The 10th World Cup season began in December 1975 in France and concluded in March 1976 in Canada. Ingemar Stenmark of Sweden won the first of his three consecutive overall titles. Defending women's overall champion Annemarie Moser-Pröll, who had won five straight overall titles, missed the entire season so that she could care for her father, who was terminally ill with lung cancer. In her absence, Rosi Mittermaier of West Germany, a double gold medalist at the 1976 Winter Olympics, won the women's overall title.
This was also the first year that a season champion was recognized in the Combined discipline, which was added the previous year. After this year, the World Cup would not award a season championship trophy in Combined again until 1980. Additionally, individual parallel slalom was made a permanent fixture at the season-ending Nations Cup championships; however, it only counted for the team competition. After 1992, it was replaced by a team parallel slalom event, which again only counted for the Nations Cup team competition.
A break in the schedule in February was for the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.
Calendar
Men + Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom, KB – Combined, PS – Parallel slalom (Nations Cup ranking only)DatePlaceWinnerSecondThird205 1 5 December 1975 Val d'Isère GS 068 Gustav Thöni Ingemar Stenmark Piero Gros206 2 7 December 1975 DH 061 Ken Read Herbert Plank Bernhard Russi207 3 12 December 1975 Madonna di Campiglio DH 062 Franz Klammer Philippe Roux Erik Håker208 4 14 December 1975 GS 069 Engelhard Pargatzi Ernst Good Piero Gros209 5 15 December 1975 Vipiteno SL 074 Ingemar Stenmark Hansi Hinterseer Piero Gros210 6 20 December 1975 Schladming DH 063 Dave Irwin Klaus Eberhard Herbert Plank211 7 21 December 1975 SL 075 Hansi Hinterseer Ingemar Stenmark Piero Gros212 8 5 January 1976 Garmisch SL 076 Fausto Radici Piero Gros Ingemar Stenmark213 9 9 January 1976 Wengen DH 064 Herbert Plank Franz Klammer Bernhard Russi214 10 5 January 1976 9 January 1976 Garmisch (SL) Wengen (DH) KB 004 Walter Tresch Piero Gros Gustav Thöni215 11 10 January 1976 Wengen DH 065 Franz Klammer Philippe Roux Jim Hunter216 12 11 January 1976 SL 077 Ingemar Stenmark Piero Gros Christian Neureuther217 13 11 January 1976 KB 005 Franz Klammer Gustav Thöni Walter Tresch218 14 12 January 1976 Adelboden GS 070 Gustav Thöni Ingemar Stenmark Engelhard Pargatzi219 15 17 January 1976 Morzine DH 066 Franz Klammer Bernhard Russi Anton Steiner220 16 18 January 1976 GS 071 Franco Bieler Piero Gros Ingemar Stenmark221 17 24 January 1976 Kitzbühel SL 078 Ingemar Stenmark Gustav Thöni Piero Gros222 18 25 January 1976 DH 067 Franz Klammer Erik Håker Josef Walcher223 19 25 January 1976 KB 006 Walter Tresch Jim Hunter Gustav Thöni224 20 27 January 1976 Zwiesel GS 072 Ingemar Stenmark Gustav Thöni Hansi Hinterseer1976 Winter Olympics (5–14 February)225 21 5 March 1976 Copper Mountain GS 073 Greg Jones Phil Mahre Engelhard Pargatzi226 22 7 March 1976 SL 079 Ingemar Stenmark Steve Mahre Gustav Thöni227 23 12 March 1976 Aspen DH 068 Franz Klammer René Berthod Ernst Winkler228 24 14 March 1976 SL 080 Ingemar Stenmark Phil Mahre Gustav Thöni229 25 18 March 1976 Mt. St. Anne GS 074 Heini Hemmi Piero Gros Ernst GoodNations Cup 20 March 1976 Mt. St. Anne PS ncr Franco Bieler Ingemar Stenmark Jim Hunter
