BRBR Germany Christa Zechmeister FranceFrance Fabienne Serrat AustriaAustria Monika Kaserer
02/27/1974 Abetone ( ITA ) Germany BRBR Germany Rosi Mittermaier AustriaAustria Annemarie Moser-Pröll FranceFrance Fabienne Serrat
07.03.1974 Vysoké Tatry ( TCH ) Germany BRBR Germany Rosi Mittermaier FranceFrance Danièle Debernard Liechtenstein 1937Liechtenstein Hanni Wenzel

Nations Cup

Overall rating
rank country Points
1 AustriaAustria Austria 1315
2 ItalyItaly Italy 766
3 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 501
4th Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany 427
5 FranceFrance France 236
6th United StatesUnited States United States 168
7th Liechtenstein 1937Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 147
8th CanadaCanada Canada 134
9 SwedenSweden Sweden 62
10 Spain 1945Spain Spain 46
11 Poland 1944Poland Poland 34
12 NorwayNorway Norway 19th
13 AustraliaAustralia Australia 14th
14th CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 3
Men's
rank country Points
1 ItalyItaly Italy 705
2 AustriaAustria Austria 696
3 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 280
4th Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany 124
5 SwedenSweden Sweden 62
6th Spain 1945Spain Spain 46
7th Poland 1944Poland Poland 34
8th United StatesUnited States United States 26th
9 CanadaCanada Canada 25th
10 AustraliaAustralia Australia 17th
NorwayNorway Norway
12 FranceFrance France 9
13 CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 3
Liechtenstein 1937Liechtenstein Liechtenstein
Ladies
rank country Points
1 AustriaAustria Austria 619
2 Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany 303
3 FranceFrance France 227
4th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 221
5 Liechtenstein 1937Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 144
6th United StatesUnited States United States 142
7th CanadaCanada Canada 109
8th ItalyItaly Italy 61
9 NorwayNorway Norway 2

statistics

Men:
Downhill (7):
Rank 1: SUI 4, AUT 2, ITA 1
Rank 2 (plus an ex aequo): AUT 4, ITA 2, SUI 2
Rank 3 (minus an ex aequo from Rank 2; plus. Triple-ex-aequo brings a plus of 2 places): AUT 3, ITA 2, SUI 2, AUS 1
giant slalom (7):
Rank 1: ITA 5, AUT 2
Rank 2: AUT 3, ITA 3, SWE 1
Rank 3 : AUT 3, ITA 3, SWE 1
Slalom (7):
Rank 1: ITA 3, GER 2, AUT 1, SPA 1
Rank 2: ITA 3, AUT 2, SWE 2
Rank 3: AUT 3, GER 2, ITA 1 , SPA 1

Total (21):
Rank 1: ITA 9, AUT 5, SUI 4, GER 2, SPA 1
Rank 2 (plus one ex aequo): AUT 9, ITA 8, SWE 3, SUI 2
Rank 3 (minus one ex aequo of rank 2; plus net 2 ex aequo): AUT 9, ITA 6, GER 2, SUI 2, AUS 1, SPA 1, SWE 1

Overview:
ITA 9 | 8 | 6
AUT 5 | 9 | 9
SUI 4 | 2 | 2
GER 2 | - | 2
SPA 1 | - | 1
SWE - | 3 | 1
OFF - | - | 1

Women:
Downhill (5):
Rank 1: AUT 4, USA 1
Rank 2: AUT 4, SUI 1
Rank 3: AUT 2, SUI 2, CAN 1
Giant Slalom (6):
Rank 1: AUT 2, CAN 1, FRA 1 , ITA 1, LIE 1
Rank 2: SUI 3, AUT 1, LIE 1, USA 1
Rank 3: GER 3, FRA 1, LIE 1, SUI 1
Slalom (6):
Rank 1: GER 6
Rank 2: FRA 3, AUT 1, LIE 1, USA 1
Rank 3: AUT 2, FRA 1, GER 1, LIE 1, USA 1

