The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013 were the 42nd FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, held 4–17 February in Austria at Planai in Schladming, Styria. A record number of athletes and countries took part in this championships. Schladming previously hosted the 1982 World Championships, and prior to acquiring the 2013 event, it made two unsuccessful bids to host.
| Host city | Schladming, Styria, Austria |
|---|---|
| Nations | 72 |
| Athletes | 614 |
| Events | 11 |
| Opening | 4 February 2013 |
| Closing | 17 February 2013 |
| Opened by | Heinz Fischer |
| Main venue | Planai |
| Website | schladming2013.at |
Planai
Location in Austria
Planai
The FIS awarded the 2013 championships to Schladming on 29 May 2008, in Cape Town, South Africa. The other three finalists were Beaver Creek in Vail, United States, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, and St. Moritz, Switzerland. Beaver Creek/Vail hosted in 2015 and St. Moritz gained the championships for 2017.
Course information
edit| Day | Date | Time (UTC+1) |
Race | Start elevation |
Finish elevation |
Vertical drop |
Course length |
Gates | Maximum gradient |
Course name |
Sky |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue | 05-Feb | 14:30 | Women's super-G | 1331 m / 4367 ft | 771 m / 2529 ft | 560 m / 1837 ft | 2.218 km / 1.378 mi | 49 | 48% (25.6°) | Streicher | cloudy |
| Wed | 06-Feb | 11:00 | Men's super-G | 1348 m / 4422 ft | 777 m / 2549 ft | 571 m / 1873 ft | 1.885 km / 1.187 mi | 42 | 52% (27.5°) | Planai | cloudy |
| Fri | 08-Feb | 10:00 | Women's super combined – Downhill | 1479 m / 4852 ft | 771 m / 2529 ft | 708 m / 2322 ft | 3.050 km / 1.895 mi | 45 | 48% (25.6°) | Streicher | sunny |
| 14:00 | Women's super combined – Slalom | 940 m / 3084 ft | 745 m / 2444 ft | 195 m / 640 ft | 60 | 49% (26.1°) | Streicher | sunny | |||
| Sat | 09-Feb | 11:00 | Men's downhill | 1753 m / 5771 ft | 777 m / 2549 ft | 976 m / 3202 ft | 3.334 km / 2.072 mi | 39 | 72% (35.7°) | Planai | cloudy |
| Sun | 10-Feb | 11:00 | Women's downhill | 1479 m / 4852 ft | 771 m / 2529 ft | 708 m / 2322 ft | 3.050 km / 1.895 mi | 45 | 48% (25.6°) | Streicher | sunny |
| Mon | 11-Feb | 12:00 | Men's super combined – Downhill | 1753 m / 5771 ft | 777 m / 2549 ft | 976 m / 3202 ft | 3.366 km / 2.092 mi | 39 | 72% (35.7°) | Planai | sunny |
| 18:15 | Men's super combined – Slalom | 963 m / 3159 ft | 745 m / 2444 ft | 218 m / 715 ft | 0.585 km / 0.363 mi | 64 | 48% (25.6°) | Planai | cloudy | ||
| Tue | 12-Feb | 17:00 | Team event | 838 m / 2749 ft | 745 m / 2444 ft | 93 m / 305 ft | 260 m / 853 ft | 20 | 46% (24.7°) | Planai | cloudy |
| Thu | 14-Feb | 10:00 13:30 |
Women's giant slalom – Run 1 Women's giant slalom – Run 2 |
1105 m / 3635 ft | 745 m / 2444 ft | 360 m / 1181 ft | 1.052 km / 0.654 mi | 42 45 |
52% (27.5°) | Planai | sunny |
| Fri | 15-Feb | 10:00 13:30 |
Men's giant slalom – Run 1 Men's giant slalom – Run 2 |
1148 m / 2438 ft | 745 m / 2444 ft | 403 m / 1322 ft | 1.218 km / 0.757 mi | 53 53 |
52% (27.5°) | Planai | sunny |
| Sat | 16-Feb | 10:00 13:30 |
Women's slalom – Run 1 Women's slalom – Run 2 |
920 m / 3018 ft | 740 m / 2427 ft | 180 m / 590 ft | 0.566 km / 0.352 mi | 61 63 |
49% (26.1°) | Streicher | cloudy cloudy |
| Sun | 17-Feb | 10:00 13:30 |
Men's slalom – Run 1 Men's slalom – Run 2 |
963 m / 3159 ft | 740 m / 2427 ft | 223 m / 731 ft | 0.585 km / 0.364 mi | 66 66 |
48% (25.6°) | Planai | cloudy cloudy |
Medal winners
editMen's events
edit| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downhill[1] |
Aksel Lund Svindal Norway |
2:01.32 | Dominik Paris Italy |
2:01.78 | David Poisson France |
2:02.29 |
| Super-G[2] |
Ted Ligety United States |
1:23.96 | Gauthier de Tessières France |
1:24.16 | Aksel Lund Svindal Norway |
1:24.18 |
| Giant slalom[3] |
Ted Ligety United States |
2:28.92 | Marcel Hirscher Austria |
2:29.73 | Manfred Mölgg Italy |
2:30.67 |
| Slalom[4] |
Marcel Hirscher Austria |
1:51.03 | Felix Neureuther Germany |
1:51.45 | Mario Matt Austria |
1:51.68 |
| Super combined[5] |
Ted Ligety United States |
2:56.96 | Ivica Kostelić Croatia |
2:58.11 | Romed Baumann Austria |
2:58.13 |
Women's events
edit| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downhill[6] |
Marion Rolland France |
1:50.00 | Nadia Fanchini Italy |
