# 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.
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. Schranz retired from amateur competition immediately thereafter and joined the professional skiing tour in 1973.
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.

## Calendar
### Men

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

### Ladies

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

## Men
### 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 | 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

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

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

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
### 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 | 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

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

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

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
### Overall

| 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 |

### Men

| 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

| 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

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | France | 16 | 12 | 10 | 38 |
| 2 | Austria | 12 | 13 | 8 | 33 |
| 3 | Switzerland | 6 | 5 | 10 | 21 |
| 4 | Italy | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | Norway | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Germany | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | United States | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 8 | Poland | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 42 | 42 | 41 | 125 |