Overall (17):
Rank 1: AUT 6, GER 6, CAN 1, FRA 1, ITA 1, LIE 1, USA 1
Rank 2: AUT 6, SUI 4, FRA 3, LIE 2, USA 2
Rank 3: AUT 4 , GER 4, SUI 3, FRA 2, LIE 2, CAN 1, USA 1

Overview:
AUT 6 | 6 | 4
GER 6 | - | 4
FRA 1 | 3 | 2
LIE 1 | 2 | 2
USA 1 | 2 | 1
CAN 1 | - | 1
ITA 1 | - | -
SUI - | 4 | 3

Season course

World Cup planning

  • The planning before the season was that 13 out of 21 races would be counted for men and 12 out of 18 races for women.
    If two races were held at one location and someone was classified twice, the points scored counted twice (this only applied to the overall classification, but not to the discipline classification). This was decided at the 19th FIS Congress (June 7/8, 1973 in Nicosia ). The maximum number of points for men was 575 (taking into account this “doubling of points”) and 500 for women.
  • With regard to the overall World Cup ranking, the season was divided into periods: all races up to the New Year counted towards the first period, of which the four best results for men and the three best results for women were used for the overall standings. Thereupon the best six out of ten races for both men (up to and including Hahnenkamm ) and women (up to Bad Gastein ). Of the remaining five men’s and four women’s races, it was the best three.
  • The women's downhill run planned for March 4th in Cortina d'Ampezzo was canceled, so that the third section consisted of only three races, all of which were used. (see footnote on postponement / relocation).
  • The five best results counted for the discipline world cup.
  • As before, most of the men's races were held on the weekends, while those of the women were held during the week (with a trend towards Thursday / Friday).

Postponement / relocation of races

There was a change in the program for the races in Val-d'Isère : the men's giant slalom scheduled for December 7th was split into two parts. between the second run only on December 8th. On the other hand, the women's slalom planned for December 8th was brought forward by one day. On the FIS website (probably as his World Cup premiere) Ingemar Stenmark was entered in 46th place (slightly more than 13 seconds behind the winner Hansi Hinterseer ).

The Val Gardena run was used in Zell am See because of the lack of snow there (see footnote to “Other important notes”). With regard to Pfronten , where the Breitenberg was the scene of the races (and the cost of 170,000 DM), there was an exchange of the slalom for a giant slalom with Les Gets . At the Lauberhorn run on January 19, the upper part (Lauberhorn shoulder to Hundsschopf, about 1.5 km) could not be skied due to lack of snow. Both winner Collombin and Klammer spoke of an easy descent. From start no. 18 fog came up. The giant slalom for the Golden Fox planned for Maribor took place in Bad Gastein on January 25th, which is why the podium finishers were given the fox mascots there (see footnotes to “Third overall World Cup victory in a row for Annemarie Moser-Pröll”).

The women's run in Cortina d'Ampezzo planned for March 4th was postponed by one day for the time being, but had to be canceled because there was two meters of snow on the slope. The cancellation took place on the evening of March 4th. Since the women's slalom in Vysoké Tatry was already planned for March 6th (at the same time as that of the men in Zakopane ), whereby the women's program was postponed by one day due to the delay, it was not possible to wait any longer. Cortina was even sealed off from the environment, but finally the entourage reached Zurich , from where it went on to the ČSSR by plane. In Vysoké Tatry, the slalom was held first, followed by the giant slalom.

