1973–74 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup explained

FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 1973/74
Competition1:Overall
Competition1men: Piero Gros
Competition1ladies: Annemarie Pröll
Competition2:Downhill
Competition2men: Roland Collombin
Competition2ladies: Annemarie Pröll
Competition4:Giant slalom
Competition4men: Piero Gros
Competition4ladies: Hanni Wenzel
Competition5:Slalom
Competition5men: Gustav Thöni
Competition5ladies: Christa Zechmeister
Competition6:Nations Cup
Competition6men: Italy
Competition6ladies: Austria
Mixedcompetition1:Nations Cup overall
Mixedcompetition1both: Austria
Menlocations:15
Ladieslocations:9
Menindividual:21
Ladiesindividual:17
Previous:1972/73
Next:1974/75

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.

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

Men

+ Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom[1] DatePlaceWinnerSecondThird
157 1 8 December 1973   GS 054  Piero Gros
158 2 10 December 1973   DH 045  Franz Klammer
159 3 16 December 1973   GS 055  Hansi Hinterseer
160 4 17 December 1973   SL 060  Christian Neureuther
161 5 18 December 1973   DH 046  Peter Feyersinger
Manfred Grabler
Josef Walcher
162 6 22 December 1973   DH 047  Bernhard Russi
163 7 5 January 1974   SL 061  Hansjorg Schlager
164 8 6 January 1974   DH 048  Herbert Plank
165 9 7 January 1974   GS 056 
166 10 12 January 1974   DH 049  Philippe Roux
167 11 13 January 1974   GS 057  Gustav Thöni
168 12 19 January 1974  DH 050  Herbert Plank
169 13 20 January 1974   SL 062  David Zwilling
170 14 21 January 1974   GS 058  Hansi Hinterseer
171 15 26 January 1974   DH 051 
172 16 27 January 1974   SL 063  Gustav Thöni
FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1974 (3–10 February)
173 17 2 March 1974   GS 059  Ingemar Stenmark
174 18 3 March 1974   SL 064  Johann Kniewasser
175 19 6 March 1974   SL 065  Hansi Hinterseer
176 20 9 March 1974   GS 060  Hansi Hinterseer
177 21 10 March 1974   SL 066  Francisco Fernández Ochoa

Ladies

+ Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom[2] DatePlaceWinnerSecondThird
155 1 6 December 1973   DH 041  Wiltrud Drexel
156 2 7 December 1973   SL 063  Marilyn Cochran
157 3 19 December 1973   DH 042  Marie-Theres Nadig
158 4 20 December 1973   GS 053  Traudl Treichl
159 5 5 January 1974   DH 043  Betsy Clifford
160 6 6 January 1974   GS 054  Fabienne Serrat
161 7 8 January 1974   SL 064  Annemarie Pröll
162 8 9 January 1974   GS 055  Hanni Wenzel
163 9 13 January 1974   DH 044  Marie-Theres Nadig
164 10 14 January 1974   GS 056  Christa Zechmeister
165 11 16 January 1974   SL 065  Rosi Mittermaier
166 12 23 January 1974   DH 045  Wiltrud Drexel
167 13 24 January 1974   SL 066  Monika Kaserer
168 14 25 January 1974   GS 057  Rosi Mittermaier
FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1974 (3–10 February)
169 15 27 February 1974   SL 067  Fabienne Serrat
170 16 7 March 1974   GS 058  Lise-Marie Morerod
171 17 8 March 1974   SL 068  Hanni Wenzel

Men

Overall

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.

width=35Place!width=170Name!width=120Country!width=50Total
1 181
2 165
3 162
4 140
5 125
6 73
7 67
8 66
66
10 65
11 62
62
13 49
14 46
15 42
42

Downhill

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.

width=35Place!width=170Name!width=120Country!width=50Total !width=402 !width=405 !width=406 !width=408 !width=4010 !width=4012 !width=4015
1 120 - 20 (20) 25 25 25 25
2 100 15 - 25 20 20 20 (8)
3 66 25 - - 15 - 15 11
4 40 2 - 15 4 8 11 -
40 20 6 2 8 - 4 (2)
6 37 8 25 - - 4 - -
7 36 11 - 6 11 - 8 -
8 30 1 - - 6 - 3 20
9 26 4 2 8 - 6 6 -
10 25 - - 3 - 2 - 20

Giant slalom

In men's giant slalom World Cup 1973/74 the best 5 results count. Four racers a had point deduction, which are given in .

