FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1999

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships
1999
Host city Vail, Colorado, U.S.
Nations participating 56
Events 10
Opening ceremony February 1, 1999
Closing ceremony February 14, 1999
Main venue Vail (7 events)
Beaver Creek (3)
Vail
Location in the United States

The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1999 were held February 2–14 in Vail and Beaver Creek, Colorado, U.S.A..[1]

Lasse Kjus of Norway placed in the top two in all five events, winning two gold medals and taking three silvers. Hermann Maier of Austria won gold medals in the two speed events, the downhill and super-G (a dead-heat tie with Kjus). Austria dominated the women's two speed events with a sweep of all six medals. The men's downhill, super-G, and combined events were held at Beaver Creek, and the seven other events were at Vail.

This was the third non-Olympic World Championships held in the United States, all in Colorado. (The 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, California, and the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, are also officially considered World Championships). Vail hosted a decade earlier in 1989 and Aspen in 1950, the first held outside of Europe. As a host country, the U.S. has won just two medals in the three World Championships, a gold and a bronze by Tamara McKinney in 1989.

The Birds of Prey downhill course at Beaver Creek was developed for these championships, its first World Cup races were in December 1997. Designed by Olympic gold medalist Bernhard Russi, it has been a regular stop on the men's World Cup schedule and will be used again for the World Championships in 2015.

Men's competitions

Downhill

Saturday, February 6, 1999
Beaver Creek

Place Name Country Time Diff.
1st Hermann Maier  Austria 1:40.60 --
2nd Lasse Kjus  Norway 1:40.91 + 0.31
3rd Kjetil André Aamodt  Norway 1:41.17 + 0.57

Source:[2]

Super-G

Tuesday, February 2, 1999
Beaver Creek

Place Name Country Time Diff.
1st Lasse Kjus  Norway 1:14.53 --
1st Hermann Maier  Austria 1:14.53 --
3rd Hans Knauss  Austria 1:14.54 + 0.01

Source:[3]

Giant Slalom

Friday, February 12, 1999
Vail

Place Name Country Time Diff.
1st Lasse Kjus  Norway 2:19.31 --
2nd Marco Büchel  Liechtenstein 2:19.36 + 0.05
3rd Steve Locher   Switzerland 2:20.79 + 1.48

Source:[4]

Slalom

Sunday February 14, 1999
Vail

Place Name Country Time Diff.
1st Kalle Palander  Finland 1:42.12 --
2nd Lasse Kjus  Norway 1:42.23 + 0.11
3rd Christian Mayer  Austria 1:42.25 + 0.13

Source:[5]

Combined

Monday & Tuesday, February 8–9, 1999
Beaver Creek

Place Name Country Time Diff.
1st Kjetil André Aamodt  Norway 2:43.09 --
2nd Lasse Kjus  Norway 2:43.25 + 0.16
3rd Paul Accola   Switzerland 2:43.62 + 0.53

Source:[6]

Women's competitions

Downhill

Sunday, February 7, 1999
Vail

Place Athlete Country Time Diff.
1st Renate Götschl  Austria 1:48.20 --
2nd Michaela Dorfmeister  Austria 1:48.35 + 0.15
3rd Stefanie Schuster  Austria 1:48.37 + 0.17

Source:[7]

Super-G

Wednesday, February 3, 1999
Vail

Place Athlete Country Time Diff.
1st Alexandra Meissnitzer  Austria 1:20.53 --
2nd Renate Götschl  Austria 1:20.56 + 0.03
3rd Michaela Dorfmeister  Austria 1:20.74 + 0.21

Source:[8]

Giant Slalom

Thursday, February 11, 1999
Vail

Place Athlete Country Time Diff.
1st Alexandra Meissnitzer  Austria 2:08.54 --
2nd Andrine Flemmen  Norway 2:08.84 + 0.30
3rd Anita Wachter  Austria 2:09.13 + 0.59

Source:[9]

Slalom

Saturday, February 13, 1999
Vail

Place Athlete Country Time Diff.
1st Zali Steggall  Australia 1:33.97 --
2nd Pernilla Wiberg  Sweden 1:34.77 + 0.80
3rd Trine Bakke  Norway 1:35.00 + 1.03

Source:[10]

Combined

Friday, February 5, 1999
Vail

Place Athlete Country Time Diff.
1st Pernilla Wiberg  Sweden 3:08.52 --
2nd Renate Götschl  Austria 3:08.67 + 0.15
3rd Florence Masnada  France 3:08.97 + 0.45

Source:[11]

Medals table

Place Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Austria 5 3 5 13
2  Norway 3 4 2 9
3  Sweden 1 1 - 2
4  Australia 1 - - 1
4  Finland 1 - - 1
6  Liechtenstein - 1 - 4
7   Switzerland - - 2 2
8  France - - 1 1

References

  1. ↑ de.wikipedia.org Alpine Skiweltmeisterschaft 1999
  2. ↑ "FIS World Ski Championships - Men's Downhill". FIS-ski.com. February 6, 1999. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
  3. ↑ "FIS World Ski Championships - Men's Super G". FIS-ski.com. February 2, 1999. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
  4. ↑ "FIS World Ski Championships - Men's Giant Slalom". FIS-ski.com. February 12, 1999. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
  5. ↑ "FIS World Ski Championships - Men's Slalom". FIS-ski.com. February 14, 1999. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
  6. ↑ "FIS World Ski Championships - Men's Combined". FIS-ski.com. February 8–9, 1999. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
  7. ↑ "FIS World Ski Championships - Ladies' Downhill". FIS-ski.com. February 7, 1999. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
  8. ↑ "FIS World Ski Championships - Ladies' Super G". FIS-ski.com. February 3, 1999. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
  9. ↑ "FIS World Ski Championships - Ladies' Giant Slalom". FIS-ski.com. February 11, 1999. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
  10. ↑ "FIS World Ski Championships - Ladies' Slalom". FIS-ski.com. February 13, 1999. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
  11. ↑ "FIS World Ski Championships - Ladies' Combined". FIS-ski.com. February 5, 1999. Retrieved December 13, 2013.

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