Incidents and (preliminary) decisions

  • In the French team, right at the start in Val-d'Isère, there was a "revolt" against team boss Georges Jaubert and, as a result, six runners were excluded. between Jean-Noël Augert , Patrick Russel , Henri Duvillard , Roger Rossat-Mignod and the Lafforgue sisters.
  • There was also the message that Jean-Claude Killy and Léo Lacroix should take over their supervision with regard to the World Championships, so that “the best French should start there”. This did not happen, however, and the pronounced exclusions remained. Thanks to Fabienne Serrat , the French women won double gold at the world championship, and Serrat (with a first World Cup victory) and other women were able to achieve good results afterwards, while the severely decimated men's team barely appeared for many years could. In the season in question it was a seventh place for Claude Perrot in the slalom on the Lauberhorn and again Perrot in Berchtesgaden , once again Laurent Mazzili in Saalbach-Hinterglemm and Alain Navillod in Zakopane with 10th place in the giant slaloms held there and Roland Roche with rank 9 am Ganslernhang , which brought the team, which has mutated into the “Petit Nation”, places in the “Top Ten”. Only Michel Vion achieved a World Cup podium again in the combination in Garmisch-Partenkirchen (February 13/14, 1982) with rank 2 (plus the surprising combination title at the 1982 World Championships in Schladming), and it was he who (again in the combination, this time on January 20/21, 1985 in Wengen ), the series of victoryless ends.
  • Christa Zechmeister , the four slalom wins in a row reach and advanced with its Home Win on 7 December for ever youngest World Cup winner (she's there in February 2018 still), was the first runner who one discipline World Cup (slalom) for the DSV win could .
  • The German women won all slaloms of the season.
  • Third overall World Cup victory in a row for Annemarie Moser-Pröll : Already practically after the slalom on January 24th ( Marie-Theres Nadig would have this with a victory in the giant slalom in Bad Gastein and three wins in the following four races, with not a single point for Moser), but theoretically one day later with 4th place in the aforementioned giant slalom with 228 points and thus 102 points ahead of Zechmeister.
  • Moser-Pröll had also continued her winning streak in the downhill sections: There were three more to the eight from the previous year, so that she was able to win eleven across the seasons before the series in Grindelwald was interrupted by Cindy Nelson , who was victorious for the first time . Nelson achieved the first women's podium in a World Cup downhill run for the US association, which up to January 13, 1974 had 15 wins (11 slalom, 4 giant slalom), 22 second places (11 slalom and giant slalom each) and 27th place third places (17 slalom, 10 giant slalom).
  • With Hanni Wenzel , Kathy Kreiner , Claudia Giordani and Fabienne Serrat there were four other athletes who achieved a World Cup victory for the first time, whereby Wenzel brought the Principality to 1st place for the first time, also won the giant slalom discipline classification, and Giordani (after the downhill success of Giustina Demetz in March 1967 in Sestriere ) was the second lady of the Italian federation to achieve a World Cup success.
  • Much like Pröll, Mr. Roland Collombin dominated the downhill races. Franz Klammer landed his first victory in the Schladming downhill, but Herbert Plank also became the youngest winner of a World Cup downhill with his first win at the season opener in Val-d'Isère (he is also at the beginning of March 2018).
  • Hubert Berchtold and Olympic champion Francisco Fernández Ochoa achieved further premier victories .
  • On January 5th in Garmisch-Partenkirchen it was the first time that two runners of the DSV stood on the podium in a men's slalom (winner Christian Neureuther , 3rd place Hansjörg Schlager ).
  • Franz Klammer's fifth place in the Hahnenkamm run was classified as a defeat by the Austrian media. The Italian runners (Anzi with No. 28 and Besson with No. 2 ex-aequo second) were particularly noticeable about their clean, technical ski management. The mainspring for the good performance was also the internal qualification for the world championships.
  • For the first time since 1961 (then Gerhard Nenning ) an Austrian won the Hahnenkamm Slalom with Hansi Hinterseer .
  • First overall World Cup victory for Piero Gros : As the races in the third period only included technical disciplines, Gros and Gustav Thöni made the victory among themselves. Even after the giant slalom in Voss , Collombin was still leading with 140 points. Behind them were Hinterseer (132), Gros (131), Klammer (125) and Thöni (120), all of whom theoretically had a chance of overall victory. Because Collombin and Klammer were less strong in this area, it could only be a three-way battle. Klammer was also eliminated in the Voss slalom, and Gros took the lead with 156 points ahead of Collombin (140) and Hinterseer (139) (see footnote on the cancellation of the women's downhill in Cortina). There was a certain drama in Zakopane as Gros only finished tenth after leading at half time due to a serious mistake (he missed a goal and got back). With this he held 157 points ahead of Hinterseer (151), Thöni had drawn level with Collombin (140). Gros' giant slalom victory brought about the decision: He won both the overall and the giant slalom World Cup for the first time. Thöni was disqualified, but with the victory in the final slalom was able to overtake Hinterseer in the overall standings and also get the slalom ball.
  • Thanks to the double victory in the Men's World Cup with Gustav Thöni and Piero Gros, Italy managed to (narrowly) win the men's ranking in the Nations Cup for the first time.

Other important notes

  • The ÖSV men went back to Chile for a summer training session at the beginning of August; the return to Austria was planned for August 24th. Furthermore, the focus of the ÖSV leadership was on providing an overall World Cup winner with David Zwilling ; Accordingly, an order was issued to subordinate everything for the Salzburg man, which particularly affected the other all-rounders Franz Klammer and Reinhard Tritscher.
  • The Swiss and French had new racing suits: even tighter, even less air resistance.
  • A general strike on French radio meant that there was no TV broadcast of the starting races in Val-d'Isère (Gerd Prechtl from ORF lost his premiere as a commentator). However, ORF television itself did not show anything directly from the December races in Saalbach and Zell am See (not because of a strike; but because the technical requirements were not yet met at these locations).
  • The “points doubling rule” hardly worked: Reinhard Tritscher was the only runner to benefit from it in the first period when he finished sixth in the giant slalom in Val-d'Isère and fourth in the downhill.
  • Franz Klammer was almost the second in terms of doubling: The men's downhill race in Zell am See (replacement race for Val Gardena ) was started despite the objections of Franz Vogler, who returned to the World Cup after a year, and other runners because of the fog and had to start by starting number 45 are interrupted. The first numbers were clearly at a disadvantage ( Philippe Roux with number 1 was 77th and penultimate, Roland Thöni with number 6 last. Winner Karl Cordin had number 8, the second Roland Collombin had number 14). In a later episode, Reto Beeli took advantage of the moment with number 72 and placed himself in 7th place. Klammer slipped to 11th place, which means that (after his fourth place in the giant slalom in Saalbach) he did not enjoy the doubling of points (it would have been 24 ) came.
  • Franz Vogler, in 1: 56.08 by almost 9 seconds behind the winning time of 1: 47.43 on rank 52, said that the runners had not resisted the start, because “we are the organizer who is comfortable more trouble than anyone else has done before, and owes the audience. But it is unfair if these races are evaluated in the World Cup and if FIS points, which are decisive for the ranking, are awarded ”. But he also admitted that the Austrians, who had the flawlessly fastest ski and absolutely wanted to start, admitted, “We would have done the same thing in the same situation”. Bernhard Russi was also a victim of the circumstances (rank 44 in 1: 54.83).
  • Another novelty (and rarity) on this descent was that there were five runners on the podium due to a triple ex-aequo placement in 3rd place. This “phenomenon” did not occur again until December 1st, 2018 at the men's super-G in Beaver Creek with three runners also in third place.
  • Surprisingly, in the women's giant slalom in Zell am See, no Austrian runners made it into the points ( Ingrid Gfölner was best in 12th place, 1.77 seconds behind, Annemarie Pröll appears in 14th place).
  • The men's downhill run in Schladming was the World Cup premiere for the city in the Ennstal and attracted 15,000 visitors. Even then, four television sets were set up at the start. Josef Loidl held the course record so far with 2: 10.89, while Klammer now drove 1: 41.77.
  • The Lauberhorn Slalom was very unsuccessful: 81 out of 105 participants did not make it into the ranking.
  • In the Hahnenkamm descent, the course record of 2: 11.92 previously held by Jean-Claude Killy in 1967 was beaten by 45 of the 54 placed runners, with the winner Collombin in 2: 03.29 being 8.33 seconds faster.
  • After the World Championships, there was an (additional) two-week World Cup break. In the first week, various participants were ceremoniously welcomed in their hometowns, in the second the associations held their national championships, the Austrians in the Bregenz Forest, with even the French participating. And finally there was confusion about the combination master ...

