The 12th World Cup season began in December 1977 and concluded in March 1978. Ingemar Stenmark of Sweden won his third consecutive overall title. Hanni Wenzel of Liechtenstein won the women's overall title.
A break in the schedule was for the 1978 World Championships, held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, West Germany, between 29 January and 5 February 1978.
During this season, no combined races were included in the World Cup. Combined was resumed in the following season 1978/79. A demonstration parallel slalom race was run as the last race of the season, in Arosa, Switzerland on 19 March 1978, but it did not count in the official standings for either men or women. However, it became the model for a season-ending team parallel slalom race to be run as a part of the season-ending events.
Calendar
Men + Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom, PS – Parallel slalom (Nations Cup ranking only)DatePlaceWinnerSecondThird263 1 10 December 1977 Val d'Isère GS 085 Ingemar Stenmark Heini Hemmi Jean-Luc Fournier 264 2 11 December 1977 DH 079 Franz Klammer Herbert Plank Josef Walcher265 3 13 December 1977 Madonna di Campiglio SL 091 Ingemar Stenmark Klaus Heidegger Bojan Križaj266 4 14 December 1977 GS 086 Ingemar Stenmark Heini Hemmi Andreas Wenzel267 5 18 December 1977 Val Gardena DH 080 Herbert Plank Peter Wirnsberger Franz Klammer268 6 22 December 1977 Cortina d'Ampezzo DH 081 Herbert Plank Bernhard Russi Peter Wirnsberger269 7 5 January 1978 Oberstaufen SL 092 Ingemar Stenmark Klaus Heidegger Piero Gros270 8 8 January 1978 Zwiesel GS 087 Ingemar Stenmark Phil Mahre Andreas Wenzel271 9 9 January 1978 SL 093 Ingemar Stenmark Mauro Bernardi Phil Mahre272 10 15 January 1978 Wengen SL 094 Klaus Heidegger Petar Popangelov Mauro Bernardi273 11 17 January 1978 Adelboden GS 088 Andreas Wenzel Ingemar Stenmark Piero Gros274 12 20 January 1978 Kitzbühel DH 082 Josef Walcher Walter Vesti Renato Antonioli275 13 21 January 1978 DH 083 Josef Walcher Sepp Ferstl Michael Veith276 14 22 January 1978 SL 095 Klaus Heidegger Petar Popangelov Andreas WenzelFIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1978 (29 January – 5 February)277 15 11 February 1978 Les Houches DH 084 Ken Read Dave Murray Michael Veith278 16 12 February 1978 Chamonix SL 096 Phil Mahre Ingemar Stenmark Paolo De Chiesa279 17 3 March 1978 Stratton Mountain GS 089 Phil Mahre Heini Hemmi Ingemar Stenmark280 18 4 March 1978 SL 097 Steve Mahre Ingemar Stenmark Peter Lüscher281 19 6 March 1978 Waterville Valley GS 090 Andreas Wenzel Phil Mahre Ingemar Stenmark282 20 10 March 1978 Laax DH 085 Uli Spieß Franz Klammer Erik Håker283 21 11 March 1978 DH 086 Franz Klammer Erik Håker Uli Spieß284 22 18 March 1978 Arosa GS 091 Ingemar Stenmark Andreas Wenzel Peter LüscherNations Cup 19 March 1978 Arosa PS ncr Phil Mahre Ingemar Stenmark Leonhard Stock
Ladies + Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom, PS – Parallel slalom (Nations Cup ranking only)DatePlaceWinnerSecondThird251 1 7 December 1977 Val d'Isère DH 069 Marie-Theres Nadig Annemarie Moser-Pröll Monika Bader252 2 8 December 1977 GS 082 Lise-Marie Morerod Maria Epple Monika Kaserer253 3 10 December 1977 Cervinia SL 092 Perrine Pelen Fabienne Serrat Hanni Wenzel254 4 15 December 1977 Madonna di Campiglio GS 083 Hanni Wenzel Monika Kaserer Lise-Marie Morerod 2555 6 January 1978 Pfronten DH 070 Annemarie Moser-Pröll Cindy Nelson Doris de Agostini256 6 7 January 1978 DH 071 Annemarie Moser-Pröll Cindy Nelson Marie-Theres Nadig257 7 9 January 1978 Les Mosses GS 084 Lise-Marie Morerod Hanni Wenzel Maria Epple258 8 10 January 1978 GS 085 Hanni Wenzel Monika Kaserer Fabienne Serrat259 9 13 January 1978 Les Diablerets DH 072 Annemarie Moser-Pröll Evi Mittermaier Irene Epple260 10 18 January 1978 Bad Gastein DH 073 Evi Mittermaier Annemarie Moser-Pröll Marie-Theres Nadig261 11 19 January 1978 SL 093 Lise-Marie Morerod Hanni Wenzel Perrine Pelen262 12 22 January 1978 Maribor SL 094 Hanni Wenzel Maria Epple Lea Sölkner263 13 24 January 1978 Berchtesgaden SL 095 Hanni Wenzel Lise-Marie Morerod Perrine Pelen264 14 25 January 1978 SL 096 Hanni Wenzel Fabienne Serrat Lise-Marie MorerodFIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1978 (29 January – 5 February)265 15 8 February 1978 St. Gervais SL 097 Perrine Pelen Lea Sölkner Fabienne Serrat266 16 9 February 1978 Megève GS 086 Lise-Marie Morerod Annemarie Moser-Pröll Fabienne Serrat267 17 2 March 1978 Stratton Mountain GS 087 Hanni Wenzel Maria Epple Lise-Marie Morerod268 18 5 March 1978 SL 098 Perrine Pelen Fabienne Serrat Hanni Wenzel269 19 7 March 1978 Waterville Valley GS 088 Lise-Marie Morerod Becky Dorsey Fabienne Serrat270 20 11 March 1978 Bad Kleinkirchheim DH 074 Annemarie Moser-Pröll Cindy Nelson Evi Mittermaier271 21 12 March 1978 DH 075 Annemarie Moser-Pröll Cindy Nelson Marie-Theres Nadig 272 22 17 March 1978 Arosa GS 089 Annemarie Moser-Pröll Irene Epple Lise-Marie Morerod Nations Cup 19 March 1978 Arosa PS ncr Annemarie Moser-Pröll Christa Zechmeister Viki Fleckenstein
Men
Overall
In men's overall World Cup 1977/78 the best 3 results of each discipline count; best three downhills, best three giant slaloms and best three slaloms. The parallel slalom only counts for the Nationscup (or was a show-event). 24 racers had a point deduction. Ingemar Stenmark won his third Overall World Cup in a row.
PlaceNameCountryTotal DH GS SL 1 Ingemar Stenmark 150 0 75 75 2 Phil Mahre 116 0 65 51 3 Andreas Wenzel 100 0 70 30 4 Klaus Heidegger 95 0 25 70 5 Herbert Plank 70 70 0 0 Franz Klammer 70 70 0 0 7 Josef Walcher 65 65 0 0 8 Piero Gros 60 0 23 37 Heini Hemmi 60 0 60 0 10 Mauro Bernardi 54 0 11 43 11 Ken Read 47 47 0 0 12 Petar Popangelov 43 0 0 43 Uli Spieß 43 43 0 0 14 Michael Veith 41 41 0 0 Sepp Ferstl 41 41 0 0
Downhill
see complete table
In men's downhill World Cup 1977/78 the best 5 results count. Four racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). For the very first time there was a shared win, when Josef Walcher and Sepp Ferstl tied in the second race at Kitzbühel. Franz Klammer won his fourth Downhill World Cup in a row.
