Alpine Ski World Cup 1976/77

Alpine Ski World Cup 1976/77
	Men's	Ladies
winner
total	Ingemar Stenmark	Lise-Marie Morerod
Departure	Franz Klammer	Brigitte Totschnig
Giant slalom	Heini Hemmi	Lise-Marie Morerod
slalom	Ingemar Stenmark	Lise-Marie Morerod
Nations Cup	Austria
Nations Cup	Austria	Austria
Competitions
Venues	19th	17th
Individual competitions	33	27
← 1975/76 1977/78 →

The 1976/77 season of the Alpine Ski World Cup organized by the FIS began on December 9, 1976 in Val-d'Isère and ended on March 28, 1977 in the Sierra Nevada . There were 30 races for men (10 downhill runs , giant slalom and slalom each  ). For women there were 24 races (8 downhill runs, giant slalom and slalom each). In addition there were 3 combination evaluations. At the end of the season there was also a parallel slalom for women and men, which only counted for the Nations Cup .

This season was an interim year without a World Cup or Olympic Winter Games.

World Cup ratings

total

Men's rank athlete Points 1  Ingemar Stenmark 339 2  Klaus Heidegger 250 3  Franz Klammer 203 4th  Piero Gros 165 5  Bernhard Russi 148 6th  Gustav Thöni 145 7th  Heini Hemmi 133 8th  Josef Walcher 115 9  Phil Mahre 100 10  Paul Frommelt 99 11  Sepp Ferstl 97 12  Franco Bieler 92 13  Walter Tresch 89 14th  Hans Hinterseer 82 15th  Christian Hemmi 69 16  Ernst Winkler 66 17th  Fausto Radici 60 18th  Herbert Plank 58 19th  Willi Frommelt 52 20th  Werner Grissmann 48

Ladies rank Athlete Points 1  Lise-Marie Morerod 319 2  Annemarie Moser-Pröll 246 3  Monika Kaserer 196 4th  Brigitte Totschnig 186 5  Hanni Wenzel 150 6th  Marie-Theres Nadig 133 7th  Perrine Pelen 132 8th  Claudia Giordani 121 9  Fabienne Serrat 85 10  Bernadette Zurbriggen 78 11  Evi Mittermaier 77 12  Regina Sackl 74 13  Kathy Kreiner 65 14th  Nicola Spit 61 15th  Lea Sölkner 59 16  Patricia Emonet 53 17th  Abigail Fisher 51 18th  Irene Epple 49 19th  Pamela Behr 41  Cindy Nelson

Departure

Men's rank athlete Points 1  Franz Klammer 125 2  Josef Walcher 101 3  Bernhard Russi 85 4th  Ernst Winkler 64 5  Herbert Plank 56 6th  Sepp Ferstl 46 7th  Werner Grissmann 45 8th  René Berthod 35  Peter Wirnsberger 10  Peter Fischer 34

Ladies rank Athlete Points 1  Brigitte Totschnig 143 2  Annemarie Moser-Pröll 118 3  Marie-Theres Nadig 96 4th  Evi Mittermaier 77 5  Bernadette Zurbriggen 63 6th  Nicola Spit 60 7th  Irene Epple 43 8th  Elena Matous 33 9  Brigitte Kerscher-Schroll 26th 10  Cindy Nelson 22nd

Giant slalom

Men's rank athlete Points 1  Heini Hemmi 115 2  Ingemar Stenmark 115 3  Klaus Heidegger 100 4th  Phil Mahre 72 5  Piero Gros 70 6th  Christian Hemmi 65 7th  Hans Hinterseer 53 8th  Willi Frommelt 40 9  Manfred Brunner 32 10  Gustav Thöni 29

Ladies rank Athlete Points 1  Lise-Marie Morerod 165 2  Monika Kaserer 97 3  Annemarie Moser-Pröll 64 4th  Kathy Kreiner 62 5  Brigitte Totschnig 39  Abigail Fisher 7th  Lea Sölkner 36 8th  Becky Dorsey 31  Fabienne Serrat  Hanni Wenzel

slalom

Men's rank athlete Points 1  Ingemar Stenmark 125 2  Klaus Heidegger 91 3  Paul Frommelt 77 4th  Piero Gros 76 5  Gustav Thöni 63 6th  Franco Bieler 58 7th  Fausto Radici 53 8th  Walter Tresch 34 9  Christian Neureuther 30th 10  Hans Hinterseer 28

