1977–78 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup

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.

FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 1977/78
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Ingemar Stenmark	Hanni Wenzel
Downhill	Franz Klammer	Annemarie Moser-Pröll
Giant slalom	Ingemar Stenmark	Lise-Marie Morerod
Slalom	Ingemar Stenmark	Hanni Wenzel
Nations Cup	Austria	Austria
Nations Cup overall	Austria
Competition
Locations	15	15
Individual	22	22
←1976/77 1978/79→

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)^[1]

Race	Season	Date	Place	Type	Winner	Second	Third
263	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 Walcher
265	3	13 December 1977	Madonna di Campiglio	SL 091	Ingemar Stenmark	Klaus Heidegger	Bojan Križaj
266	4	14 December 1977		GS 086	Ingemar Stenmark	Heini Hemmi	Andreas Wenzel
267	5	18 December 1977	Val Gardena	DH 080	Herbert Plank	Peter Wirnsberger	Franz Klammer
268	6	22 December 1977	Cortina d'Ampezzo	DH 081	Herbert Plank	Bernhard Russi	Peter Wirnsberger
269	7	5 January 1978	Oberstaufen	SL 092	Ingemar Stenmark	Klaus Heidegger	Piero Gros
270	8	8 January 1978	Zwiesel	GS 087	Ingemar Stenmark	Phil Mahre	Andreas Wenzel
271	9	9 January 1978		SL 093	Ingemar Stenmark	Mauro Bernardi	Phil Mahre
272	10	15 January 1978	Wengen	SL 094	Klaus Heidegger	Petar Popangelov	Mauro Bernardi
273	11	17 January 1978	Adelboden	GS 088	Andreas Wenzel	Ingemar Stenmark	Piero Gros
274	12	20 January 1978	Kitzbühel	DH 082	Josef Walcher	Walter Vesti	Renato Antonioli
275	13	21 January 1978		DH 083	Josef Walcher Sepp Ferstl		Michael Veith
276	14	22 January 1978		SL 095	Klaus Heidegger	Petar Popangelov	Andreas Wenzel
FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1978 (29 January – 5 February)
277	15	11 February 1978	Les Houches	DH 084	Ken Read	Dave Murray	Michael Veith
278	16	12 February 1978	Chamonix	SL 096	Phil Mahre	Ingemar Stenmark	Paolo De Chiesa
279	17	3 March 1978	Stratton Mountain	GS 089	Phil Mahre	Heini Hemmi	Ingemar Stenmark
280	18	4 March 1978		SL 097	Steve Mahre	Ingemar Stenmark	Peter Lüscher
281	19	6 March 1978	Waterville Valley	GS 090	Andreas Wenzel	Phil Mahre	Ingemar Stenmark
282	20	10 March 1978	Laax	DH 085	Uli Spieß	Franz Klammer	Erik Håker
283	21	11 March 1978		DH 086	Franz Klammer	Erik Håker	Uli Spieß
284	22	18 March 1978	Arosa	GS 091	Ingemar Stenmark	Andreas Wenzel	Peter Lüscher
Nations 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)^[2]

Race	Season	Date	Place	Type	Winner	Second	Third
251	1	7 December 1977	Val d'Isère	DH 069	Marie-Theres Nadig	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	Monika Bader
252	2	8 December 1977		GS 082	Lise-Marie Morerod	Maria Epple	Monika Kaserer
253	3	10 December 1977	Cervinia	SL 092	Perrine Pelen	Fabienne Serrat	Hanni Wenzel
254	4	15 December 1977	Madonna di Campiglio	GS 083	Hanni Wenzel	Monika Kaserer	Lise-Marie Morerod
255	5	6 January 1978	Pfronten	DH 070	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	Cindy Nelson	Doris de Agostini
256	6	7 January 1978		DH 071	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	Cindy Nelson	Marie-Theres Nadig
257	7	9 January 1978	Les Mosses	GS 084	Lise-Marie Morerod	Hanni Wenzel	Maria Epple
258	8	10 January 1978		GS 085	Hanni Wenzel	Monika Kaserer	Fabienne Serrat
259	9	13 January 1978	Les Diablerets	DH 072	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	Evi Mittermaier	Irene Epple
260	10	18 January 1978	Bad Gastein	DH 073	Evi Mittermaier	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	Marie-Theres Nadig
261	11	19 January 1978		SL 093	Lise-Marie Morerod	Hanni Wenzel	Perrine Pelen
262	12	22 January 1978	Maribor	SL 094	Hanni Wenzel	Maria Epple	Lea Sölkner
263	13	24 January 1978	Berchtesgaden	SL 095	Hanni Wenzel	Lise-Marie Morerod	Perrine Pelen
264	14	25 January 1978		SL 096	Hanni Wenzel	Fabienne Serrat	Lise-Marie Morerod
FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1978 (29 January – 5 February)
265	15	8 February 1978	St. Gervais	SL 097	Perrine Pelen	Lea Sölkner	Fabienne Serrat
266	16	9 February 1978	Megève	GS 086	Lise-Marie Morerod	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	Fabienne Serrat
267	17	2 March 1978	Stratton Mountain	GS 087	Hanni Wenzel	Maria Epple	Lise-Marie Morerod
268	18	5 March 1978		SL 098	Perrine Pelen	Fabienne Serrat	Hanni Wenzel
269	19	7 March 1978	Waterville Valley	GS 088	Lise-Marie Morerod	Becky Dorsey	Fabienne Serrat
270	20	11 March 1978	Bad Kleinkirchheim	DH 074	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	Cindy Nelson	Evi Mittermaier
271	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.

Place	Name	Country	Total	DH	GS	SL
1	Ingemar Stenmark	Sweden	150	0	75	75
2	Phil Mahre	United States	116	0	65	51
3	Andreas Wenzel	Liechtenstein	100	0	70	30
4	Klaus Heidegger	Austria	95	0	25	70
5	Herbert Plank	Italy	70	70	0	0
	Franz Klammer	Austria	70	70	0	0
7	Josef Walcher	Austria	65	65	0	0
8	Piero Gros	Italy	60	0	23	37
	Heini Hemmi	Switzerland	60	0	60	0
10	Mauro Bernardi	Italy	54	0	11	43
11	Ken Read	Canada	47	47	0	0
12	Petar Popangelov	Bulgaria	43	0	0	43
	Uli Spieß	Austria	43	43	0	0
14	Michael Veith	West Germany	41	41	0	0
	Sepp Ferstl	West Germany	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.

Place	Name	Country	Total	2	5	6	12	13	15	20	21
1	Franz Klammer	Austria	96	25	15	(3)	11	(11)	-	20	25
2	Josef Walcher	Austria	74	15	3	-	25	25	6	-	(3)
3	Herbert Plank	Italy	73	20	25	25	3	-	-	-	-
4	Ken Read	Canada	56	11	-	(2)	-	3	25	6	11
5	Sepp Ferstl	West Germany	49	8	-	-	-	25	-	8	8
6	Uli Spieß	Austria	47	3	2	-	-	2	-	25	15
7	Michael Veith	West Germany	45	-	11	-	-	15	15	4	-
8	Peter Wirnsberger	Austria	43	-	20	15	4	-	4	-	-
9	Werner Grissmann	Austria	39	6	8	(4)	8	6	11	-	-
	Erik Håker	Norway	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.

Place	Name	Country	Total	1	4	8	11	17	19	22
1	Ingemar Stenmark	Sweden	120	25	25	25	20	(15)	(15)	25
2	Andreas Wenzel	Liechtenstein	100	-	15	15	25	(2)	25	20
3	Phil Mahre	United States	84	11	(4)	20	8	25	20	(6)
4	Heini Hemmi	Switzerland	82	20	20	-	11	20	11	(11)
5	Jean-Luc Fournier	Switzerland	32	15	6	11	-	-	-	-
6	Peter Lüscher	Switzerland	30	-	1	-	4	6	4	15
7	Klaus Heidegger	Austria	27	6	11	8	2	-	-	-
8	Leonhard Stock	Austria	24	8	8	-	-	-	-	8
9	Piero Gros	Italy	23	4	-	4	15	-	-	-
10	Gustav Thöni	Italy	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.

Place	Name	Country	Total	3	7	9	10	14	16	18
1	Ingemar Stenmark	Sweden	115	25	25	25	(8)	-	20	20
2	Klaus Heidegger	Austria	90	20	20	-	25	25	-	-
3	Phil Mahre	United States	66	11	11	15	-	4	25	-
4	Piero Gros	Italy	47	(1)	15	11	4	11	-	6
5	Mauro Bernardi	Italy	43	8	-	20	15	-	-	-
	Petar Popangelov	Bulgaria	43	3	-	-	20	20	-	-
7	Andreas Wenzel	Liechtenstein	30	4	-	-	-	15	-	11
8	Paolo De Chiesa	Italy	28	-	1	4	-	6	15	2
9	Steve Mahre	United States	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	25
10	Fausto Radici	Italy	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.

