1976–77 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup

The 11th World Cup season began in December 1976 in France and concluded in March 1977 in Spain. Ingemar Stenmark of Sweden won his second of three consecutive men's overall titles. Rosi Mittermaier, the defending women's overall champion, retired after the 1976 season, but Annemarie Moser-Pröll, who had won the previous five overall titles, returned from her 1976 sabbatical. However, Lise-Marie Morerod of Switzerland won the women's overall title.

FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 1976/77
Discipline Men Women
Overall Sweden Ingemar Stenmark Switzerland Lise-Marie Morerod
Downhill Austria Franz Klammer Austria Brigitte Totschnig
Giant slalom Switzerland Heini Hemmi Switzerland Lise-Marie Morerod
Slalom Sweden Ingemar Stenmark Switzerland Lise-Marie Morerod
Nations Cup Austria Austria Austria Austria
Nations Cup overall Austria Austria
Competition
Locations 18 17
Individual 33 27

No individual championship was awarded in the Combined discipline, even though both men and women held three combined events, the same as the prior year. The combined discipline championship would not return until 1980.

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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
230 1 10 December 1976     Val d'Isère GS 075    Phil Mahre   Ingemar Stenmark   Klaus Heidegger
231 2 12 December 1976   GS 076    Heini Hemmi   Piero Gros   Phil Mahre
232 3 17 December 1976     Val Gardena DH 069    Franz Klammer   Herbert Plank   Erik Håker
233 4 18 December 1976   DH 070    Franz Klammer   Josef Walcher   Bernhard Russi
234 5 19 December 1976     Madonna di Campiglio SL 081    Fausto Radici   Piero Gros   Gustav Thöni
235 6 2 January 1977     Ebnat-Kappel GS 077    Heini Hemmi   Christian Hemmi   Gustav Thöni
236 7 3 January 1977     Laax SL 082    Ingemar Stenmark   Paul Frommelt   Walter Tresch
237 8 8 January 1977     Garmisch DH 071    Franz Klammer   Ernst Winkler   Peter Wirnsberger
238 9 9 January 1977   GS 078    Klaus Heidegger   Heini Hemmi   Willi Frommelt
239 10 9 January 1977     Berchtesgaden SL 083    Ingemar Stenmark   Klaus Heidegger   Alois Morgenstern
240 11 15 January 1977     Kitzbühel DH 072    Franz Klammer   Rene Berthod   Bernhard Russi
241 12 16 January 1977   SL 084    Ingemar Stenmark   Piero Gros   Franco Bieler
242 13 16 January 1977   KB 007    Gustav Thöni   Walter Tresch   Anton Steiner
243 14 22 January 1977     Wengen DH 073    Franz Klammer   Sepp Ferstl   Bernhard Russi
244 15 23 January 1977   SL 085    Ingemar Stenmark   Paul Frommelt   Klaus Heidegger
245 16 23 January 1977   KB 008    Walter Tresch   Gustav Thöni   Sepp Ferstl
246 17 24 January 1977     Adelboden GS 079    Heini Hemmi   Ingemar Stenmark   Klaus Heidegger
247 18 30 January 1977     Morzine DH 074    Bernhard Russi   Josef Walcher   Ernst Winkler
248 19 31 January 1977   DH 075    Josef Walcher   Herbert Plank   Bernhard Russi
249 20 6 February 1977     St. Anton SL 086    Ingemar Stenmark   Klaus Heidegger   Paul Frommelt
250 21 18 February 1977     Laax DH 076    Franz Klammer   Sepp Ferstl   Bernhard Russi
251 22 6 February 1977  
18 February 1977  
  St. Anton (SL)
  Laax (DH)
KB 009    Sepp Ferstl   Peter Lüscher   Franz Klammer
252 23 25 February 1977     Furano GS 080    Hans Hinterseer   Manfred Brunner   Ernst Good
253 24 27 February 1977   SL 087    Klaus Heidegger   Ingemar Stenmark   Bruno Nöckler
254 25 5 March 1977     Sun Valley SL 088    Phil Mahre   Ingemar Stenmark   Steve Mahre
255 26 6 March 1977   GS 081    Ingemar Stenmark   Christian Hemmi   Heini Hemmi
256 27 12 March 1977     Heavenly Valley DH 077    Josef Walcher   Werner Grissmann   Bernhard Russi
257 28 13 March 1977   DH 078    Bartl Gensbichler   Ernst Winkler   Peter Fischer
258 29 17 March 1977     Voss GS 082    Klaus Heidegger   Piero Gros   Phil Mahre
259 30 18 March 1977   SL 089    Ingemar Stenmark   Piero Gros   Christian Neureuther
260 31 20 March 1977     Åre SL 090    Ingemar Stenmark   Franco Bieler   Gustav Thöni
261 32 21 March 1977   GS 083    Ingemar Stenmark   Klaus Heidegger   Miloslav Sochor
262 33 25 March 1977     Sierra Nevada GS 084    Ingemar Stenmark   Heini Hemmi   Christian Hemmi
Nations Cup 26 March 1977     Sierra Nevada PS ncr    Manfred Brunner   Klaus Heidegger   Bruno Nöckler