Ladies rank Athlete Points 1  Lise-Marie Morerod 106 2  Perrine Pelen 105 3  Claudia Giordani 96 4th  Monika Kaserer 72 5  Hanni Wenzel 57 6th  Regina Sackl 56 7th  Fabienne Serrat 49 8th  Patricia Emonet 41 9  Pamela Behr 40 10  Christa Zechmeister 30th

Podium placements men

Departure

date	place	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
December 17, 1976	Val Gardena ( ITA )	Franz Klammer	Herbert Plank	Erik Håker
December 18, 1976	Val Gardena ( ITA )	Franz Klammer	Josef Walcher	Bernhard Russi
01/08/1977	Garmisch-Partenkirchen ( FRG )	Franz Klammer	Ernst Winkler	Peter Wirnsberger
January 15, 1977	Kitzbühel ( AUT )	Franz Klammer	René Berthod	Bernhard Russi
01/22/1977	Wengen ( SUI )	Franz Klammer	Sepp Ferstl	Bernhard Russi
01/30/1977	Morzine ( FRA )	Bernhard Russi	Josef Walcher	Ernst Winkler
January 31, 1977	Morzine ( FRA )	Josef Walcher	Herbert Plank	Bernhard Russi
02/18/1977	Laax ( SUI )	Franz Klammer	Sepp Ferstl	Bernhard Russi
03/12/1977	Heavenly Valley ( USA )	Josef Walcher	Werner Grissmann	Bernhard Russi
03/13/1977	Heavenly Valley ( USA )	Bartl Gensbichler	Ernst Winkler	Peter Fischer

Giant slalom

date	place	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
December 10, 1976	Val d'Isère ( FRA )	Phil Mahre	Ingemar Stenmark	Klaus Heidegger
12/12/1976	Val d'Isère ( FRA )	Heini Hemmi	Piero Gros	Phil Mahre
01/02/1977	Ebnat-Kappel ( SUI )	Heini Hemmi	Christian Hemmi	Gustav Thöni
01/09/1977	Garmisch-Partenkirchen ( FRG )	Klaus Heidegger	Heini Hemmi	Willi Frommelt
01/24/1977	Adelboden ( SUI )	Heini Hemmi	Ingemar Stenmark	Klaus Heidegger
02/25/1977	Furano ( JPN )	Hans Hinterseer	Manfred Brunner	Seriously Good
03/06/1977	Sun Valley ( USA )	Ingemar Stenmark	Christian Hemmi	Heini Hemmi
03/17/1977	Voss ( NOR )	Klaus Heidegger	Piero Gros	Phil Mahre
03/21/1977	Åre ( SWE )	Ingemar Stenmark	Klaus Heidegger	Miloslav Sochor ( TCH )
03/25/1977	Sierra Nevada ( ESP )	Ingemar Stenmark	Heini Hemmi	Christian Hemmi

slalom

date	place	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
December 19, 1976	Madonna di Campiglio ( ITA )	Fausto Radici	Piero Gros	Gustav Thöni
03/01/1977	Laax ( SUI )	Ingemar Stenmark	Paul Frommelt	Walter Tresch
01/10/1977	Berchtesgaden ( FRG )	Ingemar Stenmark	Klaus Heidegger	Alois Morgenstern
January 16, 1977	Kitzbühel ( AUT )	Ingemar Stenmark	Piero Gros	Franco Bieler
01/23/1977	Wengen ( SUI )	Ingemar Stenmark	Paul Frommelt	Klaus Heidegger
02/06/1977	St. Anton am Arlberg ( AUT )	Ingemar Stenmark	Klaus Heidegger	Paul Frommelt
02/27/1977	Furano ( JPN )	Klaus Heidegger	Ingemar Stenmark	Bruno Nöckler
05.03.1977	Sun Valley ( USA )	Phil Mahre	Ingemar Stenmark	Steve Mahre
03/18/1977	Voss ( NOR )	Ingemar Stenmark	Piero Gros	Christian Neureuther
03/20/1977	Åre ( SWE )	Ingemar Stenmark	Franco Bieler	Gustav Thöni

combination

date	place	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
January 15/16, 1977	Kitzbühel ( AUT )	Gustav Thöni	Walter Tresch	Anton Steiner
January 22/23, 1977	Wengen ( SUI )	Walter Tresch	Gustav Thöni	Sepp Ferstl
February 06/18, 1977	Laax / St. Anton am Arlberg ( SUI / AUT )	Sepp Ferstl	Peter Lüscher	Franz Klammer

