Alpine Ski World Cup 1977/78

Alpine Ski World Cup 1977/78
	Men's	Ladies
winner
total	Ingemar Stenmark	Hanni Wenzel
Departure	Franz Klammer	A. Moser-Pröll
Giant slalom	Ingemar Stenmark	Lise-Marie Morerod
slalom	Ingemar Stenmark	Hanni Wenzel
Nations Cup	Austria
Nations Cup	Austria	Austria
Competitions
Venues	15th	15th
Individual competitions	23	23
← 1976/77 1978/79 →

The 1977/78 season of the Alpine Ski World Cup organized by the FIS began on December 7, 1977 in Val-d'Isère and ended on March 19, 1978 in Arosa . For the men, 22 races were held (8  downhill runs , 7  giant slaloms , 7  slaloms ). There were also 22 races for women (7 downhill runs, 8 giant slaloms, 7 slaloms). There was also a parallel slalom , which only counted for the Nations Cup . The combination was left out that year, from the following season 1978/1979 it was again regularly in the World Cup program. The reduction to 22 men's races (the women have always had a few fewer than the men in recent years) was already in the papers drawn up at the end of October 1976 and was also designed in this way with a view to the fact that it was a season with world championships.

The highlight of the season was the 1978 World Cup in Garmisch-Partenkirchen .

World Cup ratings

total

Men's rank athlete Points 1  Ingemar Stenmark 150 2  Phil Mahre 116 3  Andreas Wenzel 100 4th  Klaus Heidegger 95 5  Franz Klammer 70  Herbert Plank 7th  Josef Walcher 65 8th  Piero Gros 60  Heini Hemmi 10  Mauro Bernardi 54 11  Ken Read 47 12  Petar Popangelov 43  Uli spit 14th  Sepp Ferstl 41  Michael Veith 16  Peter Lüscher 40 17th  Peter Wirnsberger 39 18th  Erik Håker 37 19th  Jean-Luc Fournier 32 20th  Bojan Križaj 31

Ladies rank Athlete Points 1  Hanni Wenzel 154 2  Annemarie Moser-Pröll 147 3  Lise-Marie Morerod 135 4th  Fabienne Serrat 105 5  Cindy Nelson 97 6th  Perrine Pelen 96 7th  Maria Epple 94 8th  Monika Kaserer 76 9  Lea Sölkner 70 10  Marie-Theres Nadig 63 11  Irene Epple 62 12  Evi Mittermaier 60 13  Becky Dorsey 45 14th  Doris De Agostini 37  Abigail Fisher 16  Irmgard Lukasser 27 17th  Ingrid Eberle 26th 18th  Christin Cooper 24 19th  Bernadette Zurbriggen 23 20th  Viki Fleckenstein 20th

Departure

Men's rank athlete Points 1  Franz Klammer 85 2  Josef Walcher 74 3  Herbert Plank 73 4th  Ken Read 56 5  Sepp Ferstl 49 6th  Uli spit 47 7th  Michael Veith 45 8th  Peter Wirnsberger 43 9  Werner Grissmann 39  Erik Håker

Ladies rank Athlete Points 1  Annemarie Moser-Pröll 125 2  Cindy Nelson 91 3  Marie-Theres Nadig 78 4th  Evi Mittermaier 74 5  Doris De Agostini 51 6th  Irene Epple 36 7th  Irmgard Lukasser 32 8th  Brigitte Totschnig 24 9  Bernadette Zurbriggen 23 10  Monika Bader 16

Giant slalom

Men's rank athlete Points 1  Ingemar Stenmark 120 2  Andreas Wenzel 100 3  Phil Mahre 84 4th  Heini Hemmi 82 5  Jean-Luc Fournier 32 6th  Peter Lüscher 30th 7th  Klaus Heidegger 27 8th  Leonhard Stock 24 9  Piero Gros 23 10  Gustav Thöni 17th

Ladies rank Athlete Points 1  Lise-Marie Morerod 115 2  Hanni Wenzel 106 3  Maria Epple 77 4th  Monika Kaserer 62 5  Fabienne Serrat 60  Annemarie Moser-Pröll 7th  Lea Sölkner 36 8th  Becky Dorsey 30th  Irene Epple  Cindy Nelson

slalom

Men's rank athlete Points 1  Ingemar Stenmark 115 2  Klaus Heidegger 90 3  Phil Mahre 66 4th  Piero Gros 47 5  Mauro Bernardi 43  Petar Popangelov 7th  Andreas Wenzel 30th 8th  Paolo De Chiesa 28 9  Steve Mahre 25th 10  Fausto Radici 22nd

