FIS Alpine World Ski Championships

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

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

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.

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 d'Ampezzo	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 d'Ampezzo	Italy	FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1941	none[1]
1948	St. Moritz	Switzerland	1948 Winter Olympics	10th Alpine World Ski Championships
1950	Aspen, Colorado	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 d'Ampezzo	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, California	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-Partenkirchen	West Germany	FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1978	25th Alpine World Ski Championships
1980	Lake Placid, New York	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, Colorado	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, Colorado	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-Partenkirchen	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
2015	Vail/Beaver Creek, CO	United States	FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015	43rd Alpine World Ski Championships
2017	St. Moritz	Switzerland	FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2017	44th Alpine World Ski Championships
2019	Åre	Sweden	FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2019	45th Alpine World Ski Championships
Future events
2021	Cortina d'Ampezzo	Italy	FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2021	46th Alpine World Ski Championships
2023	Courchevel-Méribel	France	FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2023	47th 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 in August. The list is complete through 2019 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
Austria	9	7	2	1933	2013
Italy	6	5	1	1932	2005	2021
United States	6	4	2	1950	2015
France	4	3	1	1937	2009	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	45	35	10	1931	2019

Events

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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

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 individual medals

See also: List of alpine skiing world champions

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]

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
Marcel Hirscher	Austria	9	5	4	0
Aksel Lund Svindal	Norway	9	5	2	2
Pirmin Zurbriggen	Switzerland	9	4	4	1
Toni Sailer	Austria	8	7	1	0
Émile Allais ^1	France	8	4	4	0
Gustav Thöni	Italy	7	5	2	0
Ingemar Stenmark	Sweden	7	5	1	1
Ted Ligety	United States	7	5	0	2
Rudolf Rominger ^1	Switzerland	7	4	1	2
David Zogg ^1	Switzerland	7	3	4	0
Benjamin Raich	Austria	7	2	4	1
Jean-Claude Killy	France	6	6	0	0
Stein Eriksen	Norway	6	4	1	1
Hermann Maier	Austria	6	3	2	1
Karl Schranz	Austria	6	3	2	1
Guy Périllat	France	6	2	3	1
Günther Mader	Austria	6	0	1	5
Bode Miller	United States	5	4	1	0
Anton Seelos ^1	Austria	5	4	1	0
James Couttet	France	5	1	2	2
Otto Furrer ^1	Switzerland	5	1	2	2

¹ Note: Medals earned in the 1930s, when it was an annual event.

Women

Name	Country	Total	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Christl Cranz ^1,2	Germany	15	12	3	0
Marielle Goitschel	France	11	7	4	0
Anja Pärson	Sweden	11	7	1	3
Annemarie Moser-Pröll	Austria	9	5	2	2
Tina Maze	Slovenia	9	4	5	0
Hanni Wenzel	Liechtenstein	9	4	3	2
Lindsey Vonn	United States	8	2	3	3
Lisa Resch ^1	Germany	8	1	4	3
Erika Hess	Switzerland	7	6	0	1
Mikaela Shiffrin	United States	7	5	1	1
Renate Götschl	Austria	7	2	3	2
Käthe Grasegger ^1	Germany	7	0	1	6
Pernilla Wiberg	Sweden	6	4	1	1
Inge Wersin-Lantschner ^1	Austria	6	3	3	0
Vreni Schneider	Switzerland	6	3	2	1
Annie Famose	France	6	1	2	3
Nicole Hosp	Austria	6	1	2	3
Janica Kostelić	Croatia	5	5	0	0
Trude Jochum-Beiser	Austria	5	3	2	0
Anna Fenninger	Austria	5	3	1	1
Anny Rüegg ^1	Switzerland	5	2	1	2
Maria Höfl-Riesch	Germany	5	2	0	3
Frieda Dänzer	Switzerland	5	1	3	1
Marlies Schild	Austria	5	1	2	2
Mateja Svet	Yugoslavia	5	1	1	3
Nini von Arx-Zogg ^1	Switzerland	5	0	4	1
Lara Gut	Switzerland	5	0	3	2
Julia Mancuso	United States	5	0	2	3
Anita Wachter	Austria	5	0	2	3

¹ Note: Medals earned in the 1930s, when it was an annual event. ² Note: Medals from the non-recognized 1941 championship not included

Skiers with most victories

See also: List of alpine skiing world champions

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	Marielle Goitschel	France	1962	1968	7	4	–	11
3	Anja Pärson	Sweden	2001	2011	7	* 2 *	* 4 *	** 13 **
4	Erika Hess	Switzerland	1980	1987	6	–	1	7
5	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	Austria	1970	1980	5	2	2	9
6	Mikaela Shiffrin	United States	2013	2019	5	1	1	7
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

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 2019.