PlaceNameCountryTotal 2561213152021 1 Franz Klammer 96 25 15 (3) 11 (11) - 20 25 2 Josef Walcher 74 15 3 - 25 25 6 - (3) 3 Herbert Plank 73 20 25 25 3 - - - - 4 Ken Read 56 11 - (2) - 3 25 6 11 5 Sepp Ferstl 49 8 - - - 25 - 8 8 6 Uli Spieß 47 3 2 - - 2 - 25 15 7 Michael Veith 45 - 11 - - 15 15 4 - 8 Peter Wirnsberger 43 - 20 15 4 - 4 - - 9 Werner Grissmann 39 6 8 (4) 8 6 11 - - Erik Håker 39 2 - - - - 2 15 20
Giant slalom
In men's giant slalom World Cup 1977/78 the best 5 results count. Four racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). Ingemar Stenmark regained his Giant slalom World Cup title after losing the previous year on a tiebreak.
PlaceNameCountryTotal 14811171922 1 Ingemar Stenmark 120 25 25 25 20 (15) (15) 25 2 Andreas Wenzel 100 - 15 15 25 (2) 25 20 3 Phil Mahre 84 11 (4) 20 8 25 20 (6) 4 Heini Hemmi 82 20 20 - 11 20 11 (11) 5 Jean-Luc Fournier 32 15 6 11 - - - - 6 Peter Lüscher 30 - 1 - 4 6 4 15 7 Klaus Heidegger 27 6 11 8 2 - - - 8 Leonhard Stock 24 8 8 - - - - 8 9 Piero Gros 23 4 - 4 15 - - - 10 Gustav Thöni 17 - 3 3 3 - 8 -
Slalom
In men's slalom World Cup 1977/78 the best 5 results count. Two racers had point a deduction, which are given in (). Ingemar Stenmark won his fourth Slalom World Cup in a row.
PlaceNameCountryTotal 37910141618 1 Ingemar Stenmark 115 25 25 25 (8) - 20 20 2 Klaus Heidegger 90 20 20 - 25 25 - - 3 Phil Mahre 66 11 11 15 - 4 25 - 4 Piero Gros 47 (1) 15 11 4 11 - 6 5 Mauro Bernardi 43 8 - 20 15 - - - Petar Popangelov 43 3 - - 20 20 - - 7 Andreas Wenzel 30 4 - - - 15 - 11 8 Paolo De Chiesa 28 - 1 4 - 6 15 2 9 Steve Mahre 25 - - - - - - 25 10 Fausto Radici 22 6 4 - 11 1 - -
Ladies
Overall
In women's overall World Cup 1977/78 the best 3 results of each discipline count; best three downhills, best three giant slaloms and best three slaloms. The parallel slalom only counts for the Nationscup (or was a show-event). 17 racers had a point deduction.
PlaceNameCountryTotal DH GS SL 1 Hanni Wenzel 154 4 75 75 2 Annemarie Moser-Pröll 147 75 53 19 3 Lise-Marie Morerod 135 0 75 60 4 Fabienne Serrat 105 0 45 60 5 Cindy Nelson 97 60 25 12 6 Perrine Pelen 96 0 21 75 7 Maria Epple 94 0 55 39 8 Monika Kaserer 76 6 55 15 9 Lea Sölkner 70 0 24 46 10 Marie-Theres Nadig 63 55 8 0 11 Irene Epple 62 32 30 0 12 Evi Mittermaier 60 60 0 0 13 Becky Dorsey 45 0 28 17 14 Doris de Agostini 37 37 0 0 15 Abbi Fisher 27 0 9 18 Irmgard Lukasser 27 27 0 0
Downhill
In women's downhill World Cup 1977/78 the best 5 results count. Five racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). Annemarie Moser-Pröll won 5 races and won the cup with maximum points. She won her sixth Downhill World Cup.
