FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1989

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]

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1989
Host cityVail, Colorado
CountryUnited States
Events10
Opening ceremonyFebruary 2
Closing ceremonyFebruary 12
Officially opened byGerald Ford
Main venueVail
Vail
Location in the United States
Vail
Location in Colorado

Vail and Beaver Creek later hosted the World Championships a decade later, in 1999, and again in 2015.

Men's competitions

Downhill

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:[3]

Super-G

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:[4][5]

Giant Slalom

Thursday, February 9

Medal Name Country Time
Gold Rudolf Nierlich  Austria 2:37.66
Silver Helmut Mayer  Austria 2:39.28
Bronze Pirmin Zurbriggen    Switzerland 2:39.38
Source:[6]

Slalom

Sunday, February 12

Medal Name Country Time
Gold Rudolf Nierlich  Austria 2:02.85
Silver Armin Bittner  West Germany 2:03.29
Bronze Marc Girardelli  Luxembourg 2:03.65
Source:[7][8]

Combination

Monday, January 30, and Friday, February 3

Medal Name Country Points
Gold Marc Girardelli  Luxembourg 4.76
Silver Paul Accola    Switzerland 16.26
Bronze Günther Mader  Austria 31.49
Source:[9]

Women's competitions

Downhill

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:[10][11]

Super-G

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:[4][5]

Giant Slalom

Saturday, February 11

Medal Name Country Time
Gold Vreni Schneider    Switzerland 2:29.37
Silver Carole Merle  France 2:30.50
Bronze Mateja Svet  Yugoslavia 2:31.92
Source:[12]

Slalom

Tuesday, February 7

Medal Name Country Time
Gold Mateja Svet  Yugoslavia 1:30.88
Silver Vreni Schneider    Switzerland 1:31.49
Bronze Tamara McKinney  United States 1:31.66
Source:[13][14]

Combination

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:[15][16]

Medals table
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

  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. "Tauscher scores surprising victory in men's downhill". News and Courier. (Charleston, SC). Associated Press. February 7, 1989. p. 3C.
  4. "Hangl, Maier look super in super-G races". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. February 9, 1989. p. D3.
  5. "World Championships: Women's, Men's Super-G". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. February 9, 1989. p. D4.
  6. "World Alpine: Men's giant slalom". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. February 10, 1989. p. C4.
  7. "Nierlich collects second gold". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. February 13, 1989. p. C3.
  8. "World Alpine: Men's slalom". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. February 13, 1989. p. C2.
  9. "World Alpine: Men's combined". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. February 4, 1989. p. B4.
  10. "Swiss skier takes women's downhill". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. February 6, 1989. p. C4.
  11. "World Championships: Women's downhill". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. February 6, 1989. p. C2.
  12. "Schneider pockets gold medal". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. February 12, 1989. p. 9G.
  13. "Svet finally gets medal and it's gold". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. February 8, 1989. p. D3.
  14. "World Championships: Women's slalom". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. February 8, 1989. p. D4.
  15. "World Alpine Championships: Women's slalom combined". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. January 30, 1989. p. C4.
  16. "World Alpine Championships: Women's combined". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. February 3, 1989. p. C3.
  • 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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