1974–75 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup

The 9th World Cup season began in December 1974 in France and concluded in March 1975 in Italy. Gustav Thöni of Italy would regain the overall title, his fourth overall title in five seasons. Annemarie Moser-Pröll of Austria won the women's overall title, her fifth consecutive.

FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 1974/75
Discipline Men Women
Overall Italy Gustav Thöni Austria Annemarie Moser-Pröll
Downhill Austria Franz Klammer Austria Annemarie Moser-Pröll
Giant slalom Sweden Ingemar Stenmark Austria Annemarie Moser-Pröll
Slalom Sweden Ingemar Stenmark Switzerland Lise-Marie Morerod
Nations Cup Italy Italy Austria Austria
Nations Cup overall Austria Austria
Competition
Locations 16 15
Individual 27 26

Three major changes took place on the World Cup circuit this season. First, Alpine combined races were recognized as World Cup events for the first time; both the men's and women's seasons included three combined races, all of which were won by the overall winners (Thöni and Moser-Pröll); in fact, Thöni's three combined wins were directly responsible for his edging out Ingemar Stenmark for the title. Second, a parallel slalom race was held at the end of the season, as parallel slalom had become popular on the professional skiing tour due to the visible head-to-head competition. Although parallel slalom skiing was used a few more times in World Cup competition, beginning in 1976 it became a permanent part of the season-ending Nations Cup events.

Third, and more importantly, the new head of the International Olympic Committee, Lord Killanin, reached a compromise to preserve the "amateur" status of skiers receiving endorsements, manufacturer's fees, and other payments, as long as the payments were made to the skier's national association or Olympic committee and not directly to the skier, that also eliminated the prohibition on year-round training and competition in a sport.[1] While further criticism of this rule, known as Olympics Rule 26, would continue and would lead to future problems, such as the banning of World Cup champions Stenmark and Hanni Wenzel from the 1984 Winter Olympics,[2] the immediate impact of this change was to check the steady migration of World Cup skiers to the professional circuit.[3] Partially as a result, World Cup races this season took place in Europe, North America, and Asia.

