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.
Sunday, 29 January
Place | Athlete | Nation | Time | Diff. |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Josef Walcher | ![]() | 2:04.12 | – |
![]() | Michael Veith | ![]() | 2:04.19 | + 0.07 |
![]() | 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 |
Thursday, 2 February
Place | Athlete | Nation | Time | Diff. | Run 1 | Run 2 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Ingemar Stenmark | ![]() | 3:02.52 | – | 1:35.48 | 1:27.04 |
![]() | Andreas Wenzel | ![]() | 3:04.56 | + 2.04 | 1:37.32 | 1:27.24 |
![]() | 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 |
Sunday, 5 February
Place | Athlete | Nation | Time | Diff. | Run 1 | Run 2 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Ingemar Stenmark | ![]() | 1:39.54 | – | 51.56 | 47.98 |
![]() | Piero Gros | ![]() | 1:40.20 | + 0.66 | 51.29 | 48.91 |
![]() | 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 |
Place | Athlete | Nation | Points | DH | GS | SL |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Andreas Wenzel | ![]() | 2732.34 | 13 | ![]() | 18 |
![]() | Sepp Ferstl | ![]() | 2749.64 | 4 | 31 | 29 |
![]() | 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).
Wednesday, 1 February
Place | Athlete | Nation | Time | Diff. |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Annemarie Moser-Pröll | ![]() | 1:48.31 | – |
![]() | Irene Epple | ![]() | 1:48.55 | + 0.24 |
![]() | 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]
Saturday, 4 February
Place | Athlete | Nation | Time | Diff. | Run 1 | Run 2 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Maria Epple | ![]() | 2:41.15 | – | 1:16.10 | 1:25.05 |
![]() | Lise-Marie Morerod | ![]() | 2:41.20 | + 0.05 | 1:16.15 | 1:25.05 |
![]() | 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]
Friday, 3 February
Place | Athlete | Nation | Time | Diff. | Run 1 | Run 2 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Lea Sölkner | ![]() | 1:24.85 | – | 41.82 | 43.03 |
![]() | Pamela Behr | ![]() | 1:25.33 | + 0.48 | 42.03 | 43.30 |
![]() | 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 |
Place | Athlete | Nation | Points | DH | GS | SL |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Annemarie Moser-Pröll | ![]() | 2460.39 | ![]() | ![]() | 19 |
![]() | Hanni Wenzel | ![]() | 2476.80 | 29 | 5 | 6 |
![]() | 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).
Place | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
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