1972–73 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup explained

FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 1972/73
Competition1:Overall
Competition1men: Gustav Thöni
Competition1ladies: Annemarie Pröll
Competition2:Downhill
Competition2men: Roland Collombin
Competition2ladies: Annemarie Pröll
Competition4:Giant slalom
Competition4men: Hansi Hinterseer
Competition4ladies: Monika Kaserer
Competition5:Slalom
Competition5men: Gustav Thöni
Competition5ladies: Patricia Emonet
Competition6:Nations Cup
Competition6men: Austria
Competition6ladies: Austria
Mixedcompetition1:Nations Cup overall
Mixedcompetition1both: Austria
Menlocations:15
Ladieslocations:15
Menindividual:24
Ladiesindividual:24
Previous:1971/72
Next:1973/74

The 7th World Cup season began in December 1972 in France and concluded in March 1973 in the United States. Gustav Thöni of Italy won his third consecutive overall title and Annemarie Pröll of Austria won the women's overall title, her third of five consecutive.

Calendar

Men

+ Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom[1] DatePlaceWinnerSecondThird
133 1 8 December 1972   GS 046  Helmuth Schmalzl
134 2 10 December 1972   DH 037  Marcello Varallo
135 3 15 December 1972   DH 038  David Zwilling
136 4 17 December 1972   SL 052  Christian Neureuther
137 5 19 December 1972   GS 047  Helmuth Schmalzl
138 6 6 January 1973   DH 039 
139 7 7 January 1973   DH 040  Bernhard Russi
140 8 13 January 1973   DH 041  Reinhard Tritscher
141 9 14 January 1973   SL 053 
142 10 15 January 1973   GS 048  Erik Håker
143 11 19 January 1973   GS 049  Gustav Thöni
144 12 21 January 1973   SL 054  Walter Tresch
145 13 27 January 1973   DH 042  Bob Cochran
146 14 28 January 1973   SL 055  Andrzej Bachleda
147 15 3 February 1973   DH 043  Philippe Roux
148 16 4 February 1973   SL 056 
149 17 11 February 1973   DH 044  Franz Klammer
150 18 2 March 1973   GS 050  Franz Klammer
151 19 4 March 1973   SL 057  Christian Neureuther
152 20 8 March 1973   GS 051  Josef Pechtl
153 21 12 March 1973   GS 052  Adolf Rösti
154 22 15 March 1973   SL 058  Ilario Pegorari
155 23 23 March 1973   SL 059  Tino Pietrogiovanna
156 24 24 March 1973  GS 053  Jean-Noël Augert

Ladies

+ Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom[2] DatePlaceWinnerSecondThird
131 1 7 December 1972   DH 033  Irmgard Lukasser
132 2 9 December 1972   SL 055  Odile Chalvin Patricia Emonet
133 3 19 December 1972   DH 034  Brigitte Totschnig
134 4 20 December 1972   GS 045  Hanni Wenzel
135 5 2 January 1973   SL 056  Rosi Mittermaier
136 6 9 January 1973   DH 035  Irmgard Lukasser
137 7 10 January 1973   DH 036 
138 8 16 January 1973   DH 037  Brigitte Totschnig
139 9 17 January 1973   SL 057 
140 10 20 January 1973   GS 046  Jacqueline Rouvier
141 11 21 January 1973   GS 047  Marilyn Cochran
142 12 25 January 1973   DH 038  Jacqueline Rouvier
143 13 26 January 1973   SL 058  Monika Kaserer
144 14 1 February 1973   DH 039  Ingrid Gfölner
145 15 2 February 1973   SL 059  Conchita Puig
146 16 10 February 1973   DH 040  Wiltrud Drexel
147 17 11 February 1973   GS 048  Sandra Poulsen
148 18 2 March 1973   GS 049  Marie-Theres Nadig
149 19 3 March 1973   SL 060  Britt Lafforgue
150 20 7 March 1973   GS 050  Kathy Kreiner
151 21 13 March 1973   SL 061  Barbara Cochran
152 22 15 March 1973   GS 051 
153 23 22 March 1973   SL 062  Christa Zechmeister
154 24 23 March 1973   GS 052  Christine Rolland

Men

Overall

The Men's overall World Cup 1972/73 was divided into three periods. From the first 5 races the best 3 results count, from the next 9 races (Race No 6 to No 14) the best 5 results count and from the last 10 races the best 6 results count. Two racers had a point deduction. Gustav Thöni won his third Overall World Cup in a row!

width=35Place!width=170Name!width=120Country!width=50Total
1 166
2 151
3 131
4 120
120
6 106
7 104
8 93
93
10 91
11 90
12 74
13 72
14 65
15 64

Downhill

In men's downhill World Cup 1972/73 the best 5 results count. Three racers had a point deduction, which are given in .

width=35Place!width=170Name!width=120Country!width=50Total !width=402 !width=403 !width=406 !width=407 !width=408 !width=4013 !width=4015 !width=4017
1 120 (11) 25 25 25 20 25 - -
2 96 (6) (4) 11 15 25 20 25 -
3 64 15 1 20 20 - 8 - -
4 62 - 8 - - 8 11 20 15
62 20 15 8 8 (6) - (8) 11
6 53 8 20 - 11 11 - 3 -
7 49 25 3 - - 15 - - 6
8 44 1 - 20 - 2 6 15 -
9 36 6 - 4 - - 15 11 -
10 29 - - - - 4 - - 25

Giant slalom

In men's giant slalom World Cup 1972/73 the best 5 results count. One racers had a point deduction, which is given in . In every race there was a different winner!

