1978 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's downhill
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Men's downhill World Cup 1977/1978
Final point standings[edit]
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 | 2 |
5 |
6 |
12 |
13 |
15 |
20 |
21
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
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