FIS Alpine World Ski Championships
gold medal
Statusactive
Genresporting event
Date(s)January–February
Frequencybiennial
Location(s)various
Inaugurated1931 (1931)
Organised byFIS

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

YearPlaceCountryYearOfficial FIS designation[2]Events
1931Mürren   SwitzerlandFIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1931  1st Alpine World Ski Championships4
1932Cortina d'Ampezzo ItalyFIS Alpine World Ski Championships 19322nd Alpine World Ski Championships6
1933Innsbruck AustriaFIS Alpine World Ski Championships 19333rd Alpine World Ski Championships6
1934St. Moritz   SwitzerlandFIS Alpine World Ski Championships 19344th Alpine World Ski Championships6
1935Mürren   SwitzerlandFIS Alpine World Ski Championships 19355th Alpine World Ski Championships6
1936Innsbruck AustriaFIS Alpine World Ski Championships 19366th Alpine World Ski Championships6
1937Chamonix FranceFIS Alpine World Ski Championships 19377th Alpine World Ski Championships6
1938Engelberg   SwitzerlandFIS Alpine World Ski Championships 19388th Alpine World Ski Championships6
1939Zakopane PolandFIS Alpine World Ski Championships 19399th Alpine World Ski Championships6
1941Cortina d'Ampezzo ItalyFIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1941none[1]-
1948St. Moritz   Switzerland1948 Winter Olympics10th Alpine World Ski Championships6
1950Aspen, Colorado United StatesFIS Alpine World Ski Championships 195011th Alpine World Ski Championships6
1952Oslo Norway1952 Winter Olympics12th Alpine World Ski Championships6
1954Åre SwedenFIS Alpine World Ski Championships 195413th Alpine World Ski Championships8
1956Cortina d'Ampezzo Italy1956 Winter Olympics14th Alpine World Ski Championships6
1958Badgastein AustriaFIS Alpine World Ski Championships 195815th Alpine World Ski Championships6
1960Squaw Valley, California United States1960 Winter Olympics16th Alpine World Ski Championships6
1962Chamonix FranceFIS Alpine World Ski Championships 196217th Alpine World Ski Championships8
1964Innsbruck Austria1964 Winter Olympics18th Alpine World Ski Championships6
1966Portillo ChileFIS Alpine World Ski Championships 196619th Alpine World Ski Championships6
1968Grenoble France1968 Winter Olympics20th Alpine World Ski Championships6
1970Val Gardena ItalyFIS Alpine World Ski Championships 197021st Alpine World Ski Championships8
1972Sapporo Japan1972 Winter Olympics22nd Alpine World Ski Championships6
1974St. Moritz   SwitzerlandFIS Alpine World Ski Championships 197423rd Alpine World Ski Championships8
1976Innsbruck Austria1976 Winter Olympics24th Alpine World Ski Championships6
1978Garmisch-Partenkirchen West GermanyFIS Alpine World Ski Championships 197825th Alpine World Ski Championships6
1980Lake Placid, New York United States1980 Winter Olympics26th Alpine World Ski Championships6
1982Schladming AustriaFIS Alpine World Ski Championships 198227th Alpine World Ski Championships8
1985Bormio ItalyFIS Alpine World Ski Championships 198528th Alpine World Ski Championships10
1987Crans-Montana   SwitzerlandFIS Alpine World Ski Championships 198729th Alpine World Ski Championships10
1989Vail, Colorado United StatesFIS Alpine World Ski Championships 198930th Alpine World Ski Championships10
1991Saalbach AustriaFIS Alpine World Ski Championships 199131st Alpine World Ski Championships10
1993Morioka JapanFIS Alpine World Ski Championships 199332nd Alpine World Ski Championships9
1996Sierra Nevada SpainFIS Alpine World Ski Championships 199633rd Alpine World Ski Championships10
1997Sestriere ItalyFIS Alpine World Ski Championships 199734th Alpine World Ski Championships10
1999Vail/Beaver Creek, CO United StatesFIS Alpine World Ski Championships 199935th Alpine World Ski Championships10
2001St. Anton AustriaFIS Alpine World Ski Championships 200136th Alpine World Ski Championships10
2003St. Moritz   SwitzerlandFIS Alpine World Ski Championships 200337th Alpine World Ski Championships10
2005Bormio ItalyFIS Alpine World Ski Championships 200538th Alpine World Ski Championships11
2007Åre SwedenFIS Alpine World Ski Championships 200739th Alpine World Ski Championships11
2009Val d'Isère FranceFIS Alpine World Ski Championships 200940th Alpine World Ski Championships10
2011Garmisch-Partenkirchen GermanyFIS Alpine World Ski Championships 201141st Alpine World Ski Championships11
2013Schladming AustriaFIS Alpine World Ski Championships 201342nd Alpine World Ski Championships11
2015Vail/Beaver Creek, CO United StatesFIS Alpine World Ski Championships 201543rd Alpine World Ski Championships11
2017St. Moritz   SwitzerlandFIS Alpine World Ski Championships 201744th Alpine World Ski Championships11
2019Åre SwedenFIS Alpine World Ski Championships 201945th Alpine World Ski Championships11
2021Cortina d'Ampezzo ItalyFIS Alpine World Ski Championships 202146th Alpine World Ski Championships13
2023Courchevel-Méribel FranceFIS Alpine World Ski Championships 202347th Alpine World Ski Championships13
2025Saalbach AustriaFIS Alpine World Ski Championships 202548th Alpine World Ski Championships13
2027Crans-Montana   SwitzerlandFIS Alpine World Ski Championships 202749th Alpine World Ski Championships13
  •     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.

