1974 Alpine Skiing World Cup

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, of 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.

For the only time in its history, the entire World Cup season was held in Europe, with no races in North America.

Men

Calendar

Race No	Discipline	Place	Date
1	Giant	Val d'Isère, France	December 8, 1973
2	Downhill	Val d'Isère, France	December 10, 1973
3	Giant	Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria	December 16, 1973
4	Slalom	Sterzing, Italy	December 17, 1973
5	Downhill	Zell am See, Austria	December 18, 1973
6	Downhill	Schladming, Austria	December 22, 1973
7	Slalom	Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany	January 5, 1974
8	Downhill	Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany	January 6, 1974
9	Giant	Berchtesgaden, West Germany	January 7, 1974
10	Downhill	Avoriaz, France	January 12, 1974
11	Giant	Morzine, France	January 13, 1974
12	Downhill	Wengen, Switzerland	January 19, 1974
13	Slalom	Wengen, Switzerland	January 20, 1974
14	Giant	Adelboden, Switzerland	January 21, 1974
15	Downhill	Kitzbühel, Austria	January 26, 1974
16	Slalom	Kitzbühel, Austria	January 27, 1974
17	Giant	Voss, Norway	March 2, 1974
18	Slalom	Voss, Norway	March 3, 1974
19	Slalom	Zakopane, Poland	March 6, 1974
20	Giant	Vysoké Tatry, Czechoslovakia	March 9, 1974
21	Slalom	Vysoké Tatry, Czechoslovakia	March 10, 1974

Men's Overall results

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

Men's Downhill results

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

Men's Giant Slalom results

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

Men's Slalom results

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

Men's Team results

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

Calendar

Race No	Discipline	Place	Country	Date
1	Downhill	Val d'Isère, France	December 6, 1973
2	Slalom	Val d'Isère, France	December 7, 1973
3	Downhill	Zell am See, Austria	December 19, 1973
4	Giant	Zell am See, Austria	December 20, 1973
5	Downhill	Pfronten, West Germany	January 5, 1974
6	Giant	Pfronten, West Germany	January 6, 1974
7	Slalom	Les Gets, France	January 8, 1974
8	Giant	Les Gets, France	January 9, 1974
9	Downhill	Grindelwald, Switzerland	January 13, 1974
10	Giant	Grindelwald, Switzerland	January 14, 1974
11	Slalom	Les Diablerets, Switzerland	January 16, 1974
12	Downhill	Badgastein, Austria	January 23, 1974
13	Slalom	Badgastein, Austria	January 24, 1974
14	Giant	Badgastein, Austria	January 25, 1974
15	Slalom	Abetone, Italy	February 27, 1974
16	Giant	Vysoké Tatry, Czechoslovakia	March 7, 1974
17	Slalom	Vysoké Tatry, Czechoslovakia	March 8, 1974

Women's Overall results

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

Women's Downhill results

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

Women's Giant Slalom results

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	-

Women's Slalom results

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

Women's Team results

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

External links

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