Alpine Ski World Cup 1978/79

Alpine Ski World Cup 1978/79
	Men's	Ladies
winner
total	Peter Lüscher	A. Moser-Pröll
Departure	Peter Müller	A. Moser-Pröll
Giant slalom	Ingemar Stenmark	Christa Kinshofer
slalom	Ingemar Stenmark	Regina Sackl
Nations Cup	Austria
Nations Cup	Austria	Austria
Competitions
Venues	18th	14th
Individual competitions	33	26th
← 1977/78 1979/80 →

The 1978/79 season of the Alpine Ski World Cup organized by the FIS began on December 9, 1978 in Schladming (men) and Piancavallo (women) and ended on March 20, 1979 in Furano . For the men, 29 races were held (9  downhill runs , 10  giant slaloms , 10  slaloms ). For women there were 22 races (7 downhill runs, 7 giant slaloms, 8 slaloms). There were also four combination ratings. The end of the season was a women's parallel slalom on March 20, which only counted for the Nations Cup . The men's parallel slalom was canceled due to timing reasons.

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

World Cup ratings

total

Men's

rank	athlete	Points
1	Peter Lüscher	186
2	Leonhard Stock	163
3	Phil Mahre	155
4th	Piero Gros	152
5	Ingemar Stenmark	150
6th	Andreas Wenzel	148
7th	Anton Steiner	107
8th	Bojan Križaj	106
9	Gustav Thöni	92
10	Steve Mahre	86
11	Leonardo David	85
12	Hans Enn	81
13	Jacques Lüthy	79
14th	Christian Neureuther	74
15th	Peter Müller	72
	Peter Wirnsberger
17th	Paul Frommelt	68
	Bohumír Zeman
19th	Toni Bürgler	67
	Petar Popangelov

Ladies

rank	Athlete	Points
1	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	243
2	Hanni Wenzel	240
3	Irene Epple	189
4th	Cindy Nelson	168
5	Marie-Theres Nadig	156
6th	Fabienne Serrat	151
7th	Regina Sackl	112
8th	Christa Kinshofer	110
9	Perrine Pelen	100
10	Claudia Giordani	98
11	Lea Sölkner	95
12	Regine Mösenlechner	85
13	Maria Rosa Quario	84
14th	Daniela Zini	82
15th	Erika Hess	76
16	Brigitte Glur	74
17th	Olga Charvátová	70
18th	Heidi Preuss	69
19th	Viki Fleckenstein	62
20th	Monika Kaserer	61

Departure

Men's

rank	athlete	Points
1	Peter Müller	109
2	Peter Wirnsberger	89
3	Toni Bürgler	80
4th	Ken Read	75
	Uli spit
6th	Leonhard Stock	67
7th	Herbert Plank	65
8th	Sepp Ferstl	63
	Werner Grissmann
10	Dave Murray	52
	Steve Podborski

Ladies

rank	Athlete	Points
1	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	125
2	Bernadette Zurbriggen	90
3	Marie-Theres Nadig	89
4th	Cindy Nelson	82
5	Irene Epple	81
6th	Evi Mittermaier	77
7th	Edith Peter	64
8th	Caroline Attia	55
9	Annemarie Bischofberger	49
10	Cornelia Pröll	41
	Brigitte Totschnig
	Hanni Wenzel

Giant slalom

Men's

rank	athlete	Points
1	Ingemar Stenmark	125
2	Peter Lüscher	104
3	Bojan Križaj	96
4th	Heini Hemmi	86
5	Jacques Lüthy	86
6th	Piero Gros	74
	Andreas Wenzel
8th	Jean-Luc Fournier	73
9	Hans Enn	70
10	Leonhard Stock	69

Ladies

rank	Athlete	Points
1	Christa Kinshofer	125
2	Hanni Wenzel	112
3	Marie-Theres Nadig	94
4th	Irene Epple	90
5	Fabienne Serrat	67
6th	Heidi Preuss	58
7th	Viki Fleckenstein	46
	Cindy Nelson
9	Regina Sackl	45
10	Erika Hess	43

slalom

Men's

rank	athlete	Points
1	Ingemar Stenmark	119
2	Phil Mahre	107
3	Christian Neureuther	97
4th	Petar Popangelov	96
5	Paul Frommelt	92
6th	Peter Lüscher	72
7th	Piero Gros	71
8th	Leonardo David	70
9	Gustav Thöni	64
10	Martial Donnet	63

