FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1999 explained

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1999
Size:	80
Host City:	Vail, Colorado, U.S.
Nations:	56
Events:	10
Opened By:	Bill Clinton
Stadium:	Vail (7 events) Beaver Creek (3)
Previous:	Sestriere 1997

The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1999 were held February 2–14 in Vail and Beaver Creek, Colorado, U.S.A.^[1]

Lasse Kjus of Norway placed in the top two in all five events, winning two gold medals and taking three silvers. Hermann Maier of Austria won gold medals in the two speed events, the downhill and super-G (a dead-heat tie with Kjus). Austria dominated the women's two speed events with a sweep of all six medals. The men's downhill, super-G, and combined events were held at Beaver Creek, and the seven other events were at Vail.

This was the third non-Olympic World Championships held in the United States, all in Colorado. (The 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, California, and the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, are also officially considered World Championships). Vail hosted a decade earlier in 1989 and Aspen in 1950, the first held outside of Europe. As a host country, the U.S. has won just two medals in the three World Championships, a gold and a bronze by Tamara McKinney in 1989.

The Birds of Prey downhill course at Beaver Creek was developed for these championships, its first World Cup races were in December 1997. Designed by Olympic gold medalist Bernhard Russi, it has been a regular stop on the men's World Cup schedule and was used again for the World Championships in 2015.

Men's competitions

Downhill

Saturday, February 6, 1999
Beaver Creek

Place	Name	Country	Time	Diff.
			1:40.60	--
			1:40.91	+ 0.31
			1:41.17	+ 0.57

Source:^[2]

Super-G

Tuesday, February 2, 1999
Beaver Creek

Place	Name	Country	Time	Diff.
	Lasse Kjus		1:14.53	--
	Hermann Maier		1:14.53	--
	Hans Knauss		1:14.54	+ 0.01

Source:^[3]

Giant Slalom

Friday, February 12, 1999
Vail

Place	Name	Country	Time	Diff.	Run 1	Run 2
	Lasse Kjus		2:19.31	0.00	1:11.56	1:07.75
	Marco Büchel		2:19.36	+ 0.05	1:11.31	1:08.85
	Steve Locher		2:20.79	+ 1.48	1:11.97	1:08.82

Source:^[4]

Slalom

Sunday February 14, 1999
Vail

Place	Name	Country	Time	Diff.	Run 1	Run 2
	Kalle Palander		1:42.12	--	52.20	49.92
	Lasse Kjus		1:42.23	+ 0.11	51.42	50.81
	Christian Mayer		1:42.25	+ 0.13	51.61	50.64

Source:^[5]

Combined

Monday & Tuesday, February 8–9, 1999
Beaver Creek

Place	Name	Country	Time	Diff.	Downhill	Slalom
	Kjetil André Aamodt		2:43.09	--	1:13.52	1:29.57
	Lasse Kjus		2:43.25	+ 0.16	1:13.58	1:29.67
	Paul Accola		2:43.62	+ 0.53	1:14.38	1:29.24

Source:^[6]

Women's competitions

Downhill

Sunday, February 7, 1999
Vail

Place	Athlete	Country	Time	Diff.
	Renate Götschl		1:48.20	--
	Michaela Dorfmeister		1:48.35	+ 0.15
	Stefanie Schuster		1:48.37	+ 0.17

Source:^[7]

Super-G

Wednesday, February 3, 1999
Vail

Place	Athlete	Country	Time	Diff.
	Alexandra Meissnitzer		1:20.53	--
	Renate Götschl		1:20.56	+ 0.03
	Michaela Dorfmeister		1:20.74	+ 0.21

Source:^[8]

Giant Slalom

Thursday, February 11, 1999
Vail

Place	Athlete	Country	Time	Diff.	Run 1	Run 2
	Alexandra Meissnitzer		2:08.54	--	1:01.93	1:06.61
	Andrine Flemmen		2:08.84	+ 0.30	1:02.27	1:06.57
	Anita Wachter		2:09.13	+ 0.59	1:01.72	1:07.41

Source:^[9]

Slalom

Saturday, February 13, 1999
Vail

Place	Athlete	Country	Time	Diff.	Run 1	Run 2
	Zali Steggall		1:33.97	--	46.44	47.53
	Pernilla Wiberg		1:34.77	+ 0.80	46.44	48.33
	Trine Bakke		1:35.00	+ 1.03	46.31	48.69

Source:^[10]

Combined

Friday, February 5, 1999
Vail

Place	Athlete	Country	Time	Diff.	Downhill	Slalom
	Pernilla Wiberg		3:08.52	--	1:35.10	1:33.42
	Renate Götschl		3:08.67	+ 0.15	1:33.66	1:35.01
	Florence Masnada		3:08.97	+ 0.45	1:35.12	1:33.85

Source:^[11]

Medals table

Place	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1		5	3	5	13
2		3	4	2	9
3		1	1	-	2
4		1	-	-	1
4		1	-	-	1
6		-	1	-	4
7		-	-	2	2
8		-	-	1	1

External links

• FIS-ski.com - results - 1999 World Championships - Vail/Beaver Creek, Colorado, USA
• FIS-ski.com - results - World Championships
• Vail Valley Foundation - 1999 World Championships

Notes and References

1. [:de:Alpine Skiweltmeisterschaft 1999|de.wikipedia.org Alpine Skiweltmeisterschaft 1999]
2. Web site: FIS World Ski Championships - Men's Downhill . FIS-ski.com . February 6, 1999 . December 13, 2013.
3. Web site: FIS World Ski Championships - Men's Super G . FIS-ski.com . February 2, 1999 . December 13, 2013.
4. Web site: FIS World Ski Championships - Men's Giant Slalom . FIS-ski.com . February 12, 1999 . December 13, 2013.
5. Web site: FIS World Ski Championships - Men's Slalom . FIS-ski.com . February 14, 1999 . December 13, 2013.
6. Web site: FIS World Ski Championships - Men's Combined . FIS-ski.com . February 8–9, 1999 . December 13, 2013.
7. Web site: FIS World Ski Championships - Ladies' Downhill . FIS-ski.com . February 7, 1999 . December 13, 2013.
8. Web site: FIS World Ski Championships - Ladies' Super G . FIS-ski.com . February 3, 1999 . December 13, 2013.
9. Web site: FIS World Ski Championships - Ladies' Giant Slalom . FIS-ski.com . February 11, 1999 . December 13, 2013.
10. Web site: FIS World Ski Championships - Ladies' Slalom . FIS-ski.com . February 13, 1999 . December 13, 2013.
11. Web site: FIS World Ski Championships - Ladies' Combined . FIS-ski.com . February 5, 1999 . December 13, 2013.