1973 Alpine Skiing World Cup

1973 Alpine Skiing World Cup season
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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.

Men

Calendar

Race No	Discipline	Place	Date
1	Giant	Val-d'Isère, France	December 8, 1972
2	Downhill	Val d'Isère, France	December 10, 1972
3	Downhill	Val Gardena, Italy	December 15, 1972
4	Slalom	Madonna di Campiglio, Italy	December 17, 1972
5	Giant	Madonna di Campiglio, Italy	December 19, 1972
6	Downhill	Garmisch, West Germany	January 6, 1973
7	Downhill	Garmisch, West Germany	January 7, 1973
8	Downhill	Grindelwald, Switzerland	January 13, 1973
9	Slalom	Wengen, Switzerland	January 14, 1973
10	Giant	Adelboden, Switzerland	January 15, 1973
11	Giant	Megève, France	January 19, 1973
12	Slalom	Megève, France	January 21, 1973
13	Downhill	Kitzbühel, Austria	January 27, 1973
14	Slalom	Kitzbühel, Austria	January 28, 1973
15	Downhill	St. Anton, Austria	February 3, 1973
16	Slalom	St. Anton, Austria	February 4, 1973
17	Downhill	St. Moritz, Switzerland	February 11, 1973
18	Giant	Mont St. Anne, Canada	March 2, 1973
19	Slalom	Mont St. Anne, Canada	March 4, 1973
20	Giant	Anchorage, United States	March 8, 1973
21	Giant	Naeba, Japan	March 12, 1973
22	Slalom	Naeba, Japan	March 15, 1973
23	Slalom	Heavenly Valley, United States	March 23, 1973
24	Giant	Heavenly Valley, United States	March 24, 1973

Men's Overall results

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 Points
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

Men's Downhill results

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 Points	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

Men's Giant Slalom results

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 Points	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

Men's Slalom results

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 Points	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

Men's Team results

Place	Country	Total Points	Downhill	Giant	Slalom	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

Women

Calendar

Race No	Discipline	Place	Date
1	Downhill	Val d'Isère, France	December 7, 1972
2	Slalom	Val d'Isère, France	December 9, 1972
3	Downhill	Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria	December 19, 1972
4	Giant	Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria	December 20, 1972
5	Slalom	Maribor, Yugoslavia	January 2, 1973
6	Downhill	Pfronten, West Germany	January 9, 1973
7	Downhill	Pfronten, West Germany	January 10, 1973
8	Downhill	Grindelwald, Switzerland	January 16, 1973
9	Slalom	Grindelwald, Switzerland	January 17, 1973
10	Giant	St. Gervais, France	January 20, 1973
11	Giant	Les Contamines, France	January 21, 1973
12	Downhill	Chamonix, France	January 25, 1973
13	Slalom	Chamonix, France	January 26, 1973
14	Downhill	Schruns, Austria	February 1, 1973
15	Slalom	Schruns, Austria	February 2, 1973
16	Downhill	St. Moritz, Switzerland	February 10, 1973
17	Giant	Abetone, Italy	February 11, 1973
18	Giant	Mont St. Anne, Canada	March 2, 1973
19	Slalom	Mont St. Anne, Canada	March 3, 1973
20	Giant	Anchorage, United States	March 7, 1973
21	Slalom	Naeba, Japan	March 13, 1973
22	Giant	Naeba, Japan	March 15, 1973
23	Slalom	Heavenly Valley, United States	March 22, 1973
24	Giant	Heavenly Valley, United States	March 23, 1973

Women's Overall results

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

Place	Name	Country	Total Points
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

Women's Downhill results

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 Points	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	-	-	-	-	-

Women's Giant Slalom results

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 Points	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	-	-

Women's Slalom results

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 Points	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

Women's Team results

Place	Country	Total Points	Downhill	Giant	Slalom	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

Nationscup

Place	Country	Total Points	Men	Women
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