Ladies

rank	Athlete	Points
1	Regina Sackl	105
2	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	87
3	Lea Sölkner	84
4th	Perrine Pelen	82
5	Claudia Giordani	81
	Hanni Wenzel
7th	Maria Rosa Quario	69
8th	Fabienne Serrat	63
9	Daniela Zini	61
10	Christa Zechmeister	51

Podium placements men

Departure

date	place	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
December 10, 1978	Schladming ( AUT )	Ken Read	Dave Murray	Vladimir Makeyev
December 16, 1978	Val Gardena ( ITA )	Josef Walcher	Peter Müller	Walter Vesti
December 17, 1978	Val Gardena ( ITA )	Erik Håker	Peter Müller	Ken Read
01/06/1979	Morzine ( FRA )	Steve Podborski	Herbert Plank	Uli spit
01/14/1979	Crans-Montana ( SUI )	Toni Bürgler	Peter Müller	Ken Read
01/20/1979	Kitzbühel ( AUT )	Sepp Ferstl	Peter Wirnsberger	Uli spit
01/27/1979	Garmisch-Partenkirchen ( FRG )	Peter Wirnsberger	Uli spit	Herbert Plank
02/01/1979	Villars-sur-Ollon ( SUI )	Peter Müller	Leonhard Stock	Werner Grissmann
03/03/1979	Lake Placid ( USA )	Peter Wirnsberger	Peter Müller	Dave Murray

Giant slalom

date	place	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
December 9, 1978	Schladming ( AUT )	Ingemar Stenmark	Peter Lüscher	Leonardo David
12/22/1978	Kranjska Gora ( YUG )	Ingemar Stenmark	Peter Lüscher	Bojan Križaj
07/01/1979	Courchevel ( FRA )	Ingemar Stenmark	Peter Lüscher	Bojan Križaj
January 16, 1979	Adelboden ( SUI )	Ingemar Stenmark	Andreas Wenzel	Jacques Lüthy
01/23/1979	Steinach am Brenner ( AUT )	Ingemar Stenmark	Peter Lüscher	Andreas Wenzel
02/04/1979	Jasná ( TCH )	Ingemar Stenmark	Bojan Križaj	Heini Hemmi
02/10/1979	Åre ( SWE )	Ingemar Stenmark	Phil Mahre	Jacques Lüthy
03/04/1979	Lake Placid ( USA )	Ingemar Stenmark	Hans Enn	Peter Lüscher
03/12/1979	Heavenly Valley ( USA )	Ingemar Stenmark	Bojan Križaj	Hans Enn
03/19/1979	Furano ( JPN )	Ingemar Stenmark	Heini Hemmi	Jean-Luc Fournier

slalom

date	place	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
December 13, 1978	Madonna di Campiglio ( ITA )	Martial Donnet	Peter Lüscher	Christian Neureuther
December 21, 1978	Kranjska Gora ( SLO )	Ingemar Stenmark	Paul Frommelt	Leonardo David
01/09/1979	Crans-Montana ( SUI )	Christian Neureuther	Petar Popangelov	Karl Trojer
January 15, 1979	Crans-Montana ( SUI )	Paul Frommelt	Andreas Wenzel	Ingemar Stenmark
01/21/1979	Kitzbühel ( AUT )	Christian Neureuther	Ingemar Stenmark	Phil Mahre
01/28/1979	Garmisch-Partenkirchen ( FRG )	Peter Lüscher	Phil Mahre	Petar Popangelov
02/05/1979	Jasná ( TCH )	Phil Mahre	Leonardo David	Ingemar Stenmark
02/07/1979	Oslo ( NOR )	Leonardo David	Ingemar Stenmark	Phil Mahre
02/11/1979	Åre ( SWE )	Ingemar Stenmark	Phil Mahre	Gustav Thöni
03/17/1979	Furano ( JPN )	Ingemar Stenmark	Christian Neureuther	Paul Frommelt

combination

date	place	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
December 09/10, 1978	Schladming ( AUT )	Peter Lüscher	Leonhard Stock	Andreas Wenzel
January 14/15, 1979	Crans-Montana ( SUI )	Phil Mahre	Andreas Wenzel	Piero Gros
February 20/21, 1979	Kitzbühel ( AUT )	Anton Steiner	Andreas Wenzel	Peter Lüscher
27./28.01.1979	Garmisch-Partenkirchen ( FRG )	Peter Lüscher	Phil Mahre	Andreas Wenzel

Podium placements women

Departure

date	place	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
December 9, 1978	Piancavallo ( ITA )	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	Doris De Agostini	Evelyne Dirren
December 17, 1978	Val d'Isère ( FRA )	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	Evi Mittermaier	Bernadette Zurbriggen
01/12/1979	Les Diablerets ( SUI )	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	Evi Mittermaier	Marie-Theres Nadig
January 17, 1979	Meiringen ( SUI )	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	Irene Epple	Bernadette Zurbriggen
01/26/1979	Schruns ( AUT )	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	Cindy Nelson	Irene Epple
02/04/1979	Pfronten ( FRG )	Cindy Nelson	Caroline Attia	Irene Epple
03/02/1979	Lake Placid ( USA )	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	Marie-Theres Nadig	Bernadette Zurbriggen

Giant slalom

date	place	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
12/12/1978	Piancavallo ( ITA )	Hanni Wenzel	Marie-Theres Nadig	Irene Epple
December 18, 1978	Val d'Isère ( FRA )	Christa Kinshofer	Hanni Wenzel	Marie-Theres Nadig
07/01/1979	Les Gets ( FRA )	Christa Kinshofer	Hanni Wenzel	Regina Sackl
02/06/1979	Berchtesgaden ( FRG )	Christa Kinshofer	Irene Epple	Annemarie Moser-Pröll
03/08/1979	Aspen ( USA )	Christa Kinshofer	Irene Epple	Marie-Theres Nadig
03/11/1979	Heavenly Valley ( USA )	Christa Kinshofer	Hanni Wenzel	Irene Epple
03/19/1979	Furano ( JPN )	Marie-Theres Nadig	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	Irene Epple

slalom

date	place	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
December 10, 1978	Piancavallo ( ITA )	Abigail Fisher	Perrine Pelen	Claudia Giordani Tamara McKinney
01/08/1979	Les Gets ( FRA )	Regina Sackl	Perrine Pelen	Annemarie Moser-Pröll
01/19/1979	Hasliberg ( SUI )	Regina Sackl	Claudia Giordani	Maria Kurz-Schlechter
01/23/1979	Schruns ( AUT )	Lea Sölkner	Claudia Giordani	Annemarie Moser-Pröll
01/27/1979	Mellau ( AUT )	Maria Rosa Quario	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	Perrine Pelen
02/03/1979	Pfronten ( FRG )	Hanni Wenzel	Fabienne Serrat	Regina Sackl
02/08/1979	Maribor ( YUG )	Hanni Wenzel	Christa Kinshofer	Maria Rosa Quario
03/18/1979	Furano ( JPN )	Perrine Pelen	Hanni Wenzel	Annemarie Moser-Pröll

combination

date	place	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
17/18 December 1978	Val d'Isère ( FRA )	Marie-Theres Nadig	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	Hanni Wenzel
19./20.01.1979	Hasliberg ( SUI )	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	Fabienne Serrat	Hanni Wenzel
January 23/26, 1979	Schruns ( AUT )	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	Cindy Nelson	Hanni Wenzel
February 03/04, 1979	Pfronten ( FRG )	Hanni Wenzel	Irene Epple	Cindy Nelson

Nations Cup

Overall rating

rank	country	Points
1	Austria	1726
2	Switzerland	1246
3	Italy	954
4th	United States	924
5	BR Germany	811
6th	Liechtenstein	525
7th	France	443
8th	Sweden	245
9	Czechoslovakia	237
10	Yugoslavia	233
11	Canada	187
12	Soviet Union	83
13	Bulgaria	67
14th	Norway	65
15th	Japan	28
16	Belgium	3
	Spain
18th	Poland	1

