The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009 were held in Val d'Isère, Savoie, France, from February 2-15, 2009.
The International Ski Federation (FIS) awarded the championships to Val d'Isère on June 2, 2004, in Miami, Florida. The other two finalists were Vail/Beaver Creek, U.S.A., and Schladming, Austria, which was later selected to host the 2013 World Championships.
These were the first world championships at Val d'Isère, although the area hosted four of the five men's events at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville (the slalom was held at Les Menuires). Val d'Isère is a regular stop on the World Cup circuit, usually by the men in early to mid-December.
These were the fourth world championships held in France. Chamonix hosted in 1937 and 1962, and Chamrousse hosted the alpine events for 1968 Winter Olympics (from 1948-80, the Winter Olympics were also the world championships).
Contents |
| Date | Race | Start Elevation |
Finish Elevation |
Vertical Drop |
Course Length |
Average Gradient |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 07-Feb | Downhill - men | 2807 m | 1848 m | 959 m | 2.988 km | 32.1 % |
| Mon 09-Feb | Downhill - women | 2536 | 1845 | 691 | 2.227 | 31.0 |
| Mon 09-Feb | Downhill - (SC) - men | 2550 | 1848 | 702 | 2.549 | 27.5 |
| Fri 06-Feb | Downhill - (SC) - women | 2536 | 1845 | 691 | 2.227 | 31.0 |
| Wed 04-Feb | Super-G - men | 2498 | 1848 | 650 | 1.770 | 36.7 |
| Tue 03-Feb | Super-G - women | 2445 | 1845 | 600 | 1.926 | 31.2 |
| Fri 13-Feb | Giant Slalom - men | 2292 | 1842 | 450 | ||
| Thu 12-Feb | Giant Slalom - women | 2225 | 1865 | 360 | ||
| Sun 15-Feb | Slalom - men | 2062 | 1842 | 220 | ||
| Sat 14-Feb | Slalom - women | 2042 | 1842 | 200 | ||
| Mon 09-Feb | Slalom - (SC) - men | 2032 | 1842 | 190 | ||
| Fri 06-Feb | Slalom - (SC) - women | 2035 | 1840 | 195 |
| Date | Race | Start Elevation |
Finish Elevation |
Vertical Drop |
Course Length |
Average Gradient |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 07-Feb | Downhill - men | 9209 ft | 6063 ft | 3146 ft | 1.886 mi. | 32.1 % |
| Mon 09-Feb | Downhill - women | 8320 | 6053 | 2267 | 1.384 | 31.0 |
| Mon 09-Feb | Downhill - (SC) - men | 8366 | 6063 | 2303 | 1.584 | 27.5 |
| Fri 06-Feb | Downhill - (SC) - women | 8320 | 6053 | 2267 | 1.384 | 31.0 |
| Wed 04-Feb | Super-G - men | 8196 | 6063 | 2133 | 1.100 | 36.7 |
| Tue 03-Feb | Super-G - women | 8022 | 6053 | 1969 | 1.197 | 31.2 |
| Fri 13-Feb | Giant Slalom - men | 7520 | 6043 | 1477 | ||
| Thu 12-Feb | Giant Slalom - women | 7300 | 6119 | 1181 | ||
| Sun 15-Feb | Slalom - men | 6765 | 6043 | 722 | ||
| Sat 14-Feb | Slalom - women | 6699 | 6043 | 656 | ||
| Mon 09-Feb | Slalom - (SC) - men | 6666 | 6043 | 623 | ||
| Fri 06-Feb | Slalom - (SC) - women | 6677 | 6037 | 640 |
| Event | Date | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| Downhill details |
Feb 7 | John Kucera Canada |
2:07.01 | Didier Cuche Switzerland |
2:07.05 | Carlo Janka Switzerland |
2:07.18 |
| Super-G details |
Feb 4 | Didier Cuche Switzerland |
1:19.41 | Peter Fill Italy |
1:20.40 | Aksel Lund Svindal Norway |
1:20.43 |
| Super Combined details |
Feb 9 | Aksel Lund Svindal Norway |
2:23.00 | Julien Lizeroux France |
2:23.90 | Natko Zrnčić-Dim Croatia |
2:24.58 |
| Giant slalom details |
Feb 13 | Carlo Janka Switzerland |
2:18.82 | Benjamin Raich Austria |
2:19.53 | Ted Ligety United States |
2:19.81 |
| Slalom details |
Feb 15 | Manfred Pranger Austria |
1.44.17 | Julien Lizeroux France |
1.44.48 | Michael Janyk Canada |
1.45.70 |
| Event | Date | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| Downhill details |
Feb 9 | Lindsey Vonn United States |
1:30.31 | Lara Gut Switzerland |
1:30.83 | Nadia Fanchini Italy |
1:30.88 |
| Super-G details |
Feb 3 | Lindsey Vonn United States |
1:20.73 | Marie Marchand-Arvier France |
1:21.07 | Andrea Fischbacher Austria |
1:21.13 |
| Super combined details |
Feb 6 | Kathrin Zettel Austria |
2:20.13 | Lara Gut Switzerland |
2:20.69 | Elisabeth Görgl Austria |
2:21.01 |
| Giant slalom details |
Feb 12 | Kathrin Hölzl Germany |
2:03.49 | Tina Maze Slovenia |
2:03.58 | Tanja Poutiainen Finland |
2:04.03 |
| Slalom details |
Feb 14 | Maria Riesch Germany |
1:51.80 | Šárka Záhrobská Czech Republic |
1:52.57 | Tanja Poutiainen Finland |
1:52.89 |
| Event | Date | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| Nations team event | Canceled - poor weather | - |
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| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switzerland | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Austria | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | United States | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Germany | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Norway | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Canada | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 7 | France | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Italy | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Slovenia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 11 | Finland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | Croatia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |