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1973–74 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup

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FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 1973/74
Discipline Men Women
Overall Italy Piero Gros Austria Annemarie Pröll
Downhill Switzerland Roland Collombin Austria Annemarie Pröll
Giant slalom Italy Piero Gros Liechtenstein Hanni Wenzel
Slalom Italy Gustav Thöni West Germany Christa Zechmeister
Nations Cup Italy Italy Austria Austria
Nations Cup overall Austria Austria
Competition
Locations 15 9
Individual 21 17

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, 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.

Due to the growth of the professional skiing tour (especially in the United States), which now featured World Cup winning stars such as Jean-Claude Killy, Karl Schranz, Patrick Russel, and Jean-Noël Augert, no World Cup races were held in North America for the first time in its history; the next time this happened was during the COVID-19 pandemic in the 2020-21 season. Instead, the entire 1973–74 season took place in Europe.

Calendar

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Men

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Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom[1]
Race Season Date Place Type Winner Second Third
157 1 8 December 1973   France Val d'Isère GS 054  Austria Hansi Hinterseer Italy Helmuth Schmalzl Italy Piero Gros
158 2 10 December 1973   DH 045  Italy Herbert Plank Austria Werner Grissmann Austria Franz Klammer
159 3 16 December 1973   Austria Saalbach GS 055  Austria Hubert Berchtold Austria Thomas Hauser Austria Hansi Hinterseer
160 4 17 December 1973   Italy Vipiteno SL 060  Italy Piero Gros Austria Johann Kniewasser West Germany Christian Neureuther
161 5 18 December 1973   Austria Zell am See DH 046  Austria Karl Cordin Switzerland Roland Collombin Austria Peter Feyersinger
Australia Manfred Grabler
Austria Josef Walcher
162 6 22 December 1973   Austria Schladming DH 047  Austria Franz Klammer Switzerland Roland Collombin Switzerland Bernhard Russi
163 7 5 January 1974   West Germany Garmisch SL 061  West Germany Christian Neureuther Italy Gustav Thöni West Germany Hansjorg Schlager
164 8 6 January 1974   DH 048  Switzerland Roland Collombin Austria Franz Klammer Italy Herbert Plank
165 9 7 January 1974   West Germany Berchtesgaden GS 056  Italy Piero Gros Italy Gustav Thöni Italy Erwin Stricker
166 10 12 January 1974   France Avoriaz DH 049  Switzerland Roland Collombin Austria Franz Klammer Switzerland Philippe Roux
167 11 13 January 1974   France Morzine GS 057  Italy Piero Gros Austria Hansi Hinterseer Italy Gustav Thöni
168 12 19 January 1974   Switzerland Wengen DH 050  Switzerland Roland Collombin Austria Franz Klammer Italy Herbert Plank
169 13 20 January 1974   SL 062  West Germany Christian Neureuther Italy Fausto Radici Austria David Zwilling
170 14 21 January 1974   Switzerland Adelboden GS 058  Italy Gustav Thöni Italy Piero Gros Austria Hansi Hinterseer
171 15 26 January 1974   Austria Kitzbühel DH 051  Switzerland Roland Collombin Italy Stefano Anzi
Italy Giuliano Besson
172 16 27 January 1974   SL 063  Austria Hansi Hinterseer Austria Johann Kniewasser Italy Gustav Thöni
FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1974 (3–10 February)
173 17 2 March 1974   Norway Voss GS 059  Italy Gustav Thöni Austria Hansi Hinterseer Sweden Ingemar Stenmark
174 18 3 March 1974   SL 064  Italy Piero Gros Sweden Ingemar Stenmark Austria Johann Kniewasser
175 19 6 March 1974   Poland Zakopane SL 065  Spain Francisco Fernandez-Ochoa Italy Gustav Thöni Austria Hansi Hinterseer
176 20 9 March 1974   Czechoslovakia Vysoké Tatry GS 060  Italy Piero Gros Sweden Ingemar Stenmark Austria Hansi Hinterseer
177 21 10 March 1974   SL 066  Italy Gustav Thöni Sweden Ingemar Stenmark Spain Francisco Fernández Ochoa

Ladies

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Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom[2]
Race Season Date Place Type Winner Second Third
155 1 6 December 1973   France Val d'Isère DH 041  Austria Annemarie Pröll Austria Ingrid Gfolner Austria Wiltrud Drexel
156 2 7 December 1973   SL 063  West Germany Christa Zechmeister Liechtenstein Hanni Wenzel United States Marilyn Cochran
157 3 19 December 1973   Austria Zell am See DH 042  Austria Annemarie Pröll Austria Wiltrud Drexel Switzerland Marie-Theres Nadig
158 4 20 December 1973   GS 053  Liechtenstein Hanni Wenzel Switzerland Marie-Theres Nadig Austria Traudl Treichl
159 5 5 January 1974   West Germany Pfronten DH 043  Austria Annemarie Pröll Austria Wiltrud Drexel Canada Betsy Clifford
160 6 6 January 1974   GS 054  Canada Kathy Kreiner Switzerland Lise-Marie Morerod France Fabienne Serrat
161 7 8 January 1974   France Les Gets SL 064  West Germany Christa Zechmeister United States Lindy Cochran Austria Annemarie Pröll
162 8 9 January 1974   GS 055  Italy Claudia Giordani United States Barbara Ann Cochran Liechtenstein Hanni Wenzel
163 9 13 January 1974   Switzerland Grindelwald DH 044  United States Cindy Nelson Austria Annemarie Pröll Switzerland Marie-Theres Nadig
164 10 14 January 1974   GS 056  Austria Monika Kaserer Liechtenstein Hanni Wenzel West Germany Christa Zechmeister
165 11 16 January 1974   Switzerland Les Diablerets SL 065  West Germany Christa Zechmeister France Fabienne Serrat West Germany Rosi Mittermaier
166 12 23 January 1974   Austria Badgastein DH 045  Austria Annemarie Pröll Switzerland Marie-Theres Nadig Austria Wiltrud Drexel
167 13 24 January 1974   SL 066  West Germany Christa Zechmeister France Fabienne Serrat Austria Monika Kaserer
168 14 25 January 1974   GS 057  France Fabienne Serrat Switzerland Lise-Marie Morerod West Germany Rosi Mittermaier
FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1974 (3–10 February)
169 15 27 February 1974   Italy Abetone SL 067  West Germany Rosi Mittermaier Austria Annemarie Pröll France Fabienne Serrat
170 16 7 March 1974   Czechoslovakia Vysoké Tatry GS 058  Austria Monika Kaserer Austria Annemarie Pröll Switzerland Lise-Marie Morerod
171 17 8 March 1974   SL 068  West Germany Rosi Mittermaier France Danièle Debernard Liechtenstein Hanni Wenzel

Men

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Overall

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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
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

Downhill

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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 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

Giant slalom

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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 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

Slalom

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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 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

Ladies

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Overall

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The Women's overall World Cup 1973/74 was most likely also divided into periods.

Place Name Country Total
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

Downhill

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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 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

Giant slalom

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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 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 -

Slalom

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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 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

Nations Cup

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Overall

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Place Country Total Men Ladies
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

Men

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Place Country Total DH GS SL 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

Ladies

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Place Country Total DH GS SL 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

References

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  1. ^ "FIS: Alpine World Cup 1974 men's schedule". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  2. ^ "FIS: Alpine World Cup 1974 ladies' schedule". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
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