FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015

The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015 were the 43rd FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, held from 2–15 February in the United States at Vail / Beaver Creek, Colorado.[1]

43rd FIS Alpine World Ski Championships
Host cityVail / Beaver Creek,
Colorado, U.S.
Nations participating68
Athletes participating~700
Events11
Opening ceremonyFebruary 2, 2015
Closing ceremonyFebruary 15, 2015
Officially opened byBarack Obama
Main venueBeaver Creek
Websitevailbeavercreek2015.com
Alpine skiing at the
World Ski Championships 2015
Combinedmenwomen
Downhillmenwomen
Giant slalommenwomen
Slalommenwomen
Super-Gmenwomen
Team mixed
Beaver
Creek
Location in the United States

Athletes from over 70 nations were expected, with a worldwide television audience of an estimated 1 billion and an onsite media and broadcast entourage of approximately 1,500. Competition began on Tuesday, February 3 and concluded on Sunday, February 15, covering 13 days and two weekends. There were five men’s and five women’s individual races, along with the nation’s team event, featuring a parallel giant slalom format. The team event was run at Vail and the other ten competitions at Beaver Creek, on or near the Birds of Prey course.

These were the third world championships for Vail / Beaver Creek, which previously hosted in 1989 and 1999. All the events in 1989 were held at Vail, and 1999 had events at both resorts, seven at Vail and three at Beaver Creek. Also in Colorado, Aspen hosted in 1950, which were the first championships held outside Europe, the first to include the giant slalom event, and the first alpine world ski championships outside the Olympics since 1939.

Host selection

All three finalists for 2015 had attempted to host the 2013 championships, which were awarded in 2008 to Austria.[2]

City Country Votes Previous championships hosted
Vail / Beaver Creek, Colorado  United States 8 1999, 1989 (Vail only),
orig. 1976 Winter Olympics (withdrawn 1972)
Cortina d'Ampezzo  Italy 4 1956 Winter Olympics, 1941 (later withdrawn), 1932
St. Moritz    Switzerland 3 2003, 1974, 1948 Winter Olympics, 1934

The winner was selected at the FIS Congress in Antalya, Turkey, on June 3, 2010.
Vail/Beaver Creek won in the first round with 8 votes to Cortina's 4 and St. Moritz's 3.

A new women's downhill course was built adjacent to the men's Birds of Prey course at Beaver Creek.[3]

Schedule and course information

All times are local (UTC−7).[4]

Course information – (metric/feet)
Day Date Time Race Start
elevation		 Finish
elevation		 Vertical
drop		 Course
length		 Gates Maximum
gradient		 Course
name		 Sky
Tue 3 Feb 11:00 Women's Super-G 3246 m / 10650 ft 2730 m / 8957 ft 516 m / 1693 ft 1.640 km / 1.119 mi 35 57% (30.0°) Raptor cloudy
Thu 5 Feb 11:00 Men's Super-G 3337 m / 10948 ft 2730 m / 8957 ft 671 m / 2201 ft 1.879 km / 1.167 mi 39 68% (32.3°) Birds of Prey cloudy
Fri 6 Feb 11:00 Women's Downhill 3440 m / 11283 ft 2730 m / 8954 ft 710 m / 2329 ft 3.050 km / 1.895 mi 41 59% (30.5°) Raptor cloudy
Sat 7 Feb 11:00 Men's Downhill 3483 m / 11424 ft 2730 m / 8954 ft 753 m / 2470 ft 2.623 km / 1.629 mi 36 63% (32.3°) Birds of Prey sunny
Sun 8 Feb 10:00 Men's Super Combined – Downhill 3483 m / 11424 ft 2730 m / 8954 ft 753 m / 2470 ft 2.623 km / 1.629 mi 36 63% (32.3°) Birds of Prey sunny
14:15 Men's Super Combined – Slalom 2935 m / 9627 ft 2724 m / 8935 ft 211 m / 692 ft 0.690 km / 0.429 mi 66 50% (26.7°) sunny
Mon 9 Feb 10:00 Women's Super Combined – Downhill 3440 m / 11283 ft 2730 m / 8954 ft 710 m / 2329 ft 3.050 km / 1.895 mi 41 59% (30.5°) Raptor sunny
14:15 Women's Super Combined – Slalom 2911 m / 9548 ft 2724 m / 8935 ft 182 m / 613 ft 0.640 km / 0.398 mi 59 46% (24.8°) sunny
Tue 10 Feb 14:15 Team Event m /  ft m /  ft m /  ft m /  ft sunny
Thu 12 Feb 10:15
14:15		 Women's Giant Slalom – Run 1
Women's Giant Slalom – Run 2		 3077 m / 10093 ft 2724 m / 8935 ft 353 m / 1158 ft 1.305 km / 0.811 mi 49
49		 50% (26.7°) sunny
Fri 13 Feb 10:15
14:15		 Men's Giant Slalom – Run 1
Men's Giant Slalom – Run 2		 3124 m / 10247 ft 2724 m / 8935 ft 400 m / 1312 ft 1.490 km / 0.926 mi 60
59		 50% (26.7°) sunny
Sat 14 Feb 10:00
14:15		 Women's Slalom – Run 1
Women's Slalom – Run 2		 2911 m / 9548 ft 2724 m / 8935 ft 187 m / 613 ft 0.640 km / 0.398 mi 61
61		 46% (24.8°) sunny
Sun 15 Feb 10:15
14:15		 Men's Slalom – Run 1
Men's Slalom – Run 2		 2935 m / 9627 ft 2724 m / 8935 ft 211 m / 692 ft 0.690 km / 0.429 mi 73
70		 50% (25.7°) cloudy
  • The women's Super-G was delayed 30 minutes due to strong winds. The start was lowered 74 m (243 ft), shortening the course by 200 m (220 yd).
  • The men's Super-G was postponed a day due to adverse weather conditions.