Podium placements women

Departure

date	place	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
December 15, 1976	Cortina d'Ampezzo ( ITA )	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	Elena Matous ( IRN )	Brigitte Totschnig
December 20, 1976	Zell am See ( AUT )	Brigitte Totschnig	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	Nicola Spit
December 21, 1976	Zell am See ( AUT )	Brigitte Totschnig	Marie-Theres Nadig Nicola Spieß
01/08/1977	Pfronten ( FRG )	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	Marie-Theres Nadig	Irene Epple
01/11/1977	Garmisch-Partenkirchen ( FRG )	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	Bernadette Zurbriggen	Marie-Theres Nadig
January 18, 1977	Schruns ( AUT )	Bernadette Zurbriggen	Evi Mittermaier	Marie-Theres Nadig
01/25/1977	Crans-Montana ( SUI )	Brigitte Totschnig	Evi Mittermaier	Annemarie Moser-Pröll
03/12/1977	Heavenly Valley ( USA )	Brigitte Totschnig	Evi Mittermaier	Doris De Agostini

Giant slalom

date	place	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
December 9, 1976	Val d'Isère ( FRA )	Lise-Marie Morerod	Abigail Fisher	Annemarie Moser-Pröll
December 11, 1976	Courmayeur ( ITA )	Brigitte Totschnig	Lea Sölkner	Hanni Wenzel
01/20/1977	Arosa ( SUI )	Lise-Marie Morerod	Kathy Kreiner	Monika Kaserer
01/29/1977	Megève ( FRA )	Monika Kaserer	Lise-Marie Morerod	Annemarie Moser-Pröll
02/02/1977	Maribor ( SLO )	Lise-Marie Morerod	Monika Kaserer	Fabienne Serrat
02/27/1977	Furano ( JPN )	Monika Kaserer	Lise-Marie Morerod	Annemarie Moser-Pröll
03/06/1977	Sun Valley ( USA )	Lise-Marie Morerod	Kathy Kreiner	Abigail Fisher
March 24, 1977	Sierra Nevada ( ESP )	Lise-Marie Morerod	Ingrid Eberle	Ursula Konzett

slalom

date	place	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
December 16, 1976	Cortina d'Ampezzo ( ITA )	Lise-Marie Morerod	Hanni Wenzel	Claudia Giordani
03/01/1977	Oberstaufen ( FRG )	Lise-Marie Morerod	Hanni Wenzel	Patricia Emonet
January 19, 1977	Schruns ( AUT )	Lise-Marie Morerod	Fabienne Serrat	Pamela Behr
01/26/1977	Crans-Montana ( SUI )	Perrine Pelen	Lise-Marie Morerod	Fabienne Serrat
01/28/1977	Saint-Gervais-les-Bains ( FRA )	Perrine Pelen	Patricia Emonet	Monika Kaserer
02/01/1977	Maribor ( SlO )	Claudia Giordani	Monika Kaserer	Perrine Pelen
02/26/1977	Furano ( JPN )	Regina Sackl	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	Claudia Giordani
05.03.1977	Sun Valley ( USA )	Perrine Pelen	Claudia Giordani	Monika Kaserer

combination

date	place	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
December 15/16, 1976	Cortina d'Ampezzo ( ITA )	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	Lise-Marie Morerod	Hanni Wenzel
January 18/19, 1977	Schruns ( AUT )	Hanni Wenzel	Lise-Marie Morerod	Monika Kaserer
January 25/26, 1977	Crans-Montana ( SUI )	Marie-Theres Nadig	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	Hanni Wenzel

Nations Cup

Overall rating rank country Points 1  Austria 1903 2  Switzerland 1151 3  Italy 688 4th  BR Germany 422 5  Sweden 364 6th  Liechtenstein 358 7th  France 309 8th  United States 300 9  Canada 69 10  Iran 39 11  Czechoslovakia 24 12  Norway 21st 13  Yugoslavia 15th 14th  Japan 4th 15th  Australia 3 16  Bulgaria 1

Men's rank country Points 1  Austria 1001 2  Switzerland 602 3  Italy 567 4th  Sweden 364 5  BR Germany 200 6th  Liechtenstein 193 7th  United States 144 8th  Czechoslovakia 24 9  Norway 21st 10  Yugoslavia 15th 11  Canada 4th  Japan 13  Australia 3 14th  Bulgaria 1  France

