FIS Alpine World Ski Championships

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships
gold medal
Status	active
Genre	sporting event
Date(s)	January–February
Frequency	biennial
Location(s)	various
Inaugurated	1931 (1931)
Organised by	FIS

The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships is an alpine skiing competition organized by the International Ski Federation (FIS).

History

The inaugural 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.

Summary

Year	Place	Country	Year	Official FIS designation[2]	Events
1931	Mürren	Switzerland	FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1931	1st Alpine World Ski Championships	4
1932	Cortina d'Ampezzo	Italy	FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1932	2nd Alpine World Ski Championships	6
1933	Innsbruck	Austria	FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1933	3rd Alpine World Ski Championships	6
1934	St. Moritz	Switzerland	FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1934	4th Alpine World Ski Championships	6
1935	Mürren	Switzerland	FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1935	5th Alpine World Ski Championships	6
1936	Innsbruck	Austria	FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1936	6th Alpine World Ski Championships	6
1937	Chamonix	France	FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1937	7th Alpine World Ski Championships	6
1938	Engelberg	Switzerland	FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1938	8th Alpine World Ski Championships	6
1939	Zakopane	Poland	FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1939	9th Alpine World Ski Championships	6
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	6
1950	Aspen, Colorado	United States	FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1950	11th Alpine World Ski Championships	6
1952	Oslo	Norway	1952 Winter Olympics	12th Alpine World Ski Championships	6
1954	Åre	Sweden	FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1954	13th Alpine World Ski Championships	8
1956	Cortina d'Ampezzo	Italy	1956 Winter Olympics	14th Alpine World Ski Championships	6
1958	Badgastein	Austria	FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1958	15th Alpine World Ski Championships	6
1960	Squaw Valley, California	United States	1960 Winter Olympics	16th Alpine World Ski Championships	6
1962	Chamonix	France	FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1962	17th Alpine World Ski Championships	8
1964	Innsbruck	Austria	1964 Winter Olympics	18th Alpine World Ski Championships	6
1966	Portillo	Chile	FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1966	19th Alpine World Ski Championships	6
1968	Grenoble	France	1968 Winter Olympics	20th Alpine World Ski Championships	6
1970	Val Gardena	Italy	FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1970	21st Alpine World Ski Championships	8
1972	Sapporo	Japan	1972 Winter Olympics	22nd Alpine World Ski Championships	6
1974	St. Moritz	Switzerland	FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1974	23rd Alpine World Ski Championships	8
1976	Innsbruck	Austria	1976 Winter Olympics	24th Alpine World Ski Championships	6
1978	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	West Germany	FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1978	25th Alpine World Ski Championships	6
1980	Lake Placid, New York	United States	1980 Winter Olympics	26th Alpine World Ski Championships	6
1982	Schladming	Austria	FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1982	27th Alpine World Ski Championships	8
1985	Bormio	Italy	FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1985	28th Alpine World Ski Championships	10
1987	Crans-Montana	Switzerland	FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1987	29th Alpine World Ski Championships	10
1989	Vail, Colorado	United States	FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1989	30th Alpine World Ski Championships	10
1991	Saalbach	Austria	FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1991	31st Alpine World Ski Championships	10
1993	Morioka	Japan	FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1993	32nd Alpine World Ski Championships	9
1996	Sierra Nevada	Spain	FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1996	33rd Alpine World Ski Championships	10
1997	Sestriere	Italy	FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1997	34th Alpine World Ski Championships	10
1999	Vail/Beaver Creek, CO	United States	FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1999	35th Alpine World Ski Championships	10
2001	St. Anton	Austria	FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2001	36th Alpine World Ski Championships	10
2003	St. Moritz	Switzerland	FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2003	37th Alpine World Ski Championships	10
2005	Bormio	Italy	FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2005	38th Alpine World Ski Championships	11
2007	Åre	Sweden	FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007	39th Alpine World Ski Championships	11
2009	Val d'Isère	France	FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009	40th Alpine World Ski Championships	10
2011	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Germany	FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2011	41st Alpine World Ski Championships	11
2013	Schladming	Austria	FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013	42nd Alpine World Ski Championships	11
2015	Vail/Beaver Creek, CO	United States	FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015	43rd Alpine World Ski Championships	11
2017	St. Moritz	Switzerland	FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2017	44th Alpine World Ski Championships	11
2019	Åre	Sweden	FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2019	45th Alpine World Ski Championships	11
2021	Cortina d'Ampezzo	Italy	FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2021	46th Alpine World Ski Championships	13
2023	Courchevel-Méribel	France	FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2023	47th Alpine World Ski Championships	13
2025	Saalbach	Austria	FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2025	48th Alpine World Ski Championships	13
2027	Crans-Montana	Switzerland	FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2027	49th Alpine World Ski Championships	13

•     Held as part of the Winter Olympics (9).
•     Was Unofficial (1).