Calendar

Men
Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom, KB – Combined, PS – Parallel slalom[4]
Race Season Date Place Type Winner Second Third
17815 December 1974   France Val d'IsèreGS 061 Italy Piero GrosSweden Ingemar StenmarkNorway Erik Håker
17928 December 1974   DH 052 Austria Franz KlammerAustria Werner GrissmannWest Germany Michael Veith
180315 December 1974   Switzerland St. MoritzDH 053 Austria Franz KlammerItaly Herbert PlankAustria Werner Grissmann
181417 December 1974   Italy Madonna di CampiglioSL 067 Sweden Ingemar StenmarkItaly Paolo De ChiesaItaly Fausto Radici
182518 December 1974   GS 062 Italy Piero GrosUnited States Greg JonesItaly Tino Pietrogiovanna
18365 January 1975   West Germany GarmischDH 054 Austria Franz KlammerAustria Werner GrissmannAustria Josef Walcher
18476 January 1975   SL 068 Italy Piero GrosItaly Gustav ThöniItaly Fausto Radici
185811 January 1975   Switzerland WengenDH 055 Austria Franz KlammerItaly Herbert PlankNorway Erik Håker
186912 January 1975   SL 069 Sweden Ingemar StenmarkItaly Piero GrosItaly Paolo De Chiesa
1871012 January 1975   KB 001 Italy Gustav ThöniAustria David ZwillingSwitzerland Walter Tresch
1881113 January 1975   Switzerland AdelbodenGS 063 Italy Piero GrosItaly Gustav ThöniSwitzerland Werner Mattle
1891218 January 1975   Austria KitzbühelDH 056 Austria Franz KlammerItaly Gustav ThöniAustria Werner Grissmann
1901319 January 1975   SL 070 Italy Piero GrosSweden Ingemar StenmarkItaly Paolo De Chiesa
1911419 January 1975   KB 002 Italy Gustav ThöniSpain Francisco Fernández OchoaAustria Franz Klammer
1921521 January 1975   Austria FulpmesGS 064 Norway Erik HåkerSweden Ingemar StenmarkAustria Hansi Hinterseer
1931626 January 1975   Austria InnsbruckDH 057 Austria Franz KlammerSwitzerland Bernhard RussiItaly Herbert Plank
1941730 January 1975   France ChamonixSL 071 Italy Gustav ThöniSweden Ingemar StenmarkAustria Hansi Hinterseer
195181 February 1975   France MegèveDH 058 Switzerland Walter VestiSwitzerland Rene BerthodSwitzerland Philippe Roux
1961930 January 1975  
1 February 1975  		 France Chamonix (SL)
France Megève (DH)		KB 003 Italy Gustav ThöniSpain Francisco Fernández OchoaNorway Erik Håker
1972021 February 1975   Japan NaebaSL 072 Austria Hansi HinterseerSweden Ingemar StenmarkWest Germany Christian Neureuther
1982123 February 1975   GS 065 Sweden Ingemar StenmarkNorway Erik HåkerAustria Hansi Hinterseer
199222 March 1975   Canada GaribaldiGS 066 Sweden Ingemar StenmarkSwitzerland Heini HemmiItaly Gustav Thöni
200239 March 1975   United States Jackson HoleDH 059 Austria Franz KlammerWest Germany Michael VeithSwitzerland Rene Berthod
2012413 March 1975   United States Sun ValleyGS 067 Sweden Ingemar StenmarkItaly Piero GrosItaly Gustav Thöni
2022515 March 1975   SL 073 Italy Gustav ThöniItaly Piero GrosSweden Ingemar Stenmark
2032621 March 1975   Italy Val GardenaDH 060 Austria Franz KlammerNorway Erik HåkerSwitzerland Bernhard Russi
2042723 March 1975   PS 001 Italy Gustav ThöniSweden Ingemar StenmarkSwitzerland Walter Tresch

