1972–73 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup

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.

FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 1972/73
Discipline Men Women
Overall Italy Gustav Thöni Austria Annemarie Pröll
Downhill Switzerland Roland Collombin Austria Annemarie Pröll
Giant slalom Austria Hansi Hinterseer Austria Monika Kaserer
Slalom Italy Gustav Thöni France Patricia Emonet
Nations Cup Austria Austria Austria Austria
Nations Cup overall Austria Austria
Competition
Locations 15 15
Individual 24 24

Calendar

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Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom[1]
Race Season Date Place Type Winner Second Third
133 1 8 December 1972     Val d'Isère GS 046    Piero Gros   Erik Håker   Helmuth Schmalzl
134 2 10 December 1972   DH 037    Reinhard Tritscher   David Zwilling   Marcello Varallo
135 3 15 December 1972     Val Gardena DH 038    Roland Collombin   Karl Cordin   David Zwilling
136 4 17 December 1972     Madonna di Campiglio SL 052    Piero Gros   Gustav Thöni   Christian Neureuther
137 5 19 December 1972   GS 047    David Zwilling   Adolf Rösti   Helmuth Schmalzl
138 6 6 January 1973     Garmisch DH 039    Roland Collombin   Philippe Roux
  Marcello Varallo
139 7 7 January 1973   DH 040    Roland Collombin   Marcello Varallo   Bernhard Russi
140 8 13 January 1973     Grindelwald DH 041    Bernhard Russi   Roland Collombin   Reinhard Tritscher
141 9 14 January 1973     Wengen SL 053    Christian Neureuther   Walter Tresch   Claude Perrot
142 10 15 January 1973     Adelboden GS 048    Gustav Thöni   Hansi Hinterseer   Erik Håker
143 11 19 January 1973     Megève GS 049    Henri Duvillard   Hansi Hinterseer   Gustav Thöni
144 12 21 January 1973   SL 054    Christian Neureuther   Gustav Thöni   Walter Tresch
145 13 27 January 1973     Kitzbühel DH 042    Roland Collombin   Bernhard Russi   Bob Cochran
146 14 28 January 1973   SL 055    Jean-Noël Augert   Gustav Thöni   Andrzej Bachleda
147 15 3 February 1973     St. Anton DH 043    Bernhard Russi   Franz Klammer   Philippe Roux
148 16 4 February 1973   SL 056    Gustav Thöni   Christian Neureuther   Henri Duvillard
149 17 11 February 1973     St. Moritz DH 044    Werner Grissmann   Josef Walcher   Franz Klammer
150 18 2 March 1973     Mt. St. Anne GS 050    Max Rieger   Hansi Hinterseer   Franz Klammer
151 19 4 March 1973   SL 057    Gustav Thöni   Ilario Pegorari   Christian Neureuther
152 20 8 March 1973     Anchorage GS 051    Hansi Hinterseer   Adolf Rösti   Josef Pechtl
153 21 12 March 1973     Naeba GS 052    Erik Håker   Hansi Hinterseer   Adolf Rösti
154 22 15 March 1973   SL 058    Jean-Noël Augert   Christian Neureuther   Ilario Pegorari
155 23 23 March 1973     Heavenly Valley SL 059    Jean-Noël Augert   Bob Cochran   Tino Pietrogiovanna
156 24 24 March 1973   GS 053    Bob Cochran   Erwin Stricker   Jean-Noël Augert

Ladies

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Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom[2]
Race Season Date Place Type Winner Second Third
131 1 7 December 1972     Val d'Isère DH 033    Annemarie Pröll   Jacqueline Rouvier   Irmgard Lukasser
132 2 9 December 1972   SL 055    Pamela Behr   Odile Chalvin   Patricia Emonet
133 3 19 December 1972     Saalbach-Hinterglemm DH 034    Annemarie Pröll   Jacqueline Rouvier   Brigitte Totschnig
134 4 20 December 1972   GS 045    Annemarie Pröll   Monika Kaserer   Hanni Wenzel
135 5 2 January 1973     Maribor SL 056    Patricia Emonet   Pamela Behr   Rosi Mittermaier
136 6 9 January 1973     Pfronten DH 035    Annemarie Pröll   Monika Kaserer   Irmgard Lukasser
137 7 10 January 1973   DH 036    Annemarie Pröll   Irmgard Lukasser   Ingrid Gfölner
138 8 16 January 1973     Grindelwald DH 037    Annemarie Pröll   Wiltrud Drexel   Brigitte Totschnig
139 9 17 January 1973   SL 057    Monika Kaserer   Rosi Mittermaier   Judy Crawford
140 10 20 January 1973     St. Gervais GS 046    Annemarie Pröll   Monika Kaserer   Jacqueline Rouvier
141 11 21 January 1973     Les Contamines GS 047    Monika Kaserer   Traudl Treichl   Marilyn Cochran
142 12 25 January 1973     Chamonix DH 038    Annemarie Pröll   Wiltrud Drexel   Jacqueline Rouvier
143 13 26 January 1973   SL 058    Marilyn Cochran   Rosi Mittermaier   Monika Kaserer
144 14 1 February 1973     Schruns DH 039    Annemarie Pröll   Wiltrud Drexel   Ingrid Gfölner
145 15 2 February 1973   SL 059    Rosi Mittermaier   Patricia Emonet   Conchita Puig
146 16 10 February 1973     St. Moritz DH 040    Annemarie Pröll   Ingrid Gfölner   Wiltrud Drexel
147 17 11 February 1973     Abetone GS 048    Monika Kaserer   Traudl Treichl   Sandra Poulsen
148 18 2 March 1973     Mt. St. Anne GS 049    Annemarie Pröll   Bernadette Zurbriggen   Marie-Theres Nadig
149 19 3 March 1973   SL 060    Patricia Emonet   Danièle Debernard   Britt Lafforgue
150 20 7 March 1973     Anchorage GS 050    Bernadette Zurbriggen   Monika Kaserer   Kathy Kreiner
151 21 13 March 1973     Naeba SL 061    Danièle Debernard   Hanni Wenzel   Barbara Cochran
152 22 15 March 1973   GS 051    Marilyn Cochran   Claudia Giordani   Annemarie Pröll
153 23 22 March 1973     Heavenly Valley SL 062    Patricia Emonet   Fabienne Serrat   Christa Zechmeister
154 24 23 March 1973   GS 052    Patricia Emonet   Monika Kaserer   Christine Rolland

