FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1991

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1991
Host city Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Salzburg, Austria
Events 10
Opening ceremony 22 January 1991
Closing ceremony 3 February 1991
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Saalbach-
Hinterglemm
Location in the Alps of Europe
Saalbaach-
Hinterglemm
Location in Austria

The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1991 were held in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria between January 22 and February 3, 1991.[1][2][3]

Sunshine often hit the snow of Saalbach-Hinterglemm during the competitions, who are remembered as some of the sunniest ever.[4] The competitions also saw the international breakthroughs for skiers who would score major successes throughout the 1990s, like Austria's Stephan Eberharter.[5] and Sweden's Pernilla Wiberg.[6]

Men's competitions

Downhill

Sunday, 27 January 1991

Placing Country Athlete Time
1 Switzerland Franz Heinzer 1:54.91
2 Italy Peter Runggaldier 1:55.16
3 Switzerland Daniel Mahrer 1:55.57

Super-G

Wednesday, 23 January 1991

Placing Country Athlete Time
1 Austria Stephan Eberharter 1:26.73
2 Norway Kjetil André Aamodt 1:28.27
3 France Franck Piccard 1:28.55

Giant Slalom

Sunday, 3 February 1991

Placing Country Athlete Time
1 Austria Rudolf Nierlich 2:29.94
2 Switzerland Urs Kälin 2:30.29
3 Sweden Johan Wallner 2:30.73

Slalom

Tuesday, 22 January 1991

Placing Country Athlete Time
1 Luxembourg Marc Girardelli 1:55.38
2 Austria Thomas Stangassinger 1:55.96
3 Norway Ole Kristian Furuseth 1:56.00

Combination

Monday, 28 January 1991   (downhill)
Wednesday, 30 January 1991   (2 slalom runs)

Placing Country Athlete Points
1 Austria Stephan Eberharter 16.28
2 Italy Kristian Ghedina 26.41
3 Austria Günther Mader 27.54


Women's competitions

Downhill

Saturday, 26 January 1991

Placing Country Athlete Time
1 Austria Petra Kronberger 1:29.12
2 France Nathalie Bouvier 1:29.56
3 Soviet Union Svetlana Gladisheva 1:29.63

Super G

Tuesday, 29 January 1991

Placing Country Athlete Time
1 Austria Ulrike Maier 1:08.72
2 France Carole Merle 1:08.83
3 Austria Anita Wachter 1:08.85

Giant Slalom

Saturday, 2 February 1991

Placing Country Athlete Time
1 Sweden Pernilla Wiberg 2:07.45
2 Austria Ulrike Maier 2:07.61
3 Germany Traudl Hächer 2:08.03

Slalom

Friday, 1 Friday 1991

Placing Country Athlete Time
1 Switzerland Vreni Schneider 1:25.90
2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nataša Bokal 1:26.06
3 Austria Ingrid Salvenmoser 1:26.56

Combination

Friday, 25 January 1991   (downhill)
Thursday, 31 January 1991   (2 slalom runs)

Placing Country Athlete Time
1 Switzerland Chantal Bournissen 26.45
2 Austria Ingrid Stöckl 33.76
3 Switzerland Vreni Schneider 42.13
Place Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Austria 5 3 3 11
2   Switzerland 3 1 2 6
3  Sweden 1 - 1 2
4  Luxembourg 1 - - 1
5  France - 2 1 3
6  Italy - 2 - 2
7  Norway - 1 1 2
8  Yugoslavia - 1 - 1
9  Germany - - 1 1
 Soviet Union - - 1 1

References

  1. ↑ German Wikipedia article
  2. ↑ Ski DataBase. Accessed February 7, 2010.
  3. ↑ Johnson, William Oscar; Verschoth, Anita (February 11, 1991). "White Heat". Sports Illustrated,. p. 38.
  4. ↑ "VM 2023: Mach's noch einmal, Saalbach-Hinterglemm" (in German). Skiing Penguin. 15 May 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  5. ↑ "Making a name for themselves". BBC. 22 December 2002. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  6. ↑ "Här har du din karriär, Pillan" (in Swedish). Svenska dagbladet. 12 April 2002. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  • FIS-ski.com – results – 1991 World Championships – Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria
  • FIS-ski.com – results – World Championships

Coordinates: 47°23′24″N 12°38′13″E / 47.390°N 12.637°E / 47.390; 12.637


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