Ladies

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Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom, KB – Combined, PS – Parallel slalom (Nations Cup ranking only)[2]
Race Season Date Place Type Winner Second Third
224 1 9 December 1976     Val d'Isère GS 074    Lise-Marie Morerod   Abbi Fisher   Annemarie Moser-Pröll
225 2 11 December 1976     Courmayeur GS 075    Brigitte Totschnig   Lea Solkner   Hanni Wenzel
226 3 15 December 1976     Cortina d'Ampezzo DH 061    Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Elena Matous   Brigitte Totschnig
227 4 16 December 1976   SL 084    Lise-Marie Morerod   Hanni Wenzel   Claudia Giordani
228 5 16 December 1976   KB 007    Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Lise-Marie Morerod   Hanni Wenzel
229 6 20 December 1976     Zell am See DH 062    Brigitte Totschnig   Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Nicola Spieß
230 7 21 December 1976   DH 063    Brigitte Totschnig   Marie-Theres Nadig
  Nicola Spieß
231 8 3 January 1977     Oberstaufen SL 085    Lise-Marie Morerod   Hanni Wenzel   Patricia Emonet
232 9 8 January 1977     Pfronten DH 064    Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Marie-Theres Nadig   Irene Epple
233 10 11 January 1977     Garmisch DH 065    Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Bernadette Zurbriggen   Marie-Theres Nadig
234 11 18 January 1977     Schruns DH 066    Bernadette Zurbriggen   Evi Mittermaier   Marie-Theres Nadig
235 12 19 January 1977   SL 086    Lise-Marie Morerod   Fabienne Serrat   Pamela Behr
236 13 19 January 1977   KB 008    Hanni Wenzel   Lise-Marie Morerod   Monika Kaserer
237 14 20 January 1977     Arosa GS 076    Lise-Marie Morerod   Kathy Kreiner   Monika Kaserer
238 15 25 January 1977     Crans-Montana DH 067    Brigitte Totschnig   Evi Mittermaier   Annemarie Moser-Pröll
239 16 26 January 1977   SL 087    Perrine Pelen   Lise-Marie Morerod   Fabienne Serrat
240 17 26 January 1977   KB 009    Marie-Theres Nadig   Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Hanni Wenzel
241 18 28 January 1977     St. Gervais SL 088    Perrine Pelen   Patricia Emonet   Monika Kaserer
242 19 29 January 1977     Megève GS 077    Monika Kaserer   Lise-Marie Morerod   Annemarie Moser-Pröll
243 20 1 February 1977     Maribor SL 089    Claudia Giordani   Monika Kaserer   Perrine Pelen
244 21 2 February 1977   GS 078    Lise-Marie Morerod   Monika Kaserer   Fabienne Serrat
245 22 26 February 1977     Furano SL 090    Regina Sackl   Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Claudia Giordani
246 23 27 February 1977   GS 079    Monika Kaserer   Lise-Marie Morerod   Annemarie Moser-Pröll
247 24 5 March 1977     Sun Valley SL 091    Perrine Pelen   Claudia Giordani   Monika Kaserer
248 25 6 March 1977   GS 080    Lise-Marie Morerod   Kathy Kreiner   Abbi Fisher
249 26 12 March 1977     Heavenly Valley DH 068    Brigitte Totschnig   Evi Mittermaier   Doris de Agostini
250 27 24 March 1977     Sierra Nevada GS 081    Lise-Marie Morerod   Ingrid Eberle   Ursula Konzett
Nations Cup 26 March 1977     Sierra Nevada PS ncr    Christa Zechmeister   Marie-Theres Nadig   Annemarie Moser-Pröll

Overall

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The Men's overall World Cup 1976/77 was most likely also divided into two periods, but no racer had a point deduction.

Place Name Country Total DH GS SL KB
1 Ingemar Stenmark   Sweden 339 0 124 215 0
2 Klaus Heidegger   Austria 250 0 129 121 0
3 Franz Klammer   Austria 203 180 0 0 23
4 Piero Gros   Italy 165 0 76 89 0
5 Bernhard Russi    Switzerland 148 148 0 0 0
6 Gustav Thöni   Italy 145 0 29 71 45
7 Heini Hemmi    Switzerland 133 0 130 3 0
8 Josef Walcher   Austria 115 115 0 0 0
9 Phil Mahre   United States 100 0 75 27 0
10 Paul Frommelt   Liechtenstein 99 0 4 95 0
11 Sepp Ferstl   West Germany 97 46 0 0 51
12 Franco Bieler   Italy 92 0 26 66 0
13 Walter Tresch   Italy 89 15 0 29 45
14 Hansi Hinterseer   Austria 82 0 53 29 0
15 Christian Hemmi    Switzerland 69 0 68 1 0

Downhill

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In men's downhill World Cup 1976/77 the best 5 results count. Six racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). Franz Klammer won 5 races in a row and won the cup with maximum points. Together with the last 4 downhill races last season 1975/76, he won 9 downhill races in a row, and Klammer won his third Downhill World Cup in a row. Austrian skiers won 9 races out of 10.

Place Name Country Total 3 4 8 11 14 18 19 21 27 28
1 Franz Klammer   Austria 125 25 25 25 25 25 (11) (11) (25) (8) -
2 Josef Walcher   Austria 101 - 20 (8) - 11 20 25 - 25 (6)
3 Bernhard Russi    Switzerland 85 (11) 15 (11) 15 15 25 15 (15) (15) (11)
4 Ernst Winkler   Austria 64 - - 20 8 - 15 1 (1) (1) 20
5 Herbert Plank   Italy 56 20 4 - 4 - 8 20 - - -
6 Sepp Ferstl   West Germany 46 - - - 3 20 3 - 20 - -
7 Werner Grissmann   Austria 45 (3) 11 - - 4 - - 6 20 4
8 Peter Wirnsberger   Austria 35 4 (1) 15 6 2 - 8 - - (1)
René Berthod    Switzerland 35 - - - 20 4 - 6 3 - 2
10 Peter Fischer   West Germany 34 - - - - 6 - - 2 11 15
11 Bartl Gensbichler   Austria 29 - - 2 - - - - - 2 25

Giant slalom

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In men's giant slalom World Cup 1976/77 the best 5 results count. Seven racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). Due to the tiebreak rules then in effect, Ingemar Stenmark failed to win his third Giant slalom World Cup in a row, as the reigning Olympic Champion Heini Hemmi, who scored the same number of retained points (115), achieved the better sixth result throughout the season in that event (3rd place at Sun Valley).

Place Name Country Total 1 2 6 9 17 23 26 29 32 33
1 Heini Hemmi    Switzerland 115 - 25 25 20 25 - (15) - - 20
2 Ingemar Stenmark   Sweden 115 20 (6) (3) - 20 - 25 - 25 25
3 Klaus Heidegger   Austria 100 15 (8) (11) 25 15 (8) - 25 20 (2)
4 Phil Mahre   United States 72 25 15 - 11 - - (3) 15 - 6
5 Piero Gros   Italy 70 11 20 8 (2) (3) - 11 20 (1) -
6 Christian Hemmi    Switzerland 65 2 - 20 (1) 8 - 20 - (2) 15
7 Hansi Hinterseer   Austria 53 6 - 6 8 - 25 - 8 - -
8 Willi Frommelt   Liechtenstein 40 4 2 - 15 - 11 (2) 8 - (1)
9 Manfred Brunner   Austria 32 - - - - - 20 - 4 4 4
10 Gustav Thöni   Italy 29 - 3 15 - - 3 - - 8 -

Slalom

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In men's slalom World Cup 1976/77 the best 5 results count. Nine racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). Ingemar Stenmark won five races in a row and won the cup with maximum points. He won seven races out of ten and won his third Slalom World Cup in a row!

