FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1966
The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1966 were held in South America from 4–14 August at Portillo, Chile.[1][2][3]
Host city | Portillo, Valparaíso near Los Andes |
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Country | Chile |
Events | 6 |
Opening ceremony | 4 August 1966 |
Closing ceremony | 14 August 1966 |
Officially opened by | Eduardo Frei Montalva |
Main venue | Portillo |
To this day, it remains the only alpine world championships contested in the southern hemisphere. It took place well out of the established season, nearly five months before the first World Cup season, which began in early January 1967.
Assignment did happen at the FIS-Congress at Athens in May 1963, but Germany (West-Germany), Switzerland and Austria did vote against.
Men's competitions
Downhill
Sunday, 7 August
Place | Athlete | Country | Time | Diff. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Jean Claude Killy | 1:34.40 | — | ||
Léo Lacroix | 1:34.80 | + 0.40 | ||
Franz Vogler | 1:35.16 | + 0.76 | ||
4 | Heinrich Messner | 1:36.02 | + 1.62 | |
5 | Pierre Stamos | 1:36.12 | + 1.72 | |
6 | Bernard Orcel | 1:36.38 | + 1.98 |
Giant Slalom
Tuesday, 9 August (run 1)
Wednesday, 10 August (run 2)
Place | Athlete | Country | Time | Diff. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Guy Périllat | 3:19.42 | — | ||
Georges Mauduit | 3:19.93 | + 0.51 | ||
Karl Schranz | 3:20.40 | + 0.98 | ||
4 | Jakob Tischhauser | |
3:20.90 | + 1.48 |
5 | Jean-Claude Killy | 3:21.42 | + 2.00 | |
6 | Willy Favre | |
3:23.02 | + 3.60 |
Slalom
Sunday, 14 August
Place | Athlete | Country | Time | Diff. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Carlo Senoner | 1:41.56 | — | ||
Guy Périllat | 1:42.25 | + 0.69 | ||
Louis Jauffret | 1:42.58 | + 1.02 | ||
4 | Willy Bogner | 1:43.06 | + 1.50 | |
5 | Ludwig Leitner | 1:43.07 | + 1.51 | |
6 | Jimmie Heuga | 1:43.69 | + 2.13 |
Combined
Place | Athlete | Country | Points | DH | GS | SL |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jean Claude Killy | 20.92 | 5 | 8 | |||
Léo Lacroix | 42.13 | |||||
Ludwig Leitner | 54.95 | 5 | ||||
4 | Jimmie Heuga | 56.71 | 19 | 13 | 6 | |
5 | Willy Bogner | 69.61 | 4 | |||
6 | Ivo Mahlknecht | 72.96 |
Source:[7][8]
At the World Championships from 1954 through 1980, the combined was a "paper race" using the results of the three events (DH, GS, SL).
Women's competitions
Downhill
Monday, 8 August
Place | Athlete | Country | Time | Diff. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Marielle Goitschel | 1:33.42 | — | ||
Annie Famose | 1:34.36 | + 0.94 | ||
Burgl Färbinger | 1:34.38 | + 0.96 | ||
4 | Suzy Chaffee | 1:34.77 | + 1.35 | |
5 | Christl Haas | 1:34.81 | + 1.39 | |
6 | Giustina Demetz | 1:34.94 | + 1.52 |
Erika Schinegger of Austria originally won the gold medal in 1:32.63,[5][9] but she failed a gender test prior to the 1968 Winter Olympics; Schingger handed the gold medal to Marielle Goitschel in 1988.[10]
Giant Slalom
Thursday, 11 August
Place | Athlete | Country | Time | Diff. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Marielle Goitschel | 1:22.64 | — | ||
Heidi Zimmermann | 1:23.81 | + 1.17 | ||
Florence Steurer | 1:24.92 | + 2.28 | ||
4 | Nancy Greene | 1:25.38 | + 2.74 | |
5 | Annie Famose | 1:25.58 | + 2.94 | |
6 | Giustina Demetz | 1:26.08 | + 3.44 |
Slalom
Friday, 5 August
Place | Athlete | Country | Time | Diff. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Annie Famose | 1:30.48 | — | ||
Marielle Goitschel | 1:30.95 | + 0.47 | ||
Penny McCoy | 1:32.35 | + 1.87 | ||
4 | Jean Saubert | 1:32.37 | + 1.89 | |
5 | Cathy Allen | 1:32.77 | + 2.39 | |
6 | Christine Goitschel | 1:32.94 | + 2.56 |
- First run leader Nancy Greene fell in the second run.
Combined
Place | Athlete | Country | Points | DH | GS | SL |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Marielle Goitschel | 8.76 | |||||
Annie Famose | 35.16 | 5 | ||||
Heidi Zimmermann | 62.91 | 9 | 18 | |||
4 | Burgl Färbinger | 73.69 | 9 | 14 | ||
5 | Giustina Demetz | 83.68 | 6 | 6 | 21 | |
6 | Christa Prinzing | 86.49 | 8 | 10 | 19 |
Source:[11]
At the World Championships from 1954 through 1980, the combined was a "paper race" using the results of the three events (DH, GS, SL).
Medals table
Place | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 16 | |
2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
3 | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
4 | - | - | 3 | 3 | |
5 | - | - | 1 | 1 |
References
- de:Alpine Skiweltmeisterschaft 1966
- Ottum, Bob (August 15, 1966). "Found: a pretty Penny". Sports Illustrated. p. 12.
- Ottum, Bob (August 22, 1966). "A Gallic gauntlet on the snow". Sports Illustrated. p. 24.
- "Frances Killy, Lacroix in world downhill upset". Montreal Gazette. Reuters. August 8, 1966. p. 19.
- "French ace takes giant slalom lead". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Associated Press. August 9, 1966. p. 14.
- "Perillat wins giant slalom". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Associated Press. August 10, 1966. p. 33.
- "Canada blanked in world skiing". Ottawa Citizen. Canadian Press. August 25, 1966. p. 25.
- "Skier Killy wins combined in Chile". Montreal Gazette. Canadian Press. August 15, 1966. p. 19.
- "Austrian's win help to national prestige". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. August 9, 1966. p. 13.
- "Man who won '66 women's downhill gives up medal". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. November 19, 1988. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
- "Marielle Goitschel wins giant slalom, combined". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. August 12, 1966. p. 16.
- "Miss Goitschel wins giant slalom title". Montreal Gazette. Associated Press. August 12, 1966. p. 22.
- "Fear drives young skier to 3rd spot". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Associated Press. August 6, 1966. p. 9.
- "Second-run spill costs our Nancy". Ottawa Citizen. Canadian Press. August 6, 1966. p. 12.
External links
- FIS-Ski.com - results - 1966 World Championships - Portillo, Chile
- FIS-Ski.com - official results for the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships