FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1978

The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1978 were held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, West Germany, between 29 January and 5 February. It held competitions in alpine skiing like downhill, special slalom, giant slalom and combined. The combined was only a "paper race".

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1978

Host city	Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, West Germany
Events	6
Opening	28 January 1978
Closing	5 February 1978
Opened by	Willi Ritschard
Main venue	Garmisch Classic, Gudiberg (slalom)
← Saint Moritz 1974 Schladming 1982 →

Garmisch

Location in the Alps of Europe

Garmisch

Location in southern Germany

The event is the last time the championships were held here until 2011. Garmisch hosted the first Olympic alpine skiing competition (Combined event), at the 1936 games.

Men's competitions

Downhill

Sunday, 29 January

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Diff.
	Josef Walcher	Austria (AUT)	2:04.12	–
	Michael Veith	West Germany (FRG)	2:04.19	+ 0.07
	Werner Grissmann	Austria (AUT)	2:04.46	+ 0.32
4	Sepp Ferstl	West Germany (FRG)	2:04.49	+ 0.35
5	Peter Müller	Switzerland (SUI)	2:04.77	+ 0.65
5	Franz Klammer	Austria (AUT)	2:04.77	+ 0.65
7	Steve Podborski	Canada (CAN)	2:04.98	+ 0.86
8	Walter Vesti	Switzerland (SUI)	2:06.13	+ 2.01
9	Vladimir Makeev	Soviet Union (URS)	2:06.20	+ 2.08
10	Herbert Plank	Italy (ITA)	2:06.31	+ 2.19

Source:^[1][2]

Giant slalom

Thursday, 2 February

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Diff.	Run 1	Run 2
	Ingemar Stenmark	Sweden (SWE)	3:02.52	–	1:35.48	1:27.04
	Andreas Wenzel	Liechtenstein (LIE)	3:04.56	+ 2.04	1:37.32	1:27.24
	Willi Frommelt	Liechtenstein (LIE)	3:04.75	+ 2.23	1:36.71	1:28.04
4	Sepp Ferstl	West Germany (FRG)	3:04.87	+ 2.35
5	Phil Mahre	United States (USA)	3:04.94	+ 2.42
6	Hans Enn	Austria (AUT)	3:05.27	+ 2.75
7	Peter Lüscher	Switzerland (SUI)	3:06.13	+ 3.51
8	Pete Patterson	United States (USA)	3:06.82	+ 4.30
9	Cary Adgate	United States (USA)	3:07.10	+ 4.58
10	Bruno Nöckler	Italy (ITA)	3:07.20	+ 4.68

Source:^[3][4]

Slalom

Sunday, 5 February

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Diff.	Run 1	Run 2
	Ingemar Stenmark	Sweden (SWE)	1:39.54	–	51.56	47.98
	Piero Gros	Italy (ITA)	1:40.20	+ 0.66	51.29	48.91
	Paul Frommelt	Liechtenstein (LIE)	1:40.47	+ 0.93	52.24	48.23
4	Anton Steiner	Austria (AUT)	1:40.74	+ 1.20
5	Mauro Bernardi	Italy (ITA)	1:42.20	+ 2.66
6	Christian Neureuther	West Germany (FRG)	1:42.74	+ 3.20
7	Toshihiro Kaiwa	Japan (JPN)	1:43.20	+ 3.66
8	Steve Mahre	United States (USA)	1:43.76	+ 4.22
9	Torsten Jakobsson	Sweden (SWE)	1:44.16	+ 4.62
10	Peter Aelig	Switzerland (SUI)	1:44.44	+ 4.90

Source:^[5][6]

Combined

Place	Athlete	Nation	Points	DH	GS	SL
	Andreas Wenzel	Liechtenstein (LIE)	2732.34	13		18
	Sepp Ferstl	West Germany (FRG)	2749.64	4	31	29
	Pete Patterson	United States (USA)	2752.28	25	8	23
4	Vladimir Andreyev	Soviet Union (URS)	2773.87
5	Valeri Tsyganov	Soviet Union (URS)	2799.52
6	Maciej Gąsienica	Poland (POL)	2800.48