Overall

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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!

Place Name Country Total
1 Gustav Thöni   Italy 166
2 David Zwilling   Austria 151
3 Roland Collombin    Switzerland 131
4 Christian Neureuther   West Germany 120
Hansi Hinterseer   Austria 120
6 Bernhard Russi    Switzerland 106
7 Jean-Noël Augert   France 104
8 Franz Klammer   Austria 93
Bob Cochran   United States 93
10 Piero Gros   Italy 91
11 Henri Duvillard   France 90
12 Adolf Rösti    Switzerland 74
13 Erik Håker   Norway 72
14 Walter Tresch    Switzerland 65
15 Marcello Varallo   Italy 64

Downhill

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

Place Name Country Total 2  3  6  7  8  13  15  17 
1 Roland Collombin    Switzerland 120 (11) 25 25 25 20 25 - -
2 Bernhard Russi    Switzerland 96 (6) (4) 11 15 25 20 25 -
3 Marcello Varallo   Italy 64 15 1 20 20 - 8 - -
4 Franz Klammer   Austria 62 - 8 - - 8 11 20 15
David Zwilling   Austria 62 20 15 8 8 (6) - (8) 11
6 Karl Cordin   Austria 53 8 20 - 11 11 - 3 -
7 Reinhard Tritscher   Austria 49 25 3 - - 15 - - 6
8 Philippe Roux    Switzerland 44 1 - 20 - 2 6 15 -
9 Bob Cochran   United States 36 6 - 4 - - 15 11 -
10 Werner Grissmann   Austria 29 - - - - 4 - - 25

Giant slalom

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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!

Place Name Country Total 1  5  10  11  18  20  21  24 
1 Hansi Hinterseer   Austria 105 (6) - 20 20 20 25 20 (6)
2 Erik Håker   Norway 71 20 - 15 - - 11 25 -
3 Adolf Rösti    Switzerland 66 - 20 - - 11 20 15 -
4 Piero Gros   Italy 55 25 - - 8 8 3 11 -
Gustav Thöni   Italy 55 4 - 25 15 - - - 11
6 David Zwilling   Austria 49 - 25 - 11 - 2 8 3
7 Helmuth Schmalzl   Italy 48 15 15 11 1 - - 6 -
8 Henri Duvillard   France 46 - 11 8 25 - - 2 -
9 Franz Klammer   Austria 31 - 8 4 - 15 - 4 -
10 Max Rieger   West Germany 26 1 - - - 25 - - -
11 Bob Cochran   United States 25 - - - - - - - 25

Slalom

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

Place Name Country Total 4  9  12  14  16  19  22  23 
1 Gustav Thöni   Italy 110 20 - 20 20 25 25 - (1)
2 Christian Neureuther   West Germany 105 15 25 25 - 20 (15) 20 -
3 Jean-Noël Augert   France 86 - - - 25 11 - 25 25
4 Walter Tresch    Switzerland 57 3 20 15 8 (3) 11 - -
5 Ilario Pegorari   Italy 38 - - - - 1 20 15 2
6 Piero Gros   Italy 36 25 - - 11 - - - -
Henri Duvillard   France 36 - 11 6 - 15 - - 4
8 David Zwilling   Austria 33 2 - 11 - 8 6 - 6
9 Bob Cochran   United States 32 11 - 1 - - - - 20
10 Tino Pietrogiovanna   Italy 29 6 6 - - 2 - - 15

Ladies

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Overall

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

Place Name Country Total
1 Annemarie Pröll   Austria 297
2 Monika Kaserer   Austria 223
3 Patricia Emonet   France 163
4 Rosi Mittermaier   West Germany 131
5 Hanni Wenzel   Liechtenstein 112
6 Wiltrud Drexel   Austria 106
7 Jacqueline Rouvier   France 103
8 Marilyn Cochran   United States 84
9 Ingrid Gfölner   Austria 83
10 Irmgard Lukasser   Austria 65
11 Bernadette Zurbriggen    Switzerland 64
Pamela Behr   West Germany 64
13 Danièle Debernard   France 60
14 Traudl Treichl   West Germany 57
Christine Rolland   France 57

Downhill

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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.

Place Name Country Total 1  3  6  7  8  12  14  16 
1 Annemarie Pröll   Austria 125 25 25 25 25 25 (25) (25) (25)
2 Wiltrud Drexel   Austria 86 11 - - - 20 20 20 15
3 Jacqueline Rouvier   France 72 20 20 - (1) (4) 15 6 11
4 Ingrid Gfölner   Austria 72 - - (1) 15 6 11 15 20
5 Irmgard Lukasser   Austria 61 15 3 15 20 - - 8 -
6 Brigitte Totschnig   Austria 45 8 15 3 - 15 - 4 (1)
7 Brigitte Schroll   Austria 30 6 6 6 4 - 8 (3) (4)
8 Monika Kaserer   Austria 28 - - 20 8 - - - -
9 Rosi Mittermaier   West Germany 23 - 4 2 6 8 3 - -
10 Marie-Theres Nadig    Switzerland 22 - 11 11 - - - - -

Giant slalom

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

Place Name Country Total 4  10  11  17  18  20  22  24 
1 Monika Kaserer   Austria 110 20 20 25 25 (4) 20 (6) (20)
2 Annemarie Pröll   Austria 94 25 25 (3) (3) 25 - 15 4
3 Hanni Wenzel   Liechtenstein 53 15 11 8 8 - 11 - (1)
4 Patricia Emonet   France 52 11 - 4 - 6 6 (1) 25
5 Bernadette Zurbriggen    Switzerland 51 - - - 6 20 25 - -
6 Traudl Treichl   West Germany 46 - 1 20 20 3 2 - -
7 Marilyn Cochran   United States 44 - - 15 - - 4 25 -
8 Rosi Mittermaier   West Germany 40 - 8 2 11 (1) 8 11 -
9 Jacqueline Rouvier   France 26 - 15 11 - - - - -
Marie-Theres Nadig    Switzerland 26 - 4 6 - 15 1 - -

Slalom

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

Place Name Country Total 2  5  9  13  15  19  21  23 
1 Patricia Emonet   France 110 15 25 - (1) 20 25 - 25
2 Rosi Mittermaier   West Germany 80 - 15 20 20 25 - - -
3 Monika Kaserer   Austria 67 8 - 25 15 - - 8 11
4 Danièle Debernard   France 56 11 - - - - 20 25 -
Pamela Behr   West Germany 56 25 20 - - 8 - - 3
6 Hanni Wenzel   Liechtenstein 49 3 11 11 - - (3) 20 4
7 Christine Rolland   France 40 2 - - 8 (2) 11 11 8
8 Judy Crawford   Canada 39 6 6 15 - 6 - 6 -
9 Marilyn Cochran   United States 36 - - - 25 11 - - -
10 Barbara Ann Cochran   United States 33 - - 8 2 - 8 15 -
Fabienne Serrat   France 33 - 4 - - 3 6 - 20

Nations Cup

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Overall

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Place Country Total Men Ladies
1   Austria 1554 642 912
2   France 721 235 486
3    Switzerland 586 450 136
4   Italy 556 517 39
5   West Germany 478 183 295
6   United States 255 108 147
7   Canada 114 11 103
  Liechtenstein 114 2 112
9   Norway 97 72 25
10   Poland 54 54 -
11   Spain 32 13 19
12   San Marino 5 0 5
13   Finland 1 0 1
  Japan 1 1 0
Place Country Total DH GS SL Racers Wins
1   Austria 642 319 257 66 17 4
2   Italy 517 90 185 242 13 5
3    Switzerland 450 294 85 71 8 6
4   France 235 13 75 147 4 4
5   West Germany 183 0 38 145 5 3
6   United States 108 48 25 35 5 1
7   Norway 72 1 71 0 1 1
8   Poland 54 0 11 43 2 0
9   Spain 13 0 2 11 1 0
10   Canada 11 0 11 0 1 0
11   Liechtenstein 2 2 0 0 1 0
12   Japan 1 0 0 1 1 0

Ladies

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Place Country Total DH GS SL Racers Wins
1   Austria 912 549 283 80 12 14
2   France 486 89 109 288 8 5
3   West Germany 295 32 98 165 5 2
4   United States 147 10 65 72 4 2
5    Switzerland 136 43 87 6 6 1
6   Liechtenstein 112 6 54 52 1 0
7   Canada 103 20 37 46 3 0
8   Italy 39 10 23 6 3 0
9   Norway 25 0 0 25 1 0
10   Spain 19 0 0 19 1 0
11   San Marino 5 0 4 1 1 0
12   Finland 1 1 0 0 1 0

References

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  1. ^ "FIS: Alpine World Cup 1973 men's schedule". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  2. ^ "FIS: Alpine World Cup 1973 ladies' schedule". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
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