Place Name Country Total 5 7 10 12 15 20 24 25 30 31
1 Ingemar Stenmark   Sweden 125 - 25 25 25 25 25 (20) (20) (25) (25)
2 Klaus Heidegger   Austria 91 11 - 20 (11) 15 20 25 - (11) (8)
3 Paul Frommelt   Liechtenstein 77 (2) 20 (8) (6) 20 15 (2) 11 - 11
4 Piero Gros   Italy 76 20 (3) (6) 20 - 8 (4) - 20 8
5 Gustav Thöni   Italy 63 15 11 - (8) 11 - 11 - - 15
6 Franco Bieler   Italy 58 (4) (4) - 15 - 11 - 6 6 20
7 Fausto Radici   Italy 53 25 8 4 (4) 8 - 8 (1) - -
8 Christian Neureuther   West Germany 30 - - 3 - 2 6 - 4 15 (2)
9 Walter Tresch    Switzerland 29 - 15 - - 6 - - - 8 -
10 Hansi Hinterseer   Austria 28 6 1 11 2 - (1) - 8 - -
11 Alois Morgenstern   Austria 27 8 - 15 3 1 - - - - -
12 Phil Mahre   United States 25 - - - - - - - 25 - -

Combined

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After the first ever Combined World Cup 1975/76, in this season 1976/77 there were no special discipline world cup for Combined awarded. All three results only count for the Overall World Cup.

Place Name Country Total 13 16 22
1 Sepp Ferstl   West Germany 51 11 15 25
2 Walter Tresch    Switzerland 45 20 25 -
Gustav Thöni   Italy 45 25 20 -
4 Franz Klammer   Austria 23 8 - 15
5 Peter Lüscher    Switzerland 20 - - 20
6 Hans Enn   Austria 19 - 11 8
7 Leonhard Stock   Austria 16 4 8 4
8 Anton Steiner   Austria 15 15 - -
Michael Veith   West Germany 15 - 4 11
Peter Müller    Switzerland 15 3 6 6

Ladies

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Overall

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The Women's overall World Cup 1976/77 was divided into two periods. From the first 16 races the best 8 results count and from the last 11 races the best 7 results count. Six racers had a point deduction.

Place Name Country Total
1 Lise-Marie Morerod    Switzerland 319
2 Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Austria 246
3 Monika Kaserer   Austria 196
4 Brigitte Totschnig   Austria 186
5 Hanni Wenzel   Liechtenstein 150
6 Marie-Theres Nadig    Switzerland 133
7 Perrine Pelen   France 132
8 Claudia Giordani   Italy 121
9 Fabienne Serrat   France 85
10 Bernadette Zurbriggen    Switzerland 78
11 Evi Mittermaier   West Germany 77
12 Regina Sackl   Austria 74
13 Kathy Kreiner   Canada 65
14 Nicola Spieß   Austria 61
15 Lea Sölkner   Austria 59

Downhill

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In women's downhill World Cup 1976/77 the best 5 results count. Seven racers had point a deduction, which are given in (). Austrian skiers won 7 races out of 8.

Place Name Country Total 3 6 7 9 10 11 15 26
1 Brigitte Totschnig   Austria 115 15 25 25 (11) (6) (11) 25 25
2 Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Austria 110 25 20 - 25 25 - 15 (8)
3 Marie-Theres Nadig    Switzerland 81 (2) (2) 20 20 15 15 11 (11)
4 Evi Mittermaier   West Germany 74 6 - (3) - 8 20 20 20
5 Bernadette Zurbriggen    Switzerland 63 - - 6 8 20 25 4 -
6 Nicola Spieß   Austria 60 11 15 20 6 (1) 8 - -
7 Irene Epple   West Germany 43 3 (1) (2) 15 11 6 8 -
8 Elena Matous   Iran 33 20 8 4 - - 1 - -
9 Brigitte Schroll   Austria 26 4 11 8 - 3 - - -
10 Cindy Nelson   United States 22 8 3 11 - - - - -

Giant slalom

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In women's giant slalom World Cup 1976/77 the best 5 results count. Five racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). Lise-Marie Morerod won 5 races and won the cup with maximum points.

