1976–77 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup
The 11th World Cup season began in December 1976 in France and concluded in March 1977 in Spain. Ingemar Stenmark of Sweden won his second of three consecutive men's overall titles. Rosi Mittermaier, the defending women's overall champion, retired after the 1976 season, but Annemarie Moser-Pröll, who had won the previous five overall titles, returned from her 1976 sabbatical. However, Lise-Marie Morerod of Switzerland won the women's overall title.
| FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 1976/77 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Discipline | Men | Women | |
| Overall |
 Ingemar Stenmark |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Lise-Marie Morerod | |
| Downhill |
 Franz Klammer |
Brigitte Totschnig | |
| Giant slalom |
Heini Hemmi |
Lise-Marie Morerod | |
| Slalom |
Ingemar Stenmark |
Lise-Marie Morerod | |
| Nations Cup |
Austria |
Austria | |
| Nations Cup overall |
Austria | ||
| Competition | |||
| Locations | 18 | 17 | |
| Individual | 33 | 27 | |
No individual championship was awarded in the Combined discipline, even though both men and women held three combined events, the same as the prior year. The combined discipline championship would not return until 1980.
Calendar
Men
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Ladies
Men
Overall
The Men's overall World Cup 1976/77 was most likely also divided into two periods, but no racer had a point deduction.
| Place | Name | Country | Total | DH | GS | SL | KB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ingemar Stenmark | Sweden | 339 | 0 | 124 | 215 | 0 |
| 2 | Klaus Heidegger | Austria | 250 | 0 | 129 | 121 | 0 |
| 3 | Franz Klammer | Austria | 203 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| 4 | Piero Gros |  Italy | 165 | 0 | 76 | 89 | 0 |
| 5 | Bernhard Russi | Switzerland | 148 | 148 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Gustav Thöni | Italy | 145 | 0 | 29 | 71 | 45 |
| 7 | Heini Hemmi | Switzerland | 133 | 0 | 130 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | Josef Walcher | Austria | 115 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Phil Mahre |  United States | 100 | 0 | 75 | 27 | 0 |
| 10 | Paul Frommelt |  Liechtenstein | 99 | 0 | 4 | 95 | 0 |
| 11 | Sepp Ferstl |  West Germany | 97 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 51 |
| 12 | Franco Bieler | Italy | 92 | 0 | 26 | 66 | 0 |
| 13 | Walter Tresch | Italy | 89 | 15 | 0 | 29 | 45 |
| 14 | Hansi Hinterseer | Austria | 82 | 0 | 53 | 29 | 0 |
| 15 | Christian Hemmi | Switzerland | 69 | 0 | 68 | 1 | 0 |
Downhill
In men's downhill World Cup 1976/77 the best 5 results count. Six racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). Franz Klammer won 5 races in a row and won the cup with maximum points. Together with the last 4 downhill races last season 1975/76, he won 9 downhill races in a row, and Klammer won his third Downhill World Cup in a row. Austrian skiers won 9 races out of 10.
| Place | Name | Country | Total | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 27 | 28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Franz Klammer | Austria | 125 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | (11) | (11) | (25) | (8) | - |
| 2 | Josef Walcher | Austria | 101 | - | 20 | (8) | - | 11 | 20 | 25 | - | 25 | (6) |
| 3 | Bernhard Russi | Switzerland | 85 | (11) | 15 | (11) | 15 | 15 | 25 | 15 | (15) | (15) | (11) |
| 4 | Ernst Winkler | Austria | 64 | - | - | 20 | 8 | - | 15 | 1 | (1) | (1) | 20 |
| 5 | Herbert Plank | Italy | 56 | 20 | 4 | - | 4 | - | 8 | 20 | - | - | - |
| 6 | Sepp Ferstl | West Germany | 46 | - | - | - | 3 | 20 | 3 | - | 20 | - | - |
| 7 | Werner Grissmann | Austria | 45 | (3) | 11 | - | - | 4 | - | - | 6 | 20 | 4 |
| 8 | Peter Wirnsberger | Austria | 35 | 4 | (1) | 15 | 6 | 2 | - | 8 | - | - | (1) |
| René Berthod | Switzerland | 35 | - | - | - | 20 | 4 | - | 6 | 3 | - | 2 | |
| 10 | Peter Fischer | West Germany | 34 | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | 2 | 11 | 15 |
| 11 | Bartl Gensbichler | Austria | 29 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 25 |
Giant slalom
In men's giant slalom World Cup 1976/77 the best 5 results count. Seven racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). Due to the tiebreak rules then in effect, Ingemar Stenmark failed to win his third Giant slalom World Cup in a row, as the reigning Olympic Champion Heini Hemmi, who scored the same number of retained points (115), achieved the better sixth result throughout the season in that event (3rd place at Sun Valley).
