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 + Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalomDatePlaceWinnerSecondThird112 1 5 December 1971 St. Moritz DH 030 Bernhard Russi Heinrich Messner Walter Tresch113 2 9 December 1971 Val d'Isère GS 039 Erik Håker Jean-Noël Augert Henri Duvillard114 3 12 December 1971 DH 031 Karl Schranz Heinrich Messner Michael Dätwyler115 4 19 December 1971 Sestriere SL 045 Tyler Palmer Jean-Noël Augert Harald Rofner116 5 9 January 1972 Berchtesgaden SL 046 Henri Duvillard Max Rieger Andrzej Bachleda117 6 10 January 1972 GS 040 Roger Rossat-Mignod Gustav Thöni Walter Tresch118 7 14 January 1972 Kitzbühel DH 032 Karl Schranz Henri Duvillard Bernhard Russi119 8 15 January 1972 DH 033 Karl Schranz Henri Duvillard Heinrich Messner120 9 16 January 1972 SL 047 Jean-Noël Augert Edmund Bruggmann Andrzej Bachleda 121 10 23 January 1972 Wengen SL 048 Jean-Noël Augert Gustav Thöni Bob Cochran122 11 24 January 1972 Adelboden GS 041 Werner Mattle Adolf Rösti Gustav Thöni1972 Winter Olympics (5–13 February)123 12 18 February 1972 Banff GS 042 Erik Håker Sepp Heckelmiller Helmuth Schmalzl124 13 19 February 1972 SL 049 Andrzej Bachleda Jean-Noël Augert Gustav Thöni125 14 25 February 1972 Crystal Mountain DH 034 Bernhard Russi Mike Lafferty Jean-Daniel Dätwyler126 15 26 February 1972 DH 035 Franz Vogler Bernhard Russi Jean-Daniel Dätwyler127 16 2 March 1972 Heavenly Valley GS 043 Gustav Thöni Henri Duvillard David Zwilling 4 March 1972 SL cnx Cancelled: warm temperatures128 17 15 March 1972 Val Gardena DH 036 Bernhard Russi René Berthod Mike Lafferty129 18 16 March 1972 GS 044 Edmund Bruggmann Reinhard Tritscher Roland Thöni130 19 17 March 1972 Madonna di Campiglio SL 050 Roland Thöni Alain Penz Andrzej Bachleda131 20 18 March 1972 Pra-Loup SL 051 Roland Thöni Gustav Thöni Edmund Bruggmann132 21 19 March 1972 GS 045 Edmund Bruggmann Gustav Thöni Roger Rossat-Mignod Note:For the first time, the Olympic events no longer counted in the World Cup standings.
Ladies + Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalomDatePlaceWinnerSecondThird110 1 3 December 1971 St. Moritz DH 026 Annemarie Pröll Françoise Macchi Jacqueline Rouvier111 2 11 December 1971 Val d'Isère DH 027 Jacqueline Rouvier Annemarie Pröll Françoise Macchi112 3 17 December 1971 Sestriere DH 028 Annemarie Pröll Jacqueline Rouvier Françoise Macchi113 4 18 December 1971 SL 048 Françoise Macchi Rosi Mittermaier Monika Kaserer114 5 3 January 1972 Oberstaufen GS 038 Françoise Macchi Annemarie Pröll Marilyn Cochran115 6 4 January 1972 SL 049 Françoise Macchi Rosi Mittermaier Danièle Debernard116 7 7 January 1972 Maribor GS 039 Françoise Macchi Michèle Jacot Annemarie Pröll117 8 12 January 1972 Badgastein DH 029 Annemarie Pröll Wiltrud Drexel Isabelle Mir118 9 13 January 1972 SL 050 Britt Lafforgue Françoise Macchi Annemarie Pröll 119 10 18 January 1972 Grindelwald DH 030 Annemarie Pröll Marie-Theres Nadig Isabelle Mir120 11 19 January 1972 SL 051 Britt Lafforgue Monika Kaserer Barbara Ann Cochran121 12 22 January 1972 St. Gervais GS 040 Annemarie Pröll Monika Kaserer Marie-Theres Nadig1972 Winter Olympics (5–13 February)122 13 18 February 1972 Banff SL 052 Britt Lafforgue Barbara Ann Cochran Florence Steurer123 14 19 February 1972 GS 041 Annemarie Pröll Wiltrud Drexel Monika Kaserer124 15 25 February 1972 Crystal Mountain DH 031 Annemarie Pröll Wiltrud Drexel Marie-Theres Nadig 125 16 26 February 1972 DH 032 Wiltrud Drexel Annemarie Pröll Marie-Theres Nadig126 17 1 March 1972 Heavenly Valley GS 042 Annemarie Pröll Rosi Mittermaier Britt Lafforgue127 18 3 March 1972 SL 053 Florence Steurer Michèle Jacot Marilyn Cochran128 19 17 March 1972 Pra-Loup SL 054 Danièle Debernard Pamela Behr Rosi Mittermaier129 20 18 March 1972 GS 043 Danièle Debernard Monika Kaserer Marie-Theres Nadig130 21 18 March 1972 GS 044 Britt Lafforgue Annemarie Pröll Monika Kaserer 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!
