# 1974–75 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup

The 9th World Cup season began in December 1974 in France and concluded in March 1975 in Italy. Gustav Thöni of Italy would regain the overall title, his fourth overall title in five seasons. Annemarie Moser-Pröll of Austria won the women's overall title, her fifth consecutive.
Three major changes took place on the World Cup circuit this season. First, Alpine combined races were recognized as World Cup events for the first time; both the men's and women's seasons included three combined races, all of which were won by the overall winners (Thöni and Moser-Pröll); in fact, Thöni's three combined wins were directly responsible for his edging out Ingemar Stenmark for the title. Second, a parallel slalom race was held at the end of the season, as parallel slalom had become popular on the professional skiing tour due to the visible head-to-head competition. Although parallel slalom skiing was used a few more times in World Cup competition, beginning in 1976 it became a permanent part of the season-ending Nations Cup events.
Third, and more importantly, the new head of the International Olympic Committee, Lord Killanin, reached a compromise to preserve the "amateur" status of skiers receiving endorsements, manufacturer's fees, and other payments, as long as the payments were made to the skier's national association or Olympic committee and not directly to the skier, that also eliminated the prohibition on year-round training and competition in a sport. While further criticism of this rule, known as Olympics Rule 26, would continue and would lead to future problems, such as the banning of World Cup champions Stenmark and Hanni Wenzel from the 1984 Winter Olympics, the immediate impact of this change was to check the steady migration of World Cup skiers to the professional circuit. Partially as a result, World Cup races this season took place in Europe, North America, and Asia.

## Men
### Overall

The Men's overall World Cup 1974/75 was also divided into three periods with only a part of the results from each period being retained for the Overall standings.
| Place | Name | Country | Total |
| 1 | Gustav Thöni | Italy | 250 |
| 2 | Ingemar Stenmark | Sweden | 245 |
| 3 | Franz Klammer | Austria | 240 |
| 4 | Piero Gros | Italy | 196 |
| 5 | Erik Håker | Norway | 147 |
| 6 | Hansi Hinterseer | Austria | 117 |
| 7 | Herbert Plank | Italy | 92 |
| 8 | Werner Grissmann | Austria | 87 |
| 9 | Francisco Fernández-Ochoa | Spain | 79 |
| 10 | Paolo De Chiesa | Italy | 74 |
| 11 | Bernhard Russi | Switzerland | 58 |
| 12 | René Berthod | Switzerland | 57 |
| 13 | Michael Veith | West Germany | 55 |
| 14 | Walter Tresch | Switzerland | 50 |
| 15 | Fausto Radici | Italy | 49 |

### Downhill

In men's downhill World Cup 1974/75 the best 5 results count. Five racers had a point deduction, which are given in. Franz Klammer won 6 races in a row and won the cup with maximum points. He won 8 races out of 9, but at the downhill of Megève one of his bindings opened and he did not finish the race; this meant also that he could not score the 15 points for a third place in the combined of Megève (which he would have gained easily after a decent slalom result in Chamonix two days earlier), and in the end he missed the first place in the men's overall World Cup by just 10 points.
| Place | Name | Country | Total | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 23 | 26 |
| 1 | Franz Klammer | Austria | 125 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | (25) | - | (25) | (25) |
| 2 | Werner Grissmann | Austria | 81 | 20 | 15 | 20 | 11 | 15 | (3) | - | - | (3) |
| 3 | Herbert Plank | Italy | 71 | - | 20 | 8 | 20 | (6) | 15 | 8 | - | (1) |
| 4 | Bernhard Russi | Switzerland | 58 | 8 | - | 11 | 4 | - | 20 | - | - | 15 |
| 5 | René Berthod | Switzerland | 56 | - | - | (1) | - | 11 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 8 |
| 6 | Erik Håker | Norway | 53 | 3 | - | - | 15 | - | 4 | 11 | (2) | 20 |
| 7 | Michael Veith | West Germany | 47 | 15 | - | - | 8 | 4 | - | - | 20 | - |
| 8 | Philippe Roux | France | 40 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 15 | 11 | 11 |
| 9 | Gustav Thöni | Italy | 39 | 6 | - | - | - | 20 | 11 | 2 | - | - |
| 10 | Walter Vesti | Switzerland | 36 | - | - | - | 3 | 8 | - | 25 | - | - |

### Giant slalom

In men's giant slalom World Cup 1974/75 the best 5 results count. One racer had a point deduction, which is given in.
| Place | Name | Country | Total | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 21 | 22 | 24 |
| 1 | Ingemar Stenmark | Sweden | 115 | 20 | - | - | 20 | 25 | 25 | 25 |
| 2 | Piero Gros | Italy | 106 | 25 | 25 | 25 | - | - | 11 | 20 |
| 3 | Erik Håker | Norway | 67 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 20 | - | - |
| 4 | Gustav Thöni | Italy | 60 | - | 8 | 20 | 2 | - | 15 | 15 |
| 5 | Hansi Hinterseer | Austria | 55 | 11 | (4) | 6 | 15 | 15 | - | 8 |
| 6 | Heini Hemmi | Switzerland | 45 | - | - | 3 | 11 | 11 | 20 | - |
| 7 | Thomas Hauser | Austria | 35 | - | - | 11 | 8 | 8 | 8 | - |
| 8 | Greg Jones | United States | 33 | - | 20 | - | - | - | 2 | 11 |
| 9 | Franz Klammer | Austria | 31 | 8 | 11 | - | 6 | 6 | - | - |
| 10 | Tino Pietrogiovanna | Italy | 23 | 6 | 15 | - | - | - | - | 2 |

### Slalom

In men's slalom World Cup 1974/75 the best 5 results count. Four racers had a point deduction, which are given in.
| Place | Name | Country | Total | 4 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 20 | 25 | 27 |
| 1 | Ingemar Stenmark | Sweden | 110 | 25 | - | 25 | 20 | 20 | 20 | (15) | (20) |
| 2 | Gustav Thöni | Italy | 106 | - | 20 | 11 | - | 25 | (8) | 25 | 25 |
| 3 | Piero Gros | Italy | 90 | - | 25 | 20 | 25 | - | - | 20 | - |
| 4 | Paolo De Chiesa | Italy | 61 | 20 | 8 | 15 | 15 | - | - | 3 | - |
| 5 | Hansi Hinterseer | Austria | 58 | - | - | 1 | 11 | 15 | 25 | 6 | - |
| 6 | Fausto Radici | Italy | 48 | 15 | 15 | - | - | 3 | 4 | (1) | 11 |
| 7 | Christian Neureuther | West Germany | 36 | 4 | - | 6 | - | 11 | 15 | - | - |
| | Francisco Fernández-Ochoa | Spain | 36 | 3 | 6 | 8 | (3) | 8 | - | 11 | - |
| 9 | Jan Bachleda | Poland | 27 | - | 11 | - | 6 | - | - | 4 | 6 |
| 10 | Hansjörg Schlager | West Germany | 22 | - | 4 | 3 | - | 4 | 11 | - | - |

### Combined

There was no special discipline world cup for Combined awarded. All three results only count for the Overall World Cup. Gustav Thöni won all three competitions. This was the important key that enabled Thöni to defeat Ingemar Stenmark in the Overall World Cup standings.
| Place | Name | Country | Total | 10 | 14 | 19 |
| 1 | Gustav Thöni | Italy | 75 | 25 | 25 | 25 |
| 2 | Francisco Fernández-Ochoa | Spain | 40 | - | 20 | 20 |
| 3 | Walter Tresch | Switzerland | 26 | 15 | 11 | - |
| | Erik Håker | Norway | 26 | 11 | - | 15 |
| 5 | Franz Klammer | Austria | 21 | 6 | 15 | - |
| 6 | David Zwilling | Austria | 20 | 20 | - | - |
| 7 | Jim Hunter | Canada | 12 | - | 4 | 8 |
| 8 | Herbert Plank | Italy | 11 | - | - | 11 |
| 9 | Roland Thöni | Italy | 8 | 8 | - | - |
| | Sepp Ferstl | West Germany | 8 | - | 8 | - |
| | Michael Veith | West Germany | 8 | 2 | 6 | - |

## Ladies
### Overall

The Women's overall World Cup 1974/75 was divided into two periods. From the first 14 races the best 7 results count and from the last 12 races the best 6 results count. Eight racers had a point deduction. Annemarie Moser-Pröll had a total deduction of 106 points. She won ten competitions and was unable to score points only in three events. This was her fifth overall win in a row.
| Place | Name | Country | Total |
| 1 | Annemarie Moser-Pröll | Austria | 305 |
| 2 | Hanni Wenzel | Liechtenstein | 199 |
| 3 | Rosi Mittermaier | West Germany | 166 |
| 4 | Marie-Theres Nadig | Switzerland | 154 |
| 5 | Fabienne Serrat | France | 153 |
| 6 | Bernadette Zurbriggen | Switzerland | 151 |
| | Lise-Marie Morerod | Switzerland | 151 |
| 8 | Cindy Nelson | United States | 138 |
| 9 | Monika Kaserer | Austria | 134 |
| 10 | Christa Zechmeister | West Germany | 127 |
| 11 | Wiltrud Drexel | Austria | 82 |
| 12 | Kathy Kreiner | Canada | 62 |
| 13 | Irene Epple | West Germany | 60 |
| 14 | Danièle Debernard | France | 57 |
| 15 | Betsy Clifford | Canada | 43 |

### Downhill

In women's downhill World Cup 1974/75 the best 5 results count. Five racers had a point deduction, which are given in. Annemarie Moser-Pröll won her fifth Downhill World Cup in a row. This record is still unbeaten.
| Place | Name | Country | Total | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 17 | 22 |
| 1 | Annemarie Moser-Pröll | Austria | 105 | (4) | 25 | (4) | 25 | (8) | 20 | 20 | 15 |
| 2 | Bernadette Zurbriggen | Switzerland | 101 | 20 | - | - | 11 | 25 | (11) | 25 | 20 |
| 3 | Marie-Theres Nadig | Switzerland | 100 | - | - | 20 | 15 | 15 | 25 | (15) | 25 |
| 4 | Cindy Nelson | United States | 75 | 11 | 20 | 25 | 8 | - | - | 11 | (3) |
| 5 | Wiltrud Drexel | Austria | 58 | 25 | 15 | 1 | - | 11 | - | - | 6 |
| 6 | Rosi Mittermaier | West Germany | 49 | - | - | 15 | 20 | - | 6 | 8 | - |
| 7 | Irene Epple | West Germany | 38 | (2) | - | 11 | 4 | 4 | 8 | - | 11 |
| 8 | Danièle Debernard | France | 32 | 15 | 11 | - | 3 | - | 3 | - | - |
| 9 | Ingrid Schmid-Gfölner | Austria | 24 | - | - | - | 2 | 20 | 2 | - | - |
| 10 | Jacqueline Rouvier | France | 23 | - | 8 | - | - | - | 15 | - | - |

### Giant slalom

In women's giant slalom World Cup 1974/75 the best 5 results count. Three racers had a point deduction, which are given in. Annemarie Moser-Pröll won five races in a row and won the cup with maximum points.
| Place | Name | Country | Total | 2 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 20 | 21 | 23 |
| 1 | Annemarie Moser-Pröll | Austria | 125 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | - | (8) |
| 2 | Fabienne Serrat | France | 81 | 15 | 11 | 20 | (3) | - | 20 | 15 |
| 3 | Monika Kaserer | Austria | 74 | 20 | 6 | 8 | - | 20 | (1) | 20 |
| 4 | Lise-Marie Morerod | Switzerland | 53 | 2 | - | - | 20 | 6 | - | 25 |
| 5 | Hanni Wenzel | Liechtenstein | 42 | - | 20 | 15 | 1 | - | - | 6 |
| 6 | Cindy Nelson | United States | 40 | - | 3 | - | 6 | 3 | 25 | 3 |
| 7 | Rosi Mittermaier | West Germany | 36 | 6 | 15 | - | 15 | - | - | - |
| 8 | Kathy Kreiner | Canada | 34 | - | 8 | - | - | - | 15 | 11 |
| 9 | Christa Zechmeister | West Germany | 26 | 11 | - | 11 | - | - | 4 | - |
| 10 | Marie-Theres Nadig | Switzerland | 22 | 8 | - | 2 | 11 | - | - | 1 |

