FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1996

The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1996 were held at Sierra Nevada near Granada city in southeastern Spain, February 12-25, 1996. The championships were to be held in 1995, but were postponed due to lack of snow.[1]

Men's competitions

Downhill

Date: February 17

Placing Country Athlete Time
1 Austria Patrick Ortlieb 2:00.17
2 Italy Kristian Ghedina 2:00.44
3 France Luc Alphand 2:00.45


Super-G

Date: February 13

Placing Country Athlete Time
1 Norway Atle Skårdal 1:21.80
2 Sweden Patrik Järbyn 1:22.09
3 Norway Kjetil André Aamodt 1:22.11



Giant Slalom

Date: February 23

Placing Country Athlete Time
1 Italy Alberto Tomba 1:58.63
2 Switzerland Urs Kälin 1:59.07
3 Switzerland Michael von Grünigen 1:59.45


Slalom

Date: February 25

Placing Country Athlete Time
1 Italy Alberto Tomba 1:42.26
2 Austria Mario Reiter 1:42.57
3 Switzerland Michael von Grünigen 1:42.81


Combination

Date: February 19

Placing Country Athlete Time
1 Luxembourg Marc Girardelli 3:31.95
2 Norway Lasse Kjus 3:32.20
3 Austria Günther Mader 3:32.93


Women's competitions

Downhill

Date: February 18

Placing Country Athlete Time
1 United States Picabo Street 1:54.06
2 Germany Katja Seizinger 1:54.63
3 United States Hilary Lindh 1:54.70



Super-G

Date: February 12

Placing Country Athlete Time
1 Italy Isolde Kostner 1:21.00
2 Switzerland Heidi Zurbriggen 1:21.66
3 United States Picabo Street 1:21.71



Giant Slalom

Date: February 22

Placing Country Athlete Time
1 Italy Deborah Compagnoni 2:10.74
2 Switzerland Karin Roten 2:11.09
3 Germany Martina Ertl 2:11.44


Slalom

Date: February 24

Placing Country Athlete Time
1 Sweden Pernilla Wiberg 1:31.46
2 France Patricia Chauvet 1:32.32
3 Slovenia Urška Hrovat 1:32.33


Combination

Date: February 19

Placing Country Athlete Time
1 Sweden Pernilla Wiberg 3:19.68
2 Austria Anita Wachter 3:21.73
3 Norway Marianne Kjørstad 3:22.35


Medals table

Place Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Italy 4 1 - 5
2  Sweden 2 1 - 3
3  Austria 1 2 1 4
4  Norway 1 1 2 4
5  United States 1 - 2 3
6  Luxembourg 1 - - 1
7   Switzerland - 3 2 5
8  Germany - 1 1 2
 France - 1 1 2
8  Slovenia - - 1 1

References

External links

  • FIS-ski.com - results - 1996 World Championships - Sierra Nevada, Spain
  • FIS-ski.com - results - World Championships