| Place | Name | Country | Total | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 23 | 26 | 29 | 32 | 33 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heini Hemmi | Switzerland | 115 | - | 25 | 25 | 20 | 25 | - | (15) | - | - | 20 |
| 2 | Ingemar Stenmark | Sweden | 115 | 20 | (6) | (3) | - | 20 | - | 25 | - | 25 | 25 |
| 3 | Klaus Heidegger | Austria | 100 | 15 | (8) | (11) | 25 | 15 | (8) | - | 25 | 20 | (2) |
| 4 | Phil Mahre | United States | 72 | 25 | 15 | - | 11 | - | - | (3) | 15 | - | 6 |
| 5 | Piero Gros | Italy | 70 | 11 | 20 | 8 | (2) | (3) | - | 11 | 20 | (1) | - |
| 6 | Christian Hemmi | Switzerland | 65 | 2 | - | 20 | (1) | 8 | - | 20 | - | (2) | 15 |
| 7 | Hansi Hinterseer | Austria | 53 | 6 | - | 6 | 8 | - | 25 | - | 8 | - | - |
| 8 | Willi Frommelt | Liechtenstein | 40 | 4 | 2 | - | 15 | - | 11 | (2) | 8 | - | (1) |
| 9 | Manfred Brunner | Austria | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | - | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 10 | Gustav Thöni | Italy | 29 | - | 3 | 15 | - | - | 3 | - | - | 8 | - |
Slalom
In men's slalom World Cup 1976/77 the best 5 results count. Nine racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). Ingemar Stenmark won five races in a row and won the cup with maximum points. He won seven races out of ten and won his third Slalom World Cup in a row!
| Place | Name | Country | Total | 5 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 20 | 24 | 25 | 30 | 31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ingemar Stenmark | Sweden | 125 | - | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | (20) | (20) | (25) | (25) |
| 2 | Klaus Heidegger | Austria | 91 | 11 | - | 20 | (11) | 15 | 20 | 25 | - | (11) | (8) |
| 3 | Paul Frommelt | Liechtenstein | 77 | (2) | 20 | (8) | (6) | 20 | 15 | (2) | 11 | - | 11 |
| 4 | Piero Gros | Italy | 76 | 20 | (3) | (6) | 20 | - | 8 | (4) | - | 20 | 8 |
| 5 | Gustav Thöni | Italy | 63 | 15 | 11 | - | (8) | 11 | - | 11 | - | - | 15 |
| 6 | Franco Bieler | Italy | 58 | (4) | (4) | - | 15 | - | 11 | - | 6 | 6 | 20 |
| 7 | Fausto Radici | Italy | 53 | 25 | 8 | 4 | (4) | 8 | - | 8 | (1) | - | - |
| 8 | Christian Neureuther | West Germany | 30 | - | - | 3 | - | 2 | 6 | - | 4 | 15 | (2) |
| 9 | Walter Tresch | Switzerland | 29 | - | 15 | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | 8 | - |
| 10 | Hansi Hinterseer | Austria | 28 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 2 | - | (1) | - | 8 | - | - |
| 11 | Alois Morgenstern | Austria | 27 | 8 | - | 15 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 12 | Phil Mahre | United States | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 25 | - | - |
Combined
After the first ever Combined World Cup 1975/76, in this season 1976/77 there were no special discipline world cup for Combined awarded. All three results only count for the Overall World Cup.
| Place | Name | Country | Total | 13 | 16 | 22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sepp Ferstl | West Germany | 51 | 11 | 15 | 25 |
| 2 | Walter Tresch | Switzerland | 45 | 20 | 25 | - |
| Gustav Thöni | Italy | 45 | 25 | 20 | - | |
| 4 | Franz Klammer | Austria | 23 | 8 | - | 15 |
| 5 | Peter Lüscher | Switzerland | 20 | - | - | 20 |
| 6 | Hans Enn | Austria | 19 | - | 11 | 8 |
| 7 | Leonhard Stock | Austria | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 |
| 8 | Anton Steiner | Austria | 15 | 15 | - | - |
| Michael Veith | West Germany | 15 | - | 4 | 11 | |
| Peter Müller | Switzerland | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 |
Ladies
Overall
The Women's overall World Cup 1976/77 was divided into two periods. From the first 16 races the best 8 results count and from the last 11 races the best 7 results count. Six racers had a point deduction.