Ladies + Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom, KB – Combined, PS – Parallel slalom (Nations Cup ranking only)DatePlaceWinnerSecondThird198 1 3 December 1975 Val d'Isère DH 054 Bernadette Zurbriggen Irene Epple Marie-Theres Nadig199 2 4 December 1975 GS 066 Lise-Marie Morerod Rosi Mittermaier Monika Kaserer200 3 10 December 1975 Aprica DH 055 Brigitte Totschnig Elfi Deufl Cindy Nelson201 4 11 December 1975 SL 076 Lise-Marie Morerod Rosi Mittermaier Claudia Giordani202 5 16 December 1975 Cortina d'Ampezzo DH 056 Evi Mittermaier Brigitte Totschnig Bernadette Zurbriggen203 6 17 December 1975 SL 077 Fabienne Serrat Pamela Behr Rosi Mittermaier204 7 17 December 1975 KB 004 Rosi Mittermaier Brigitte Totschnig Bernadette Zurbriggen205 8 7 January 1976 Meiringen DH 057 Brigitte Totschnig Nicola Spieß Irmgard Lukasser206 9 8 January 1976 DH 058 Bernadette Zurbriggen Irmgard Lukasser Nicola Spieß207 10 9 January 1976 GS 067 Monika Kaserer Danièle Debernard Marie-Theres Nadig208 11 9 January 1976 KB 005 Cindy Nelson Rosi Mittermaier Hanni Wenzel209 12 12 January 1976 Les Diablerets SL 078 Lise-Marie Morerod Rosi Mittermaier Patricia Emonet210 13 14 January 1976 Les Gets SL 079 Danièle Debernard Monika Berwein Patricia Emonet211 14 15 January 1976 GS 068 Lise-Marie Morerod Rosi Mittermaier Monika Kaserer212 15 17 January 1976 Berchtesgaden SL 080 Christa Zechmeister Danièle Debernard Hanni Wenzel213 16 18 January 1976 GS 069 Danièle Debernard Lise-Marie Morerod Monika Kaserer 17 21 January 1976 Bad Gastein DH Doris de Agostini Marlies Oberholzer Elfi Deufl215 18 22 January 1976 SL 081 Rosi Mittermaier Claudia Giordani Cindy Nelson216 19 22 January 1976 KB 006 Bernadette Zurbriggen Monika Kaserer Betsy Clifford217 20 25 January 1976 Kranjska Gora GS 070 Lise-Marie Morerod Rosi Mittermaier Bernadette Zurbriggen218 21 26 January 1976 SL 082 Lise-Marie Morerod Rosi Mittermaier Regina Sackl1976 Winter Olympics (5–14 February)219 22 5 March 1976 Copper Mountain GS 071 Rosi Mittermaier Cindy Nelson Bernadette Zurbriggen220 23 6 March 1976 SL 083 Rosi Mittermaier Monika Kaserer Lise-Marie Morerod221 24 12 March 1976 Aspen DH 060 Brigitte Totschnig Danièle Debernard Rosi Mittermaier222 25 13 March 1976 GS 072 Lise-Marie Morerod Danièle Debernard Monika Kaserer 223 26 19 March 1976 Mt. St. Anne GS 073 Monika Kaserer Fabienne Serrat Kathy Kreiner Nations Cup 20 March 1976 Mt. St. Anne PS ncr Bernadette Zurbriggen Irene Epple Monika Kaserer
Men
Overall
The Men's overall World Cup 1975/76 was divided into two periods. From the first 14 races the best 8 results count and from the last 11 races the best 6 results count. In this season only Piero Gros has a point deduction! Only the 4 points for his 7th place in the giant slalom in Copper Mountain were deducted.
PlaceNameCountryTotal 1 Ingemar Stenmark 249 2 Piero Gros 205 3 Gustav Thöni 190 4 Franz Klammer 181 5 Hansi Hinterseer 98 Walter Tresch 98 7 Herbert Plank 77 8 Bernhard Russi 72 9 Philippe Roux 71 10 Engelhard Pargätzi 67 11 Franco Bieler 63 12 Ernst Good 59 13 Jim Hunter 58 14 Fausto Radici 55 Phil Mahre 55
Downhill
In men's downhill World Cup 1975/76 the best 5 results count. Three racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). Franz Klammer won 5 races and won the cup with maximum points. He won 4 downhill races in a row. Together with the first 5 downhill races in the next season 1976/77, he won 9 downhill races in a row!!
PlaceNameCountryTotal 236911151823 1 Franz Klammer 125 - 25 (11) (20) 25 25 25 25 2 Herbert Plank 77 20 - 15 25 11 - - 6 3 Bernhard Russi 66 15 (6) 8 15 - 20 8 - 4 Philippe Roux 63 6 20 6 11 20 (6) (2) - 5 Dave Irwin 47 11 11 25 - - - - - 6 Klaus Eberhard 41 - 2 20 2 - 11 6 - 7 Werner Grissmann 39 8 8 - 4 - 8 11 - 8 Erik Håker 35 - 15 - - - - 20 - 9 Ken Read 28 25 - - - - - - 3 10 Jim Hunter 27 2 - - 6 15 - 4 -
Giant slalom
In men's giant slalom World Cup 1975/76 the best 5 results count. Two racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). Ingemar Stenmark won the cup with only 1 win. In 7 races there were 6 different winners.
PlaceNameCountryTotal 141416202125 1 Ingemar Stenmark 88 20 (1) 20 15 25 - 8 2 Gustav Thöni 82 25 4 25 8 20 - - 3 Piero Gros 78 15 15 - 20 8 (4) 20 4 Engelhard Pargätzi 67 - 25 15 1 11 15 - 5 Ernst Good 56 8 20 2 - - 11 15 6 Greg Jones 44 - - 8 - - 25 11 7 Franco Bieler 43 4 11 - 25 3 - - 8 Hansi Hinterseer 40 2 - 11 11 15 1 - 9 Heini Hemmi 39 - - 4 4 6 - 25 10 Phil Mahre 29 6 - 3 - - 20 -
Slalom
In men's slalom World Cup 1975/76 the best 5 results count. Two racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). Ingemar Stenmark won 5 races and won the cup with maximum points. He won 4 slalom races in a row.
PlaceNameCountryTotal 57812172224 1 Ingemar Stenmark 125 25 (20) (15) 25 25 25 25 2 Piero Gros 85 15 15 20 20 15 (11) (11) 3 Hansi Hinterseer 58 20 25 - 11 - 2 - Gustav Thöni 58 2 - - 6 20 15 15 5 Fausto Radici 52 11 8 25 - - 8 - 6 Christian Neureuther 30 - 11 4 15 - - - 7 Phil Mahre 26 - - - - 6 - 20 8 Steve Mahre 20 - - - - - 20 - Franco Bieler 20 - - - 8 11 1 - 10 Walter Tresch 17 - 6 11 - - - -
Combined In men's Combined World Cup 1975/76 all results count. This was the first ever Combined World Cup.
PlaceNameCountryTotal 101319 1 Walter Tresch 65 25 15 25 2 Gustav Thöni 50 15 20 15 3 Jim Hunter 29 8 1 20 4 Franz Klammer 25 - 25 - 5 Anton Steiner 22 - 11 11 6 Piero Gros 20 20 - - 7 Erwin Stricker 12 - 8 4 8 Peter Lüscher 11 11 - - 9 Pete Patterson 8 - - 8 10 Sepp Ferstl 6 6 - - Steve Podborski 6 - 6 - Bohumír Zeman 6 4 2 - Ken Read 6 - - 6
Ladies
Overall
The Women's overall World Cup 1975/76 was divided into two periods. From the first 14 races the best 8 results count and from the last 12 races the best 6 results count. Four racers had a point deduction.