Ladies rank country Points 1  Austria 902 2  Switzerland 549 3  France 308 4th  BR Germany 222 5  Liechtenstein 165 6th  United States 156 7th  Italy 121 8th  Canada 65 9  Iran 39

statistics

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Men:
Downhill (10):
Rank 1: AUT 9, SUI 1
Rank 2: AUT 5, GER 2, ITA 2, SUI 1
Rank 3: SUI 6, AUT 2, GER 1, NOR 1
Giant Slalom (10):
Rank 1 : AUT 3, SUI 3, SWE 3, USA 1
Rank 2: SUI 4, AUT 2, ITA 2, SWE 2
Rank 3: SUI 3, AUT 2, USA 2, ITA 1, LIE 1, TCH 1
Slalom (10) :
Rank 1: SWE 7, AUT 1, ITA 1, USA 1
Rank 2: ITA 4, AUT 2, LIE 2, SWE 2
Rank 3: ITA 4, AUT 2, GER 1, LIE 1, SUI 1, USA 1
combination (3):
Rank 1: GER 1, ITA 1, SUI 1
Rank 2: SUI 2, ITA 1
Rank 3: AUT 2, GER 1

Overall (33):
Rank 1: AUT 13, SWE 10, SUI 5, ITA 2, USA 2, GER 1
Rank 2: AUT 9, ITA 9, SUI 7, SWE 4, GER 2, LIE 2
Rank 3: SUI 10 , AUT 8, ITA 5, GER 3, USA 3, LIE 2, NOR 1, TCH 1

Overview:
AUT 13 | 9 | 8
SWE 10 | 4 | -
SUI 5 | 7 | 10
ITA 2 | 9 | 5
USA 2 | - | 3
GER 1 | 2 | 3
LIE - | 2 | 2
NOR - | - | 1
TCH - | - | 1

Ladies:
Downhill (8):
Rank 1: AUT 7, SUI 1
Rank 2 (plus one ex aequo): GER 3, SUI 3, AUT 2, IRA 1
Rank 3 (minus an ex aequo from Rank 2): AUT 3, SUI 3, GER 1
giant slalom (8):
Rank 1: SUI 5, AUT 3
Rank 2: AUT 3, CAN 2, SUI 2, USA 1
Rank 3: AUT 4, LIE 2, FRA 1, USA 1
Slalom ( 8):
Rank 1: FRA 3, SUI 3, AUT 1, ITA 1
Rank 2: AUT 2, FRA 2, LIE 2, ITA 1, SUI 1
Rank 3: FRA 3, AUT 2, ITA 2, GER 1
combination ( 3):
Rank 1: AUT 1, LIE 1, SUI 1
Rank 2: SUI 2, AUT 1
Rank 3: LIE 2, AUT 1

Total (27):
Rank 1: AUT 12, SUI 10, FRA 3, LIE 1, ITA 1
Rank 2 (plus one ex aequo): AUT 8, SUI 8, GER 3, CAN 2, FRA 2, LIE 2, IRA 1, ITA 1, USA 1
Rank 3 (minus an ex aequo): AUT 10, FRA 4, LIE 4, SUI 3, GER 2, ITA 2, USA 1

Overview:
AUT 12 | 8 | 10
SUI 10 | 8 | 3
FRA 3 | 2 | 4
LIE 1 | 2 | 4
ITA 1 | 1 | 2
GER - | 3 | 2
CAN - | 2 | -
USA - | 1 | 1
IRA - | 1 | -

Season course

Scoring

Again there was a division of the season into two periods with regard to the points for the overall World Cup. For the men, the first period ran until January 24th (giant slalom Adelboden ), for the women until January 26th (competitions in Crans-Montana ). In the Discipline World Cup, the best five results counted; the combinations counted as part of the “period ratings” for the overall World Cup, but there was no separate “small crystal ball”.

World Cup decisions

The discipline ranking in the men's giant slalom was decided in the last race in the Sierra Nevada , whereby a close race produced Ingemar Stenmark as the race winner, who thus came to 115 points, but with second place Heini Hemmi also achieved this number of points, which made him win the small crystal ball helped; The decisive factor was the higher number of cancellation points (15 to 9).

Nations Cup: The
consolation for the ÖSV was that the Nations Cup for women and men was won, and it was more superior than anyone dared to hope for. This Nations Cup only included the parallel slaloms for women and men on the slopes of Sol y Neve ( Sierra Nevada ). In the women’s category , Christa Zechmeister won on March 26th (it was the only win of the season for the DSV ); the other ranks: Nadig, Moser-Pröll, Eberle, Morerod, Kaserer, Bernadette Zurbriggen, Habersatter, Spieß, Kreiner, on March 27th Manfred Brunner won ahead of Heidegger, Nöckler, Stock, W Frommelt, Mahre, Neureuther, H. Hemmi, Tresch.

