1974–75 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup

The 9th World Cup season began in December 1974 in France and concluded in March 1975 in Italy. Gustav Thöni of Italy would regain the overall title, his fourth overall title in five seasons. Annemarie Moser-Pröll of Austria won the women's overall title, her fifth consecutive.

FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 1974/75
Discipline Men Women
Overall Italy Gustav Thöni Austria Annemarie Moser-Pröll
Downhill Austria Franz Klammer Austria Annemarie Moser-Pröll
Giant slalom Sweden Ingemar Stenmark Austria Annemarie Moser-Pröll
Slalom Sweden Ingemar Stenmark Switzerland Lise-Marie Morerod
Nations Cup Italy Italy Austria Austria
Nations Cup overall Austria Austria
Competition
Locations 16 15
Individual 27 26

Three major changes took place on the World Cup circuit this season. First, Alpine combined races were recognized as World Cup events for the first time; both the men's and women's seasons included three combined races, all of which were won by the overall winners (Thöni and Moser-Pröll); in fact, Thöni's three combined wins were directly responsible for his edging out Ingemar Stenmark for the title. Second, a parallel slalom race was held at the end of the season, as parallel slalom had become popular on the professional skiing tour due to the visible head-to-head competition. Although parallel slalom skiing was used a few more times in World Cup competition, beginning in 1976 it became a permanent part of the season-ending Nations Cup events.

Third, and more importantly, the new head of the International Olympic Committee, Lord Killanin, reached a compromise to preserve the "amateur" status of skiers receiving endorsements, manufacturer's fees, and other payments, as long as the payments were made to the skier's national association or Olympic committee and not directly to the skier, that also eliminated the prohibition on year-round training and competition in a sport.[1] While further criticism of this rule, known as Olympics Rule 26, would continue and would lead to future problems, such as the banning of World Cup champions Stenmark and Hanni Wenzel from the 1984 Winter Olympics,[2] the immediate impact of this change was to check the steady migration of World Cup skiers to the professional circuit.[3] Partially as a result, World Cup races this season took place in Europe, North America, and Asia.

Calendar

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Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom, KB – Combined, PS – Parallel slalom[4]
Race Season Date Place Type Winner Second Third
178 1 5 December 1974     Val d'Isère GS 061    Piero Gros   Ingemar Stenmark   Erik Håker
179 2 8 December 1974   DH 052    Franz Klammer   Werner Grissmann   Michael Veith
180 3 15 December 1974     St. Moritz DH 053    Franz Klammer   Herbert Plank   Werner Grissmann
181 4 17 December 1974     Madonna di Campiglio SL 067    Ingemar Stenmark   Paolo De Chiesa   Fausto Radici
182 5 18 December 1974   GS 062    Piero Gros   Greg Jones   Tino Pietrogiovanna
183 6 5 January 1975     Garmisch DH 054    Franz Klammer   Werner Grissmann   Josef Walcher
184 7 6 January 1975   SL 068    Piero Gros   Gustav Thöni   Fausto Radici
185 8 11 January 1975     Wengen DH 055    Franz Klammer   Herbert Plank   Erik Håker
186 9 12 January 1975   SL 069    Ingemar Stenmark   Piero Gros   Paolo De Chiesa
187 10 12 January 1975   KB 001    Gustav Thöni   David Zwilling   Walter Tresch
188 11 13 January 1975     Adelboden GS 063    Piero Gros   Gustav Thöni   Werner Mattle
189 12 18 January 1975     Kitzbühel DH 056    Franz Klammer   Gustav Thöni   Werner Grissmann
190 13 19 January 1975   SL 070    Piero Gros   Ingemar Stenmark   Paolo De Chiesa
191 14 19 January 1975   KB 002    Gustav Thöni   Francisco Fernández Ochoa   Franz Klammer
192 15 21 January 1975     Fulpmes GS 064    Erik Håker   Ingemar Stenmark   Hansi Hinterseer
193 16 26 January 1975     Innsbruck DH 057    Franz Klammer   Bernhard Russi   Herbert Plank
194 17 30 January 1975     Chamonix SL 071    Gustav Thöni   Ingemar Stenmark   Hansi Hinterseer
195 18 1 February 1975     Megève DH 058    Walter Vesti   Rene Berthod   Philippe Roux
196 19 30 January 1975  
1 February 1975  
  Chamonix (SL)
  Megève (DH)
KB 003    Gustav Thöni   Francisco Fernández Ochoa   Erik Håker
197 20 21 February 1975     Naeba SL 072    Hansi Hinterseer   Ingemar Stenmark   Christian Neureuther
198 21 23 February 1975   GS 065    Ingemar Stenmark   Erik Håker   Hansi Hinterseer
199 22 2 March 1975     Garibaldi GS 066    Ingemar Stenmark   Heini Hemmi   Gustav Thöni
200 23 9 March 1975     Jackson Hole DH 059    Franz Klammer   Michael Veith   Rene Berthod
201 24 13 March 1975     Sun Valley GS 067    Ingemar Stenmark   Piero Gros   Gustav Thöni
202 25 15 March 1975   SL 073    Gustav Thöni   Piero Gros   Ingemar Stenmark
203 26 21 March 1975     Val Gardena DH 060    Franz Klammer   Erik Håker   Bernhard Russi
204 27 23 March 1975   PS 001    Gustav Thöni   Ingemar Stenmark   Walter Tresch