PlaceNameCountryTotal 1569102021 1 Annemarie Moser-Pröll 125 (20) 25 25 25 (20) 25 25 2 Cindy Nelson 91 - 20 20 11 (8) 20 20 3 Marie-Theres Nadig 78 25 (6) 15 8 15 - 15 4 Evi Mittermaier 74 6 8 (4) 20 25 15 - 5 Doris de Agostini 51 11 15 8 6 (4) - 11 6 Irene Epple 36 - 11 - 15 6 - 4 7 Irmgard Lukasser 32 8 3 - - 2 11 8 8 Brigitte Totschnig 24 4 2 11 3 - 4 - 9 Bernadette Zurbriggen 23 - - - - 11 6 6 10 Monika Bader 16 15 - - - - - 1
Giant slalom
In women's giant slalom World Cup 1977/78 the best 5 results count. Five racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). Lise-Marie Morerod won her third Giant slalom World Cup in a row! This record is still unbeaten!
PlaceNameCountryTotal 247816171922 1 Lise-Marie Morerod 115 25 15 25 - 25 (15) 25 (15) 2 Hanni Wenzel 106 11 25 20 25 (8) 25 - (3) 3 Maria Epple 77 20 11 15 11 - 20 - - 4 Monika Kaserer 62 15 20 1 20 6 - - - 5 Fabienne Serrat 60 - 4 11 11 15 (3) 15 - Annemarie Moser-Pröll 60 - 8 4 3 20 - - 25 7 Lea Sölkner 36 8 6 8 8 (4) - - 6 8 Becky Dorsey 30 6 2 - 1 1 (1) 20 - Irene Epple 30 - - - - - 8 2 20 Cindy Nelson 30 - (1) - 2 3 6 8 11
Slalom
In women's slalom World Cup 1977/78 the best 5 results count. Two racers had a point deduction, which are given in ().
PlaceNameCountryTotal 3111213141518 1 Hanni Wenzel 110 15 20 25 25 25 (11) (15) 2 Perrine Pelen 105 25 15 - 15 - 25 25 3 Fabienne Serrat 78 20 - - 3 20 15 20 4 Lise-Marie Morerod 71 - 25 - 20 15 8 3 5 Lea Sölkner 65 11 - 15 (2) 8 20 11 6 Maria Epple 46 1 11 20 - - 6 8 7 Christin Cooper 23 - 8 6 8 - 1 - 8 Annemarie Moser-Pröll 19 8 - 11 - - - - 9 Abbi Fisher 18 - - - 6 11 - 1 10 Becky Dorsey 17 - - 6 - 11 - -
Nations Cup
Overall PlaceCountryTotal Men Ladies 1 1095 555 540 2 669 267 402 3 460 192 268 4 424 150 274 5 419 109 310 6 324 314 10 7 288 12 276 8 273 273 0 9 107 96 11 10 43 43 0 11 39 39 0 12 32 32 0 13 10 0 10 14 9 9 0
Men All points were shown including individual deduction. But without parallel slalom, because result ? (Also possible, that the parallel slalom was only a show-event.)
PlaceCountry Total DH GS SL Racers Wins 1 555 355 62 138 16 7 2 314 93 65 156 11 3 3 273 0 150 123 1 7 4 267 80 164 23 11 0 5 192 0 101 91 3 2 6 150 0 114 50 2 2 7 109 94 1 14 4 1 8 96 96 0 0 3 1 9 43 0 0 43 1 0 10 39 39 0 0 1 0 11 32 0 12 20 1 0 12 12 8 2 2 2 0 13 9 0 0 9 1 0
Ladies All points were shown including individual deduction but without parallel slalom, because parallel slalom was only an exhibition event.
PlaceCountry Total DH GS SL Racers Wins 1 540 245 178 117 11 6 2 402 169 156 77 7 6 3 310 132 113 65 8 1 4 276 0 88 188 4 3 5 274 4 134 136 2 6 6 268 100 91 77 6 0 7 11 4 5 2 1 0 8 10 2 0 8 3 0 10 10 0 0 1 0
References
External links FIS-ski.com – World Cup standings – 1978