FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007

39th FIS Alpine World Ski Championships
Host city	Åre, Sweden
Events	11
Opening ceremony	2 February 2007
Closing ceremony	18 February 2007
Officially opened by	Carl XVI Gustaf

The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007 were the 39th FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, held 2–18 February in Åre, Sweden. Åre previously hosted the world championships in 1954, and often hosts late season World Cup events.

Åre

Location of Åre in Sweden

Åre

Location of Åre in Europe

The FIS awarded the 2007 event in 2002; other finalists were Lillehammer, Norway, and Val-d'Isère, France, which was later selected to host the 2009 championships.

These were the first world championships to use the "super-combined" format (one run each of downhill and slalom) for the combined event. First run on the World Cup circuit in 2005 at Wengen, the "super-combi" format (SC) made its debut at the Winter Olympics in 2010. The traditional combined format (K) consists of one downhill run and two slalom runs.

Venues

The World Championships Arena was accessed via the "VM-8an," an 8-passenger hybrid lift installed in 2006.
The races were held on the Gästrappet, Lundsrappet, Störtloppet and VM-Störtloppet slopes.
The medal ceremonies were held at the Medal Plaza at Åre Torg.
The opening ceremony was held at the Festival Arena, situated outside the Holiday Club Hotel by Lake Åre.

Course information

A view of Åre Lake from the ski area

"VM 8:an" hybrid lift, installed in 2006
for the 2007 World Championships

**Course information** (metric)
Race	Start elevation	Finish elevation	Vertical drop	Course length	Minimum gradient	Maximum gradient	Average gradient
Downhill – men	1240 m	396 m	844 m	2.922 km	7%	69%	33%
Downhill – women	1055	396	659	2.236	14%	69%	31%
Super-G – men	1033	396	637	2.127	10%	69%	34%
Super-G – women	971	396	575	1.903	14%	69%	32%
Giant slalom – men	812	396	416	1.308	13%	69%	35%
Giant slalom – women	796	396	400	1.257	17%	48%	36%
Slalom – men	615	396	219	0.740	19%	48%	32%
Slalom – women	582	396	186	0.62	14%	48%	32%

**Course information** (imperial)
Race	Start elevation	Finish elevation	Vertical drop	Course length	Minimum gradient	Maximum gradient	Average gradient
Downhill – men	4068 ft	1299 ft	2769 ft	1.816 mi.	7%	69%	33%
Downhill – women	3461	1299	2162	1.389	14%	69%	31%
Super-G – men	3389	1299	2090	1.322	10%	69%	34%
Super-G – women	3186	1299	1887	1.182	14%	69%	32%
Giant slalom – men	2664	1299	1365	0.813	13%	69%	35%
Giant slalom – women	2612	1299	1313	0.781	17%	48%	36%
Slalom – men	2018	1299	719	0.460	19%	48%	32%
Slalom – women	1909	1299	610	0.388	14%	48%	32%

Opening ceremony

2 February 19:00

The King of Sweden, Carl XVI Gustaf, officially opened the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships

Men's events

Men's downhill

10 February 12:30. Race postponed to 11 February 10:00 CET due to foggy weather conditions.

Name	Nation	Time	Diff.
Aksel Lund Svindal	NOR	1:44.68
Jan Hudec	CAN	1:45.40	+0.72
Patrik Järbyn	SWE	1:45.65	+0.97

Men's super-G

Originally planned for 3 February 12:30; postponed to 5 February due to wind conditions.

Race was postponed for a second time, to 6 February 10:00 CET.[1]

Name	Nation	Time	Diff.
Patrick Staudacher	ITA	1:14.30
Fritz Strobl	AUT	1:14.62	+0.32
Bruno Kernen	SUI	1:14.92	+0.62

Men's giant slalom

Qualification: 12 February 10:00/13:30

Final: 14 February 10:00/13:00

Name	Nation	Time	Diff.
Aksel Lund Svindal	NOR	2:19.64
Daniel Albrecht	SUI	2:20.12	+0.48
Didier Cuche	SUI	2:20.56	+0.92

Men's slalom

Qualification: 15 February 10:00/13:30

Final: 17 February 10:00/13:00

Name	Nation	Time	Diff.
Mario Matt	AUT	1:57.33
Manfred Mölgg	ITA	1:59.14	+1.81
Jean-Baptiste Grange	FRA	1:59.54	+2.21

