1974 Alpine Skiing World Cup

Alpine Ski World Cup 1974
Discipline	Men	Ladies
Overall	Piero Gros	Annemarie Pröll
Downhill	Roland Collombin	Annemarie Pröll
Giant slalom	Piero Gros	Hanni Wenzel
Slalom	Gustav Thöni	Christa Zechmeister
Nations Cup	Austria
Competition
Locations	15	9
Individual	21	17
← 1973		1975 →

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 only time in its history. Instead, the entire season took place in Europe.

Calendar

Key

Men

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Race	Date	Venue	Event	Winner	Second	Third
1	8 Dec 1973	Val d'Isère, France	GS	Hansi Hinterseer	Helmuth Schmalzl	Piero Gros
2	10 Dec 1973		DH	Herbert Plank	Werner Grissmann	Franz Klammer
3	16 Dec 1973	Saalbach, Austria	GS	Hubert Berchtold	Thomas Hauser	Hansi Hinterseer
4	17 Dec 1973	Vipiteno, Italy	SL	Piero Gros	Johann Kniewasser	Christian Neureuther
5	18 Dec 1973	Zell am See, Austria	DH	Karl Cordin	Roland Collombin	Peter Feyersinger
6	22 Dec 1973	Schladming, Austria	DH	Franz Klammer	Roland Collombin	Bernhard Russi
7	5 Jan 1974	Garmisch, West Germany	SL	Christian Neureuther	Gustav Thöni	Hansjorg Schlager
8	6 Jan 1974		DH	Roland Collombin	Franz Klammer	Herbert Plank
9	7 Jan 1974	Berchtesgaden, West Germany	GS	Piero Gros	Gustav Thöni	Erwin Stricker
10	12 Jan 1974	Avoriaz, France	DH	Roland Collombin	Franz Klammer	Philippe Roux
11	13 Jan 1974	Morzine, France	GS	Piero Gros	Hansi Hinterseer	Gustav Thöni
12	19 Jan 1974	Wengen, Switzerland	DH	Roland Collombin	Franz Klammer	Herbert Plank
13	20 Jan 1974		SL	Christian Neureuther	Fausto Radici	David Zwilling
14	21 Jan 1974	Adelboden, Switzerland	GS	Gustav Thöni	Piero Gros	Hansi Hinterseer
15	26 Jan 1974	Kitzbühel, Austria	DH	Roland Collombin	Stefano Anzi	Giuliano Besson
16	27 Jan 1974		SL	Hansi Hinterseer	Johann Kniewasser	Gustav Thöni
FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1974   (3–10 February)
17	2 Mar 1974	Voss, Norway	GS	Gustav Thöni	Hansi Hinterseer	Ingemar Stenmark
18	3 Mar 1974		SL	Piero Gros	Ingemar Stenmark	Johann Kniewasser
19	6 Mar 1974	Zakopane, Poland	SL	Francisco Fernandez-Ochoa	Gustav Thöni	Hansi Hinterseer
20	9 Mar 1974	Vysoké Tatry, Czechoslovakia	GS	Piero Gros	Ingemar Stenmark	Hansi Hinterseer
21	10 Mar 1974		SL	Gustav Thöni	Ingemar Stenmark	Francisco Fernández Ochoa

Women

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Race	Date	Venue	Event	Winner	Second	Third
1	6 Dec 1973	Val d'Isère, France	DH	Annemarie Pröll	Ingrid Gfolner	Wiltrud Drexel
2	7 Dec 1973		SL	Christa Zechmeister	Hanni Wenzel	Marilyn Cochran
3	19 Dec 1973	Zell am See, Austria	DH	Annemarie Pröll	Wiltrud Drexel	Marie-Theres Nadig
4	20 Dec 1973		GS	Hanni Wenzel	Marie-Theres Nadig	Traudl Treichl
5	5 Jan 1974	Pfronten, West Germany	DH	Annemarie Pröll	Wiltrud Drexel	Betsy Clifford
6	6 Jan 1974		GS	Kathy Kreiner	Lise-Marie Morerod	Fabienne Serrat
7	8 Jan 1974	Les Gets, France	SL	Christa Zechmeister	Lindy Cochran	Annemarie Pröll
8	9 Jan 1974		GS	Claudia Giordani	Barbara Cochran	Hanni Wenzel
9	13 Jan 1974	Grindelwald, Switzerland	DH	Cindy Nelson	Annemarie Pröll	Marie-Theres Nadig
10	14 Jan 1974		GS	Monika Kaserer	Hanni Wenzel	Christa Zechmeister
11	16 Jan 1974	Les Diablerets, Switzerland	SL	Christa Zechmeister	Fabienne Serrat	Rosi Mittermaier
12	23 Jan 1974	Badgastein, Austria	DH	Annemarie Pröll	Marie-Theres Nadig	Wiltrud Drexel
13	24 Jan 1974		SL	Christa Zechmeister	Fabienne Serrat	Monika Kaserer
14	25 Jan 1974		GS	Fabienne Serrat	Lise-Marie Morerod	Rosi Mittermaier
FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1974   (3–10 February)
15	27 Feb 1974	Abetone, Italy	SL	Rosi Mittermaier	Annemarie Pröll	Fabienne Serrat
16	7 Mar 1974	Vysoké Tatry, Czechoslovakia	GS	Monika Kaserer	Annemarie Pröll	Lise-Marie Morerod
17	8 Mar 1974		SL	Rosi Mittermaier	Danièle Debernard	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.

