# 1977–78 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup

The 12th World Cup season began in December 1977 and concluded in March 1978. Ingemar Stenmark of Sweden won his third consecutive overall title. Hanni Wenzel of Liechtenstein won the women's overall title.
A break in the schedule was for the 1978 World Championships, held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, West Germany, between 29 January and 5 February 1978.
During this season, no combined races were included in the World Cup. Combined was resumed in the following season 1978/79. A demonstration parallel slalom race was run as the last race of the season, in Arosa, Switzerland on 19 March 1978, but it did not count in the official standings for either men or women. However, it became the model for a season-ending team parallel slalom race to be run as a part of the season-ending events.

## Men
### Overall

In men's overall World Cup 1977/78 the best 3 results of each discipline count; best three downhills, best three giant slaloms and best three slaloms. The parallel slalom only counts for the Nationscup (or was a show-event). 24 racers had a point deduction. Ingemar Stenmark won his third Overall World Cup in a row.
| Place | Name | Country | Total | DH | GS | SL |
| 1 | Ingemar Stenmark | Sweden | 150 | 0 | 75 | 75 |
| 2 | Phil Mahre | United States | 116 | 0 | 65 | 51 |
| 3 | Andreas Wenzel | Liechtenstein | 100 | 0 | 70 | 30 |
| 4 | Klaus Heidegger | Austria | 95 | 0 | 25 | 70 |
| 5 | Herbert Plank | Italy | 70 | 70 | 0 | 0 |
| | Franz Klammer | Austria | 70 | 70 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Josef Walcher | Austria | 65 | 65 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Piero Gros | Italy | 60 | 0 | 23 | 37 |
| | Heini Hemmi | Switzerland | 60 | 0 | 60 | 0 |
| 10 | Mauro Bernardi | Italy | 54 | 0 | 11 | 43 |
| 11 | Ken Read | Canada | 47 | 47 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Petar Popangelov | Bulgaria | 43 | 0 | 0 | 43 |
| | Uli Spieß | Austria | 43 | 43 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Michael Veith | West Germany | 41 | 41 | 0 | 0 |
| | Sepp Ferstl | West Germany | 41 | 41 | 0 | 0 |

### Downhill

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In men's downhill World Cup 1977/78 the best 5 results count. Four racers had a point deduction, which are given in. For the very first time there was a shared win, when Josef Walcher and Sepp Ferstl tied in the second race at Kitzbühel. Franz Klammer won his fourth Downhill World Cup in a row.
| Place | Name | Country | Total | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 20 | 21 |
| 1 | Franz Klammer | Austria | 96 | 25 | 15 | (3) | 11 | (11) | - | 20 | 25 |
| 2 | Josef Walcher | Austria | 74 | 15 | 3 | - | 25 | 25 | 6 | - | (3) |
| 3 | Herbert Plank | Italy | 73 | 20 | 25 | 25 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | Ken Read | Canada | 56 | 11 | - | (2) | - | 3 | 25 | 6 | 11 |
| 5 | Sepp Ferstl | West Germany | 49 | 8 | - | - | - | 25 | - | 8 | 8 |
| 6 | Uli Spieß | Austria | 47 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | 25 | 15 |
| 7 | Michael Veith | West Germany | 45 | - | 11 | - | - | 15 | 15 | 4 | - |
| 8 | Peter Wirnsberger | Austria | 43 | - | 20 | 15 | 4 | - | 4 | - | - |
| 9 | Werner Grissmann | Austria | 39 | 6 | 8 | (4) | 8 | 6 | 11 | - | - |
| | Erik Håker | Norway | 39 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 15 | 20 |

### Giant slalom

In men's giant slalom World Cup 1977/78 the best 5 results count. Four racers had a point deduction, which are given in. Ingemar Stenmark regained his Giant slalom World Cup title after losing the previous year on a tiebreak.
| Place | Name | Country | Total | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 19 | 22 |
| 1 | Ingemar Stenmark | Sweden | 120 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 20 | (15) | (15) | 25 |
| 2 | Andreas Wenzel | Liechtenstein | 100 | - | 15 | 15 | 25 | (2) | 25 | 20 |
| 3 | Phil Mahre | United States | 84 | 11 | (4) | 20 | 8 | 25 | 20 | (6) |
| 4 | Heini Hemmi | Switzerland | 82 | 20 | 20 | - | 11 | 20 | 11 | (11) |
| 5 | Jean-Luc Fournier | Switzerland | 32 | 15 | 6 | 11 | - | - | - | - |
| 6 | Peter Lüscher | Switzerland | 30 | - | 1 | - | 4 | 6 | 4 | 15 |
| 7 | Klaus Heidegger | Austria | 27 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 2 | - | - | - |
| 8 | Leonhard Stock | Austria | 24 | 8 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| 9 | Piero Gros | Italy | 23 | 4 | - | 4 | 15 | - | - | - |
| 10 | Gustav Thöni | Italy | 17 | - | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | 8 | - |

### Slalom

In men's slalom World Cup 1977/78 the best 5 results count. Two racers had point a deduction, which are given in. Ingemar Stenmark won his fourth Slalom World Cup in a row.
| Place | Name | Country | Total | 3 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 18 |
| 1 | Ingemar Stenmark | Sweden | 115 | 25 | 25 | 25 | (8) | - | 20 | 20 |
| 2 | Klaus Heidegger | Austria | 90 | 20 | 20 | - | 25 | 25 | - | - |
| 3 | Phil Mahre | United States | 66 | 11 | 11 | 15 | - | 4 | 25 | - |
| 4 | Piero Gros | Italy | 47 | (1) | 15 | 11 | 4 | 11 | - | 6 |
| 5 | Mauro Bernardi | Italy | 43 | 8 | - | 20 | 15 | - | - | - |
| | Petar Popangelov | Bulgaria | 43 | 3 | - | - | 20 | 20 | - | - |
| 7 | Andreas Wenzel | Liechtenstein | 30 | 4 | - | - | - | 15 | - | 11 |
| 8 | Paolo De Chiesa | Italy | 28 | - | 1 | 4 | - | 6 | 15 | 2 |
| 9 | Steve Mahre | United States | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 25 |
| 10 | Fausto Radici | Italy | 22 | 6 | 4 | - | 11 | 1 | - | - |

## Ladies
### Overall

In women's overall World Cup 1977/78 the best 3 results of each discipline count; best three downhills, best three giant slaloms and best three slaloms. The parallel slalom only counts for the Nationscup (or was a show-event). 17 racers had a point deduction.
| Place | Name | Country | Total | DH | GS | SL |
| 1 | Hanni Wenzel | Liechtenstein | 154 | 4 | 75 | 75 |
| 2 | Annemarie Moser-Pröll | Austria | 147 | 75 | 53 | 19 |
| 3 | Lise-Marie Morerod | Switzerland | 135 | 0 | 75 | 60 |
| 4 | Fabienne Serrat | France | 105 | 0 | 45 | 60 |
| 5 | Cindy Nelson | United States | 97 | 60 | 25 | 12 |
| 6 | Perrine Pelen | France | 96 | 0 | 21 | 75 |
| 7 | Maria Epple | West Germany | 94 | 0 | 55 | 39 |
| 8 | Monika Kaserer | Austria | 76 | 6 | 55 | 15 |
| 9 | Lea Sölkner | Austria | 70 | 0 | 24 | 46 |
| 10 | Marie-Theres Nadig | Switzerland | 63 | 55 | 8 | 0 |
| 11 | Irene Epple | West Germany | 62 | 32 | 30 | 0 |
| 12 | Evi Mittermaier | West Germany | 60 | 60 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Becky Dorsey | United States | 45 | 0 | 28 | 17 |
| 14 | Doris de Agostini | Switzerland | 37 | 37 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Abbi Fisher | United States | 27 | 0 | 9 | 18 |
| | Irmgard Lukasser | Austria | 27 | 27 | 0 | 0 |

### Downhill

In women's downhill World Cup 1977/78 the best 5 results count. Five racers had a point deduction, which are given in. Annemarie Moser-Pröll won 5 races and won the cup with maximum points. She won her sixth Downhill World Cup.
| Place | Name | Country | Total | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 21 |
| 1 | Annemarie Moser-Pröll | Austria | 125 | (20) | 25 | 25 | 25 | (20) | 25 | 25 |
| 2 | Cindy Nelson | United States | 91 | - | 20 | 20 | 11 | (8) | 20 | 20 |
| 3 | Marie-Theres Nadig | Switzerland | 78 | 25 | (6) | 15 | 8 | 15 | - | 15 |
| 4 | Evi Mittermaier | West Germany | 74 | 6 | 8 | (4) | 20 | 25 | 15 | - |
| 5 | Doris de Agostini | Switzerland | 51 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 6 | (4) | - | 11 |
| 6 | Irene Epple | West Germany | 36 | - | 11 | - | 15 | 6 | - | 4 |
| 7 | Irmgard Lukasser | Austria | 32 | 8 | 3 | - | - | 2 | 11 | 8 |
| 8 | Brigitte Totschnig | Austria | 24 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 3 | - | 4 | - |
| 9 | Bernadette Zurbriggen | Switzerland | 23 | - | - | - | - | 11 | 6 | 6 |
| 10 | Monika Bader | West Germany | 16 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |

### Giant slalom

In women's giant slalom World Cup 1977/78 the best 5 results count. Five racers had a point deduction, which are given in. Lise-Marie Morerod won her third Giant slalom World Cup in a row! This record is still unbeaten!
| Place | Name | Country | Total | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 22 |
| 1 | Lise-Marie Morerod | Switzerland | 115 | 25 | 15 | 25 | - | 25 | (15) | 25 | (15) |
| 2 | Hanni Wenzel | Liechtenstein | 106 | 11 | 25 | 20 | 25 | (8) | 25 | - | (3) |
| 3 | Maria Epple | West Germany | 77 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 11 | - | 20 | - | - |
| 4 | Monika Kaserer | Austria | 62 | 15 | 20 | 1 | 20 | 6 | - | - | - |
| 5 | Fabienne Serrat | France | 60 | - | 4 | 11 | 11 | 15 | (3) | 15 | - |
| | Annemarie Moser-Pröll | Austria | 60 | - | 8 | 4 | 3 | 20 | - | - | 25 |
| 7 | Lea Sölkner | Austria | 36 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | (4) | - | - | 6 |
| 8 | Becky Dorsey | United States | 30 | 6 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | (1) | 20 | - |
| | Irene Epple | West Germany | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 2 | 20 |
| | Cindy Nelson | United States | 30 | - | (1) | - | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 11 |

### Slalom

In women's slalom World Cup 1977/78 the best 5 results count. Two racers had a point deduction, which are given in.
| Place | Name | Country | Total | 3 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 18 |
| 1 | Hanni Wenzel | Liechtenstein | 110 | 15 | 20 | 25 | 25 | 25 | (11) | (15) |
| 2 | Perrine Pelen | France | 105 | 25 | 15 | - | 15 | - | 25 | 25 |
| 3 | Fabienne Serrat | France | 78 | 20 | - | - | 3 | 20 | 15 | 20 |
| 4 | Lise-Marie Morerod | Switzerland | 71 | - | 25 | - | 20 | 15 | 8 | 3 |
| 5 | Lea Sölkner | Austria | 65 | 11 | - | 15 | (2) | 8 | 20 | 11 |
| 6 | Maria Epple | West Germany | 46 | 1 | 11 | 20 | - | - | 6 | 8 |
| 7 | Christin Cooper | United States | 23 | - | 8 | 6 | 8 | - | 1 | - |
| 8 | Annemarie Moser-Pröll | Austria | 19 | 8 | - | 11 | - | - | - | - |
| 9 | Abbi Fisher | United States | 18 | - | - | - | 6 | 11 | - | 1 |
| 10 | Becky Dorsey | United States | 17 | - | - | 6 | - | 11 | - | - |

## Nations Cup
### Overall

| Place | Country | Total | Men | Ladies |
| 1 | Austria | 1095 | 555 | 540 |
| 2 | Switzerland | 669 | 267 | 402 |
| 3 | United States | 460 | 192 | 268 |
| 4 | Liechtenstein | 424 | 150 | 274 |
| 5 | West Germany | 419 | 109 | 310 |
| 6 | Italy | 324 | 314 | 10 |
| 7 | France | 288 | 12 | 276 |
| 8 | Sweden | 273 | 273 | 0 |
| 9 | Canada | 107 | 96 | 11 |
| 10 | Bulgaria | 43 | 43 | 0 |
| 11 | Norway | 39 | 39 | 0 |
| 12 | Yugoslavia | 32 | 32 | 0 |
| 13 | Iran | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 14 | Japan | 9 | 9 | 0 |

### Men

All points were shown including individual deduction. But without parallel slalom, because result ? (Also possible, that the parallel slalom was only a show-event.)
| Place | Country | Total | DH | GS | SL | Racers | Wins |
| 1 | Austria | 555 | 355 | 62 | 138 | 16 | 7 |
| 2 | Italy | 314 | 93 | 65 | 156 | 11 | 3 |
| 3 | Sweden | 273 | 0 | 150 | 123 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | Switzerland | 267 | 80 | 164 | 23 | 11 | 0 |
| 5 | United States | 192 | 0 | 101 | 91 | 3 | 2 |
| 6 | Liechtenstein | 150 | 0 | 114 | 50 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | West Germany | 109 | 94 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 1 |
| 8 | Canada | 96 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | Bulgaria | 43 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Norway | 39 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | Yugoslavia | 32 | 0 | 12 | 20 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | France | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | Japan | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 |

### Ladies

All points were shown including individual deduction but without parallel slalom, because parallel slalom was only an exhibition event.
| Place | Country | Total | DH | GS | SL | Racers | Wins |
| 1 | Austria | 540 | 245 | 178 | 117 | 11 | 6 |
| 2 | Switzerland | 402 | 169 | 156 | 77 | 7 | 6 |
| 3 | West Germany | 310 | 132 | 113 | 65 | 8 | 1 |
| 4 | France | 276 | 0 | 88 | 188 | 4 | 3 |
| 5 | Liechtenstein | 274 | 4 | 134 | 136 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | United States | 268 | 100 | 91 | 77 | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | Canada | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Italy | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| | Iran | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |