1971–72 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup explained

FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 1971/72
Competition1:Overall
Competition1men: Gustav Thöni
Competition1ladies: Annemarie Pröll
Competition2:Downhill
Competition2men: Bernhard Russi
Competition2ladies: Annemarie Pröll
Competition4:Giant slalom
Competition4men: Gustav Thöni
Competition4ladies: Annemarie Pröll
Competition5:Slalom
Competition5men: Jean-Noël Augert
Competition5ladies: Britt Lafforgue
Competition6:Nations Cup
Competition6men: Switzerland
Competition6ladies: France
Mixedcompetition1:Nations Cup overall
Mixedcompetition1both: France
Menlocations:13
Ladieslocations:12
Menindividual:21
Ladiesindividual:21
Cancelledmen:1
Cancelledladies:—
Previous:1970/71
Next:1972/73

The 6th World Cup season began in December 1971 in Switzerland and concluded in March 1972 in France. Gustav Thöni of Italy won his second of three consecutive overall titles. Annemarie Pröll of Austria won the women's overall title, her second of five consecutive.

A break in the schedule in February was for the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan. Prior to the Olympics, International Olympic Committee head Avery Brundage succeeded in having two-time men's overall World Cup champion Karl Schranz reclassified as a professional and therefore ineligible for the Olympics.[1] Schranz retired from amateur competition immediately thereafter and joined the professional skiing tour in 1973.

The controversy over "professionalism" (based on endorsements, manufacturers' fees, et cetera) continued for two more seasons, and served to limit both participation and the number of events on the World Cup circuit. Prior to the 1975 season, Brundage's successor Lord Killanin led an effort that changed the rule to permit such payments to be made to national associations, which generally eliminated such disputes.

Calendar

Men

+ Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom[2] DatePlaceWinnerSecondThird
112 1 5 December 1971   DH 030     Walter Tresch
113 2 9 December 1971   GS 039  Henri Duvillard
114 3 12 December 1971   DH 031     Michael Dätwyler
115 4 19 December 1971   SL 045  Harald Rofner
116 5 9 January 1972   SL 046  Andrzej Bachleda
117 6 10 January 1972   GS 040     Walter Tresch
118 7 14 January 1972   DH 032     Bernhard Russi
119 8 15 January 1972   DH 033  Heinrich Messner
120 9 16 January 1972   SL 047 
121 10 23 January 1972   SL 048  Bob Cochran
122 11 24 January 1972   GS 041  Gustav Thöni
1972 Winter Olympics (5–13 February)
123 12 18 February 1972   GS 042  Helmuth Schmalzl
124 13 19 February 1972   SL 049  Gustav Thöni
125 14 25 February 1972   DH 034     Jean-Daniel Dätwyler
126 15 26 February 1972   DH 035     Jean-Daniel Dätwyler
127 16 2 March 1972   GS 043  David Zwilling
4 March 1972   SL cnx  align=center colspan=3Cancelled: warm temperatures[3]
128 17 15 March 1972   DH 036  Mike Lafferty
129 18 16 March 1972   GS 044  Roland Thöni
130 19 17 March 1972   SL 050  Andrzej Bachleda
131 20 18 March 1972   SL 051     Edmund Bruggmann
132 21 19 March 1972   GS 045  Roger Rossat-Mignod
Note:For the first time, the Olympic events no longer counted in the World Cup standings.

Ladies

+ Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom[4] DatePlaceWinnerSecondThird
110 1 3 December 1971   DH 026  Jacqueline Rouvier
111 2 11 December 1971   DH 027  Françoise Macchi
112 3 17 December 1971   DH 028  Françoise Macchi
113 4 18 December 1971   SL 048  Monika Kaserer
114 5 3 January 1972   GS 038  Marilyn Cochran
115 6 4 January 1972   SL 049  Danièle Debernard
116 7 7 January 1972   GS 039  Annemarie Pröll
117 8 12 January 1972   DH 029  Isabelle Mir
118 9 13 January 1972   SL 050 
119 10 18 January 1972   DH 030  Isabelle Mir
120 11 19 January 1972   SL 051  Barbara Ann Cochran
121 12 22 January 1972   GS 040  Marie-Theres Nadig
1972 Winter Olympics (5–13 February)
122 13 18 February 1972   SL 052  Florence Steurer
123 14 19 February 1972   GS 041  Monika Kaserer
124 15 25 February 1972   DH 031 
125 16 26 February 1972   DH 032  Marie-Theres Nadig
126 17 1 March 1972   GS 042  Britt Lafforgue
127 18 3 March 1972   SL 053  Marilyn Cochran
128 19 17 March 1972   SL 054  Rosi Mittermaier
129 20 18 March 1972   GS 043  Marie-Theres Nadig
130 21 18 March 1972   GS 044  Monika Kaserer
Note: for the first time, the Olympic events no longer counted in the World Cup standings.

Men

Overall

In men's overall World Cup 1971/72 the best five downhills, best five giant slaloms and best five slaloms count. Four racers had a point deduction. Gustav Thöni won the cup with only one win!

width=35Place!width=170Name!width=120Country!width=50Total !width=40DH !width=40GS !width=40SL
1 154 4 84 66
2 142 43 49 50
3 140 0 78 62
4 125 0 24 101
5 114 110 4 0
6 109 0 28 81
7 93 3 15 75
8 83 83 0 0
9 63 63 0 0
10 61 61 0 0
11 55 0 55 0
12 50 0 50 0
13 49 19 26 4
14 47 47 0 0
15 46 0 18 28
46 0 38 8

Downhill

In men's downhill World Cup 1971/72 the best 5 results count. One racer had a point deduction, which is given in .

width=35Place!width=170Name!width=120Country!width=50Total !width=401 !width=403 !width=407 !width=408 !width=4014 !width=4015 !width=4017
1 110 25 - 15 (11) 25 20 25
2 83 8 25 25 25 - - -
3 63 - 6 11 - 20 11 15
4 61 20 20 - 15 - - 6
5 47 4 2 - - 8 25 8
6 43 - 3 20 20 - - -
7 39 1 8 - - 15 15 -
39 - 1 - 8 11 8 11
9 37 11 15 - - 6 3 2
10 32 3 - - - 3 6 20

Giant slalom

In men's giant slalom World Cup 1970/71 the best 5 results count. One racer had a point deduction, which is given in . Gustav Thöni won the cup with only one win. He won his third Giant slalom World Cup in a row!

width=35Place!width=170Name!width=120Country!width=50Total !width=401 !width=406 !width=4011 !width=4012 !width=4016 !width=4018 !width=4021
1 84 - 20 15 - 25 4 20
2 78 - (2) 11 6 11 25 25
3 55 1 25 6 8 - - 15
4 50 25 - - 25 - - -
5 49 15 - - - 20 3 11
6 38 - 4 - - 15 11 8
7 30 - 11 11 - 2 - 6
8 28 - - - 20 8 - -
28 - - 20 2 6 - -
28 11 8 2 - 3 - 4

Slalom

In men's slalom World Cup 1971/72 the best 5 results count. Three racers had a point deduction, which are given in .

width=35Place!width=170Name!width=120Country!width=50Total !width=404 !width=405 !width=409 !width=4010 !width=4013 !width=4019 !width=4020
1 101 20 - 25 25 20 11 (1)
2 81 (3) 15 15 11 25 15 -
3 75 11 - 6 8 - 25 25
4 66 8 - - 20 15 3 20
5 62 (2) 11 20 - 8 8 15
6 50 6 25 8 - - - 11
7 28 - 8 - - - 20 -
8 25 25 - - - - - -
9 24 - 3 11 - 4 6 -
10 20 - 20 - - - - -

Ladies

Overall

In women's overall World Cup 1971/72 the best five downhills, best five giant slaloms and best five slaloms count. Three racers had a point deduction. Annemarie Pröll won eight races and was only unable to score points in four slaloms.

width=35Place!width=170Name!width=120Country!width=50Total !width=40DH !width=40GS !width=40SL
1 269 125 115 29
2 187 67 50 70
3 128 0 52 76
4 120 7 76 37
5 111 71 37 3
6 110 12 32 66
7 102 76 22 4
8 96 0 26 70
9 90 0 28 62
10 89 63 11 15
11 70 12 27 31
12 67 0 10 57
67 1 44 22
14 60 60 0 0
15 29 0 0 29

Downhill

In women's downhill World Cup 1971/72 the best 5 results count. Three racers had a point deduction, which are given in . Annemarie Pröll won the cup with maximum points.

width=35Place!width=170Name!width=120Country!width=50Total !width=401 !width=402 !width=403 !width=408 !width=4010 !width=4015 !width=4016
1 125 25 (20) 25 25 25 25 (20)
2 76 - 11 - 20 - 20 25
3 71 (6) 8 8 (8) 20 20 15
4 67 20 15 15 6 11 - -
5 63 11 (4) 11 15 15 (8) 11
6 60 15 25 20 - - - -
7 15 - - - 1 3 3 8
8 14 - - - - - 11 3
9 13 - 2 3 - 8 - -
10 12 4 - 6 2 - - -
12 - - - 11 - - 1

Giant slalom

In women's giant slalom World Cup 1971/72 the best 5 results count. Only Annemarie Pröll had a point deduction, which is given in . She won the cup by winning three races. All other events were won by French athletes.

width=35Place!width=170Name!width=120Country!width=50Total !width=405 !width=407 !width=4012 !width=4014 !width=4017 !width=4020 !width=4021
1 115 20 (15) 25 25 25 (3) 20
2 76 - 6 20 15 - 20 15
3 52 - - - 1 15 11 25
4 50 25 25 - - - - -
5 44 15 - 6 - 11 6 6
6 37 - 3 15 - - 15 4
7 32 - - 4 - 20 - 8
8 28 - - - - - 25 3
9 27 3 20 - 3 - - 1
10 26 - 1 8 11 4 2 -

Slalom

In women's slalom World Cup 1971/72 the best 5 results count. No racer had a point deduction. Britt Lafforgue won the cup with only four results.

width=35Place!width=170Name!width=120Country!width=50Total !width=404 !width=406 !width=409 !width=4011 !width=4013 !width=4018 !width=4019
1 76 - - 25 25 25 - 1
2 70 25 25 20 - - - -
70 - 11 - 8 15 25 11
4 66 20 20 - - 11 - 15
5 62 - 15 11 11 - - 25
6 57 - 3 8 15 20 11 -
7 37 15 2 - 20 - - -
8 31 11 - - - - 20 -
9 29 - - - 3 - 6 20
29 - 8 15 - - - 6

Nations Cup

Overall

width=35Place!width=170Country!width=60Total !width=50Men !width=50Ladies
1 1159 376 783
2 900 297 603
3 689 549 140
4 333 125 208
5 326 151 175
6 308 307 1
7 112 112 0
8 66 2 64
9 58 52 6
10 37 23 14
11 9 9 0
12 6 0 6
13 1 0 1

Men

width=35Place!width=170Country !width=60Total !width=50DH !width=50GS !width=50SL !width=50Racers !width=50Wins
1 549 295 170 84 13 6
2 376 44 146 186 6 4
3 307 12 129 166 8 3
4 297 184 79 34 10 3
5 151 47 61 43 6 1
6 125 74 6 45 6 1
7 112 0 28 84 1 1
8 52 0 50 2 2 2
9 23 0 0 23 2 0
10 9 9 0 0 1 0
11 2 2 0 0 1 0

Ladies

width=35Place!width=170Country !width=60Total !width=50DH !width=50GS !width=50SL !width=50Racers !width=50Wins
1 783 218 212 353 11 12
2 603 270 247 86 8 9
3 208 27 76 105 9 0
4 175 20 55 100 4 0
5 140 99 38 3 3 0
6 64 30 34 0 5 0
7 14 0 2 12 1 0
8 6 6 0 0 1 0
6 0 0 6 1 0
10 1 0 1 0 1 0
1 0 1 0 1 0

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Skier's Notebook:Olympic Amateur Rules Are Changed . Fry . John . . January 1975 . 2016-02-16.
  2. Web site: FIS: Alpine World Cup 1972 men's schedule . 24 September 2018 . .
  3. News: Men's Slalom in World Cup ski cancelled . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). UPI . March 5, 1972 . 2B.
  4. Web site: FIS: Alpine World Cup 1972 ladies' schedule . 24 September 2018 . .

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