Ladies
Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom, KB – Combined, PS – Parallel slalom[5]
Race Season Date Place Type Winner Second Third
17214 December 1974   France Val d'IsèreDH 046 Austria Wiltrud DrexelSwitzerland Bernadette ZurbriggenFrance Danièle Debernard
17327 December 1974   GS 059 Austria Annemarie Moser-PröllAustria Monika KasererFrance Fabienne Serrat
174312 December 1974   Italy Cortina d'AmpezzoDH 047 Austria Annemarie Moser-PröllUnited States Cindy NelsonAustria Wiltrud Drexel
175413 December 1974   SL 069 West Germany Rosi MittermaierFrance Fabienne SerratWest Germany Christa Zechmeister
176521 December 1974   Austria Saalbach-HinterglemmDH 048 United States Cindy NelsonSwitzerland Marie-Theres NadigWest Germany Rosi Mittermaier
17764 January 1975   West Germany GarmischSL 070 Switzerland Lise-Marie MorerodWest Germany Christa ZechmeisterNorway Torill Fjeldstad
17879 January 1975   Switzerland GrindelwaldGS 060 Austria Annemarie Moser-PröllLiechtenstein Hanni WenzelWest Germany Rosi Mittermaier
179810 January 1975   DH 049 Austria Annemarie Moser-PröllWest Germany Rosi MittermaierSwitzerland Marie-Theres Nadig
180910 January 1975   KB 001 Austria Annemarie Moser-PröllWest Germany Rosi MittermaierLiechtenstein Hanni Wenzel
1811011 January 1975   GS 061 Austria Annemarie Moser-PröllFrance Fabienne SerratLiechtenstein Hanni Wenzel
1821115 January 1975   Austria SchrunsDH 050 Switzerland Bernadette ZurbriggenAustria Ingrid Schmid-GfölnerSwitzerland Marie-Theres Nadig
1831215 January 1975   KB 002 Austria Annemarie Moser-PröllLiechtenstein Hanni WenzelAustria Wiltrud Drexel
1841316 January 1975   SL 071 West Germany Christa ZechmeisterAustria Annemarie Moser-PröllLiechtenstein Hanni Wenzel
1851419 January 1975   Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia SarajevoGS 062 Austria Annemarie Moser-PröllSwitzerland Lise-Marie MorerodWest Germany Rosi Mittermaier
1861524 January 1975   Austria InnsbruckDH 051 Switzerland Marie-Theres NadigAustria Annemarie Moser-PröllFrance Jacqueline Rouvier
1871629 January 1975   France St. GervaisSL 072 Switzerland Lise-Marie MorerodLiechtenstein Hanni WenzelWest Germany Rosi Mittermaier
1881731 January 1975   France ChamonixDH 052 Switzerland Bernadette ZurbriggenAustria Annemarie Moser-PröllSwitzerland Marie-Theres Nadig
1891829 January 1975  
31 January 1975  		 France St. Gervais (SL)
France Chamonix (DH)		KB 003 Austria Annemarie Moser-PröllLiechtenstein Hanni WenzelWest Germany Rosi Mittermaier
1901921 February 1975   Japan NaebaSL 073 Liechtenstein Hanni WenzelSwitzerland Lise-Marie MorerodWest Germany Christa Zechmeister
1912023 February 1975   GS 063 Austria Annemarie Moser-PröllAustria Monika KasererItaly Christina Tisot
192211 March 1975   Canada GaribaldiGS 064 United States Cindy NelsonFrance Fabienne SerratCanada Kathy Kreiner
1932211 March 1975   United States Jackson HoleDH 053 Switzerland Marie-Theres NadigSwitzerland Bernadette ZurbriggenAustria Annemarie Moser-Pröll
1942313 March 1975   United States Sun ValleyGS 065 Switzerland Lise-Marie MorerodAustria Monika KasererFrance Fabienne Serrat
1952414 March 1975   SL 074 Liechtenstein Hanni WenzelAustria Annemarie Moser-PröllWest Germany Christa Zechmeister
1962520 March 1975   Italy Val GardenaSL 075 Switzerland Lise-Marie MorerodAustria Annemarie Moser-PröllAustria Monika Kaserer
1972622 March 1975   PS 001 Austria Monika KasererItaly Claudia GiordaniFrance Fabienne Serrat

Men

Overall

The Men's overall World Cup 1974/75 was also divided into three periods with only a part of the results from each period being retained for the Overall standings.

PlaceNameCountryTotal
1Gustav Thöni Italy250
2Ingemar Stenmark Sweden245
3Franz Klammer Austria240
4Piero Gros Italy196
5Erik Håker Norway147
6Hansi Hinterseer Austria117
7Herbert Plank Italy92
8Werner Grissmann Austria87
9Francisco Fernández-Ochoa Spain79
10Paolo De Chiesa Italy74
11Bernhard Russi  Switzerland58
12René Berthod  Switzerland57
13Michael Veith West Germany55
14Walter Tresch  Switzerland50
15Fausto Radici Italy49

Downhill

In men's downhill World Cup 1974/75 the best 5 results count. Five racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). Franz Klammer won 6 races in a row and won the cup with maximum points. He won 8 races out of 9, but at the downhill of Megève one of his bindings opened and he did not finish the race; this meant also that he could not score the 15 points for a third place in the combined of Megève (which he would have gained easily after a decent slalom result in Chamonix two days earlier), and in the end he missed the first place in the men's overall World Cup by just 10 points.

PlaceNameCountryTotal2France3Switzerland6Germany8Switzerland12Austria16Austria18France23United States26Italy
1Franz Klammer Austria1252525252525(25)-(25)(25)
2Werner Grissmann Austria812015201115(3)--(3)
3Herbert Plank Italy71-20820(6)158-(1)
4Bernhard Russi  Switzerland588-114-20--15
5René Berthod  Switzerland56--(1)-11220158
6Erik Håker Norway533--15-411(2)20
7Michael Veith West Germany4715--84--20-
8Philippe Roux France40----3-151111
9Gustav Thöni Italy396---20112--
10Walter Vesti  Switzerland36---38-25--

Giant slalom

In men's giant slalom World Cup 1974/75 the best 5 results count. One racer had a point deduction, which is given in ().