PlaceNameCountryTotal DH GS SL 1 Gustav Thöni 154 4 84 66 2 Henri Duvillard 142 43 49 50 3 Edmund Bruggmann 140 0 78 62 4 Jean-Noël Augert 125 0 24 101 5 Bernhard Russi 114 110 4 0 6 Andrzej Bachleda 109 0 28 81 7 Roland Thöni 93 3 15 75 8 Karl Schranz 83 83 0 0 9 Mike Lafferty 63 63 0 0 10 Heinrich Messner 61 61 0 0 11 Roger Rossat-Mignod 55 0 55 0 12 Erik Håker 50 0 50 0 13 Walter Tresch 49 19 26 4 14 Franz Vogler 47 47 0 0 15 Alain Penz 46 0 18 28 David Zwilling 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 ().
PlaceNameCountryTotal 1 3 7 8 14 15 17 1 Bernhard Russi 110 25 - 15 (11) 25 20 25 2 Karl Schranz 83 8 25 25 25 - - - 3 Mike Lafferty 63 - 6 11 - 20 11 15 4 Heinrich Messner 61 20 20 - 15 - - 6 5 Franz Vogler 47 4 2 - - 8 25 8 6 Henri Duvillard 43 - 3 20 20 - - - 7 Jean-Daniel Dätwyler 39 1 8 - - 15 15 - Andreas Sprecher 39 - 1 - 8 11 8 11 9 Michel Dätwyler 37 11 15 - - 6 3 2 10 René Berthod 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!
PlaceNameCountryTotal 1 6 11 12 16 18 21 1 Gustav Thöni 84 - 20 15 - 25 4 20 2 Edmund Bruggmann 78 - (2) 11 6 11 25 25 3 Roger Rossat-Mignod 55 1 25 6 8 - - 15 4 Erik Håker 50 25 - - 25 - - - 5 Henri Duvillard 49 15 - - - 20 3 11 6 David Zwilling 38 - 4 - - 15 11 8 7 Alfred Hagn 30 - 11 11 - 2 - 6 8 Sepp Heckelmiller 28 - - - 20 8 - - Adolf Rösti 28 - - 20 2 6 - - Andrzej Bachleda 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 ().
PlaceNameCountryTotal 4 5 9 10 13 19 20 1 Jean-Noël Augert 101 20 - 25 25 20 11 (1) 2 Andrzej Bachleda 81 (3) 15 15 11 25 15 - 3 Roland Thöni 75 11 - 6 8 - 25 25 4 Gustav Thöni 66 8 - - 20 15 3 20 5 Edmund Bruggmann 62 (2) 11 20 - 8 8 15 6 Henri Duvillard 50 6 25 8 - - - 11 7 Alain Penz 28 - 8 - - - 20 - 8 Tyler Palmer 25 25 - - - - - - 9 Eberhard Schmalzl 24 - 3 11 - 4 6 - 10 Max Rieger 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.
PlaceNameCountryTotal DH GS SL 1 Annemarie Pröll 269 125 115 29 2 Françoise Macchi 187 67 50 70 3 Britt Lafforgue 128 0 52 76 4 Monika Kaserer 120 7 76 37 5 Marie-Theres Nadig 111 71 37 3 6 Rosi Mittermaier 110 12 32 66 7 Wiltrud Drexel 102 76 22 4 8 Florence Steurer 96 0 26 70 9 Danièle Debernard 90 0 28 62 10 Isabelle Mir 89 63 11 15 11 Michèle Jacot 70 12 27 31 12 Barbara Ann Cochran 67 0 10 57 Marilyn Cochran 67 1 44 22 14 Jacqueline Rouvier 60 60 0 0 15 Pamela Behr 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.
PlaceNameCountryTotal 1 2 3 8 10 15 16 1 Annemarie Pröll 125 25 (20) 25 25 25 25 (20) 2 Wiltrud Drexel 76 - 11 - 20 - 20 25 3 Marie-Theres Nadig 71 (6) 8 8 (8) 20 20 15 4 Françoise Macchi 67 20 15 15 6 11 - - 5 Isabelle Mir 63 11 (4) 11 15 15 (8) 11 6 Jacqueline Rouvier 60 15 25 20 - - - - 7 Susie Corrock 15 - - - 1 3 3 8 8 Bernadette Zurbriggen 14 - - - - - 11 3 9 Brigitte Totschnig 13 - 2 3 - 8 - - 10 Rosi Mittermaier 12 4 - 6 2 - - - Michèle Jacot 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.
PlaceNameCountryTotal 5 7 12 14 17 20 21 1 Annemarie Pröll 115 20 (15) 25 25 25 (3) 20 2 Monika Kaserer 76 - 6 20 15 - 20 15 3 Britt Lafforgue 52 - - - 1 15 11 25 4 Françoise Macchi 50 25 25 - - - - - 5 Marilyn Cochran 44 15 - 6 - 11 6 6 6 Marie-Theres Nadig 37 - 3 15 - - 15 4 7 Rosi Mittermaier 32 - - 4 - 20 - 8 8 Danièle Debernard 28 - - - - - 25 3 9 Michèle Jacot 27 3 20 - 3 - - 1 10 Florence Steurer 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.
PlaceNameCountryTotal 4 6 9 11 13 18 19 1 Britt Lafforgue 76 - - 25 25 25 - 1 2 Françoise Macchi 70 25 25 20 - - - - Florence Steurer 70 - 11 - 8 15 25 11 4 Rosi Mittermaier 66 20 20 - - 11 - 15 5 Danièle Debernard 62 - 15 11 11 - - 25 6 Barbara Ann Cochran 57 - 3 8 15 20 11 - 7 Monika Kaserer 37 15 2 - 20 - - - 8 Michèle Jacot 31 11 - - - - 20 - 9 Pamela Behr 29 - - - 3 - 6 20 Annemarie Pröll 29 - 8 15 - - - 6
Nations Cup
Overall PlaceCountryTotal Men Ladies 1 1159 376 783 2 900 297 603 3 689 549 140 4 333 125 208 5 326 151 175 6 308 307 1 7 112 112 0 8 66 2 64 9 58 52 6 10 37 23 14 11 9 9 0 12 6 0 6 13 1 0 1
Men PlaceCountry Total DH GS SL Racers Wins 1 549 295 170 84 13 6 2 376 44 146 186 6 4 3 307 12 129 166 8 3 4 297 184 79 34 10 3 5 151 47 61 43 6 1 6 125 74 6 45 6 1 7 112 0 28 84 1 1 8 52 0 50 2 2 2 9 23 0 0 23 2 0 10 9 9 0 0 1 0 11 2 2 0 0 1 0
Ladies PlaceCountry Total DH GS SL Racers Wins 1 783 218 212 353 11 12 2 603 270 247 86 8 9 3 208 27 76 105 9 0 4 175 20 55 100 4 0 5 140 99 38 3 3 0 6 64 30 34 0 5 0 7 14 0 2 12 1 0 8 6 6 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 6 1 0 10 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
Medal table
References
External links FIS-ski.com – World Cup standings - 1972