Place	Name	Country	Total	DH	GS	SL
1	Hanni Wenzel	Liechtenstein	154	4	75	75
2	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	Austria	147	75	53	19
3	Lise-Marie Morerod	Switzerland	135	0	75	60
4	Fabienne Serrat	France	105	0	45	60
5	Cindy Nelson	United States	97	60	25	12
6	Perrine Pelen	France	96	0	21	75
7	Maria Epple	West Germany	94	0	55	39
8	Monika Kaserer	Austria	76	6	55	15
9	Lea Sölkner	Austria	70	0	24	46
10	Marie-Theres Nadig	Switzerland	63	55	8	0
11	Irene Epple	West Germany	62	32	30	0
12	Evi Mittermaier	West Germany	60	60	0	0
13	Becky Dorsey	United States	45	0	28	17
14	Doris de Agostini	Switzerland	37	37	0	0
15	Abbi Fisher	United States	27	0	9	18
	Irmgard Lukasser	Austria	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.

Place	Name	Country	Total	1	5	6	9	10	20	21
1	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	Austria	125	(20)	25	25	25	(20)	25	25
2	Cindy Nelson	United States	91	-	20	20	11	(8)	20	20
3	Marie-Theres Nadig	Switzerland	78	25	(6)	15	8	15	-	15
4	Evi Mittermaier	West Germany	74	6	8	(4)	20	25	15	-
5	Doris de Agostini	Switzerland	51	11	15	8	6	(4)	-	11
6	Irene Epple	West Germany	36	-	11	-	15	6	-	4
7	Irmgard Lukasser	Austria	32	8	3	-	-	2	11	8
8	Brigitte Totschnig	Austria	24	4	2	11	3	-	4	-
9	Bernadette Zurbriggen	Switzerland	23	-	-	-	-	11	6	6
10	Monika Bader	West Germany	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!

Place	Name	Country	Total	2	4	7	8	16	17	19	22
1	Lise-Marie Morerod	Switzerland	115	25	15	25	-	25	(15)	25	(15)
2	Hanni Wenzel	Liechtenstein	106	11	25	20	25	(8)	25	-	(3)
3	Maria Epple	West Germany	77	20	11	15	11	-	20	-	-
4	Monika Kaserer	Austria	62	15	20	1	20	6	-	-	-
5	Fabienne Serrat	France	60	-	4	11	11	15	(3)	15	-
	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	Austria	60	-	8	4	3	20	-	-	25
7	Lea Sölkner	Austria	36	8	6	8	8	(4)	-	-	6
8	Becky Dorsey	United States	30	6	2	-	1	1	(1)	20	-
	Irene Epple	West Germany	30	-	-	-	-	-	8	2	20
	Cindy Nelson	United States	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 ().

Place	Name	Country	Total	3	11	12	13	14	15	18
1	Hanni Wenzel	Liechtenstein	110	15	20	25	25	25	(11)	(15)
2	Perrine Pelen	France	105	25	15	-	15	-	25	25
3	Fabienne Serrat	France	78	20	-	-	3	20	15	20
4	Lise-Marie Morerod	Switzerland	71	-	25	-	20	15	8	3
5	Lea Sölkner	Austria	65	11	-	15	(2)	8	20	11
6	Maria Epple	West Germany	46	1	11	20	-	-	6	8
7	Christin Cooper	United States	23	-	8	6	8	-	1	-
8	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	Austria	19	8	-	11	-	-	-	-
9	Abbi Fisher	United States	18	-	-	-	6	11	-	1
10	Becky Dorsey	United States	17	-	-	6	-	11	-	-

Nations Cup

Overall

Place	Country	Total	Men	Ladies
1	Austria	1095	555	540
2	Switzerland	669	267	402
3	United States	460	192	268
4	Liechtenstein	424	150	274
5	West Germany	419	109	310
6	Italy	324	314	10
7	France	288	12	276
8	Sweden	273	273	0
9	Canada	107	96	11
10	Bulgaria	43	43	0
11	Norway	39	39	0
12	Yugoslavia	32	32	0
13	Iran	10	0	10
14	Japan	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.)

Place	Country	Total	DH	GS	SL	Racers	Wins
1	Austria	555	355	62	138	16	7
2	Italy	314	93	65	156	11	3
3	Sweden	273	0	150	123	1	7
4	Switzerland	267	80	164	23	11	0
5	United States	192	0	101	91	3	2
6	Liechtenstein	150	0	114	50	2	2
7	West Germany	109	94	1	14	4	1
8	Canada	96	96	0	0	3	1
9	Bulgaria	43	0	0	43	1	0
10	Norway	39	39	0	0	1	0
11	Yugoslavia	32	0	12	20	1	0
12	France	12	8	2	2	2	0
13	Japan	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.

Place	Country	Total	DH	GS	SL	Racers	Wins
1	Austria	540	245	178	117	11	6
2	Switzerland	402	169	156	77	7	6
3	West Germany	310	132	113	65	8	1
4	France	276	0	88	188	4	3
5	Liechtenstein	274	4	134	136	2	6
6	United States	268	100	91	77	6	0
7	Canada	11	4	5	2	1	0
8	Italy	10	2	0	8	3	0
	Iran	10	10	0	0	1	0