Ladies rank Athlete Points 1  Hanni Wenzel 110 2  Perrine Pelen 105 3  Fabienne Serrat 79 4th  Lise-Marie Morerod 71 5  Lea Sölkner 65 6th  Maria Epple 46 7th  Christin Cooper 23 8th  Annemarie Moser-Pröll 19th 9  Abigail Fisher 18th 10  Becky Dorsey 17th

Podium placements men

Departure

date	place	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
December 11, 1977	Val d'Isère ( FRA )	Franz Klammer	Herbert Plank	Josef Walcher
December 18, 1977	Val Gardena ( ITA )	Herbert Plank	Peter Wirnsberger	Franz Klammer
12/22/1977	Cortina d'Ampezzo ( ITA )	Herbert Plank	Bernhard Russi	Peter Wirnsberger
01/20/1978	Kitzbühel ( AUT )	Josef Walcher	Walter Vesti	Renato Antonioli
01/21/1978	Kitzbühel ( AUT )	Sepp Ferstl Josef Walcher		Michael Veith
02/11/1978	Les Houches ( FRA )	Ken Read	Dave Murray	Michael Veith
03/10/1978	Laax ( SUI )	Uli spit	Franz Klammer	Erik Håker
03/11/1978	Laax ( SUI )	Franz Klammer	Erik Håker	Uli spit

Giant slalom

date	place	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
December 10, 1977	Val d'Isère ( FRA )	Ingemar Stenmark	Heini Hemmi	Jean-Luc Fournier
December 14, 1977	Madonna di Campiglio ( ITA )	Ingemar Stenmark	Heini Hemmi	Andreas Wenzel
01/08/1978	Zwiesel ( FRG )	Ingemar Stenmark	Phil Mahre	Andreas Wenzel
January 17, 1978	Adelboden ( SUI )	Andreas Wenzel	Ingemar Stenmark	Piero Gros
03/03/1978	Stratton Mountain ( USA )	Phil Mahre	Heini Hemmi	Ingemar Stenmark
03/06/1978	Waterville Valley ( USA )	Andreas Wenzel	Phil Mahre	Ingemar Stenmark
03/18/1978	Arosa ( SUI )	Ingemar Stenmark	Andreas Wenzel	Peter Lüscher

slalom

date	place	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
12/13/1977	Madonna di Campiglio ( ITA )	Ingemar Stenmark	Klaus Heidegger	Bojan Križaj
05/01/1978	Oberstaufen ( FRG )	Ingemar Stenmark	Klaus Heidegger	Piero Gros
01/09/1978	Zwiesel ( FRG )	Ingemar Stenmark	Mauro Bernardi	Phil Mahre
January 15, 1978	Wengen ( SUI )	Klaus Heidegger	Petar Popangelov	Mauro Bernardi
01/22/1978	Kitzbühel ( AUT )	Klaus Heidegger	Petar Popangelov	Andreas Wenzel
02/11/1978	Chamonix ( FRA )	Phil Mahre	Ingemar Stenmark	Paolo De Chiesa
03/04/1978	Stratton Mountain ( USA )	Steve Mahre	Ingemar Stenmark	Peter Lüscher

Parallel slalom

date	place	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
March 19, 1978	Arosa ( SUI )	Phil Mahre	Ingemar Stenmark	Leonhard Stock

Podium placements women

Departure

date	place	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
December 07, 1977	Val d'Isère ( FRA )	Marie-Theres Nadig	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	Monika Bader
01/06/1978	Pfronten ( FRG )	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	Cindy Nelson	Doris De Agostini
07/01/1978	Pfronten ( FRG )	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	Cindy Nelson	Marie-Theres Nadig
01/13/1978	Les Diablerets ( SUI )	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	Evi Mittermaier	Irene Epple
January 18, 1978	Bad Gastein ( AUT )	Evi Mittermaier	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	Marie-Theres Nadig
03/11/1978	Bad Kleinkirchheim ( AUT )	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	Cindy Nelson	Evi Mittermaier
03/12/1978	Bad Kleinkirchheim ( AUT )	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	Cindy Nelson	Marie-Theres Nadig

Giant slalom

date	place	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
December 8th, 1977	Val d'Isère ( FRA )	Lise-Marie Morerod	Maria Epple	Monika Kaserer
December 15, 1977	Madonna di Campiglio ( ITA )	Hanni Wenzel	Monika Kaserer	Lise-Marie Morerod
01/09/1978	Les Mosses ( SUI )	Lise-Marie Morerod	Hanni Wenzel	Maria Epple
01/10/1978	Les Mosses ( SUI )	Hanni Wenzel	Monika Kaserer	Fabienne Serrat
02/09/1978	Megève ( FRA )	Lise-Marie Morerod	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	Fabienne Serrat
03/02/1978	Stratton Mountain ( USA )	Hanni Wenzel	Maria Epple	Lise-Marie Morerod
07.03.1978	Waterville Valley ( USA )	Lise-Marie Morerod	Becky Dorsey	Fabienne Serrat
03/17/1978	Arosa ( SUI )	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	Irene Epple	Lise-Marie Morerod