Men's super combined

8 February 12:30/16:00

Name	Nation	Time	Diff.
Daniel Albrecht	SUI	2:28.99
Benjamin Raich	AUT	2:29.07	+0.08
Marc Berthod	SUI	2:29.23	+0.24

Women's events

Women's downhill

11 February 12:30

Name	Nation	Time	Diff.
Anja Pärson	SWE	1:26.89
Lindsey C. Kildow	USA	1:27.29	+0.40
Nicole Hosp	AUT	1:27.37	+0.48

Women's super-G

Originally planned for 4 February 12:30; postponed to 6 February due to wind conditions.[2]

Name	Nation	Time	Diff.
Anja Pärson	SWE	1:18.85
Lindsey C. Kildow	USA	1:19.17	+0.32
Renate Götschl	AUT	1:19.38	+0.53

Women's giant slalom

13 February 17:00/20:00

Name	Nation	Time	Diff.
Nicole Hosp	AUT	2:31.72
Maria Pietilä-Holmner	SWE	2:32.57	+ 0.85
Denise Karbon	ITA	2:32.69	+ 0.97

Women's slalom

16 February 17:00/20:00

Name	Nation	Time	Diff.
Šárka Záhrobská	CZE	1:43.91
Marlies Schild	AUT	1:44.02	+0.11
Anja Pärson	SWE	1:44.07	+0.16

Women's super combined

9 February 12:30/16:00

Name	Nation	Time	Diff.
Anja Pärson	SWE	1:57.69
Julia Mancuso	USA	1:58.50	+0.81
Marlies Schild	AUT	1:58.54	+0.85

Team event

Nations team event

18 February 10:00/13:00

This competition was part of the World Championships for the second time. Six athletes from each country, including at least two men and two women, compete in a total of four super-G and four slalom runs. Each country sends one athlete into each run, alternating between men and women. The placings of all eight competitions are added, and the country with the lowest number wins. If an athlete doesn't finish the run, gets disqualified or scores a time worse than 108% of the winning time, an extra penalty is incurred. If an athlete doesn't start, an even greater penalty is incurred.

Name	Nation	SG1	SG2	SG3	SG4	SL1	SL2	SL3	SL4	Total
Renate Götschl Michaela Kirchgasser Marlies Schild Mario Matt Fritz Strobl Benjamin Raich	AUT	1	1	1	2	4	4	1	4	18
Anna Ottosson Anja Pärson Jens Byggmark Patrik Järbyn Markus Larsson Hans Olsson	SWE	4	8	4	7	1	2	2	5	33
Sandra Gini Rabea Grand Nadia Styger Fabienne Suter Daniel Albrecht Marc Berthod	SUI	11	3	2	1	2	5	4	11	39

Medal table

Place	Nation				Total
1	Austria	3	3	3	9
2	Sweden	3	2	2	7
3	Norway	2	0	0	2
4	Switzerland	1	1	4	6
5	Italy	1	1	1	3
6	Czech Republic	1	0	0	1
7	United States	0	3	0	3
8	Canada	0	1	0	1
9	France	0	0	1	1

Participating nations

60 nations participated: (number of athletes in parentheses)

Andorra (2)
Argentina (2)
Armenia (7)
Australia (5)
Austria (26)
Belgium (5)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (9)
Brazil (3)
Bulgaria (4)
Canada (20)
Chile (4)
China (10)
Croatia (10)
Cyprus (3)
Czech Republic (14)

Denmark (6)
Estonia (2)
Finland (12)
France (23)
Georgia (3)
Germany (18)
Ghana (1)
Great Britain (4)
Greece (2)
Hungary (8)
Iceland (10)
Iran (9)
Ireland (4)
Israel (1)
Italy (24)

Poland (6)
Romania (3)
Russia (6)
San Marino (2)
Senegal (1)
Serbia (6)
Slovakia (4)
Slovenia (16)
Spain (6)
Sweden (19)
Switzerland (14)
Turkey (4)
Ukraine (2)
United States (18)
Uzbekistan (4)

References

http://www.are2007.com/parser.php?did=2007:4583%5B%5D
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 4 February 2007.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

Are 2007.com – official site
FIS-ski.com – results – 2007 World Championships – Åre, Sweden
FIS-ski.com – results – World Championships
Ski-db.com – results – 2007 Aare
wm07.blogspot.com – a list of links related to the championships

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[1] ttp://www.are2007.com/parser.php?did=2007:4583%5B%5D

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 4 February 2007.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)