1978–79 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup explained

FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 1978/79
Competition1:Overall
Competition1men: Peter Lüscher
Competition1ladies: Annemarie Moser-Pröll
Competition2:Downhill
Competition2men: Peter Müller
Competition2ladies: Annemarie Moser-Pröll
Competition3:Giant slalom
Competition3men: Ingemar Stenmark
Competition3ladies: Christa Kinshofer
Competition4:Slalom
Competition4men: Ingemar Stenmark
Competition4ladies: Regina Sackl
Competition5:Nations Cup
Competition5men: Austria
Competition5ladies: Austria
Mixedcompetition1:Nations Cup overall
Mixedcompetition1both: Austria
Menlocations:18
Ladieslocations:14
Menindividual:33
Ladiesindividual:26
Previous:1977/78
Next:1979/80

The 13th World Cup season began in December 1978 in Austria and concluded in March 1979 in Japan.

The overall winners were Peter Lüscher of Switzerland, his first overall win, and Annemarie Moser-Pröll of Austria, her sixth (which remained the record until 2017–18, when Austria's Marcel Hirscher won his seventh overall title). Although Ingemar Stenmark did not win the overall title due to restrictions on the number of races that counted for overall championship points, he won 13 races during the season (including the last four in a row and six of the last seven) to break Jean-Claude Killy's record of 12 race wins during the inaugural season of the World Cup, which (as of 2018) still stands as the record for most wins by a male skier in a World Cup season.

The World Cup race scoring system, which had remained unchanged since the start of the World Cup in 1967 as a "Top 10" points system (ranging from 25 points for first, 20 for second, 15 for third, and down to 1 point for tenth), was amended this season for the final two downhills and the final three giant slaloms and slaloms to a "Top 25" system (ranging from 25 points for first to 1 point for 25th). This system was abandoned after the end of the season, and a new "Top 15" system was introduced beginning in 1980.

Calendar

Men

+ Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom, KB – Combined, PS – Parallel slalom (Nations Cup ranking only)[1] DatePlaceWinnerSecondThird
285 1 9 December 1978   GS 092  Leonardo David
286 2 10 December 1978   DH 087  Vladimir Makeev
287 3 10 December 1978   KB 010  Andreas Wenzel
288 4 13 December 1978   SL 098  Christian Neureuther
Nations Cup 14 December 1978   PS ncr  Karl Trojer
289 5 16 December 1978   DH 088 
290 6 17 December 1978   DH 089  Ken Read
291 7 21 December 1978   SL 099  Leonardo David
292 8 22 December 1978   GS 093  Bojan Križaj
293 9 6 January 1979   DH 090  Uli Spieß
294 10 7 January 1979   GS 094  Bojan Križaj
295 11 9 January 1979   SL 100  Karl Trojer
296 12 14 January 1979   DH 091  Ken Read
297 13 15 January 1979   SL 101 
298 14 15 January 1979   KB 011  Piero Gros
299 15 16 January 1979   GS 095  Jacques Lüthy
300 16 20 January 1979   DH 092  Uli Spieß
301 17 21 January 1979   SL 102  Phil Mahre
302 18 21 January 1979   KB 012  Peter Lüscher
303 19 23 January 1979  GS 096  Andreas Wenzel
304 20 27 January 1979   DH 093  Herbert Plank
305 21 28 January 1979   SL 103  Petar Popangelov
306 22 28 January 1979   KB 013  Andreas Wenzel
307 23 1 February 1979   DH 094  Werner Grissmann
308 24 4 February 1979  GS 097  Heini Hemmi
309 25 5 February 1979   SL 104  Ingemar Stenmark
310 26 7 February 1979  SL 105  Phil Mahre
311 27 10 February 1979   GS 098  Jacques Lüthy
312 28 11 February 1979  SL 106  Gustav Thöni
313 29 3 March 1979   DH 095  Dave Murray
314 30 4 March 1979  GS 099  Peter Lüscher
315 31 12 March 1979  GS 100  Hans Enn
316 32 17 March 1979   SL 107  Paul Frommelt
317 33 19 March 1979  GS 101  Jean-Luc Fournier

