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FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1966

The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1966 were held in South America from 4 to 14 August at Portillo, Chile.[1][2][3][4]

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1966
Host cityPortillo, Valparaíso
near Los Andes
CountryChile
Events6
Opening4 August 1966
Closing14 August 1966
Opened byEduardo Frei Montalva
Main venuePortillo

To this day, it remains the only alpine world championships contested in the southern hemisphere. It took place well out of the established season, nearly five months before the first World Cup season, which began in early January 1967.

Assignment came at the FIS-Congress at Athens in May 1963,[5] but West Germany, Switzerland, and Austria voted against.

The French team won seven of the eight individual titles, seven silver medals, and two bronze to garner sixteen of the 24 medals.

Men's competitions

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Portillo
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Location in South America

Downhill

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Sunday, 7 August

Place Athlete Country Time Diff.
  Jean Claude Killy   France (FRA) 1:34.40 —
  Léo Lacroix   France (FRA) 1:34.80 + 0.40
  Franz Vogler   West Germany (FRG) 1:35.16 + 0.76
4 Heinrich Messner   Austria (AUT) 1:36.02 + 1.62
5 Pierre Stamos   France (FRA) 1:36.12 + 1.72
6 Bernard Orcel   France (FRA) 1:36.38 + 1.98
7 Gerhard Nenning   Austria (AUT) 1:36.50 + 2.10
8 Hans Peter Rohr    Switzerland (SUI) 1:36.52 + 2.12
9 Karl Schranz   Austria (AUT) 1:36.53 + 2.13
10 Stephan Sodat   Austria (AUT) 1:36.66 + 2.26
Source:[4][6]

Giant slalom

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Portillo
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Location in the Andes

Tuesday, 9 August (run 1)
Wednesday, 10 August (run 2)

Place Athlete Country Time Diff.
  Guy Périllat   France (FRA) 3:19.42 —
  Georges Mauduit   France (FRA) 3:19.93 + 0.51
  Karl Schranz   Austria (AUT) 3:20.40 + 0.98
4 Jakob Tischhauser    Switzerland (SUI) 3:20.90 + 1.48
5 Jean-Claude Killy   France (FRA) 3:21.42 + 2.00
6 Willy Favre    Switzerland (SUI) 3:23.02 + 3.60
7 Werner Bleiner   Austria (AUT) 3:23.48 + 4.06
8 Dumeng Giovanoli    Switzerland (SUI) 3:24.13 + 4.71
9 Léo Lacroix   France (FRA) 3:24.39 + 4.97
10 Heini Messner   Austria (AUT) 3:25.33 + 5.91
Source:[4][7][8]
  • Killy led after the first run, with Périllat next, 0.21 seconds back.

Slalom

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Sunday, 14 August

Place Athlete Country Time Diff.
  Carlo Senoner   Italy (ITA) 1:41.56 —
  Guy Périllat   France (FRA) 1:42.25 + 0.69
  Louis Jauffret   France (FRA) 1:42.58 + 1.02
4 Willy Bogner   West Germany (FRG) 1:43.06 + 1.50
5 Ludwig Leitner   West Germany (FRG) 1:43.07 + 1.51
6 Jimmie Heuga   United States (USA) 1:43.69 + 2.13
7 Giovanni Dibona   Italy (ITA) 1:43.82 + 2.26
8 Jean-Claude Killy   France (FRA) 1:44.40 + 2.84
9 Håkon Mjøen   Norway (NOR) 1:44.74 + 3.18
10 Rune Lindström   Sweden (SWE) 1:44.86 + 3.30
Source:[4][9][10]
  • Périllat led after the first run, with Senoner next, 0.58 seconds back.

Combined

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Place Athlete Country Points DH GS SL
  Jean Claude Killy   France (FRA) 20.92   5 8
  Léo Lacroix   France (FRA) 42.13   9 18
  Ludwig Leitner   West Germany (FRG) 54.95 16 17 5
4 Jimmie Heuga   United States (USA) 56.71 19 13 6
5 Willy Favre    Switzerland (SUI) 69.61 26 6 19
6 Ivo Mahlknecht   Italy (ITA) 72.96 13 14 —
7 Scott Henderson   Canada (CAN) 86.67 24 11 —
8 Felice De Nicolo   Italy (ITA) 89.11 27 15 21
9 Andrzej Bachleda   Poland (POL) 100.36 39 21 15
10 Willi Lesch   West Germany (FRG) 100.42 35 30 11
Source:[4][9][10]

At the World Championships from 1954 through 1980, the combined was a "paper race" using the results of the three events (DH, GS, SL).

