FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1974

The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1974 were held in St. Moritz, Switzerland, at Piz Nair from February 3 to February 10, 1974.^[1]

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1974

Host city	Saint Moritz
Country	Switzerland
Events	8
Opening	3 February 1974 (1974-02-03)
Closing	10 February 1974 (1974-02-10)
Opened by	Franz Jonas
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Piz Nair

Location in the Alps of Europe

Piz Nair

Location in Switzerland

St. Moritz hosted again in 2003, and the event is scheduled to return in 2017. It also hosted the Winter Olympics in 1948 and 1928 (no alpine skiing).

Men's competitions

Downhill

Saturday, 9 February ^[2]

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	David Zwilling	Austria (AUT)	1:56.98
2	Franz Klammer	Austria (AUT)	1:58.01
3	Willi Frommelt	Liechtenstein (LIE)	1:58.16

Giant slalom

Tuesday, 5 February

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	1st run	2nd run
1	Gustav Thöni	Italy (ITA)	3:07.92	1:36.71	1:31.21
2	Hansi Hinterseer	Austria (AUT)	3:08.84	1:38.47	1:30.37
3	Piero Gros	Italy (ITA)	3:08.91	1:37.85	1:31.06

Slalom

Sunday, 10 February

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	1st run	2nd run
1	Gustav Thöni	Italy (ITA)	1:49.98	58.91	51.07
2	David Zwilling	Austria (AUT)	1:50.76	57.51	53.25
3	Francisco Fernández-Ochoa	Spain (ESP)	1:51.56	58.12	53.44

Combined

Place	Athlete	Nation	Points
1	Franz Klammer	Austria (AUT)	67.88
2	Andrzej Bachleda	Poland (POL)	78.35
3	Wolfgang Junginger	West Germany (FRG)	89.01

At the World Championships from 1954 through 1980, the combined was a "paper race" using the results of the three events (DH, GS, SL).

Women's competitions

Downhill

Thursday, 7 February

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Annemarie Pröll	Austria (AUT)	1:50.84
2	Betsy Clifford	Canada (CAN)	1:51.78
3	Wiltrud Drexel	Austria (AUT)	1:52.15

Giant slalom

Sunday, 3 February

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Fabienne Serrat	France (FRA)	1:43.18
2	Traudl Treichl	West Germany (FRG)	1:43.72
3	Jacqueline Rouvier	France (FRA)	1.43.81

Slalom

Friday, 8 February

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	1st run	2nd run
1	Hanni Wenzel	Liechtenstein (LIE)	1:34.63	48.81	45.82
2	Michèle Jacot	France (FRA)	1:35.15	48.79	46.36
3	Lise-Marie Morerod	Switzerland (SUI)	1:35.29	49.45	45.84

Combined

Place	Athlete	Nation	Points
1	Fabienne Serrat	France (FRA)	20.14
2	Hanni Wenzel	Liechtenstein (LIE)	25.31
3	Monika Kaserer	Austria (AUT)	27.44

At the World Championships from 1954 through 1980, the combined was a "paper race" using the results of the three events (DH, GS, SL).

Medals table

Place	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Austria (AUT)	3	3	2	8
2	France (FRA)	2	1	1	4
3	Italy (ITA)	2	–	1	3
4	Liechtenstein	1	1	1	3
5	West Germany (FRG)	–	1	1	2
6	Canada (CAN)	–	1	–	1
	Poland (POL)	–	1	–	1
8	Switzerland (SUI)	–	–	1	1
	Spain	–	–	1	1

See also

• Italy at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1974