width=35Place!width=170Name!width=120Country!width=50Total !width=401 !width=403 !width=409 !width=4011 !width=4014 !width=4017 !width=4020
1 110 15 (8) 25 25 20 (11) 25
2 95 25 15 - 20 15 20 (15)
3 85 - - 20 15 25 25 -
4 55 20 (4) 11 8 8 (6) 8
5 48 - - 15 11 11 - 11
6 37 - 2 - - - 15 20
7 Hubert Berchtold 25 - 25 - - - - -
8 21 (2) - 4 3 6 4 4
9 20 - 20 - - - - -
10 17 - 11 3 - - 3 -
17 3 - 6 - - 2 6

Slalom

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.

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1 80 - 20 - 15 - 20 25
2 65 15 25 25 - - - -
3 63 20 - - 20 15 8 -
4 61 25 2 - - 25 1 8
5 56 6 6 - 25 4 15 -
6 51 - - - - 20 11 20
7 47 11 8 20 - 8 - -
8 46 - - 6 - - 25 15
9 26 - 11 15 - - - -
10 20 - 15 - - - 2 3

Ladies

Overall

The Women's overall World Cup 1973/74 was most likely also divided into periods.

width=35Place!width=170Name!width=120Country!width=50Total
1 268
2 153
3 144
4 129
5 127
6 123
7 116
8 77
9 72
10 70

Downhill

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).

width=35Place!width=170Name!width=120Country!width=50Total !width=401 !width=403 !width=405 !width=409 !width=4012
1 120 25 25 25 20 25
2 72 11 15 11 15 20
3 70 15 20 20 - 15
4 35 - - 6 25 4
5 34 20 8 - - 6
6 32 3 6 4 11 8
7 25 6 3 15 - 1
8 20 8 - 8 4 -
9 14 - 11 3 - -
10 12 - - - 1 11

Giant slalom

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.

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1 71 25 - 15 20 - 11
2 68 11 15 6 11 25 (2)
3 60 - - 2 25 8 25
4 55 - 20 - - 20 15
5 44 15 11 11 - 6 1
6 41 8 - 25 - - 8
7 35 - 3 - 1 11 20
8 31 6 25 - - - -
9 28 20 - - 8 - -
10 26 1 6 - 15 4 -

Slalom

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!

width=35Place!width=170Name!width=120Country!width=50Total !width=402 !width=407 !width=4011 !width=4013 !width=4015 !width=4017
1 103 25 25 25 25 3 -
2 87 11 (1) 15 11 25 25
3 63 - 8 20 20 15 -
4 49 20 2 6 - 6 15
5 41 - 15 - 6 20 -
6 32 4 4 1 15 8 -
7 26 1 6 11 8 - -
8 23 - 20 3 - - -
9 22 - - - - 11 11
10 20 - - - - - 20

Nations Cup

Overall

width=35Place!width=170Country!width=60Total !width=50Men !width=50Ladies
1 1132 650 482
2 751 690 61
3 478 280 198
4 427 124 303
5 237 9 228
6 168 26 142
7 125 3 122
8 104 25 79
9 88 88 0
10 46 46 0
11 34 34 19
12 19 17 2
13 17 17 0
14 3 3 0

Men

width=35Place!width=170Country !width=60Total !width=50DH !width=50GS !width=50SL !width=50Racers !width=50Wins
1 690 144 337 209 12 9
2 650 287 201 162 15 5
3 280 208 41 31 10 4
4 124 3 15 106 8 2
5 88 0 37 51 1 0
6 46 0 0 46 1 1
7 34 0 0 34 3 0
8 26 8 0 18 3 0
9 25 14 11 0 1 0
10 17 17 0 0 1 0
17 0 17 0 1 0
12 9 0 3 6 4 0
13 3 0 0 3 1 0
3 0 3 0 1 0

Ladies

width=35Place!width=170Country !width=60Total !width=50DH !width=50GS !width=50SL !width=50Racers !width=50Wins
1 482 269 125 88 10 6
2 303 16 88 199 4 6
3 228 37 94 97 8 1
4 198 74 87 37 4 0
5 142 35 28 79 6 1
6 122 2 71 49 1 1
7 79 29 31 19 4 1
8 61 14 47 0 2 1
9 2 0 0 2 1 0

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FIS: Alpine World Cup 1974 men's schedule . 24 September 2018 . .
  2. Web site: FIS: Alpine World Cup 1974 ladies' schedule . 24 September 2018 . .

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