The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1978 were held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, West Germany, between 29 January and 5 February. It held competitions in alpine skiing like downhill, special slalom, giant slalom and combined. The combined was only a "paper race".
The event is the last time the championships were held here until 2011. Garmisch hosted the first Olympic alpine skiing competition (Combined event), at the 1936 games.
Men's competitions
Downhill Sunday, 29 January
Place Athlete Nation Time Diff. Josef Walcher 2:04.12 – Michael Veith 2:04.19 + 0.07 Werner Grissmann 2:04.46 + 0.32 4 Sepp Ferstl 2:04.49 + 0.35 5 Peter Müller 2:04.77 + 0.65 5 Franz Klammer 2:04.77 + 0.65 7 Steve Podborski 2:04.98 + 0.86 8 Walter Vesti 2:06.13 + 2.01 9 Vladimir Makeev 2:06.20 + 2.08 10 Herbert Plank 2:06.31 + 2.19 Source:
Giant slalom Thursday, 2 February
Place Athlete Nation Time Diff.Run 1Run 2 Ingemar Stenmark 3:02.52 –1:35.481:27.04 Andreas Wenzel 3:04.56 + 2.041:37.321:27.24 Willi Frommelt 3:04.75 + 2.231:36.711:28.04 4 Sepp Ferstl 3:04.87 + 2.35 5 Phil Mahre 3:04.94 + 2.42 6 Hans Enn 3:05.27 + 2.75 7 Peter Lüscher 3:06.13 + 3.51 8 Pete Patterson 3:06.82 + 4.30 9 Cary Adgate 3:07.10 + 4.58 10 Bruno Nöckler 3:07.20 + 4.68 Source:
Slalom Sunday, 5 February
Place Athlete Nation Time Diff.Run 1Run 2 Ingemar Stenmark 1:39.54 –51.5647.98 Piero Gros 1:40.20 + 0.6651.2948.91 Paul Frommelt 1:40.47 + 0.9352.2448.23 4 Anton Steiner 1:40.74 + 1.20 5 Mauro Bernardi 1:42.20 + 2.66 6 Christian Neureuther 1:42.74 + 3.20 7 Toshihiro Kaiwa 1:43.20 + 3.66 8 Steve Mahre 1:43.76 + 4.22 9 Torsten Jakobsson 1:44.16 + 4.62 10 Peter Aelig 1:44.44 + 4.90 Source:
Combined
Place Athlete Nation Points DH GS SL Andreas Wenzel 2732.34 13 18 Sepp Ferstl 2749.64 4 31 29 Pete Patterson 2752.28 25 8 23 4 Vladimir Andreyev 2773.87 5 Valeri Tsyganov 2799.52 6 Maciej Gąsienica 2800.48 At the World Championships from 1954 through 1980, the combined was a "paper race" using the results of the three events (DH, GS, SL).
Women's competitions
Downhill Wednesday, 1 February
Place Athlete Nation Time Diff. Annemarie Moser-Pröll 1:48.31 – Irene Epple 1:48.55 + 0.24 Doris de Agostini 1:49.11 + 0.80 4 Marie-Theres Nadig 1:49.64 + 1.33 5 Cindy Nelson 1:50.26 + 1.95 6 Evi Mittermaier 1:50.42 + 2.11 7 Brigitte Totschnig 1:50.47 + 2.16 8 Martina Ellmer 1:50.89 + 2.58 9 Irmgard Lukasser 1:50.93 + 2.62 10 Monika Bader 1:51.04 + 2.73 Source:
Giant slalom Saturday, 4 February
Place Athlete Nation Time Diff.Run 1Run 2 Maria Epple 2:41.15 –1:16.101:25.05 Lise-Marie Morerod 2:41.20 + 0.051:16.151:25.05 Annemarie Moser-Pröll 2:41.90 + 0.751:16.851:25.05 4 Irene Epple 2:42.02 + 0.87 5 Hanni Wenzel 2:42.43 + 1.28 6 Fabienne Serrat 2:42.83 + 1.68 7 Ursula Konzett 2:42.84 + 1.69 8 Perrine Pelen 2:43.38 + 2.23 9 Erika Hess 2:44.25 + 3.10 10 Christa Zechmeister 2:44.89 + 3.74 This was the first two-run women's giant slalom at the World Championships. Source:
Slalom Friday, 3 February
Place Athlete Nation Time Diff.Run 1Run 2 Lea Sölkner 1:24.85 –41.8243.03 Pamela Behr 1:25.33 + 0.4842.0343.30 Monika Kaserer 1:25.37 + 0.5242.3942.98 4 Perrine Pelen 1:25.67 + 0.82 5 Fabienne Serrat 1:25.75 + 0.90 6 Hanni Wenzel 1:26.09 + 1.24 7 Lise-Marie Morerod 1:26.59 + 1.74 8 Claudia Giordani 1:26.87 + 2.02 9 Christa Zechmeister 1:26.99 + 2.14 10 Regine Mösenlechner 1:27.43 + 2.58 Source:
Combined
Place Athlete Nation Points DH GS SL Annemarie Moser-Pröll 2460.39 19 Hanni Wenzel 2476.80 29 5 6 Fabienne Serrat 2478.44 6 5 4 Kathy Kreiner 2498.43 12 21 17 5 Dagmar Kuzmanová 2509.23 6 Cindy Nelson 2511.63 5 15 30 Source:At the World Championships from 1954 through 1980, the combined was a "paper race" using the results of the three events (DH, GS, SL).
Medals Table
Place Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 4 – 3 7 2 2 – – 2 3 1 4 – 5 4 1 2 2 5 5 – 1 1 2 6 – 1 – 1 7 – – 1 1 7 – – 1 1
References
External links FIS-ski.com – results – 1978 World Championships – Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany – results – World Championships