slalom

date	place	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
December 10, 1977	Breuil-Cervinia ( ITA )	Perrine Pelen	Fabienne Serrat	Hanni Wenzel
January 19, 1978	Bad Gastein ( AUT )	Lise-Marie Morerod	Hanni Wenzel	Perrine Pelen
01/22/1978	Maribor ( SLO )	Hanni Wenzel	Maria Epple	Lea Sölkner
01/24/1978	Berchtesgaden ( FRG )	Hanni Wenzel	Lise-Marie Morerod	Perrine Pelen
01/25/1978	Berchtesgaden ( FRG )	Hanni Wenzel	Fabienne Serrat	Lise-Marie Morerod
02/08/1978	Saint-Gervais-les-Bains ( FRA )	Perrine Pelen	Lea Sölkner	Fabienne Serrat
03/05/1978	Stratton Mountain ( USA )	Perrine Pelen	Fabienne Serrat	Hanni Wenzel

Parallel slalom

date	place	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
March 19, 1978	Arosa ( SUI )	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	Christa Zechmeister	Viki Fleckenstein

Nations Cup

Overall rating rank country Points 1  Austria 849 2  Switzerland 499 3  United States 378 4th  BR Germany 356 5  Italy 303 6th  Liechtenstein 286 7th  France 218 8th  Sweden 150 9  Canada 97 10  Bulgaria 43 11  Norway 37 12  Yugoslavia 31 13  Iran 10 14th  Japan 9

Men's rank country Points 1  Austria 460 2  Italy 293 3  Switzerland 227 4th  United States 154 5  Sweden 150 6th  Liechtenstein 115 7th  BR Germany 97 8th  Canada 85 9  Bulgaria 43 10  Norway 37 11  Yugoslavia 31 12  France 12 13  Japan 9

Ladies rank country Points 1  Austria 389 2  Switzerland 272 3  BR Germany 259 4th  United States 224 5  France 206 6th  Liechtenstein 171 7th  Canada 12 8th  Italy 10  Iran

statistics

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Men:
Downhill (8):
Rank 1 (plus one ex aequo): AUT 5, ITA 2, CAN 1, GER 1
Rank 2 (less one ex aequo from Rank 1): AUT 2, SUI 2, CAN 1, ITA 1, NOR 1
Rank 3: AUT 4, GER 2, ITA 1, NOR 1
Giant Slalom (7):
Rank 1: SWE 4, LIE 2, USA 1
Rank 2: SUI 3, USA 2, LIE 1, SWE 1
Rank 3: LIE 2, SWE 2, SUI 2, ITA 1
Slalom (7):
Rank 1: SWE 3, AUT 2, USA 2
Rank 2: AUT 2, BUL 2, SWE 2, ITA 1
Rank 3: ITA 3, LIE 1, SUI 1, USA 1, YUG 1

Total (22):
Rank 1 (plus an ex aequo): AUT 7, SWE 7, USA 3, ITA 2, LIE 2, CAN 1, GER 1
Rank 2 (less an ex aequo from Rank 1): SUI 5 , AUT 4, SWE 3, BUL 2, ITA 2, USA 2, CAN 1, LIE 1, NOR 1
Rank 3: ITA 5, AUT 4, LIE 3, SUI 3, GER 2, SWE 2, NOR 1, USA 1 , YUG 1

Overview:
AUT 7 | 4 | 4
SWE 7 | 3 | 2
USA 3 | 2 | 1
ITA 2 | 2 | 5
LIE 2 | 1 | 3
CAN 1 | 1 | -
GER 1 | - | 2
SUI - | 5 | 3
BUL - | 2 | -
NOR - | 1 | 1
YUG - | - | 1

Women:
Downhill (7):
Rank 1: AUT 5, GER 1, SUI 1
Rank 2: USA 4, AUT 2, GER 1
Rank 3: SUI 4, GER 3
Giant Slalom (8):
Rank 1: SUI 4, LIE 3 , AUT 1
Rank 2: AUT 3, GER 3, LIE 1, USA 1
Rank 3: FRA 3, SUI 3, AUT 1, GER 1
Slalom (7):
Rank 1: FRA 3, LIE 3, SUI 1
Rank 2: FRA 3, AUT 1, GER 1, LIE 1, SUI 1
Rank 3: FRA 3, LIE 2, AUT 1, SUI 1

