1972–73 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup

FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 1972/73
Discipline Men Women
Overall Italy Gustav Thöni Austria Annemarie Pröll
Downhill Switzerland Roland Collombin Austria Annemarie Pröll
Giant slalom Austria Hansi Hinterseer Austria Monika Kaserer
Slalom Italy Gustav Thöni France Patricia Emonet
Nations Cup Austria Austria Austria Austria
Nations Cup overall Austria Austria
Competition
Locations 15 15
Individual 24 24

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.

Calendar

Men

Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom[1]
Race Season Date Place Type Winner Second Third
133 1 8 December 1972   France Val d'Isère GS 046  Italy Piero Gros Norway Erik Håker Italy Helmuth Schmalzl
134 2 10 December 1972   DH 037  Austria Reinhard Tritscher Austria David Zwilling Italy Marcello Varallo
135 3 15 December 1972   Italy Val Gardena DH 038  Switzerland Roland Collombin Austria Karl Cordin Austria David Zwilling
136 4 17 December 1972   Italy Madonna di Campiglio SL 052  Italy Piero Gros Italy Gustav Thöni West Germany Christian Neureuther
137 5 19 December 1972   GS 047  Austria David Zwilling Switzerland Adolf Rösti Italy Helmuth Schmalzl
138 6 6 January 1973   West Germany Garmisch DH 039  Switzerland Roland Collombin Switzerland Philippe Roux
Italy Marcello Varallo
139 7 7 January 1973   DH 040  Switzerland Roland Collombin Italy Marcello Varallo Switzerland Bernhard Russi
140 8 13 January 1973   Switzerland Grindelwald DH 041  Switzerland Bernhard Russi Switzerland Roland Collombin Austria Reinhard Tritscher
141 9 14 January 1973   Switzerland Wengen SL 053  West Germany Christian Neureuther Switzerland Walter Tresch France Claude Perrot
142 10 15 January 1973   Switzerland Adelboden GS 048  Italy Gustav Thöni Austria Hansi Hinterseer Norway Erik Håker
143 11 19 January 1973   France Megève GS 049  France Henri Duvillard Austria Hansi Hinterseer Italy Gustav Thöni
144 12 21 January 1973   SL 054  West Germany Christian Neureuther Italy Gustav Thöni Switzerland Walter Tresch
145 13 27 January 1973   Austria Kitzbühel DH 042  Switzerland Roland Collombin Switzerland Bernhard Russi United States Bob Cochran
146 14 28 January 1973   SL 055  France Jean-Noël Augert Italy Gustav Thöni Poland Andrzej Bachleda
147 15 3 February 1973   Austria St. Anton DH 043  Switzerland Bernhard Russi Austria Franz Klammer Switzerland Philippe Roux
148 16 4 February 1973   SL 056  Italy Gustav Thöni West Germany Christian Neureuther France Henri Duvillard
149 17 11 February 1973   Switzerland St. Moritz DH 044  Austria Werner Grissmann Austria Josef Walcher Austria Franz Klammer
150 18 2 March 1973   Canada Mt. St. Anne GS 050  West Germany Max Rieger Austria Hansi Hinterseer Austria Franz Klammer
151 19 4 March 1973   SL 057  Italy Gustav Thöni Italy Ilario Pegorari West Germany Christian Neureuther
152 20 8 March 1973   United States Anchorage GS 051  Austria Hansi Hinterseer Switzerland Adolf Rösti Austria Josef Pechtl
153 21 12 March 1973   Japan Naeba GS 052  Norway Erik Håker Austria Hansi Hinterseer Switzerland Adolf Rösti
154 22 15 March 1973   SL 058  France Jean-Noël Augert West Germany Christian Neureuther Italy Ilario Pegorari
155 23 23 March 1973   United States Heavenly Valley SL 059  France Jean-Noël Augert United States Bob Cochran Italy Tino Pietrogiovanna
156 24 24 March 1973   GS 053  United States Bob Cochran Italy Erwin Stricker France Jean-Noël Augert

Ladies

Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom[2]
Race Season Date Place Type Winner Second Third
131 1 7 December 1972   France Val d'Isère DH 033  Austria Annemarie Pröll France Jacqueline Rouvier Austria Irmgard Lukasser
132 2 9 December 1972   SL 055  West Germany Pamela Behr France Odile Chalvin France Patricia Emonet
133 3 19 December 1972   Austria Saalbach-Hinterglemm DH 034  Austria Annemarie Pröll France Jacqueline Rouvier Austria Brigitte Totschnig
134 4 20 December 1972   GS 045  Austria Annemarie Pröll Austria Monika Kaserer Liechtenstein Hanni Wenzel
135 5 2 January 1973   Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Maribor SL 056  France Patricia Emonet West Germany Pamela Behr West Germany Rosi Mittermaier
136 6 9 January 1973   West Germany Pfronten DH 035  Austria Annemarie Pröll Austria Monika Kaserer Austria Irmgard Lukasser
137 7 10 January 1973   DH 036  Austria Annemarie Pröll Austria Irmgard Lukasser Austria Ingrid Gfölner
138 8 16 January 1973   Switzerland Grindelwald DH 037  Austria Annemarie Pröll Austria Wiltrud Drexel Austria Brigitte Totschnig
139 9 17 January 1973   SL 057  Austria Monika Kaserer West Germany Rosi Mittermaier Canada Judy Crawford
140 10 20 January 1973   France St. Gervais GS 046  Austria Annemarie Pröll Austria Monika Kaserer France Jacqueline Rouvier
141 11 21 January 1973   France Les Contamines GS 047  Austria Monika Kaserer West Germany Traudl Treichl United States Marilyn Cochran
142 12 25 January 1973   France Chamonix DH 038  Austria Annemarie Pröll Austria Wiltrud Drexel France Jacqueline Rouvier
143 13 26 January 1973   SL 058  United States Marilyn Cochran West Germany Rosi Mittermaier Austria Monika Kaserer
144 14 1 February 1973   Austria Schruns DH 039  Austria Annemarie Pröll Austria Wiltrud Drexel Austria Ingrid Gfölner
145 15 2 February 1973   SL 059  West Germany Rosi Mittermaier France Patricia Emonet Spain Conchita Puig
146 16 10 February 1973   Switzerland St. Moritz DH 040  Austria Annemarie Pröll Austria Ingrid Gfölner Austria Wiltrud Drexel
147 17 11 February 1973   Italy Abetone GS 048  Austria Monika Kaserer West Germany Traudl Treichl United States Sandra Poulsen
148 18 2 March 1973   Canada Mt. St. Anne GS 049  Austria Annemarie Pröll Switzerland Bernadette Zurbriggen Switzerland Marie-Theres Nadig
149 19 3 March 1973   SL 060  France Patricia Emonet France Danièle Debernard France Britt Lafforgue
150 20 7 March 1973   United States Anchorage GS 050  Switzerland Bernadette Zurbriggen Austria Monika Kaserer Canada Kathy Kreiner
151 21 13 March 1973   Japan Naeba SL 061  France Danièle Debernard Liechtenstein Hanni Wenzel United States Barbara Cochran
152 22 15 March 1973   GS 051  United States Marilyn Cochran Italy Claudia Giordani Austria Annemarie Pröll
153 23 22 March 1973   United States Heavenly Valley SL 062  France Patricia Emonet France Fabienne Serrat West Germany Christa Zechmeister
154 24 23 March 1973   GS 052  France Patricia Emonet Austria Monika Kaserer France Christine Rolland

Men

Overall

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
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

Downhill

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 2France 3Italy 6Germany 7Germany 8Switzerland 13Austria 15Austria 17Switzerland
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

Giant slalom

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 1France 5Italy 10Switzerland 11France 18Canada 20United States 21Japan 24United States
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

Slalom

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 4Italy 9Switzerland 12France 14Austria 16Austria 19Canada 22Japan 23United States
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

Ladies

Overall

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

Place Name Country Total
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

Downhill

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 1France 3Austria 6Germany 7Germany 8Switzerland 12France 14Austria 16Switzerland
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 - - - - -

Giant slalom

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 4Austria 10France 11France 17Italy 18Canada 20United States 22Japan 24United States
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 - -

Slalom

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 2France 5Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 9Switzerland 13France 15Austria 19Canada 21Japan 23United States
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

Nations Cup

Overall

Place Country Total Men Ladies
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

Men

Place Country Total DH GS SL 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

Ladies

Place Country Total DH GS SL 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

References

  1. ^ "FIS: Alpine World Cup 1973 men's schedule". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  2. ^ "FIS: Alpine World Cup 1973 ladies' schedule". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 24 September 2018.