FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1991

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

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1991
Host citySaalbach-Hinterglemm, Salzburg, Austria
Events10
Opening22 January 1991
Closing3 February 1991
Opened byKurt Waldheim
Saalbach-Hinterglemm is located in Alps
Saalbach-Hinterglemm
Saalbach-
Hinterglemm
Location in the Alps of Europe
Saalbaach-Hinterglemm is located in Austria
Saalbaach-Hinterglemm
Saalbaach-
Hinterglemm
Location in Austria

Sunshine often hit the snow of Saalbach-Hinterglemm during the competitions, which 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]

The United States Ski Team arrived late, after two races had been completed.[3][7] Due to the Gulf War and associated security concerns, the team had withdrawn from World Cup competitions the previous week and returned home to North America.[8]

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
Source:[9]

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
Source:[10]

Giant Slalom

Sunday, 3 February 1991

Placing Country Athlete Time Run 1 Run 2
1 Austria Rudolf Nierlich 2:29.94 1:16.73 1:13.21
2 Switzerland Urs Kälin 2:30.29 1:17.59 1:12.70
3 Sweden Johan Wallner 2:30.73 1:17.31 1:13.42
Source:[11]

Slalom

Tuesday, 22 January 1991

Placing Country Athlete Time Run 1 Run 2
1 Luxembourg Marc Girardelli 1:55.38 57.96 57.42
2 Austria Thomas Stangassinger 1:55.96 58.64 57.32
3 Norway Ole Kristian Furuseth 1:56.00 58.92 57.08
Source:[12]

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
Source:[13]

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
Source:[14]

Giant Slalom

Saturday, 2 February 1991

Placing Country Athlete Time Run 1 Run 2
1 Sweden Pernilla Wiberg 2:07.45 1:04.50 1:02.95
2 Austria Ulrike Maier 2:07.61 1:03.41 1:04.20
3 Germany Traudl Hächer 2:08.03 1:04.05 1:03.98
Source:[15]

Slalom

Friday, 1 February 1991

Placing Country Athlete Time Run 1 Run 2
1 Switzerland Vreni Schneider 1:25.90 41.97 43.93
2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nataša Bokal 1:26.06 43.00 43.06
3 Austria Ingrid Salvenmoser 1:26.56 42.35 44.21
Source:[16]

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

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. Retrieved 7 February 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.
  7. "U.S. ski team returning to championships". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). Associated Press. 24 January 1991. p. D5.
  8. "U.S. ski team withdraws from Cup". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). Associated Press. 17 January 1991. p. D5.
  9. "Skiing: World Championships – (Men's) downhill". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). 28 January 1991. p. 4B.
  10. "Skiing: World Championships – Men's super giant slalom". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). 24 January 1991. p. 4F.
  11. "Skiing: World Championships – Men's giant slalom". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). 4 February 1991. p. 4B.
  12. "Skiing: World Championships – Men's slalom". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). 23 January 1991. p. 6C.
  13. "Skiing: World Championships – (Women's) downhill". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). 27 January 1991. p. 9E.
  14. "Skiing: World Championships – (Women's) super giant slalom". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). 30 January 1991. p. 4B.
  15. "Skiing: World Championships – Women's giant slalom". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). 3 February 1991. p. 8E.
  16. "Skiing: World Championships – (Women's) slalom". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). 2 February 1991. p. 4B.
  • FIS-ski.com – results – 1991 World Championships – Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria
  • FIS-ski.com – results – World Championships

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