Program changes, rescheduling

Heavy snowfall since December 6th not only prevented further training in Val-d'Isère, but also impeded and prevented the runs. The women's downhill race on December 8th (when Elfi Deufl led Brigitte Habersatter ) had to be canceled (this was the first race to be canceled in the eleven-year history of the World Cup) and the men canceled; Although the women's run was initially planned for December 10th (between the two rounds of the men's giant slalom, which was also scheduled for that day), both runs were ultimately driven elsewhere; the ladies caught up with them on December 20th in Zell am See ; the men's downhill, initially programmed for December 11th (and replaced here by a second giant slalom - initially there was also a suggestion from the Italian team captain Mario Cotelli to organize a sprint downhill run in two runs), on December 17th in Val Gardena (since December 12th) A second giant slalom had been run in Val-d'Isère on December 2nd, the one planned for December 18th in Val Gardena was not applicable, ie it was practically the exchange with the downhill.)

The Kandahar descent planned for February 5th in St. Anton am Arlberg had to be relocated to Laax in the end, so this World Cup station came again after the slalom on January 3rd; first there was an emergency program (postponements to February 6th, 7th and even 8th were planned), but on February 7th the final cancellation came. The combination was only decided in Laax after the slalom had been driven on February 6th in St. Anton. Immediately after the decision in favor of Laax there was even the consideration that one of the departures planned in the USA should be held there as a precaution.

With regard to the USA downhill races, the ÖSV named Bad Kleinkirchheim (men) and Bad Gastein (women) as possible replacement locations. In mid-February, the slopes in Sun Valley and Heavenly Valley, where the USA races were planned, were free of snow. From an Austrian point of view, this also raised the question of whether Franz Klammer should start the journey to the USA if there were no departures there. Heavenly only gave the “green light” on February 28 because it had snowed enough. Only in the upper part of the route was there a lack of snow after us, so that the men's descent had to be shortened by 700 meters and the route was now the same length as that of the women. The ÖSV initially protested at the FIS because of this shorter route ("there would not be the height difference of 750 m required by the FIS regulations, and 25 to 50 m in length were missing, so Franz Klammer was disadvantaged"), but he pulled the same on back next day. Financial aspects were also decisive. The discussions did not end entirely because there were safety concerns (there would be too little snow next to the route and there would be trees and rocks). In addition, there was no precise information about the difference in altitude (625 to 645 m) and the length of the route, at which the number 2100 m "leveled off". That was not enough of the problem, the timing of the time runs on March 11th also failed.

Ultimately, there was also an empty report for the second women's run in Heavenly on March 13th, because it had to be due to strong wind storms at start no. 35 and was not scored (and there was no substitute for it). At the time of the cancellation, the two Swiss Nadig and De Agostini were ahead of Martina Ellmer , while Habersatter was 10 seconds behind and Moser-Pröll had given up at all.

Premier victories

In chronological order they were Phil Mahre (giant slalom on December 10th in Val-d'Isère ), Klaus Heidegger (giant slalom on January 9th in Garmisch-Partenkirchen ); It was strange that he was only officially accepted from the B- to the A-squad before the Austrian ski champion, who started on February 9th (in addition, he even had the chance to win the discipline in the giant slalom and overall World Cup victory at short notice), Josef Walcher (Departure on January 31st in Morzine ), Sepp Ferstl (combination Laax / St. Anton am Arlberg on February 6th / 18th - thus also the first combination victory for Germany's men) and Bartl Gensbichler (departure on March 13th in Heavenly Valley) and Perrine Pelen (Slalom Crans Montana on January 26th; she had already proven her talent in the first slalom of the season when she finished 8th with No. 55) and Regina Sackl (Slalom Furano on February 26th).

Resignations

Ernst Good , Thomas Hauser , Engelhard Pargätzi , Walter Tresch and Ingrid Gfölner .

Worth mentioning

• In the women’s race, Annemarie Moser-Pröll (after a one-year race break for private reasons) was back, while another top runner, last year's overall World Cup winner Rosi Mittermaier , had ended her career.
  With regard to Moser-Pröll, there were still a few hurdles for the time being. And there were even reports that she was going to be a professional. Your return was an important topic at the general meeting of the ÖSV on November 6th. Her amateur status had also required FIS approval (also because of the recordings of commercials she had made during her break from racing, whereby she had paid back the fees collected), which was granted by the FIS at a conference in Tbilisi . However, it fitted in practically seamlessly with the team; Concerns that she would have to undergo fitness or other tests were immediately gone. She had taken part in men's training on the Planai , and on December 6th, she set two fastest times for the Val d'Isère descent planned for December 8th
• Before the season started, Erwin Stricker asked for a “veto right” for the racing drivers, according to which there should be no start in bad weather
• It was also known that Olympic champion Heini Hemmi has a so-called "B license", according to which further participation in the Olympic Games is excluded for him
• Gustav Thöni achieved his 24th (and last) World Cup victory with the combination success in Kitzbühel (January 16), with which he still had the most World Cup victories, in second place were Franz Klammer and Ingemar Stenmark with 21 wins. Both had caught up a lot: the Swede with 11 wins had overtaken Karl Schranz and Piero Gros (12 each), Jean-Noël Augert (15) and Jean-Claude Killy (18), Klammer had also shone with six downhill wins.

Other happenings

• The women's downhill run in Cortina d'Ampezzo on December 15th had to be shortened due to lack of snow in the lower part of the route and the first slalom run on December 16th began at 9 o'clock due to a requirement by Eurovision .
• In view of the difficulty of the slope in Val Gardena, 18 runners withdrew their entries for the descent on December 17th after the visit.
• After a long absence, Ken Read was only there again when he left Laax. He even achieved the best time in the first training session on February 16, while Franz Klammer was puzzled after finishing 32nd in the final training session. His race win, which he clinched in the final section (he was third in the meantime), was not entirely expected. - The radio transmission on the Austrian station Ö 3 could only be handled via telephone line.
• Franz Klammer had a shocking family experience on February 20, because his younger brother Klaus had a bad fall during an FIS downhill race in Lienz . The result was paralysis that confined him to a wheelchair.
• The European associations only sent a small group of high-potential runners to the technology competitions for women and men in Furano from February 25th to 27th, a total of 51 men and 40 women (the ÖSV was represented by 5 men and 6 women) .
• The men's giant slalom in Sun Valley went extremely badly for the ÖSV: Manfred Brunner was fifteenth and was the best of only 3 drivers who had entered the classification.
• The races in Åre could be saved by constantly bringing in snow.
• The final giant slalom in the Sierra Nevada (on the “Sol y Neve” slope, in English “sun and snow”) on March 24th, Monika Kaserer had to ski on her brand colleague Hansi Hinterseer's skis because her own had not arrived.

Remarks

• A draw in downhill runs in groups of ten (instead of 15) seemed to have been planned, but not carried out (slalom and giant slalom were not included). For 1977/78 there should be only 22 men's races (which, also happened)
• The sports director of the Italian federation, known for reforms, Mario Cotelli, suggested in an interview for the sports newspaper “Gazzetta dello Sport” a change in the sequence of the series of competitions with a split, but with the first part to be held until the end of January, afterwards should there be a “championship of specialists” in which the top 15 of each discipline would have to contest a series of 3 slaloms, giant slaloms and downhill runs
• On February 15th, the FIS published the new world rankings, which, however, had not yet included the previous national championships. For Moser-Pröll, this meant that her slalom title was not taken into account in the Austrian championships and she was only classified in 20th place (in the giant slalom she was fifth).
• In the men's slalom, Stenmark and Gros ex aequo were ahead of Radici (on the next ranks Heidegger, Hinterseer and Neureuther), in the giant slalom there was even a trio with Heini Hemmi, Stenmark and Thöni at the top (rank 8 Heidegger), who led in the downhill Brackets in front of Russi and Plank.
• In the women's slalom double lead Morerod and Pelen before Debernard ( Monika Kaserer in 10th place), in the giant slalom also a duo with Morerod & Kaserer before Debernard, in the downhill it was a trio with Zurbriggen, Habersatter and Moser before Evi Mittermaier.
• The Austrian runners dominated the downhill (out of a total of 18 races for women and men, 16 went to the ÖSV, the remaining two to Switzerland)
• In the women’s category, four nations shared the 27 victories (Austria 12, Switzerland 10, France 4, Liechtenstein 1)
• After Willi Frommelt had already won bronze for Liechtenstein at the 1974 World Cup downhill and in the 1976 Olympic Slalom, he and his brother Paul Frommelt achieved the first podium finishes in the World Cup for the Lords of the Principality
• Claudia Giordani won on February 1, 1977 in Maribor the generally first slalom victory for the Italian women, after she had succeeded in the giant slalom on January 9, 1974 in Les Gets ; the Italians now appeared in all three basic disciplines with one World Cup success each
• The Italian men had fallen behind after the successes of the last few years (victories in the overall World Cup and in discipline rankings, and also Nations Cup). As early as February, racing director Mario Cotelli had to admit the failure and he announced changes (among other things, Gustav Thöni should no longer ski downhill because this reduced his performance in slalom and giant slalom).

