1971–72 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup

The 6th World Cup season began in December 1971 in Switzerland and concluded in March 1972 in France. Gustav Thöni of Italy won his second of three consecutive overall titles. Annemarie Pröll of Austria won the women's overall title, her second of five consecutive.

FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 1971/72
Discipline Men Women
Overall Italy Gustav Thöni Austria Annemarie Pröll
Downhill Switzerland Bernhard Russi Austria Annemarie Pröll
Giant slalom Italy Gustav Thöni Austria Annemarie Pröll
Slalom France Jean-Noël Augert France Britt Lafforgue
Nations Cup Switzerland Switzerland France France
Nations Cup overall France France
Competition
Locations 13 12
Individual 21 21
Cancelled 1

A break in the schedule in February was for the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan. Prior to the Olympics, International Olympic Committee head Avery Brundage succeeded in having two-time men's overall World Cup champion Karl Schranz reclassified as a professional and therefore ineligible for the Olympics.[1] Schranz retired from amateur competition immediately thereafter and joined the professional skiing tour in 1973.[1]

The controversy over "professionalism" (based on endorsements, manufacturers' fees, et cetera) continued for two more seasons, and served to limit both participation and the number of events on the World Cup circuit. Prior to the 1975 season, Brundage's successor Lord Killanin led an effort that changed the rule to permit such payments to be made to national associations, which generally eliminated such disputes.[1]

Calendar

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Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom[2]
Race Season Date Place Type Winner Second Third
112 1 5 December 1971       St. Moritz DH 030      Bernhard Russi   Heinrich Messner     Walter Tresch
113 2 9 December 1971     Val d'Isère GS 039    Erik Håker   Jean-Noël Augert   Henri Duvillard
114 3 12 December 1971   DH 031    Karl Schranz   Heinrich Messner     Michael Dätwyler
115 4 19 December 1971     Sestriere SL 045    Tyler Palmer   Jean-Noël Augert   Harald Rofner
116 5 9 January 1972     Berchtesgaden SL 046    Henri Duvillard   Max Rieger   Andrzej Bachleda
117 6 10 January 1972   GS 040    Roger Rossat-Mignod   Gustav Thöni     Walter Tresch
118 7 14 January 1972     Kitzbühel DH 032    Karl Schranz   Henri Duvillard     Bernhard Russi
119 8 15 January 1972   DH 033    Karl Schranz   Henri Duvillard   Heinrich Messner
120 9 16 January 1972   SL 047    Jean-Noël Augert   Edmund Bruggmann   Andrzej Bachleda
121 10 23 January 1972       Wengen SL 048    Jean-Noël Augert   Gustav Thöni   Bob Cochran
122 11 24 January 1972       Adelboden GS 041      Werner Mattle     Adolf Rösti   Gustav Thöni
1972 Winter Olympics (5–13 February)
123 12 18 February 1972     Banff GS 042    Erik Håker   Sepp Heckelmiller   Helmuth Schmalzl
124 13 19 February 1972   SL 049    Andrzej Bachleda   Jean-Noël Augert   Gustav Thöni
125 14 25 February 1972     Crystal Mountain DH 034      Bernhard Russi   Mike Lafferty     Jean-Daniel Dätwyler
126 15 26 February 1972   DH 035    Franz Vogler     Bernhard Russi     Jean-Daniel Dätwyler
127 16 2 March 1972     Heavenly Valley GS 043    Gustav Thöni   Henri Duvillard   David Zwilling
4 March 1972   SL cnx  Cancelled: warm temperatures[3]
128 17 15 March 1972     Val Gardena DH 036      Bernhard Russi     Rene Berthod   Mike Lafferty
129 18 16 March 1972   GS 044      Edmund Bruggmann   Reinhard Tritscher   Roland Thöni
130 19 17 March 1972     Madonna di Campiglio SL 050    Roland Thöni   Alain Penz   Andrzej Bachleda
131 20 18 March 1972     Pra-Loup SL 051    Roland Thöni   Gustav Thöni     Edmund Bruggmann
132 21 19 March 1972   GS 045      Edmund Bruggmann   Gustav Thöni   Roger Rossat-Mignod

Note:For the first time, the Olympic events no longer counted in the World Cup standings.

