1973–74 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup

The 8th World Cup season began in December 1973 and concluded in March 1974. Piero Gros of Italy won the overall title, denying the runner-up, countryman Gustav Thöni, a fourth straight overall title. Annemarie Pröll of Austria won the women's overall title, her fourth of five consecutive.

FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 1973/74
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Piero Gros	Annemarie Pröll
Downhill	Roland Collombin	Annemarie Pröll
Giant slalom	Piero Gros	Hanni Wenzel
Slalom	Gustav Thöni	Christa Zechmeister
Nations Cup	Italy	Austria
Nations Cup overall	Austria
Competition
Locations	15	9
Individual	21	17
←1972/73 1974/75→

The break in the schedule was for the 1974 World Championships, held February 3–10 at St. Moritz, Switzerland.

Due to the growth of the professional skiing tour (especially in the United States), which now featured World Cup winning stars such as Jean-Claude Killy, Karl Schranz, Patrick Russel, and Jean-Noël Augert, no World Cup races were held in North America for the first time in its history; the next time this happened was during the COVID-19 pandemic in the 2020-21 season. Instead, the entire 1973–74 season took place in Europe.

Calendar

Men

Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom^[1]

Race	Season	Date	Place	Type	Winner	Second	Third
157	1	8 December 1973	Val d'Isère	GS 054	Hansi Hinterseer	Helmuth Schmalzl	Piero Gros
158	2	10 December 1973		DH 045	Herbert Plank	Werner Grissmann	Franz Klammer
159	3	16 December 1973	Saalbach	GS 055	Hubert Berchtold	Thomas Hauser	Hansi Hinterseer
160	4	17 December 1973	Vipiteno	SL 060	Piero Gros	Johann Kniewasser	Christian Neureuther
161	5	18 December 1973	Zell am See	DH 046	Karl Cordin	Roland Collombin	Peter Feyersinger Manfred Grabler Josef Walcher
162	6	22 December 1973	Schladming	DH 047	Franz Klammer	Roland Collombin	Bernhard Russi
163	7	5 January 1974	Garmisch	SL 061	Christian Neureuther	Gustav Thöni	Hansjorg Schlager
164	8	6 January 1974		DH 048	Roland Collombin	Franz Klammer	Herbert Plank
165	9	7 January 1974	Berchtesgaden	GS 056	Piero Gros	Gustav Thöni	Erwin Stricker
166	10	12 January 1974	Avoriaz	DH 049	Roland Collombin	Franz Klammer	Philippe Roux
167	11	13 January 1974	Morzine	GS 057	Piero Gros	Hansi Hinterseer	Gustav Thöni
168	12	19 January 1974	Wengen	DH 050	Roland Collombin	Franz Klammer	Herbert Plank
169	13	20 January 1974		SL 062	Christian Neureuther	Fausto Radici	David Zwilling
170	14	21 January 1974	Adelboden	GS 058	Gustav Thöni	Piero Gros	Hansi Hinterseer
171	15	26 January 1974	Kitzbühel	DH 051	Roland Collombin	Stefano Anzi Giuliano Besson
172	16	27 January 1974		SL 063	Hansi Hinterseer	Johann Kniewasser	Gustav Thöni
FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1974 (3–10 February)
173	17	2 March 1974	Voss	GS 059	Gustav Thöni	Hansi Hinterseer	Ingemar Stenmark
174	18	3 March 1974		SL 064	Piero Gros	Ingemar Stenmark	Johann Kniewasser
175	19	6 March 1974	Zakopane	SL 065	Francisco Fernandez-Ochoa	Gustav Thöni	Hansi Hinterseer
176	20	9 March 1974	Vysoké Tatry	GS 060	Piero Gros	Ingemar Stenmark	Hansi Hinterseer
177	21	10 March 1974		SL 066	Gustav Thöni	Ingemar Stenmark	Francisco Fernández Ochoa

Ladies

Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom^[2]

Race	Season	Date	Place	Type	Winner	Second	Third
155	1	6 December 1973	Val d'Isère	DH 041	Annemarie Pröll	Ingrid Gfolner	Wiltrud Drexel
156	2	7 December 1973		SL 063	Christa Zechmeister	Hanni Wenzel	Marilyn Cochran
157	3	19 December 1973	Zell am See	DH 042	Annemarie Pröll	Wiltrud Drexel	Marie-Theres Nadig
158	4	20 December 1973		GS 053	Hanni Wenzel	Marie-Theres Nadig	Traudl Treichl
159	5	5 January 1974	Pfronten	DH 043	Annemarie Pröll	Wiltrud Drexel	Betsy Clifford
160	6	6 January 1974		GS 054	Kathy Kreiner	Lise-Marie Morerod	Fabienne Serrat
161	7	8 January 1974	Les Gets	SL 064	Christa Zechmeister	Lindy Cochran	Annemarie Pröll
162	8	9 January 1974		GS 055	Claudia Giordani	Barbara Ann Cochran	Hanni Wenzel
163	9	13 January 1974	Grindelwald	DH 044	Cindy Nelson	Annemarie Pröll	Marie-Theres Nadig
164	10	14 January 1974		GS 056	Monika Kaserer	Hanni Wenzel	Christa Zechmeister
165	11	16 January 1974	Les Diablerets	SL 065	Christa Zechmeister	Fabienne Serrat	Rosi Mittermaier
166	12	23 January 1974	Badgastein	DH 045	Annemarie Pröll	Marie-Theres Nadig	Wiltrud Drexel
167	13	24 January 1974		SL 066	Christa Zechmeister	Fabienne Serrat	Monika Kaserer
168	14	25 January 1974		GS 057	Fabienne Serrat	Lise-Marie Morerod	Rosi Mittermaier
FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1974 (3–10 February)
169	15	27 February 1974	Abetone	SL 067	Rosi Mittermaier	Annemarie Pröll	Fabienne Serrat
170	16	7 March 1974	Vysoké Tatry	GS 058	Monika Kaserer	Annemarie Pröll	Lise-Marie Morerod
171	17	8 March 1974		SL 068	Rosi Mittermaier	Danièle Debernard	Hanni Wenzel

Men

Overall

The Men's overall World Cup 1973/74 was divided into three periods. From the first 6 races the best 4 results count, from the next 10 races (Race No 7 to No 16) the best 6 results count and from the last 5 races the best 3 results count. Four racers had a point deduction.

Place	Name	Country	Total
1	Piero Gros	Italy	181
2	Gustav Thöni	Italy	165
3	Hansi Hinterseer	Austria	162
4	Roland Collombin	Switzerland	140
5	Franz Klammer	Austria	125
6	Erwin Stricker	Italy	73
7	Johann Kniewasser	Austria	67
8	Herbert Plank	Italy	66
	Christian Neureuther	West Germany	66
10	Helmuth Schmalzl	Italy	65
11	David Zwilling	Austria	62
	Ingemar Stenmark	Sweden	62
13	Fausto Radici	Italy	49
14	Francisco Fernández Ochoa	Spain	46
15	Reinhard Tritscher	Austria	42
	Werner Grissmann	Austria	42

Downhill

In men's downhill World Cup 1973/74 the best 5 results count. Three racer had a point deduction, which are given in (). Roland Collombin won four races in a row.

Place	Name	Country	Total	2	5	6	8	10	12	15
1	Roland Collombin	Switzerland	120	-	20	(20)	25	25	25	25
2	Franz Klammer	Austria	100	15	-	25	20	20	20	(8)
3	Herbert Plank	Italy	66	25	-	-	15	-	15	11
4	Bernhard Russi	Switzerland	40	2	-	15	4	8	11	-
	Werner Grissmann	Austria	40	20	6	2	8	-	4	(2)
6	Karl Cordin	Austria	37	8	25	-	-	4	-	-
7	Reinhard Tritscher	Austria	36	11	-	6	11	-	8	-
8	Giuliano Besson	Italy	30	1	-	-	6	-	3	20
9	David Zwilling	Austria	26	4	2	8	-	6	6	-
10	Stefano Anzi	Italy	25	-	-	3	-	2	-	20

Giant slalom

In men's giant slalom World Cup 1973/74 the best 5 results count. Four racers a had point deduction, which are given in ().