Resignations

Race outside the World Cup

Ernst Good won the two-day giant slalom in Mayrhofen (April 5th / 6th) , who caught Willi Frommelt , who was in front of him after the first day .

Web links

World Cup men

World Cup women

Individual evidence

  1. "Double points for all-rounders" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna June 10, 1973, p. 14 ( Arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  2. Valuation scrub . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna November 30, 1973, p. 15 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  3. «Pack your suitcase quickly and go home» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 21, 1973, p. 15 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  4. ^ "Messner's girls are in good shape" - Subtitle: "... program was changed" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 5, 1973, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  5. «Hinterseer: Drive all around today» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 8, 1973, p. 15 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  6. The women hunt for World Cup points , In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , No. 4; 5th / 6th January 1974.
  7. ^ "Süddeutsche Zeitung" No. 17 of January 21, 1974, page 24; Title: "Hattrick and World Cup for Collombin"
  8. «Cortina suffocates in the snow» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 5, 1974, p. 15 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  9. ^ "Via Zurich into the Tatra Mountains" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 6, 1974, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  10. ^ "Moser and Kaserer outside" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 8, 1974, p. 15 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  11. «Now France's ski pool is threatened» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 11, 1973, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  12. "Tricolor team shared?" In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 12, 1973, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  13. Moser and Zechmeister great . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 25, 1974, p. 15 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  14. 5th giant slalom at Serrat . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 26th 1974, p. 15 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  15. "Can't the Austrians leave anymore?" In "Salzburger Nachrichten" No. 23 of January 28, 1974, page 7, third large heading
  16. "Collombin is the super champion" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 27, 1974, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  17. "Gros: Victory within reach" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 7, 1974, p. 15 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  18. ^ "Piero Gros World Cup Winner" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 10, 1974, p. 12 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  19. "Morgenstern also goes to Chile". In: “Kärntner Tageszeitung” No. 176 of August 4, 1973, page 16; POS .: Column 3, below
  20. ^ "Drive slower, Franz Klammer". In: “Kärntner Tageszeitung” No. 186 of August 18, 1973, page 14; POS .: box bottom right
  21. ^ "Swiss wonder weapon: The rough skin" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 7, 1973, p. 14 ( Arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  22. “Klammer was among the fastest” . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 7, 1973, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  23. «world cup ranking» column 4 . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 11, 1973, p. 15 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  24. «Insider tip struck» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 11, 1973, p. 15 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  25. ^ "Zell: Hoping for the descent" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 18, 1973, p. 15 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  26. “Charles the Second has struck”, column 1, from the second paragraph and the following as well as the gloss “taken on the grain” with the title “Black gamble” . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 19, 1973, p. 11 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  27. "Süddeutsche Zeitung" No. 293 of December 19, 1973, page 35, title "Second World Cup Downhill a game of chance" by Wolfgang Weingärtner - with a gloss in column 5 below: "Franz Vogler: Injustice"
  28. "Grissmann trumps non-stop" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 22, 1973, p. 15 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  29. "Klammers triumph Eisparkett" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 23, 1973, p. 15 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  30. ^ "The lonely struggle of David Zwilling", last paragraph . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 22nd 1974, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  31. ^ "Süddeutsche Zeitung" No. 23 of January 28, 1974, page 22; Title «Phantom Collombin unbelievable»
  32. "Zwilling cheered - Klammer honored - Moser received" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 13, 1974, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  33. ^ "Drexel before Moser" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 22, 1974, p. 15 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  34. «Again world champion defeated» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 23, 1974, p. 14 ( Arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  35. ^ «Hauser found the way best» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 24, 1974, p. 7 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  36. "Confusion in the title fights" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 26, 1974, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  37. «sport in brief»; fourth post . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna July 14, 1974, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  38. almost below, center: "Georges Joubert resigned" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna May 12, 1974, p. 12 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  39. middle; Columns 3 and 4: «Frommelt proved his class. The persecutors are close behind » . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna April 6, 1974, p. 11 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  40. Column 4, middle: "Good before Frommelt" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna April 7, 1974, p. 14 ( Arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).