Ladies

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Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom, KB – Combined, PS – Parallel slalom[5]
Race Season Date Place Type Winner Second Third
172 1 4 December 1974     Val d'Isère DH 046    Wiltrud Drexel   Bernadette Zurbriggen   Danièle Debernard
173 2 7 December 1974   GS 059    Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Monika Kaserer   Fabienne Serrat
174 3 12 December 1974     Cortina d'Ampezzo DH 047    Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Cindy Nelson   Wiltrud Drexel
175 4 13 December 1974   SL 069    Rosi Mittermaier   Fabienne Serrat   Christa Zechmeister
176 5 21 December 1974     Saalbach-Hinterglemm DH 048    Cindy Nelson   Marie-Theres Nadig   Rosi Mittermaier
177 6 4 January 1975     Garmisch SL 070    Lise-Marie Morerod   Christa Zechmeister   Torill Fjeldstad
178 7 9 January 1975     Grindelwald GS 060    Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Hanni Wenzel   Rosi Mittermaier
179 8 10 January 1975   DH 049    Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Rosi Mittermaier   Marie-Theres Nadig
180 9 10 January 1975   KB 001    Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Rosi Mittermaier   Hanni Wenzel
181 10 11 January 1975   GS 061    Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Fabienne Serrat   Hanni Wenzel
182 11 15 January 1975     Schruns DH 050    Bernadette Zurbriggen   Ingrid Schmid-Gfölner   Marie-Theres Nadig
183 12 15 January 1975   KB 002    Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Hanni Wenzel   Wiltrud Drexel
184 13 16 January 1975   SL 071    Christa Zechmeister   Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Hanni Wenzel
185 14 19 January 1975     Sarajevo GS 062    Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Lise-Marie Morerod   Rosi Mittermaier
186 15 24 January 1975     Innsbruck DH 051    Marie-Theres Nadig   Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Jacqueline Rouvier
187 16 29 January 1975     St. Gervais SL 072    Lise-Marie Morerod   Hanni Wenzel   Rosi Mittermaier
188 17 31 January 1975     Chamonix DH 052    Bernadette Zurbriggen   Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Marie-Theres Nadig
189 18 29 January 1975  
31 January 1975  
  St. Gervais (SL)
  Chamonix (DH)
KB 003    Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Hanni Wenzel   Rosi Mittermaier
190 19 21 February 1975     Naeba SL 073    Hanni Wenzel   Lise-Marie Morerod   Christa Zechmeister
191 20 23 February 1975   GS 063    Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Monika Kaserer   Christina Tisot
192 21 1 March 1975     Garibaldi GS 064    Cindy Nelson   Fabienne Serrat   Kathy Kreiner
193 22 11 March 1975     Jackson Hole DH 053    Marie-Theres Nadig   Bernadette Zurbriggen   Annemarie Moser-Pröll
194 23 13 March 1975     Sun Valley GS 065    Lise-Marie Morerod   Monika Kaserer   Fabienne Serrat
195 24 14 March 1975   SL 074    Hanni Wenzel   Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Christa Zechmeister
196 25 20 March 1975     Val Gardena SL 075    Lise-Marie Morerod   Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Monika Kaserer
197 26 22 March 1975   PS 001    Monika Kaserer   Claudia Giordani   Fabienne Serrat

Overall

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The Men's overall World Cup 1974/75 was also divided into three periods with only a part of the results from each period being retained for the Overall standings.