Place Name Country Total 1 2 14 19 21 23 25 27
1 Lise-Marie Morerod    Switzerland 125 25 - 25 (20) 25 (20) 25 25
2 Monika Kaserer   Austria 93 (4) - 15 25 20 25 8 -
3 Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Austria 60 15 4 (1) 15 - 15 (3) 11
4 Kathy Kreiner   Canada 59 8 8 20 - - 3 20 (3)
5 Abbi Fisher   United States 39 20 - - 4 - - 15 -
Brigitte Totschnig   Austria 39 - 25 - 1 - 2 11 -
7 Lea Sölkner   Austria 36 2 20 - 2 11 - 1 (1)
8 Hanni Wenzel   Liechtenstein 31 - 15 - - 8 8 - -
Becky Dorsey   United States 31 1 - 8 3 - 11 - 8
Fabienne Serrat   France 31 - - 4 6 15 - - 6

Slalom

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In women's slalom World Cup 1976/77 the best 5 results count. Five racers had a point deduction, which are given in ().

Place Name Country Total 4 8 12 16 18 20 22 24
1 Lise-Marie Morerod    Switzerland 106 25 25 25 20 - - - 11
2 Perrine Pelen   France 98 (3) - 8 25 25 15 (4) 25
3 Claudia Giordani   Italy 86 15 - (2) 11 (8) 25 15 20
4 Monika Kaserer   Austria 65 4 11 (3) (4) 15 20 - 15
5 Hanni Wenzel   Liechtenstein 57 20 20 11 3 - - 3 -
6 Regina Sackl   Austria 56 11 8 4 - - 8 25 -
7 Fabienne Serrat   France 49 - 4 20 15 4 6 - (2)
8 Patricia Emonet   France 41 - 15 - 6 20 - - -
9 Pamela Behr   Austria 40 - - 15 8 11 - 6 -
10 Christa Zechmeister   West Germany 30 - 6 6 (2) 3 11 - 4

Combined

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After the first ever Combined World Cup 1975/76, in this season 1976/77 there were no special discipline world cup for Combined awarded. All three results only count for the Overall World Cup.

Place Name Country Total 5 13 17
1 Hanni Wenzel   Liechtenstein 55 15 25 15
2 Lise-Marie Morerod    Switzerland 48 20 20 8
3 Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Austria 45 25 - 20
4 Marie-Theres Nadig    Switzerland 36 - 11 25
5 Monika Kaserer   Austria 32 6 15 11
6 Cindy Nelson   United States 11 11 - -
7 Claudia Giordani   Italy 10 8 2 -
8 Christa Zechmeister   West Germany 8 - 8 -
Danièle Debernard   France 8 4 4 -
Lea Sölkner   Austria 8 - 6 2

Nations Cup

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Overall

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Place Country Total Men Ladies
1   Austria 1973 1001 972
2    Switzerland 1153 602 551
3   Italy 688 567 121
4   West Germany 381 200 181
5   Liechtenstein 370 193 177
6   Sweden 364 364 0
7   France 311 1 310
8   United States 300 144 156
9   Canada 69 4 65
10   Iran 39 0 39
11   Czechoslovakia 24 24 0
12   Norway 21 21 0
13   Yugoslavia 15 15 0
14   Japan 4 4 0
15   Australia 3 3 0
16   Bulgaria 1 1 0
Place Country Total DH GS SL KB Racers Wins
1   Austria 1001 533 218 177 73 14 13
2    Switzerland 602 237 251 34 80 12 5
3   Italy 567 58 149 313 47 8 2
4   Sweden 364 0 142 222 0 3 10
5   West Germany 200 97 0 32 71 4 1
6   Liechtenstein 193 0 74 113 6 3 0
7   United States 144 6 94 40 4 6 2
8   Czechoslovakia 24 0 20 4 0 2 0
9   Norway 21 19 0 2 0 2 0
10   Yugoslavia 15 0 3 12 0 1 0
11   Japan 4 0 0 4 0 1 0
12   Canada 4 0 0 0 4 2 0
13   Australia 3 3 0 0 0 1 0
14   Bulgaria 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
  France 1 0 1 0 0 1 0

Ladies

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Place Country Total DH GS SL KB Racers Wins
1   Austria 972 378 281 218 95 11 12
2    Switzerland 551 178 179 106 88 5 10
3   France 310 1 72 220 17 5 3
4   West Germany 181 123 6 43 9 7 0
5   Liechtenstein 177 19 46 57 55 2 1
6   United States 156 31 93 21 11 8 0
7   Italy 121 0 15 96 10 1 1
8   Canada 65 3 62 0 0 1 0
9   Iran 39 33 6 0 0 1 0

References

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  1. ^ "FIS: Alpine World Cup 1977 men's schedule". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  2. ^ "FIS: Alpine World Cup 1977 ladies' schedule". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
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