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FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015

Skiing event in Colorado, USA

Skiing event in Colorado, USA

FieldValue
name43rd FIS Alpine World Ski Championships
logoFIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015.png
size200
host_cityVail / Beaver Creek,
Colorado, U.S.
nations68
athletes~700
events11
openingFebruary 2, 2015
closingFebruary 15, 2015
opened_byBarack Obama
stadiumBeaver Creek
website
previous2013
next2017

Colorado, U.S. Creek

The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015 were the 43rd FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, held from 2–15 February in the United States at Vail / Beaver Creek, Colorado.

Athletes from over 70 nations were expected, with a worldwide television audience of an estimated 1 billion and an onsite media and broadcast entourage of approximately 1,500. Competition began on Tuesday, February 3 and concluded on Sunday, February 15, covering 13 days and two weekends. There were five men’s and five women’s individual races, along with the nation’s team event, featuring a parallel giant slalom format. The team event was run at Vail and the other ten competitions at Beaver Creek, on or near the Birds of Prey course.

These were the third world championships for Vail / Beaver Creek, which previously hosted in 1989 and 1999. All the events in 1989 were held at Vail , and 1999 had events at both resorts, seven at Vail and three at Beaver Creek. Also in Colorado, Aspen hosted in 1950, which were the first championships held outside Europe, the first to include the giant slalom event, and the first alpine world ski championships outside the Olympics since 1939.

Host selection

All three finalists for 2015 had attempted to host the 2013 championships, which were awarded in 2008 to Austria.

CityCountryVotesPrevious championships hosted
Vail / Beaver Creek, Colorado81999, 1989 (Vail only),
orig. 1976 Winter Olympics (withdrawn 1972)
Cortina d'Ampezzo41956 Winter Olympics, 1941 (later withdrawn), 1932
St. Moritz32003, 1974, 1948 Winter Olympics, 1934

The winner was selected at the FIS Congress in Antalya, Turkey, on June 3, 2010. Vail/Beaver Creek won in the first round with 8 votes to Cortina's 4 and St. Moritz's 3.

A new women's downhill course was built adjacent to the men's Birds of Prey course at Beaver Creek.

Schedule and course information

All times are local (UTC−7).

DayDateTimeRaceStart
elevationFinish
elevationVertical
dropCourse
lengthGatesMaximum
gradientCourse
nameSky
Tue3 Feb11:00Women's Super-G3246 m / 10650 ft2730 m / 8957 ft516 m / 1693 ft1.640 km / 1.119 mi3557% (30.0°)Raptorcloudy
Thu5 Feb11:00Men's Super-G3337 m / 10948 ft2730 m / 8957 ft671 m / 2201 ft1.879 km / 1.167 mi3968% (32.3°)Birds of Preycloudy
Fri6 Feb11:00Women's Downhill3440 m / 11283 ft2730 m / 8954 ft710 m / 2329 ft3.050 km / 1.895 mi4159% (30.5°)Raptorcloudy
Sat7 Feb11:00Men's Downhill3483 m / 11424 ft2730 m / 8954 ft753 m / 2470 ft2.623 km / 1.629 mi3663% (32.3°)Birds of Preysunny
Sun8 Feb10:00Men's Super Combined – Downhill3483 m / 11424 ft2730 m / 8954 ft753 m / 2470 ft2.623 km / 1.629 mi3663% (32.3°)Birds of Preysunny
14:15Men's Super Combined – Slalom2935 m / 9627 ft2724 m / 8935 ft211 m / 692 ft0.690 km / 0.429 mi6650% (26.7°)sunny
Mon9 Feb10:00Women's Super Combined – Downhill3440 m / 11283 ft2730 m / 8954 ft710 m / 2329 ft3.050 km / 1.895 mi4159% (30.5°)Raptorsunny
14:15Women's Super Combined – Slalom2911 m / 9548 ft2724 m / 8935 ft182 m / 613 ft0.640 km / 0.398 mi5946% (24.8°)sunny
Tue10 Feb14:15Team Eventm / ftm / ftm / ftm / ftsunny
Thu12 Feb10:15
14:15Women's Giant Slalom – Run 1
Women's Giant Slalom – Run 23077 m / 10093 ft2724 m / 8935 ft353 m / 1158 ft1.305 km / 0.811 mi49
4950% (26.7°)sunny
Fri13 Feb10:15
14:15Men's Giant Slalom – Run 1
Men's Giant Slalom – Run 23124 m / 10247 ft2724 m / 8935 ft400 m / 1312 ft1.490 km / 0.926 mi60
5950% (26.7°)sunny
Sat14 Feb10:00
14:15Women's Slalom – Run 1
Women's Slalom – Run 22911 m / 9548 ft2724 m / 8935 ft187 m / 613 ft0.640 km / 0.398 mi61
6146% (24.8°)sunny
Sun15 Feb10:15
14:15Men's Slalom – Run 1
Men's Slalom – Run 22935 m / 9627 ft2724 m / 8935 ft211 m / 692 ft0.690 km / 0.429 mi73
7050% (25.7°)cloudy
  • The women's Super-G was delayed 30 minutes due to strong winds. The start was lowered 74 m, shortening the course by 200 m.
  • The men's Super-G was postponed a day due to adverse weather conditions.

Medal winners

Men's events

Super Combined
Marcel Hirscher
2:36.10Kjetil Jansrud
2:36.29Ted Ligety
2:36.40

Women's events

Super Combined
Tina Maze
2:33.37Nicole Hosp
2:33.59Michaela Kirchgasser
2:33.72

Team event

Team event
Eva-Maria Brem
Michaela Kirchgasser
Nicole Hosp
Marcel Hirscher
Christoph Nösig
Philipp Schörghofer
Candace Crawford
Erin Mielzynski
Marie-Pier Préfontaine
Phil Brown
Trevor Philp
Erik Read
Maria Pietilä Holmner
Anna Swenn-Larsson
Sara Hector
Mattias Hargin
André Myhrer
Markus Larsson

Medal table

  • Host country highlighted.

References

References

  1. "Vail/Beaver Creek will host the 2015 World Alpine Ski Championships.".
  2. link. (8 December 2012 – accessed 2009-05-05)
  3. [http://www.bcworldcup.com/birdsofprey/info/races/2015-world-championships.aspx bcworldcup.com] {{Webarchive. link. (2010-12-04 – birdsofprey/info/races/2015-world-championships – accessed 2010-12-18)
  4. "Course maps". Vail Beaver Creek 2015.
  5. [http://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2015/AL/0214/2015AL0214RLR0.pdf Men's Downhill Results]
  6. [http://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2015/AL/0211/2015AL0211RLR0.pdf Men's Super-G Results]
  7. [http://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2015/AL/0218/2015AL0218RLR2.pdf Men's Giant Slalom Results]
  8. [http://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2015/AL/0220/2015AL0220RLR2.pdf Men's Slalom Results]
  9. [http://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2015/AL/0215/2015AL0215RLR2.pdf Men's Super Combined Results]
  10. [http://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2015/AL/5210/2015AL5210RLR0.pdf Women's Downhill Results]
  11. [http://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2015/AL/5207/2015AL5207RLR0.pdf Women's Super-G Results]
  12. [http://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2015/AL/5214/2015AL5214RLR2.pdf Women's Giant Slalom Results]
  13. [http://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2015/AL/5215/2015AL5215RLR2.pdf Women's Slalom Results]
  14. [http://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2015/AL/5212/2015AL5212RLR2.pdf Women's Super Combined Results]
  15. [http://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2015/AL/0337/2015AL0337RLR0.pdf Team Event Results]
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