1978 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's downhill

none March 2020 Men's downhill World Cup Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's downhill 1978 Men's downhill World Cup 1977/1978 1978 Alpine Skiing World Cup Final point standings 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 2FRA 5ITA 6ITA 12AUT 13AUT 15FRA 20SUI 21SUI 1 Franz Klammer 96 (14) 25 15 (3) 11 (11) - 20 25 2 Josef Walcher 74 (3) 15 3 - 25 25 6 - (3) 3 Herbert Plank 73 20 25 25 3 - - - - 4 Ken Read 56 (2) 11 - (2) - 3 25 6 11 5 Sepp Ferstl 49 8 - - - 25 - 8 8 6 Uli Spieß 47 3 2 - - 2 - 25 15 7 Michael Veith 45 - 11 - - 15 15 4 - 8 Peter Wirnsberger 43 - 20 15 4 - 4 - - 9 Werner Grissmann 39 (4) 6 8 (4) 8 6 11 - - Erik Håker 39 2 - - - - 2 15 20 11 Walter Vesti 24 - - - 20 4 - - - 12 Bernhard Russi 20 - - 20 - - - - - Dave Murray 20 - - - - - 20 - - 14 Klaus Eberhard 19 - 6 11 2 - - - - 15 Steve Podborski 18 - - - 1 - - 11 6 16 Renato Antonioli 16 - - - 15 1 - - - 17 Bartl Gensbichler 14 - - 8 - - - - 6 18 Peter Müller 13 4 - 1 - 8 - - - 19 Philippe Roux 12 - - - 6 - 3 2 1 20 Erwin Josi 10 - 1 6 - - - 1 2 21 Patrice Pellat-Finet 8 - - - - - 8 - - 22 Leonhard Stock 5 1 - - - - - 3 1 23 Gustav Thöni 4 - 4 - - - - - - 24 Silvano Meli 1 - - - - - 1 - - Alpine Skiing World Cup MenOverall | Downhill | Giant slalom | Slalom 1978 References fis-ski.com External links https://www.fis-ski.com World Cup Category:FIS Alpine Ski World Cup men's downhill discipline titles