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

Wednesday, 1 February

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Diff.
	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	Austria (AUT)	1:48.31	–
	Irene Epple	West Germany (FRG)	1:48.55	+ 0.24
	Doris de Agostini	Switzerland (SUI)	1:49.11	+ 0.80
4	Marie-Theres Nadig	Switzerland (SUI)	1:49.64	+ 1.33
5	Cindy Nelson	United States (USA)	1:50.26	+ 1.95
6	Evi Mittermaier	West Germany (FRG)	1:50.42	+ 2.11
7	Brigitte Totschnig	Austria (AUT)	1:50.47	+ 2.16
8	Martina Ellmer	Austria (AUT)	1:50.89	+ 2.58
9	Irmgard Lukasser	Austria (AUT)	1:50.93	+ 2.62
10	Monika Bader	West Germany (FRG)	1:51.04	+ 2.73

Source:^[7]

Giant slalom

Saturday, 4 February

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Diff.	Run 1	Run 2
	Maria Epple	West Germany (FRG)	2:41.15	–	1:16.10	1:25.05
	Lise-Marie Morerod	Switzerland (SUI)	2:41.20	+ 0.05	1:16.15	1:25.05
	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	Austria (AUT)	2:41.90	+ 0.75	1:16.85	1:25.05
4	Irene Epple	West Germany (FRG)	2:42.02	+ 0.87
5	Hanni Wenzel	Liechtenstein (LIE)	2:42.43	+ 1.28
6	Fabienne Serrat	France (FRA)	2:42.83	+ 1.68
7	Ursula Konzett	Liechtenstein (LIE)	2:42.84	+ 1.69
8	Perrine Pelen	France (FRA)	2:43.38	+ 2.23
9	Erika Hess	Switzerland (SUI)	2:44.25	+ 3.10
10	Christa Zechmeister	West Germany (FRG)	2:44.89	+ 3.74

This was the first two-run women's giant slalom at the World Championships.
Source:^[8][9]

Slalom

Friday, 3 February

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Diff.	Run 1	Run 2
	Lea Sölkner	Austria (AUT)	1:24.85	–	41.82	43.03
	Pamela Behr	West Germany (FRG)	1:25.33	+ 0.48	42.03	43.30
	Monika Kaserer	Austria (AUT)	1:25.37	+ 0.52	42.39	42.98
4	Perrine Pelen	France (FRA)	1:25.67	+ 0.82
5	Fabienne Serrat	France (FRA)	1:25.75	+ 0.90
6	Hanni Wenzel	Liechtenstein (LIE)	1:26.09	+ 1.24
7	Lise-Marie Morerod	Switzerland (SUI)	1:26.59	+ 1.74
8	Claudia Giordani	Italy (ITA)	1:26.87	+ 2.02
9	Christa Zechmeister	West Germany (FRG)	1:26.99	+ 2.14
10	Regine Mösenlechner	West Germany (FRG)	1:27.43	+ 2.58

Source:^[10][11]

Combined

Place	Athlete	Nation	Points	DH	GS	SL
	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	Austria (AUT)	2460.39			19
	Hanni Wenzel	Liechtenstein (LIE)	2476.80	29	5	6
	Fabienne Serrat	France (FRA)	2478.44		6	5
4	Kathy Kreiner	Canada (CAN)	2498.43	12	21	17
5	Dagmar Kuzmanová	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	2509.23
6	Cindy Nelson	United States (USA)	2511.63	5	15	30

Source:^[9]
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)	4	–	3	7
2	Sweden (SWE)	2	–	–	2
3	West Germany (FRG)	1	4	–	5
4	Liechtenstein (LIE)	1	2	2	5
5	Switzerland (SUI)	–	1	1	2
6	Italy (ITA)	–	1	–	1
7	France (FRA)	–	–	1	1
7	United States (USA)	–	–	1	1