FIS Alpine World Ski Championships

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships

gold medal
Status active
Genre sporting event
Date(s) January–February
Frequency biannual
Location(s) various
Inaugurated 1931 (1931)
Organised by FIS

The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships are organized by the International Ski Federation (FIS).

History

The first world championships in alpine skiing were held in 1931. During the 1930s, the event was held annually in Europe, until interrupted by the outbreak of World War II, preventing a 1940 event. An event was held in 1941, but included competitors only from nations from the Axis powers or nations not at war with them. The results were later cancelled by the FIS in 1946 because of the limited number of participants, so they are not considered official.[1]

Following the war, the championships were connected with the Olympics for several decades. From 1948 through 1982, the competition was held in even-numbered years, with the Winter Olympics acting as the World Championships through 1980, and a separate competition held in even-numbered non-Olympic years. The 1950 championships in the United States at Aspen were the first held outside of Europe and the first official championships separate of the Olympics since 1939.

The combined event was dropped after 1948 with the addition of the giant slalom in 1950, but returned in 1954 as a "paper" race which used the results of the three events: downhill, giant slalom, and slalom. During Olympic years from 1956 through 1980, FIS World Championship medals were awarded in the combined, but not Olympic medals. The combined returned as a separately run event in 1982 with its own downhill and two-run slalom, and the Super-G was added to the program in 1987. (Both were also added to the Olympics in 1988.)

There were no World Championships in 1983 or 1984 and since 1985, they have been scheduled in odd-numbered years, independent of the Winter Olympics. A lack of snow in southern Spain in 1995 caused a postponement to the following year.

This year the 2015 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships will be held in the United States, Vail and Beaver Creek Colorado will be the host cities.

Hosts

Year Place Country Event Official FIS Designation[2]
1931 Mürren    Switzerland FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1931   1st Alpine World Ski Championships
1932 Cortina d'Ampezzo  Italy FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1932 2nd Alpine World Ski Championships
1933 Innsbruck  Austria FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1933 3rd Alpine World Ski Championships
1934 St. Moritz    Switzerland FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1934 4th Alpine World Ski Championships
1935 Mürren    Switzerland FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1935 5th Alpine World Ski Championships
1936 Innsbruck  Austria FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1936 6th Alpine World Ski Championships
1937 Chamonix  France FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1937 7th Alpine World Ski Championships
1938 Engelberg    Switzerland FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1938 8th Alpine World Ski Championships
1939 Zakopane  Poland FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1939 9th Alpine World Ski Championships
1941 Cortina d'Ampezzo  Italy FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1941 none[1]
1948 St. Moritz    Switzerland 1948 Winter Olympics 10th Alpine World Ski Championships
1950 Aspen, CO  United States FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1950 11th Alpine World Ski Championships
1952 Oslo  Norway 1952 Winter Olympics 12th Alpine World Ski Championships
1954 Åre  Sweden FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1954 13th Alpine World Ski Championships
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo  Italy 1956 Winter Olympics 14th Alpine World Ski Championships
1958 Badgastein  Austria FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1958 15th Alpine World Ski Championships
1960 Squaw Valley, CA  United States 1960 Winter Olympics 16th Alpine World Ski Championships
1962 Chamonix  France FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1962 17th Alpine World Ski Championships
1964 Innsbruck  Austria 1964 Winter Olympics 18th Alpine World Ski Championships
1966 Portillo  Chile FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1966 19th Alpine World Ski Championships
1968 Grenoble  France 1968 Winter Olympics 20th Alpine World Ski Championships
1970 Val Gardena  Italy FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1970 21st Alpine World Ski Championships
1972 Sapporo  Japan 1972 Winter Olympics 22nd Alpine World Ski Championships
1974 St. Moritz    Switzerland FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1974 23rd Alpine World Ski Championships
1976 Innsbruck  Austria 1976 Winter Olympics 24th Alpine World Ski Championships
1978 Garmisch-Partenkirchen  West Germany FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1978 25th Alpine World Ski Championships
1980 Lake Placid, NY  United States 1980 Winter Olympics 26th Alpine World Ski Championships
1982 Schladming  Austria FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1982 27th Alpine World Ski Championships
1985 Bormio  Italy FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1985 28th Alpine World Ski Championships
1987 Crans-Montana    Switzerland FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1987 29th Alpine World Ski Championships
1989 Vail, CO  United States FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1989 30th Alpine World Ski Championships
1991 Saalbach  Austria FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1991 31st Alpine World Ski Championships
1993 Morioka  Japan FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1993 32nd Alpine World Ski Championships
1996 Sierra Nevada  Spain FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1996 33rd Alpine World Ski Championships
1997 Sestriere  Italy FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1997 34th Alpine World Ski Championships
1999 Vail, CO  United States FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1999 35th Alpine World Ski Championships
2001 St. Anton  Austria FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2001 36th Alpine World Ski Championships
2003 St. Moritz    Switzerland FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2003 37th Alpine World Ski Championships
2005 Bormio  Italy FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2005 38th Alpine World Ski Championships
2007 Åre  Sweden FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007 39th Alpine World Ski Championships
2009 Val d'Isère  France FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009 40th Alpine World Ski Championships
2011 Garmisch-Partenkirchen  Germany FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2011 41st Alpine World Ski Championships
2013 Schladming  Austria FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013 42nd Alpine World Ski Championships
2015 Vail/Beaver Creek, CO  United States FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015 43rd Alpine World Ski Championships
Future events
2017 St. Moritz    Switzerland FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2017 44th Alpine World Ski Championships
2019 Åre  Sweden FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2019 45th Alpine World Ski Championships
2021 Cortina d'Ampezzo ^  Italy FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2021 46th Alpine World Ski Championships

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List of host countries

A total of 12 countries have hosted the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, including those which were shared with the Winter Olympics. All of the top-7 on the list of nations which have won FIS World Cup races have been selected as host at least twice. The World Championships have been held only once in the Southern Hemisphere, in 1966 in Portillo, Chile in August. The list is complete through 2015 and does not include the unofficial 1941 event:

Country World Championships Hosted Earliest
Year 		  Latest  
Year 		Future
Total Number Independent Shared with
Olympics
 Austria 9 7 2 1933 2013
   Switzerland 8 7 1 1931 2003 2017
 Italy 6 5 1 1932 2005   2021 ^
 United States 6 4 2 1950 2015
 France 4 3 1 1937 2009
 Sweden 2 2 0 1954 2007 2019
 Germany 2 2 0 1978 2011
 Japan 2 1 1 1972 1993
 Poland 1 1 0 1939
 Chile 1 1 0 1966
 Spain 1 1 0 1996
 Norway 1 0 1 1952
Totals 43 34 9 1931 2015

Events

Event 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 48 50 52 54 56 58 60 62 64 66 68 70 72 74 76 78 80 82 85 87 89 91 93 96 97 99 01 03 05 07 09 11 13
Men's combined • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Men's downhill • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Men's slalom • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Men's giant slalom • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Men's Super G • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Women's combined • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Women's downhill • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Women's slalom • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Women's giant slalom • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Women's Super G • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Nations Team Event • • • •
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Note: The men's Super G in 1993 and the team event in 2009 were cancelled due to adverse weather conditions, and no medals were awarded.

Skiers with most medals

Participants with five or more individual medals (through February 13, 2015) at the Alpine Skiing World Championships are:[3][4]

Men

Name Country Total Gold Silver Bronze
Kjetil André Aamodt  Norway 12 543
Marc Girardelli  Luxembourg 11 443
Lasse Kjus  Norway 11 380
Pirmin Zurbriggen   Switzerland9 441
Toni Sailer  Austria 8 710
Aksel Lund Svindal  Norway8 512
Émile Allais 1 France8 440
Gustav Thöni  Italy7 520
Ted Ligety  United States7 502
Ingemar Stenmark  Sweden 7 511
Rudolf Rominger 1   Switzerland7 412
David Zogg 1   Switzerland 7 340
Benjamin Raich  Austria 7 241
Jean-Claude Killy  France6 600
Karl Schranz  Austria6 321
Hermann Maier  Austria6 321
Guy Périllat  France6 231
Günther Mader  Austria6 015
Bode Miller  United States5 410
Anton Seelos 1 Austria5 410
Otto Furrer 1   Switzerland5 122

1 Note: Medals earned in the 1930s, when it was an annual event.

Women

Name Country Total Gold Silver Bronze
Christl Cranz 1 Germany15 1230
Marielle Goitschel  France11 920
Anja Pärson Sweden11 713
Annemarie Moser-Pröll  Austria9 522
Tina Maze Slovenia9 450
Hanni Wenzel Liechtenstein9 432
Lisa Resch 1 Germany8 143
Erika Hess    Switzerland7 601
Renate Götschl  Austria7 232
Käthe Grasegger 1 Germany7 016
Pernilla Wiberg Sweden6 411
Inge Wersin-Lantschner 1 Austria6 330
Vreni Schneider   Switzerland6 321
Lindsey Vonn United States6 231
Annie Famose France6 123
Nicole Hosp  Austria6 123
Janica Kostelić Croatia5 500
Anna Fenninger Austria5 311
Anny Rüegg 1   Switzerland5 212
Maria Höfl-Riesch Germany5 203
Frieda Dänzer   Switzerland5 131
Marlies Schild Austria5 122
Mateja Svet Yugoslavia5 113
Julia Mancuso United States5 023

1 Note: Medals earned in the 1930s, when it was an annual event.

Medals by country

These tables do not include medals won at the nine Winter Olympics from 1948 through 1980, though these were also World Championships. The mixed team event is included for both genders, therefore the total will not add up for some countries. This table is current through 2015.

Men

Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Austria 44 41 35 120
2    Switzerland 27 29 33 89
3  Norway 19 15 8 42
4  France 16 23 13 52
5  United States 13 3 10 26
6  Italy 11 11 12 34
7  Germany 9 11 16 36
8  Sweden 4 5 8 17
9  Luxembourg 4 4 3 11
10  Canada 2 3 2 7
11  Liechtenstein 1 4 3 8
12  Croatia 1 1 2 4
13  Finland 1 0 0 1
14  Yugoslavia 0 1 2 3
15  Poland 0 1 1 2
16  Australia 0 0 1 1
 Japan 0 0 1 1
 Slovenia 0 0 1 1
 Spain 0 0 1 1

Women

Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Austria 37 39 37 113
2    Switzerland 24 28 17 69
3  Germany 22 17 25 64
4  France 17 19 14 50
5  Sweden 11 6 11 28
6  United States 8 14 17 39
7  Canada 8 4 2 14
8  Italy 6 9 8 23
9  Croatia 5 0 0 5
10  Slovenia 4 5 1 10
11  Great Britain 4 4 3 11
12  Liechtenstein 2 2 2 6
13  Norway 1 2 5 8
14  Yugoslavia 1 2 3 6
15  Czech Republic 1 1 2 4
16  Australia 1 0 0 1
17  Finland 0 2 2 4
18  Soviet Union 0 0 1 1

Total

Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Austria 78 78 72 228
2    Switzerland 51 57 49 157
3  France 32 42 26 100
4  Germany 30 28 40 98
5  United States 21 17 27 65
6  Norway 20 17 13 50
7  Italy 17 20 20 57
8  Sweden 15 9 17 41
9  Canada 10 6 4 20
10  Croatia 6 1 2 9
11  Slovenia 4 5 2 11
12  Great Britain 4 4 3 11
 Luxembourg 4 4 3 11
14  Liechtenstein 3 6 5 14
15  Yugoslavia 1 3 5 9
16  Finland 1 2 2 5
17  Czech Republic 1 1 2 4
18  Australia 1 0 1 2
19  Poland 0 1 1 2
20  Japan 0 0 1 1
 Soviet Union 0 0 1 1
 Spain 0 0 1 1

See also

References and notes

  1. 1 2 "FIS History". FIS-Ski. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
  2. ↑ "Alpine World Ski Championships". FIS-Ski. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
  3. ↑ "Podiums". FIS-Ski. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
  4. ↑ "Podiums". FIS-Ski. Retrieved 2011-11-15.

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