Place	Name	Country	Total Points
1	Piero Gros	Italy	181
2	Gustav Thöni	Italy	165
3	Hansi Hinterseer	Austria	162
4	Roland Collombin	Switzerland	140
5	Franz Klammer	Austria	125
6	Erwin Stricker	Italy	73
7	Johann Kniewasser	Austria	67
8	Herbert Plank	Italy	66
	Christian Neureuther	West Germany	66
10	Helmuth Schmalzl	Italy	65
11	David Zwilling	Austria	62
	Ingemar Stenmark	Sweden	62
13	Fausto Radici	Italy	49
14	Francisco Fernández Ochoa	Spain	46
15	Reinhard Tritscher	Austria	42
	Werner Grissmann	Austria	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.

Place	Name	Country	Total Points	2	5	6	8	10	12	15
1	Roland Collombin	Switzerland	120	-	20	(20)	25	25	25	25
2	Franz Klammer	Austria	100	15	-	25	20	20	20	(8)
3	Herbert Plank	Italy	66	25	-	-	15	-	15	11
4	Bernhard Russi	Switzerland	40	2	-	15	4	8	11	-
	Werner Grissmann	Austria	40	20	6	2	8	-	4	(2)
6	Karl Cordin	Austria	37	8	25	-	-	4	-	-
7	Reinhard Tritscher	Austria	36	11	-	6	11	-	8	-
8	Giuliano Besson	Italy	30	1	-	-	6	-	3	20
9	David Zwilling	Austria	26	4	2	8	-	6	6	-
10	Stefano Anzi	Italy	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 ().

Place	Name	Country	Total Points	1	3	9	11	14	17	20
1	Piero Gros	Italy	110	15	(8)	25	25	20	(11)	25
2	Hansi Hinterseer	Austria	95	25	15	-	20	15	20	(15)
3	Gustav Thöni	Italy	85	-	-	20	15	25	25	-
4	Helmuth Schmalzl	Italy	55	20	(4)	11	8	8	(6)	8
5	Erwin Stricker	Italy	48	-	-	15	11	11	-	11
6	Ingemar Stenmark	Sweden	37	-	2	-	-	-	15	20
7	Hubert Berchtold	Austria	25	-	25	-	-	-	-	-
8	Engelhard Pargätzi	Switzerland	21	(2)	-	4	3	6	4	4
9	Thomas Hauser	Austria	20	-	20	-	-	-	-	-
10	Franz Klammer	Austria	17	-	11	3	-	-	3	-
	Erik Håker	Norway	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.

Place	Name	Country	Total Points	4	7	13	16	18	19	21
1	Gustav Thöni	Italy	80	-	20	-	15	-	20	25
2	Christian Neureuther	West Germany	65	15	25	25	-	-	-	-
3	Johann Kniewasser	Austria	63	20	-	-	20	15	8	-
4	Piero Gros	Italy	61	25	2	-	-	25	1	8
5	Hansi Hinterseer	Austria	56	6	6	-	25	4	15	-
6	Ingemar Stenmark	Sweden	51	-	-	-	-	20	11	20
7	Fausto Radici	Italy	47	11	8	20	-	8	-	-
8	Francisco Fernández-Ochoa	Spain	46	-	-	6	-	-	25	15
9	David Zwilling	Austria	26	-	11	15	-	-	-	-
10	Hansjörg Schlager	West Germany	20	-	15	-	-	-	2	3

