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FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2017
Host city St. Moritz
Country Switzerland
Nations76
Athletes589
Events11
Opening6 February 2017 (2017-02-06)
Closing19 February 2017 (2017-02-19)
Opened by Doris Leuthard
Piz Nair is located in Alps
Piz Nair
Piz Nair
Location in the Alps of Europe
Piz Nair is located in Switzerland
Piz Nair
Piz Nair

The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2017 were the 44th FIS Alpine World Ski Championships and were held from 6 to 19 February 2017 at Piz Nair in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The host city was selected at the FIS Congress in South Korea, on 31 May 2012. The other finalists were Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, and Åre, Sweden. [1]

It was the fifth Alpine World Ski Championships at St. Moritz, after 1934, 1948, 1974, and 2003.

Schedule and course information

All competitions of the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2017 took place on the St. Moritz home mountain Corviglia. [2]

Schedule

 Time  UTC+1 [3]
Events calendar [4]
Events Event days
Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
February
Opening and closing ceremonies
Men
Downhill 12:00 13:30
Slalom Run 1 09:45
Run 2 13:00
Giant
slalom
Run 1 09:45
Run 2 13:30
Alpine
combined
Downhill
10:00
Slalom
13:00
Super-G 12:00
Women
Downhill 11:15
Slalom Run 1 09:45
Run 2 13:00
Giant
slalom
Run 1 09:45
Run 2 13:00
Alpine
combined
Downhill
10:00
Slalom
13:00
Super-G 12:00
Mixed Team event 12:00
  • The men's downhill, originally scheduled for 11 February, was postponed one day due to adverse weather conditions.

Course information

Date Race Start
elevation
Finish
elevation
Vertical
drop
Course
length
Average
gradient
Sun 12 Feb Downhill – men 2,745 m (9,006 ft) 2,040 m (6,693 ft) 705 m (2,313 ft) 2.920 km (1.814 mi) 24.1%
Sun 12 Feb Downhill – women 2,745 m (9,006 ft) 2,040 m (6,693 ft) 705 m (2,313 ft) 2.633 km (1.636 mi) 26.8%
Mon 13 Feb Downhill – (AC) – men 2,745 m (9,006 ft) 2,040 m (6,693 ft) 705 m (2,313 ft) 2.920 km (1.814 mi) 24.1%
Fri 10 Feb Downhill – (AC) – women  2,590 m (8,497 ft)  2,040 m (6,693 ft)  550 m (1,804 ft)  2.059 km (1.279 mi) 26.7%
Wed   8 Feb Super-G – men 2,640 m (8,661 ft) 2,040 m (6,693 ft) 600 m (1,969 ft) 1.920 km (1.193 mi) 31.3%
Tue   7 Feb Super-G – women 2,590 m (8,497 ft) 2,040 m (6,693 ft) 550 m (1,804 ft) 2.059 km (1.279 mi) 26.7%
Fri 17 Feb Giant slalom – men 2,385 m (7,825 ft) 2,030 m (6,660 ft) 355 m (1,165 ft)
Thu 16 Feb Giant slalom – women 2,385 m (7,825 ft) 2,030 m (6,660 ft) 355 m (1,165 ft)
Sun 19 Feb Slalom – men 2,220 m (7,283 ft) 2,030 m (6,660 ft) 190 m (623 ft)   
Sat 18 Feb Slalom – women 2,220 m (7,283 ft) 2,030 m (6,660 ft) 190 m (623 ft)   
Mon 13 Feb Slalom – (AC) – men 2,220 m (7,283 ft) 2,040 m (6,693 ft) 180 m (591 ft)   
Fri 10 Feb Slalom – (AC) – women 2,210 m (7,251 ft) 2,030 m (6,660 ft) 180 m (591 ft)   

Medal summary

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Austria (AUT)3429
2  Switzerland (SUI)*3227
3  France (FRA)2002
4  Canada (CAN)1113
  United States (USA)1113
6  Slovenia (SLO)1001
7  Norway (NOR)0112
8  Liechtenstein (LIE)0101
  Slovakia (SVK)0101
10  Sweden (SWE)0022
11  Germany (GER)0011
  Italy (ITA)0011
Totals (12 entries)11111133
  • Host country highlighted.

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Downhill [5]
details
Beat Feuz
  Switzerland
1:38.91 Erik Guay
  Canada
1:39.03 Max Franz
  Austria
1:39.28
Super-G [6]
details
Erik Guay
  Canada
1:25.38 Kjetil Jansrud
  Norway
1:25.83 Manuel Osborne-Paradis
  Canada
1:25.89
Giant slalom [7]
details
Marcel Hirscher
  Austria
2:13.31 Roland Leitinger
  Austria
2:13.56 Leif Kristian Haugen
  Norway
2:14.02
Slalom [8]
details
Marcel Hirscher
  Austria
1:34.75 Manuel Feller
  Austria
1:35.43 Felix Neureuther
  Germany
1:35.68
Alpine combined [9]
details
Luca Aerni
  Switzerland
2:26.33 Marcel Hirscher
  Austria
2:26.34 Mauro Caviezel
  Switzerland
2:26.39

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Downhill [10]
details
Ilka Štuhec
  Slovenia
1:32.85 Stephanie Venier
  Austria
1:33.25 Lindsey Vonn
  United States
1:33.30
Super-G [11]
details
Nicole Schmidhofer
  Austria
1:21.34 Tina Weirather
  Liechtenstein
1:21.67 Lara Gut
  Switzerland
1:21.70
Giant slalom [12]
details
Tessa Worley
  France
2:05.55 Mikaela Shiffrin
  United States
2:05.89 Sofia Goggia
  Italy
2:06.29
Slalom [13]
details
Mikaela Shiffrin
  United States
1:37.27 Wendy Holdener
  Switzerland
1:38.91 Frida Hansdotter
  Sweden
1:39.02
Alpine combined [14]
details
Wendy Holdener
  Switzerland
1:58.88 Michelle Gisin
  Switzerland
1:58.93 Michaela Kirchgasser
  Austria
1:59.26

Mixed

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Team event [15]
details
  France
Adeline Baud Mugnier
Nastasia Noens
Tessa Worley
Mathieu Faivre
Julien Lizeroux
Alexis Pinturault
  Slovakia
Tereza Jančová
Veronika Velez-Zuzulová
Petra Vlhová
Matej Falat
Adam Žampa
Andreas Žampa
  Sweden
Frida Hansdotter
Maria Pietilä Holmner
Emelie Wikström
Mattias Hargin
Gustav Lundbäck
Andre Myhrer

Participating countries

A total of 77 countries are scheduled to compete. [16]

References

  1. ^ Ski WC 2017: St. Moritz awarded Ski World Championships 2017.
  2. ^ Races technical details
  3. ^ "Schedule". Archived from the original on 11 February 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  4. ^ "Alpine skiing World Championships 2017 calendar – Saint Moritz". Archived from the original on 17 March 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  5. ^ Men's downhill results
  6. ^ Men's super-G results
  7. ^ Men's giant slalom results
  8. ^ Men's slalom results
  9. ^ Men's alpine combined results
  10. ^ Women's downhill results
  11. ^ Women's super-G results
  12. ^ Women's giant slalom results
  13. ^ Women's slalom results
  14. ^ Women's alpine combined results
  15. ^ Nations team event results
  16. ^ "FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2017 St. Moritz Participating Nations" (PDF). stmoritz2017.ch. 10 February 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 February 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2017.

External links

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