FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2017

The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2017 were the 44th FIS Alpine World Ski Championships and were held from 6 to 19 February 2017 at Piz Nair in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The host city was selected at the FIS Congress in South Korea, on 31 May 2012. The other finalists were Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, and Åre, Sweden.[1]

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2017
Host citySt. Moritz
CountrySwitzerland
Nations participating76
Athletes participating589
Events11
Opening ceremony6 February 2017 (2017-02-06)
Closing ceremony19 February 2017 (2017-02-19)
Officially opened byDoris Leuthard
Alpine skiing at the
World Ski Championships 2017
Combinedmenwomen
Downhillmenwomen
Giant slalommenwomen
Slalommenwomen
Super-Gmenwomen
Team mixed
Piz Nair
Location in the Alps of Europe
Piz Nair
Location in Switzerland

It was the fifth Alpine World Ski Championships at St. Moritz, after 1934, 1948, 1974, and 2003.

Schedule and course information

All competitions of the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2017 took place on the St. Moritz home mountain Corviglia.[2]

Schedule
 Time UTC+1[3]
Events calendar[4]
Events Event days
Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
February
Opening and closing ceremonies ••
Men
Downhill 12:0013:30
Slalom Run 1 09:45
Run 2 13:00
Giant
slalom		 Run 1 09:45
Run 2 13:30
Alpine
combined		 Downhill
 10:00
Slalom
 13:00
Super-G 12:00
Women
Downhill 11:15
Slalom Run 1 09:45
Run 2 13:00
Giant
slalom		 Run 1 09:45
Run 2 13:00
Alpine
combined		 Downhill
 10:00
Slalom
 13:00
Super-G 12:00
Mixed Team event 12:00
  • The men's downhill, originally scheduled for 11 February, was postponed one day due to adverse weather conditions.

Course information
Date Race Start
elevation		 Finish
elevation		 Vertical
drop		 Course
length		 Average
gradient
Sun 12 Feb Downhill – men 2,745 m (9,006 ft) 2,040 m (6,693 ft) 705 m (2,313 ft) 2.920 km (1.814 mi) 24.1%
Sun 12 Feb Downhill – women 2,745 m (9,006 ft) 2,040 m (6,693 ft) 705 m (2,313 ft) 2.633 km (1.636 mi) 26.8%
Mon 13 Feb Downhill – (AC) – men 2,745 m (9,006 ft) 2,040 m (6,693 ft) 705 m (2,313 ft) 2.920 km (1.814 mi) 24.1%
Fri 10 Feb Downhill – (AC) – women  2,590 m (8,497 ft)  2,040 m (6,693 ft)  550 m (1,804 ft)  2.059 km (1.279 mi) 26.7%
Wed   8 Feb Super-G – men 2,640 m (8,661 ft) 2,040 m (6,693 ft) 600 m (1,969 ft) 1.920 km (1.193 mi) 31.3%
Tue   7 Feb Super-G – women 2,590 m (8,497 ft) 2,040 m (6,693 ft) 550 m (1,804 ft) 2.059 km (1.279 mi) 26.7%
Fri 17 Feb Giant slalom – men 2,385 m (7,825 ft) 2,030 m (6,660 ft) 355 m (1,165 ft)
Thu 16 Feb Giant slalom – women 2,385 m (7,825 ft) 2,030 m (6,660 ft) 355 m (1,165 ft)
Sun 19 Feb Slalom – men 2,220 m (7,283 ft) 2,030 m (6,660 ft) 190 m (623 ft)   
Sat 18 Feb Slalom – women 2,220 m (7,283 ft) 2,030 m (6,660 ft) 190 m (623 ft)   
Mon 13 Feb Slalom – (AC) – men 2,220 m (7,283 ft) 2,040 m (6,693 ft) 180 m (591 ft)   
Fri 10 Feb Slalom – (AC) – women 2,210 m (7,251 ft) 2,030 m (6,660 ft) 180 m (591 ft)   

Medal summary

Medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Austria (AUT)3429
2  Switzerland (SUI)*3227
3 France (FRA)2002
4 Canada (CAN)1113
 United States (USA)1113
6 Slovenia (SLO)1001
7 Norway (NOR)0112
8 Liechtenstein (LIE)0101
 Slovakia (SVK)0101
10 Sweden (SWE)0022
11 Germany (GER)0011
 Italy (ITA)0011
Totals (12 nations)11111133
  • Host country highlighted.

Men's events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Downhill[5]
 Beat Feuz
  Switzerland		1:38.91 Erik Guay
 Canada		1:39.03 Max Franz
 Austria		1:39.28
Super-G[6]
 Erik Guay
 Canada		1:25.38 Kjetil Jansrud
 Norway		1:25.83 Manuel Osborne-Paradis
 Canada		1:25.89
Giant slalom[7]
 Marcel Hirscher
 Austria		2:13.31 Roland Leitinger
 Austria		2:13.56 Leif Kristian Haugen
 Norway		2:14.02
Slalom[8]
 Marcel Hirscher
 Austria		1:34.75 Manuel Feller
 Austria		1:35.43 Felix Neureuther
 Germany		1:35.68
Alpine combined[9]
 Luca Aerni
  Switzerland		2:26.33 Marcel Hirscher
 Austria		2:26.34 Mauro Caviezel
  Switzerland		2:26.39

Women's events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Downhill[10]
 Ilka Štuhec
 Slovenia		1:32.85 Stephanie Venier
 Austria		1:33.25 Lindsey Vonn
 United States		1:33.30
Super-G[11]
 Nicole Schmidhofer
 Austria		1:21.34 Tina Weirather
 Liechtenstein		1:21.67 Lara Gut
  Switzerland		1:21.70
Giant slalom[12]
 Tessa Worley
 France		2:05.55 Mikaela Shiffrin
 United States		2:05.89 Sofia Goggia
 Italy		2:06.29
Slalom[13]
 Mikaela Shiffrin
 United States		1:37.27 Wendy Holdener
  Switzerland		1:38.91 Frida Hansdotter
 Sweden		1:39.02
Alpine combined[14]
 Wendy Holdener
  Switzerland		1:58.88 Michelle Gisin
  Switzerland		1:58.93 Michaela Kirchgasser
 Austria		1:59.26

Mixed
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Team event[15]
  France
Adeline Baud Mugnier
Nastasia Noens
Tessa Worley
Mathieu Faivre
Julien Lizeroux
Alexis Pinturault		  Slovakia
Tereza Jančová
Veronika Velez-Zuzulová
Petra Vlhová
Matej Falat
Adam Žampa
Andreas Žampa		  Sweden
Frida Hansdotter
Maria Pietilä Holmner
Emelie Wikström
Mattias Hargin
Gustav Lundbäck
Andre Myhrer

Participating countries

A total of 77 countries are scheduled to compete.[16]

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References
  1. Ski WC 2017: St. Moritz awarded Ski World Championships 2017.
  2. Races technical details
  3. "Schedule". Archived from the original on 11 February 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  4. "Alpine skiing World Championships 2017 calendar – Saint Moritz". Archived from the original on 17 March 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  5. Men's downhill results
  6. Men's super-G results
  7. Men's giant slalom results
  8. Men's slalom results
  9. Men's alpine combined results
  10. Women's downhill results
  11. Women's super-G results
  12. Women's giant slalom results
  13. Women's slalom results
  14. Women's alpine combined results
  15. Nations team event results
  16. "FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2017 St. Moritz Participating Nations" (PDF). stmoritz2017.ch. 10 February 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 February 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2017.

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