Team

Place	Country	Total Points	Downhill	Giant	Slalom	Racers	Wins
1	Italy	690	144	337	209	12	9
2	Austria	650	287	201	162	15	5
3	Switzerland	280	208	41	31	10	4
4	West Germany	124	3	15	106	8	2
5	Sweden	88	0	37	51	1	0
6	Spain	46	0	0	46	1	1
7	Poland	34	0	0	34	3	0
8	United States	26	8	0	18	3	0
9	Canada	25	14	11	0	1	0
10	Australia	17	17	0	0	1	0
	Norway	17	0	17	0	1	0
12	France	9	0	3	6	4	0
13	Liechtenstein	3	0	0	3	1	0
	Czechoslovakia	3	0	3	0	1	0

Women

Overall

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

Place	Name	Country	Total Points
1	Annemarie Pröll	Austria	268
2	Monika Kaserer	Austria	153
3	Hanni Wenzel	Liechtenstein	144
4	Christa Zechmeister	West Germany	129
5	Fabienne Serrat	France	127
6	Marie-Theres Nadig	Switzerland	123
7	Rosi Mittermaier	West Germany	116
8	Lise-Marie Morerod	Switzerland	77
9	Wiltrud Drexel	Austria	72
10	Kathy Kreiner	Canada	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).

Place	Name	Country	Total Points	1	3	5	9	12
1	Annemarie Pröll	Austria	120	25	25	25	20	25
2	Marie-Theres Nadig	Switzerland	72	11	15	11	15	20
3	Wiltrud Drexel	Austria	70	15	20	20	-	15
4	Cindy Nelson	United States	35	-	-	6	25	4
5	Ingrid Gfölner	Austria	34	20	8	-	-	6
6	Jacqueline Rouvier	France	32	3	6	4	11	8
7	Betsy Clifford	Canada	25	6	3	15	-	1
8	Irmgard Lukasser	Austria	20	8	-	8	4	-
9	Claudia Giordani	Italy	14	-	11	3	-	-
10	Monika Kaserer	Austria	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.

Place	Name	Country	Total Points	4	6	8	10	14	16
1	Hanni Wenzel	Liechtenstein	71	25	-	15	20	-	11
2	Fabienne Serrat	France	68	11	15	6	11	25	(2)
3	Monika Kaserer	Austria	60	-	-	2	25	8	25
4	Lise-Marie Morerod	Switzerland	55	-	20	-	-	20	15
5	Traudl Treichl	West Germany	44	15	11	11	-	6	1
6	Claudia Giordani	Italy	41	8	-	25	-	-	8
7	Annemarie Pröll	Austria	35	-	3	-	1	11	20
8	Kathy Kreiner	Canada	31	6	25	-	-	-	-
9	Marie-Theres Nadig	Switzerland	28	20	-	-	8	-	-
10	Christa Zechmeister	West Germany	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!

Place	Name	Country	Total Points	2	7	11	13	15	17
1	Christa Zechmeister	West Germany	103	25	25	25	25	3	-
2	Rosi Mittermaier	West Germany	87	11	(1)	15	11	25	25
3	Fabienne Serrat	France	63	-	8	20	20	15	-
4	Hanni Wenzel	Liechtenstein	49	20	2	6	-	6	15
5	Annemarie Pröll	Austria	41	-	15	-	6	20	-
6	Monika Kaserer	Austria	32	4	4	1	15	8	-
7	Barbara Ann Cochran	United States	26	1	6	11	8	-	-
8	Lindy Cochran	United States	23	-	20	3	-	-	-
9	Lise-Marie Morerod	Switzerland	22	-	-	-	-	11	11
10	Danièle Debernard	France	20	-	-	-	-	-	20

Team

Place	Country	Total Points	Downhill	Giant	Slalom	Racers	Wins
1	Austria	482	269	125	88	10	6
2	West Germany	303	16	88	199	4	6
3	France	228	37	94	97	8	1
4	Switzerland	198	74	87	37	4	0
5	United States	142	35	28	79	6	1
6	Liechtenstein	122	2	71	49	1	1
7	Canada	79	29	31	19	4	1
8	Italy	61	14	47	0	2	1
9	Norway	2	0	0	2	1	0

Nationscup

Place	Country	Total Points	Men	Women
1	Austria	1132	650	482
2	Italy	751	690	61
3	Switzerland	478	280	198
4	West Germany	427	124	303
5	France	237	9	228
6	United States	168	26	142
7	Liechtenstein	125	3	122
8	Canada	104	25	79
9	Sweden	88	88	0
10	Spain	46	46	0
11	Poland	34	34	19
12	Norway	19	17	2
13	Australia	17	17	0
14	Czechoslovakia	3	3	0

References

External links

• FIS-ski.com - World Cup standings - 1974

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