FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1989
Host cityVail, Colorado
CountryUnited States
Events10
OpeningFebruary 2, 1989
ClosingFebruary 12, 1989
Opened byGerald Ford
Main venueVail
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The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1989 were held February 2–12 in the United States at Vail, Colorado.[1] Outside of the Winter Olympics of 1960 and 1980, the alpine world championships returned to the U.S. for the first time since 1950, which were also in Colorado at Aspen. Vail's first championship served to re-introduce Colorado to a European audience, with coverage of the events broadcast during prime time due to the difference in time zones.[2] The championship was marked by the death of the president of the Spanish Olympic Committee Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz, who was beheaded by a cable which he collided with as it was being raised to support a finish line banner.[3]

Vail and Beaver Creek later hosted the World Championships a decade later, in 1999, and again in 2015.

Men's competitions

Downhill

Monday, February 6

Medal Name Country Time Diff
Gold Hans-Jörg Tauscher  West Germany 2:10.39 –
Silver Peter Müller   Switzerland 2:10.58 + 0.19
Bronze Karl Alpiger   Switzerland 2:10.67 + 0.28
Source:[4]

Super-G

Wednesday, February 8

Medal Name Country Time
Gold Martin Hangl   Switzerland 1:38.81
Silver Pirmin Zurbriggen   Switzerland 1:39.09
Bronze Tomaž Čižman  Yugoslavia 1:39.18
Source:[5][6]

Giant Slalom

Thursday, February 9

Medal Name Country Time Run 1 Run 2
Gold Rudolf Nierlich  Austria 2:37.66 1:17.07 1:20.59
Silver Helmut Mayer  Austria 2:39.28 1:19.14 1:20.14
Bronze Pirmin Zurbriggen   Switzerland 2:39.38 1:18.33 1:21,05
Source:[7]

Slalom

Sunday, February 12

Medal Name Country Time Run 1 Run 2
Gold Rudolf Nierlich  Austria 2:02.85 57.57 1:05.28
Silver Armin Bittner  West Germany 2:03.29 57.32 1:05.97
Bronze Marc Girardelli  Luxembourg 2:03.65 58.23 1:05.42
Source:[8][9]

Combination

Monday, January 30, and Friday, February 3

Medal Name Country Points
Gold Marc Girardelli  Luxembourg 4.72
Silver Paul Accola   Switzerland 16.26
Bronze Günther Mader  Austria 31.49
Source:[10]

Women's competitions

Downhill

Sunday, February 5

Medal Name Country Time
Gold Maria Walliser   Switzerland 1:46.50
Silver Karen Percy  Canada 1:48.00
Bronze Karin Dedler  West Germany 1:48.01
Source:[11][12]

Super-G

Wednesday, February 8

Medal Name Country Time
Gold Ulrike Maier  Austria 1:19.46
Silver Sigrid Wolf  Austria 1:19.49
Bronze Michaela Gerg  West Germany 1:19.50
Source:[5][6]

Giant Slalom

Saturday, February 11

Medal Name Country Time Run 1 Run 2
Gold Vreni Schneider   Switzerland 2:29.37 1:12.84 1:16.53
Silver Carole Merle  France 2:30.50 1:13.35 1:17.15
Bronze Mateja Svet  Yugoslavia 2:31.92 1:14.21 1:17.71
Source:[13]

Slalom

Tuesday, February 7

Medal Name Country Time Run 1 Run 2
Gold Mateja Svet  Yugoslavia 1:30.88 44.02 46.86
Silver Vreni Schneider   Switzerland 1:31.49 45.45 46.04
Bronze Tamara McKinney  United States 1:31.56 43.98 47.58
Source:[14][15]

Combination

Sunday, January 29, and Thursday, February 2

Medal Name Country Points
Gold Tamara McKinney  United States 5.65
Silver Vreni Schneider   Switzerland 26.63
Bronze Brigitte Oertli   Switzerland 32.88
Source:[16][17]

Medals table

Place Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1   Switzerland 3 5 3 11
2  Austria 3 2 1 6
3  West Germany 1 1 2 4
4  Yugoslavia 1 – 2 3
5  Luxembourg 1 – 1 2
 United States 1 – 1 2
7  France – 1 – 1
 Canada – 1 – 1

References[edit]

  1. ^ de.wikipedia.org Alpine Skiweltmeisterschaft 1989
  2. ^ McGregor, Heather (February 13, 1989). "13 Feb 1989, A1, A5 - The Daily Sentinel". Grand Junction Daily Sentinel. Newspapers.com. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  3. ^ "Alfonso de Borbón, 52, of Spain Dies in Colorado Skiing Accident", The New York Times (1 February 1989): A19.
  4. ^ "Tauscher scores surprising victory in men's downhill". News and Courier. (Charleston, SC). Associated Press. February 7, 1989. p. 3C.
  5. ^ a b "Hangl, Maier look super in super-G races". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. February 9, 1989. p. D3.
  6. ^ a b "World Championships: Women's, Men's Super-G". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. February 9, 1989. p. D4.
  7. ^ "World Alpine: Men's giant slalom". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. February 10, 1989. p. C4.
  8. ^ "Nierlich collects second gold". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. February 13, 1989. p. C3.
  9. ^ "World Alpine: Men's slalom". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. February 13, 1989. p. C2.
  10. ^ "World Alpine: Men's combined". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. February 4, 1989. p. B4.
  11. ^ "Swiss skier takes women's downhill". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. February 6, 1989. p. C4.
  12. ^ "World Championships: Women's downhill". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. February 6, 1989. p. C2.
  13. ^ "Schneider pockets gold medal". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. February 12, 1989. p. 9G.
  14. ^ "Svet finally gets medal and it's gold". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. February 8, 1989. p. D3.
  15. ^ "World Championships: Women's slalom". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. February 8, 1989. p. D4.
  16. ^ "World Alpine Championships: Women's slalom combined". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. January 30, 1989. p. C4.
  17. ^ "World Alpine Championships: Women's combined". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. February 3, 1989. p. C3.

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