Race outside the World Cup

The season began with a series of races as part of the so-called "World Series", u. between for men on 28./29. November in Livigno with a slalom and giant slalom, each with victories from Ingemar Stenmark . Then the women drove a slalom on November 30th and the men on December 1st each in Aprica , with Lise-Marie Morerod and Stenmark winning again. It went on to Bormio, where on 2/3 December there were giant slaloms. Claudia Giordani and Stenmark won for the fourth time. The conclusion was formed by parallel slaloms in St. Moritz (December 4th / 5th), with another Morerod victory (by the way, the starting box in this women's competition went up in flames before the start of the race), while Walter Tresch was able to defeat Stenmark. TV broadcasts were planned for all of these competitions, but those from Bormio were omitted because no cameras could be installed. It should be noted that these races were not part of the Nations Cup (see Nations Cup scores :).

• Due to an idea of ​​the US team leadership, there was an "international match" between the Austrian and US runners in Oberstaufen on January 2nd in the form of a parallel slalom, which Monika Kaserer won in front of three other Austrians. As a bonus for the audience, Rosi Mittermaier also competed “parallel” against Heidi Biebl .
• In the week after the men's slalom in St. Anton am Arlberg, the national associations held their championships, the Austrians from February 9th in Bad Kleinkirchheim
• In Sun Valley there was also a combined classification in which Stenmark won ahead of Phil Mahre and Nöckler and Morerod won ahead of Fisher and Pelen (please see footnote)

