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1978 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's downhill

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1978 Men's downhill World Cup
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Men's downhill World Cup 1977/1978

Final point standings

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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 2France 5Italy 6Italy 12Austria 13Austria 15France 20Switzerland 21Switzerland
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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