Host city | St. Moritz |
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Country | Switzerland |
Nations | 76 |
Athletes | 589 |
Events | 11 |
Opening | 6 February 2017 |
Closing | 19 February 2017 |
Opened by | Doris Leuthard |
Alpine skiing at the World Ski Championships 2017 | ||
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Combined | men | women |
Downhill | men | women |
Giant slalom | men | women |
Slalom | men | women |
Super-G | men | women |
Team | mixed | |
The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2017 were the 44th FIS Alpine World Ski Championships and were held from 6 to 19 February 2017 at Piz Nair in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The host city was selected at the FIS Congress in South Korea, on 31 May 2012. The other finalists were Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, and Åre, Sweden. [1]
It was the fifth Alpine World Ski Championships at St. Moritz, after 1934, 1948, 1974, and 2003.
All competitions of the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2017 took place on the St. Moritz home mountain Corviglia. [2]
Time | UTC+1 [3] |
Events | Event days | ||||||||||||||||
Mo | Tu | We | Th | Fr | Sa | Su | Mo | Tu | We | Th | Fr | Sa | Su | ||||
6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | ||||
February | |||||||||||||||||
Opening and closing ceremonies | • | • | |||||||||||||||
Men | |||||||||||||||||
Downhill | 12:00 | 13:30 | |||||||||||||||
Slalom | Run 1 | 09:45 | |||||||||||||||
Run 2 | 13:00 | ||||||||||||||||
Giant slalom | Run 1 | 09:45 | |||||||||||||||
Run 2 | 13:30 | ||||||||||||||||
Alpine combined | Downhill | 10:00 | |||||||||||||||
Slalom | 13:00 | ||||||||||||||||
Super-G | 12:00 | ||||||||||||||||
Women | |||||||||||||||||
Downhill | 11:15 | ||||||||||||||||
Slalom | Run 1 | 09:45 | |||||||||||||||
Run 2 | 13:00 | ||||||||||||||||
Giant slalom | Run 1 | 09:45 | |||||||||||||||
Run 2 | 13:00 | ||||||||||||||||
Alpine combined | Downhill | 10:00 | |||||||||||||||
Slalom | 13:00 | ||||||||||||||||
Super-G | 12:00 | ||||||||||||||||
Mixed | Team event | 12:00 | |||||||||||||||
Date | Race | Start elevation | Finish elevation | Vertical drop | Course length | Average gradient |
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Sun 12 Feb | Downhill – men | 2,745 m (9,006 ft) | 2,040 m (6,693 ft) | 705 m (2,313 ft) | 2.920 km (1.814 mi) | 24.1% |
Sun 12 Feb | Downhill – women | 2,745 m (9,006 ft) | 2,040 m (6,693 ft) | 705 m (2,313 ft) | 2.633 km (1.636 mi) | 26.8% |
Mon 13 Feb | Downhill – (AC) – men | 2,745 m (9,006 ft) | 2,040 m (6,693 ft) | 705 m (2,313 ft) | 2.920 km (1.814 mi) | 24.1% |
Fri 10 Feb | Downhill – (AC) – women | 2,590 m (8,497 ft) | 2,040 m (6,693 ft) | 550 m (1,804 ft) | 2.059 km (1.279 mi) | 26.7% |
Wed 8 Feb | Super-G – men | 2,640 m (8,661 ft) | 2,040 m (6,693 ft) | 600 m (1,969 ft) | 1.920 km (1.193 mi) | 31.3% |
Tue 7 Feb | Super-G – women | 2,590 m (8,497 ft) | 2,040 m (6,693 ft) | 550 m (1,804 ft) | 2.059 km (1.279 mi) | 26.7% |
Fri 17 Feb | Giant slalom – men | 2,385 m (7,825 ft) | 2,030 m (6,660 ft) | 355 m (1,165 ft) | ||
Thu 16 Feb | Giant slalom – women | 2,385 m (7,825 ft) | 2,030 m (6,660 ft) | 355 m (1,165 ft) | ||
Sun 19 Feb | Slalom – men | 2,220 m (7,283 ft) | 2,030 m (6,660 ft) | 190 m (623 ft) | ||
Sat 18 Feb | Slalom – women | 2,220 m (7,283 ft) | 2,030 m (6,660 ft) | 190 m (623 ft) | ||
Mon 13 Feb | Slalom – (AC) – men | 2,220 m (7,283 ft) | 2,040 m (6,693 ft) | 180 m (591 ft) | ||
Fri 10 Feb | Slalom – (AC) – women | 2,210 m (7,251 ft) | 2,030 m (6,660 ft) | 180 m (591 ft) |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Austria (AUT) | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
2 | Switzerland (SUI)* | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
3 | France (FRA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
4 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
United States (USA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
6 | Slovenia (SLO) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
7 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
8 | Liechtenstein (LIE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
10 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
11 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (12 entries) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Downhill [5] | Beat Feuz Switzerland | 1:38.91 | Erik Guay Canada | 1:39.03 | Max Franz Austria | 1:39.28 |
Super-G [6] | Erik Guay Canada | 1:25.38 | Kjetil Jansrud Norway | 1:25.83 | Manuel Osborne-Paradis Canada | 1:25.89 |
Giant slalom [7] | Marcel Hirscher Austria | 2:13.31 | Roland Leitinger Austria | 2:13.56 | Leif Kristian Haugen Norway | 2:14.02 |
Slalom [8] | Marcel Hirscher Austria | 1:34.75 | Manuel Feller Austria | 1:35.43 | Felix Neureuther Germany | 1:35.68 |
Alpine combined [9] | Luca Aerni Switzerland | 2:26.33 | Marcel Hirscher Austria | 2:26.34 | Mauro Caviezel Switzerland | 2:26.39 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Downhill [10] | Ilka Štuhec Slovenia | 1:32.85 | Stephanie Venier Austria | 1:33.25 | Lindsey Vonn United States | 1:33.30 |
Super-G [11] | Nicole Schmidhofer Austria | 1:21.34 | Tina Weirather Liechtenstein | 1:21.67 | Lara Gut Switzerland | 1:21.70 |
Giant slalom [12] | Tessa Worley France | 2:05.55 | Mikaela Shiffrin United States | 2:05.89 | Sofia Goggia Italy | 2:06.29 |
Slalom [13] | Mikaela Shiffrin United States | 1:37.27 | Wendy Holdener Switzerland | 1:38.91 | Frida Hansdotter Sweden | 1:39.02 |
Alpine combined [14] | Wendy Holdener Switzerland | 1:58.88 | Michelle Gisin Switzerland | 1:58.93 | Michaela Kirchgasser Austria | 1:59.26 |
A total of 77 countries are scheduled to compete. [16]
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