FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1989

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1989
Host city Vail, Colorado
Country United States
Events 10
Opening ceremony February 2, 1989
Closing ceremony February 12, 1989
Main venue Vail
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Vail
Location in the United States
Vail
Location in Colorado

The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1989 were held February 2–12 in the United States at Vail, Colorado.[1] Outside of the Winter Olympics of 1960 and 1980, the alpine world championships returned to the U.S. for the first time since 1950, which were also in Colorado at Aspen.

Vail and Beaver Creek later hosted the World Championships a decade later, in 1999, and again in 2015.

Men's competitions

Downhill

Monday, February 6

Medal Name Country Time Diff
Gold Hans-Jörg Tauscher  West Germany 2:10.39 –
Silver Peter Müller   Switzerland 2:10.58 + 0.19
Bronze Karl Alpiger   Switzerland 2:10.67 + 0.28

Source:[2]

Super-G

Wednesday, February 8

Medal Name Country Time
Gold Martin Hangl   Switzerland 1:38.81
Silver Pirmin Zurbriggen   Switzerland 1:39.09
Bronze Tomaž Čižman  Yugoslavia 1:39.18

Giant Slalom

Thursday, February 9

Medal Name Country Time
Gold Rudolf Nierlich  Austria 2:37.66
Silver Helmut Mayer  Austria 2:39.28
Bronze Pirmin Zurbriggen   Switzerland 2:39.38

Slalom

Sunday, February 12

Medal Name Country Time
Gold Rudolf Nierlich  Austria 2:02.85
Silver Armin Bittner  West Germany 2:03.29
Bronze Marc Girardelli  Luxembourg 2:03.65

Combination

Friday, February 3

Medal Name Country Points
Gold Marc Girardelli  Luxembourg 4.76
Silver Paul Accola   Switzerland 16.26
Bronze Günther Mader  Austria 31.49

Women's competitions

Downhill

Sunday, February 5

Medal Name Country Time
Gold Maria Walliser   Switzerland 1:46.50
Silver Karen Percy  Canada 1:48.00
Bronze Karin Dedler  West Germany 1:48.01

Super-G

Wednesday, February 8

Medal Name Country Time
Gold Ulrike Maier  Austria 1:19.46
Silver Sigrid Wolf  Austria 1:19.49
Bronze Michaela Gerg-Leitner  West Germany 1:19.50

Giant Slalom

Saturday, February 11

Medal Name Country Time
Gold Vreni Schneider   Switzerland 2:29.37
Silver Carole Merle  France 2:30.50
Bronze Mateja Svet  Yugoslavia 2:31.92

Slalom

Tuesday, February 7

Medal Name Country Time
Gold Mateja Svet  Yugoslavia 1:30.88
Silver Vreni Schneider   Switzerland 1:31.49
Bronze Tamara McKinney  United States 1:31.66

Combination

Thursday, February 2

Medal Name Country Points
Gold Tamara McKinney  United States 5.65
Silver Vreni Schneider   Switzerland 26.63
Bronze Brigitte Oertli   Switzerland 32.88

Medals table

Place Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1   Switzerland 3 5 3 11
2  Austria 3 2 1 6
3  West Germany 1 1 2 4
4  Yugoslavia 1 – 2 3
5  Luxembourg 1 – 1 2
 United States 1 – 1 2
7  France – 1 – 1
 Canada – 1 – 1

References

  1. ↑ de.wikipedia.org Alpine Skiweltmeisterschaft 1989
  2. ↑ "Tauscher scores surprising victory in men's downhill". News and Courier. Charleston, SC. Associated Press. February 7, 1989. p. 3C.
  • FIS-ski.com – results – 1989 World Championships – Vail, Colorado, USA
  • FIS-ski.com – results – World Championships
  • Ski-db.com - 1989 Vail - Alpine World Ski Championships


Coordinates: 39°38′N 106°22′W / 39.64°N 106.37°W / 39.64; -106.37

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