PlaceNameCountryTotal1France5Italy11Switzerland15Austria21Japan22Canada24United States
1Ingemar Stenmark Sweden11520--20252525
2Piero Gros Italy106252525--1120
3Erik Håker Norway6715612520--
4Gustav Thöni Italy60-8202-1515
5Hansi Hinterseer Austria5511(4)61515-8
6Heini Hemmi  Switzerland45--3111120-
7Thomas Hauser Austria35--11888-
8Greg Jones United States33-20---211
9Franz Klammer Austria31811-66--
10Tino Pietrogiovanna Italy23615----2

Slalom

In men's slalom World Cup 1974/75 the best 5 results count. Four racers had a point deduction, which are given in ().

PlaceNameCountryTotal4Italy7Germany9Switzerland13Austria17France20Japan25United States27Italy
1Ingemar Stenmark Sweden11025-25202020(15)(20)
2Gustav Thöni Italy106-2011-25(8)2525
3Piero Gros Italy90-252025--20-
4Paolo De Chiesa Italy612081515--3-
5Hansi Hinterseer Austria58--11115256-
6Fausto Radici Italy481515--34(1)11
7Christian Neureuther West Germany364-6-1115--
Francisco Fernández-Ochoa Spain36368(3)8-11-
9Jan Bachleda Poland27-11-6--46
10Hansjörg Schlager West Germany22-43-411--

Combined

There was no special discipline world cup for Combined awarded. All three results only count for the Overall World Cup. Gustav Thöni won all three competitions. This was the important key that enabled Thöni to defeat Ingemar Stenmark in the Overall World Cup standings.

PlaceNameCountryTotal10Switzerland14Austria19France
1Gustav Thöni Italy75252525
2Francisco Fernández-Ochoa Spain40-2020
3Walter Tresch  Switzerland261511-
Erik Håker Norway2611-15
5Franz Klammer Austria21615-
6David Zwilling Austria2020--
7Jim Hunter Canada12-48
8Herbert Plank Italy11--11
9Roland Thöni Italy88--
Sepp Ferstl West Germany8-8-
Michael Veith West Germany826-

Ladies

Overall

The Women's overall World Cup 1974/75 was divided into two periods. From the first 14 races the best 7 results count and from the last 12 races the best 6 results count. Eight racers had a point deduction. Annemarie Moser-Pröll had a total deduction of 106 points. She won ten competitions and was unable to score points only in three events. This was her fifth overall win in a row.

PlaceNameCountryTotal
1Annemarie Moser-Pröll Austria305
2Hanni Wenzel Liechtenstein199
3Rosi Mittermaier West Germany166
4Marie-Theres Nadig  Switzerland154
5Fabienne Serrat France153
6Bernadette Zurbriggen  Switzerland151
Lise-Marie Morerod  Switzerland151
8Cindy Nelson United States138
9Monika Kaserer Austria134
10Christa Zechmeister West Germany127
11Wiltrud Drexel Austria82
12Kathy Kreiner Canada62
13Irene Epple West Germany60
14Danièle Debernard France57
15Betsy Clifford Canada43

Downhill

In women's downhill World Cup 1974/75 the best 5 results count. Five racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). Annemarie Moser-Pröll won her fifth Downhill World Cup in a row. This record is still unbeaten.

PlaceNameCountryTotal1France3Italy5Austria8Switzerland11Austria15Austria17France22United States
1Annemarie Moser-Pröll Austria105(4)25(4)25(8)202015
2Bernadette Zurbriggen  Switzerland10120--1125(11)2520
3Marie-Theres Nadig  Switzerland100--20151525(15)25
4Cindy Nelson United States751120258--11(3)
5Wiltrud Drexel Austria5825151-11--6
6Rosi Mittermaier West Germany49--1520-68-
7Irene Epple West Germany38(2)-11448-11
8Danièle Debernard France321511-3-3--
9Ingrid Schmid-Gfölner Austria24---2202--
10Jacqueline Rouvier France23-8---15--

Giant slalom

In women's giant slalom World Cup 1974/75 the best 5 results count. Three racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). Annemarie Moser-Pröll won five races in a row and won the cup with maximum points.

PlaceNameCountryTotal2France7Switzerland10Switzerland14Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia20Japan21Canada23United States
1Annemarie Moser-Pröll Austria1252525252525-(8)
2Fabienne Serrat France81151120(3)-2015
3Monika Kaserer Austria742068-20(1)20
4Lise-Marie Morerod  Switzerland532--206-25
5Hanni Wenzel Liechtenstein42-20151--6
6Cindy Nelson United States40-3-63253
7Rosi Mittermaier West Germany36615-15---
8Kathy Kreiner Canada34-8---1511
9Christa Zechmeister West Germany2611-11--4-
10Marie-Theres Nadig  Switzerland228-211--1

Slalom

In women's slalom World Cup 1974/75 the best 5 results count. Three racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). Lise-Marie Morerod won the cup with only four results.

PlaceNameCountryTotal4Italy6Germany12Austria16France19Japan24United States25Italy26Italy
1Lise-Marie Morerod  Switzerland95-25-2520-25-
2Hanni Wenzel Liechtenstein91-615202525--
3Christa Zechmeister West Germany90152025(8)1515(3)-
4Annemarie Moser-Pröll Austria7911-20(3)-20208
5Fabienne Serrat France6320-11--61115
6Monika Kaserer Austria538--1-41525
7Rosi Mittermaier West Germany5225-815--4-
8Claudia Giordani Italy31----11--20
9Danièle Debernard France19---11--8-
10Torill Fjeldstad Norway17-15-----2

Combined

There was no special discipline world cup for Combined awarded. All three results only count for the Overall World Cup. Annemarie Moser-Pröll won all three competitions.

PlaceNameCountryTotal9Switzerland13Austria18France
1Annemarie Moser-Pröll Austria75252525
2Hanni Wenzel Liechtenstein55152020
3Rosi Mittermaier West Germany3620115
4Bernadette Zurbriggen  Switzerland2311111
Cindy Nelson United States231148
6Kathy Kreiner Canada1688-
7Wiltrud Drexel Austria15-15-
8Fabienne Serrat France936-
9Marie-Theres Nadig  Switzerland66--
Betsy Clifford Canada6--6

Nations Cup

Overall
PlaceCountryTotalMenLadies
1 Austria1395630765
2 Italy81076446
3  Switzerland792334458
4 West Germany557148409
5 France30315288
6 Sweden2602600
7 United States25685171
8 Liechtenstein22318205
9 Norway16514817
10 Canada14136105
11 Spain79790
12 Poland29290
13 Australia16160
14 Iran11011
15 Czechoslovakia440

Men
PlaceCountryTotalDHGSSLKBRacersWins
1 Italy764126220324941111
2 Austria6303741308145139
3  Switzerland334199792036111
4 Sweden2600115145015
5 West Germany1485013691690
 Norway148556702611
7 United States85233328170
8 Spain7900394010
9 Canada3610202450
10 Poland290029020
11 Liechtenstein180216010
12 Australia161600010
13 France15309350
14 Czechoslovakia4040010

Ladies
PlaceCountryTotalDHGSSLKBRacersWins
1 Austria7652572411671001112
2  Switzerland458227871123238
3 West Germany409109671914282
4 France288591121061170
5 Liechtenstein2051742915512
6 United States1718152152382
7 Canada1051450192220
8 Italy4601531020
9 Norway170017010
10 Iran110011010

References
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  5. "FIS: Alpine World Cup 1975 ladies' schedule". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
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