Ladies

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Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom[4]
Race Season Date Place Type Winner Second Third
110 1 3 December 1971     St. Moritz DH 026    Annemarie Pröll   Françoise Macchi   Jacqueline Rouvier
111 2 11 December 1971     Val d'Isère DH 027    Jacqueline Rouvier   Annemarie Pröll   Françoise Macchi
112 3 17 December 1971     Sestriere DH 028    Annemarie Pröll   Jacqueline Rouvier   Françoise Macchi
113 4 18 December 1971   SL 048    Françoise Macchi   Rosi Mittermaier   Monika Kaserer
114 5 3 January 1972     Oberstaufen GS 038    Françoise Macchi   Annemarie Pröll   Marilyn Cochran
115 6 4 January 1972   SL 049    Françoise Macchi   Rosi Mittermaier   Danièle Debernard
116 7 7 January 1972     Maribor GS 039    Françoise Macchi   Michèle Jacot   Annemarie Pröll
117 8 12 January 1972     Badgastein DH 029    Annemarie Pröll   Wiltrud Drexel   Isabelle Mir
118 9 13 January 1972   SL 050    Britt Lafforgue   Françoise Macchi   Annemarie Pröll
119 10 18 January 1972     Grindelwald DH 030    Annemarie Pröll   Marie-Theres Nadig   Isabelle Mir
120 11 19 January 1972   SL 051    Britt Lafforgue   Monika Kaserer   Barbara Ann Cochran
121 12 22 January 1972     St. Gervais GS 040    Annemarie Pröll   Monika Kaserer   Marie-Theres Nadig
1972 Winter Olympics (5–13 February)
122 13 18 February 1972     Banff SL 052    Britt Lafforgue   Barbara Ann Cochran   Florence Steurer
123 14 19 February 1972   GS 041    Annemarie Pröll   Wiltrud Drexel   Monika Kaserer
124 15 25 February 1972     Crystal Mountain DH 031    Annemarie Pröll   Wiltrud Drexel
  Marie-Theres Nadig
125 16 26 February 1972   DH 032    Wiltrud Drexel   Annemarie Pröll   Marie-Theres Nadig
126 17 1 March 1972     Heavenly Valley GS 042    Annemarie Pröll   Rosi Mittermaier   Britt Lafforgue
127 18 3 March 1972   SL 053    Florence Steurer   Michèle Jacot   Marilyn Cochran
128 19 17 March 1972     Pra-Loup SL 054    Danièle Debernard   Pamela Behr   Rosi Mittermaier
129 20 18 March 1972   GS 043    Danièle Debernard   Monika Kaserer   Marie-Theres Nadig
130 21 18 March 1972   GS 044    Britt Lafforgue   Annemarie Pröll   Monika Kaserer

Note: for the first time, the Olympic events no longer counted in the World Cup standings.

Overall

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In men's overall World Cup 1971/72 the best five downhills, best five giant slaloms and best five slaloms count. Four racers had a point deduction. Gustav Thöni won the cup with only one win!

Place Name Country Total DH GS SL
1 Gustav Thöni   Italy 154 4 84 66
2 Henri Duvillard   France 142 43 49 50
3 Edmund Bruggmann    Switzerland 140 0 78 62
4 Jean-Noël Augert   France 125 0 24 101
5 Bernhard Russi    Switzerland 114 110 4 0
6 Andrzej Bachleda   Poland 109 0 28 81
7 Roland Thöni   Italy 93 3 15 75
8 Karl Schranz   Austria 83 83 0 0
9 Mike Lafferty   United States 63 63 0 0
10 Heinrich Messner   Austria 61 61 0 0
11 Roger Rossat-Mignod   France 55 0 55 0
12 Erik Håker   Norway 50 0 50 0
13 Walter Tresch    Switzerland 49 19 26 4
14 Franz Vogler   West Germany 47 47 0 0
15 Alain Penz   France 46 0 18 28
David Zwilling   Austria 46 0 38 8

Downhill

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In men's downhill World Cup 1971/72 the best 5 results count. One racer had a point deduction, which is given in ().

