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Planai | |
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Place: | ![]() |
Mountain: | Planai |
Member: | Club5+ |
Opened: | 1975 |
Slalom | |
Start: | 961 m (3,153 ft) (AA) |
Finish: | 745 m (2,444 ft) |
Vertical drop: | 216 m (709 ft) |
Max. incline: | 28.4° degrees (54%) |
Aver. incline: | 20.2° degrees (36.8%) |
Most wins: | ![]() |
Planai is a World Cup ski course, located on the same name mountain and ski resort in Schladming, Styria, Austria, opened in 1973.
Since 1997 it is regular host of the night slalom, the highest attended in the circuit with 50,000 people each year.
Course hosted two World Championships in 1982 and 2013 and World Cup season final in 2012.
Opened in 1973 with dowhnill event and Franz Klammer as the winner. Until the end of the decade and through the eighties, all disciplines were regularly held on this course.
In 1982, they organized Alpine World Ski Championships for the first time, with all men's events and only giant slalom event for women held on this course.
In 1988, they replaced originally scheduled Les Menuires (W) and Val Thorens (M) as season opening in the last minute due to weather conditions. [1]
In 1990, they organized last World Cup weekend with downhill, slalom and combined events, before 7 years long break and entering new era.
In 1997, they organized first slalom under floodlight. Since then this became the most visited and most spectacular slalom in the world. [2]
In 2013, they organized 2nd Alpine World Ski Championships, completely renovated the finish area with recognizable arc of steel.
Event | Type | Date | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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1982 | GS | 3 February 1982 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
KB | (SL) 1 February 1982 (DH) 5 February 1982 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
DH | 6 February 1982 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
SL | 7 February 1982 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
2013 | SG | 6 February 2013 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
DH | 9 February 2013 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
SC | 11 February 2013 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
GS | 15 February 2013 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
SL | 17 February 2013 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Event | Type | Date | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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1982 | GS | 2 February 1982 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
2013 | GS | 14 February 2013 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Event | Type | Date | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2013 | TE | 12 February 2013 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
No. | Type | Season | Date | Winner | Second | Third |
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584 | SG | 1988–89 | 26 November 1988 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
1387 | GS | 2011–12 | 18 March 2012 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
1717 | SL | 2021–22 | 11 January 2022 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
No. | Type | Season | Date | Winner | Second | Third |
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6 | TE | 2011–12 | 16 March 2012 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Not in original calendar. It replaced women's GS from Les Menuires (1988), men's GS from Val Thorens (1988) and SL from Flachau (2022).
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