Place Name Country Total
1 Gustav Thöni   Italy 250
2 Ingemar Stenmark   Sweden 245
3 Franz Klammer   Austria 240
4 Piero Gros   Italy 196
5 Erik Håker   Norway 147
6 Hansi Hinterseer   Austria 117
7 Herbert Plank   Italy 92
8 Werner Grissmann   Austria 87
9 Francisco Fernández-Ochoa   Spain 79
10 Paolo De Chiesa   Italy 74
11 Bernhard Russi    Switzerland 58
12 René Berthod    Switzerland 57
13 Michael Veith   West Germany 55
14 Walter Tresch    Switzerland 50
15 Fausto Radici   Italy 49

Downhill

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In men's downhill World Cup 1974/75 the best 5 results count. Five racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). Franz Klammer won 6 races in a row and won the cup with maximum points. He won 8 races out of 9, but at the downhill of Megève one of his bindings opened and he did not finish the race; this meant also that he could not score the 15 points for a third place in the combined of Megève (which he would have gained easily after a decent slalom result in Chamonix two days earlier), and in the end he missed the first place in the men's overall World Cup by just 10 points.

Place Name Country Total 2  3  6  8  12  16  18  23  26 
1 Franz Klammer   Austria 125 25 25 25 25 25 (25) - (25) (25)
2 Werner Grissmann   Austria 81 20 15 20 11 15 (3) - - (3)
3 Herbert Plank   Italy 71 - 20 8 20 (6) 15 8 - (1)
4 Bernhard Russi    Switzerland 58 8 - 11 4 - 20 - - 15
5 René Berthod    Switzerland 56 - - (1) - 11 2 20 15 8
6 Erik Håker   Norway 53 3 - - 15 - 4 11 (2) 20
7 Michael Veith   West Germany 47 15 - - 8 4 - - 20 -
8 Philippe Roux   France 40 - - - - 3 - 15 11 11
9 Gustav Thöni   Italy 39 6 - - - 20 11 2 - -
10 Walter Vesti    Switzerland 36 - - - 3 8 - 25 - -

Giant slalom

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In men's giant slalom World Cup 1974/75 the best 5 results count. One racer had a point deduction, which is given in ().

Place Name Country Total 1  5  11  15  21  22  24 
1 Ingemar Stenmark   Sweden 115 20 - - 20 25 25 25
2 Piero Gros   Italy 106 25 25 25 - - 11 20
3 Erik Håker   Norway 67 15 6 1 25 20 - -
4 Gustav Thöni   Italy 60 - 8 20 2 - 15 15
5 Hansi Hinterseer   Austria 55 11 (4) 6 15 15 - 8
6 Heini Hemmi    Switzerland 45 - - 3 11 11 20 -
7 Thomas Hauser   Austria 35 - - 11 8 8 8 -
8 Greg Jones   United States 33 - 20 - - - 2 11
9 Franz Klammer   Austria 31 8 11 - 6 6 - -
10 Tino Pietrogiovanna   Italy 23 6 15 - - - - 2

Slalom

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In men's slalom World Cup 1974/75 the best 5 results count. Four racers had a point deduction, which are given in ().

Place Name Country Total 4  7  9  13  17  20  25  27 
1 Ingemar Stenmark   Sweden 110 25 - 25 20 20 20 (15) (20)
2 Gustav Thöni   Italy 106 - 20 11 - 25 (8) 25 25
3 Piero Gros   Italy 90 - 25 20 25 - - 20 -
4 Paolo De Chiesa   Italy 61 20 8 15 15 - - 3 -
5 Hansi Hinterseer   Austria 58 - - 1 11 15 25 6 -
6 Fausto Radici   Italy 48 15 15 - - 3 4 (1) 11
7 Christian Neureuther   West Germany 36 4 - 6 - 11 15 - -
Francisco Fernández-Ochoa   Spain 36 3 6 8 (3) 8 - 11 -
9 Jan Bachleda   Poland 27 - 11 - 6 - - 4 6
10 Hansjörg Schlager   West Germany 22 - 4 3 - 4 11 - -

Combined

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There was no special discipline world cup for Combined awarded. All three results only count for the Overall World Cup. Gustav Thöni won all three competitions. This was the important key that enabled Thöni to defeat Ingemar Stenmark in the Overall World Cup standings.

