1978–79 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup

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

FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 1978/79
Discipline Men Women
Overall Switzerland Peter Lüscher Austria Annemarie Moser-Pröll
Downhill Switzerland Peter Müller Austria Annemarie Moser-Pröll
Giant slalom Sweden Ingemar Stenmark West Germany Christa Kinshofer
Slalom Sweden Ingemar Stenmark Austria Regina Sackl
Nations Cup Austria Austria Austria Austria
Nations Cup overall Austria Austria
Competition
Locations 18 14
Individual 33 26

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 edit

Men edit

Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom, KB – Combined, PS – Parallel slalom (Nations Cup ranking only)[1]
Race Season Date Place Type Winner Second Third
285 1 9 December 1978     Schladming GS 092    Ingemar Stenmark   Peter Lüscher   Leonardo David
286 2 10 December 1978   DH 087    Ken Read   Dave Murray   Vladimir Makeev
287 3 10 December 1978   KB 010    Peter Lüscher   Leonhard Stock   Andreas Wenzel
288 4 13 December 1978     Madonna di Campiglio SL 098    Martial Donnet   Peter Lüscher   Christian Neureuther
Nations Cup 14 December 1978     Madonna di Campiglio PS ncr    Ingemar Stenmark   Mauro Bernardi   Karl Trojer
289 5 16 December 1978     Val Gardena DH 088    Josef Walcher   Peter Müller   Walter Vesti
290 6 17 December 1978   DH 089    Erik Håker   Peter Müller   Ken Read
291 7 21 December 1978     Kranjska Gora SL 099    Ingemar Stenmark   Paul Frommelt   Leonardo David
292 8 22 December 1978   GS 093    Ingemar Stenmark   Peter Lüscher   Bojan Križaj
293 9 6 January 1979     Morzine DH 090    Steve Podborski   Herbert Plank   Uli Spieß
294 10 7 January 1979     Courchevel GS 094    Ingemar Stenmark   Peter Lüscher   Bojan Križaj
295 11 9 January 1979     Crans-Montana SL 100    Christian Neureuther   Petar Popangelov   Karl Trojer
296 12 14 January 1979   DH 091    Toni Bürgler   Peter Müller   Ken Read
297 13 15 January 1979   SL 101    Paul Frommelt   Andreas Wenzel   Ingemar Stenmark
298 14 15 January 1979   KB 011    Phil Mahre   Andreas Wenzel   Piero Gros
299 15 16 January 1979     Adelboden GS 095    Ingemar Stenmark   Andreas Wenzel   Jacques Lüthy
300 16 20 January 1979     Kitzbühel DH 092    Sepp Ferstl   Peter Wirnsberger   Uli Spieß
301 17 21 January 1979   SL 102    Christian Neureuther   Ingemar Stenmark   Phil Mahre
302 18 21 January 1979   KB 012    Anton Steiner   Andreas Wenzel   Peter Lüscher
303 19 23 January 1979     Steinach GS 096    Ingemar Stenmark   Peter Lüscher   Andreas Wenzel
304 20 27 January 1979     Garmisch DH 093    Peter Wirnsberger   Uli Spieß   Herbert Plank
305 21 28 January 1979   SL 103    Peter Lüscher   Phil Mahre   Petar Popangelov
306 22 28 January 1979   KB 013    Peter Lüscher   Phil Mahre   Andreas Wenzel
307 23 1 February 1979     Villars DH 094    Peter Müller   Leonhard Stock   Werner Grissmann
308 24 4 February 1979     Jasná GS 097    Ingemar Stenmark   Bojan Križaj   Heini Hemmi
309 25 5 February 1979   SL 104    Phil Mahre   Leonardo David   Ingemar Stenmark
310 26 7 February 1979     Oslo SL 105    Leonardo David   Ingemar Stenmark   Phil Mahre
311 27 10 February 1979     Åre GS 098    Ingemar Stenmark   Phil Mahre   Jacques Lüthy
312 28 11 February 1979   SL 106    Ingemar Stenmark   Phil Mahre   Gustav Thöni
313 29 3 March 1979     Lake Placid DH 095    Peter Wirnsberger   Peter Müller   Dave Murray
314 30 4 March 1979   GS 099    Ingemar Stenmark   Hans Enn   Peter Lüscher
315 31 12 March 1979     Heavenly Valley GS 100    Ingemar Stenmark   Bojan Križaj   Hans Enn
316 32 17 March 1979     Furano SL 107    Ingemar Stenmark   Christian Neureuther   Paul Frommelt
317 33 19 March 1979   GS 101    Ingemar Stenmark   Heini Hemmi   Jean-Luc Fournier

Ladies edit

Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom, KB – Combined[2]
Race Season Date Place Type Winner Second Third
273 1 9 December 1978     Piancavallo DH   Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Doris de Agostini   Evelyne Dirren
274 2 10 December 1978   SL 099    Abbi Fisher   Perrine Pelen   Claudia Giordani
  Tamara McKinney
275 3 12 December 1978   GS 090    Hanni Wenzel   Marie-Theres Nadig   Irene Epple
276 4 17 December 1978     Val d'Isère DH 077    Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Evi Mittermaier   Bernadette Zurbriggen
277 5 18 December 1978   GS 091    Christa Kinshofer   Hanni Wenzel   Marie-Theres Nadig
278 6 18 December 1978   KB 010    Marie-Theres Nadig   Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Hanni Wenzel
279 7 7 January 1979     Les Gets GS 092    Christa Kinshofer   Hanni Wenzel   Regina Sackl
280 8 8 January 1979   SL 100    Regina Sackl   Perrine Pelen   Annemarie Moser-Pröll
281 9 12 January 1979     Les Diablerets DH 078    Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Evi Mittermaier   Marie-Theres Nadig
282 10 17 January 1979     Meiringen DH 079    Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Irene Epple   Bernadette Zurbriggen
283 11 19 January 1979   SL 101    Regina Sackl   Claudia Giordani   Marie Kurz-Schlechter
284 12 19 January 1979   KB 011    Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Fabienne Serrat   Hanni Wenzel
285 13 23 January 1979     Schruns SL 102    Lea Solkner   Claudia Giordani   Annemarie Moser-Pröll
286 14 26 January 1979   DH 080    Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Cindy Nelson   Irene Epple
287 15 26 January 1979   KB 012    Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Cindy Nelson   Hanni Wenzel
288 16 27 January 1979     Mellau SL 103    Maria Rosa Quario   Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Perrine Pelen
289 17 3 February 1979     Pfronten SL 104    Hanni Wenzel   Fabienne Serrat   Regina Sackl
290 18 4 February 1979   DH 081    Cindy Nelson   Caroline Attia   Irene Epple
291 19 4 February 1979   KB 013    Hanni Wenzel   Irene Epple   Cindy Nelson
292 20 6 February 1979     Berchtesgaden GS 093    Christa Kinshofer   Irene Epple   Annemarie Moser-Pröll
293 21 8 February 1979     Maribor SL 105    Hanni Wenzel   Christa Kinshofer   Maria Rosa Quario
294 22 2 March 1979     Lake Placid DH 082    Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Marie-Theres Nadig   Bernadette Zurbriggen
295 23 8 March 1979     Aspen GS 094    Christa Kinshofer   Irene Epple   Marie-Theres Nadig
296 24 11 March 1979     Heavenly Valley GS 095    Christa Kinshofer   Hanni Wenzel   Irene Epple
297 25 18 March 1979     Furano SL 106    Perrine Pelen   Hanni Wenzel   Annemarie Moser-Pröll
298 26 19 March 1979   GS 096    Marie-Theres Nadig   Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Irene Epple

Men edit

Overall edit

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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.

