Nationale

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Nationale
Place: Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Crans-Montana
Downhill
Start:2,520 m (8,268 ft) (AA)
Finish:1,545 m (5,069 ft)
Vertical drop:   975 m (3,199 ft)
Length:3,670 m (12,041 ft)

Nationale is a World Cup men's speed ski course in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, opened in 1940. [1]

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They hosted the Alpine World Ski Championships in 1987, with Swiss skiers Pirmin Zurbriggen, Maria Walliser, Erika Hess and Peter Müller who took 8 of 10 available gold medals, dominating in front of the home crowd. Other events were held on another two nearby ski courses, "Mont Lachaux" and "Chetzeron". [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Course

The women's World Cup debut was held in 1977 with downhill, slalom and combined.

The men's World Cup events on this slope premiered in 1979 with slalom. [7]

World Championships

Men's events

EventTypeDateGoldSilverBronze
1987 KB(SL) 27 January 1987  
(DH) 1 February 1987  		 Flag of Luxembourg.svg Marc Girardelli Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Pirmin Zurbriggen Flag of Austria.svg Günther Mader
DH31 January 1987   Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Peter Müller Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Pirmin Zurbriggen Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Karl Alpiger
SL8 February 1987   Flag of Germany.svg Frank Wörndl Flag of Austria.svg Günther Mader Flag of Germany.svg Armin Bittner

Women's events

EventTypeDateGoldSilverBronze
1987 SL7 February 1987   Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Erika Hess Flag of Austria.svg Roswitha Steiner Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Mateja Svet

World Cup

Men

No.TypeSeasonDateWinnerSecondThird
295SL 1978/79 9 January 1979   Flag of Germany.svg Christian Neureuther Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg Petar Popangelov Flag of Italy.svg Karl Trojer
296DH14 January 1979   Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Toni Bürgler Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Peter Müller Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ken Read
297SL15 January 1979   Flag of Liechtenstein.svg Paul Frommelt Flag of Liechtenstein.svg Andreas Wenzel Flag of Sweden.svg Ingemar Stenmark
298KB15 January 1979   Flag of the United States.svg Phil Mahre Flag of Liechtenstein.svg Andreas Wenzel Flag of Italy.svg Piero Gros
389DH 1981/82 21 December 1981   Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Steve Podborski Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Peter Müller Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ken Read
545SG 1985/86 3 February 1986   Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Peter Müller Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Pirmin Zurbriggen Flag of Germany.svg Markus Wasmeier
546KB7 December 1985  
3 February 1986  		 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Peter Müller Flag of Italy.svg Michael Mair Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Karl Alpiger
547SG5 February 1986   Flag of Luxembourg.svg Marc Girardelli Flag of Germany.svg Markus Wasmeier Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Peter Müller
758GS 1991/92 20 March 1992   Flag of Italy.svg Alberto Tomba Flag of Norway.svg Kjetil André Aamodt Flag of Norway.svg Didrik Marksten
759SL22 March 1992   Flag of Italy.svg Alberto Tomba Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Paul Accola Flag of Norway.svg Finn Christian Jagge
814GS 1993/94 18 January 1994   Flag of Norway.svg Jan Einar Thorsen Flag of Slovenia.svg Mitja Kunc Flag of Austria.svg Rainer Salzgeber
967DH 1997/98 13 March 1998   Flag of Austria.svg Josef Strobl   Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Didier Cuche Flag of Austria.svg Fritz Strobl
968GS14 March 1998   Flag of Austria.svg Stephan Eberharter Flag of Austria.svg Hans Knauß Flag of Austria.svg Hermann Maier
969SL15 March 1998   Flag of Italy.svg Alberto Tomba Flag of Norway.svg   Hans Petter Buraas Flag of Norway.svg   Finn Christian Jagge
1476SG 2011/12 24 February 2012    Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Didier Cuche Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jan Hudec Flag of Austria.svg Benjamin Raich
1477SG25 February 2012   Flag of Austria.svg Benjamin Raich Flag of France.svg Adrien Théaux   Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Didier Cuche
1478GS26 February 2012   Flag of Italy.svg Massimiliano Blardone Flag of Austria.svg Marcel Hirscher Flag of Austria.svg Hannes Reichelt

