FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1978

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1978
Host cityGarmisch-Partenkirchen,
Bavaria, West Germany
Events6
Opening28 January 1978
Closing5 February 1978
Opened byWilli Ritschard
Main venueGarmisch Classic,
Gudiberg (slalom)
Garmisch is located in Alps
Garmisch
Garmisch
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Location in the Alps of Europe
Garmisch is located in Germany
Garmisch
Garmisch
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Location in southern Germany

The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1978 were held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, West Germany, between 29 January and 5 February. It held competitions in alpine skiing like downhill, special slalom, giant slalom and combined. The combined was only a "paper race".

The event is the last time the championships were held here until 2011. Garmisch hosted the first Olympic alpine skiing competition (Combined event), at the 1936 games.

Men's competitions

Downhill

Sunday, 29 January

Place Athlete Nation Time Diff.
1st place, gold medalist(s) Josef Walcher  Austria 2:04.12 –
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Michael Veith  West Germany 2:04.19 + 0.07
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Werner Grissmann  Austria 2:04.46 + 0.32
4 Sepp Ferstl  West Germany 2:04.49 + 0.35
5 Peter Müller   Switzerland 2:04.77 + 0.65
5 Franz Klammer  Austria 2:04.77 + 0.65
7 Steve Podborski  Canada 2:04.98 + 0.86
8 Walter Vesti   Switzerland 2:06.13 + 2.01
9 Vladimir Makeev  Soviet Union 2:06.20 + 2.08
10 Herbert Plank  Italy 2:06.31 + 2.19
Source:[1][2]

Giant Slalom

Thursday, 2 February

Place Athlete Nation Time Diff. Run 1 Run 2
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ingemar Stenmark  Sweden 3:02.52 – 1:35.48 1:27.04
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Andreas Wenzel  Liechtenstein 3:04.56 + 2.04 1:37.32 1:27.24
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Willi Frommelt  Liechtenstein 3:04.75 + 2.23 1:36.71 1:28.04
4 Sepp Ferstl  West Germany 3:04.87 + 2.35
5 Phil Mahre  United States 3:04.94 + 2.42
6 Hans Enn  Austria 3:05.27 + 2.75
7 Peter Lüscher   Switzerland 3:06.13 + 3.51
8 Pete Patterson  United States 3:06.82 + 4.30
9 Cary Adgate  United States 3:07.10 + 4.58
10 Bruno Nöckler  Italy 3:07.20 + 4.68
Source:[3][4]

Slalom

Sunday, 5 February

Place Athlete Nation Time Diff. Run 1 Run 2
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ingemar Stenmark  Sweden 1:39.54 – 51.56 47.98
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Piero Gros  Italy 1:40.20 + 0.66 51.29 48.91
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Paul Frommelt  Liechtenstein 1:40.47 + 0.93 52.24 48.23
4 Anton Steiner  Austria 1:40.74 + 1.20
5 Mauro Bernardi  Italy 1:42.20 + 2.66
6 Christian Neureuther  West Germany 1:42.74 + 3.20
7 Toshihiro Kaiwa  Japan 1:43.20 + 3.66
8 Steve Mahre  United States 1:43.76 + 4.22
9 Torsten Jakobsson  Sweden 1:44.16 + 4.62
10 Peter Aelig   Switzerland 1:44.44 + 4.90
Source:[5][6]

Combined

Place Athlete Nation Points DH GS SL
1st place, gold medalist(s) Andreas Wenzel  Liechtenstein 2732.34 13 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 18
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sepp Ferstl  West Germany 2749.64 4 31 29
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Pete Patterson  United States 2752.28 25 8 23
4 Vladimir Andreyev  Soviet Union 2773.87
5 Valeri Tsyganov  Soviet Union 2799.52
6 Maciej Gąsienica  Poland 2800.48

At the World Championships from 1954 through 1980, the combined was a "paper race" using the results of the three events (DH, GS, SL).

