World Cup 1978/79
59 races with a podium — 26 women's, 33 men's — at 29 venues, won by 26 different athletes from 10 nations.
01 Globes
Who won what
Crystal globes, 1978/79| Cup | W/M | Winner | Nation | Career globes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | W | Annemarie Moser-PröllAUTWomen | AUT | 16 |
| Overall | M | Peter LuscherSUIMen | SUI | 1 |
| Downhill | W | Annemarie Moser-PröllAUTWomen | AUT | 16 |
| Downhill | M | Peter MullerSUIMen | SUI | 3 |
| Giant slalom | W | Christa KinshoferFRGWomen | FRG | 1 |
| Giant slalom | M | Ingemar StenmarkSWEMen | SWE | 19 |
| Slalom | W | Regina SacklAUTWomen | AUT | 1 |
| Slalom | M | Ingemar StenmarkSWEMen | SWE | 19 |
FIS's "KB" cup is the combined standing. This capture holds no World Cup points tables, so the trophy winners stand in for full final standings.
02 Leaders
Season leaders
Most wins
wins in 1978/79Most podiums
podiums in 1978/7903 Nations
Nations this season
FIS placings, women + men| Nation | Code | Wins | Top 10 finishes |
|---|---|---|---|
| AustriaAUT | AUT | 15 | 125 |
| SwedenSWE | SWE | 13 | 21 |
| SwitzerlandSUI | SUI | 8 | 102 |
| Federal Republic Of GermanyFRG | FRG | 8 | 62 |
| LiechtensteinLIE | LIE | 5 | 38 |
| United States of AmericaUSA | USA | 4 | 50 |
| ItalyITA | ITA | 2 | 92 |
| CanadaCAN | CAN | 2 | 19 |
| FranceFRA | FRA | 1 | 35 |
| NorwayNOR | NOR | 1 | 2 |
| JugoslaviaJUG | JUG | 0 | 16 |
| CzechoslovakiaTCH | TCH | 0 | 13 |
"Top 10 finishes" counts every placing from 1st to 10th, which is how FIS's nation table is built. It is not a points total.
04 Records
Season records
- Most wins
- 13
- Ingemar StenmarkSWE · Men
- Most podiums
- 17
- Ingemar StenmarkSWE · Men
- Biggest winning margin
- 5.20 s
- Marie-Therese NadigSUI · GS W · Furano
- Closest finish
- 0.01 s
- Abbi FisherUSA · SL W · Piancavallo
- Youngest winner
- 17 y
- Christa KinshoferFRG · GS W · Val d'Isère
- Oldest winner
- 29 y
- Christian NeureutherFRG · SL M · Kitzbühel
- Different race winners
- 26
- 10 nationsacross 59 races
05 Races
Every race
59 races · DH 16 · GS 17 · SL 18 · K 8December 1978
14 racesJanuary 1979
24 racesFebruary 1979
11 races| Date | Venue | Event | Podium | Margin | FIS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Feb | VillarsSUI | DHM |
|
0.22 s | |
| Sat 3 Feb | PfrontenGER | SLW | 0.09 s | ||
| Sun 4 Feb | JasnáTCH | GSM |
|
4.06 s | |
| Sun 4 Feb | PfrontenGER | KW | — | ||
| Sun 4 Feb | PfrontenGER | DHW | 0.02 s | ||
| Mon 5 Feb | JasnáTCH | SLM |
|
0.78 s | |
| Tue 6 Feb | BerchtesgadenGER | GSW |
|
1.63 s | |
| Wed 7 Feb | OsloNOR | SLM |
|
0.07 s | |
| Thu 8 Feb | MariborSLO | SLW |
|
0.81 s | |
| Sat 10 Feb | ÅreSWE | GSM |
|
2.08 s | |
| Sun 11 Feb | ÅreSWE | SLM |
|
0.90 s |
March 1979
10 races| Date | Venue | Event | Podium | Margin | FIS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 2 Mar | Lake Placid, NYUSA | DHW |
|
0.10 s | |
| Sat 3 Mar | Lake Placid, NYUSA | DHM |
|
0.03 s | |
| Sun 4 Mar | Lake Placid, NYUSA | GSM |
|
2.08 s | |
| Thu 8 Mar | AspenUSA | GSW |
|
0.44 s | |
| Sun 11 Mar | Heavenly Valley, CAUSA | GSW |
|
0.57 s | |
| Mon 12 Mar | Heavenly Valley, CAUSA | GSM |
|
0.71 s | |
| Sat 17 Mar | FuranoJPN | SLM |
|
0.77 s | |
| Sun 18 Mar | FuranoJPN | SLW |
|
0.01 s | |
| Mon 19 Mar | FuranoJPN | GSM |
|
1.56 s | |
| Mon 19 Mar | FuranoJPN | GSW |
|
5.20 s |
Data captured 4 Nov 2026Sources and method
- This capture holds no World Cup points tables, so a season page lists the crystal-globe winners rather than full final standings.
- The four 1987/88 parallel races FIS flags as non-World-Cup (race 131255-131258) are left out of every count here, exactly as FIS leaves them out of its own totals.
- Margins are shown for 51 of the 59 races: FIS publishes comparable times for the rest nowhere in this capture.
- Athletes are joined on the FIS competitor id, so a renamed athlete (Vonn/Kildow, Gut/Gut-Behrami, Braathen/Pinheiro Braathen) stays one person. Each race shows the name FIS published at the time.