Overall (22):
Rank 1: AUT 6, LIE 6, SUI 6, FRA 3, GER 1
Rank 2: AUT 6, GER 6, USA 5, FRA 3, LIE 2, SUI 1
Rank 3: SUI 8, FRA 6 , GER 4, AUT 2, LIE 2

Overview:
AUT 6 | 6 | 2
LIE 6 | 2 | 2
SUI 6 | 1 | 8
FRA 3 | 3 | 6
GER 1 | 5 | 4
USA - | 5 | -

Season course

Points system and modification of start numbers

For the overall World Cup, the three best results in each discipline counted (highest possibility therefore 225 points), for the discipline evaluation the best 5 results (therefore 125 points). For the first time (apart from a few previous exceptions) the women's giant slalom was run in two runs. With this, those responsible had put the system with the division into several periods aside and there was again a very restrictive handling in terms of the overall World Cup, which was primarily a disadvantage for Ingemar Stenmark . This system was decided at the FIS Congress in Bariloche (April 29th and 30th).

There was actually a plan for 1977/78 that there would be 8 races for women and men in all disciplines, and seven of the eight downhill runs and eight of the 16 technical disciplines should count for the overall World Cup, giving the speed drivers equal opportunities would. On the fringes of the World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen there was a proposal from the Austrian chief Udo Abl, who suggested eight races per discipline from 1978/79, while the FIS divided it into two (December 1 to February 10 with 6 races each and then until March 20 as a kind of final with 2 ratings each and only the first 15 of the respective world rankings to start. Ultimately, however, this proposal was rejected with 9: 7 votes, with Italy and Austria, due to their right to vote, each bringing in 2 opposing votes and Yugoslavia, Switzerland and the Federal Republic of Germany the rest.

In the slalom and giant slalom there was a new start number regulation for the 2nd rounds. The previous «Bibbo rule», introduced since 1971/72, was modified in that the fifth placed after the first run was the first to start up to the leader, then it was the turn of the ranks from 6 onwards («Super- Bibbo rule »). That brought a bigger advantage for the top placed, but the majority of the races were decided early, from the 11th place onwards many TV viewers switched off.

Premier victories

Andreas Wenzel personally celebrated his first two victories (both in slalom), which were also the first victories for Liechtenstein's men. Furthermore, Uli Spieß was victorious for the first time on March 10th on the downhill in Laax . There was no “newcomer” to the ladies.

Other choices

• Ingemar Stenmark became the most successful man in World Cup victories, with 28 victories since his first victory in December 1974 (17 in slalom, 11 in giant slalom), followed by Gustav Thöni with 24 and Franz Klammer with 23 (anniversary victory no.25 Stenmark succeeded in the slalom in Oberstaufen on January 5th .)
• Of the big ski nations, the Swiss men did not manage to win at all of the season (with 42 wins they remained in fourth place behind Austria with 74, France 63 and Italy 46). The men of the ÖSV did not take a podium place in the giant slalom for the entire season, but neither did the men of the "Federazione Italiana Sport Invernali", who had achieved very good results in this discipline in recent years (19 wins, 15 second and 17 third places) , had to be content with a single podium (3rd place from Piero Gros). A fourth ( Mauro Bernardi ) and fifth ( Gustav Thöni ) place were the next best ranks; for the Austrians, Klaus Heidegger with a fourth and fifth place and Leonhard Stock with a fifth place provided the few “highlights”.
• There were first podium finishes for two nations, u. between Bulgaria ( Petar Popangelow ) and Yugoslavia ( Bojan Križaj ).
• For the concluding parallel slalom, the first 32 of the World Cup rankings were entitled to start

Cancellations and postponements

All the planned competitions could be held, but not always at the intended location and sometimes quite late.

Men:
At first there was good news about enough snow for the Lauberhorn races, but then the weather conditions for the descent were extremely bad. The training sessions could not take place, were postponed or one was driven on January 12th on a shortened route, then on January 13th according to start no. 31 (Franz Klammer was in the lead up to this point) due to gusts of wind (ground fog had also prevailed). The first schedule included the downhill run for January 15th, the slalom for January 16th - and the giant slalom in Adelboden for January 17th, the next plan was that on January 15th, between the two slalom runs, the ultimate training session would take place should.

After the slalom, there was also optimism that the descent could be held on Monday, January 16, the FIS asked Kitzbühel to forego the first descent. The organizers there were only willing to postpone the three races by one day. The reason for the departure cancellation was that on the night of the planned race day (January 16) a foehn storm and a hurricane had blown or torn up the slope between Hundschopf and the water station. The storm had hurled the control gates against the rocks. In any case, the bottom line was that the Adelboden giant slalom was run one day late. The replacement location was announced on January 20th, it was Laax , with March 12th being mentioned for the time being. With regard to postponements in the final in Arosa, please see the notes under the women.

Ladies:
There were even several cancellations or postponements and thus, in fact, chaos. Bormio was not able to discharge, downhill and giant slalom (15-16. December), although the giant slalom was on December 15 in Madonna di Campiglio are driven, the exit would additionally on December 19 in Saalbach-Hinterglemm are to be held , but there was a hot weather there, so there was a cancellation, but then the ones for 20./21. The races mentioned in the racing calendar (downhill, giant slalom) will be canceled due to the melted slopes.

Pfronten (with his own appointments (January 6/7)) stood in for the departure; all the problems (little snow on the Breitenberg, therefore no time runs etc.) always led to new appointments. What remained was that the Bormio descent was added on January 6th instead of January 5th. The Pfronten slalom was subsequently canceled (initially without replacement), but in addition to the slalom originally programmed for January 24th in Berchtesgaden, this gap was also filled there.

Les Mosses held the Saalbach giant slalom on January 9th, had its own “giant slalom date” on January 10th - and the downhill run scheduled for January 11th in neighboring Les Diablerets was not run until January 13th . - And since nothing went at all in Saalbach and the planned replacement location Bad Gastein was canceled, the descent that had been scheduled there took place in Bad Kleinkirchheim , with March 13th being mentioned for the time being (however, the ride was on March 11th). and please see footnote on the men's cancellations

Even the final in Arosa could not be carried out according to the schedule, because the women's giant slalom planned for March 16 had to be postponed to March 17 due to a violent storm (even the timing had been ripped from its anchoring), which meant that the men also had to be postponed by one The next day it was their turn and the women's parallel slalom, which had already been planned for March 18th, together with that of the men on March 19th, concluded.

