Host city | Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, West Germany |
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Events | 6 |
Opening | 28 January 1978 |
Closing | 5 February 1978 |
Opened by | Willi Ritschard |
Main venue | Garmisch Classic, Gudiberg (slalom) |
The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1978 were held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, West Germany, between 29 January and 5 February. It held competitions in alpine skiing like downhill, special slalom, giant slalom and combined. The combined was only a "paper race".
The event is the last time the championships were held here until 2011. Garmisch hosted the first Olympic alpine skiing competition (Combined event), at the 1936 games.
Men's competitions
Downhill
Sunday, 29 January
Place | Athlete | Nation | Time | Diff. |
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Josef Walcher | ![]() |
2:04.12 | – |
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Michael Veith | ![]() |
2:04.19 | + 0.07 |
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Werner Grissmann | ![]() |
2:04.46 | + 0.32 |
4 | Sepp Ferstl | ![]() |
2:04.49 | + 0.35 |
5 | Peter Müller | ![]() |
2:04.77 | + 0.65 |
5 | Franz Klammer | ![]() |
2:04.77 | + 0.65 |
7 | Steve Podborski | ![]() |
2:04.98 | + 0.86 |
8 | Walter Vesti | ![]() |
2:06.13 | + 2.01 |
9 | Vladimir Makeev | ![]() |
2:06.20 | + 2.08 |
10 | Herbert Plank | ![]() |
2:06.31 | + 2.19 |
Giant Slalom
Thursday, 2 February
Place | Athlete | Nation | Time | Diff. | Run 1 | Run 2 |
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Ingemar Stenmark | ![]() |
3:02.52 | – | 1:35.48 | 1:27.04 |
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Andreas Wenzel | ![]() |
3:04.56 | + 2.04 | 1:37.32 | 1:27.24 |
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Willi Frommelt | ![]() |
3:04.75 | + 2.23 | 1:36.71 | 1:28.04 |
4 | Sepp Ferstl | ![]() |
3:04.87 | + 2.35 | ||
5 | Phil Mahre | ![]() |
3:04.94 | + 2.42 | ||
6 | Hans Enn | ![]() |
3:05.27 | + 2.75 | ||
7 | Peter Lüscher | ![]() |
3:06.13 | + 3.51 | ||
8 | Pete Patterson | ![]() |
3:06.82 | + 4.30 | ||
9 | Cary Adgate | ![]() |
3:07.10 | + 4.58 | ||
10 | Bruno Nöckler | ![]() |
3:07.20 | + 4.68 |
Slalom
Sunday, 5 February
Place | Athlete | Nation | Time | Diff. | Run 1 | Run 2 |
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Ingemar Stenmark | ![]() |
1:39.54 | – | 51.56 | 47.98 |
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Piero Gros | ![]() |
1:40.20 | + 0.66 | 51.29 | 48.91 |
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Paul Frommelt | ![]() |
1:40.47 | + 0.93 | 52.24 | 48.23 |
4 | Anton Steiner | ![]() |
1:40.74 | + 1.20 | ||
5 | Mauro Bernardi | ![]() |
1:42.20 | + 2.66 | ||
6 | Christian Neureuther | ![]() |
1:42.74 | + 3.20 | ||
7 | Toshihiro Kaiwa | ![]() |
1:43.20 | + 3.66 | ||
8 | Steve Mahre | ![]() |
1:43.76 | + 4.22 | ||
9 | Torsten Jakobsson | ![]() |
1:44.16 | + 4.62 | ||
10 | Peter Aelig | ![]() |
1:44.44 | + 4.90 |
Combined
Place | Athlete | Nation | Points | DH | GS | SL |
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Andreas Wenzel | ![]() |
2732.34 | 13 | ![]() |
18 |
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Sepp Ferstl | ![]() |
2749.64 | 4 | 31 | 29 |
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Pete Patterson | ![]() |
2752.28 | 25 | 8 | 23 |
4 | Vladimir Andreyev | ![]() |
2773.87 | |||
5 | Valeri Tsyganov | ![]() |
2799.52 | |||
6 | Maciej Gąsienica | ![]() |
2800.48 |
At the World Championships from 1954 through 1980, the combined was a "paper race" using the results of the three events (DH, GS, SL).
Women's competitions
Downhill
Wednesday, 1 February
Place | Athlete | Nation | Time | Diff. |
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Annemarie Moser-Pröll | ![]() |
1:48.31 | – |
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Irene Epple | ![]() |
1:48.55 | + 0.24 |
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Doris de Agostini | ![]() |
1:49.11 | + 0.80 |
4 | Marie-Theres Nadig | ![]() |
1:49.64 | + 1.33 |
5 | Cindy Nelson | ![]() |
1:50.26 | + 1.95 |
6 | Evi Mittermaier | ![]() |
1:50.42 | + 2.11 |
7 | Brigitte Totschnig | ![]() |
1:50.47 | + 2.16 |
8 | Martina Ellmer | ![]() |
1:50.89 | + 2.58 |
9 | Irmgard Lukasser | ![]() |
1:50.93 | + 2.62 |
10 | Monika Bader | ![]() |
1:51.04 | + 2.73 |
Source:[7]
Giant Slalom
Saturday, 4 February
Place | Athlete | Nation | Time | Diff. | Run 1 | Run 2 |
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Maria Epple | ![]() |
2:41.15 | – | 1:16.10 | 1:25.05 |
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Lise-Marie Morerod | ![]() |
2:41.20 | + 0.05 | 1:16.15 | 1:25.05 |
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Annemarie Moser-Pröll | ![]() |
2:41.90 | + 0.75 | 1:16.85 | 1:25.05 |
4 | Irene Epple | ![]() |
2:42.02 | + 0.87 | ||
5 | Hanni Wenzel | ![]() |
2:42.43 | + 1.28 | ||
6 | Fabienne Serrat | ![]() |
2:42.83 | + 1.68 | ||
7 | Ursula Konzett | ![]() |
2:42.84 | + 1.69 | ||
8 | Perrine Pelen | ![]() |
2:43.38 | + 2.23 | ||
9 | Erika Hess | ![]() |
2:44.25 | + 3.10 | ||
10 | Christa Zechmeister | ![]() |
2:44.89 | + 3.74 |
This was the first two-run women's giant slalom at the World Championships.
Source:[8][9]
Slalom
Friday, 3 February
Place | Athlete | Nation | Time | Diff. | Run 1 | Run 2 |
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Lea Sölkner | ![]() |
1:24.85 | – | 41.82 | 43.03 |
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Pamela Behr | ![]() |
1:25.33 | + 0.48 | 42.03 | 43.30 |
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Monika Kaserer | ![]() |
1:25.37 | + 0.52 | 42.39 | 42.98 |
4 | Perrine Pelen | ![]() |
1:25.67 | + 0.82 | ||
5 | Fabienne Serrat | ![]() |
1:25.75 | + 0.90 | ||
6 | Hanni Wenzel | ![]() |
1:26.09 | + 1.24 | ||
7 | Lise-Marie Morerod | ![]() |
1:26.59 | + 1.74 | ||
8 | Claudia Giordani | ![]() |
1:26.87 | + 2.02 | ||
9 | Christa Zechmeister | ![]() |
1:26.99 | + 2.14 | ||
10 | Regine Mösenlechner | ![]() |
1:27.43 | + 2.58 |
Combined
Place | Athlete | Nation | Points | DH | GS | SL |
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Annemarie Moser-Pröll | ![]() |
2460.39 | ![]() |
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19 |
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Hanni Wenzel | ![]() |
2476.80 | 29 | 5 | 6 |
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Fabienne Serrat | ![]() |
2478.44 | 6 | 5 | |
4 | Kathy Kreiner | ![]() |
2498.43 | 12 | 21 | 17 |
5 | Dagmar Kuzmanová | ![]() |
2509.23 | |||
6 | Cindy Nelson | ![]() |
2511.63 | 5 | 15 | 30 |
Source:[9]
At the World Championships from 1954 through 1980, the combined was a "paper race" using the results of the three events (DH, GS, SL).
Medals Table
Place | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() |
4 | - | 3 | 7 |
2 | ![]() |
2 | - | - | 2 |
3 | ![]() |
1 | 4 | - | 5 |
4 | ![]() |
1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
5 | ![]() |
- | 1 | 1 | 2 |
6 | ![]() |
- | 1 | - | 1 |
7 | ![]() |
- | - | 1 | 1 |
7 | ![]() |
- | - | 1 | 1 |
References
- ^ "Walcher wins world downhill, Podborski runs seventh". Montreal Gazette. The Canadian Press. 30 January 1978. p. 12.
- ^ "Walcher wins". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. 30 January 1978. p. 15.
- ^ "Stenmark breezes to first world giant slalom victory". Montreal Gazette. The Canadian Press. 3 February 1978. p. 20.
- ^ "Stenmark gets gold – easily". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. 3 February 1978. p. 23.
- ^ "Second gold for Stenmark". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. 6 February 1978. p. 17.
- ^ "Stenmark takes second gold in slalom". Montreal Gazette. Reuter. 6 February 1978. p. 22.
- ^ "Proell-Moser proves she's the fastest woman on skis". Montreal Gazette. The Canadian Press. 2 February 1978. p. 24.
- ^ "Kid sister gets gold in (giant) slalom". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. 5 February 1978. p. D4.
- ^ a b "Epple wins GS crown, Annemarie combined". Montreal Gazette. Reuter. 6 February 1978. p. 22.
- ^ "Austrian girl captures special slalom; Kreiner has chance at combined medal". Montreal Gazette. The Canadian Press. 4 February 1978. p. 14.
- ^ "Third Austrian ski gold in women's special slalom". Lewiston Daily Sun. Maine. Associated Press. 4 February 1978. p. 19.
External links
- FIS-ski.com – results – 1978 World Championships – Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany
- FIS-ski.com – results – World Championships