Ladies

+ Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom, KB – Combined[2] DatePlaceWinnerSecondThird
2731 9 December 1978  DH
274 2 10 December 1978   SL 099  Claudia Giordani
Tamara McKinney
275 3 12 December 1978   GS 090  Irene Epple
276 4 17 December 1978   DH 077  Bernadette Zurbriggen
277 5 18 December 1978   GS 091  Marie-Theres Nadig
278 6 18 December 1978   KB 010  Hanni Wenzel
279 7 7 January 1979   GS 092  Regina Sackl
280 8 8 January 1979   SL 100  Annemarie Moser-Pröll
281 9 12 January 1979   DH 078  Marie-Theres Nadig
282 10 17 January 1979   DH 079  Bernadette Zurbriggen
283 11 19 January 1979   SL 101  Marie Kurz-Schlechter
284 12 19 January 1979   KB 011  Hanni Wenzel
285 13 23 January 1979   SL 102  Annemarie Moser-Pröll
286 14 26 January 1979   DH 080  Irene Epple
287 15 26 January 1979   KB 012  Hanni Wenzel
288 16 27 January 1979   SL 103  Perrine Pelen
289 17 3 February 1979   SL 104  Regina Sackl
290 18 4 February 1979   DH 081  Irene Epple
291 19 4 February 1979   KB 013  Cindy Nelson
292 20 6 February 1979   GS 093  Annemarie Moser-Pröll
293 21 8 February 1979   SL 105  Maria Rosa Quario
294 22 2 March 1979   DH 082  Bernadette Zurbriggen
295 23 8 March 1979   GS 094 
296 24 11 March 1979   GS 095 
297 25 18 March 1979   SL 106  Annemarie Moser-Pröll
298 26 19 March 1979   GS 096 

Men

Overall

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In men's overall World Cup 1978/79 the best 3 results of each discipline count; best three downhills, best three giant slaloms, best three slaloms and best three combined. 37 racers had a point deduction. Ingemar Stenmark had 260 (!) points deduction and won 13 races.

width=35Place!width=170Name!width=120Country!width=50Total !width=40DH !width=40GS !width=40SL !width=40KB
1 186 0 64 57 65
2 163 57 50 17 39
3 155 0 27 72 56
4 152 0 58 57 37
5 150 0 75 75 0
6 148 0 59 34 55
7 107 10 33 36 28
8 106 0 66 40 0
9 92 0 26 54 12
10 86 0 25 47 14
11 85 0 25 60 0
12 81 0 63 18 0
13 79 0 52 27 0
14 74 0 0 74 0
15 72 70 0 2 0
72 69 2 0 1

Downhill

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In men's downhill World Cup 1978/79 the best 5 results count. Seven racers had a point deduction, which are given in brackets. Peter Müller won the cup with only one win. There were 8 different winners in 9 races. Leonardo David crashed in the race No. 29. He died after being in a coma for nearly six years.

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1 109 - 20 20 (2) 20 - (4) 25 24
2 89 8 (2) 11 - - 20 25 - 25
3 80 - 11 - - 25 2 - 22 20
4 75 - - 4 15 - 15 20 (2) 21
75 25 - 15 - 15 1 - - 19
6 67 - - - - 6 4 11 24 22
7 65 11 (4) - 20 - 8 15 - 11
8 63 - - - 6 11 6 (6) 23 17
63 (1) - - 3 - 25 8 14 13
10 52 20 - 3 - 2 - - 4 23
52 2 (1) - 25 4 3 - - 18
12 41 - - 25 - - - - - 16
13 40 - 25 - - - - - 15 -

Giant slalom

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In men's giant slalom World Cup 1978/79 the best 5 results count. Nine racers had a point deduction, which are given in brackets. Ingemar Stenmark won the cup with maximum points by winning ALL 10 events. He won his fourth Giant slalom World Cup.

