2002 World Championship of Ski Mountaineering

The 2002 World Championship of Ski Mountaineering (French : Championnats du Monde de Ski de Montagne 2002) was the first World Championship of Ski Mountaineering sanctioned by the International Council for Ski Mountaineering Competitions (ISMC), held at Serre Chevalier in the former French province Dauphiné from January 24 to January 27, 2002. In due to the heavy snowfall all events were postponed one day ^[1]

The event was supported by the Fédération française de la montagne et de l’escalade (FFME). The 230 participants were from 22 nations and from three continents. Compared to the 1975 Trofeo Mezzalama, which was also held as "World Championship of Ski Mountaineering" with the classes "Civilians", "Soldiers" and "Mountain guides", ^[2] the ICSM competition was only for members of the civilian national squads. Participants from countries without a squad could register with the help of the national mountain organizations.

Equipment

The equipment of the participants was very different:

The start line scene set the stage, with all the techno-light skis of the Europeans

contrasted with a pair of ‘fat’ skis and then a pair of ‘tele’ skis representing Team Canada. Our race suits were Gore-Tex, not Lycra, and we had no logos. By the graciousness of some other countries being slower than us, we did not place last. The best line we heard was from the Polish team, whom we passed on the downhill at high speed saying, “You guys can sure ski down hill fast.” Which meant that we were very

slow on the uphills! ^[3]

— team race's report of the Canadian athlete Richard Haywood, ACMG

The weight of the ultra-light skis of the European top teams was only about ^{[ clarification needed ]} including binding. These teams also had the mentioned race suits as well as long and light Nordic skiing poles.

Results

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Nation ranking and medals

(all age groups)

ranking	country	individual				team
		points				points				total points
1	France	1122	3	3	4	510	1	2	1	1632
2	Italy	812	2	3	2	426	1			1238
3	Switzerland	842	2	2	1	312				1154
4	Slovakia	542				252			1	794
5	Spain	582			1	196				778
6	Germany	132				144				276
7	Andorra	184	1			72				256
8	Austria	92				90				182
9	Bulgaria	127				22				149
10	Poland	45				74				119
11	Romania	61				30				91
12	Liechtenstein	66								66
13	Czech Republic	2				56				58
14	Greece	3				32				35
15	Belgium	3				22				25
16	United States	21								21
17	Canada	1				10				11
18	Argentina	1				8				9
19	Chile					4				4
20	Russia	2				2				4
21	Denmark					2				2
22	South Korea					1				1

Team

event held on January 24, 2002
length: 19 kilometers
altitude differences:

• ascent: 1,623m
• downhill: 1,623m

List of the 10 best teams by gender:

Women ranking team total time   Ducognon/Oggeri 02h 26' 13.24"   Favre/Toïgo 02h 29' 11.63"   Bourillon/Lathuraz 02h 29' 31.10" 4   Raso/Pellissier 02h 31' 44.45" 5  Luyet/Mabillard 02h 32' 37.23" 6   Madajová/Paliderová 02h 35' 27.82" 7  Vaudey/S. Champange 02h 37' 18.92" 8  Gachet/Guet 02h 41' 14.36" 9   Baudena/Bones 02h 43' 26.67" 10   Zimmermann/Magnenat 02h 44' 03.82"

Men ranking team total time   Murada/Boscacci 01h 56' 34.16"   Sbalbi/Patrick Blanc 01h 57' 34.77"   Leitner/Svätojánsky 01h 58' 27.14" 4   B. Blanc/C. Champange 01h 58' 57.21" 5   Brosse/Gignoux 01h 59' 30.43" 6   Meilleur/Tomio 02h 00' 26.17" 7   Hug/Schuwey 02h 00' 35" 8  Fontana/Negroni 02h 01' 22.33" 9  Nicolini/Mezzanotte 02h 01' 27.84" 10   Trizna/Madaj 02h 02' 23.82"

Individual

event held on January 27, 2002

• male participants total (all age groups): 90
• female participants total (all age groups): 34
• altitude difference:
  • ascent: 1,505m
  • downhill: 1,505m

List of the best 10 participants by gender:

Women ranking participant total time   Valérie Ducognon 01h 51' 59"   Gloriana Pellissier 01h 51' 59.3"   Catherine Mabillard 01h 56' 28" 4   Delphine Oggeri 01h 57' 12.63" 5   Corinne Favre 01h 58' 02" 6   Jana Madajová 02h 00' 02" 7   Carole Toïgo 02h 00' 14" 8   Anne Bochatay 02h 00' 50" 9  Miroslava Paliderová 02h 00' 51" 10   Véronique Lathuraz 02h 01' 05"

Men ranking participant total time   Stéphane Brosse 01h 29' 31.43"   Patrick Blanc 01h 30' 34.25"   Carlo Battel 01h 31' 38.79" 4   Ivan Murada 01h 32' 29.18" 5   Cédric Tomio 01h 32' 57" 6   Pierre-Marie Taramarcaz 01h 34' 48" 7   Alexander Hug 01h 34' 52.73" 8   Olivier Nägele 01h 35' 05" 9   Fabio Meraldi 01h 35' 22" 10   Emmanuel Blanc 01h 35' 23.39"

Combination ranking

(individual and team rankings)

List of the best 10 participants by gender:

Women ranking participant   Valérie Ducognon   Delphine Oggeri   Gloriana Pellissier 4   Corinne Favre 5   Catherine Mabillard 6   Carole Toïgo 7   Véronique Lathuraz 8   Nathalie Bourillon 9   Jana Madajová 10  Miroslava Paliderová

Men ranking participant   Patrick Blanc   Stéphane Brosse   Ivan Murada 4   Graziano Boscacci 5   Cédric Tomio 6   Tony Sbalbi 7   Bertrand Blanc 8   Alexander Hug 9  Cyril Champange 10  Luciano Fontana

References

1. Weltmeisterschaften im Skibergsteigen-Januar 2002 - erste WM im Skibergsteigen (German review), mountains2b.com.
2. Rolf Majcen: Weltmeisterschaften im Skibergsteigen (German), February, 2004.
3. Ski Mountaineering World Championships Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine , Off Pist, Vol. 4, Issue 8, March, 2002, p. 4.
4. Ski Mountaineering World Championship Archived 2012-02-20 at archive.today , www.skieverest.com.
5. Ski Mountaineering World Championship-Team Archived 2012-02-20 at archive.today , www.skieverest.com.