FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1991
Host citySaalbach-Hinterglemm, Salzburg, Austria
Events10
Opening22 January 1991
Closing3 February 1991
Opened byKurt Waldheim
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Saalbach- Hinterglemm is located in Alps
Saalbach- Hinterglemm
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Location in the Alps of Europe
Saalbaach- Hinterglemm is located in Austria
Saalbaach- Hinterglemm
Saalbaach-
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Location in Austria

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

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late, after two races had been completed.[3][7] Due to the Gulf War and associated security concerns, the team had withdrawn from World Cup competitions the previous week and returned home to North America.[8]

Men's competitions

Downhill

Sunday, 27 January 1991

Placing Country Athlete Time
1 Switzerland Franz Heinzer 1:54.91
2 Italy Peter Runggaldier 1:55.16
3 Switzerland Daniel Mahrer 1:55.57
Source:[9]

Super-G

Wednesday, 23 January 1991

Placing Country Athlete Time
1 Austria Stephan Eberharter 1:26.73
2 Norway Kjetil André Aamodt 1:28.27
3 France Franck Piccard 1:28.55
Source:[10]

Giant Slalom

Sunday, 3 February 1991

Placing Country Athlete Time Run 1 Run 2
1 Austria Rudolf Nierlich 2:29.94 1:16.73 1:13.21
2 Switzerland Urs Kälin 2:30.29 1:17.59 1:12.70
3 Sweden Johan Wallner 2:30.73 1:17.31 1:13.42
Source:[11]

Slalom

Tuesday, 22 January 1991

Placing Country Athlete Time Run 1 Run 2
1 Luxembourg Marc Girardelli 1:55.38 57.96 57.42
2 Austria Thomas Stangassinger 1:55.96 58.64 57.32
3 Norway Ole Kristian Furuseth 1:56.00 58.92 57.08
Source:[12]

Combination

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

Placing Country Athlete Points
1 Austria Stephan Eberharter 16.28
2 Italy Kristian Ghedina 26.41
3 Austria Günther Mader 27.54

Women's competitions

Downhill

Saturday, 26 January 1991

Placing Country Athlete Time
1 Austria Petra Kronberger 1:29.12
2 France Nathalie Bouvier 1:29.56
3 Soviet Union Svetlana Gladisheva 1:29.63
Source:[13]

Super G

Tuesday, 29 January 1991

Placing Country Athlete Time
1 Austria Ulrike Maier 1:08.72
2 France Carole Merle 1:08.83
3 Austria Anita Wachter 1:08.85
Source:[14]

Giant Slalom

Saturday, 2 February 1991

Placing Country Athlete Time Run 1 Run 2
1 Sweden Pernilla Wiberg 2:07.45 1:04.50 1:02.95
2 Austria Ulrike Maier 2:07.61 1:03.41 1:04.20
3 Germany Traudl Hächer 2:08.03 1:04.05 1:03.98
Source:[15]

Slalom

Friday, 1 February 1991

Placing Country Athlete Time Run 1 Run 2
1 Switzerland Vreni Schneider 1:25.90 41.97 43.93
2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nataša Bokal 1:26.06 43.00 43.06
3 Austria Ingrid Salvenmoser 1:26.56 42.35 44.21
Source:[16]

Combination

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

Placing Country Athlete Time
1 Switzerland Chantal Bournissen 26.45
2 Austria Ingrid Stöckl 33.76
3 Switzerland Vreni Schneider 42.13

Medals table

Place Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Austria 5 3 3 11
2  Switzerland 3 1 2 6
3  Sweden 1 - 1 2
4  Luxembourg 1 - - 1
5  France - 2 1 3
6  Italy - 2 - 2
7  Norway - 1 1 2
8  Yugoslavia - 1 - 1
9  Germany - - 1 1
 Soviet Union - - 1 1

References[edit]

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

External links[edit]

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