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1 125 25 25 25 25 25 (25) (25) (25) (25) (25)
2 104 20 20 20 - (20) - (2) 23 21 (19)
3 96 - 15 15 (6) - 20 - 22 24 (15)
4 86 (2) 11 (8) (11) (11) 15 (8) 21 15 24
5 75 (1) - - 15 (1) 8 15 - 16 21
6 74 - - - 20 15 - - 19 20 -
74 8 8 - (4) - (1) - 16 22 20
8 73 11 (2) 11 (8) - - - 18 10 23
9 70 - - - - 3 - 4 24 23 16
10 69 - - (3) - 8 (2) 11 20 13 17

Slalom

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In men's slalom World Cup 1978/79 the best 5 results count. Six racers had a point deduction, which are given in brackets. Ingemar Stenmark won his fifth Slalom World Cup in a row.

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1 119 - 25 - (15) 20 (11) (15) 24 25 25
2 107 - - (8) (2) 15 20 25 23 24 -
3 97 15 - 25 8 25 - - - - 24
4 96 (11) - 20 - - 15 (3) 19 20 22
5 92 - 20 (3) 25 11 - - - 13 23
6 72 20 - - (3) - 25 4 - 11 12
7 71 6 (4) (6) - (3) 8 - 21 19 17
8 70 4 15 - - 6 - 20 25 - -
9 64 (3) - (1) - 6 4 - 18 23 13
10 63 25 1 11 6 - - - - - 20

Combined

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There was no special discipline world cup for Combined awarded. The best three results only count for the Overall World Cup. However, Peter Lüscher's strong performance in this discipline was the critical factor in his victory in the Overall.

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1 70 15 20 20 15
2 69 25 4 15 25
3 60 11 25 4 20
4 41 4 15 11 11
5 39 20 11 - 8
6 28 - 3 25 -
7 18 8 - 6 4
8 14 - 8 - 6
14 3 - 8 3
10 12 6 6 - -

Ladies

Overall

see complete table

In women's overall World Cup 1978/79 the best 3 results of each discipline count; best three downhills, best three giant slaloms, best three slaloms and best three combined. 25 racers had a point deduction. Annemarie Moser-Pröll won her sixth Overall World Cup - this record is still unbeaten.

width=35Place!width=170Name!width=120Country!width=50Total !width=40DH !width=40GS !width=40SL !width=40KB
1 243 75 40 58 70
2 240 40 71 74 55
3 189 66 70 17 36
4 168 67 43 12 46
5 156 63 68 0 25
6 151 6 61 49 35
7 112 0 39 73 0
8 110 0 75 35 0
9 100 0 32 65 3
10 98 3 23 55 17
11 95 0 29 66 0
12 85 0 31 46 8
13 84 0 19 65 0
14 82 0 28 54 0
15 76 0 43 33 0

Downhill

see complete table

In women's downhill World Cup 1978/79 the best 5 results count. Five racers had a point deduction, which are given in brackets. Annemarie Moser-Pröll won 6 races out of 7 and five races in a row. She won the World Cup with maximum points. Together with the last two downhill races last season 1977/78, she won 7 downhill races in a row. She won her seventh Downhill World Cup - this record is still unbeaten.

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1 125 25 25 25 25 25 - (25)
2 90 - 15 - 15 19 18 23
3 89 (8) 11 15 (6) 22 17 24
4 82 (1) - 11 4 24 25 18
5 81 (4) (1) 8 20 23 23 7
6 67 - 20 20 - 18 9 -
7 64 8 6 (6) 8 21 - 21
8 55 2 3 - 11 - 24 15
9 49 - - - - 9 20 20
10 41 - - - - - 19 22
41 - - - 1 13 15 12
41 - - - - 20 12 9

Giant slalom

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In women's giant slalom World Cup 1978/79 the best 5 results count. Four racers had a point deduction, which are given in brackets. Christa Kinshofer won five races in a row. She won the World Cup with maximum points.