Medal winners

Men's events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Downhill[5]
 Patrick Küng
  Switzerland		1:43.18 Travis Ganong
 United States		1:43.42 Beat Feuz
  Switzerland		1:43.49
Super-G[6]
 Hannes Reichelt
 Austria		1:15.68 Dustin Cook
 Canada		1:15.79 Adrien Théaux
 France		1:15.92
Giant Slalom[7]
 Ted Ligety
 United States		2:34.16 Marcel Hirscher
 Austria		2:34.61 Alexis Pinturault
 France		2:35.04
Slalom[8]
 Jean-Baptiste Grange
 France		1:57.47 Fritz Dopfer
 Germany		1:57.82 Felix Neureuther
 Germany		1:58.02
Super Combined[9]
 Marcel Hirscher
 Austria		2:36.10 Kjetil Jansrud
 Norway		2:36.29 Ted Ligety
 United States		2:36.40

Women's events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Downhill[10]
 Tina Maze
 Slovenia		1:45.89 Anna Fenninger
 Austria		1:45.91 Lara Gut
  Switzerland		1:46.23
Super-G[11]
 Anna Fenninger
 Austria		1:10.29 Tina Maze
 Slovenia		1:10.32 Lindsey Vonn
 United States		1:10.44
Giant Slalom[12]
 Anna Fenninger
 Austria		2:19.16 Viktoria Rebensburg
 Germany		2:20.56 Jessica Lindell-Vikarby
 Sweden		2:20.65
Slalom[13]
 Mikaela Shiffrin
 United States		1:38.48 Frida Hansdotter
 Sweden		1:38.82 Šárka Strachová
 Czech Republic		1:39.25
Super Combined[14]
 Tina Maze
 Slovenia		2:33.37 Nicole Hosp
 Austria		2:33.59 Michaela Kirchgasser
 Austria		2:33.72

Team event
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Team event[15]
  Austria
Eva-Maria Brem
Michaela Kirchgasser
Nicole Hosp
Marcel Hirscher
Christoph Nösig
Philipp Schörghofer		  Canada
Candace Crawford
Erin Mielzynski
Marie-Pier Préfontaine
Phil Brown
Trevor Philp
Erik Read		  Sweden
Maria Pietilä Holmner
Anna Swenn-Larsson
Sara Hector
Mattias Hargin
André Myhrer
Markus Larsson

Medal table

  *   Host nation (United States)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Austria (AUT)5319
2 United States (USA)*2125
3 Slovenia (SLO)2103
4 France (FRA)1023
  Switzerland (SUI)1023
6 Germany (GER)0213
7 Canada (CAN)0202
8 Sweden (SWE)0123
9 Norway (NOR)0101
10 Czech Republic (CZE)0011
Totals (10 nations)11111133
  • Host country highlighted.

References
  1. "Vail/Beaver Creek will host the 2015 World Alpine Ski Championships". Archived from the original on 2015-02-14. Retrieved 2014-12-02.
  2. FIS-Ski.com 5 May 2009 article on the applicants for the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015. Archived 8 December 2012 at Archive.today – accessed 2009-05-05
  3. bcworldcup.com Archived 2010-12-04 at the Wayback Machine – birdsofprey/info/races/2015-world-championships – accessed 2010-12-18
  4. "Course maps". Vail Beaver Creek 2015. Archived from the original on March 15, 2015. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
  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 Super 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 Super Combined Results
  15. Team Event Results

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