"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 2017. 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"
"Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics Alpine skiing has been contested at every Winter Olympics since 1936, when a combined event was held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. From 1948 through 1980, the Winter Olympics also served as the World Championships in Olympic years, with separate competitions held in even-numbered non-Olympic years. During this period, the Olympic medalists received an additional medal of the same metal from the International Ski Federation (FIS). The giant slalom was introduced at the 1950 World Championships and at the Olympics in 1952; both programs dropped the combined event, but it returned in 1954 at the World"
"FIS Alpine Ski World Cup The FIS Alpine Ski World Cup is the top international circuit of alpine skiing competitions, launched in 1966 by a group of ski racing friends and experts which included French journalist Serge Lang and the alpine ski team directors from France (Honore Bonnet) and the USA (Bob Beattie). It was soon backed by International Ski Federation president Marc Hodler during the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1966 at Portillo, Chile, and became an official FIS event in the spring of 1967 after the FIS Congress at Beirut, Lebanon. The first World Cup ski race was"
"were recently set in 2014: These records continue: Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics Alpine skiing has been contested at every Winter Olympics since 1936, when a combined event was held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. From 1948 through 1980, the Winter Olympics also served as the World Championships in Olympic years, with separate competitions held in even-numbered non-Olympic years. During this period, the Olympic medalists received an additional medal of the same metal from the International Ski Federation (FIS). The giant slalom was introduced at the 1950 World Championships and at the Olympics in 1952; both programs dropped the combined event,"
"FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1950 The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1950 were the 11th FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, held February 13–18 in the United States at Aspen, Colorado. These were the first world championships held outside of Europe, and the first official world championships not concurrent with the Olympics since 1939. The Giant slalom made its world championships debut and displaced the combined event, which returned to the program in 1954 as a ""paper race,"" using the results of the three races (downhill, giant slalom, and slalom) through 1980. At Aspen's Ajax Mountain, Zeno Colò of Italy"
"February 2"" <br> FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1989 The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1989 were held February 2–12 in the United States at Vail, Colorado. Outside of the Winter Olympics of 1960 and 1980, the alpine world championships returned to the U.S. for the first time since 1950, which were also in Colorado at Aspen. Vail and Beaver Creek later hosted the World Championships a decade later, in 1999, and again in 2015. ""Monday, February 6"" ""Wednesday, February 8"" ""Thursday, February 9"" ""Sunday, February 12"" ""Friday, February 3"" ""Sunday, February 5"" ""Wednesday, February 8"" ""Saturday, February 11"" ""Tuesday,"
"Below is a list of the competing nations; in parentheses are the number of national competitors. From 1948 through 1980, the alpine skiing events at the Winter Olympics also served as the World Championships, held every two years. With the addition of the giant slalom, the combined event was dropped for 1950 and 1952, but returned as a World Championship event in 1954 as a ""paper race"" which used the results from the three events. During the Olympics from 1956 through 1980, World Championship medals were awarded by the FIS for the combined event. The combined returned as a separate"
"since that time. FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1939 The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1939 were held 12–15 February at Kasprowy Wierch in the Western Tatras, south of Zakopane, Poland. Due to World War II, these were the last official championships for nine years, until the 1948 Winter Olympics. Josef Jennewein, Wilhelm Walch and Helga Gödl were Austrians but after the ""Anschluss"" in 1938 they were citizen of ""Nazi""-Germany. The medals which they did win do still count for Germany. Hellmuth Lantschner also was an Austrian but he did change to Germany in 1935 and did start for the"
"Skating World Championships Australia England France USA Events Davis Cup 1938 in sports 1938 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 8th FIS Alpine World Ski Championships are held at Engelberg, Switzerland. The events are a downhill, a slalom and a combined race in both the men's and women's categories. The winners are: World Cup England Spain Germany Italy Portugal France NBL Championship Events Events Lineal world champions Events England Australia India South Africa New Zealand West Indies Tour de France Giro d'Italia Men's professional Men's amateur Women's professional Steeplechases Hurdle races Flat"