Place Name Country Total 10  14  19 
1 Gustav Thöni   Italy 75 25 25 25
2 Francisco Fernández-Ochoa   Spain 40 - 20 20
3 Walter Tresch    Switzerland 26 15 11 -
Erik Håker   Norway 26 11 - 15
5 Franz Klammer   Austria 21 6 15 -
6 David Zwilling   Austria 20 20 - -
7 Jim Hunter   Canada 12 - 4 8
8 Herbert Plank   Italy 11 - - 11
9 Roland Thöni   Italy 8 8 - -
Sepp Ferstl   West Germany 8 - 8 -
Michael Veith   West Germany 8 2 6 -

Ladies

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Overall

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The Women's overall World Cup 1974/75 was divided into two periods. From the first 14 races the best 7 results count and from the last 12 races the best 6 results count. Eight racers had a point deduction. Annemarie Moser-Pröll had a total deduction of 106 points. She won ten competitions and was unable to score points only in three events. This was her fifth overall win in a row.

Place Name Country Total
1 Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Austria 305
2 Hanni Wenzel   Liechtenstein 199
3 Rosi Mittermaier   West Germany 166
4 Marie-Theres Nadig    Switzerland 154
5 Fabienne Serrat   France 153
6 Bernadette Zurbriggen    Switzerland 151
Lise-Marie Morerod    Switzerland 151
8 Cindy Nelson   United States 138
9 Monika Kaserer   Austria 134
10 Christa Zechmeister   West Germany 127
11 Wiltrud Drexel   Austria 82
12 Kathy Kreiner   Canada 62
13 Irene Epple   West Germany 60
14 Danièle Debernard   France 57
15 Betsy Clifford   Canada 43

Downhill

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In women's downhill World Cup 1974/75 the best 5 results count. Five racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). Annemarie Moser-Pröll won her fifth Downhill World Cup in a row. This record is still unbeaten.

Place Name Country Total 1  3  5  8  11  15  17  22 
1 Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Austria 105 (4) 25 (4) 25 (8) 20 20 15
2 Bernadette Zurbriggen    Switzerland 101 20 - - 11 25 (11) 25 20
3 Marie-Theres Nadig    Switzerland 100 - - 20 15 15 25 (15) 25
4 Cindy Nelson   United States 75 11 20 25 8 - - 11 (3)
5 Wiltrud Drexel   Austria 58 25 15 1 - 11 - - 6
6 Rosi Mittermaier   West Germany 49 - - 15 20 - 6 8 -
7 Irene Epple   West Germany 38 (2) - 11 4 4 8 - 11
8 Danièle Debernard   France 32 15 11 - 3 - 3 - -
9 Ingrid Schmid-Gfölner   Austria 24 - - - 2 20 2 - -
10 Jacqueline Rouvier   France 23 - 8 - - - 15 - -

Giant slalom

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In women's giant slalom World Cup 1974/75 the best 5 results count. Three racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). Annemarie Moser-Pröll won five races in a row and won the cup with maximum points.

Place Name Country Total 2  7  10  14  20  21  23 
1 Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Austria 125 25 25 25 25 25 - (8)
2 Fabienne Serrat   France 81 15 11 20 (3) - 20 15
3 Monika Kaserer   Austria 74 20 6 8 - 20 (1) 20
4 Lise-Marie Morerod    Switzerland 53 2 - - 20 6 - 25
5 Hanni Wenzel   Liechtenstein 42 - 20 15 1 - - 6
6 Cindy Nelson   United States 40 - 3 - 6 3 25 3
7 Rosi Mittermaier   West Germany 36 6 15 - 15 - - -
8 Kathy Kreiner   Canada 34 - 8 - - - 15 11
9 Christa Zechmeister   West Germany 26 11 - 11 - - 4 -
10 Marie-Theres Nadig    Switzerland 22 8 - 2 11 - - 1

Slalom

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In women's slalom World Cup 1974/75 the best 5 results count. Three racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). Lise-Marie Morerod won the cup with only four results.

Place Name Country Total 4  6  12  16  19  24  25  26 
1 Lise-Marie Morerod    Switzerland 95 - 25 - 25 20 - 25 -
2 Hanni Wenzel   Liechtenstein 91 - 6 15 20 25 25 - -
3 Christa Zechmeister   West Germany 90 15 20 25 (8) 15 15 (3) -
4 Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Austria 79 11 - 20 (3) - 20 20 8
5 Fabienne Serrat   France 63 20 - 11 - - 6 11 15
6 Monika Kaserer   Austria 53 8 - - 1 - 4 15 25
7 Rosi Mittermaier   West Germany 52 25 - 8 15 - - 4 -
8 Claudia Giordani   Italy 31 - - - - 11 - - 20
9 Danièle Debernard   France 19 - - - 11 - - 8 -
10 Torill Fjeldstad   Norway 17 - 15 - - - - - 2

Combined

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There was no special discipline world cup for Combined awarded. All three results only count for the Overall World Cup. Annemarie Moser-Pröll won all three competitions.

Place Name Country Total 9  13  18 
1 Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Austria 75 25 25 25
2 Hanni Wenzel   Liechtenstein 55 15 20 20
3 Rosi Mittermaier   West Germany 36 20 1 15
4 Bernadette Zurbriggen    Switzerland 23 1 11 11
Cindy Nelson   United States 23 11 4 8
6 Kathy Kreiner   Canada 16 8 8 -
7 Wiltrud Drexel   Austria 15 - 15 -
8 Fabienne Serrat   France 9 3 6 -
9 Marie-Theres Nadig    Switzerland 6 6 - -
Betsy Clifford   Canada 6 - - 6

Nations Cup

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Overall

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Place Country Total Men Ladies
1   Austria 1395 630 765
2   Italy 810 764 46
3    Switzerland 792 334 458
4   West Germany 557 148 409
5   France 303 15 288
6   Sweden 260 260 0
7   United States 256 85 171
8   Liechtenstein 223 18 205
9   Norway 165 148 17
10   Canada 141 36 105
11   Spain 79 79 0
12   Poland 29 29 0
13   Australia 16 16 0
14   Iran 11 0 11
15   Czechoslovakia 4 4 0
Place Country Total DH GS SL KB Racers Wins
1   Italy 764 126 220 324 94 11 11
2   Austria 630 374 130 81 45 13 9
3    Switzerland 334 199 79 20 36 11 1
4   Sweden 260 0 115 145 0 1 5
5   West Germany 148 50 13 69 16 9 0
  Norway 148 55 67 0 26 1 1
7   United States 85 23 33 28 1 7 0
8   Spain 79 0 0 39 40 1 0
9   Canada 36 10 2 0 24 5 0
10   Poland 29 0 0 29 0 2 0
11   Liechtenstein 18 0 2 16 0 1 0
12   Australia 16 16 0 0 0 1 0
13   France 15 3 0 9 3 5 0
14   Czechoslovakia 4 0 4 0 0 1 0

Ladies

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Place Country Total DH GS SL KB Racers Wins
1   Austria 765 257 241 167 100 11 12
2    Switzerland 458 227 87 112 32 3 8
3   West Germany 409 109 67 191 42 8 2
4   France 288 59 112 106 11 7 0
5   Liechtenstein 205 17 42 91 55 1 2
6   United States 171 81 52 15 23 8 2
7   Canada 105 14 50 19 22 2 0
8   Italy 46 0 15 31 0 2 0
9   Norway 17 0 0 17 0 1 0
10   Iran 11 0 0 11 0 1 0

References

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  1. ^ Fry, John (January 1975). "Skier's Notebook:Olympic Amateur Rules Are Changed". Ski Magazine. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  2. ^ Anderson, Dave (7 February 1984). "THE OLYMPIC JOKE: CHARTER RULE 26". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  3. ^ "Amateurism' still an issue". Associated Press. 25 January 1976. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  4. ^ "FIS: Alpine World Cup 1975 men's schedule". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  5. ^ "FIS: Alpine World Cup 1975 ladies' schedule". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
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