The 9th World Cup season began in December 1974 in France and concluded in March 1975 in Italy. Gustav Thöni of Italy would regain the overall title, his fourth overall title in five seasons. Annemarie Moser-Pröll of Austria won the women's overall title, her fifth consecutive.
Three major changes took place on the World Cup circuit this season. First, Alpine combined races were recognized as World Cup events for the first time; both the men's and women's seasons included three combined races, all of which were won by the overall winners (Thöni and Moser-Pröll); in fact, Thöni's three combined wins were directly responsible for his edging out Ingemar Stenmark for the title. Second, a parallel slalom race was held at the end of the season, as parallel slalom had become popular on the professional skiing tour due to the visible head-to-head competition. Although parallel slalom skiing was used a few more times in World Cup competition, beginning in 1976 it became a permanent part of the season-ending Nations Cup events.
Third, and more importantly, the new head of the International Olympic Committee, Lord Killanin, reached a compromise to preserve the "amateur" status of skiers receiving endorsements, manufacturer's fees, and other payments, as long as the payments were made to the skier's national association or Olympic committee and not directly to the skier, that also eliminated the prohibition on year-round training and competition in a sport. While further criticism of this rule, known as Olympics Rule 26, would continue and would lead to future problems, such as the banning of World Cup champions Stenmark and Hanni Wenzel from the 1984 Winter Olympics, the immediate impact of this change was to check the steady migration of World Cup skiers to the professional circuit. Partially as a result, World Cup races this season took place in Europe, North America, and Asia.
Calendar
Men + Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom, KB – Combined, PS – Parallel slalomDatePlaceWinnerSecondThird178 1 5 December 1974 Val d'Isère GS 061 Piero Gros Ingemar Stenmark Erik Håker179 2 8 December 1974 DH 052 Franz Klammer Werner Grissmann Michael Veith180 3 15 December 1974 St. Moritz DH 053 Franz Klammer Herbert Plank Werner Grissmann181 4 17 December 1974 Madonna di Campiglio SL 067 Ingemar Stenmark Paolo De Chiesa Fausto Radici182 5 18 December 1974 GS 062 Piero Gros Greg Jones Tino Pietrogiovanna183 6 5 January 1975 Garmisch DH 054 Franz Klammer Werner Grissmann Josef Walcher184 7 6 January 1975 SL 068 Piero Gros Gustav Thöni Fausto Radici185 8 11 January 1975 Wengen DH 055 Franz Klammer Herbert Plank Erik Håker186 9 12 January 1975 SL 069 Ingemar Stenmark Piero Gros Paolo De Chiesa 187 10 12 January 1975 KB 001 Gustav Thöni David Zwilling Walter Tresch188 11 13 January 1975 Adelboden GS 063 Piero Gros Gustav Thöni Werner Mattle189 12 18 January 1975 Kitzbühel DH 056 Franz Klammer Gustav Thöni Werner Grissmann190 13 19 January 1975 SL 070 Piero Gros Ingemar Stenmark Paolo De Chiesa191 14 19 January 1975 KB 002 Gustav Thöni Francisco Fernández Ochoa Franz Klammer192 15 21 January 1975 Fulpmes GS 064 Erik Håker Ingemar Stenmark Hansi Hinterseer193 16 26 January 1975 Innsbruck DH 057 Franz Klammer Bernhard Russi Herbert Plank 194 17 30 January 1975 Chamonix SL 071 Gustav Thöni Ingemar Stenmark Hansi Hinterseer195 18 1 February 1975 Megève DH 058 Walter Vesti René Berthod Philippe Roux196 19 30 January 1975 1 February 1975 Chamonix (SL) Megève (DH) KB 003 Gustav Thöni Francisco Fernández Ochoa Erik Håker197 20 21 February 1975 Naeba SL 072 Hansi Hinterseer Ingemar Stenmark Christian Neureuther 198 21 23 February 1975 GS 065 Ingemar Stenmark Erik Håker Hansi Hinterseer199 22 2 March 1975 Garibaldi GS 066 Ingemar Stenmark Heini Hemmi Gustav Thöni200 23 9 March 1975 Jackson Hole DH 059 Franz Klammer Michael Veith Rene Berthod201 24 13 March 1975 Sun Valley GS 067 Ingemar Stenmark Piero Gros Gustav Thöni202 25 15 March 1975 SL 073 Gustav Thöni Piero Gros Ingemar Stenmark203 26 21 March 1975 Val Gardena DH 060 Franz Klammer Erik Håker Bernhard Russi204 27 23 March 1975 PS 001 Gustav Thöni Ingemar Stenmark Walter Tresch
Ladies + Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom, KB – Combined, PS – Parallel slalomDatePlaceWinnerSecondThird172 1 4 December 1974 Val d'Isère DH 046 Wiltrud Drexel Bernadette Zurbriggen Danièle Debernard173 2 7 December 1974 GS 059 Annemarie Moser-Pröll Monika Kaserer Fabienne Serrat174 3 12 December 1974 Cortina d'Ampezzo DH 047 Annemarie Moser-Pröll Cindy Nelson Wiltrud Drexel175 4 13 December 1974 SL 069 Rosi Mittermaier Fabienne Serrat Christa Zechmeister176 5 21 December 1974 Saalbach-Hinterglemm DH 048 Cindy Nelson Marie-Theres Nadig Rosi Mittermaier177 6 4 January 1975 Garmisch SL 070 Lise-Marie Morerod Christa Zechmeister Torill Fjeldstad178 7 9 January 1975 Grindelwald GS 060 Annemarie Moser-Pröll Hanni Wenzel Rosi Mittermaier 179 8 10 January 1975 DH 049 Annemarie Moser-Pröll Rosi Mittermaier Marie-Theres Nadig180 9 10 January 1975 KB 001 Annemarie Moser-Pröll Rosi Mittermaier Hanni Wenzel 181 10 11 January 1975 GS 061 Annemarie Moser-Pröll Fabienne Serrat Hanni Wenzel182 11 15 January 1975 Schruns DH 050 Bernadette Zurbriggen Ingrid Schmid-Gfölner Marie-Theres Nadig183 12 15 January 1975 KB 002 Annemarie Moser-Pröll Hanni Wenzel Wiltrud Drexel184 13 16 January 1975 SL 071 Christa Zechmeister Annemarie Moser-Pröll Hanni Wenzel185 14 19 January 1975 Sarajevo GS 062 Annemarie Moser-Pröll Lise-Marie Morerod Rosi Mittermaier186 15 24 January 1975 Innsbruck DH 051 Marie-Theres Nadig Annemarie Moser-Pröll Jacqueline Rouvier187 16 29 January 1975 St. Gervais SL 072 Lise-Marie Morerod Hanni Wenzel Rosi Mittermaier188 17 31 January 1975 Chamonix DH 052 Bernadette Zurbriggen Annemarie Moser-Pröll Marie-Theres Nadig189 18 29 January 1975 31 January 1975 St. Gervais (SL) Chamonix (DH) KB 003 Annemarie Moser-Pröll Hanni Wenzel Rosi Mittermaier190 19 21 February 1975 Naeba SL 073 Hanni Wenzel Lise-Marie Morerod Christa Zechmeister191 20 23 February 1975 GS 063 Annemarie Moser-Pröll Monika Kaserer Christina Tisot192 21 1 March 1975 Garibaldi GS 064 Cindy Nelson Fabienne Serrat Kathy Kreiner193 22 11 March 1975 Jackson Hole DH 053 Marie-Theres Nadig Bernadette Zurbriggen Annemarie Moser-Pröll 194 23 13 March 1975 Sun Valley GS 065 Lise-Marie Morerod Monika Kaserer Fabienne Serrat195 24 14 March 1975 SL 074 Hanni Wenzel Annemarie Moser-Pröll Christa Zechmeister196 25 20 March 1975 Val Gardena SL 075 Lise-Marie Morerod Annemarie Moser-Pröll Monika Kaserer197 26 22 March 1975 PS 001 Monika Kaserer Claudia Giordani Fabienne Serrat
Men
Overall The Men's overall World Cup 1974/75 was also divided into three periods with only a part of the results from each period being retained for the Overall standings.
PlaceNameCountryTotal 1 Gustav Thöni 250 2 Ingemar Stenmark 245 3 Franz Klammer 240 4 Piero Gros 196 5 Erik Håker 147 6 Hansi Hinterseer 117 7 Herbert Plank 92 8 Werner Grissmann 87 9 Francisco Fernández-Ochoa 79 10 Paolo De Chiesa 74 11 Bernhard Russi 58 12 René Berthod 57 13 Michael Veith 55 14 Walter Tresch 50 15 Fausto Radici 49
Downhill In men's downhill World Cup 1974/75 the best 5 results count. Five racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). Franz Klammer won 6 races in a row and won the cup with maximum points. He won 8 races out of 9, but at the downhill of Megève one of his bindings opened and he did not finish the race; this meant also that he could not score the 15 points for a third place in the combined of Megève (which he would have gained easily after a decent slalom result in Chamonix two days earlier), and in the end he missed the first place in the men's overall World Cup by just 10 points.
PlaceNameCountryTotal 2 3 6 8 12 16 18 23 26 1 Franz Klammer 125 25 25 25 25 25 (25) - (25) (25) 2 Werner Grissmann 81 20 15 20 11 15 (3) - - (3) 3 Herbert Plank 71 - 20 8 20 (6) 15 8 - (1) 4 Bernhard Russi 58 8 - 11 4 - 20 - - 15 5 René Berthod 56 - - (1) - 11 2 20 15 8 6 Erik Håker 53 3 - - 15 - 4 11 (2) 20 7 Michael Veith 47 15 - - 8 4 - - 20 - 8 Philippe Roux 40 - - - - 3 - 15 11 11 9 Gustav Thöni 39 6 - - - 20 11 2 - - 10 Walter Vesti 36 - - - 3 8 - 25 - -
Giant slalom In men's giant slalom World Cup 1974/75 the best 5 results count. One racer had a point deduction, which is given in ().
PlaceNameCountryTotal 1 5 11 15 21 22 24 1 Ingemar Stenmark 115 20 - - 20 25 25 25 2 Piero Gros 106 25 25 25 - - 11 20 3 Erik Håker 67 15 6 1 25 20 - - 4 Gustav Thöni 60 - 8 20 2 - 15 15 5 Hansi Hinterseer 55 11 (4) 6 15 15 - 8 6 Heini Hemmi 45 - - 3 11 11 20 - 7 Thomas Hauser 35 - - 11 8 8 8 - 8 Greg Jones 33 - 20 - - - 2 11 9 Franz Klammer 31 8 11 - 6 6 - - 10 Tino Pietrogiovanna 23 6 15 - - - - 2
Slalom In men's slalom World Cup 1974/75 the best 5 results count. Four racers had a point deduction, which are given in ().
PlaceNameCountryTotal 4 7 9 13 17 20 25 27 1 Ingemar Stenmark 110 25 - 25 20 20 20 (15) (20) 2 Gustav Thöni 106 - 20 11 - 25 (8) 25 25 3 Piero Gros 90 - 25 20 25 - - 20 - 4 Paolo De Chiesa 61 20 8 15 15 - - 3 - 5 Hansi Hinterseer 58 - - 1 11 15 25 6 - 6 Fausto Radici 48 15 15 - - 3 4 (1) 11 7 Christian Neureuther 36 4 - 6 - 11 15 - - Francisco Fernández-Ochoa 36 3 6 8 (3) 8 - 11 - 9 Jan Bachleda 27 - 11 - 6 - - 4 6 10 Hansjörg Schlager 22 - 4 3 - 4 11 - -
Combined
There was no special discipline world cup for Combined awarded. All three results only count for the Overall World Cup. Gustav Thöni won all three competitions. This was the important key that enabled Thöni to defeat Ingemar Stenmark in the Overall World Cup standings.
PlaceNameCountryTotal 10 14 19 1 Gustav Thöni 75 25 25 25 2 Francisco Fernández-Ochoa 40 - 20 20 3 Walter Tresch 26 15 11 - Erik Håker 26 11 - 15 5 Franz Klammer 21 6 15 - 6 David Zwilling 20 20 - - 7 Jim Hunter 12 - 4 8 8 Herbert Plank 11 - - 11 9 Roland Thöni 8 8 - - Sepp Ferstl 8 - 8 - Michael Veith 8 2 6 -
Ladies
Overall
The Women's overall World Cup 1974/75 was divided into two periods. From the first 14 races the best 7 results count and from the last 12 races the best 6 results count. Eight racers had a point deduction. Annemarie Moser-Pröll had a total deduction of 106 points. She won ten competitions and was unable to score points only in three events. This was her fifth overall win in a row.
PlaceNameCountryTotal 1 Annemarie Moser-Pröll 305 2 Hanni Wenzel 199 3 Rosi Mittermaier 166 4 Marie-Theres Nadig 154 5 Fabienne Serrat 153 6 Bernadette Zurbriggen 151 Lise-Marie Morerod 151 8 Cindy Nelson 138 9 Monika Kaserer 134 10 Christa Zechmeister 127 11 Wiltrud Drexel 82 12 Kathy Kreiner 62 13 Irene Epple 60 14 Danièle Debernard 57 15 Betsy Clifford 43
Downhill
In women's downhill World Cup 1974/75 the best 5 results count. Five racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). Annemarie Moser-Pröll won her fifth Downhill World Cup in a row. This record is still unbeaten.
PlaceNameCountryTotal 1 3 5 8 11 15 17 22 1 Annemarie Moser-Pröll 105 (4) 25 (4) 25 (8) 20 20 15 2 Bernadette Zurbriggen 101 20 - - 11 25 (11) 25 20 3 Marie-Theres Nadig 100 - - 20 15 15 25 (15) 25 4 Cindy Nelson 75 11 20 25 8 - - 11 (3) 5 Wiltrud Drexel 58 25 15 1 - 11 - - 6 6 Rosi Mittermaier 49 - - 15 20 - 6 8 - 7 Irene Epple 38 (2) - 11 4 4 8 - 11 8 Danièle Debernard 32 15 11 - 3 - 3 - - 9 Ingrid Schmid-Gfölner 24 - - - 2 20 2 - - 10 Jacqueline Rouvier 23 - 8 - - - 15 - -
Giant slalom
In women's giant slalom World Cup 1974/75 the best 5 results count. Three racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). Annemarie Moser-Pröll won five races in a row and won the cup with maximum points.