Place	Name	Country	Total	1	3	9	11	14	17	20
1	Piero Gros	Italy	110	15	(8)	25	25	20	(11)	25
2	Hansi Hinterseer	Austria	95	25	15	-	20	15	20	(15)
3	Gustav Thöni	Italy	85	-	-	20	15	25	25	-
4	Helmuth Schmalzl	Italy	55	20	(4)	11	8	8	(6)	8
5	Erwin Stricker	Italy	48	-	-	15	11	11	-	11
6	Ingemar Stenmark	Sweden	37	-	2	-	-	-	15	20
7	Hubert Berchtold	Austria	25	-	25	-	-	-	-	-
8	Engelhard Pargätzi	Switzerland	21	(2)	-	4	3	6	4	4
9	Thomas Hauser	Austria	20	-	20	-	-	-	-	-
10	Franz Klammer	Austria	17	-	11	3	-	-	3	-
	Erik Håker	Norway	17	3	-	6	-	-	2	6

Slalom

In men's slalom World Cup 1973/74 the best 5 results count. No racer had a point deduction. Gustav Thöni won the cup with only four results.

Place	Name	Country	Total	4	7	13	16	18	19	21
1	Gustav Thöni	Italy	80	-	20	-	15	-	20	25
2	Christian Neureuther	West Germany	65	15	25	25	-	-	-	-
3	Johann Kniewasser	Austria	63	20	-	-	20	15	8	-
4	Piero Gros	Italy	61	25	2	-	-	25	1	8
5	Hansi Hinterseer	Austria	56	6	6	-	25	4	15	-
6	Ingemar Stenmark	Sweden	51	-	-	-	-	20	11	20
7	Fausto Radici	Italy	47	11	8	20	-	8	-	-
8	Francisco Fernández-Ochoa	Spain	46	-	-	6	-	-	25	15
9	David Zwilling	Austria	26	-	11	15	-	-	-	-
10	Hansjörg Schlager	West Germany	20	-	15	-	-	-	2	3

Ladies

Overall

The Women's overall World Cup 1973/74 was most likely also divided into periods.

Place	Name	Country	Total
1	Annemarie Pröll	Austria	268
2	Monika Kaserer	Austria	153
3	Hanni Wenzel	Liechtenstein	144
4	Christa Zechmeister	West Germany	129
5	Fabienne Serrat	France	127
6	Marie-Theres Nadig	Switzerland	123
7	Rosi Mittermaier	West Germany	116
8	Lise-Marie Morerod	Switzerland	77
9	Wiltrud Drexel	Austria	72
10	Kathy Kreiner	Canada	70

Downhill

In women's downhill World Cup 1973/74 all 5 results count. No racer had a point deduction. After her 8 victories of the previous season Annemarie Pröll reached a total of 11 downhill victories in a row, still records for female single discipline serial winner and downhill serial winner (Ingemar Stenmark later won 14 giant slaloms in a row).

Place	Name	Country	Total	1	3	5	9	12
1	Annemarie Pröll	Austria	120	25	25	25	20	25
2	Marie-Theres Nadig	Switzerland	72	11	15	11	15	20
3	Wiltrud Drexel	Austria	70	15	20	20	-	15
4	Cindy Nelson	United States	35	-	-	6	25	4
5	Ingrid Gfölner	Austria	34	20	8	-	-	6
6	Jacqueline Rouvier	France	32	3	6	4	11	8
7	Betsy Clifford	Canada	25	6	3	15	-	1
8	Irmgard Lukasser	Austria	20	8	-	8	4	-
9	Claudia Giordani	Italy	14	-	11	3	-	-
10	Monika Kaserer	Austria	12	-	-	-	1	11

Giant slalom

In women's giant slalom World Cup 1973/74 the best 5 results count. One racer had a point deduction, which is given in (). Hanni Wenzel won the cup with only four results. In 6 races there were 5 different winners.

Place	Name	Country	Total	4	6	8	10	14	16
1	Hanni Wenzel	Liechtenstein	71	25	-	15	20	-	11
2	Fabienne Serrat	France	68	11	15	6	11	25	(2)
3	Monika Kaserer	Austria	60	-	-	2	25	8	25
4	Lise-Marie Morerod	Switzerland	55	-	20	-	-	20	15
5	Traudl Treichl	West Germany	44	15	11	11	-	6	1
6	Claudia Giordani	Italy	41	8	-	25	-	-	8
7	Annemarie Pröll	Austria	35	-	3	-	1	11	20
8	Kathy Kreiner	Canada	31	6	25	-	-	-	-
9	Marie-Theres Nadig	Switzerland	28	20	-	-	8	-	-
10	Christa Zechmeister	West Germany	26	1	6	-	15	4	-

Slalom

In women's slalom World Cup 1973/74 the best 5 results count. One racer a had point deduction, which is given in (). Christa Zechmeister won four races in a row. All 6 races were won by athletes from West Germany!

Place	Name	Country	Total	2	7	11	13	15	17
1	Christa Zechmeister	West Germany	103	25	25	25	25	3	-
2	Rosi Mittermaier	West Germany	87	11	(1)	15	11	25	25
3	Fabienne Serrat	France	63	-	8	20	20	15	-
4	Hanni Wenzel	Liechtenstein	49	20	2	6	-	6	15
5	Annemarie Pröll	Austria	41	-	15	-	6	20	-
6	Monika Kaserer	Austria	32	4	4	1	15	8	-
7	Barbara Ann Cochran	United States	26	1	6	11	8	-	-
8	Lindy Cochran	United States	23	-	20	3	-	-	-
9	Lise-Marie Morerod	Switzerland	22	-	-	-	-	11	11
10	Danièle Debernard	France	20	-	-	-	-	-	20

Nations Cup

Overall

Place	Country	Total	Men	Ladies
1	Austria	1132	650	482
2	Italy	751	690	61
3	Switzerland	478	280	198
4	West Germany	427	124	303
5	France	237	9	228
6	United States	168	26	142
7	Liechtenstein	125	3	122
8	Canada	104	25	79
9	Sweden	88	88	0
10	Spain	46	46	0
11	Poland	34	34	19
12	Norway	19	17	2
13	Australia	17	17	0
14	Czechoslovakia	3	3	0

Men

Place	Country	Total	DH	GS	SL	Racers	Wins
1	Italy	690	144	337	209	12	9
2	Austria	650	287	201	162	15	5
3	Switzerland	280	208	41	31	10	4
4	West Germany	124	3	15	106	8	2
5	Sweden	88	0	37	51	1	0
6	Spain	46	0	0	46	1	1
7	Poland	34	0	0	34	3	0
8	United States	26	8	0	18	3	0
9	Canada	25	14	11	0	1	0
10	Australia	17	17	0	0	1	0
	Norway	17	0	17	0	1	0
12	France	9	0	3	6	4	0
13	Liechtenstein	3	0	0	3	1	0
	Czechoslovakia	3	0	3	0	1	0

Ladies

Place	Country	Total	DH	GS	SL	Racers	Wins
1	Austria	482	269	125	88	10	6
2	West Germany	303	16	88	199	4	6
3	France	228	37	94	97	8	1
4	Switzerland	198	74	87	37	4	0
5	United States	142	35	28	79	6	1
6	Liechtenstein	122	2	71	49	1	1
7	Canada	79	29	31	19	4	1
8	Italy	61	14	47	0	2	1
9	Norway	2	0	0	2	1	0