"show; top US skier was another jumper, Casper Oimoen, who finished fifth. ""*** This was the first major international ski event in the United States"" 1935 - US sends first alpine team to FIS World Championships The championships returned to Murren, Switzerland, site of the first official alpine championships in 1931. Six men, seven women were on that first official US squad at Worlds. 1936 - Feb. 6-16 - Alpine added to Olympic Winter Games - Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany Alpine skiing was introduced with to the Olympics with a single event, the combined (one downhill run and two slalom runs). While"
"2016–17 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup The International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Skiing World Cup is the premier circuit for alpine skiing competition. The inaugural FIS World Cup season launched in January 1967 and this 51st season began on 22 October 2016 in Sölden, Austria, and concluded in the United States at Aspen on 19 March 2017. The biennial World Championships interrupted the tour in early February in Saint Moritz, Switzerland. The season-ending finals in March were held in North America for the first time in two decades: the last finale in the U.S. was in 1997 at Vail. Chief"
"World Championships of Ski Mountaineering The World Championships of Ski Mountaineering are biannually held ski mountaineering competitions. The events were originally sanctioned by the International Council for Ski Mountaineering Competitions (ISMC). The first official world mastership of the ISMC was carried out in the ""International Year of Mountains"" (2002), declared by the United Nations. The championship was held in Serre Chevalier, France, from January 24 to January 27, 2002. Prior the Italian Trofeo Mezzalama was held as ""World Championship of Ski Mountaineering"" with the classes ""Civilians"", ""Soldiers"" and ""Mountain guides"" in 1975. Because the ISMC merged into the International Ski"
"FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1939 The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1939 were held 12–15 February at Kasprowy Wierch in the Western Tatras, south of Zakopane, Poland. Due to World War II, these were the last official championships for nine years, until the 1948 Winter Olympics. Josef Jennewein, Wilhelm Walch and Helga Gödl were Austrians but after the ""Anschluss"" in 1938 they were citizen of ""Nazi""-Germany. The medals which they did win do still count for Germany. Hellmuth Lantschner also was an Austrian but he did change to Germany in 1935 and did start for the German Ski Federation"
"FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1989 The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1989 were held February 2–12 in the United States at Vail, Colorado. Outside of the Winter Olympics of 1960 and 1980, the alpine world championships returned to the U.S. for the first time since 1950, which were also in Colorado at Aspen. Vail and Beaver Creek later hosted the World Championships a decade later, in 1999, and again in 2015. ""Monday, February 6"" ""Wednesday, February 8"" ""Thursday, February 9"" ""Sunday, February 12"" ""Friday, February 3"" ""Sunday, February 5"" ""Wednesday, February 8"" ""Saturday, February 11"" ""Tuesday, February 7"" ""Thursday,"
"World Para Alpine Skiing Championships The World Para Alpine Skiing Championships, known before the 2017 edition as the IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships, along with the Winter Paralympic Games, are the most prestigious level of international competition in Paralympic alpine skiing. First held in 1974, the World Championships have been held every four years (even-numbered non-Paralympic years) from 198? to 2004; beginning in 2009, they have been held every other year, in odd-numbered years. The change from holding the World Championships every four years to every two was originally set to happen in 2007. The 2007 edition was slated for"
"2018–19 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup The International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Ski World Cup is the premier circuit for alpine skiing competition. The inaugural season launched in January 1967, and the season marks the 53rd consecutive year for the FIS World Cup. This season began in October 2018 in Sölden, Austria, and will conclude in mid-March 2019 at the finals in Soldeu, Andorra. The biennial World Championships will interrupt the tour in early February in Åre, Sweden. Prior to the start of the season, 4-time overall World Cup champion (and 20-time crystal globe winner) Lindsey Vonn of the United"
"racing. 45 racers from Austria, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States took part. Within two years, the popularity of the event brought a major success: in 1930, the International Ski Federation recognized alpine skiing events in addition to the traditional Nordic disciplines. From 1931 until the Second World War, the races were alternately held at Arlberg and Mürren. In 1948, Chamonix became the third host, followed by Sestriere in 1951 and Garmisch-Partenkirchen in 1954. Until the introduction of the World Cup in 1967, the A-K races were the most important alpine ski races besides the Winter Olympics and"
"the first alpine ski race (on the Muckenkogel via Lilienfeld, Austria)(though Crans-Montana in Switzerland had already run the first Kandahar descent race, in January, 1901). This had 24 participants. Zdarsky won, making him the first winner of an official ski race. However the event attained little attention beyond ski enthusiasts, so in 1922 the Englishman Arnold Lunn invented the shorter, but more difficult slalom race, which had greater appeal. During his lifetime nobody suspected Zdarsky had created the basis for a popular sport, and he was considered something of an eccentric inventor. During World War I, he taught mountain troops"
"FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in 1978 and 2011. It was part of Munich's unsuccessful bid for the 2018 Winter Olympics to host all of the skiing events (alpine, cross-country, freestyle, Nordic combined, snowboarding, and ski jumping) for those games should the city that hosted the 1972 Summer Olympics be awarded the games in July 2011. Venues of the 1936 Winter Olympics For the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, a total of six sports venues were used. Alpine skiing events took place for the first time and were held in three different locations. Riessersee held the speed skating and"
"The FIS Ski Flying World Championships was first contested in 1972 in Planica. The Four Hills Tournament has been contested since the 1952–53 season.<ref> Ski jumping Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the longest jump after descending from a specially designed ramp on their skis. Along with jump length, competitor's style and other factors affect the final score. Ski jumping was first contested in Norway in the late 19th century, and later spread through Europe and North America in the early 20th century. Along with cross-country skiing, it constitutes the traditional group of Nordic"
"World Cup season was launched in January 1967, with the 1968 Winter Olympics in France only a year away. Killy was the first World Cup champion in 1967, winning 12 of 17 races to easily take the overall title. He also won the season standings in each of the three ""Classic"" alpine disciplines; he won all five of the downhill races and four of the five giant slalom races. The following year, Killy won the Triple Crown of Alpine Skiing with a sweep of all three Olympic gold medals (downhill, giant slalom, and slalom) in controversial circumstances at the 1968"
"had its first alpine skiing World Cup events run in December 1968. The Olympic test held there in December 1990 was won by 1980 Winter Olympics men's downhill gold medalist Leonhard Stock of Austria. Tignes hosted of the first FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships in February 1986. Construction on most of the venues took place between 1987 and mid 1990 in time for the late 1990 and early 1991 test events. This was the last Winter Olympics in which speed skating was held outdoors. As a result, weather played a factor in three of the ten events run. In the"
"Olympic Games. The four medals won by West Germany were the first in the sport for the country on its own; Germany had previously won medals when unified as a single team. Thirty-three nations sent alpine skiers to compete in the events in Innsbruck. Andorra and San Marino made their Olympic alpine skiing debuts. Below is a list of the competing nations; in parentheses are the number of national competitors. From 1948 through 1980, the alpine skiing events at the Winter Olympics also served as the World Championships, held every two years. With the addition of the giant slalom, the"
"2017–18 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup The International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Ski World Cup was the premier circuit for alpine skiing competition. The inaugural season launched in January 1967, and the season marked the 52nd consecutive year for the FIS World Cup. This season began in October 2017 in Sölden, Austria, and concluded in mid-March at the finals in Åre, Sweden. It was interrupted for most of February by the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea; the speed events were held at Jeongseon Alpine Centre with the technical events at Yongpyong Alpine Centre. Overall Men Ladies Top-5 men Top-5"
"able to win the first and the last event. 1967 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup The 1st World Cup races began in early January in West Germany and concluded in late March in the United States. Jean-Claude Killy of France dominated the men's competition, winning each of the three disciplines and the overall title. Nancy Greene of Canada edged out Marielle Goitschel of France for the women's overall title. Killy's 12 race wins for the season (amazingly, out of only 17 races during the season) stood as the record for wins in a season by a skier (male or female)"
"include the FIS Cup and the Alpen Cup. International Ski Federation was founded in 1924 and in 1979 World Cup was introduced. Between this period of time FIS Race was the top level of international ski jumping competition, not counting Olympics and world championships. All these events listed down below were the top-level competitions of those times. Even competition such as Four Hills Tournament was part of FIS race before World Cup (1953–1979). When World Cup was introduced there were suddenly no FIS races anymore. There was a huge gap of this competition in 1980s. But they returned in 1990s"
"from the World Cup circuit. Five-time overall World Cup champion Marc Girardelli of Luxembourg also retired during the season after suffering another knee injury during a race in December 1996. A break in the schedule was for the 1997 World Championships, held in Sestriere, northwestern Italy, from February 3–15, 1997. 1996–97 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup The 31st World Cup season began in October 1996 in Sölden, Austria, and concluded in March 1997 at the World Cup finals in Vail, Colorado, US The overall winners were Luc Alphand of France and Pernilla Wiberg of Sweden, the first championship for each."
"January 1991"" ""Tuesday, 29 January 1991"" ""Saturday, 2 February 1991"" ""Friday, 1 Friday 1991"" ""Friday, 25 January 1991"" (downhill)<br> ""Thursday, 31 January 1991"" (2 slalom runs) FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1991 The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1991 were held in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria between January 22 and February 3, 1991. Sunshine often hit the snow of Saalbach-Hinterglemm during the competitions, who are remembered as some of the sunniest ever. The competitions also saw the international breakthroughs for skiers who would score major successes throughout the 1990s, like Austria's Stephan Eberharter. and Sweden's Pernilla Wiberg. ""Sunday, 27 January 1991"" ""Wednesday,"
"World Championships. Originally, the IOC did not recognize the medal exchange and kept Haug listed as its 1924 bronze medalist for years before recognizing Haugen as the legitimate medal-winner. 1925 - First World Nordic Championships held in Johannisbad, Czechoslovakia 1931 - First World Alpine Championships held in Murren, Switzerland Skiing was still primarily a European sport in the Twenties. Although the United States participated in the Winter Olympics of 1924, '28 and '32 - where there were only Nordic events, there was no US Ski Team. Athletes were selected for the various championships. 1932 - Feb. 4-15 - Olympic Winter"
"held in Berchtesgaden, West Germany, on January 5, 1967. Jean-Claude Killy of France and Nancy Greene of Canada were the overall winners for the first two seasons. Competitors attempt to achieve the best time in four disciplines: slalom, giant slalom, super G, and downhill. The fifth event, the combined, employs the downhill and slalom. The World Cup originally included only slalom, giant slalom, and downhill races. Combined events (calculated using results from selected downhill and slalom races) were included starting with the 1974–75 season, while the Super G was added for the 1982–83 season. The current scoring system was implemented"
"Colorado. Five skiers had previously earned four medals at a single World Championship (through 1980, the Winter Olympics also served as World Championships for alpine skiing): Toni Sailer of Austria in 1956 at Cortina and in 1958 at Bad Gastein, Marielle Goitschel of France in 1966 at Portillo, Chile, Jean-Claude Killy of France in 1968 at Grenoble, Rosi Mittermaier of Germany in 1976 at Innsbruck, and Pirmin Zurbriggen of Switzerland in 1987 at Crans-Montana; the first four did so when only four medal events were contested, but no one before or since has medaled in all five alpine disciplines, downhill,"
"FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1991 The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1991 were held in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria between January 22 and February 3, 1991. Sunshine often hit the snow of Saalbach-Hinterglemm during the competitions, who are remembered as some of the sunniest ever. The competitions also saw the international breakthroughs for skiers who would score major successes throughout the 1990s, like Austria's Stephan Eberharter. and Sweden's Pernilla Wiberg. ""Sunday, 27 January 1991"" ""Wednesday, 23 January 1991"" ""Sunday, 3 February 1991"" ""Tuesday, 22 January 1991"" ""Monday, 28 January 1991"" (downhill)<br> ""Wednesday, 30 January 1991"" (2 slalom runs) <br> ""Saturday, 26"
"FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1982 The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1982 were held in Schladming, Austria, between 28 January and 7 February 1982. These were the 27th World Championships; the men's races were held at Planai and the women's at Haus im Ennstal. The combined event returned as a separate event, with its own downhill and two slalom runs. From 1954 through 1980, it was a ""paper race"" which used the results from the three races (downhill, giant slalom, and slalom). The combined was last run at the world championships in 1948, the last without the giant slalom"