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 2France 5Austria 6Austria 8Germany 10France 12Switzerland 15Austria
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 1France 3Austria 9Germany 11France 14Switzerland 17Norway 20Czechoslovakia
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 4Italy 7Germany 13Switzerland 16Austria 18Norway 19Poland 21Czechoslovakia
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 1France 3Austria 5Germany 9Switzerland 12Austria
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 4Austria 6Germany 8France 10Switzerland 14Austria 16Czechoslovakia
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 2France 7France 11Switzerland 13Austria 15Italy 17Czechoslovakia
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

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