Various events

• It was the first time in the schedule that two departures appeared for Kitzbühel; previous "second runs" were practically only a replacement race for a run that was canceled elsewhere.
• The Ministry of the Interior of the Federal Republic of Germany had provided the DSV with a total of approx. 1.4 to 1.6 million DM for the 1977/78 ski season. The German racers had been training in Garmisch since May, with wind tunnel tests and work with one Psychologists were the focus.
• Karl Kahr , head of the ÖSV men, suggested a change in the World Cup system , according to which it should be limited to the best 40 downhill skiers and 50 giant slalom and 50 slalom downhill runs and there should be ten races each without deleted results, and he should include this elite (such as in automobile racing) as "Formula I", under which a kind of "Formula II" is held, and an annual promotion and relegation regulation that could replace the last placed in "Formula I" with the first placed in "Formula II".
• The women's slalom was decided with a hundredth of a second on December 10th in Breuil-Cervinia , where Pelen defeated her teammate Serrat. There was a déjà-vu (again with a hundredth of a second), again with Pelen in front of Serrat, in the battle for the bronze medal in the giant slalom on 20/21. February 1980 at the Olympic Games in Lake Placid .
• There were so few spectators at the replacement giant slalom for women in Madonna di Campiglio that a grandstand was not built.
• At the men's downhill run in Val Gardena (December 18), winner Herbert Plank had a smaller, tailored start number, number 14, which is why the ÖSV brought in a protest. But this was rejected. However, ÖSV trainer Prof. Udo Albl also voiced suspicions of manipulating the timing
• Annemarie Moser-Pröll celebrated her 25th victory in a World Cup downhill run on January 6th in Pfronten and on January 13th, despite the flu, she won the downhill run in Les Diablerets , with which she had already raised the limit for this discipline for the overall World Cup, and she was leading at this point in the overall standings with 89 points ahead of Wenzel and Morerod.
• The decision of the football club First Vienna FC , which postponed its championship game in the top Austrian league ( 1st division ) from January 14th to 15th, in order to avoid the TV broadcast of the Lauberhorn run, was curious. As is well known, this descent could not be driven.
• The second downhill run in Kitzbühel on January 21st, which was considered the "original downhill", had two abnormalities: For the first time there was an ex-aequo victory for the men, after the only one so far for the women ( in Sestriere , also in a descent), with Sepp Ferstl wearing the number 4 and Josef Walcher the number 7. - and in addition to the fact that the men of the DSV achieved their second downhill victory in the World Cup (after Franz Vogler ), thanks to Michael Veith's 3rd place (with a deficit of just 0.04 seconds, the equivalent of 1.10 meters) , he was able to score unprecedented double podium will be celebrated. According to the FIS, Walcher was 6 thousandths of a second faster, but he and Ferstl were within the same hundredths (namely 1.3 versus 1.9), which gave this result
• At the women's giant slalom in Megève , world champion Maria Epple , who was second after the first run, was disqualified for exceeding the pre-start limit of 3 seconds by 0.32 seconds
• Just a few days after the World Championships, men's downhill training began in Megève on February 7th, with a hill jumping up to 40 meters 250 meters after the start. After the training session was stopped, the piste should be defused by the organizers, but this did not happen at all, so that the trainers placed two goals themselves in front of the hill, which reduced the pace and drove to the hill differently. After a long break, the Canadians spoke up again, Dave Murray then confirmed his best time in training (despite start number 36) as second. On February 11, 1978, there were two men's races on one day, because the Kandahar downhill and the slalom were held in Les Houches and Chamonix on the same slope as Les Houches; the departure had already been planned for February 10, but had to be canceled due to gusts of wind up to 100 km / h.
• The shape of series downhill winner Franz Klammer was also puzzled; especially after only 13th place on February 11th in Les Houches, it was claimed that his ski manufacturer had pushed commercial interests because exports to North America would bring more than if Klammer won
• Gustav Thöni reported that he had received an additional claim from the tax office in the amount of 6.8 million schillings (approx. 972,000 DM or 850,000 CHFr) for the period 1971 to 1974, of which he received approx. One by April Third had to pay. He is said to have raised an objection. Reference was also made to the “cancer run” for the South Tyrolean, who had been so successful until recently, because in the current season he had lagged far behind the top places that brought big money - but the financial difficulties of all things would take the sensitive runner's momentum away.
• Franz Klammer's downhill victory on March 11th in Laax, his twenty-second overall, was also his last for a long time, because it wasn't until December 6th, 1981 that he was back on top of the podium in Val-d'Isère
• With her victory in the second downhill run from Bad Kleinkirchheim (March 12th) Moser-Pröll not only reached the maximum points of the season, she was also able to celebrate her 50th World Cup victory.
• Annemarie Moser-Pröll won the giant slalom on March 17th in Arosa (it was the 89th “World Cup giants” among women). It was the 29th Giant Slalom World Cup victory for the ÖSV women and was to be the last for over eleven years and almost nine months. It wasn't until December 3, 1989, that Anita Wachter succeeded again - in the 174th Women's World Cup giant slalom. The result of this Arosa giant slalom was only known in the late afternoon, as a gate judge had reported a mistake by Moser-Pröll, who had achieved two fastest times. Thanks to her thorough inspection of the course, she was one of the few who recognized that gate no. 41 could be passed in the fall line shortly before the goal. Since no one had recorded the TV broadcast on video and Swiss television could not transfer its studio recordings to Arosa for technical reasons, the racing jury went to Zurich by helicopter, where they did not find any incorrectness of the runner due to the television film. - Irene Epple , who had already made a name for herself with No. 26 in the World Championships Giant Slalom , also offered a great performance - with start No. 35 second place. In an unsportsmanlike manner, Monika Kaserer and Martina Ellmer did not compete again because of their bad times after the first run.
• Ingemar Stenmark won the final (postponed by one day) men's giant slalom (on his 22nd birthday), where he stated that he did not want to touch the goal posts because of a terrible sunburn; the Swede had come from a ten-day stay in Jamaica and had only trained lightly on March 17th. In the aforementioned giant slalom, the first round was not entirely regular due to different conditions (the lowest start number in the top area was Phil Mahre's 10th in 4th place, although with Stenmark at 13 and Wenzel at 14 there were two masters, but Lüscher was no. 26 pushed into rank 3). Heidegger, who had not scored any more points after the World Championships, did not start for the second round - for Hans Hinterseer rank 10 was too little to remain in the "elite squad" of the ÖSV; he speculated with a move to the professionals.

Injuries

• When Klaus Heidegger end of July became acute a knee injury again.
• Bernhard Russi suffered bruises and an injury to his knee and inner ligament during training in Crans-Montana, was in a cast for five days and was absent from the first descents in Val-d'Isère as well as in Val Gardena . He wanted to start there, contrary to previous announcements, but then fell while retracting and his knee injury became acute.
• Danièle Debernard , two-time Olympic and three-time World Championship medalist, fell during downhill training for the World Championships on January 27 and broke her fibula, which contributed to the end of her career

Resignations

In addition to the injured Danièle Debernard, there were others: On February 2, Bernhard Russi announced his immediate resignation due to his poor downhill placement (14th place) at the World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen . Hansi Hinterseer , whose career had suffered a kink and who had not been able to qualify for the aforementioned championships within the ÖSV team, announced his departure from the amateur camp and switched to the professional camp at the end of August. Even Franco Bieler , Christian Hemmi , Fausto Radici and Elfi Deufl were among those who finished their racing career.

Others

At the FIS Congress in Bariloche (April 29th / 30th), exact regulations were also issued regarding the nature of racing suits: Accordingly, these and the clothing worn underneath were not allowed to be plasticized inside or out and not treated with any chemical agents. It should also be noted that Marc Hodler was re-elected as FIS President.