Women

No.TypeSeasonDateWinnerSecondThird
238DH 1976/77 25 January 1977   Flag of Austria.svg Brigitte Totschnig Flag of Germany.svg Evi Mittermaier Flag of Austria.svg Annemarie Moser-Pröll
239SL26 January 1977   Flag of France.svg Perrine Pelen Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Lise-Marie Morerod Flag of France.svg Fabienne Serrat
240KB27 January 1977   Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Marie-Theres Nadig Flag of Austria.svg Annemarie Moser-Pröll Flag of Liechtenstein.svg Hanni Wenzel
340DH 1980/81 19 January 1981  
341SL21 January 1981   Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Erika Hess Flag of the United States.svg Christin Cooper Flag of Liechtenstein.svg Hanni Wenzel
342KB21 January 1981   Flag of Germany.svg Christa Kinshofer Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Erika Hess Flag of the United States.svg Christin Cooper
508DH 1985/86 1 February 1986   Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Laurie Graham Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Brigitte Örtli Flag of Austria.svg Katrin Gutensohn
509DH2 February 1986   Flag of Austria.svg Katrin Gutensohn Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Maria Walliser Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Zoë Haas
702SG 1991/92 19 March 1992   Flag of France.svg Carole Merle Flag of Norway.svg Merete Fjeldavlie Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Zoe Haas
703GS21 March 1992   Flag of France.svg Carole Merle Flag of Spain.svg Blanca Fernández Ochoa Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Corinne Rey Bellet
844SL 1996/97 21 December 1996   Flag of New Zealand.svg Claudia Riegler Flag of Sweden.svg Pernilla Wiberg Flag of France.svg Patricia Chauvet
899SL 1997/98 14 March 1998   Flag of Slovenia.svg Urška Hrovat Flag of Germany.svg Martina Ertl Flag of Germany.svg Hilde Gerg
900GS15 March 1998   Flag of Austria.svg Alexandra Meissnitzer Flag of Germany.svg Martina Ertl Flag of Italy.svg Deborah Compagnoni
1247DH 2007/08 8 March 2008   Flag of the United States.svg Lindsey Vonn Flag of Austria.svg Renate Götschl Flag of Italy.svg Nadia Fanchini
1248SC9 March 2008   Flag of Sweden.svg Anja Pärson Flag of Germany.svg Maria Riesch Flag of the United States.svg Lindsey Vonn
SC 2009/10 5 March 2010  high winds
1312DH6 March 2010   Flag of the United States.svg Lindsey Vonn Flag of Italy.svg Johanna Schnarf   Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Marianne Abderhalden
1313SG7 March 2010    Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Dominique Gisin Flag of the United States.svg Lindsey Vonn Flag of the United States.svg Julia Mancuso

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References

  1. ↑ "The legendary Nationale piste gets a green light from the FIS". cransmontana2027.ch. 26 March 2023.
  2. ↑ "Do naslova z velikim tveganjem..." (in Slovenian). Delo. 3 February 1987. p. 11.
  3. ↑ "Že šesto zlato Švicarjem, še drugo Pirminu Zurbriggnu" (in Slovenian). Delo. 5 February 1987. p. 6.
  4. ↑ "Samo Mateja Svet enakovredna švicarskim šampionkam" (in Slovenian). Delo. 6 February 1987. p. 8.
  5. ↑ "Erika prva, Mateja druga" (in Slovenian). Delo. 9 February 1987. p. 9.
  6. ↑ "List of World Cup events". International Ski Federation. 16 February 2024.
  7. ↑ "Neureuther je čakal pet let Stenmark in Križaj izpadla" (in Slovenian). Delo. 10 January 1979. p. 11.

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