1972 Alpine Skiing World Cup

Alpine Ski World Cup 1972
Discipline	Men	Ladies
	Winner
Overall	Gustav Thöni	Annemarie Pröll
Downhill	Bernhard Russi	Annemarie Pröll
Giant slalom	Gustav Thöni	Annemarie Pröll
Slalom	Jean-Noël Augert	Britt Lafforgue
Nations Cup	France
	Competition
Location	13	12
Individual	21	21
← 1971		1973 →

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.

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

Key

DH	downhill
GS	giant slalom
SL	slalom

Men

^[2]

Race	Date	Venue	Event	Winner	Second	Third
1	5 Dec 1971	St. Moritz, Switzerland	DH	Bernhard Russi	Heinrich Messner	Walter Tresch
2	9 Dec 1971	Val d'Isère, France	GS	Erik Håker	Jean-Noël Augert	Henri Duvillard
3	12 Dec 1971		DH	Karl Schranz	Heinrich Messner	Michael Dätwyler
4	19 Dec 1971	Sestriere, Italy	SL	Tyler Palmer	Jean-Noël Augert	Harald Rofner
5	9 Jan 1972	Berchtesgaden, West Germany	SL	Henri Duvillard	Max Rieger	Andrzej Bachleda
6	10 Jan 1972		GS	Roger Rossat-Mignod	Gustav Thöni	Walter Tresch
7	14 Jan 1972	Kitzbühel, Austria	DH	Karl Schranz	Henri Duvillard	Bernhard Russi
8	15 Jan 1972		DH	Karl Schranz	Henri Duvillard	Heinrich Messner
9	16 Jan 1972		SL	Jean-Noël Augert	Edmund Bruggmann	Andrzej Bachleda
10	23 Jan 1972	Wengen, Switzerland	SL	Jean-Noël Augert	Gustav Thöni	Bob Cochran
11	24 Jan 1972	Adelboden, Switzerland	GS	Werner Mattle	Adolf Rosti	Gustav Thöni
1972 Winter Olympics   (5–13 February)
12	18 Feb 1972	Banff, Canada	GS	Erik Håker	Sepp Heckelmiller	Helmuth Schmalzl
13	19 Feb 1972		SL	Andrzej Bachleda	Jean-Noël Augert	Gustav Thöni
14	25 Feb 1972	Crystal Mountain, USA	DH	Bernhard Russi	Mike Lafferty	Jean-Daniel Dätwyler
15	26 Feb 1972		DH	Franz Vogler	Bernhard Russi	Jean-Daniel Dätwyler
16	2 Mar 1972	Heavenly Valley, USA	GS	Gustav Thöni	Henri Duvillard	David Zwilling
17	15 Mar 1972	Val Gardena, Italy	DH	Bernhard Russi	Rene Berthod	Mike Lafferty
18	16 Mar 1972		GS	Edmund Bruggmann	Reinhard Tritscher	Roland Thöni
19	17 Mar 1972	Madonna di Campiglio, Italy	SL	Roland Thöni	Alain Penz	Andrzej Bachleda
20	18 Mar 1972	Pra Loup, France	SL	Roland Thöni	Gustav Thöni	Edmund Bruggmann
21	19 Mar 1972		GS	Edmund Bruggmann	Gustav Thöni	Roger Rossat-Mignod

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

Women

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Race	Date	Venue	Event	Winner	Second	Third
1	3 Dec 1971	St. Moritz, Switzerland	DH	Annemarie Pröll	Françoise Macchi	Jacqueline Rouvier
2	11 Dec 1971	Val d'Isère, France	DH	Jacqueline Rouvier	Annemarie Pröll	Françoise Macchi
3	17 Dec 1971	Sestriere, Italy	DH	Annemarie Pröll	Jacqueline Rouvier	Françoise Macchi
4	18 Dec 1971		SL	Françoise Macchi	Rosi Mittermaier	Monika Kaserer
5	3 Jan 1972	Oberstaufen, West Germany	GS	Françoise Macchi	Annemarie Pröll	Marilyn Cochran
6	4 Jan 1972		SL	Françoise Macchi	Rosi Mittermaier	Danièle Debernard
7	7 Jan 1972	Maribor, Yugoslavia	GS	Françoise Macchi	Michèle Jacot	Annemarie Pröll
8	12 Jan 1972	Badgastein, Austria	DH	Annemarie Pröll	Wiltrud Drexel	Isabelle Mir
9	13 Jan 1972		SL	Britt Lafforgue	Françoise Macchi	Annemarie Pröll
10	18 Jan 1972	Grindelwald, Switzerland	DH	Annemarie Pröll	Marie-Theres Nadig	Isabelle Mir
11	19 Jan 1972		SL	Britt Lafforgue	Monika Kaserer	Barbara Ann Cochran
12	22 Jan 1972	St. Gervais, France	GS	Annemarie Pröll	Monika Kaserer	Marie-Theres Nadig
1972 Winter Olympics   (5–13 February)
13	18 Feb 1972	Banff, Canada	SL	Britt Lafforgue	Barbara Ann Cochran	Florence Steurer
14	19 Feb 1972		GS	Annemarie Pröll	Wiltrud Drexel	Monika Kaserer
15	25 Feb 1972	Crystal Mountain, USA	DH	Annemarie Pröll	Wiltrud Drexel Marie-Theres Nadig
16	26 Feb 1972		DH	Wiltrud Drexel	Annemarie Pröll	Marie-Theres Nadig
17	1 Mar 1972	Heavenly Valley, USA	GS	Annemarie Pröll	Rosi Mittermaier	Britt Lafforgue
18	3 Mar 1972		SL	Florence Steurer	Michèle Jacot	Marilyn Cochran
19	17 Mar 1972	Pra Loup, Italy	SL	Danièle Debernard	Pamela Behr	Rosi Mittermaier
20	18 Mar 1972		GS	Danièle Debernard	Monika Kaserer	Marie-Theres Nadig
21	19 Mar 1972		GS	Britt Lafforgue	Annemarie Pröll	Monika Kaserer

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

Men's results

Overall

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 Points	Downhill	Giant	Slalom
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

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 Points	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

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 Points	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

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 Points	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	-	-	-	-	-

Team

Place	Country	Total Points	Downhill	Giant	Slalom	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

Women's results

Overall

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 Points	Downhill	Giant	Slalom
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

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 Points	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

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 Points	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

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 Points	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

Team

Place	Country	Total Points	Downhill	Giant	Slalom	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

Nationscup

Place	Country	Total Points	Men	Women
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

External links

• FIS-ski.com - World Cup standings - 1972

References

1. Fry, John (January 1975). "Skier's Notebook:Olympic Amateur Rules Are Changed". Ski Magazine. Retrieved 2016-02-16.
2. FIS: Alpine World Cup 1971 men's schedule
3. FIS: Alpine World Cup 1971 women's schedule