FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1991

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FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1991
Host city Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Salzburg, Austria
Events10
Opening22 January 1991
Closing3 February 1991
Opened by Kurt Waldheim
  1989
1993  
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Saalbach-
Hinterglemm
Location in the Alps of Europe
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Saalbaach-
Hinterglemm

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

Contents

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 [3] [7] Due to the Gulf War and associated security concerns, the team had withdrawn from World Cup competitions the previous week and returned home to North America.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]

The World Championships returned to Saalbach 34 years later in 2025.

Men's competitions

Downhill

Sunday, 27 January 1991

PlacingCountryAthleteTime
1 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Franz Heinzer 1:54.91
2 Flag of Italy.svg Peter Runggaldier 1:55.16
3 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Daniel Mahrer 1:55.57
Source: [9]

Super-G

Wednesday, 23 January 1991

PlacingCountryAthleteTime
1 Flag of Austria.svg Stephan Eberharter 1:26.73
2 Flag of Norway.svg Kjetil André Aamodt 1:28.27
3 Flag of France.svg Franck Piccard 1:28.55
Source: [10]

Giant Slalom

Sunday, 3 February 1991

PlacingCountryAthleteTimeRun 1Run 2
1 Flag of Austria.svg Rudolf Nierlich 2:29.941:16.731:13.21
2 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Urs Kälin 2:30.291:17.591:12.70
3 Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Wallner 2:30.731:17.311:13.42
Source: [11]

Slalom

Tuesday, 22 January 1991

PlacingCountryAthleteTimeRun 1Run 2
1 Flag of Luxembourg.svg Marc Girardelli 1:55.3857.9657.42
2 Flag of Austria.svg Thomas Stangassinger 1:55.9658.6457.32
3 Flag of Norway.svg Ole Kristian Furuseth 1:56.0058.9257.08
Source: [12]

Combination

Monday, 28 January 1991  (downhill)
Wednesday, 30 January 1991  (2 slalom runs)

PlacingCountryAthletePoints
1 Flag of Austria.svg Stephan Eberharter 16.28
2 Flag of Italy.svg Kristian Ghedina 26.41
3 Flag of Austria.svg Günther Mader 27.54

Women's competitions

Downhill

Saturday, 26 January 1991

PlacingCountryAthleteTime
1 Flag of Austria.svg Petra Kronberger 1:29.12
2 Flag of France.svg Nathalie Bouvier 1:29.56
3 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Svetlana Gladisheva 1:29.63
Source: [13]

Super G

Tuesday, 29 January 1991

PlacingCountryAthleteTime
1 Flag of Austria.svg Ulrike Maier 1:08.72
2 Flag of France.svg Carole Merle 1:08.83
3 Flag of Austria.svg Anita Wachter 1:08.85
Source: [14]

Giant Slalom

Saturday, 2 February 1991

PlacingCountryAthleteTimeRun 1Run 2
1 Flag of Sweden.svg Pernilla Wiberg 2:07.451:04.501:02.95
2 Flag of Austria.svg Ulrike Maier 2:07.611:03.411:04.20
3 Flag of Germany.svg Traudl Hächer 2:08.031:04.051:03.98
Source: [15]

Slalom

Friday, 1 February 1991

PlacingCountryAthleteTimeRun 1Run 2
1 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Vreni Schneider 1:25.9041.9743.93
2 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Nataša Bokal 1:26.0643.0043.06
3 Flag of Austria.svg Ingrid Salvenmoser 1:26.5642.3544.21
Source: [16]

Combination

Friday, 25 January 1991  (downhill)
Thursday, 31 January 1991  (2 slalom runs)

PlacingCountryAthleteTime
1 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Chantal Bournissen 26.45
2 Flag of Austria.svg Ingrid Stöckl 33.76
3 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Vreni Schneider 42.13

Medals table

PlaceNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 53311
2Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 3126
3Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1-12
4Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 1--1
5Flag of France.svg  France -213
6Flag of Italy.svg  Italy -2-2
7Flag of Norway.svg  Norway -112
8Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia -1-1
9Flag of Germany.svg  Germany --11
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union --11

References

  1. German Wikipedia article
  2. Ski DataBase. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
  3. 1 2 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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