1970 Alpine Skiing World Cup

The fourth World Cup season began in December 1969 in France and concluded in March 1970 in Norway. Karl Schranz of Austria won his second consecutive overall title. Michèle Jacot of France won the women's overall title.

For the final time, the results of the World Championships, held in 1970 in Val Gardena, Italy, were included in the World Cup standings. Future Olympic and World Championship results were not included as World Cup races.

Calendar

Key

DH	downhill
GS	giant slalom
SL	slalom

Men

Race	Date	Venue	Event	Winner	Second	Third
1	11-Dec-1969	Val d'Isère, France	GS	Gustav Thöni	Patrick Russel	Jean-Noël Augert
2	14-Dec-1969		DH	Malcolm Milne	Jean-Daniel Dätwyler	Karl Schranz
3	20-Dec-1969	Lienz, Austria	GS	Patrick Russel	Gustav Thöni	Jacob Tischhauser
4	21-Dec-1969		SL	Jean-Noël Augert	Herbert Huber	Spider Sabich
5	4-Jan-1970	Hindelang, West Germany	SL	Gustav Thöni	Patrick Russel	Jean-Noël Augert
6	5-Jan-1970	Adelboden, Switzerland	GS	Karl Schranz	Sepp Heckelmiller	Dumeng Giovanoli
7	10-Jan-1970	Wengen, Switzerland	DH	Henri Duvillard	Karl Cordin	Heinrich Messner
8	11-Jan-1970		SL	Patrick Russel	Dumeng Giovanoli	Henri Bréchu
9	17-Jan-1970	Kitzbühel, Austria	GS	Dumeng Giovanoli	Andrzej Bachleda	Karl Schranz
10	18-Jan-1970		SL	Patrick Russel	Gustav Thöni	Jean-Noël Augert
11	20-Jan-1970	Kranjska Gora, Yugoslavia	GS	Dumeng Giovanoli	Patrick Russel	Georges Mauduit
12	23-Jan-1970	Megève, France	DH	Karl Schranz	Heinrich Messner	Henri Duvillard
13	25-Jan-1970		SL	Patrick Russel	Alain Penz	Henri Bréchu
14	29-Jan-1970	Madonna di Campiglio, Italy	GS	Gustav Thöni	Dumeng Giovanoli	Jean-Noël Augert
15	30-Jan-1970		GS	Gustav Thöni	Edmund Bruggmann	Jean-Noël Augert
16	31-Jan-1970		SL	Henri Bréchu	Gustav Thöni	Dumeng Giovanoli
17	1-Feb-1970	Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany	DH	Karl Schranz	Karl Cordin	Franz Vogler
18	8-Feb-1970	Val Gardena, Italy (1970 World Championships)	SL	Jean-Noël Augert	Patrick Russel	Billy Kidd
19	10-Feb-1970		GS	Karl Schranz	Werner Bleiner	Dumeng Giovanoli
20	15-Feb-1970		DH	Bernhard Russi	Karl Cordin	Malcolm Milne
21	21-Feb-1970	Jackson Hole, USA	DH	Karl Cordin	Bernard Orcel	Henri Duvillard
22	22-Feb-1970		SL	Alain Penz	Henri Bréchu	Gustav Thöni
23	27-Feb-1970	Vancouver, Canada	GS	Alain Penz	Werner Bleiner	Patrick Russel
24	28-Feb-1970		SL	Alain Penz	Gustav Thöni	Patrick Russel
25	6-Mar-1970	Heavenly Valley, USA	SL	Alain Penz	Rick Chaffee	Heinrich Messner
26	8-Mar-1970		GS	Patrick Russel	Werner Bleiner	Karl Schranz
27	13-Mar-1970	Voss, Norway	GS	Werner Bleiner	Jean-Noël Augert	Karl Schranz
28	15-Mar-1970		SL	Patrick Russel	Jean-Noël Augert	Henri Bréchu

Note:

Race 18, 19 and 20 were the events from the Alpine World Ski Championships in Val Gardena, which also count for the World Cup. This would be the final time that the World Championships (or Olympics) would count in the World Cup standings.

Women

Race	Date	Venue	Event	Winner	Second	Third
1	10-Dec-1969	Val d'Isère, France	GS	Françoise Macchi	Barbara Ann Cochran	Michèle Jacot
2	12-Dec-1969		SL	Michèle Jacot	Barbara Ann Cochran	Florence Steurer
3	19-Dec-1969	Lienz, Austria	GS	Judy Nagel	Michèle Jacot	Barbara Ann Cochran
4	20-Dec-1969		SL	Judy Nagel	Ingrid Lafforgue	Bernadette Rauter
5	3-Jan-1970	Oberstaufen, West Germany	SL	Bernadette Rauter	Isabelle Mir	Françoise Macchi
6	4-Jan-1970		GS	Michèle Jacot	Françoise Macchi	Barbara Ann Cochran
7	6-Jan-1970	Grindelwald, Switzerland	SL	Michèle Jacot	Betsy Clifford	Marilyn Cochran
8	9-Jan-1970		DH	Isabelle Mir	Annie Famose	Florence Steurer
9	13-Jan-1970	Badgastein, Austria	SL	Ingrid Lafforgue	Betsy Clifford	Dominique Mathieux
10	15-Jan-1970		DH	Isabelle Mir	Florence Steurer	Michèle Jacot
11	17-Jan-1970	Maribor, Yugoslavia	GS	Annemarie Pröll	Florence Steurer	Barbara Ann Cochran
12	18-Jan-1970		SL	Barbara Ann Cochran	Britt Lafforgue	Bernadette Rauter
13	22-Jan-1970	St. Gervais, France	SL	Kiki Cutter	Ingrid Lafforgue	Florence Steurer
14	24-Jan-1970		GS	Françoise Macchi	Annemarie Pröll	Judy Nagel
15	30=Jan-1970	Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany	DH	Françoise Macchi	Wiltrud Drexel	Michèle Jacot
16	1-Feb-1970	Abetone, Italy	GS	Britt Lafforgue	Marie France Jean-Georges	Judy Nagel
17	2-Feb-1970		SL	Ingrid Lafforgue	Judy Nagel	Dominique Mathieux
18	11-Feb-1970	Val Gardena, Italy (1970 World Championships)	DH	Annerösli Zryd	Isabelle Mir	Annemarie Pröll
19	13-Feb-1970		SL	Ingrid Lafforgue	Barbara Ann Cochran	Michèle Jacot
20	14-Feb-1970		GS	Betsy Clifford	Ingrid Lafforgue	Françoise Macchi
21	21-Feb-1970	Jackson Hole, USA	DH	Isabelle Mir	Annie Famose	Michèle Jacot
22	22-Feb-1970		SL	Ingrid Lafforgue	Barbara Ann Cochran	Betsy Clifford
23	27-Feb-1970	Vancouver, Canada	GS	Michèle Jacot	Barbara Ann Cochran	Judy Nagel
24	1-Mar-1970		SL	Ingrid Lafforgue	Britt Lafforgue	Betsy Clifford
25	12-Mar-1970	Voss, Norway	GS	Ingrid Lafforgue	Wiltrud Drexel	Annemarie Pröll
26	14-Mar-1970		SL	Rosi Mittermaier	Florence Steurer	Britt Lafforgue

Note:

Race 18, 19 and 20 were the events from the Alpine World Ski Championships in Val Gardena, which also count for the World Cup. This would be the final time that the World Championships (or Olympics) would count in the World Cup standings.

Men's Results

Men's Overall Results

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In Men's Overall World Cup 1969/70 the best three downhills, best three giant slaloms and best three slaloms count. 18 racers had a point deduction.

Place	Name	Country	Total Points	Downhill	Giant	Slalom
1	Karl Schranz	Austria	148	65	65	18
2	Patrick Russel	France	145	0	70	75
3	Gustav Thöni	Italy	140	0	75	65
4	Jean-Noël Augert	France	120	0	50	70
5	Alain Penz	France	119	0	44	75
6	Dumeng Giovanoli	Switzerland	116	0	70	46
7	Werner Bleiner	Austria	83	0	65	18
8	Henri Duvillard	France	81	55	11	15
	Heinrich Messner	Austria	81	35	15	31
10	Karl Cordin	Austria	65	65	0	0
11	Henri Bréchu	France	62	0	2	60
12	Bernard Orcel	France	52	37	10	5
13	Andrzej Bachleda	Poland	50	0	32	18
14	Malcolm Milne	Australia	48	48	0	0
15	Billy Kidd	United States	45	8	8	29
	Max Rieger	West Germany	45	0	23	22

Men's Downhill Results

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In Men's Downhill World Cup 1969/70 the best 3 results count. Five racers had a point deduction, which are given in ().

Place	Name	Country	Total Points	2	7	12	17	20	21
1	Karl Schranz	Austria	65	15	(8)	25	25	(11)	(6)
	Karl Cordin	Austria	65	-	20	-	20	(20)	25
3	Henri Duvillard	France	55	(3)	25	15	-	-	15
4	Malcolm Milne	Australia	48	25	-	-	-	15	8
5	Franz Vogler	West Germany	37	-	11	11	15	-	-
	Bernhard Russi	Switzerland	37	-	1	-	11	25	-
	Bernard Orcel	France	37	11	6	-	-	-	20
8	Heinrich Messner	Austria	35	-	15	20	-	-	-
9	Jean-Daniel Dätwyler	Switzerland	28	20	4	-	4	-	(3)
10	Jean-Luc Pinel	France	20	-	-	6	3	(3)	11

Men's Giant Slalom Results

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In Men's Giant Slalom World Cup 1969/70 the best 3 results count. Ten racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). Gustav Thöni won the cup with maximum points.