PlaceNameCountryTotal 1 Rosi Mittermaier 281 2 Lise-Marie Morerod 214 3 Monika Kaserer 171 4 Bernadette Zurbriggen 170 5 Danièle Debernard 165 6 Brigitte Totschnig 155 7 Fabienne Serrat 125 8 Cindy Nelson 122 9 Hanni Wenzel 83 10 Irene Epple 73 11 Claudia Giordani 67 12 Irmgard Lukasser 62 Nicola Spieß 62 14 Marie-Theres Nadig 58 Patricia Emonet 58
Downhill
In women's downhill World Cup 1975/76 the best 5 results count. Two racers had a point deduction, which are given in ().
PlaceNameCountryTotal 135891724 1 Brigitte Totschnig 106 11 25 20 25 - - 25 2 Bernadette Zurbriggen 87 25 11 15 11 25 (4) (2) 3 Nicola Spieß 52 3 8 - 20 15 - 6 4 Irmgard Lukasser 45 8 - 2 15 20 - - 5 Elfi Deufl 44 1 20 6 2 - 15 - 6 Irene Epple 42 20 6 8 6 2 - - 7 Cindy Nelson 37 6 15 1 (1) 4 - 11 8 Evi Mittermaier 32 - - 25 3 - - 4 9 Rosi Mittermaier 30 - 1 3 - 11 - 15 10 Marie-Theres Nadig 27 15 - - - - 11 1
Giant slalom
In women's giant slalom World Cup 1975/76 the best 5 results count. Four racers had a point deduction, which are given in ().
PlaceNameCountryTotal 210141620222526 1 Lise-Marie Morerod 120 25 - 25 20 25 (4) 25 (4) 2 Monika Kaserer 95 15 25 15 15 - (1) (15) 25 3 Rosi Mittermaier 91 20 (4) 20 6 20 25 - - 4 Danièle Debernard 82 - 20 11 25 6 - 20 - 5 Fabienne Serrat 51 8 - 4 8 11 - (1) 20 6 Cindy Nelson 35 - 11 - - - 20 4 - 7 Bernadette Zurbriggen 30 - - - - 15 15 - - 8 Kathy Kreiner 28 - 2 - - - - 11 15 9 Brigitte Totschnig 23 3 - 8 - 1 11 - - 10 Marie-Theres Nadig 19 - 15 - 4 - - - -
Slalom
In women's slalom World Cup 1975/76 the best 5 results count. Three racers had a point deduction, which are given in ().
PlaceNameCountryTotal 46121315182123 1 Rosi Mittermaier 110 20 (15) 20 - (2) 25 20 25 2 Lise-Marie Morerod 90 25 - 25 - - - 25 15 3 Danièle Debernard 65 8 - (2) 25 20 6 6 - 4 Fabienne Serrat 61 11 25 11 6 - (4) 8 - 5 Claudia Giordani 52 15 - 6 - 11 20 - - 6 Pamela Behr 51 - 20 - - 6 11 3 11 7 Christa Zechmeister 47 - - - 3 25 2 11 6 8 Patricia Emonet 46 - 8 15 15 - 8 - - 9 Hanni Wenzel 34 - 4 3 - 15 - 4 8 10 Monika Kaserer 25 - - - - - 3 2 20
Combined
In women's Combined World Cup 1975/76 all results count. This was the first ever Combined World Cup!
PlaceNameCountryTotal 71119 1 Rosi Mittermaier 45 25 20 - 2 Bernadette Zurbriggen 43 15 3 25 3 Cindy Nelson 31 6 25 - 4 Brigitte Totschnig 26 20 - 6 5 Monika Kaserer 24 - 4 20 6 Hanni Wenzel 18 3 15 - 7 Irmgard Lukasser 17 11 6 - 8 Betsy Clifford 15 - - 15 9 Irene Epple 11 - 11 - Lea Sölkner 11 - - 11
Nations Cup
Overall