FIS Alpine World Ski Championships Totally Explained

Everything about The Fis Alpine World Ski Championships totally explained

The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships are organized by the International Ski Federation (FIS). The first world championships in alpine skiing were held in 1931. Through 1939, the event was held annually, until interrupted by the outbreak of World War II. From 1948–1982, the competition was held every two years, with the Winter Olympics acting as the World Championships in Olympic years, and a separate competition held in every other even-numbered year. During Olympic years, extra World Championships medals were awarded in the combined using the results of the slalom and downhill, since the combined didn't become an official Winter Olympics event until 1988. Since 1985, the World Championships have been scheduled in every odd year, independent of the Winter Olympics. Lack of snow in southern Spain in 1995 caused a postponement of the World Championships to the following year. There is a legitimate question as to whether the World Ski Championships should have been continued since the advent of the World Cup in 1967/68. It has resulted in the confusing situation that there are the World Cup Champions and World Champions in the same year .

Hosts

Year	Place	Country	Event
1931	Mürren		FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1931
1932	Cortina d'Ampezzo		FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1932
1933	Innsbruck		FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1933
1934	St. Moritz		FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1934
1935	Mürren		FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1935
1936	Innsbruck		FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1936
1937	Chamonix		FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1937
1938	Engelberg		FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1938
1939	Zakopane		FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1939
1941	Cortina d'Ampezzo		FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1941
1948	St. Moritz		Alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics
1950	Aspen		FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1950
1952	Oslo		Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics
1954	Åre		FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1954
1956	Cortina d'Ampezzo		Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics
1958	Badgastein		FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1958
1960	Squaw Valley		Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics
1962	Chamonix		FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1962
1964	Innsbruck		Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics
1966	Portillo	Chile	FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1966
1968	Grenoble		Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics
1970	Gröden-Val Gardena		FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1970
1972	Sapporo	Japan	Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics
1974	St. Moritz		FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1974
1976	Innsbruck		Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics
1978	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	West Germany	FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1978
1980	Lake Placid		Alpine skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics
1982	Schladming		FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1982
1985	Bormio		FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1985
1987	Crans-Montana		FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1987
1989	Vail		FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1989
1991	Saalbach-Hinterglemm		FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1991
1993	Morioka-Shizukuishi	Japan	FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1993
1996	Sierra Nevada		FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1996
1997	Sestriere		FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1997
1999	Vail		FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1999
2001	St. Anton		FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2001
2003	St. Moritz		FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2003
2005	Bormio		FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2005
2007	Åre		FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007
2009	Val d'Isère		FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009
2011	Garmisch-Partenkirchen		FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2011

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
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																																						•	•

Total Events	4	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	11

Note: The men's Super G in 1993 was cancelled due to adverse weather conditions, and no medals were awarded.

Skiers with most medals

See also: List of Alpine Skiing World Champions Participants with five or more medals (as of 2007) at the Alpine Skiing World Championships are:

Men

Name	Total	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Kjetil André Aamodt	12	5	4	3
Marc Girardelli	11	4	4	3
Lasse Kjus	11	3	8	0
Pirmin Zurbriggen	9	4	4	1
Toni Sailer	8	7	1	0
Émile Allais	8	4	4	0
Benjamin Raich	8	3	4	1
Gustav Thöni	7	5	2	0
Ingemar Stenmark	7	5	1	1
Rudolf Rominger	7	4	1	2
David Zogg	7	3	4	0
Jean-Claude Killy	6	6	0	0

Women

Name	Total	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Christl Cranz	15	12	3	0
Marielle Goitschel	11	9	2	0
Anja Pärson	11 *	7	2 *	2
Annemarie Moser-Pröll	9	5	2	2
Hanni Wenzel	9	4	3	2
Renate Götschl	9 *	3 *	4 *	2
Lisa Resch	8	1	4	3
Erika Hess	7	6	0	1
Käthe Grasegger	7	0	1	6
Pernilla Wiberg	6	4	1	1
Janica Kostelić	5	5	0	0

× Includes one team event medal

Medals by country

Place	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Men
1		41	36	37	114
2		27	33	33	93
3		20	22	12	54
4		16	15	7	38
5		12	9	8	29
6		9	12	17	38
7		6	3	8	17
8		6	2	8	16
9		4	4	3	11
10		1	5	4	10
11		1	0	1	2
		1	0	1	2
13		1	0	0	1
		1	0	0	1
15		0	1	2	3
		0	1	1	2
	Japan	0	1	1	2
18		0	0	1	1
		0	0	1	1

Place	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Women
1		30	40	38	108
2		30	26	19	75
3		22	21	24	67
4		18	23	15	56
5		11	2	5	18
6		10	4	3	17
7		8	13	16	37
8		6	6	7	19
9		5	0	0	5
10		4	4	2	10
11		4	3	3	10
12		2	2	4	8
13		1	1	3	5
14		1	0	1	2
15		1	0	0	1
16		0	2	0	2
17		0	1	1	2
18		0	1	0	1
		0	1	0	1
20	Soviet Union	0	0	1	1
		0	0	1	1

Place	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Total
1		74	80	79	233
2		57	59	52	168
3		38	45	28	111
4		32	33	41	106
5		18	17	17	52
6		18	17	11	46
7		17	4	12	33
8		16	17	27	60
9		10	5	4	19
10		6	0	0	6
11		5	8	7	20
12		4	4	3	11
13		4	4	2	10
14		1	2	5	8
15		1	2	0	3
16		1	0	1	2
		1	0	1	2
		1	0	1	2
19		0	2	1	3
20		0	1	2	3
21	Japan	0	1	1	2
22		0	1	0	1
23		0	0	1	1
		0	0	1	1

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