1:50.16 | Maria Höfl-Riesch Germany |
1:50.70 |
| Super-G[7] |
Tina Maze Slovenia |
1:35.39 | Lara Gut Switzerland |
1:35.77 | Julia Mancuso United States |
1:35.91 |
| Giant slalom[8] |
Tessa Worley France |
2:08.06 | Tina Maze Slovenia |
2:09.18 | Anna Fenninger Austria |
2:09.24 |
| Slalom[9] |
Mikaela Shiffrin United States |
1:39.85 | Michaela Kirchgasser Austria |
1:40.07 | Frida Hansdotter Sweden |
1:40.11 |
| Super combined[10] |
Maria Höfl-Riesch Germany |
2:39.92 | Tina Maze Slovenia |
2:40.38 | Nicole Hosp Austria |
2:40.92 |
Team event
editMedal table
edit* Host nation (Austria)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States (USA) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | Austria (AUT)* | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | France (FRA) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Slovenia (SLO) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals (10 entries) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 | |
Participating nations
edit614 athletes from 72 countries competed.[12] Malta made its debut appearance.[13]
Albania (1)
Andorra (6)
Argentina (10)
Armenia (5)
Australia (10)
Austria (37)
Azerbaijan (1)
Belarus (4)
Belgium (12)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (8)
Brazil (2)
Bulgaria (6)
Canada (20)
Chile (13)
China (6)
Croatia (18)
Cyprus (4)
Czech Republic (12)
Denmark (10)
Estonia (1)
Finland (9)
France (34)
Georgia (5)
Germany (20)
Great Britain (2)
Greece (8)
Haiti (2)
Hungary (18)
Iceland (10)
India (4)
Iran (12)
Ireland (3)
Israel (4)
Italy (24)
Jamaica (1)
Japan (7)
Kazakhstan (5)
Kyrgyzstan (7)
Latvia (13)
Lebanon (9)
Liechtenstein (8)
Lithuania (4)
Luxembourg (3)
Republic of Macedonia (5)
Malta (1)
Mexico (1)
Moldova (2)
Monaco (2)
Montenegro (5)
Netherlands (7)
New Zealand (9)
Norway (10)
Poland (8)
Peru (2)
Portugal (2)
Puerto Rico (1)
Romania (1)
Russia (17)
San Marino (4)
Serbia (8)
Slovakia (11)
Slovenia (22)
South Africa (4)
South Korea (1)
Spain (4)
Sweden (15)
Switzerland (30)
Chinese Taipei (2)
Ukraine (7)
United States (20)
United States Virgin Islands (1)
Uzbekistan (11)
Injuries
editOn 5 February 2013, during the super-G, American Lindsey Vonn was involved in a severe crash and was airlifted to a nearby hospital. Vonn tore her anterior cruciate ligament and medial collateral ligament in her right knee and fractured her right tibia.[14]
References
edit- ^ "FIS World Ski Championships Downhill M Results" (PDF). FIS. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
- ^ "FIS World Ski Championships Super G M Results" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 6 February 2013.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "FIS World Ski Championships Giant Slalom M Results" (PDF). FIS. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
- ^ "FIS World Ski Championships Slalom M Results" (PDF). FIS. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
- ^ "FIS World Ski Championships Super Combined M Results" (PDF). FIS. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- ^ "FIS World Ski Championships Downhill L Results" (PDF). FIS. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
- ^ "FIS World Ski Championships Super G L Results" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 5 February 2013.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "FIS World Ski Championships Giant Slalom L Results" (PDF). FIS. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2013. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
- ^ "FIS World Ski Championships Slalom L Results" (PDF). FIS. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
- ^ "FIS World Ski Championships Super Combined L Results" (PDF). FIS. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
- ^ "FIS World Ski Championships Team event Results" (PDF). FIS. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
- ^ "Participating athletes". Archived from the original on 24 July 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
- ^ Maltese woman to compete at Worlds for Alpine Ski, 2014 Olympics
- ^ "Vonn Tears Ligaments in Right Knee, out for Season". US Skiteam. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
External links
edit- Official website (in English and German)
- FIS-Ski.com – AWSC 2013 – calendar & results
- Coin issued by the Austrian Mint to commemorate the event