FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1962

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1962

Host city	Chamonix, Haute-Savoie
Country	France
Events	8
Opening	10 February 1962 (1962-02-10)
Closing	18 February 1962 (1962-02-18)
Opened by	Charles de Gaulle
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Chamonix

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Location in the Alps of Europe

Chamonix

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Location in France

The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1962 were held in France from 10 to 18 February at Chamonix in Haute-Savoie. ^[1]

Chamonix previously hosted the alpine world championships in 1937, and also the first Winter Olympics in 1924, but without alpine skiing, which debuted in 1936.

Men's competitions

Downhill

Date: February 18

Placing	Country	Athlete	Time
1	Austria  (AUT)	Karl Schranz	2:24.33
2	France  (FRA)	Émile Viollat	2:24.82
3	Austria  (AUT)	Egon Zimmermann	2:25.13

Giant slalom

Date: February 15

Placing	Country	Athlete	Time
1	Austria  (AUT)	Egon Zimmermann	1:38.97
2	Austria  (AUT)	Karl Schranz	1:39.12
3	Austria  (AUT)	Martin Burger	1:39.42

Slalom

Date: February 12

Placing	Country	Athlete	Time
1	France  (FRA)	Charles Bozon	2:21.67
2	France  (FRA)	Guy Périllat	2:23.07
3	Austria  (AUT)	Gerhard Nenning	2:24.20

Combined

Placing	Country	Athlete	Points
1	Austria  (AUT)	Karl Schranz	11.04
2	Austria  (AUT)	Gerhard Nenning	33.21
3	West Germany  (FRG)	Ludwig Leitner	64.70

Women's competitions

Downhill

Date: February 18

Placing	Country	Athlete	Time
1	Austria  (AUT)	Christl Haas	2:09.08
2	Italy  (ITA)	Pia Riva	2:12.31
3	United States  (USA)	Barbara Ferries	2:13.76

Giant slalom

Date: February 11

Placing	Country	Athlete	Time
1	Austria  (AUT)	Marianne Jahn	1:41.53
2	Austria  (AUT)	Erika Netzer	1:41.60
3	United States  (USA)	Joan Hannah	1:41.72

Slalom

Date: February 14

Placing	Country	Athlete	Time
1	Austria  (AUT)	Marianne Jahn	1:34.84
2	France  (FRA)	Marielle Goitschel	1:36.30
3	Austria  (AUT)	Erika Netzer	1:38.12

Combined

Placing	Country	Athlete	Points
1	France  (FRA)	Maria Garcia Mirol	41.13
2	Austria  (AUT)	Marianne Jahn	44.78
3	Austria  (AUT)	Erika Netzer	48.33

Medals table

Place	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Austria  (AUT)	6	4	5	15
2	France  (FRA)	2	3	–	5
3	Italy  (ITA)	–	1	–	1
4	United States  (USA)	–	–	2	2
5	West Germany  (FRG)	–	–	1	1

References

1. de:Alpine Skiweltmeisterschaft 1962

External links

• FIS-ski.com - results - 1962 World Championships - Chamonix, France
• FIS-ski.com - official results for the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships

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