The 7th World Cup season began in December 1972 in France and concluded in March 1973 in the United States. Gustav Thöni of Italy won his third consecutive overall title and Annemarie Pröll of Austria won the women's overall title, her third of five consecutive.
Calendar
Men + Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalomDatePlaceWinnerSecondThird133 1 8 December 1972 Val d'Isère GS 046 Piero Gros Erik Håker Helmuth Schmalzl134 2 10 December 1972 DH 037 Reinhard Tritscher David Zwilling Marcello Varallo135 3 15 December 1972 Val Gardena DH 038 Roland Collombin Karl Cordin David Zwilling136 4 17 December 1972 Madonna di Campiglio SL 052 Piero Gros Gustav Thöni Christian Neureuther137 5 19 December 1972 GS 047 David Zwilling Adolf Rösti Helmuth Schmalzl138 6 6 January 1973 Garmisch DH 039 Roland Collombin Philippe Roux Marcello Varallo 139 7 7 January 1973 DH 040 Roland Collombin Marcello Varallo Bernhard Russi140 8 13 January 1973 Grindelwald DH 041 Bernhard Russi Roland Collombin Reinhard Tritscher141 9 14 January 1973 Wengen SL 053 Christian Neureuther Walter Tresch Claude Perrot 142 10 15 January 1973 Adelboden GS 048 Gustav Thöni Hansi Hinterseer Erik Håker143 11 19 January 1973 Megève GS 049 Henri Duvillard Hansi Hinterseer Gustav Thöni144 12 21 January 1973 SL 054 Christian Neureuther Gustav Thöni Walter Tresch145 13 27 January 1973 Kitzbühel DH 042 Roland Collombin Bernhard Russi Bob Cochran146 14 28 January 1973 SL 055 Jean-Noël Augert Gustav Thöni Andrzej Bachleda147 15 3 February 1973 St. Anton DH 043 Bernhard Russi Franz Klammer Philippe Roux148 16 4 February 1973 SL 056 Gustav Thöni Christian Neureuther Henri Duvillard 149 17 11 February 1973 St. Moritz DH 044 Werner Grissmann Josef Walcher Franz Klammer150 18 2 March 1973 Mt. St. Anne GS 050 Max Rieger Hansi Hinterseer Franz Klammer151 19 4 March 1973 SL 057 Gustav Thöni Ilario Pegorari Christian Neureuther152 20 8 March 1973 Anchorage GS 051 Hansi Hinterseer Adolf Rösti Josef Pechtl153 21 12 March 1973 Naeba GS 052 Erik Håker Hansi Hinterseer Adolf Rösti154 22 15 March 1973 SL 058 Jean-Noël Augert Christian Neureuther Ilario Pegorari155 23 23 March 1973 Heavenly Valley SL 059 Jean-Noël Augert Bob Cochran Tino Pietrogiovanna156 24 24 March 1973 GS 053 Bob Cochran Erwin Stricker Jean-Noël Augert
Ladies + Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalomDatePlaceWinnerSecondThird131 1 7 December 1972 Val d'Isère DH 033 Annemarie Pröll Jacqueline Rouvier Irmgard Lukasser132 2 9 December 1972 SL 055 Pamela Behr Odile Chalvin Patricia Emonet133 3 19 December 1972 Saalbach-Hinterglemm DH 034 Annemarie Pröll Jacqueline Rouvier Brigitte Totschnig134 4 20 December 1972 GS 045 Annemarie Pröll Monika Kaserer Hanni Wenzel135 5 2 January 1973 Maribor SL 056 Patricia Emonet Pamela Behr Rosi Mittermaier136 6 9 January 1973 Pfronten DH 035 Annemarie Pröll Monika Kaserer Irmgard Lukasser137 7 10 January 1973 DH 036 Annemarie Pröll Irmgard Lukasser Ingrid Gfölner 138 8 16 January 1973 Grindelwald DH 037 Annemarie Pröll Wiltrud Drexel Brigitte Totschnig139 9 17 January 1973 SL 057 Monika Kaserer Rosi Mittermaier Judy Crawford 140 10 20 January 1973 St. Gervais GS 046 Annemarie Pröll Monika Kaserer Jacqueline Rouvier141 11 21 January 1973 Les Contamines GS 047 Monika Kaserer Traudl Treichl Marilyn Cochran142 12 25 January 1973 Chamonix DH 038 Annemarie Pröll Wiltrud Drexel Jacqueline Rouvier143 13 26 January 1973 SL 058 Marilyn Cochran Rosi Mittermaier Monika Kaserer144 14 1 February 1973 Schruns DH 039 Annemarie Pröll Wiltrud Drexel Ingrid Gfölner145 15 2 February 1973 SL 059 Rosi Mittermaier Patricia Emonet Conchita Puig146 16 10 February 1973 St. Moritz DH 040 Annemarie Pröll Ingrid Gfölner Wiltrud Drexel147 17 11 February 1973 Abetone GS 048 Monika Kaserer Traudl Treichl Sandra Poulsen148 18 2 March 1973 Mt. St. Anne GS 049 Annemarie Pröll Bernadette Zurbriggen Marie-Theres Nadig149 19 3 March 1973 SL 060 Patricia Emonet Danièle Debernard Britt Lafforgue150 20 7 March 1973 Anchorage GS 050 Bernadette Zurbriggen Monika Kaserer Kathy Kreiner151 21 13 March 1973 Naeba SL 061 Danièle Debernard Hanni Wenzel Barbara Cochran152 22 15 March 1973 GS 051 Marilyn Cochran Claudia Giordani Annemarie Pröll 153 23 22 March 1973 Heavenly Valley SL 062 Patricia Emonet Fabienne Serrat Christa Zechmeister154 24 23 March 1973 GS 052 Patricia Emonet Monika Kaserer Christine Rolland
Men
Overall
The Men's overall World Cup 1972/73 was divided into three periods. From the first 5 races the best 3 results count, from the next 9 races (Race No 6 to No 14) the best 5 results count and from the last 10 races the best 6 results count. Two racers had a point deduction. Gustav Thöni won his third Overall World Cup in a row!
PlaceNameCountryTotal 1 Gustav Thöni 166 2 David Zwilling 151 3 Roland Collombin 131 4 Christian Neureuther 120 Hansi Hinterseer 120 6 Bernhard Russi 106 7 Jean-Noël Augert 104 8 Franz Klammer 93 Bob Cochran 93 10 Piero Gros 91 11 Henri Duvillard 90 12 Adolf Rösti 74 13 Erik Håker 72 14 Walter Tresch 65 15 Marcello Varallo 64
Downhill
In men's downhill World Cup 1972/73 the best 5 results count. Three racers had a point deduction, which are given in ().
PlaceNameCountryTotal 2 3 6 7 8 13 15 17 1 Roland Collombin 120 (11) 25 25 25 20 25 - - 2 Bernhard Russi 96 (6) (4) 11 15 25 20 25 - 3 Marcello Varallo 64 15 1 20 20 - 8 - - 4 Franz Klammer 62 - 8 - - 8 11 20 15 David Zwilling 62 20 15 8 8 (6) - (8) 11 6 Karl Cordin 53 8 20 - 11 11 - 3 - 7 Reinhard Tritscher 49 25 3 - - 15 - - 6 8 Philippe Roux 44 1 - 20 - 2 6 15 - 9 Bob Cochran 36 6 - 4 - - 15 11 - 10 Werner Grissmann 29 - - - - 4 - - 25
Giant slalom
In men's giant slalom World Cup 1972/73 the best 5 results count. One racers had a point deduction, which is given in (). In every race there was a different winner!
PlaceNameCountryTotal 1 5 10 11 18 20 21 24 1 Hansi Hinterseer 105 (6) - 20 20 20 25 20 (6) 2 Erik Håker 71 20 - 15 - - 11 25 - 3 Adolf Rösti 66 - 20 - - 11 20 15 - 4 Piero Gros 55 25 - - 8 8 3 11 - Gustav Thöni 55 4 - 25 15 - - - 11 6 David Zwilling 49 - 25 - 11 - 2 8 3 7 Helmuth Schmalzl 48 15 15 11 1 - - 6 - 8 Henri Duvillard 46 - 11 8 25 - - 2 - 9 Franz Klammer 31 - 8 4 - 15 - 4 - 10 Max Rieger 26 1 - - - 25 - - - 11 Bob Cochran 25 - - - - - - - 25
Slalom
In men's slalom World Cup 1972/73 the best 5 results count. Three racers had a point deduction, which are given in ().
PlaceNameCountryTotal 4 9 12 14 16 19 22 23 1 Gustav Thöni 110 20 - 20 20 25 25 - (1) 2 Christian Neureuther 105 15 25 25 - 20 (15) 20 - 3 Jean-Noël Augert 86 - - - 25 11 - 25 25 4 Walter Tresch 57 3 20 15 8 (3) 11 - - 5 Ilario Pegorari 38 - - - - 1 20 15 2 6 Piero Gros 36 25 - - 11 - - - - Henri Duvillard 36 - 11 6 - 15 - - 4 8 David Zwilling 33 2 - 11 - 8 6 - 6 9 Bob Cochran 32 11 - 1 - - - - 20 10 Tino Pietrogiovanna 29 6 6 - - 2 - - 15
Ladies
Overall
The Women's overall World Cup 1972/73 was most likely also divided into periods.