Web links

World Cup men

• FIS database - results
• FIS database - tables

World Cup women

• FIS database - results
• FIS database - tables

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Happiness and glass, how easily it breaks ... this year the fight for crystal without us"; "Sport and Toto" of December 7, 1976; Pages 12 and 13
2. ^ "Voss with battle for place of honor" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 17, 1977, p. 23 ( Arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
3. ↑ Middle: "Parallel: Zechmeister ..." In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 27, 1977, p. 12 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
4. ^ "Brunner before Heidegger" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 28, 1977, p. 8 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
5. ↑ «Training sank in the snow» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 8, 1976, p. 10 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
6. ↑ right - gloss: «On the grain» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 10, 1976, p. 19 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
7. ↑ "Jury prevented the double victory Deufl, Totschnig" in "Kurier Wien" from December 9, 1976, page 15
8. ↑ Column 4, middle: “No TV broadcast of the ladies' run” . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 10, 1976, p. 19 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
9. ↑ "Dilemma in the Isere Valley" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 11, 1976, p. 11 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
10. ↑ "Cotelli wanted to sprint downhill" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 12, 1976, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
11. ^ «Opportunity only for technicians»; Subtitle: “World Cup slope ready” . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 13, 1976, p. 9 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
12. ↑ Top right box with a preview of the December races: “A hail of ski races”; “Sport and Toto” of November 23, 1976, page 11
13. ↑ «St. Anton: Storm and rain prevented the departure » . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 6, 1977, p. 1 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
14. ^ «Heidegger: So close behind Stenmark is like a victory» and «Continue to worry about departure» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 7, 1977, p. 11 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
15. ↑ «2.5 million for slalom. St. Anton without departure » . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 8, 1977, p. 1 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
16. ^ "Kandahar descent to Laax" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 8, 1977, p. 12 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
17. ^ "Kleinkirchheim, Gastein Ersatz" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 13, 1977, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
18. ↑ "World Cup on artificial snow?" In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 16, 1977, p. 10 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
19. ↑ Box left center: “US departures before cancellation. Clip to the USA after all? " In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 20, 1977, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
20. ↑ «Too little snow on the steep section» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 1, 1977, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
21. ↑ "But home advantage for Klammer?" In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 4th 1977, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
22. ^ "Overseas telephones ran hot" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 5, 1977, p. 24 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
23. ↑ «Men on women's descent» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 10, 1977, p. 9 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
24. ↑ «Short, but slow» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 12, 1977, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
25. ↑ «Timekeeping failed» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 13, 1977, p. 12 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
26. ↑ "The Bartl trumped up", from the penultimate paragraph . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 15, 1977, p. 10 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
27. ↑ «Heidegger joins the A-team» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 8, 1977, p. 12 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
28. ↑ «Combination victory still saved», last paragraph . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 17, 1976, p. 16 ( Arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
29. ↑ Column 4, below: “Decision in Tbilisi: FIS for Annemarie” . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 10, 1976, p. 19 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
30. ↑ left: «Future plan. Annemarie as a professional? " In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna October 30, 1976, p. 11 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
31. ↑ «Solution is trick» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna November 7, 1976, p. 10 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
32. ↑ «Green light for Annemarie? . No protest from the Swiss » . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna November 10, 1976, p. 12 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
33. ^ "I'm there in Val d'Isere" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna November 23, 1976, p. 11 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
34. ^ Glossary «Taken at the grain» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna November 25, 1976, p. 12 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
35. ↑ Column 5: "Val d'Isere with Annemarie" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna November 30, 1976, p. 11 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
36. ^ "Annemarie Moser: Came, saw and drove the best time" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 7, 1976, p. 17 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
37. ^ «Stricker demands veto right» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna October 14, 1976, p. 8 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
38. ↑ gloss: "picked up" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 13, 1976, p. 9 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
39. ↑ «Opportunity only for technicians» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 13, 1976, p. 9 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
40. ↑ “Seven downhill skiers in the slalom” and the heading “TV and radio” above . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 16, 1976, p. 10 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
41. ↑ «Val Gardena: 18 runners canceled» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 17, 1976, p. 16 ( Arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
42. ↑ "Read calls for brackets and co." In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 17, 1977, p. 11 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
43. ^ «Clueless brackets: 32nd rank» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 18, 1977, p. 12 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
44. ↑ «With number 1 to victory» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 19, 1977, p. 9 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
45. ↑ «Departure: cancel! Bracket brother in mortal danger » . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 21, 1977, p. 10 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
46. ↑ Third column, middle: "Danger to life banished" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 22, 1977, p. 12 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
47. ^ "Franz Klammer went to the USA after all"; last paragraph . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 23, 1977, p. 11 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
48. ^ "Double success in the European Cup"; Subtitle: “World Cup from Friday” . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 24, 1977, p. 10 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
49. ↑ «As good as already decided. Stenmark, Morerod move away »; last paragraph . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 9, 1977, p. 12 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
50. ↑ Column 3, middle: “World Cup Slalom in Aare” . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 20, 1977, p. 7 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
51. ^ "Austrians for Lang Plan ..."; Column 1 in the normal text, from the 2nd paragraph . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 24, 1977, p. 17 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
52. ↑ left: «Groups of ten on the descent» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna October 26, 1976, p. 10 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
53. ↑ "Cotelli wants reform. Promote specialists » . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna November 26, 1976, p. 9 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
54. ^ "Moser stays in group 2" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 16, 1977, p. 10 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
55. ↑ "Cotelli is failure now" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 10, 1977, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
56. ↑ fourth column: “As usual: Stenmark before Gros and Thöni” . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna November 29, 1976, p. 9 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
57. ↑ fifth column, middle: "Stenmark also got a giant slalom" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna November 30, 1976, p. 11 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
58. ↑ middle left: "Only Sölkner escaped debacle" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 1, 1976, p. 11 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
59. ↑ left: "Trainer Kahr explains: It takes two years" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 2, 1976, p. 17 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
60. ↑ bottom left: «Giordani's lead was enough» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 3, 1976, p. 9 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
61. ^ "Who else but Stenmark?" In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 4th 1976, p. 10 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
62. ↑ above: “Sölkner up to the semifinals” . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 5, 1976, p. 12 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
63. ↑ Middle: "Tresch stopped Stenmark" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 6, 1976, p. 12 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
64. ↑ Column 1: “17 ski races directly on TV” . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna November 16, 1976, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
65. ↑ Column 5: "Sölkner drove away everyone"; last paragraph . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna November 25, 1976, p. 12 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
66. ↑ bottom left . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 10, 1976, p. 19 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
67. ↑ bottom left . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 11, 1976, p. 11 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
68. ↑ «Derganc:“ Nice training ”» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 3, 1977, p. 11 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
69. ↑ "Won title with fear" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 10, 1977, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
70. ↑ "Klammer-Fest again" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 11, 1977, p. 12 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
71. ^ «First title for Heidegger. Hinterseer only in 5th place » . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 12, 1977, p. 14 ( Arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
72. ↑ "Chance in the World Cup?" In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 13, 1977, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
73. ^ "Klaus Heidegger, also in the slalom, a lonely class" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 14, 1977, p. 9 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
74. ↑ «As good as already decided. Stenmark, Morerod move away »; last paragraph . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 9, 1977, p. 12 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).