Place Name Country Total 1  3  7  8  14  15  17 
1 Bernhard Russi    Switzerland 110 25 - 15 (11) 25 20 25
2 Karl Schranz   Austria 83 8 25 25 25 - - -
3 Mike Lafferty   United States 63 - 6 11 - 20 11 15
4 Heinrich Messner   Austria 61 20 20 - 15 - - 6
5 Franz Vogler   West Germany 47 4 2 - - 8 25 8
6 Henri Duvillard   France 43 - 3 20 20 - - -
7 Jean-Daniel Dätwyler    Switzerland 39 1 8 - - 15 15 -
Andreas Sprecher    Switzerland 39 - 1 - 8 11 8 11
9 Michel Dätwyler    Switzerland 37 11 15 - - 6 3 2
10 René Berthod    Switzerland 32 3 - - - 3 6 20

Giant slalom

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In men's giant slalom World Cup 1970/71 the best 5 results count. One racer had a point deduction, which is given in (). Gustav Thöni won the cup with only one win. He won his third Giant slalom World Cup in a row!

Place Name Country Total 1  6  11  12  16  18  21 
1 Gustav Thöni   Italy 84 - 20 15 - 25 4 20
2 Edmund Bruggmann    Switzerland 78 - (2) 11 6 11 25 25
3 Roger Rossat-Mignod   France 55 1 25 6 8 - - 15
4 Erik Håker   Norway 50 25 - - 25 - - -
5 Henri Duvillard   France 49 15 - - - 20 3 11
6 David Zwilling   Austria 38 - 4 - - 15 11 8
7 Alfred Hagn   West Germany 30 - 11 11 - 2 - 6
8 Sepp Heckelmiller   West Germany 28 - - - 20 8 - -
Adolf Rösti    Switzerland 28 - - 20 2 6 - -
Andrzej Bachleda   Poland 28 11 8 2 - 3 - 4

Slalom

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In men's slalom World Cup 1971/72 the best 5 results count. Three racers had a point deduction, which are given in ().

Place Name Country Total 4  5  9  10  13  19  20 
1 Jean-Noël Augert   France 101 20 - 25 25 20 11 (1)
2 Andrzej Bachleda   Poland 81 (3) 15 15 11 25 15 -
3 Roland Thöni   Italy 75 11 - 6 8 - 25 25
4 Gustav Thöni   Italy 66 8 - - 20 15 3 20
5 Edmund Bruggmann    Switzerland 62 (2) 11 20 - 8 8 15
6 Henri Duvillard   France 50 6 25 8 - - - 11
7 Alain Penz   France 28 - 8 - - - 20 -
8 Tyler Palmer   United States 25 25 - - - - - -
9 Eberhard Schmalzl   Italy 24 - 3 11 - 4 6 -
10 Max Rieger   West Germany 20 - 20 - - - - -

Ladies

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Overall

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In women's overall World Cup 1971/72 the best five downhills, best five giant slaloms and best five slaloms count. Three racers had a point deduction. Annemarie Pröll won eight races and was only unable to score points in four slaloms.

Place Name Country Total DH GS SL
1 Annemarie Pröll   Austria 269 125 115 29
2 Françoise Macchi   France 187 67 50 70
3 Britt Lafforgue   France 128 0 52 76
4 Monika Kaserer   Austria 120 7 76 37
5 Marie-Theres Nadig    Switzerland 111 71 37 3
6 Rosi Mittermaier   West Germany 110 12 32 66
7 Wiltrud Drexel   Austria 102 76 22 4
8 Florence Steurer   France 96 0 26 70
9 Danièle Debernard   France 90 0 28 62
10 Isabelle Mir   France 89 63 11 15
11 Michèle Jacot   France 70 12 27 31
12 Barbara Ann Cochran   United States 67 0 10 57
Marilyn Cochran   United States 67 1 44 22
14 Jacqueline Rouvier   France 60 60 0 0
15 Pamela Behr   West Germany 29 0 0 29

Downhill

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In women's downhill World Cup 1971/72 the best 5 results count. Three racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). Annemarie Pröll won the cup with maximum points.

Place Name Country Total 1  2  3  8  10  15  16 
1 Annemarie Pröll   Austria 125 25 (20) 25 25 25 25 (20)
2 Wiltrud Drexel   Austria 76 - 11 - 20 - 20 25
3 Marie-Theres Nadig    Switzerland 71 (6) 8 8 (8) 20 20 15
4 Françoise Macchi   France 67 20 15 15 6 11 - -
5 Isabelle Mir   France 63 11 (4) 11 15 15 (8) 11
6 Jacqueline Rouvier   France 60 15 25 20 - - - -
7 Susie Corrock   United States 15 - - - 1 3 3 8
8 Bernadette Zurbriggen    Switzerland 14 - - - - - 11 3
9 Brigitte Totschnig   Austria 13 - 2 3 - 8 - -
10 Rosi Mittermaier   West Germany 12 4 - 6 2 - - -
Michèle Jacot   France 12 - - - 11 - - 1

Giant slalom

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In women's giant slalom World Cup 1971/72 the best 5 results count. Only Annemarie Pröll had a point deduction, which is given in (). She won the cup by winning three races. All other events were won by French athletes.

Place Name Country Total 5  7  12  14  17  20  21 
1 Annemarie Pröll   Austria 115 20 (15) 25 25 25 (3) 20
2 Monika Kaserer   Austria 76 - 6 20 15 - 20 15
3 Britt Lafforgue   France 52 - - - 1 15 11 25
4 Françoise Macchi   France 50 25 25 - - - - -
5 Marilyn Cochran   United States 44 15 - 6 - 11 6 6
6 Marie-Theres Nadig    Switzerland 37 - 3 15 - - 15 4
7 Rosi Mittermaier   West Germany 32 - - 4 - 20 - 8
8 Danièle Debernard   France 28 - - - - - 25 3
9 Michèle Jacot   France 27 3 20 - 3 - - 1
10 Florence Steurer   West Germany 26 - 1 8 11 4 2 -

Slalom

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In women's slalom World Cup 1971/72 the best 5 results count. No racer had a point deduction. Britt Lafforgue won the cup with only four results.

Place Name Country Total 4  6  9  11  13  18  19 
1 Britt Lafforgue   France 76 - - 25 25 25 - 1
2 Françoise Macchi   France 70 25 25 20 - - - -
Florence Steurer   France 70 - 11 - 8 15 25 11
4 Rosi Mittermaier   West Germany 66 20 20 - - 11 - 15
5 Danièle Debernard   France 62 - 15 11 11 - - 25
6 Barbara Ann Cochran   United States 57 - 3 8 15 20 11 -
7 Monika Kaserer   Austria 37 15 2 - 20 - - -
8 Michèle Jacot   France 31 11 - - - - 20 -
9 Pamela Behr   West Germany 29 - - - 3 - 6 20
Annemarie Pröll   Austria 29 - 8 15 - - - 6

Nations Cup

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Overall

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Place Country Total Men Ladies
1   France 1159 376 783
2   Austria 900 297 603
3    Switzerland 689 549 140
4   United States 333 125 208
5   West Germany 326 151 175
6   Italy 308 307 1
7   Poland 112 112 0
8   Canada 66 2 64
9   Norway 58 52 6
10   Spain 37 23 14
11   Australia 9 9 0
12   United Kingdom 6 0 6
13   Liechtenstein 1 0 1
Place Country Total DH GS SL Racers Wins
1    Switzerland 549 295 170 84 13 6
2   France 376 44 146 186 6 4
3   Italy 307 12 129 166 8 3
4   Austria 297 184 79 34 10 3
5   West Germany 151 47 61 43 6 1
6   United States 125 74 6 45 6 1
7   Poland 112 0 28 84 1 1
8   Norway 52 0 50 2 2 2
9   Spain 23 0 0 23 2 0
10   Australia 9 9 0 0 1 0
11   Canada 2 2 0 0 1 0

Ladies

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Place Country Total DH GS SL Racers Wins
1   France 783 218 212 353 11 12
2   Austria 603 270 247 86 8 9
3   United States 208 27 76 105 9 0
4   West Germany 175 20 55 100 4 0
5    Switzerland 140 99 38 3 3 0
6   Canada 64 30 34 0 5 0
7   Spain 14 0 2 12 1 0
8   Norway 6 6 0 0 1 0
  United Kingdom 6 0 0 6 1 0
10   Italy 1 0 1 0 1 0
  Liechtenstein 1 0 1 0 1 0

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  France16121038
2  Austria1213833
3  Switzerland651021
4  Italy34411
5  Norway2002
6  Germany1618
7  United States1258
8  Poland1034
Totals (8 entries)424241125

References

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  1. ^ a b c Fry, John (January 1975). "Skier's Notebook:Olympic Amateur Rules Are Changed". Ski Magazine. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  2. ^ "FIS: Alpine World Cup 1972 men's schedule". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Men's Slalom in World Cup ski cancelled". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). UPI. 5 March 1972. p. 2B.
  4. ^ "FIS: Alpine World Cup 1972 ladies' schedule". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
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