| Place | Name | Country | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lise-Marie Morerod | Switzerland | 319 |
| 2 | Annemarie Moser-Pröll | Austria | 246 |
| 3 | Monika Kaserer | Austria | 196 |
| 4 | Brigitte Totschnig | Austria | 186 |
| 5 | Hanni Wenzel | Liechtenstein | 150 |
| 6 | Marie-Theres Nadig | Switzerland | 133 |
| 7 | Perrine Pelen |  France | 132 |
| 8 | Claudia Giordani | Italy | 121 |
| 9 | Fabienne Serrat | France | 85 |
| 10 | Bernadette Zurbriggen | Switzerland | 78 |
| 11 | Evi Mittermaier | West Germany | 77 |
| 12 | Regina Sackl | Austria | 74 |
| 13 | Kathy Kreiner | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada | 65 |
| 14 | Nicola Spieß | Austria | 61 |
| 15 | Lea Sölkner | Austria | 59 |
Downhill
In women's downhill World Cup 1976/77 the best 5 results count. Seven racers had point a deduction, which are given in (). Austrian skiers won 7 races out of 8.
| Place | Name | Country | Total | 3 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brigitte Totschnig | Austria | 115 | 15 | 25 | 25 | (11) | (6) | (11) | 25 | 25 |
| 2 | Annemarie Moser-Pröll | Austria | 110 | 25 | 20 | - | 25 | 25 | - | 15 | (8) |
| 3 | Marie-Theres Nadig | Switzerland | 81 | (2) | (2) | 20 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 11 | (11) |
| 4 | Evi Mittermaier | West Germany | 74 | 6 | - | (3) | - | 8 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| 5 | Bernadette Zurbriggen | Switzerland | 63 | - | - | 6 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 4 | - |
| 6 | Nicola Spieß | Austria | 60 | 11 | 15 | 20 | 6 | (1) | 8 | - | - |
| 7 | Irene Epple | West Germany | 43 | 3 | (1) | (2) | 15 | 11 | 6 | 8 | - |
| 8 | Elena Matous |  Iran | 33 | 20 | 8 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 9 | Brigitte Schroll | Austria | 26 | 4 | 11 | 8 | - | 3 | - | - | - |
| 10 | Cindy Nelson | United States | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - |
Giant slalom
In women's giant slalom World Cup 1976/77 the best 5 results count. Five racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). Lise-Marie Morerod won 5 races and won the cup with maximum points.
| Place | Name | Country | Total | 1 | 2 | 14 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 25 | 27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lise-Marie Morerod | Switzerland | 125 | 25 | - | 25 | (20) | 25 | (20) | 25 | 25 |
| 2 | Monika Kaserer | Austria | 93 | (4) | - | 15 | 25 | 20 | 25 | 8 | - |
| 3 | Annemarie Moser-Pröll | Austria | 60 | 15 | 4 | (1) | 15 | - | 15 | (3) | 11 |
| 4 | Kathy Kreiner | Canada | 59 | 8 | 8 | 20 | - | - | 3 | 20 | (3) |
| 5 | Abbi Fisher | United States | 39 | 20 | - | - | 4 | - | - | 15 | - |
| Brigitte Totschnig | Austria | 39 | - | 25 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 11 | - | |
| 7 | Lea Sölkner | Austria | 36 | 2 | 20 | - | 2 | 11 | - | 1 | (1) |
| 8 | Hanni Wenzel | Liechtenstein | 31 | - | 15 | - | - | 8 | 8 | - | - |
| Becky Dorsey | United States | 31 | 1 | - | 8 | 3 | - | 11 | - | 8 | |
| Fabienne Serrat | France | 31 | - | - | 4 | 6 | 15 | - | - | 6 |
Slalom
In women's slalom World Cup 1976/77 the best 5 results count. Five racers had a point deduction, which are given in ().
| Place | Name | Country | Total | 4 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lise-Marie Morerod | Switzerland | 106 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 20 | - | - | - | 11 |
| 2 | Perrine Pelen | France | 98 | (3) | - | 8 | 25 | 25 | 15 | (4) | 25 |
| 3 | Claudia Giordani | Italy | 86 | 15 | - | (2) | 11 | (8) | 25 | 15 | 20 |
| 4 | Monika Kaserer | Austria | 65 | 4 | 11 | (3) | (4) | 15 | 20 | - | 15 |
| 5 | Hanni Wenzel | Liechtenstein | 57 | 20 | 20 | 11 | 3 | - | - | 3 | - |
| 6 | Regina Sackl | Austria | 56 | 11 | 8 | 4 | - | - | 8 | 25 | - |
| 7 | Fabienne Serrat | France | 49 | - | 4 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 6 | - | (2) |
| 8 | Patricia Emonet | France | 41 | - | 15 | - | 6 | 20 | - | - | - |
| 9 | Pamela Behr | Austria | 40 | - | - | 15 | 8 | 11 | - | 6 | - |
| 10 | Christa Zechmeister | West Germany | 30 | - | 6 | 6 | (2) | 3 | 11 | - | 4 |
Combined
After the first ever Combined World Cup 1975/76, in this season 1976/77 there were no special discipline world cup for Combined awarded. All three results only count for the Overall World Cup.
| Place | Name | Country | Total | 5 | 13 | 17 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hanni Wenzel | Liechtenstein | 55 | 15 | 25 | 15 |
| 2 | Lise-Marie Morerod | Switzerland | 48 | 20 | 20 | 8 |
| 3 | Annemarie Moser-Pröll | Austria | 45 | 25 | - | 20 |
| 4 | Marie-Theres Nadig | Switzerland | 36 | - | 11 | 25 |
| 5 | Monika Kaserer | Austria | 32 | 6 | 15 | 11 |
| 6 | Cindy Nelson | United States | 11 | 11 | - | - |
| 7 | Claudia Giordani | Italy | 10 | 8 | 2 | - |
| 8 | Christa Zechmeister | West Germany | 8 | - | 8 | - |
| Danièle Debernard | France | 8 | 4 | 4 | - | |
| Lea Sölkner | Austria | 8 | - | 6 | 2 |
Nations Cup
Overall
| Place | Country | Total | Men | Ladies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austria | 1973 | 1001 | 972 |
| 2 | Switzerland | 1153 | 602 | 551 |
| 3 | Italy | 688 | 567 | 121 |
| 4 | West Germany | 381 | 200 | 181 |
| 5 | Liechtenstein | 370 | 193 | 177 |
| 6 | Sweden | 364 | 364 | 0 |
| 7 | France | 311 | 1 | 310 |
| 8 | United States | 300 | 144 | 156 |
| 9 | Canada | 69 | 4 | 65 |
| 10 | Iran | 39 | 0 | 39 |
| 11 |  Czechoslovakia | 24 | 24 | 0 |
| 12 |  Norway | 21 | 21 | 0 |
| 13 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Yugoslavia | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| 14 |  Japan | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 |  Bulgaria | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Men
| Place | Country | Total | DH | GS | SL | KB | Racers | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austria | 1001 | 533 | 218 | 177 | 73 | 14 | 13 |
| 2 | Switzerland | 602 | 237 | 251 | 34 | 80 | 12 | 5 |
| 3 | Italy | 567 | 58 | 149 | 313 | 47 | 8 | 2 |
| 4 | Sweden | 364 | 0 | 142 | 222 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | West Germany | 200 | 97 | 0 | 32 | 71 | 4 | 1 |
| 6 | Liechtenstein | 193 | 0 | 74 | 113 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | United States | 144 | 6 | 94 | 40 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| 8 | Czechoslovakia | 24 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | Norway | 21 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | Yugoslavia | 15 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | Japan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Canada | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Bulgaria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| France | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Ladies
| Place | Country | Total | DH | GS | SL | KB | Racers | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austria | 972 | 378 | 281 | 218 | 95 | 11 | 12 |
| 2 | Switzerland | 551 | 178 | 179 | 106 | 88 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | France | 310 | 1 | 72 | 220 | 17 | 5 | 3 |
| 4 | West Germany | 181 | 123 | 6 | 43 | 9 | 7 | 0 |
| 5 | Liechtenstein | 177 | 19 | 46 | 57 | 55 | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | United States | 156 | 31 | 93 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 0 |
| 7 | Italy | 121 | 0 | 15 | 96 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Canada | 65 | 3 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | Iran | 39 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
References
- "FIS: Alpine World Cup 1977 men's schedule". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- "FIS: Alpine World Cup 1977 ladies' schedule". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
External links
- FIS-ski.com – World Cup standings - 1977
- 1977 World Cup at SVT's open archive (in Swedish)