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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 Italy Piero Gros Austria Annemarie Pröll
Downhill Switzerland Roland Collombin Austria Annemarie Pröll
Giant slalom Italy Piero Gros Liechtenstein Hanni Wenzel
Slalom Italy Gustav Thöni West Germany Christa Zechmeister
Nations Cup Italy Italy Austria Austria
Nations Cup overall Austria Austria
Competition
Locations 15 9
Individual 21 17

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 edit

Men edit

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 edit

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 edit

Overall edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Overall edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Overall edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ "FIS: Alpine World Cup 1974 men's schedule". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  2. ^ "FIS: Alpine World Cup 1974 ladies' schedule". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 24 September 2018.

External links edit

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