Place	Name	Country	Total Points	1	3	6	9	11	14	15	19	23	26	27
1	Gustav Thöni	Italy	75	25	(20)	-	(6)	-	25	25	-	-	-	-
2	Dumeng Giovanoli	Switzerland	70	-	(3)	(15)	25	25	20	-	(15)	(2)	-	(4)
	Patrick Russel	France	70	20	25	(11)	(8)	(20)	-	-	(3)	(15)	25	(11)
4	Karl Schranz	Austria	65	-	(6)	25	(15)	-	-	-	25	(8)	15	(15)
	Werner Bleiner	Austria	65	(4)	(11)	(4)	-	(3)	(8)	(11)	20	20	(20)	25
6	Jean-Noël Augert	France	50	15	(1)	(3)	(2)	-	15	(15)	-	-	-	20
7	Alain Penz	France	44	-	-	8	(3)	-	-	-	(2)	25	11	(8)
8	Jakob Tischhauser	Switzerland	37	-	15	-	(4)	(8)	11	(8)	-	11	-	-
9	Andrzej Bachleda	Poland	32	-	(4)	-	20	(4)	(2)	6	6	-	-	-
10	Edmund Bruggmann	Switzerland	31	-	-	-	11	-	-	20	-	-	-	-

Men's Slalom Results

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In Men's Slalom World Cup 1969/70 the best 3 results count. 11 racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). Patrick Russel and Alain Penz won the cup with maximum points. French athletes won 10 races out of 11!

Place	Name	Country	Total Points	4	5	8	10	13	16	18	22	24	25	28
1	Patrick Russel	France	75	-	(20)	25	25	25	-	(20)	-	(15)	-	(25)
	Alain Penz	France	75	-	(3)	-	(6)	(20)	-	(8)	25	25	25	-
3	Jean-Noël Augert	France	70	25	(15)	-	(15)	-	-	25	-	-	-	20
4	Gustav Thöni	Italy	65	-	25	(11)	20	-	20	(11)	(15)	(20)	-	-
	Henri Bréchu	France	60	(8)	-	(15)	(2)	15	25	-	20	-	-	(15)
6	Dumeng Giovanoli	Switzerland	46	-	-	20	11	-	15	(6)	-	(11)	-	(6)
7	Heinrich Messner	Austria	31	-	(2)	-	-	(1)	8	-	8	(6)	15	(3)
8	Billy Kidd	United States	29	-	8	6	(4)	-	-	15	-	-	-	-
9	Harald Rofner	Austria	25	3	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	11
10	Rick Chaffee	United States	23	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	20	-

Men's Team Results

Place	Country	Total Points	Downhill	Giant	Slalom	Racers	Wins
1	France	921	121	313	487	11	14
2	Austria	635	236	259	240	10	6
3	Switzerland	434	85	237	112	14	3
4	Italy	243	12	105	126	6	4
5	United States	151	28	25	98	11	0
6	West Germany	136	37	60	39	4	0
7	Poland	61	0	42	19	1	0
8	Australia	48	48	0	0	1	1
9	Canada	14	3	7	4	2	0
10	Norway	13	1	1	11	5	0
11	Sweden	9	2	0	7	3	0
12	Spain	2	0	0	2	1	0

Women's Results

Women's Overall Results

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In Women's Overall World Cup 1969/70 the best three results from each discipline (downhill, giant slalom, and slalom) counted. Nineteen racers had a point deduction.

Place	Name	Country	Total Points	Downhill	Giant	Slalom
1	Michèle Jacot	France	180	45	70	65
2	Françoise Macchi	France	145	44	70	31
3	Florence Steurer	France	133	46	37	50
4	Ingrid Lafforgue	France	132	4	53	75
5	Barbara Ann Cochran	United States	120	0	55	65
6	Judy Nagel	United States	118	10	55	53
7	Annemarie Pröll	Austria	110	23	60	27
8	Betsy Clifford	Canada	101	5	41	55
9	Isabelle Mir	France	100	75	0	25
10	Britt Lafforgue	France	87	0	32	55
11	Annie Famose	France	81	48	0	33
12	Rosi Mittermaier	West Germany	74	7	25	42
13	Bernadette Rauter	Austria	67	0	12	55
14	Marilyn Cochran	United States	62	5	23	34
15	Karen Budge	United States	58	7	28	23

Women's Downhill Results

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In Women's Downhill World Cup 1969/70 the best 3 results count. Five racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). Isabelle Mir won the cup with maximum points.

Place	Name	Country	Total Points	8	10	15	18	21
1	Isabelle Mir	France	75	25	25	(11)	(20)	25
2	Annie Famose	France	48	20	(3)	8	-	20
3	Florence Steurer	France	46	15	20	-	(6)	11
4	Michèle Jacot	France	45	-	15	15	(3)	15
5	Françoise Macchi	France	44	(6)	11	25	-	8
6	Wiltrud Drexel	Austria	31	11	-	20	-	-
7	Annerösli Zryd	Switzerland	27	-	-	2	25	-
8	Annemarie Pröll	Austria	23	8	-	-	15	-
9	Ingrid Gfölner	Austria	14	-	6	-	8	-
10	Judy Crawford	Canada	11	-	-	-	11	-

Women's Giant Slalom Results

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In Women's Giant Slalom World Cup 1969/70 the best 3 results count. 14 racers had a point deduction, which are given in ().

Place	Name	Country	Total Points	1	3	6	11	14	16	20	23	25
1	Françoise Macchi	France	70	25	(11)	20	-	25	-	(15)	-	-
	Michèle Jacot	France	70	(15)	20	25	-	-	-	(11)	25	-
3	Annemarie Pröll	Austria	60	(11)	(3)	(8)	25	20	-	-	-	15
4	Judy Nagel	United States	55	-	25	-	-	15	15	-	(15)	-
	Barbara Ann Cochran	United States	55	20	15	(15)	(15)	(8)	-	(2)	20	(2)
6	Ingrid Lafforgue	France	53	-	8	-	(8)	(6)	(2)	20	(8)	25
7	Betsy Clifford	Canada	41	8	-	(1)	-	-	8	25	(1)	-
8	Florence Steurer	France	37	-	-	(3)	20	11	6	(3)	(6)	-
9	Britt Lafforgue	France	32	-	-	(1)	-	3	25	-	(2)	4
10	Karen Budge	United States	28	(2)	-	11	(2)	(2)	11	-	(4)	6

Women's Slalom Results

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In Women's Slalom World Cup 1969/70 the best 3 results count. 14 racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). Ingrid Lafforgue won the cup with maximum points. She won five races and four of them in a row.

Place	Name	Country	Total Points	2	4	5	7	9	12	13	17	19	22	24	26
1	Ingrid Lafforgue	France	75	(6)	(20)	-	-	25	-	(20)	25	25	(25)	(25)	-
2	Barbara Ann Cochran	United States	65	20	-	-	-	-	25	-	-	20	(20)	-	-
	Michèle Jacot	France	65	25	(11)	-	25	-	-	-	-	15	-	-	-
4	Bernadette Rauter	Austria	55	-	15	25	-	-	15	(3)	(11)	(2)	-	-	-
	Betsy Clifford	Canada	55	-	-	(8)	20	20	-	-	(6)	(3)	15	(15)	-
	Britt Lafforgue	France	55	(3)	(4)	-	(1)	-	20	(6)	-	-	(11)	20	15
7	Judy Nagel	United States	53	-	25	-	-	-	-	-	20	8	(6)	(6)	(6)
8	Florence Steurer	France	50	15	(4)	-	(8)	-	-	15	-	(4)	(8)	-	20
9	Rosi Mittermaier	West Germany	42	(4)	-	-	-	6	(2)	-	-	-	(4)	11	25
10	Kiki Cutter	United States	40	-	-	-	(3)	-	11	25	4	-	-	-	-

Women's Team Results

Place	Country	Total Points	Downhill	Giant	Slalom	Racers	Wins
1	France	1235	312	383	540	12	17
2	United States	563	22	247	294	9	4
3	Austria	339	76	139	124	8	2
4	Canada	156	16	47	93	3	1
5	West Germany	104	14	33	57	3	1
6	Switzerland	33	27	6	0	2	1
7	United Kingdom	23	3	4	16	3	0
8	Norway	18	1	0	17	3	0
9	Italy	5	4	0	1	2	0

Nationscup

Place	Country	Total Points	Men	Women
1	France	2156	921	1235
2	Austria	974	635	339
3	United States	714	151	563
4	Switzerland	467	434	33
5	Italy	248	243	5
6	West Germany	240	136	104
7	Canada	170	14	156
8	Poland	61	61	0
9	Australia	48	48	0
10	Norway	31	13	18
11	United Kingdom	23	0	23
12	Sweden	9	9	0
13	Spain	2	2	0

External links

• FIS-ski.com - World Cup standings - 1970