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FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1989

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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]

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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Vail is located in the United States
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Vail is located in Colorado
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Vail and Beaver Creek later hosted the World Championships a decade later, in 1999, and again in 2015.

Men's competitions edit

Downhill edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Downhill edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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.

External links edit

  • FIS-ski.com – results – 1989 World Championships – Vail, Colorado, USA
  • FIS-ski.com – results – World Championships
  • Ski-db.com - 1989 Vail - Alpine World Ski Championships

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