Calendar

Key

DH	downhill
GS	giant slalom
SL	slalom

Men

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Race	Date	Venue	Event	Winner	Second	Third
1	8 Dec 1972	Val d'Isère, France	GS	Bernhard Russi	Heinrich Messner	Walter Tresch
2	10 Dec 1972		DH	Erik Haker	Jean-Noël Augert	Henri Duvillard
3	15 Dec 1972	Val Gardenia, Italy	DH	Karl Schranz	Heinrich Messner	Michael Dätwyler
4	17 Dec 1972	Madonna di Campiglio, Italy	SL	Tyler Palmer	Jean-Noël Augert	Harald Rofner
5	19 Dec 1972		GS	Henri Duvillard	Max Rieger	Andrzej Bachleda
6	6 Jan 1973	Garmisch Classic, West Germany	DH	Roger Rossat-Mignod	Gustav Thöni	Walter Tresch
7	7 Jan 1973	DH	Karl Schranz	Henri Duvillard	Bernhard Russi
8	13 Jan 1973	Grindelwald, Switzerland	DH	Karl Schranz	Henri Duvillard	Heinrich Messner
9	14 Jan 1973	Wengen, Switzerland	SL	Jean-Noël Augert	Edmund Bruggmann	Andrzej Bachleda
10	15 Jan 1973	Adelboden, Switzerland	GS	Jean-Noël Augert	Gustav Thöni	Bob Cochran
11	19 Jan 1973	Megève, France	GS	Werner Mattle	Adolf Rosti	Gustav Thöni
12	21 Jan 1973	SL	Erik Haker	Sepp Heckelmiller	Helmuth Schmalzl
13	27 Jan 1973	Kitzbühel, Austria	DH	Andrzej Bachleda	Jean-Noël Augert	Gustav Thöni
14	28 Jan 1973		SL	Bernhard Russi	Mike Lafferty	Jean-Daniel Dätwyler
15	26 Feb 1972	DH	Franz Vogler	Bernhard Russi	Jean-Daniel Dätwyler
16	2 Mar 1972	Heavenly Valley, USA	GS	Gustav Thöni	Henri Duvillard	David Zwilling
17	15 Mar 1972	Val Gardena, Italy	DH	Bernhard Russi	Rene Berthod	Mike Lafferty
18	16 Mar 1972		GS	Edmund Bruggmann	Reinhard Tritscher	Roland Thöni
19	17 Mar 1972	Madonna di Campiglio, Italy	SL	Roland Thöni	Alain Penz	Andrzej Bachleda
20	18 Mar 1972	Pra Loup, France	SL	Roland Thöni	Gustav Thöni	Edmund Bruggmann
21	19 Mar 1972		GS	Edmund Bruggmann	Gustav Thöni	Roger Rossat-Mignod

Note: For the first time, the Olympic events no longer counted in the World Cup standings.

Women

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Race	Date	Venue	Event	Winner	Second	Third
1	3 Dec 1971	St. Moritz, Switzerland	DH	Annemarie Pröll	Françoise Macchi	Jacqueline Rouvier
2	11 Dec 1971	Val d'Isère, France	DH	Jacqueline Rouvier	Annemarie Pröll	Françoise Macchi
3	17 Dec 1971	Sestriere, Italy	DH	Annemarie Pröll	Jacqueline Rouvier	Françoise Macchi
4	18 Dec 1971		SL	Françoise Macchi	Rosi Mittermaier	Monika Kaserer
5	3 Jan 1972	Oberstaufen, West Germany	GS	Françoise Macchi	Annemarie Pröll	Marilyn Cochran
6	4 Jan 1972		SL	Françoise Macchi	Rosi Mittermaier	Danièle Debernard
7	7 Jan 1972	Maribor, Yugoslavia	GS	Françoise Macchi	Michèle Jacot	Annemarie Pröll
8	12 Jan 1972	Badgastein, Austria	DH	Annemarie Pröll	Wiltrud Drexel	Isabelle Mir
9	13 Jan 1972		SL	Britt Lafforgue	Françoise Macchi	Annemarie Pröll
10	18 Jan 1972	Grindelwald, Switzerland	DH	Annemarie Pröll	Marie-Theres Nadig	Isabelle Mir
11	19 Jan 1972		SL	Britt Lafforgue	Monika Kaserer	Barbara Ann Cochran
12	22 Jan 1972	St. Gervais, France	GS	Annemarie Pröll	Monika Kaserer	Marie-Theres Nadig
1972 Winter Olympics   (5–13 February)
13	18 Feb 1972	Banff, Canada	SL	Britt Lafforgue	Barbara Ann Cochran	Florence Steurer
14	19 Feb 1972		GS	Annemarie Pröll	Wiltrud Drexel	Monika Kaserer
15	25 Feb 1972	Crystal Mountain, USA	DH	Annemarie Pröll	Wiltrud Drexel Marie-Theres Nadig
16	26 Feb 1972		DH	Wiltrud Drexel	Annemarie Pröll	Marie-Theres Nadig
17	1 Mar 1972	Heavenly Valley, USA	GS	Annemarie Pröll	Rosi Mittermaier	Britt Lafforgue
18	3 Mar 1972		SL	Florence Steurer	Michèle Jacot	Marilyn Cochran
19	17 Mar 1972	Pra Loup, Italy	SL	Danièle Debernard	Pamela Behr	Rosi Mittermaier
20	18 Mar 1972		GS	Danièle Debernard	Monika Kaserer	Marie-Theres Nadig
21	19 Mar 1972		GS	Britt Lafforgue	Annemarie Pröll	Monika Kaserer

References

External links

• FIS-ski.com - World Cup standings - 1973

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