Men's

rank	country	Points
1	Austria	916
2	Switzerland	729
3	Italy	604
4th	United States	320
5	Sweden	245
6th	Liechtenstein	223
7th	Yugoslavia	221
8th	Canada	168
9	BR Germany	162
10	Czechoslovakia	68
11	Bulgaria	67
12	Norway	65
13	Soviet Union	55
14th	Japan	28
15th	France	27
16	Spain	3
17th	Poland	1

Ladies

rank	country	Points
1	Austria	810
2	BR Germany	649
3	United States	604
4th	Switzerland	517
5	France	416
6th	Italy	350
7th	Liechtenstein	302
8th	Czechoslovakia	169
9	Soviet Union	28
10	Canada	19th
11	Yugoslavia	12
12	Belgium	3

statistics

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Men:
Downhill (9):
Rank 1: AUT 3, CAN 2, SUI 2, GER 1, NOR 1
Rank 2: SUI 4, AUT 3, CAN 1, ITA 1
Rank 3: AUT 3, CAN 3, ITA 1, SUI 1, URS 1
giant slalom (10):
Rank 1: SWE 10
Rank 2: SUI 5, YUG 2, AUT 1, ITA 1, LIE 1
Rank 3: SUI 5, YUG 2, AUT 1, ITA 1, LIE 1
slalom (10):
Rank 1: SWE 3, GER 2, SUI 2, ITA 1, LIE 1, USA 1
Rank 2: LIE 2, SWE 2, USA 2, BUL 1, GER 1, ITA 1, SUI 1
Rank 3: ITA 3, SWE 2, USA 2, BUL 1, GER 1, LIE 1
combination (4):
Rank 1: SUI 2, AUT 1, USA 1
Rank 2: LIE 2, AUT 1, USA 1
Rank 3: LIE 2, ITA 1, SUI 1

Overall (33):
Rank 1: SWE 13, SUI 6, AUT 4, GER 3, CAN 2, USA 2, ITA 1, LIE 1, NOR 1
Rank 2: SUI 10, AUT 5, LIE 5, USA 4, ITA 2, SWE 2, YUG 2, BUL 1, CAN 1, GER 1
Rank 3: SUI 7, ITA 6, AUT 4, LIE 4, CAN 3, SWE 2, USA 2, YUG 2, GER 1, BUL 1, URS 1

Overview:
SWE 13 | 2 | 2
SUI 6 | 10 | 7
AUT 4 | 5 | 4
GER 3 | 1 | 1
USA 2 | 4 | 2
CAN 2 | 1 | 3
LIE 1 | 5 | 4
ITA 1 | 2 | 6
NOR 1 | - | -
YUG - | 2 | 2
BUL - | 1 | 1
URS - | - | 1

Ladies:
Downhill (7):
Rank 1: AUT 6, USA 1
Rank 2: GER 3, SUI 2, FRA 1, USA 1
Rank 3: SUI 5, GER 2
Giant Slalom (7):
Rank 1: GER 5, LIE 1 , SUI 1
Rank 2: LIE 3, GER 2, AUT 1, SUI 1
Rank 3: GER 3, AUT 2, SUI 2
Slalom (8):
Rank 1: AUT 3, LIE 2, FRA 1, ITA 1, USA 1
Rank 2: FRA 3, ITA 2, AUT 1, GER 1, LIE 1
Rank 3 (plus one ex aequo): AUT 5, ITA 2, FRA 1, USA 1
Combination (4):
Rank 1: AUT 2, LIE 1, SUI 1
rank 2: AUT 1, FRA 1, GER 1, USA 1
rank 3: LIE 3, USA 1

Overall (26):
Rank 1: AUT 11, GER 5, LIE 4, SUI 2, USA 2, FRA 1, ITA 1
Rank 2: GER 7, FRA 5, LIE 4, AUT 3, SUI 3, ITA 2, USA 2
Rank 3 (plus one ex aequo): AUT 7, SUI 7, GER 5, LIE 3, ITA 2, USA 2, FRA 1

Overview:
AUT 11 | 3 | 7
GER 5 | 7 | 5
LIE 4 | 4 | 4
SUI 2 | 3 | 7
USA 2 | 2 | 2
FRA 1 | 5 | 1
ITA 1 | 2 | 2

Overall statistics since the start of the World Cup

Including the parallel slalom 1974/75, there were decisions for men 317 (downhill 95, giant slalom 101, slalom 108, combination 13) and for women 298 (downhill 82, giant slalom 96, slalom 107, combination 13), with one each ex aequo-Sieges there were 318 wins for men and 299 for women.

Men:
Downhill (95):
Rank 1 (plus one ex aequo): AUT 47, SUI 24, FRA 10, ITA 5, CAN 5, GER 3, AUS 1, NOR 1
Rank 2 (plus two ex aequo; minus . an ex aequo of rank 1): AUT 34, SUI 25, FRA 14, ITA 12, GER 5, NOR 3, CAN 2, USA 1
rank 3 (minus 2 ex aequo of rank 2; plus 3 ex aequo) : AUT 31, SUI 28, ITA 9, FRA 7, GER 7, CAN 4, NOR 4, USA 3, AUS 2, URS 1
giant slalom (101):
Rank 1: SWE 21, ITA 19, AUT 18, FRA 18, SUI 14, NOR 4, USA 4, LIE 2, GER 1
rank 2: SUI 28, AUT 17, FRA 16, ITA 15, SWE 8, USA 7, GER 3, LIE 2, NOR 2, YUG 2, POL 1
rank 3: SUI 25, AUT 24, ITA 19, FRA 17, LIE 4, SWE 4, NOR 2, USA 2, YUG 2, GER 1, TCH 1
Slalom (107 + 1 parallel):
Rank 1: FRA 35, SWE 20 , ITA 18 + 1, AUT 11, USA 9, GER 6, SUI 5, LIE 1, POL 1, SPA 1
Rank 2: ITA 28, AUT 20, FRA 19, SWE 13 + 1, USA 9, GER 5, SUI 5, LIE 4, BUL 3, NOR 1
Rank 3: ITA 25, FRA 18, AUT 17, USA 12, SUI 10 + 1, GER 10, POL 4, SWE 4, LIE 3, BUL 1, NOR 1, SPA 1 , YUG 1
combination (13):
Rank 1: SUI 5, ITA 4, AUT 2, GER 1, USA 1
Rank 2: ITA 3, AUT 2, LIE 2, SPA 2, SUI 2, CAN 1, USA 1
Rank 3: AUT 3, ITA 3, SUI 3, LIE 2, GER 1, NOR 1

Total (317):
1st place (plus one ex aequo): AUT 78, FRA 63, SUI 48, ITA 47, SWE 41, USA 14, GER 11, CAN 5, NOR 5, LIE 3, AUS 1, POL 1 , SPA 1
rank 2 (plus two ex aequo; minus one ex aequo of rank 1): AUT 73, SUI 60, ITA 58, FRA 49, SWE 22, USA 18, GER 13, LIE 8, NOR 6, CAN 3, BUL 3, SPA 2, YUG 2, POL 1
rank 3 (minus 2 ex aequo from rank 2; plus 3 ex aequo): AUT 75, SUI 67, ITA 56, FRA 42, GER 19, USA 17, LIE 9, NOR 8, SWE 8, CAN 4, POL 4, AUS 2, BUL 1, SPA 1, TCH 1, YUG 1, URS 1

Overview:
AUT 78 | 73 | 75
FRA 63 | 49 | 42
SUI 48 | 60 | 67
ITA 47 | 58 | 56
SWE 41 | 22 | 8
USA 14 | 18 | 17
GER 11 | 13 | 19
NOR 5 | 6 | 8
CAN 5 | 3 | 4
LIE 3 | 8 | 8
SPA 1 | 2 | 1
POL 1 | 1 | 4
OFF 1 | - | 2
BUL - | 3 | 1-
YUG - | 2 | 3
TCH - | - | 1
URS - | - | 1

Women:
Downhill (82):
Rank 1 (plus one ex aequo): AUT 50, FRA 14, SUI 10, CAN 3, USA 3, GER 2, ITA 1
Rank 2 (plus three ex aequo; minus one ex aequo from rank 1): AUT 35, FRA 20, SUI 12, GER 10, USA 6, IRA 1
rank 3 (minus three ex aequo from rank 2): FRA 25, AUT 22, SUI 20, GER 8, GBR 2, CAN 1, USA 1
giant slalom (96):
Rank 1: AUT 29, FRA 22, SUI 18, CAN 10, GER 6, USA 5, LIE 5, ITA 1
Rank 2 (plus two ex aequo): AUT 28, FRA 25, USA 14, GER 13, SUI 9, LIE 6, CAN 2, ITA 1
rank 3 (minus two ex aequo from rank 2): AUT 23, FRA 23, SUI 15, GER 12, USA 11, CAN 5, LIE 4, ITA 1
Slalom (106 + 1 parallel):
Rank 1: FRA 40, GER 16, AUT 14 + 1, SUI 11, USA 11, LIE 7, CAN 5, ITA 2
Rank 2: FRA 43, AUT 15, GER 15, USA 11, LIE 7, CAN 5, SUI 5, ITA 4 + 1, GBR 1
Rank 3 (plus one ex aequo): FRA 35 + 1, AUT 23, USA 19, GER 11, CAN 5, LIE 5, ITA 5, SUI 2, NOR 1, SPA 1
combination (13):
Rank 1: AUT 6, SUI 3, LIE 2, GER 1, USA 1
Rank 2: AUT 4, GER 3, LIE 2, SUI 2. FRA 1, USA 1
rank 3: LIE 7, AUT 2, CAN 1, GER 1, SUI 1, USA 1

Total (298):
Rank 1 (plus one ex aequo): AUT 100, FRA 76, SUI 42, GER 25, USA 20, CAN 18, LIE 14, ITA 4
Rank 2 (less an ex aequo from Rank 1; plus 5 ex aequo): FRA 89, AUT 82, GER 41, USA 32, SUI 28, LIE 15, CAN 7, ITA 6, GBR 1, IRA 1
rank 3 (plus one ex aequo; minus 5 ex aequo of rank 2): FRA 84, AUT 70, SUI 38, GER 32, USA 32, LIE 16, CAN 12, ITA 6, GBR 2, NOR 1, SPA 1

Overview:
AUT 100 | 82 | 70
FRA 76 | 89 | 84
SUI 42 | 28 | 38
GER 25 | 41 | 32
USA 20 | 32 | 32
CAN 18 | 7 | 12
LIE 14 | 15 | 16
ITA 4 | 6 | 6
GBR - | 1 | 2
IRA - | 1 | -
NOR - | - | 1
SPA - | - | 1

Season course

Point system

Basically, the best three results in each discipline counted for the overall World Cup. No separate "small crystal ball" was awarded for the combined ranking, but here too the best three results were included in the overall World Cup. For the other discipline evaluations, the best 5 results were included in the evaluation.

For the first and only time, a special point system was used for the last races of the season (with the exception of combination ratings), according to which the first 25 of the classification were awarded World Cup points (victory: 25 points; rank 25: 1 point). This affected the last three races of all disciplines for women and the last three slaloms, giant slaloms and two downhill runs for men.

Premier victories

In addition to that of the unfortunate Leonardo David there were three ways Peter Lüscher and doubly Peter Wirnsberger , furthermore also Toni Bürgler , Martial Donnet (with No. 24 outside the elite runners;. At all only the fourth slalom victory for the Swiss men, most recently it was Edmund Bruggmann at 17 February 1969 in Kranjska Gora ), Paul Frommelt (as the first slalom winner for the Liechtenstein men) and Anton Steiner . In the women's category, it was Abigail Fisher , Maria Rosa Quario and last year's world champion Lea Sölkner (along with serial winner Christa Kinshofer, who was also mentioned elsewhere) .

World Cup decisions

The World Cup Committee had planned to divide the runners into different categories (World Cup, European and NorAm Cup, other FIS races) from the 1978/79 season and to introduce a promotion and relegation regulation between these groups.