Race outside the World Cup

From November 26th, the well-known “World Series” competitions were held as a “prologue to the World Cup”, starting with a women's downhill run on the “Gamskogel-Ostabfahrt” in Schladming , with Moser-Pröll ahead of Nadig and Bernadette Zurbriggen won. The gentlemen had started with a descent in Altenmarkt-Zauchensee ; Crans-Montana was the replacement location where on November 27th on the “Piste Nationale” Franz Klammer was successful ahead of Håker and Peter Wirnsberger. The women also moved to Crans-Montana, where they contested an excessively failing slalom on November 29, in which Fabienne Serrat won ahead of Hanni Wenzel and Lise-Marie Morerod. The next stop was San Sicario with a giant slalom for women on December 1st; Perrine Pelen won on a stony track ahead of Serrat and Claudia Giordani , with Hanni Wenzel not taking part in the second round, as well as the Swiss women. The men's giant slalom scheduled for December 2nd was canceled because of the dangerous slope. It ended with parallel slalom in Montgenevre , with Morerod triumphing in front of Serrat and Ingrid Eberle on December 3rd and Stenmark ahead of Bruno Nöckler and Phil Mahre the next day . However, all ÖSV runners and most of the Swiss, Germans, Canadians and also Håker and Petar Popangelow were absent (they had already traveled on to Val-d'Isère ).

The national associations held their championships not already (as was customary up to now) after the world championships, but only after the Kandahar races - in Austria it was Schladming or the Dachstein region from February 14th . Only the final descents were made on the Planai (the other competitions took place on slopes in the vicinity). The DSV organized its championships in the Kleiner Walsertal ( Riezlern ).

Web links

World Cup men

• FIS database - results
• FIS database - tables

World Cup women

• FIS database - results
• FIS database - tables

Individual evidence

1. ↑ left: «Groups of ten on the descent» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna October 26, 1976, p. 10 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
2. ↑ Column 3, middle: "FIS: innovations for the World Cup accepted" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna May 1st 1977, p. 9 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
3. ^ «Austrians for Lang Plan. Before upgrading the downhill riders » . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 24, 1977, p. 17 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
4. ↑ “New proposal for the World Cup: Special scoring and final” in “Volkszeitung Kärnten” No. 22 of January 28, 1978, page 54
5. ↑ “In the World Cup everything is as before. Reform 9: 7 rejected ”in“ Volkszeitung Kärnten ”No. 23 of January 29, 1978, page 22
6. ↑ «World Cup is getting bland now» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 9, 1978, p. 9 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
7. ↑ "Furious at the anniversary victory" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 6, 1978, p. 9 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
8. ^ "Ingemar's triumph for his birthday"; last paragraph . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 19, 1978, p. 12 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
9. ^ "Foehn endangers Schladming races" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna November 17, 1977, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
10. ↑ «Only in Val d'Isère does the“ hour of truth! ”Strike»; penultimate paragraph . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 5, 1977, p. 8 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
11. ↑ Column 2: “Lauberhorn: Enough snow” . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 6, 1978, p. 9 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
12. ↑ «Exit gates blown by the wind. No time trials on the Lauberhorn » . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 12, 1978, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
13. ↑ "Soft snow makes favorites tremble" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 13, 1978, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
14. ↑ «Departure Gone with the Wind» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 14, 1978, p. 9 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
15. ^ "Franz is coming" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 15, 1978, p. 12 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
16. ↑ "Will Klammer strike again today?" and bottom left: «Only one descent in Kitz?» In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 16, 1978, p. 8 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
17. ↑ "Kitzbühel is the highlight" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 17, 1978, p. 11 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
18. ↑ Column 3, last article in the article “Triumph became Zittersieg” with the subtitle “Lauberhorn substitute” . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 21, 1978, p. 11 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
19. ↑ Column 5, middle: "Saalbach: Only one downhill run for women!" In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 16, 1977, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
20. ↑ Column 5. a little below: “Without Saalbach” . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 18, 1977, p. 10 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
21. ↑ «Hinterseer saved the chance»; Subtitle: «No training possible» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 4th 1978, p. 11 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
22. ↑ «Training in wind and snow» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 5, 1978, p. 10 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
23. ^ «Moser with an idiosyncratic trace. Clear progress in the second period »; Column 2, last paragraph . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 6, 1978, p. 9 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
24. ↑ Column 4, below: “Specialist Wenzel” . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 14, 1978, p. 9 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
25. ↑ Column 3, last article in the article “Triumph became Zittersieg” with the subtitle “Lauberhorn substitute” . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 21, 1978, p. 11 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
26. ↑ Column 5, middle: “Arosa on television” . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 16, 1978, p. 19 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
27. ↑ Middle right: “Finale with storm over Arosa” . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 17, 1978, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
28. ^ "Ski: Too much wind in Arosa" in "Kurier Wien" of March 17, 1978, page 19, POS. rightmost column, second title
29. ^ «Föhn endangers Schladming races»; Column 2, penultimate paragraph . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna November 17, 1977, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
30. ↑ «Super World Cup. Way out? " In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 14, 1978, p. 9 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
31. ↑ «Coming to Saalbach» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 16, 1977, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
32. ↑ «Rock hard downhill piste»; Start numbers on column 5 . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 18, 1977, p. 10 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
33. Jump up to the headline: "Plank victory also withstood number protest!" In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 19, 1977, p. 11 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
34. ^ "Protests, threats of legal action" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 22, 1977, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
35. ^ "Moser hopes for an icy slope" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna 7th January 1978, p. 5 ( Arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
36. ↑ "Flu sick - so what?" In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 14, 1978, p. 9 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
37. ↑ Column 2, penultimate title: “Vienna evades the Lauberhorn run” . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 11, 1978, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
38. ↑ «A triumph became a tremendous victory»; Start numbers on column 4 . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 21, 1978, p. 11 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
39. ↑ «I want to get involved» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 22, 1978, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
40. ↑ «Moser caught up. “Still hope” »; Column 1, last sentence in the penultimate paragraph . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 10, 1978, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
41. ↑ «Descent with ski jump» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 8, 1978, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
42. ^ "All Austrians there" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 9, 1978, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
43. ↑ "Murray gave a riddle" including a list of start numbers in column 5 . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 10, 1978, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
44. ↑ «The departure today» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 11, 1978, p. 9 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
45. ↑ “You can't drive that” and “Brunner finally got through” . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 12, 1978, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
46. ↑ «'Export victim' bracket?" In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 13, 1978, p. 8 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
47. ↑ «Tax office wants millions» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 18, 1978, p. 10 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
48. ↑ «Simply great. 50th World Cup victory Moser » . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 13, 1978, p. 10 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
49. ↑ «I drive on» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 19, 1978, p. 19 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
50. ^ "Moser is the focus at the end" in "Salzburger Nachrichten" of March 18, 1978, page 11
51. ↑ "28. Stenmarks World Cup victory on his 22nd birthday "in" Kurier Wien "on March 19, 1978, page 15, POS. bottom left
52. ^ "Klaus Heidegger has to pause due to injury" in "Volkszeitung Kärnten" No. 169 of July 27, 1977, page 25; POS .: large heading below
53. ↑ bottom left: «Route just too dangerous»; Subtitle «Russi hurt» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 3, 1977, p. 9 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
54. ↑ Caption below: "After Val d'Isère, only spectators in Val Gardena: Bernhard Russi" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 17, 1977, p. 9 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
55. ↑ «Plank victory also withstood number protest!»; Column 2, first full paragraph . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 19, 1977, p. 11 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
56. ^ "Eberhard's great opportunity"; Column 3 with the heading “Falls and a broken leg” . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 28, 1978, p. 9 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
57. ^ "Debernard suffered a broken leg" in "Volkszeitung Kärnten" No. 22 of January 28, 1978, pages 54/55
58. ↑ Glossary «taken seriously» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 4, 1978, p. 9 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
59. ^ "A professional team around Hans Hinterseer" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna August 30, 1978, p. 11 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
60. ^ "Annemarie, who else?" In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna November 27, 1977, p. 12 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
61. ↑ «Overcome the hole shock?» In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna November 28, 1977, p. 9 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
62. ↑ Middle: “12 survived knockout slalom” . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna November 30, 1977, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
63. ↑ Middle: "Lots of stones, little snow" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 2, 1977, p. 20 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized version).
64. ↑ bottom left: «Route just too dangerous» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 3, 1977, p. 9 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
65. ↑ left: «In the parallel slalom in front: Morerod, Serrat, Eberle» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 4th 1977, p. 12 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
66. ↑ «Only in Val d'Isère does the“ hour of truth strike! ”» In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 5, 1977, p. 8 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
67. ↑ bottom left: "About the ÖSV titles in the Alps" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 12, 1978, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
68. ^ "Slalom: Enn and Moser struck" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 15, 1978, p. 11 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
69. ^ "Second title for Enn" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 16, 1978, p. 10 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
70. ^ "Moser: Twice the best time" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 17, 1978, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
71. ↑ «Klammer: Dispute over skis. Title to "WM-Walcher" "and" Finally victory for Brigitte " . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 20, 1978, p. 8 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
72. ↑ "Eberle trumped up" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 19, 1978, p. 11 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
73. ↑ Brief message in column 3, at the bottom: «Alpine skiing» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 20, 1978, p. 8 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).