Men Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 1  Austria 53 54 49 156 2    Switzerland 33 36 38 107 3  France 23 27 17 67 4  Norway 22 18 10 50 5  Italy 15 13 14 42 6  United States 13 5 11 29 7  Germany 8 12 17 37 8  Sweden 6 3 8 17 9  Luxembourg 4 4 3 11 10  Canada 3 3 4 10 11  Liechtenstein 1 5 4 10 12  Croatia 1 1 2 4 13  Spain 1 0 1 2 14  Finland 1 0 0 1 15  Yugoslavia 0 1 2 3 16  Japan 0 1 1 2  Poland 0 1 1 2  Slovenia 0 1 1 2 19  Australia 0 0 1 1 TOTAL 184 185 184 553

Women Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 1  Austria 40 46 46 132 2    Switzerland 32 33 21 86 3  Germany 25 23 27 75 4  France 20 24 17 61 5  United States 15 20 23 58 6  Sweden 11 5 10 26 7  Canada 11 4 3 18 8  Italy 6 11 11 28 9  Slovenia 6 5 1 12 10  Croatia 5 0 0 5 11  Great Britain 4 4 3 11  Liechtenstein 4 4 3 11 13  Norway 1 2 6 9 14  Yugoslavia 1 2 3 6 15  Czech Republic 1 1 2 4 16  Slovakia 1 1 1 3 17  Australia 1 0 0 1 18  Finland 0 2 2 4 19  Soviet Union 0 0 2 2 TOTAL 184 187 181 552

Mixed team events Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 1  Austria 3 3 0 6 2  France 2 0 1 3 3  Germany 1 0 1 2    Switzerland 1 0 1 2 5  Sweden 0 2 3 5 6  Canada 0 1 0 1  Slovakia 0 1 0 1 8  Italy 0 0 1 1 TOTAL 7 7 7 21

Total Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 1  Austria 96 103 95 294 2    Switzerland 66 69 60 195 3  France 45 51 35 131 4  Germany 34 35 45 114 5  United States 28 25 34 87 6  Norway 23 20 16 59 7  Italy 21 24 26 71 8  Sweden 17 10 21 48 9  Canada 14 8 7 29 10  Slovenia 6 6 2 14 11  Croatia 6 1 2 9 12  Liechtenstein 5 9 7 21 13  Great Britain 4 4 3 11  Luxembourg 4 4 3 11 15  Yugoslavia 1 3 5 9 16  Finland 1 2 2 5 17  Slovakia 1 2 1 4 18  Czech Republic 1 1 2 4 19  Australia 1 0 1 2  Spain 1 0 1 2 21  Japan 0 1 1 2  Poland 0 1 1 2 23  Soviet Union 0 0 2 2 TOTAL 375 379 372 1126

Total (not including 1948–1980 Winter Olympics) Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 1  Austria 82 86 77 245 2    Switzerland 56 60 52 168 3  France 35 43 27 105 4  Germany 30 29 41 100 5  United States 24 18 30 72 6  Norway 22 19 15 56 7  Italy 18 21 22 61 8  Sweden 15 10 19 44 9  Canada 11 7 5 23 10  Slovenia 6 6 2 14 11  Croatia 6 1 2 9 12  Great Britain 4 4 3 11  Luxembourg 4 4 3 11 14  Liechtenstein 3 7 5 15 15  Yugoslavia 1 3 5 9 16  Finland 1 2 2 5 17  Slovakia 1 2 1 4 18  Czech Republic 1 1 2 4 19  Australia 1 0 1 2 20  Poland 0 1 1 2 21  Japan 0 0 1 1  Soviet Union 0 0 1 1  Spain 0 0 1 1 TOTAL 321 324 318 963

See also

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

References and notes

1. "FIS History". FIS-Ski. Archived from the original on 27 May 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
2. "Alpine World Ski Championships". FIS-Ski. Archived from the original on 24 May 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
3. "Podiums". FIS-Ski. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
4. "Podiums". FIS-Ski. Archived from the original on 2 January 2013. Retrieved 15 November 2011.

External links

• FIS-ski.com – official results for the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships
• Ski-DB.com – Men's World Champions
• Ski-DB.com – Women's World Champions
• Neveclub.it – FIS World Champions News