PlaceNameCountryTotal 1 Annemarie Pröll 297 2 Monika Kaserer 223 3 Patricia Emonet 163 4 Rosi Mittermaier 131 5 Hanni Wenzel 112 6 Wiltrud Drexel 106 7 Jacqueline Rouvier 103 8 Marilyn Cochran 84 9 Ingrid Gfölner 83 10 Irmgard Lukasser 65 11 Bernadette Zurbriggen 64 Pamela Behr 64 13 Danièle Debernard 60 14 Traudl Treichl 57 Christine Rolland 57
Downhill
In women's downhill World Cup 1972/73 the best 5 results counted. Five racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). Annemarie Pröll won all competitions and won the cup with maximum points. She won her third Downhill World Cup in a row. The Austrians won 21 out of 24 available podium-places. Only Jacqueline Rouvier from France was able to climb on the podium with them three times.
PlaceNameCountryTotal 1 3 6 7 8 12 14 16 1 Annemarie Pröll 125 25 25 25 25 25 (25) (25) (25) 2 Wiltrud Drexel 86 11 - - - 20 20 20 15 3 Jacqueline Rouvier 72 20 20 - (1) (4) 15 6 11 4 Ingrid Gfölner 72 - - (1) 15 6 11 15 20 5 Irmgard Lukasser 61 15 3 15 20 - - 8 - 6 Brigitte Totschnig 45 8 15 3 - 15 - 4 (1) 7 Brigitte Schroll 30 6 6 6 4 - 8 (3) (4) 8 Monika Kaserer 28 - - 20 8 - - - - 9 Rosi Mittermaier 23 - 4 2 6 8 3 - - 10 Marie-Theres Nadig 22 - 11 11 - - - - -
Giant slalom
In women's giant slalom World Cup 1972/73 the best 5 results count. Five racers had a point deduction, which are given in ().
PlaceNameCountryTotal 4 10 11 17 18 20 22 24 1 Monika Kaserer 110 20 20 25 25 (4) 20 (6) (20) 2 Annemarie Pröll 94 25 25 (3) (3) 25 - 15 4 3 Hanni Wenzel 53 15 11 8 8 - 11 - (1) 4 Patricia Emonet 52 11 - 4 - 6 6 (1) 25 5 Bernadette Zurbriggen 51 - - - 6 20 25 - - 6 Traudl Treichl 46 - 1 20 20 3 2 - - 7 Marilyn Cochran 44 - - 15 - - 4 25 - 8 Rosi Mittermaier 40 - 8 2 11 (1) 8 11 - 9 Jacqueline Rouvier 26 - 15 11 - - - - - Marie-Theres Nadig 26 - 4 6 - 15 1 - -
Slalom
In women's slalom World Cup 1972/73 the best 5 results count. Three racers a had point deduction, which are given in ().
PlaceNameCountryTotal 2 5 9 13 15 19 21 23 1 Patricia Emonet 110 15 25 - (1) 20 25 - 25 2 Rosi Mittermaier 80 - 15 20 20 25 - - - 3 Monika Kaserer 67 8 - 25 15 - - 8 11 4 Danièle Debernard 56 11 - - - - 20 25 - Pamela Behr 56 25 20 - - 8 - - 3 6 Hanni Wenzel 49 3 11 11 - - (3) 20 4 7 Christine Rolland 40 2 - - 8 (2) 11 11 8 8 Judy Crawford 39 6 6 15 - 6 - 6 - 9 Marilyn Cochran 36 - - - 25 11 - - - 10 Barbara Ann Cochran 33 - - 8 2 - 8 15 - Fabienne Serrat 33 - 4 - - 3 6 - 20
Nations Cup
Overall PlaceCountryTotal Men Ladies 1 1554 642 912 2 721 235 486 3 586 450 136 4 556 517 39 5 478 183 295 6 255 108 147 7 114 11 103 114 2 112 9 97 72 25 10 54 54 - 11 32 13 19 12 5 0 5 13 1 0 1 1 1 0
Men PlaceCountry Total DH GS SL Racers Wins 1 642 319 257 66 17 4 2 517 90 185 242 13 5 3 450 294 85 71 8 6 4 235 13 75 147 4 4 5 183 0 38 145 5 3 6 108 48 25 35 5 1 7 72 1 71 0 1 1 8 54 0 11 43 2 0 9 13 0 2 11 1 0 10 11 0 11 0 1 0 11 2 2 0 0 1 0 12 1 0 0 1 1 0
Ladies PlaceCountry Total DH GS SL Racers Wins 1 912 549 283 80 12 14 2 486 89 109 288 8 5 3 295 32 98 165 5 2 4 147 10 65 72 4 2 5 136 43 87 6 6 1 6 112 6 54 52 1 0 7 103 20 37 46 3 0 8 39 10 23 6 3 0 9 25 0 0 25 1 0 10 19 0 0 19 1 0 11 5 0 4 1 1 0 12 1 1 0 0 1 0
References
External links FIS-ski.com – World Cup standings - 1973