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1 125 - 25 25 25 25 25 (14)
2 112 25 20 (20) (6) 22 24 21
3 105 15 - (1) 20 24 23 23
4 94 20 15 11 (4) 23 - 25
5 65 - - 4 - 21 21 19
6 58 - - - - 19 17 22
7 46 - 3 - - 13 10 20
46 - - - - 14 14 18
9 45 - 6 15 11 - 13 -
10 43 - - - - 20 22 1

Slalom

see complete table

In women's slalom World Cup 1978/79 the best 5 results count. Six racers had a point deduction, which are given in brackets.

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1 105 (1) 25 25 - (8) 23 22 10
2 87 (4) 15 - 15 20 14 - 23
3 84 - 2 - 25 - 22 19 16
4 82 20 20 2 - 15 - - 25
5 81 - (1) - 4 3 25 25 24
81 15 (8) 20 20 (4) 13 - 13
7 69 - 4 - - 25 17 23 -
8 63 (2) 11 3 - 11 24 - 14
9 61 - 6 - 11 1 21 - 22
10 51 6 - (1) 6 - 8 11 20
11 50 - - 4 8 - - 21 17
12 46 - - - 4 - 21 - 21
13 40 25 - - - - 25 - -

Combined

see complete table

There was no special discipline world cup for Combined awarded. The best three results only count for the Overall World Cup.

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1 70 20 25 25 -
70 15 15 15 25
3 57 11 11 20 15
4 36 - 8 8 20
5 35 4 20 - 11
6 25 25 - - -
7 17 - 6 11 -
8 10 6 4 - -
9 8 8 - - -
8 - - - 8

Nations Cup

Overall

width=35Place!width=170Country!width=60Total !width=50Men !width=50Ladies
1 2095 1041 1054
2 1515 944 571
3 1119 711 408
4 1009 369 640
5 996 199 797
6 677 284 393
7 568 110 458
8 505 505 0
9 297 285 12
10 242 72 170
11 209 195 14
12 115 115 0
13 83 55 28
14 65 65 0
15 28 28 0
16 3 0 3
3 3 0
18 1 1 0

Men

width=35Place!width=170Country !width=60Total !width=50DH !width=50GS !width=50SL !width=50KB !width=50Racers !width=50Wins
1 1041 435 277 262 67 18 4
2 944 320 375 179 70 15 6
3 711 162 187 295 67 16 1
4 505 0 296 209 0 5 13
5 369 33 82 178 76 11 2
6 285 0 206 79 0 4 0
7 284 0 81 133 70 3 1
8 199 82 8 105 4 5 3
9 195 190 3 0 2 5 2
10 115 0 5 110 0 1 0
11 110 18 83 9 0 4 0
12 72 0 29 25 18 1 0
13 65 41 0 24 0 4 1
14 55 36 8 9 2 5 0
15 28 0 3 25 0 5 0
16 3 0 0 0 3 1 0
17 1 0 0 0 1 1 0

Ladies

width=35Place!width=170Country !width=60Total !width=50DH !width=50GS !width=50SL !width=50KB !width=50Racers !width=50Wins
1 1054 394 178 401 81 16 11
2 797 240 306 202 49 10 5
3 640 168 257 143 72 12 2
4 571 309 169 61 32 10 2
5 458 127 111 173 47 13 1
6 408 14 83 294 17 7 1
7 393 49 173 96 75 3 4
8 170 38 76 50 6 4 0
9 28 0 3 24 1 2 0
10 14 14 0 0 0 2 0
11 12 0 0 12 0 3 0
12 3 3 0 0 0 1 0

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FIS: Alpine World Cup 1979 men's schedule . 24 September 2018 . .
  2. Web site: FIS: Alpine World Cup 1979 ladies' schedule . 24 September 2018 . .

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