Women's competitions

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Downhill

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Monday, 8 August

Place Athlete Country Time Diff.
  Marielle Goitschel   France (FRA) 1:33.42 —
  Annie Famose   France (FRA) 1:34.36 + 0.94
  Burgl Färbinger   West Germany (FRG) 1:34.38 + 0.96
4 Suzy Chaffee   United States (USA) 1:34.77 + 1.35
5 Christl Haas   Austria (AUT) 1:34.81 + 1.39
6 Giustina Demetz   Italy (ITA) 1:34.94 + 1.52
7 Margret Hafen   West Germany (FRG) 1:34.98 + 1.56
8 Christa Prinzing   West Germany (FRG) 1:35.04 + 1.62
9 Heidi Zimmermann   Austria (AUT) 1:35.32 + 1.90
10 Jean Saubert   United States (USA) 1:35.92 + 2.50
Source:[4][7][11]
  • Erika Schinegger of Austria originally won the gold medal in 1:32.63 (−0.79 sec),[7][11] but failed a gender test prior to the 1968 Winter Olympics.
  • Over 22 years later, Schinegger handed the gold medal to Marielle Goitschel in 1988.[12]

Giant slalom

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Thursday, 11 August

Place Athlete Country Time Diff.
  Marielle Goitschel   France (FRA) 1:22.64 —
  Heidi Zimmermann   Austria (AUT) 1:23.81 + 1.17
  Florence Steurer   France (FRA) 1:24.92 + 2.28
4 Nancy Greene   Canada (CAN) 1:25.38 + 2.74
5 Annie Famose   France (FRA) 1:25.58 + 2.94
6 Giustina Demetz   Italy (ITA) 1:26.08 + 3.44
7 Theres Obrecht    Switzerland (SUI) 1:26.10 + 3.46
8 Ruth Adolf    Switzerland (SUI) 1:26.37 + 3.73
9 Burgl Färbinger   West Germany (FRG) 1:26.93 + 4.29
10 Christa Prinzing   West Germany (FRG) 1:27.08 + 4.44
Source:[4][13][14]

Slalom

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Friday, 5 August

Place Athlete Country Time Diff.
  Annie Famose   France (FRA) 1:30.48 —
  Marielle Goitschel   France (FRA) 1:30.95 + 0.47
  Penny McCoy   United States (USA) 1:32.35 + 1.87
4 Jean Saubert   United States (USA) 1:32.37 + 1.89
5 Cathy Allen   United States (USA) 1:32.77 + 2.39
6 Christine Goitschel   France (FRA) 1:32.94 + 2.56
7 Nancy Greene   Canada (CAN) 1:33.26 + 2.88
8 Wendy Allen   United States (USA) 1:33.44 + 3.06
9 Edith Hiltbrand    Switzerland (SUI) 1:34.69 + 4.31
9 Dikke Eger   Norway (NOR) 1:34.69 + 4.31
Source:[4][15][16]
  • First run leader Greene nearly fell in the second run and finished seventh.

Combined

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Place Athlete Country Points DH GS SL
  Marielle Goitschel   France (FRA) 8.76      
  Annie Famose   France (FRA) 35.16   5  
  Heidi Zimmermann   Austria (AUT) 62.91 9   18
4 Burgl Färbinger   West Germany (FRG) 73.69   9 14
5 Giustina Demetz   Italy (ITA) 83.68 6 6 21
6 Christa Prinzing   West Germany (FRG) 86.49 8 10 19
7 Ruth Adolf    Switzerland (SUI) 88.86 19 8 17
8 Wendy Allen   United States (USA) 95.76 23 11 8
9 Karen Dokka   Canada (CAN) 143.25 22 20 23
10 Divina Galica   Great Britain (GBR) 163.63 24 22 22
Source:[4][13]

At the World Championships from 1954 through 1980, the combined was a "paper race" using the results of the three events (DH, GS, SL).

Medals table

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Place Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1   France (FRA) 7 7 2 16
2   Italy (ITA) 1 – – 1
3   Austria (AUT) – 1 2 3
4   West Germany (FRG) – – 3 3
5   United States (USA) – – 1 1

References

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  1. ^ de:Alpine Skiweltmeisterschaft 1966
  2. ^ Ottum, Bob (August 15, 1966). "Found: a pretty Penny". Sports Illustrated. p. 12.
  3. ^ Ottum, Bob (August 22, 1966). "A Gallic gauntlet on the snow". Sports Illustrated. p. 24.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i Auran, John Henry (October 1966). "Portillo diary". Skiing. p. 31.
  5. ^ "Chile chosen". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. May 24, 1963. p. 14.
  6. ^ "Frances Killy, Lacroix in world downhill upset". Montreal Gazette. Reuters. August 8, 1966. p. 19.
  7. ^ a b c "French ace takes giant slalom lead". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. August 9, 1966. p. 14.
  8. ^ "Perillat wins giant slalom". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. August 10, 1966. p. 33.
  9. ^ a b "Canada blanked in world skiing". Ottawa Citizen. Canadian Press. August 25, 1966. p. 25.
  10. ^ a b "Skier Killy wins combined in Chile". Montreal Gazette. Canadian Press. August 15, 1966. p. 19.
  11. ^ a b "Austrian's win help to national prestige". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. August 9, 1966. p. 13.
  12. ^ "Man who won '66 women's downhill gives up medal". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. November 19, 1988. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
  13. ^ a b "Marielle Goitschel wins giant slalom, combined". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. August 12, 1966. p. 16.
  14. ^ "Miss Goitschel wins giant slalom title". Montreal Gazette. Associated Press. August 12, 1966. p. 22.
  15. ^ "Fear drives young skier to 3rd spot". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. August 6, 1966. p. 9.
  16. ^ "Second-run spill costs our Nancy". Ottawa Citizen. Canadian Press. August 6, 1966. p. 12.
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  • FIS-Ski.com - results - 1966 World Championships - Portillo, Chile
  • FIS-Ski.com - official results for the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships

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