Place Name Country Total DH GS SL KB
1 Peter Lüscher    Switzerland 186 0 64 57 65
2 Leonhard Stock   Austria 163 57 50 17 39
3 Phil Mahre   United States 155 0 27 72 56
4 Piero Gros   Italy 152 0 58 57 37
5 Ingemar Stenmark   Sweden 150 0 75 75 0
6 Andreas Wenzel   Liechtenstein 148 0 59 34 55
7 Anton Steiner   Austria 107 10 33 36 28
8 Bojan Križaj   Yugoslavia 106 0 66 40 0
9 Gustav Thöni   Italy 92 0 26 54 12
10 Steve Mahre   United States 86 0 25 47 14
11 Leonardo David   Italy 85 0 25 60 0
12 Hans Enn   Austria 81 0 63 18 0
13 Jacques Lüthy    Switzerland 79 0 52 27 0
14 Christian Neureuther   West Germany 74 0 0 74 0
15 Peter Wirnsberger   Austria 72 70 0 2 0
Peter Müller    Switzerland 72 69 2 0 1

Downhill edit

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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.

Place Name Country Total 2AUT 5ITA 6ITA 9FRA 12SUI 16AUT 20GER 23SUI 29USA
1 Peter Müller    Switzerland 109 - 20 20 (2) 20 - (4) 25 24
2 Peter Wirnsberger   Austria 89 8 (2) 11 - - 20 25 - 25
3 Toni Bürgler    Switzerland 80 - 11 - - 25 2 - 22 20
4 Uli Spieß   Austria 75 - - 4 15 - 15 20 (2) 21
Ken Read   Canada 75 25 - 15 - 15 1 - - 19
6 Leonhard Stock   Austria 67 - - - - 6 4 11 24 22
7 Herbert Plank   Italy 65 11 (4) - 20 - 8 15 - 11
8 Werner Grissmann   Austria 63 - - - 6 11 6 (6) 23 17
Sepp Ferstl   West Germany 63 (1) - - 3 - 25 8 14 13
10 Dave Murray   Canada 52 20 - 3 - 2 - - 4 23
Steve Podborski   Canada 52 2 (1) - 25 4 3 - - 18
12 Erik Håker   Norway 41 - - 25 - - - - - 16
13 Josef Walcher   Austria 40 - 25 - - - - - 15 -

Giant slalom edit

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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.

Place Name Country Total 1AUT 8YUG 10FRA 15SUI 19AUT 24TCH 27SWE 30USA 31USA 33JPN
1 Ingemar Stenmark   Sweden 125 25 25 25 25 25 (25) (25) (25) (25) (25)
2 Peter Lüscher    Switzerland 104 20 20 20 - (20) - (2) 23 21 (19)
3 Bojan Križaj   Yugoslavia 96 - 15 15 (6) - 20 - 22 24 (15)
4 Heini Hemmi    Switzerland 86 (2) 11 (8) (11) (11) 15 (8) 21 15 24
5 Jacques Lüthy    Switzerland 75 (1) - - 15 (1) 8 15 - 16 21
6 Andreas Wenzel   Liechtenstein 74 - - - 20 15 - - 19 20 -
Piero Gros   Italy 74 8 8 - (4) - (1) - 16 22 20
8 Jean-Luc Fournier    Switzerland 73 11 (2) 11 (8) - - - 18 10 23
9 Hans Enn   Austria 70 - - - - 3 - 4 24 23 16
10 Leonhard Stock   Austria 69 - - (3) - 8 (2) 11 20 13 17

Slalom edit

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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.

Place Name Country Total 4ITA 7YUG 11SUI 13SUI 17AUT 21GER 25TCH 26NOR 28SWE 32JPN
1 Ingemar Stenmark   Sweden 119 - 25 - (15) 20 (11) (15) 24 25 25
2 Phil Mahre   United States 107 - - (8) (2) 15 20 25 23 24 -
3 Christian Neureuther   West Germany 97 15 - 25 8 25 - - - - 24
4 Petar Popangelov   Bulgaria 96 (11) - 20 - - 15 (3) 19 20 22
5 Paul Frommelt   Liechtenstein 92 - 20 (3) 25 11 - - - 13 23
6 Peter Lüscher    Switzerland 72 20 - - (3) - 25 4 - 11 12
7 Piero Gros   Italy 71 6 (4) (6) - (3) 8 - 21 19 17
8 Leonardo David   Italy 70 4 15 - - 6 - 20 25 - -
9 Gustav Thöni   Italy 64 (3) - (1) - 6 4 - 18 23 13
10 Martial Donnet    Switzerland 63 25 1 11 6 - - - - - 20

Combined edit

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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.

