FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1987

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1987

Host city	Crans-Montana
Country	Switzerland
Events	10
Opening	27 January 1987 (1987-01-27)
Closing	8 February 1987 (1987-02-08)
Opened by	Pierre Aubert
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Crans-Montana

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Location in the Alps of Europe

Crans-Montana

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Location in Switzerland

The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1987 were held in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, from 27 January to 8 February 1987. ^[1]

The alpine world championships included Super-G for the first time; ^[2] it was first run on the World Cup level four seasons earlier, in December 1982.

The host Swiss team won eight gold medals out of ten, including all five women's events.

Men's competitions

Downhill

Date: January 31

Placing	Country	Athlete	Time
1	Switzerland	Peter Müller	2:07:80
2	Switzerland	Pirmin Zurbriggen	2:08.13
3	Switzerland	Karl Alpiger	2:08.20

Source: ^[3]

Super-G

Date: February 2

Placing	Country	Athlete	Time
1	Switzerland	Pirmin Zurbriggen	1:19.93
2	Luxembourg	Marc Girardelli	1:20.80
3	West Germany	Markus Wasmeier	1:21.08

Source: ^[2]

Giant Slalom

Date: February 4

Placing	Country	Athlete	Time	Run 1	Run 2
1	Switzerland	Pirmin Zurbriggen	2:32.38	1:17.52	1:14.86
2	Luxembourg	Marc Girardelli	2:32.45	1:17.93	1:14.52
3	Italy	Alberto Tomba	2:33.13	1:17.88	1:15.25

Source: ^[4]

Slalom

Date: February 8

Placing	Country	Athlete	Time	Run 1	Run 2
1	West Germany	Frank Wörndl	1:54.63	1:00.60	54.03
2	Austria	Günther Mader	1:54.82	1:00.96	53.86
3	West Germany	Armin Bittner	1:55.03	1:00.59	54.44

Source: ^[5]

Combination

Date: January 27, February 1

Placing	Country	Athlete	Points
1	Luxembourg	Marc Girardelli	28.27
2	Switzerland	Pirmin Zurbriggen	30.54
3	Austria	Günther Mader	41.96

Source: ^[6]

Women's competitions

Downhill

Date: February 1

Placing	Country	Athlete	Time
1	Switzerland	Maria Walliser	1:43.80
2	Switzerland	Michela Figini	1:44.11
3	West Germany	Regine Mösenlechner	1:44.86

Source: ^[6]

Super-G

Date: February 3

Placing	Country	Athlete	Time
1	Switzerland	Maria Walliser	1:19.17
2	Switzerland	Michela Figini	1:20.18
3	Yugoslavia	Mateja Svet	1.20.23

Source: ^{[7] [8]}

Giant Slalom

Date: February 5

Placing	Country	Athlete	Time	Run 1	Run 2
1	Switzerland	Vreni Schneider	2:21.22	1:09.96	1:11.26
2	Yugoslavia	Mateja Svet	2:21.78	1:10.84	1:10.94
3	Switzerland	Maria Walliser	2:23.51	1:12.49	1:11.02

Source: ^[9]

Slalom

Date: February 7

Placing	Country	Athlete	Time	Run 1	Run 2
1	Switzerland	Erika Hess	1:33.30	46.79	46.51
2	Austria	Roswitha Steiner	1:33.55	45.46	48.09
3	Yugoslavia	Mateja Svet	1:34.39	47.23	47.16

Source: ^[10]

Combination

Date: January 29–30

Placing	Country	Athlete	Points
1	Switzerland	Erika Hess	15.32
2	Austria	Sylvia Eder	18.66
3	United States	Tamara McKinney	24.41

Source: ^{[11] [12]}

Medals table

Place	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Switzerland	8	4	2	14
2	Luxembourg	1	2	-	3
3	West Germany	1	-	3	4
4	Austria	-	3	1	4
5	Yugoslavia	-	1	2	3
6	Italy	-	-	1	1
	United States	-	-	1	1

References

1. de:Alpine Skiweltmeisterschaft 1987
2. "Skiers differ on benefits of new event". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. February 3, 1987. p. 3D.
3. "Skiing: Downhill". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. February 1, 1987. p. 8E.
4. "Zurbriggen claims second gold". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. February 5, 1987. p. 4C.
5. "West German upsets winner in slalom race". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. February 9, 1987. p. 2B.
6. "Girardelli wins combined title". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. February 2, 1987. p. 4B.
7. "Swiss win fifth gold in world skiing". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. February 4, 1987. p. D4.
8. "Women's Super G". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. February 4, 1987. p. D4.
9. "Alpine World Championships: Women's giant slalom". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. February 6, 1987. p. 2D.
10. "Swiss masters wild ski race; American falls". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. wire services. February 8, 1987. p. 10B.
11. "Women's Combined Slalom". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. January 30, 1987. p. 27.
12. "Women's Combined: final standings". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. January 31, 1987. p. B4.

External links

• FIS-ski.com - results - 1987 World Championships - Crans-Montana, Switzerland
• FIS-ski.com - results - World Championships
• Ski-db.com - 1987 Crans-Montana - Alpine World Ski Championships

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