### Slalom

In women's slalom World Cup 1974/75 the best 5 results count. Three racers had a point deduction, which are given in. Lise-Marie Morerod won the cup with only four results.
| Place | Name | Country | Total | 4 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 19 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| 1 | Lise-Marie Morerod | Switzerland | 95 | - | 25 | - | 25 | 20 | - | 25 | - |
| 2 | Hanni Wenzel | Liechtenstein | 91 | - | 6 | 15 | 20 | 25 | 25 | - | - |
| 3 | Christa Zechmeister | West Germany | 90 | 15 | 20 | 25 | (8) | 15 | 15 | (3) | - |
| 4 | Annemarie Moser-Pröll | Austria | 79 | 11 | - | 20 | (3) | - | 20 | 20 | 8 |
| 5 | Fabienne Serrat | France | 63 | 20 | - | 11 | - | - | 6 | 11 | 15 |
| 6 | Monika Kaserer | Austria | 53 | 8 | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | 15 | 25 |
| 7 | Rosi Mittermaier | West Germany | 52 | 25 | - | 8 | 15 | - | - | 4 | - |
| 8 | Claudia Giordani | Italy | 31 | - | - | - | - | 11 | - | - | 20 |
| 9 | Danièle Debernard | France | 19 | - | - | - | 11 | - | - | 8 | - |
| 10 | Torill Fjeldstad | Norway | 17 | - | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |

### Combined

There was no special discipline world cup for Combined awarded. All three results only count for the Overall World Cup. Annemarie Moser-Pröll won all three competitions.
| Place | Name | Country | Total | 9 | 13 | 18 |
| 1 | Annemarie Moser-Pröll | Austria | 75 | 25 | 25 | 25 |
| 2 | Hanni Wenzel | Liechtenstein | 55 | 15 | 20 | 20 |
| 3 | Rosi Mittermaier | West Germany | 36 | 20 | 1 | 15 |
| 4 | Bernadette Zurbriggen | Switzerland | 23 | 1 | 11 | 11 |
| | Cindy Nelson | United States | 23 | 11 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | Kathy Kreiner | Canada | 16 | 8 | 8 | - |
| 7 | Wiltrud Drexel | Austria | 15 | - | 15 | - |
| 8 | Fabienne Serrat | France | 9 | 3 | 6 | - |
| 9 | Marie-Theres Nadig | Switzerland | 6 | 6 | - | - |
| | Betsy Clifford | Canada | 6 | - | - | 6 |

## Nations Cup
### Overall

| Place | Country | Total | Men | Ladies |
| 1 | Austria | 1395 | 630 | 765 |
| 2 | Italy | 810 | 764 | 46 |
| 3 | Switzerland | 792 | 334 | 458 |
| 4 | West Germany | 557 | 148 | 409 |
| 5 | France | 303 | 15 | 288 |
| 6 | Sweden | 260 | 260 | 0 |
| 7 | United States | 256 | 85 | 171 |
| 8 | Liechtenstein | 223 | 18 | 205 |
| 9 | Norway | 165 | 148 | 17 |
| 10 | Canada | 141 | 36 | 105 |
| 11 | Spain | 79 | 79 | 0 |
| 12 | Poland | 29 | 29 | 0 |
| 13 | Australia | 16 | 16 | 0 |
| 14 | Iran | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 15 | Czechoslovakia | 4 | 4 | 0 |

### Men

| Place | Country | Total | DH | GS | SL | KB | Racers | Wins |
| 1 | Italy | 764 | 126 | 220 | 324 | 94 | 11 | 11 |
| 2 | Austria | 630 | 374 | 130 | 81 | 45 | 13 | 9 |
| 3 | Switzerland | 334 | 199 | 79 | 20 | 36 | 11 | 1 |
| 4 | Sweden | 260 | 0 | 115 | 145 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | West Germany | 148 | 50 | 13 | 69 | 16 | 9 | 0 |
| | Norway | 148 | 55 | 67 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | United States | 85 | 23 | 33 | 28 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 8 | Spain | 79 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 40 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | Canada | 36 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 0 |
| 10 | Poland | 29 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | Liechtenstein | 18 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Australia | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | France | 15 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 14 | Czechoslovakia | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Ladies

| Place | Country | Total | DH | GS | SL | KB | Racers | Wins |
| 1 | Austria | 765 | 257 | 241 | 167 | 100 | 11 | 12 |
| 2 | Switzerland | 458 | 227 | 87 | 112 | 32 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | West Germany | 409 | 109 | 67 | 191 | 42 | 8 | 2 |
| 4 | France | 288 | 59 | 112 | 106 | 11 | 7 | 0 |
| 5 | Liechtenstein | 205 | 17 | 42 | 91 | 55 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | United States | 171 | 81 | 52 | 15 | 23 | 8 | 2 |
| 7 | Canada | 105 | 14 | 50 | 19 | 22 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | Italy | 46 | 0 | 15 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | Norway | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Iran | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |