List of alpine skiing world champions
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.
Men's champions
- Held as part of the Winter Olympics (9).
Titles by nation
Rank | Nation | Total | Downhill | Slalom | Combined | Giant slalom | Super-G | Parallel giant slalom |
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1 | Austria | 56 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 5 | — |
2 | Switzerland | 35 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 3 | — |
3 | France | 26 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 4 | — | 1 |
4 | Norway | 24 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 3 | — |
5 | Italy | 15 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | — |
6 | United States | 13 | 1 | — | 4 | 5 | 3 | — |
7 | Germany | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 |
8 | Sweden | 6 | — | 4 | — | 2 | — | — |
9 | Canada | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — |
Luxembourg | 4 | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | |
11 | Croatia | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Finland | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | |
Liechtenstein | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | |
Spain | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Women's champions
- Held as part of the Winter Olympics (9).
Titles by nation
Rank | Nation | Total | Downhill | Slalom | Combined | Giant slalom | Super-G | Parallel giant slalom |
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1 | Austria | 42 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 1 |
2 | Switzerland | 36 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | — |
3 | Germany | 25 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | — |
4 | France | 20 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 1 | — |
5 | United States | 17 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | — |
6 | Canada | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | — | — |
7 | Sweden | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | — |
8 | Italy | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
9 | Slovenia | 6 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
10 | Croatia | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
11 | Great Britain | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Liechtenstein | 4 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
13 | Norway | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
14 | Australia | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Czech Republic | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | |
Slovakia | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | |
Yugoslavia | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Nations team event
* won gold medals as reserve skiers
See also
References and notes
- ^ a b c "FIS History". FIS-Ski. Archived from the original on 27 May 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
- ^ The men's super-G in 1993 was cancelled due to adverse weather conditions, and no medals were awarded.
- ^ The Nations Team Event in 2009 was cancelled due to adverse weather conditions, and no medals were awarded.
External links
- FIS-ski.com – official results for the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships
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- 1931 Mürren
- 1932 Cortina d'Ampezzo
- 1933 Innsbruck
- 1934 St. Moritz
- 1935 Mürren
- 1936 Innsbruck
- 1937 Chamonix
- 1938 Engelberg
- 1939 Zakopane
- (1941 Cortina d'Ampezzo)
- 1948 St. Moritz
- 1950 Aspen
- 1952 Oslo
- 1954 Åre
- 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo
- 1958 Badgastein
- 1960 Squaw Valley
- 1962 Chamonix
- 1964 Innsbruck
- 1966 Portillo
- 1968 Grenoble
- 1970 Val Gardena
- 1972 Sapporo
- 1974 St. Moritz
- 1976 Innsbruck
- 1978 Garmisch-Partenkirchen
- 1980 Lake Placid
- 1982 Schladming
- 1985 Bormio
- 1987 Crans-Montana
- 1989 Vail
- 1991 Saalbach
- 1993 Morioka
- 1996 Sierra Nevada
- 1997 Sestriere
- 1999 Vail
- 2001 St. Anton
- 2003 St. Moritz
- 2005 Bormio
- 2007 Åre
- 2009 Val d'Isère
- 2011 Garmisch-Partenkirchen
- 2013 Schladming
- 2015 Vail/Beaver Creek
- 2017 St. Moritz
- 2019 Åre
- 2021 Cortina d'Ampezzo
- 2023 Courchevel-Méribel
- 2025 Saalbach
- 2027 Crans-Montana