The 10th

World Cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the concept i ...

season began in December 1975 in France and concluded in March 1976 in Canada.

Ingemar Stenmark Jan Ingemar Stenmark (; born 18 March 1956) is a Swedish former World Cup alpine ski racer. He is regarded as one of the most prominent Swedish athletes ever, and as the greatest slalom and giant slalom specialist of all time. He competed fo ...

of Sweden won the first of his three consecutive overall titles. Defending women's overall champion

Annemarie Moser-Pröll Annemarie Moser-Pröll (born 27 March 1953) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. Born in Kleinarl, Salzburg, she was the most successful female alpine ski racer during the 1970s, with six overall titles, including five consecut ...

, who had won five straight overall titles, missed the entire season so that she could care for her father, who was terminally ill with lung cancer. In her absence,

Rosi Mittermaier Rosa Anna Katharina Mittermaier-Neureuther (; 5 August 1950 – 4 January 2023) was a German alpine skier. She was the overall World Cup champion in 1976 and a double gold medalist at the 1976 Winter Olympics. Mittermaier competed in alpine sk ...

of West Germany, a double gold medalist at the

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, won the women's overall title. This was also the first year that a season champion was recognized in the Combined discipline, which was added the previous year. After this year, the World Cup would not award a season championship trophy in Combined again until 1980. Additionally, individual parallel slalom was made a permanent fixture at the season-ending Nations Cup championships; however, it only counted for the team competition. After 1992, it was replaced by a team parallel slalom event, which again only counted for the Nations Cup team competition. A break in the schedule in February was for the

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, Austria.

Calendar

Men

Ladies

Men

Overall

The Men's Overall World Cup 1975/76 was divided into two periods. From the first 14 races the best 8 results count and from the last 11 races the best 6 results count. In this season only

Piero Gros Piero "Pierino" Gros (born 30 October 1954) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from northwestern Italy. He won the gold medal in slalom at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, and was the World Cup overall champion in 1974. Biography Gro ...

has a point deduction! Only the 4 points for his 7th place in the Giant Slalom in Copper Mountain were deducted.

Downhill

In Men's Downhill World Cup 1975/76 the best 5 results count. Three racers had a point deduction, which are given in ().

Franz Klammer Franz Klammer (born 3 December 1953) is a former champion alpine ski racer from Austria. Klammer dominated the downhill event for four consecutive World Cup seasons (1975– 78). He was the gold medalist at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbru ...

won 5 races and won the cup with maximum points. He won 4 downhill races in a row. Together with the first 5 downhill races in the next season 1976/77, he won 9 downhill races in a row!!

Giant Slalom

In Men's Giant Slalom World Cup 1975/76 the best 5 results count. Two racers had a point deduction, which are given in ().

won the cup with only 1 win. In 7 races there were 6 different winners.

Slalom

In Men's Slalom World Cup 1975/76 the best 5 results count. Two racers had a point deduction, which are given in ().

won 5 races and won the cup with maximum points. He won 4 slalom races in a row.

Combined

In Men's Combined World Cup 1975/76 all results count. This was the first ever Combined World Cup.

Ladies

Overall

The Women's Overall World Cup 1975/76 was divided into two periods. From the first 14 races the best 8 results count and from the last 12 races the best 6 results count. Four racers had a point deduction.

Downhill

In Women's Downhill World Cup 1975/76 the best 5 results count. Two racers had a point deduction, which are given in ().

Giant Slalom

In Women's Giant Slalom World Cup 1975/76 the best 5 results count. Four racers had a point deduction, which are given in ().

Slalom

In Women's Slalom World Cup 1975/76 the best 5 results count. Three racers had a point deduction, which are given in ().

Combined

In Women's Combined World Cup 1975/76 all results count. This was the first ever Combined World Cup!

Nations Cup

Overall

Men

Ladies

References

External links

FIS-ski.com
- World Cup standings - 1976 {{DEFAULTSORT:1975-76 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup FIS Alpine Ski World Cup