Host city | Innsbruck |
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Country | Austria |
Events | 6 |
Opening | 6 February 1933 |
Closing | 10 February 1933 |
Opened by | Wilhelm Miklas |
The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1933 in alpine skiing were the third edition of the competition, organized by the International Ski Federation (FIS) and held in Innsbruck, Austria in February 1933. [1]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Downhill [2] [3] | Walter Prager | David Zogg | Hans Hauser |
Slalom [4] | Anton Seelos | Gustav Lantschner | Fritz Steuri |
Combined [5] | Anton Seelos | Fritz Steuri | Otto Furrer |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Downhill [6] | Inge Wersin-Lantschner | Nini von Arx-Zogg | Gerda Paumgarten |
Slalom [7] | Inge Wersin-Lantschner | Helena Boughton | Helena Zingg |
Combined [8] | Inge Wersin-Lantschner | Gerda Paumgarten | Jeanette Kessler |
* Host nation (Austria)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Austria (AUT)* | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
2 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
3 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Totals (3 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
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