Men:
Ingemar Stenmark managed to win all ten giant slaloms of the season. But he failed because of the prank results regulation (with 260 "reduction points"!) To win the overall World Cup a fourth time; on the contrary, he, who showed the maximum number of points of 75 each from the slalom and giant slalom, was "only" fifth. This number of deleted points was higher than Lüscher's total number of 186, but even if both had received bonuses for all their races according to the current system (with the "inflation points" at the end of the season), the Swiss would have "only" achieved 304 and the Swede 410 points.

Women:
Annemarie Moser-Pröll was able to secure the overall World Cup for the sixth and last time (in an exciting final in Furano ), although there were postponements and program changes there due to various freak weather conditions. Only the final giant slalom on March 19 brought victory for the Austrian, because before this race Hanni Wenzel was ahead with 240 to 220 points thanks to her second place in the slalom on March 18 (immediately before Moser-Pröll). Due to the deletion results, Wenzel would only have got 3 points for a victory, while the Austrian had a chance of 24 points, of which she - with second place - achieved 23. After the first round, Moser was in 6th place, Wenzel in 4th place - this meant that Wenzel would have remained without a point, but Moser could only have made up 19 points. But while Moser still advanced to 2nd place, Wenzel fell back to 5th place.

Special events

The season was overshadowed by the fatal fall of Leonardo David on the pre-Olympic Downhill on March 3, 1979 in Lake Placid .

The following messages were already available before the season:

• Franz Klammer announced on April 29th that he would continue to compete in races, although he left it open which ski brand he would choose. Two months later, the news came that his ski company was not seeking a contract extension due to a lack of trust and thanked him for the many years of cooperation.
• The news came from professional world champion Andre Arnold that he would like to compete with the entire ÖSV World Cup team in order to answer the question of whether professionals are stronger than amateurs.
• Ingemar Stenmark, who arrived at the beginning of September 1978 with the Swedish team for training in the South Tyrolean Schnalstal, announced in a TV interview that “he still needs to improve his technique” and that he will not continue to descend. In addition, his trainer Hermann Nogler added that this discipline "requires special preparation, but Stenmark does not want to lose his strength"

Other reports were:

• The German Heinz Krecek remained the controller of the ski equipment, but from the summer of 1978 he was employed full-time at the FIS.
• Last year's overall winner Lise-Marie Morerod was seriously injured as a passenger in a car on the way to her parents in Les Diablerets in an accident on a back road near Vernayaz on July 24, 1978 and was out of the season.
• The Swedish men's team reported that it would enter the World Cup with an enlarged team.
• As an ex-aequo third in the slalom in Piancavallo (December 10th) Tamara McKinney stood on a World Cup podium for the first time.
• On January 6, 1979, Ken Read won the Morzine descent with a 0.45 second lead over his compatriot Steve Podborski , but this success was denied because his racing suit - after an inspection in Bern - was only half as breathable as in the regulations required; thus Podborski was awarded the victory and everyone else in the classification moved up one rank.
• In Jasná , where Ingemar Stenmark celebrated his first big victory at the Junior European Championships in 1974, he distanced himself from his competitors in the giant slalom on February 4th with a record lead of 4 that had never been seen in the World Cup (and which still exists today, summer 20198) , 06 s on Bojan Križaj ; Already clearly ahead after the first run, he almost doubled this lead in the second run. In addition, with 13 wins this season, he improved his record two years ago (10) and also trumped Annemarie Moser-Pröll's eleven from the 1972/73 season .
• However, the Austrian runners Leonhard Stock and Gerhard Jäger experienced an unpleasant surprise in Jasná , whose skis had been stolen in the hotel basement between the two runs.
• Marie-Theres Nadig also set an unsurpassed lead in the giant slalom in the giant slalom , who initially did not receive the necessary attention in the final race on March 19 in Furano in view of the duel for the overall World Cup decision; the Flumserin was 5.20 s faster than Moser-Pröll, although in the first run it was 0.26 s behind the fourth-placed Wenzel with 1: 23.61.
• Christa Kinshofer , who had not yet won , was the first woman to win five giant slaloms in a row in the World Cup; previously there had been series in the women's downhill run by Moser-Pröll (eleven across seasons, eight of them in the 1972/73 season) and by Christa Zechmeister with four slalom victories in a row in 1973/74. (The fact that Kinshofer was only 12th in Furano, 8.34 s behind, was at most a blemish. Moser's second place also hid the poor placements of the other ÖSV women with ranks 17, 19 and 21 for Monika Kaserer, Edith Peter and Lea Sölkner.)
• After the end of the season, the ÖSV women had exactly 100 victories (50 in the downhill, 29 in the giant slalom, 6 in the combination and - including the parallel slalom at the end of the season 1974/75 - 15 in the slalom); Annemarie Moser-Pröll had the privilege of completing this "hundred" with her downhill victory on March 2nd in Lake Placid . - Including the men, there were 178 victories for the ÖSV. However, not a single slalom podium was achieved; best place was 4th place for Christian Orlainsky (this with no. 49) on February 5th in Jasná. and by Franz Gruber on February 7th in Oslo.
• Erik Håker recorded the first Norwegian World Cup downhill victory (and at the same time his only one) in Val Gardena on December 17th , although it happened with difficulty. The timekeeping had failed, and although his victory was certain, he had to race a second time due to a decision of the jury.
• The regulation with points for the first 25 of the classification also overwhelmed the computers; For example, both the men in Jasná and the women in Pfronten partially failed to use these systems, in Pfronten the combination results had to be determined manually.

Injuries

Serious injury to world champion Maria Epple in a fall in the giant slalom in Piancavallo on December 12th: cruciate ligament, collateral ligament and capsule tear

Resignations

Olympic champion Heini Hemmi and his team mate and fourth in the Olympic downhill run Philippe Roux , as well as Renato Antonioli as well as Patricia Emonet and Brigitte Totschnig .

Race outside the World Cup

On December 14th, a men's parallel slalom was held in Madonna di Campiglio, which was only part of the Nations Cup, with Ingemar Stenmark winning ahead of Mauro Bernadi, Karl Trojer and Christian Neureuther.

Web links

World Cup men

• FIS database - results
• FIS database - tables

World Cup women

• FIS database - results
• FIS database - tables

Individual evidence

1. ↑ «The climax of the crisis?»; penultimate paragraph in the article . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 14, 1978, p. 9 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
2. ↑ Middle: "World Cup with ascent and descent" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna June 11, 1978, p. 14 ( Arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
3. ^ "Triumph in the last run" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 20, 1979, p. 10 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
4. ↑ Column 3, middle: "The bracket remains" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna April 29, 1978, p. 16 ( Arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
5. ^ "Fishermen without Franz Klammer" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna June 24, 1978, p. 12 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
6. ^ Box on the left: "Arnold calls for the World Cup team" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna May 6, 1978, p. 10 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
7. ↑ Box in the middle right: "Stenmark in training again" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna September 3, 1978, p. 12 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
8. ↑ bottom right: "Material Controller" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna July 18, 1978, p. 10 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
9. ↑ below: «Morerod seriously injured» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna July 24, 1978, p. 8 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
10. ↑ Column 4 below: «Morerod seriously injured» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna July 25, 1978, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
11. ↑ below: "Stenmark thinks about winter" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna July 25, 1978, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
12. ↑ «Bracket:“ Things are looking up! ”» In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 8, 1979, p. 9 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
13. ↑ «Morzine: Read's victory denied» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 9, 1979, p. 11 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
14. ^ «Stock & Co: Skis stolen» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 5, 1979, p. 7 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
15. ↑ Bottom middle: "Mahre-Sieg!" and photo and text in the opening credits . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 6, 1979, p. 11 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
16. ↑ «Did helicopters trigger“ time salad ”from Val Gardena?" In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 18, 1978, p. 7 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
17. ^ "Moser:" Drove too brutally! "" In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 5, 1979, p. 7 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
18. ↑ «Well debacle with the ladies. Wenzel wins, Pelen leads »; last paragraph . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 13, 1978, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
19. ↑ Column 5 below: «Today parallel slalom» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 14, 1978, p. 9 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
20. ^ «Stenmark: Won out of spite. Italians take the lead » . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 15, 1978, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).