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FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1987

The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1987 were held in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, from 27 January to 8 February 1987.[1]

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1987
Host cityCrans-Montana
CountrySwitzerland
Events10
Opening27 January 1987 (1987-01-27)
Closing8 February 1987 (1987-02-08)
Opened byPierre Aubert
Crans-Montana is located in Alps
Crans-Montana
Crans-Montana
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Location in the Alps of Europe
Crans-Montana is located in Switzerland
Crans-Montana
Crans-Montana
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Location in Switzerland

The alpine world championships included Super-G for the first time;[2] it was first run on the World Cup level four seasons earlier, in December 1982.

The host Swiss team won eight gold medals out of ten, including all five women's events.

Men's competitions edit

Downhill edit

Date: January 31

Placing Country Athlete Time
1   Switzerland Peter Müller 2:07:80
2   Switzerland Pirmin Zurbriggen 2:08.13
3   Switzerland Karl Alpiger 2:08.20
Source:[3]

Super-G edit

Date: February 2

Placing Country Athlete Time
1    Switzerland Pirmin Zurbriggen 1:19.93
2   Luxembourg Marc Girardelli 1:20.80
3   West Germany Markus Wasmeier 1:21.08
Source:[2]

Giant Slalom edit

Date: February 4

Placing Country Athlete Time Run 1 Run 2
1    Switzerland Pirmin Zurbriggen 2:32.38 1:17.52 1:14.86
2   Luxembourg Marc Girardelli 2:32.45 1:17.93 1:14.52
3   Italy Alberto Tomba 2:33.13 1:17.88 1:15.25
Source:[4]

Slalom edit

Date: February 8

Placing Country Athlete Time Run 1 Run 2
1   West Germany Frank Wörndl 1:54.63 1:00.60 54.03
2   Austria Günther Mader 1:54.82 1:00.96 53.86
3   West Germany Armin Bittner 1:55.03 1:00.59 54.44
Source:[5]

Combination edit

Date: January 27, February 1

Placing Country Athlete Points
1   Luxembourg Marc Girardelli 28.27
2    Switzerland Pirmin Zurbriggen 30.54
3   Austria Günther Mader 41.96
Source:[6]

Women's competitions edit

Downhill edit

Date: February 1

Placing Country Athlete Time
1    Switzerland Maria Walliser 1:43.80
2    Switzerland Michela Figini 1:44.11
3   West Germany Regine Mösenlechner 1:44.86
Source:[6]

Super-G edit

Date: February 3

Placing Country Athlete Time
1    Switzerland Maria Walliser 1:19.17
2    Switzerland Michela Figini 1:20.18
3   Yugoslavia Mateja Svet 1.20.23
Source:[7][8]

Giant Slalom edit

Date: February 5

Placing Country Athlete Time Run 1 Run 2
1    Switzerland Vreni Schneider 2:21.22 1:09.96 1:11.26
2   Yugoslavia Mateja Svet 2:21.78 1:10.84 1:10.94
3    Switzerland Maria Walliser 2:23.51 1:12.49 1:11.02
Source:[9]

Slalom edit

Date: February 7

Placing Country Athlete Time Run 1 Run 2
1    Switzerland Erika Hess 1:33.30 46.79 46.51
2   Austria Roswitha Steiner 1:33.55 45.46 48.09
3   Yugoslavia Mateja Svet 1:34.39 47.23 47.16
Source:[10]

Combination edit

Date: January 29–30

Placing Country Athlete Points
1    Switzerland Erika Hess 15.32
2   Austria Sylvia Eder 18.66
3   United States Tamara McKinney 24.41
Source:[11][12]

Medals table edit

Place Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1   Switzerland 8 4 2 14
2   Luxembourg 1 2 - 3
3   West Germany 1 - 3 4
4   Austria - 3 1 4
5   Yugoslavia - 1 2 3
6   Italy - - 1 1
  United States - - 1 1

References edit

  1. ^ de:Alpine Skiweltmeisterschaft 1987
  2. ^ a b "Skiers differ on benefits of new event". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. February 3, 1987. p. 3D.
  3. ^ "Skiing: Downhill". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). February 1, 1987. p. 8E.
  4. ^ "Zurbriggen claims second gold". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). February 5, 1987. p. 4C.
  5. ^ "West German upsets winner in slalom race". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. February 9, 1987. p. 2B.
  6. ^ a b "Girardelli wins combined title". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. February 2, 1987. p. 4B.
  7. ^ "Swiss win fifth gold in world skiing". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. February 4, 1987. p. D4.
  8. ^ "Women's Super G". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. February 4, 1987. p. D4.
  9. ^ "Alpine World Championships: Women's giant slalom". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. February 6, 1987. p. 2D.
  10. ^ "Swiss masters wild ski race; American falls". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). wire services. February 8, 1987. p. 10B.
  11. ^ "Women's Combined Slalom". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. January 30, 1987. p. 27.
  12. ^ "Women's Combined: final standings". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. January 31, 1987. p. B4.

External links edit

  • FIS-ski.com - results - 1987 World Championships - Crans-Montana, Switzerland
  • FIS-ski.com - results - World Championships
  • Ski-db.com - 1987 Crans-Montana - Alpine World Ski Championships


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