Place Name Country Total 3AUT 14SUI 18AUT 22GER
1 Andreas Wenzel   Liechtenstein 70 15 20 20 15
2 Peter Lüscher    Switzerland 69 25 4 15 25
3 Phil Mahre   United States 60 11 25 4 20
4 Piero Gros   Italy 41 4 15 11 11
5 Leonhard Stock   Austria 39 20 11 - 8
6 Anton Steiner   Austria 28 - 3 25 -
7 Bohumír Zeman   Czechoslovakia 18 8 - 6 4
8 Steve Mahre   United States 14 - 8 - 6
Herbert Plank   Italy 14 3 - 8 3
10 Gustav Thöni   Italy 12 6 6 - -

Ladies edit

Overall edit

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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.

Place Name Country Total DH GS SL KB
1 Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Austria 243 75 40 58 70
2 Hanni Wenzel   Liechtenstein 240 40 71 74 55
3 Irene Epple   West Germany 189 66 70 17 36
4 Cindy Nelson   United States 168 67 43 12 46
5 Marie-Theres Nadig    Switzerland 156 63 68 0 25
6 Fabienne Serrat   France 151 6 61 49 35
7 Regina Sackl   Austria 112 0 39 73 0
8 Christa Kinshofer   West Germany 110 0 75 35 0
9 Perrine Pelen   France 100 0 32 65 3
10 Claudia Giordani   Italy 98 3 23 55 17
11 Lea Sölkner   Austria 95 0 29 66 0
12 Regine Mösenlechner   West Germany 85 0 31 46 8
13 Maria Rosa Quario   Italy 84 0 19 65 0
14 Daniela Zini   Italy 82 0 28 54 0
15 Erika Hess    Switzerland 76 0 43 33 0

Downhill edit

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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.

Place Name Country Total 1ITA 4FRA 9SUI 10SUI 14AUT 18GER 22USA
1 Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Austria 125 25 25 25 25 25 - (25)
2 Bernadette Zurbriggen    Switzerland 90 - 15 - 15 19 18 23
3 Marie-Theres Nadig    Switzerland 89 (8) 11 15 (6) 22 17 24
4 Cindy Nelson   United States 82 (1) - 11 4 24 25 18
5 Irene Epple   West Germany 81 (4) (1) 8 20 23 23 7
6 Evi Mittermaier   West Germany 67 - 20 20 - 18 9 -
7 Edith Peter   Austria 64 8 6 (6) 8 21 - 21
8 Caroline Attia   France 55 2 3 - 11 - 24 15
9 Annemarie Bischofsberger   West Germany 49 - - - - 9 20 20
10 Cornelia Pröll   Austria 41 - - - - - 19 22
Hanni Wenzel   Liechtenstein 41 - - - 1 13 15 12
Brigitte Totschnig   Austria 41 - - - - 20 12 9

Giant slalom edit

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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.

Place Name Country Total 3ITA 5FRA 7FRA 20GER 23USA 24USA 26JPN
1 Christa Kinshofer   West Germany 125 - 25 25 25 25 25 (14)
2 Hanni Wenzel   Liechtenstein 112 25 20 (20) (6) 22 24 21
3 Irene Epple   West Germany 105 15 - (1) 20 24 23 23
4 Marie-Theres Nadig    Switzerland 94 20 15 11 (4) 23 - 25
5 Fabienne Serrat   France 65 - - 4 - 21 21 19
6 Heidi Preuss   United States 58 - - - - 19 17 22
7 Cindy Nelson   United States 46 - 3 - - 13 10 20
Viki Fleckenstein   United States 46 - - - - 14 14 18
9 Regina Sackl   Austria 45 - 6 15 11 - 13 -
10 Erika Hess    Switzerland 43 - - - - 20 22 1

Slalom edit

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

Place Name Country Total 2ITA 8FRA 11SUI 13AUT 16AUT 17GER 21YUG 25JPN
1 Regina Sackl   Austria 105 (1) 25 25 - (8) 23 22 10
2 Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Austria 87 (4) 15 - 15 20 14 - 23
3 Lea Sölkner   Austria 84 - 2 - 25 - 22 19 16
4 Perrine Pelen   France 82 20 20 2 - 15 - - 25
5 Hanni Wenzel   Liechtenstein 81 - (1) - 4 3 25 25 24
Claudia Giordani   Italy 81 15 (8) 20 20 (4) 13 - 13
7 Maria Rosa Quario   Italy 69 - 4 - - 25 17 23 -
8 Fabienne Serrat   France 63 (2) 11 3 - 11 24 - 14
9 Daniela Zini   Italy 61 - 6 - 11 1 21 - 22
10 Christa Zechmeister   West Germany 51 6 - (1) 6 - 8 11 20
11 Regine Mösenlechner   West Germany 50 - - 4 8 - - 21 17
12 Pamela Behr   West Germany 46 - - - 4 - 21 - 21
13 Abbi Fisher   United States 40 25 - - - - 25 - -

Combined edit

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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.

Place Name Country Total 6FRA 12SUI 15AUT 19GER
1 Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Austria 70 20 25 25 -
Hanni Wenzel   Liechtenstein 70 15 15 15 25
3 Cindy Nelson   United States 57 11 11 20 15
4 Irene Epple   West Germany 36 - 8 8 20
5 Fabienne Serrat   France 35 4 20 - 11
6 Marie-Theres Nadig    Switzerland 25 25 - - -
7 Claudia Giordani   Italy 17 - 6 11 -
8 Andrea Haaser   Austria 10 6 4 - -
9 Regine Mösenlechner   West Germany 8 8 - - -
Abbi Fisher   United States 8 - - - 8

Nations Cup edit

Overall edit

Place Country Total Men Ladies
1   Austria 2095 1041 1054
2    Switzerland 1515 944 571
3   Italy 1119 711 408
4   United States 1009 369 640
5   West Germany 996 199 797
6   Liechtenstein 677 284 393
7   France 568 110 458
8   Sweden 505 505 0
9   Yugoslavia 297 285 12
10   Czechoslovakia 242 72 170
11   Canada 209 195 14
12   Bulgaria 115 115 0
13   Soviet Union 83 55 28
14   Norway 65 65 0
15   Japan 28 28 0
16   Belgium 3 0 3
  Spain 3 3 0
18   Poland 1 1 0

Men edit

Place Country Total DH GS SL KB Racers Wins
1   Austria 1041 435 277 262 67 18 4
2    Switzerland 944 320 375 179 70 15 6
3   Italy 711 162 187 295 67 16 1
4   Sweden 505 0 296 209 0 5 13
5   United States 369 33 82 178 76 11 2
6   Yugoslavia 285 0 206 79 0 4 0
7   Liechtenstein 284 0 81 133 70 3 1
8   West Germany 199 82 8 105 4 5 3
9   Canada 195 190 3 0 2 5 2
10   Bulgaria 115 0 5 110 0 1 0
11   France 110 18 83 9 0 4 0
12   Czechoslovakia 72 0 29 25 18 1 0
13   Norway 65 41 0 24 0 4 1
14   Soviet Union 55 36 8 9 2 5 0
15   Japan 28 0 3 25 0 5 0
16   Spain 3 0 0 0 3 1 0
17   Poland 1 0 0 0 1 1 0

Ladies edit

Place Country Total DH GS SL KB Racers Wins
1   Austria 1054 394 178 401 81 16 11
2   West Germany 797 240 306 202 49 10 5
3   United States 640 168 257 143 72 12 2
4    Switzerland 571 309 169 61 32 10 2
5   France 458 127 111 173 47 13 1
6   Italy 408 14 83 294 17 7 1
7   Liechtenstein 393 49 173 96 75 3 4
8   Czechoslovakia 170 38 76 50 6 4 0
9   Soviet Union 28 0 3 24 1 2 0
10   Canada 14 14 0 0 0 2 0
11   Yugoslavia 12 0 0 12 0 3 0
12   Belgium 3 3 0 0 0 1 0

References edit

  1. ^ "FIS: Alpine World Cup 1979 men's schedule". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  2. ^ "FIS: Alpine World Cup 1979 ladies' schedule". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 24 September 2018.

External links edit