width=35Place!width=170Name!width=120Country!width=50Total !width=401 !width=405 !width=4010 !width=4011 !width=4018 !width=4020 !width=4021 !width=4024
1 105 (6) - 20 20 20 25 20 (6)
2 71 20 - 15 - - 11 25 -
3 66 - 20 - - 11 20 15 -
4 55 25 - - 8 8 3 11 -
55 4 - 25 15 - - - 11
6 49 - 25 - 11 - 2 8 3
7 48 15 15 11 1 - - 6 -
8 46 - 11 8 25 - - 2 -
9 31 - 8 4 - 15 - 4 -
10 26 1 - - - 25 - - -
11 25 - - - - - - - 25

Slalom

In men's slalom World Cup 1972/73 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=409 !width=4012 !width=4014 !width=4016 !width=4019 !width=4022 !width=4023
1 110 20 - 20 20 25 25 - (1)
2 105 15 25 25 - 20 (15) 20 -
3 86 - - - 25 11 - 25 25
4 57 3 20 15 8 (3) 11 - -
5 38 - - - - 1 20 15 2
6 36 25 - - 11 - - - -
36 - 11 6 - 15 - - 4
8 33 2 - 11 - 8 6 - 6
9 32 11 - 1 - - - - 20
10 29 6 6 - - 2 - - 15

Ladies

Overall

The Women's overall World Cup 1972/73 was most likely also divided into periods.

width=35Place!width=170Name!width=120Country!width=50Total
1 297
2 223
3 163
4 131
5 112
6 106
7 103
8 84
9 83
10 65
11 64
64
13 60
14 57
57

Downhill

In women's downhill World Cup 1972/73 the best 5 results counted. Five racers had a point deduction, which are given in . Annemarie Pröll won all competitions and won the cup with maximum points. She won her third Downhill World Cup in a row. The Austrians won 21 out of 24 available podium-places. Only Jacqueline Rouvier from France was able to climb on the podium with them three times.

width=35Place!width=170Name!width=120Country!width=50Total !width=401 !width=403 !width=406 !width=407 !width=408 !width=4012 !width=4014 !width=4016
1 125 25 25 25 25 25 (25) (25) (25)
2 86 11 - - - 20 20 20 15
3 72 20 20 - (1) (4) 15 6 11
4 72 - - (1) 15 6 11 15 20
5 61 15 3 15 20 - - 8 -
6 45 8 15 3 - 15 - 4 (1)
7 30 6 6 6 4 - 8 (3) (4)
8 28 - - 20 8 - - - -
9 23 - 4 2 6 8 3 - -
10 22 - 11 11 - - - - -

Giant slalom

In women's giant slalom World Cup 1972/73 the best 5 results count. Five racers had a point deduction, which are given in .

width=35Place!width=170Name!width=120Country!width=50Total !width=404 !width=4010 !width=4011 !width=4017 !width=4018 !width=4020 !width=4022 !width=4024
1 110 20 20 25 25 (4) 20 (6) (20)
2 94 25 25 (3) (3) 25 - 15 4
3 53 15 11 8 8 - 11 - (1)
4 52 11 - 4 - 6 6 (1) 25
5 51 - - - 6 20 25 - -
6 46 - 1 20 20 3 2 - -
7 44 - - 15 - - 4 25 -
8 40 - 8 2 11 (1) 8 11 -
9 26 - 15 11 - - - - -
26 - 4 6 - 15 1 - -

Slalom

In women's slalom World Cup 1972/73 the best 5 results count. Three racers a had point deduction, which are given in .

width=35Place!width=170Name!width=120Country!width=50Total !width=402 !width=405 !width=409 !width=4013 !width=4015 !width=4019 !width=4021 !width=4023
1 110 15 25 - (1) 20 25 - 25
2 80 - 15 20 20 25 - - -
3 67 8 - 25 15 - - 8 11
4 56 11 - - - - 20 25 -
56 25 20 - - 8 - - 3
6 49 3 11 11 - - (3) 20 4
7 40 2 - - 8 (2) 11 11 8
8 39 6 6 15 - 6 - 6 -
9 36 - - - 25 11 - - -
10 33 - - 8 2 - 8 15 -
33 - 4 - - 3 6 - 20

Nations Cup

Overall

width=35Place!width=170Country!width=60Total !width=50Men !width=50Ladies
1 1554 642 912
2 721 235 486
3 586 450 136
4 556 517 39
5 478 183 295
6 255 108 147
7 114 11 103
114 2 112
9 97 72 25
10 54 54 -
11 32 13 19
12 5 0 5
13 1 0 1
1 1 0

Men

width=35Place!width=170Country !width=60Total !width=50DH !width=50GS !width=50SL !width=50Racers !width=50Wins
1 642 319 257 66 17 4
2 517 90 185 242 13 5
3 450 294 85 71 8 6
4 235 13 75 147 4 4
5 183 0 38 145 5 3
6 108 48 25 35 5 1
7 72 1 71 0 1 1
8 54 0 11 43 2 0
9 13 0 2 11 1 0
10 11 0 11 0 1 0
11 2 2 0 0 1 0
12 1 0 0 1 1 0

Ladies

width=35Place!width=170Country !width=60Total !width=50DH !width=50GS !width=50SL !width=50Racers !width=50Wins
1 912 549 283 80 12 14
2 486 89 109 288 8 5
3 295 32 98 165 5 2
4 147 10 65 72 4 2
5 136 43 87 6 6 1
6 112 6 54 52 1 0
7 103 20 37 46 3 0
8 39 10 23 6 3 0
9 25 0 0 25 1 0
10 19 0 0 19 1 0
11 5 0 4 1 1 0
12 1 1 0 0 1 0

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FIS: Alpine World Cup 1973 men's schedule . 24 September 2018 . .
  2. Web site: FIS: Alpine World Cup 1973 ladies' schedule . 24 September 2018 . .

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