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.[1][2][3]

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1991
Host citySaalbach-Hinterglemm, Salzburg, Austria
Events10
Opening ceremony22 January 1991
Closing ceremony3 February 1991
Officially opened byKurt Waldheim
Saalbach-
Hinterglemm
Location in the Alps of Europe
Saalbaach-
Hinterglemm
Location in Austria

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 Franz Heinzer 1:54.91
2 Peter Runggaldier 1:55.16
3 Daniel Mahrer 1:55.57

Super-G

Wednesday, 23 January 1991

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

Giant Slalom

Sunday, 3 February 1991

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

Slalom

Tuesday, 22 January 1991

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

Combination

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

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

Women's competitions

Downhill

Saturday, 26 January 1991

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

Super G

Tuesday, 29 January 1991

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

Giant Slalom

Saturday, 2 February 1991

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

Slalom

Friday, 1 February 1991

Placing Country Athlete Time
1 Vreni Schneider 1:25.90
2 Nataša Bokal 1:26.06
3 Ingrid Salvenmoser 1:26.56

Combination

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

Placing Country Athlete Time
1 Chantal Bournissen 26.45
2 Ingrid Stöckl 33.76
3 Vreni Schneider 42.13

Medals table
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 (11 February 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


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