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Men's downhill World Cup 1977/1978
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Men's downhill World Cup 1977/1978
In men's downhill World Cup 1977/78 the best 5 results count. Four racers had a point deduction, which are given in brackets. For the very first time there was a shared win, when Josef Walcher and Sepp Ferstl tied in the second race at Kitzbühel. Franz Klammer won his fourth Downhill World Cup in a row - this record is still unbeaten.
| Place | Name | Country | Total Points | Deduction | 2  | 5  | 6 | 12  | 13 | 15 | 20  | 21 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Franz Klammer | Austria | 96 | (14) | 25 | 15 | (3) | 11 | (11) | - | 20 | 25 |
| 2 | Josef Walcher | Austria | 74 | (3) | 15 | 3 | - | 25 | 25 | 6 | - | (3) |
| 3 | Herbert Plank | Italy | 73 | 20 | 25 | 25 | 3 | - | - | - | - | |
| 4 | Ken Read |  Canada | 56 | (2) | 11 | - | (2) | - | 3 | 25 | 6 | 11 |
| 5 | Sepp Ferstl |  West Germany | 49 | 8 | - | - | - | 25 | - | 8 | 8 | |
| 6 | Uli Spieß | Austria | 47 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | 25 | 15 | |
| 7 | Michael Veith | West Germany | 45 | - | 11 | - | - | 15 | 15 | 4 | - | |
| 8 | Peter Wirnsberger | Austria | 43 | - | 20 | 15 | 4 | - | 4 | - | - | |
| 9 | Werner Grissmann | Austria | 39 | (4) | 6 | 8 | (4) | 8 | 6 | 11 | - | - |
| Erik Håker |  Norway | 39 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 15 | 20 | ||
| 11 | Walter Vesti |  Switzerland | 24 | - | - | - | 20 | 4 | - | - | - | |
| 12 | Bernhard Russi | Switzerland | 20 | - | - | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Dave Murray | Canada | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | - | - | ||
| 14 | Klaus Eberhard | Austria | 19 | - | 6 | 11 | 2 | - | - | - | - | |
| 15 | Steve Podborski | Canada | 18 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 11 | 6 | |
| 16 | Renato Antonioli | Italy | 16 | - | - | - | 15 | 1 | - | - | - | |
| 17 | Bartl Gensbichler | Austria | 14 | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | 6 | |
| 18 | Peter Müller | Switzerland | 13 | 4 | - | 1 | - | 8 | - | - | - | |
| 19 | Philippe Roux | Switzerland | 12 | - | - | - | 6 | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| 20 | Erwin Josi | Switzerland | 10 | - | 1 | 6 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | |
| 21 | Patrice Pellat-Finet | France | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | |
| 22 | Leonhard Stock | Austria | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | |
| 23 | Gustav Thöni | Italy | 4 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 24 | Silvano Meli | Switzerland | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Alpine Skiing World Cup | |
| Men | |
Overall | Downhill | Giant slalom | Slalom | |
| 1978 |
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