FIS Alpine World Ski Championships

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. 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), and 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 1948–82, 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 even-numbered non-Olympic years. The 1950 World Championships in Aspen were the first official championships separate of the Olympics since 1939, and the first held outside of Europe.

During Olympic years, extra World Championships medals were awarded in the combined event, using the results of the slalom and downhill events, as the combined did not return as an official Olympic event until 1988. Since 1985, the World Championships have been scheduled in odd-numbered years, independent of the Winter Olympics. A lack of snow in southern Spain in 1995 caused a postponement of the World Championships to the following year.

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	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	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	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	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	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

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. The complete list, including future scheduled Championships, but not the unofficial 1941 event:

Country	World Championships Hosted			Earliest Year	Latest Year
	Total Number	Independent	Shared with Olympics
Austria	9	7	2	1933	2013
Switzerland	8	7	1	1931	2003
Italy	6	5	1	1932	2005
United States	5	3	2	1950	1999
France	4	3	1	1937	2009
Sweden	2	2	0	1954	2007
Germany	2	2	0	1978	2011
Japan	2	1	1	1972	1993
Poland	1	1	0	1939	1939
Chile	1	1	0	1966	1966
Spain	1	1	0	1996	1996
Norway	1	0	1	1952	1952
Totals	42	33	9	1931	2013

Events

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

See also: List of Alpine Skiing World Champions

Participants with five or more individual medals (through 2009) at the Alpine Skiing World Championships are: ^[3][4]

Men

Name	Country	Total	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Kjetil André Aamodt	Norway	12	5	4	3
Marc Girardelli	Luxembourg	11	4	4	3
Lasse Kjus	Norway	11	3	8	0
Pirmin Zurbriggen	Switzerland	9	4	4	1
Toni Sailer	Austria	8	7	1	0
Émile Allais	France	8	4	4	0
Gustav Thöni	Italy	7	5	2	0
Ingemar Stenmark	Sweden	7	5	1	1
Rudolf Rominger	Switzerland	7	4	1	2
David Zogg	Switzerland	7	3	4	0
Benjamin Raich	Austria	7	2	4	1
Jean-Claude Killy	France	6	6	0	0
Karl Schranz	Austria	6	3	2	1
Hermann Maier	Austria	6	3	2	1
Guy Périllat	France	6	2	3	1
Bode Miller	United States	5	4	1	0
Anton Seelos	Austria	5	4	1	0
Aksel Lund Svindal	Norway	5	3	1	1
Otto Furrer	Switzerland	5	1	2	2

Women

Name	Country	Total	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Christl Cranz	Germany	15	12	3	0
Marielle Goitschel	France	11	9	2	0
Anja Pärson	Sweden	10	7	1	2
Annemarie Moser-Pröll	Austria	9	5	2	2
Hanni Wenzel	Liechtenstein	9	4	3	2
Lisa Resch	Germany	8	1	4	3
Erika Hess	Switzerland	7	6	0	1
Renate Götschl	Austria	7	2	3	2
Käthe Grasegger	Germany	7	0	1	6
Pernilla Wiberg	Sweden	6	4	1	1
Inge Wersin-Lantschner	Austria	6	3	3	0
Vreni Schneider	Switzerland	6	3	2	1
Annie Famose	France	6	1	2	3
Janica Kostelić	Croatia	5	5	0	0
Anny Rüegg	Switzerland	5	2	1	2
Frieda Dänzer	Switzerland	5	1	3	1
Mateja Svet	Yugoslavia	5	1	1	3

Medals by country

Men Place Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 1  Austria 41 36 37 114 2  Switzerland 27 33 33 93 3  France 20 22 12 54 4  Norway 16 15 7 38 5  Italy 12 9 8 29 6  Germany 9 12 17 38 7  United States 6 3 8 17 8  Sweden 6 2 8 16 9  Luxembourg 4 4 3 11 10  Liechtenstein 1 5 4 10 11  Spain 1 0 1 2  Canada 1 0 1 2 13  Croatia 1 0 1 2  Finland 1 0 0 1 15  Yugoslavia 0 1 2 3  Poland 0 1 1 2 Japan 0 1 1 2 18  Australia 0 0 1 1  Slovenia 0 0 1 1

Women Place Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 1  Austria 30 40 38 108 2  Switzerland 30 26 19 75 3  Germany 22 21 24 67 4  France 18 23 15 56 5  Sweden 11 2 5 18 6  Canada 10 4 3 17 7  United States 8 13 16 37 8  Italy 6 6 7 19 9  Croatia 5 0 0 5 10  United Kingdom 4 4 2 10 11  Liechtenstein 4 3 3 10 12  Norway 2 2 4 8 13  Yugoslavia 1 1 3 5 14  Czech Republic 1 0 1 2 15  Australia 1 0 0 1 16  Finland 0 2 2 4 17  Slovenia 0 1 1 2 18  Poland 0 1 0 1  Romania 0 1 0 1 20 Soviet Union 0 0 1 1  Russia 0 0 1 1

Total

Place	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Austria	74	80	79	233
2	Switzerland	57	59	52	168
3	France	38	45	28	111
4	Germany	32	33	41	106
5	Italy	18	17	17	52
6	Norway	18	17	11	46
7	Sweden	17	4	12	33
8	United States	16	17	27	60
9	Canada	11	5	4	19
10	Croatia	6	0	1	7
11	Liechtenstein	5	8	7	20
12	Luxembourg	4	4	3	11
13	United Kingdom	4	4	2	10
14	Yugoslavia	1	2	5	8
15	Finland	1	2	2	5
16	Australia	1	0	1	2
	Czech Republic	1	0	1	2
	Spain	1	0	1	2
19	Poland	0	2	1	3
20	Slovenia	0	1	2	3
21	Japan	0	1	1	2
22	Romania	0	1	0	1
23	Soviet Union	0	0	1	1
	Russia	0	0	1	1

References and Notes

External links

• FIS-ski.com - official results for the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships

See also

• Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics
• Alpine skiing World Cup

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