CountryWorld Championships hostedEarliest
year		  Latest  
year		Future
Total numberIndependentShared with
Olympics
   Switzerland981193120172027
 Austria972193320132025
 Italy76119322021
 United States64219502015
 France54119372023
 Sweden33019542019
 Germany22019782011
 Japan21119721993
 Poland1101939
 Chile1101966
 Spain1101996
 Norway1011952
Totals4738919312023

Events

Event3132333435363738394850525456586062646668707274767880828587899193969799010305070911131517192123
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 Events46666666666688888888888888881010109101010101011111011111111111313

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
1Marcel Hirscher Austria20132019 7 **4– 11 **
2Toni Sailer Austria1956195871–8
3Jean-Claude Killy France196619686––6
4Kjetil André Aamodt Norway1991200354312
5Aksel Lund Svindal Norway200520195229
6Gustav Thöni Italy1972197652–7
7Ingemar Stenmark Sweden197619825117
8Ted Ligety United States200920155–27
9Marc Girardelli Luxembourg1985199644311
10Pirmin Zurbriggen  Switzerland198519894419

Women

Rank Skier Country From To Gold Silver Bronze Total
1Christl CranzGermany Germany19341939123–15
2Mikaela Shiffrin United States2013202374314
3Marielle Goitschel France1962196874–11
4Anja Pärson Sweden200120117 2 * 4 * 13 **
5Erika Hess  Switzerland198019876–17
6Annemarie Moser-Pröll Austria197019805229
7Janica Kostelić Croatia200320055––5
8Tina Maze Slovenia2009201545–9
9Hanni Wenzel Liechtenstein197419804329
10Pernilla Wiberg Sweden199119994116

* 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
Austria Toni Sailer1956–1958472—212
France Jean-Claude Killy1966–1968462—112
 Switzerland  Pirmin Zurbriggen1985–198744111—1

Women

Skier Period Different discipline titles won Wins DH SG GS SL KB
Sweden Anja Pärson2001–20075712211
United States Mikaela Shiffrin2013–202347—1141
France Marielle Goitschel1962–1968471—213
Slovenia Tina Maze2011–201544111—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

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Austria3306
2 France2013
3 Norway1102
4 Germany1023
5  Switzerland1012
6 United States1001
7 Sweden0336
8 Canada0112
9 Slovakia0101
10 Italy0011
Totals (10 entries)99927

See also

References and notes

  1. 1 2 "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.
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