Women's competitions

Downhill

Wednesday, 1 February

Place Athlete Nation Time Diff.
1st place, gold medalist(s) Annemarie Moser-Pröll  Austria 1:48.31 –
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Irene Epple  West Germany 1:48.55 + 0.24
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Doris de Agostini   Switzerland 1:49.11 + 0.80
4 Marie-Theres Nadig   Switzerland 1:49.64 + 1.33
5 Cindy Nelson  United States 1:50.26 + 1.95
6 Evi Mittermaier  West Germany 1:50.42 + 2.11
7 Brigitte Totschnig  Austria 1:50.47 + 2.16
8 Martina Ellmer  Austria 1:50.89 + 2.58
9 Irmgard Lukasser  Austria 1:50.93 + 2.62
10 Monika Bader  West Germany 1:51.04 + 2.73

Source:[7]

Giant Slalom

Saturday, 4 February

Place Athlete Nation Time Diff. Run 1 Run 2
1st place, gold medalist(s) Maria Epple  West Germany 2:41.15 – 1:16.10 1:25.05
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lise-Marie Morerod   Switzerland 2:41.20 + 0.05 1:16.15 1:25.05
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Annemarie Moser-Pröll  Austria 2:41.90 + 0.75 1:16.85 1:25.05
4 Irene Epple  West Germany 2:42.02 + 0.87
5 Hanni Wenzel  Liechtenstein 2:42.43 + 1.28
6 Fabienne Serrat  France 2:42.83 + 1.68
7 Ursula Konzett  Liechtenstein 2:42.84 + 1.69
8 Perrine Pelen  France 2:43.38 + 2.23
9 Erika Hess   Switzerland 2:44.25 + 3.10
10 Christa Zechmeister  West Germany 2:44.89 + 3.74

This was the first two-run women's giant slalom at the World Championships.
Source:[8][9]

Slalom

Friday, 3 February

Place Athlete Nation Time Diff. Run 1 Run 2
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lea Sölkner  Austria 1:24.85 – 41.82 43.03
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Pamela Behr  West Germany 1:25.33 + 0.48 42.03 43.30
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Monika Kaserer  Austria 1:25.37 + 0.52 42.39 42.98
4 Perrine Pelen  France 1:25.67 + 0.82
5 Fabienne Serrat  France 1:25.75 + 0.90
6 Hanni Wenzel  Liechtenstein 1:26.09 + 1.24
7 Lise-Marie Morerod   Switzerland 1:26.59 + 1.74
8 Claudia Giordani  Italy 1:26.87 + 2.02
9 Christa Zechmeister  West Germany 1:26.99 + 2.14
10 Regine Mösenlechner  West Germany 1:27.43 + 2.58
Source:[10][11]

Combined

Place Athlete Nation Points DH GS SL
1st place, gold medalist(s) Annemarie Moser-Pröll  Austria 2460.39 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 19
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Hanni Wenzel  Liechtenstein 2476.80 29 5 6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Fabienne Serrat  France 2478.44 6 5
4 Kathy Kreiner  Canada 2498.43 12 21 17
5 Dagmar Kuzmanová  Czechoslovakia 2509.23
6 Cindy Nelson  United States 2511.63 5 15 30

Source:[9]
At the World Championships from 1954 through 1980, the combined was a "paper race" using the results of the three events (DH, GS, SL).

Medals Table

Place Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Austria 4 - 3 7
2  Sweden 2 - - 2
3  West Germany 1 4 - 5
4  Liechtenstein 1 2 2 5
5   Switzerland - 1 1 2
6  Italy - 1 - 1
7  France - - 1 1
7  United States - - 1 1

References

  1. ^ "Walcher wins world downhill, Podborski runs seventh". Montreal Gazette. The Canadian Press. 30 January 1978. p. 12.
  2. ^ "Walcher wins". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. 30 January 1978. p. 15.
  3. ^ "Stenmark breezes to first world giant slalom victory". Montreal Gazette. The Canadian Press. 3 February 1978. p. 20.
  4. ^ "Stenmark gets gold – easily". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. 3 February 1978. p. 23.
  5. ^ "Second gold for Stenmark". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. 6 February 1978. p. 17.
  6. ^ "Stenmark takes second gold in slalom". Montreal Gazette. Reuter. 6 February 1978. p. 22.
  7. ^ "Proell-Moser proves she's the fastest woman on skis". Montreal Gazette. The Canadian Press. 2 February 1978. p. 24.
  8. ^ "Kid sister gets gold in (giant) slalom". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. 5 February 1978. p. D4.
  9. ^ a b "Epple wins GS crown, Annemarie combined". Montreal Gazette. Reuter. 6 February 1978. p. 22.
  10. ^ "Austrian girl captures special slalom; Kreiner has chance at combined medal". Montreal Gazette. The Canadian Press. 4 February 1978. p. 14.
  11. ^ "Third Austrian ski gold in women's special slalom". Lewiston Daily Sun. Maine. Associated Press. 4 February 1978. p. 19.
  • FIS-ski.com – results – 1978 World Championships – Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany
  • FIS-ski.com – results – World Championships