List of host countries

A total of twelve 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 August 1966 at Portillo, Chile. The list is complete through 2021 and does not include the unofficial 1941 event.

Country	World Championships hosted			Earliest year	Latest   year	Future
	Total number	Independent	Shared with Olympics
Switzerland	9	8	1	1931	2017	2027
Austria	9	7	2	1933	2013	2025
Italy	7	6	1	1932	2021
United States	6	4	2	1950	2015
France	5	4	1	1937	2023
Sweden	3	3	0	1954	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	47	38	9	1931	2023

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	15	17	19	21	23
Men's combined		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•			•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Men's downhill	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Men's slalom	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Men's giant slalom											•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Men's super-G																													•	•	•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Men's parallel event																																														•	•
Women's combined		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•			•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Women's downhill	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Women's slalom	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Women's giant slalom											•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Women's super-G																													•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Women's parallel event																																														•	•
Mixed 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	10	11	11	11	11	11	13	13

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 victories

Top 10 skiers who won more gold medals at the Alpine Skiing World Championships (including at team events) are listed below. Boldface denotes active skiers and highest medal count among all skiers (including these who not included in these tables) per type.

Men

Rank	Skier	Country	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Marcel Hirscher	Austria	2013	2019	** 7 **	4	–	** 11 **
2	Toni Sailer	Austria	1956	1958	7	1	–	8
3	Jean-Claude Killy	France	1966	1968	6	–	–	6
4	Kjetil André Aamodt	Norway	1991	2003	5	4	3	12
5	Aksel Lund Svindal	Norway	2005	2019	5	2	2	9
6	Gustav Thöni	Italy	1972	1976	5	2	–	7
7	Ingemar Stenmark	Sweden	1976	1982	5	1	1	7
8	Ted Ligety	United States	2009	2015	5	–	2	7
9	Marc Girardelli	Luxembourg	1985	1996	4	4	3	11
10	Pirmin Zurbriggen	Switzerland	1985	1989	4	4	1	9

Women

Rank	Skier	Country	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Christl Cranz	Germany	1934	1939	12	3	–	15
2	Mikaela Shiffrin	United States	2013	2023	7	4	3	14
3	Marielle Goitschel	France	1962	1968	7	4	–	11
4	Anja Pärson	Sweden	2001	2011	7	* 2 *	* 4 *	** 13 **
5	Erika Hess	Switzerland	1980	1987	6	–	1	7
6	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	Austria	1970	1980	5	2	2	9
7	Janica Kostelić	Croatia	2003	2005	5	–	–	5
8	Tina Maze	Slovenia	2009	2015	4	5	–	9
9	Hanni Wenzel	Liechtenstein	1974	1980	4	3	2	9
10	Pernilla Wiberg	Sweden	1991	1999	4	1	1	6

* Including one medal in the Mixed team event
** Including two medals in the Mixed team event

Skiers with most individual medals

Participants with five or more medals in the individual disciplines (not including team events) at the Alpine Skiing World Championships are (boldface denotes active skiers):^[3][4]

Most titles per discipline

Multiple individual discipline winners

Only seven skiers (three men and four women) have ever managed to win World championship in four or more different alpine skiing individual disciplines during their career, as listed in the table below. Anja Pärson of Sweden is the only skier in history to win World Championship golds in five individual disciplines.

Men

Skier	Period		Different discipline titles won		Wins		DH	SG	GS	SL	KB
Toni Sailer	1956–1958		4		7		2	—	2	1	2
Jean-Claude Killy	1966–1968		4		6		2	—	1	1	2
Pirmin Zurbriggen	1985–1987		4		4		1	1	1	—	1

Women

Skier	Period		Different discipline titles won		Wins		DH	SG	GS	SL	KB
Anja Pärson	2001–2007		5		7		1	2	2	1	1
Mikaela Shiffrin	2013–2023		4		7		—	1	1	4	1
Marielle Goitschel	1962–1968		4		7		1	—	2	1	3
Tina Maze	2011–2015		4		4		1	1	1	—	1

Medals by country

The tables for both genders include medals won at the nine Winter Olympics from 1948 through 1980, though these were also World Championships. The mixed team events is not included for both genders, therefore there is special table for these team competitions. Also, there are two cumulative medal tables – the first one includes medals won at the nine Winter Olympics from 1948 through 1980, the second one don't includes these medals. All tables are current through 2023.

Mixed team events

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Austria	3	3	0	6
2	France	2	0	1	3
3	Norway	1	1	0	2
4	Germany	1	0	2	3
5	Switzerland	1	0	1	2
6	United States	1	0	0	1
7	Sweden	0	3	3	6
8	Canada	0	1	1	2
9	Slovakia	0	1	0	1
10	Italy	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		9	9	9	27

See also

• Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics
• Alpine skiing at the Winter Paralympics
• Alpine skiing at the Youth Olympic Games
• Alpine skiing World Cup
• Italy at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships
• World Para Alpine Skiing Championships
• World Junior Alpine Skiing Championships

References and notes

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