The 8th World Cup season began in December 1973 and concluded in March 1974. Piero Gros of Italy won the overall title, denying the runner-up, countryman Gustav Thöni, a fourth straight overall title. Annemarie Pröll of Austria won the women's overall title, her fourth of five consecutive.
The break in the schedule was for the 1974 World Championships, held February 3–10 at St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Due to the growth of the professional skiing tour (especially in the United States), which now featured World Cup winning stars such as Jean-Claude Killy, Karl Schranz, Patrick Russel, and Jean-Noël Augert, no World Cup races were held in North America for the first time in its history; the next time this happened was during the COVID-19 pandemic in the 2020-21 season. Instead, the entire 1973–74 season took place in Europe.
Calendar
Men + Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalomDatePlaceWinnerSecondThird157 1 8 December 1973 Val d'Isère GS 054 Hansi Hinterseer Helmuth Schmalzl Piero Gros158 2 10 December 1973 DH 045 Herbert Plank Werner Grissmann Franz Klammer159 3 16 December 1973 Saalbach GS 055 Hubert Berchtold Thomas Hauser Hansi Hinterseer160 4 17 December 1973 Vipiteno SL 060 Piero Gros Johann Kniewasser Christian Neureuther161 5 18 December 1973 Zell am See DH 046 Karl Cordin Roland Collombin Peter Feyersinger Manfred Grabler Josef Walcher162 6 22 December 1973 Schladming DH 047 Franz Klammer Roland Collombin Bernhard Russi163 7 5 January 1974 Garmisch SL 061 Christian Neureuther Gustav Thöni Hansjorg Schlager164 8 6 January 1974 DH 048 Roland Collombin Franz Klammer Herbert Plank165 9 7 January 1974 Berchtesgaden GS 056 Piero Gros Gustav Thöni Erwin Stricker 166 10 12 January 1974 Avoriaz DH 049 Roland Collombin Franz Klammer Philippe Roux167 11 13 January 1974 Morzine GS 057 Piero Gros Hansi Hinterseer Gustav Thöni168 12 19 January 1974 Wengen DH 050 Roland Collombin Franz Klammer Herbert Plank169 13 20 January 1974 SL 062 Christian Neureuther Fausto Radici David Zwilling170 14 21 January 1974 Adelboden GS 058 Gustav Thöni Piero Gros Hansi Hinterseer171 15 26 January 1974 Kitzbühel DH 051 Roland Collombin Stefano Anzi Giuliano Besson 172 16 27 January 1974 SL 063 Hansi Hinterseer Johann Kniewasser Gustav ThöniFIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1974 (3–10 February)173 17 2 March 1974 Voss GS 059 Gustav Thöni Hansi Hinterseer Ingemar Stenmark174 18 3 March 1974 SL 064 Piero Gros Ingemar Stenmark Johann Kniewasser175 19 6 March 1974 Zakopane SL 065 Francisco Fernandez-Ochoa Gustav Thöni Hansi Hinterseer176 20 9 March 1974 Vysoké Tatry GS 060 Piero Gros Ingemar Stenmark Hansi Hinterseer177 21 10 March 1974 SL 066 Gustav Thöni Ingemar Stenmark Francisco Fernández Ochoa
Ladies + Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalomDatePlaceWinnerSecondThird155 1 6 December 1973 Val d'Isère DH 041 Annemarie Pröll Ingrid Gfolner Wiltrud Drexel156 2 7 December 1973 SL 063 Christa Zechmeister Hanni Wenzel Marilyn Cochran157 3 19 December 1973 Zell am See DH 042 Annemarie Pröll Wiltrud Drexel Marie-Theres Nadig158 4 20 December 1973 GS 053 Hanni Wenzel Marie-Theres Nadig Traudl Treichl159 5 5 January 1974 Pfronten DH 043 Annemarie Pröll Wiltrud Drexel Betsy Clifford160 6 6 January 1974 GS 054 Kathy Kreiner Lise-Marie Morerod Fabienne Serrat161 7 8 January 1974 Les Gets SL 064 Christa Zechmeister Lindy Cochran Annemarie Pröll162 8 9 January 1974 GS 055 Claudia Giordani Barbara Ann Cochran Hanni Wenzel163 9 13 January 1974 Grindelwald DH 044 Cindy Nelson Annemarie Pröll Marie-Theres Nadig164 10 14 January 1974 GS 056 Monika Kaserer Hanni Wenzel Christa Zechmeister165 11 16 January 1974 Les Diablerets SL 065 Christa Zechmeister Fabienne Serrat Rosi Mittermaier166 12 23 January 1974 Badgastein DH 045 Annemarie Pröll Marie-Theres Nadig Wiltrud Drexel167 13 24 January 1974 SL 066 Christa Zechmeister Fabienne Serrat Monika Kaserer168 14 25 January 1974 GS 057 Fabienne Serrat Lise-Marie Morerod Rosi MittermaierFIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1974 (3–10 February)169 15 27 February 1974 Abetone SL 067 Rosi Mittermaier Annemarie Pröll Fabienne Serrat170 16 7 March 1974 Vysoké Tatry GS 058 Monika Kaserer Annemarie Pröll Lise-Marie Morerod171 17 8 March 1974 SL 068 Rosi Mittermaier Danièle Debernard Hanni Wenzel
Men
Overall
The Men's overall World Cup 1973/74 was divided into three periods. From the first 6 races the best 4 results count, from the next 10 races (Race No 7 to No 16) the best 6 results count and from the last 5 races the best 3 results count. Four racers had a point deduction.
PlaceNameCountryTotal 1 Piero Gros 181 2 Gustav Thöni 165 3 Hansi Hinterseer 162 4 Roland Collombin 140 5 Franz Klammer 125 6 Erwin Stricker 73 7 Johann Kniewasser 67 8 Herbert Plank 66 Christian Neureuther 66 10 Helmuth Schmalzl 65 11 David Zwilling 62 Ingemar Stenmark 62 13 Fausto Radici 49 14 Francisco Fernández Ochoa 46 15 Reinhard Tritscher 42 Werner Grissmann 42
Downhill
In men's downhill World Cup 1973/74 the best 5 results count. Three racer had a point deduction, which are given in (). Roland Collombin won four races in a row.
PlaceNameCountryTotal 2 5 6 8 10 12 15 1 Roland Collombin 120 - 20 (20) 25 25 25 25 2 Franz Klammer 100 15 - 25 20 20 20 (8) 3 Herbert Plank 66 25 - - 15 - 15 11 4 Bernhard Russi 40 2 - 15 4 8 11 - Werner Grissmann 40 20 6 2 8 - 4 (2) 6 Karl Cordin 37 8 25 - - 4 - - 7 Reinhard Tritscher 36 11 - 6 11 - 8 - 8 Giuliano Besson 30 1 - - 6 - 3 20 9 David Zwilling 26 4 2 8 - 6 6 - 10 Stefano Anzi 25 - - 3 - 2 - 20
Giant slalom
In men's giant slalom World Cup 1973/74 the best 5 results count. Four racers a had point deduction, which are given in ().
PlaceNameCountryTotal 1 3 9 11 14 17 20 1 Piero Gros 110 15 (8) 25 25 20 (11) 25 2 Hansi Hinterseer 95 25 15 - 20 15 20 (15) 3 Gustav Thöni 85 - - 20 15 25 25 - 4 Helmuth Schmalzl 55 20 (4) 11 8 8 (6) 8 5 Erwin Stricker 48 - - 15 11 11 - 11 6 Ingemar Stenmark 37 - 2 - - - 15 20 7 Hubert Berchtold 25 - 25 - - - - - 8 Engelhard Pargätzi 21 (2) - 4 3 6 4 4 9 Thomas Hauser 20 - 20 - - - - - 10 Franz Klammer 17 - 11 3 - - 3 - Erik Håker 17 3 - 6 - - 2 6
Slalom
In men's slalom World Cup 1973/74 the best 5 results count. No racer had a point deduction. Gustav Thöni won the cup with only four results.
PlaceNameCountryTotal 4 7 13 16 18 19 21 1 Gustav Thöni 80 - 20 - 15 - 20 25 2 Christian Neureuther 65 15 25 25 - - - - 3 Johann Kniewasser 63 20 - - 20 15 8 - 4 Piero Gros 61 25 2 - - 25 1 8 5 Hansi Hinterseer 56 6 6 - 25 4 15 - 6 Ingemar Stenmark 51 - - - - 20 11 20 7 Fausto Radici 47 11 8 20 - 8 - - 8 Francisco Fernández-Ochoa 46 - - 6 - - 25 15 9 David Zwilling 26 - 11 15 - - - - 10 Hansjörg Schlager 20 - 15 - - - 2 3
Ladies
Overall
The Women's overall World Cup 1973/74 was most likely also divided into periods.
PlaceNameCountryTotal 1 Annemarie Pröll 268 2 Monika Kaserer 153 3 Hanni Wenzel 144 4 Christa Zechmeister 129 5 Fabienne Serrat 127 6 Marie-Theres Nadig 123 7 Rosi Mittermaier 116 8 Lise-Marie Morerod 77 9 Wiltrud Drexel 72 10 Kathy Kreiner 70
Downhill
In women's downhill World Cup 1973/74 all 5 results count. No racer had a point deduction. After her 8 victories of the previous season Annemarie Pröll reached a total of 11 downhill victories in a row, still records for female single discipline serial winner and downhill serial winner (Ingemar Stenmark later won 14 giant slaloms in a row).
PlaceNameCountryTotal 1 3 5 9 12 1 Annemarie Pröll 120 25 25 25 20 25 2 Marie-Theres Nadig 72 11 15 11 15 20 3 Wiltrud Drexel 70 15 20 20 - 15 4 Cindy Nelson 35 - - 6 25 4 5 Ingrid Gfölner 34 20 8 - - 6 6 Jacqueline Rouvier 32 3 6 4 11 8 7 Betsy Clifford 25 6 3 15 - 1 8 Irmgard Lukasser 20 8 - 8 4 - 9 Claudia Giordani 14 - 11 3 - - 10 Monika Kaserer 12 - - - 1 11
Giant slalom
In women's giant slalom World Cup 1973/74 the best 5 results count. One racer had a point deduction, which is given in (). Hanni Wenzel won the cup with only four results. In 6 races there were 5 different winners.
PlaceNameCountryTotal 4 6 8 10 14 16 1 Hanni Wenzel 71 25 - 15 20 - 11 2 Fabienne Serrat 68 11 15 6 11 25 (2) 3 Monika Kaserer 60 - - 2 25 8 25 4 Lise-Marie Morerod 55 - 20 - - 20 15 5 Traudl Treichl 44 15 11 11 - 6 1 6 Claudia Giordani 41 8 - 25 - - 8 7 Annemarie Pröll 35 - 3 - 1 11 20 8 Kathy Kreiner 31 6 25 - - - - 9 Marie-Theres Nadig 28 20 - - 8 - - 10 Christa Zechmeister 26 1 6 - 15 4 -
Slalom
In women's slalom World Cup 1973/74 the best 5 results count. One racer a had point deduction, which is given in (). Christa Zechmeister won four races in a row. All 6 races were won by athletes from West Germany!
PlaceNameCountryTotal 2 7 11 13 15 17 1 Christa Zechmeister 103 25 25 25 25 3 - 2 Rosi Mittermaier 87 11 (1) 15 11 25 25 3 Fabienne Serrat 63 - 8 20 20 15 - 4 Hanni Wenzel 49 20 2 6 - 6 15 5 Annemarie Pröll 41 - 15 - 6 20 - 6 Monika Kaserer 32 4 4 1 15 8 - 7 Barbara Ann Cochran 26 1 6 11 8 - - 8 Lindy Cochran 23 - 20 3 - - - 9 Lise-Marie Morerod 22 - - - - 11 11 10 Danièle Debernard 20 - - - - - 20
Nations Cup
Overall
PlaceCountryTotal Men Ladies 1 1132 650 482 2 751 690 61 3 478 280 198 4 427 124 303 5 237 9 228 6 168 26 142 7 125 3 122 8 104 25 79 9 88 88 0 10 46 46 0 11 34 34 19 12 19 17 2 13 17 17 0 14 3 3 0
Men PlaceCountry Total DH GS SL Racers Wins 1 690 144 337 209 12 9 2 650 287 201 162 15 5 3 280 208 41 31 10 4 4 124 3 15 106 8 2 5 88 0 37 51 1 0 6 46 0 0 46 1 1 7 34 0 0 34 3 0 8 26 8 0 18 3 0 9 25 14 11 0 1 0 10 17 17 0 0 1 0 17 0 17 0 1 0 12 9 0 3 6 4 0 13 3 0 0 3 1 0 3 0 3 0 1 0
Ladies PlaceCountry Total DH GS SL Racers Wins 1 482 269 125 88 10 6 2 303 16 88 199 4 6 3 228 37 94 97 8 1 4 198 74 87 37 4 0 5 142 35 28 79 6 1 6 122 2 71 49 1 1 7 79 29 31 19 4 1 8 61 14 47 0 2 1 9 2 0 0 2 1 0
References
External links FIS-ski.com – World Cup standings - 1974