| bgcolor=#b0c4de colspan=2 align="center" | Ganslern | |
|---|---|---|
| Place: |  Kitzbühel | |
| Mountain: | ||
| Member: | Club5+ | |
| Opened: | 1937 | |
| Competition: | Hahnenkamm Races | |
| bgcolor=#b0c4de colspan=2 align="center" | Slalom | |
| Start: | (AA) | |
| Finish: | ||
| Vertical drop: | ||
| Length: | ||
| Max. incline: | 35 degrees (70%) | |
| Avr. incline: | 19.3 degrees (35%) | |
| Min. incline: | 11.3 degrees (20%) | |
| Most wins: |  Ingemar Stenmark (5x) |
Ganslernhang (short: Ganslern) is a men's classic slalom World Cup ski course in Kitzbühel, Austria, competing for Hahnenkamm Races since 1937.
It is located on the Hahnenkamm mountain (Kitzbühel Alps) in Kitzbühel, Tyrol, right next to even more famous "Streif" downhill course.
The record holder for the most wins on this course is the Swede, Ingemar Stenmark, who won five slalom races here. It was also here that, in 2022, that Dave Ryding became the first Briton to win a world cup ski championship.
With average of 25,000 people annually, is the second most visited SL in the circuit, behind Schladming.
From 1931 to 1936 the championship was held on nearby courses "Hahnenkamm" and "Ehrenbachhöhe". Since its premiere in 1937, the Hahnenkamm slalom has been held on this course (Ganslern).
In 1954, by exception, no Hahnenkamm Trophy was awarded, they were competing on the so-called "Vorderganslern" at Austrian International Winter Sports III competition.
Even before the introduction of the World Cup in 1967 it was one of the annual fixtures in FIS's racing calendar. In 1964, 1988 and 1993 the slaloms were cancelled and held elsewhere.
In 1971, the downhill was cancelled and replaced with giant slalom which for the first and last time together with slalom counted for classic Hahnenkamm combined. An additional SL was also held.
In 1998 and 2007 additional slaloms were held on this course, replacing other cancelled venues on the so-called "Vorderganslern" to the finish line of the "Streif".[1]
In 2007 and 2008 this route was chosen again due to the high number of spectators. In 2009 it returned again to the traditional Ganslernhang course.
| Type | Date | Winner | Second | Third | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Hahnenkamm Races | ||||||||
| "Hahnenkamm" course | ||||||||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | — | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 29 March 1931 | Hansjörg Schlechter | |||
| "Ehrenbachhöhe" course | ||||||||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | — | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 20 March 1932 | Willy Faude | |||
| align=right bgcolor="#EDCCD5" rowspan=2 | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 1933 | race was planned; not realized | ||||
| SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 1934 | ||||||
| "Hahnenkamm" course | ||||||||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | — | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 24 March 1935 | Sepp Klingler | |||
| "Ehrenbachhöhe" course | ||||||||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | — | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 8 March 1936 | Edi Neubarth | |||
| "Ganslern" course | ||||||||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | — | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 20 March 1937 | Markus Maier | |||
| align=right bgcolor="#EDCCD5" rowspan=8 | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 1938 | race was announced; then cancelled | ||||
| SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 1939 | no races during World War II period | |||||
| SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 1940 | ||||||
| SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 1941 | ||||||
| SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 1942 | ||||||
| SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 1943 | ||||||
| SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 1944 | ||||||
| SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 1945 | ||||||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" rowspan=6 | — | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 10 March 1946 | Toni Seelos | |||
| SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 9 March 1947 | Eberhard Kneisl | |||||
| SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 14 March 1948 | Hellmut Lantschner | |||||
| SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 6 March 1949 | Pepi Salvenmoser | |||||
| SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 11 March 1950 | Alois Zauner | |||||
| SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 7–9 February 1951 | Christian Pravda | Fritz Huber | ||||
| align=right bgcolor="#EDCCD5" | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 1952 | race was not in plan this year | ||||
| FIS–A | ||||||||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" rowspan=2 | — | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 18 January 1953 |  Martin Julen | |||
| GS | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 18 January 1953 | Martin Julen | |||||
| "Vorderganslern" course; exceptionally no Hahnenkamm trophy awarded in 1954 (International Winter Sports III) | ||||||||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" rowspan=2 | — | GS | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 22 January 1954 | Christian Pravda | |||
| SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 24 January 1954 | Ernst Hinterseer | |||||
| "Ganslern" course | ||||||||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" rowspan=11 | — | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 16 January 1955 | Ernst Hinterseer | |||
| SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 15 January 1956 | Sepp Behr | |||||
| SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 20 January 1957 |  François Bonlieu | |||||
| GS | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 17 January 1958 |  Bud Werner | |||||
| SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 19 January 1958 | Charles Bozon | |||||
| SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 18 January 1959 | Pepi Stiegler | |||||
| GS | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 15 January 1960 | Fritz Wagnerberger | |||||
| SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 17 January 1960 | Willy Bogner | |||||
| SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 22 January 1961 | Ludwig Leitner | |||||
| SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 21 January 1962 | Pepi Stiegler | |||||
| SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 20 January 1963 | Adolf Mathis | |||||
| align=right bgcolor="#EDCCD5" | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 1964 | race was announced; then cancelled | ||||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" rowspan=3 | — | GS | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 22 January 1965 | Jean-Claude Killy | |||
| SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 24 January 1965 |  Per Martin Sunde | |||||
| SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 23 January 1966 | Guy Périllat | |||||
| World Cup | ||||||||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 7 | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 22 January 1967 | Louis Jauffret | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 23 | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 21 January 1968 | Jean-Claude Killy | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 44 | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 19 January 1969 | Dumeng Giovanoli | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 68 | GS | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 17 January 1970 | Karl Schranz | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 69 | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 18 January 1970 | Jean-Noël Augert | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | — | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 23 January 1971 | additional slalom race; did not count for classic Hahnenkamm | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 98 | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 24 January 1971 | Harald Rofner | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 120 | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 16 January 1972 |  Andrzej Bachleda | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 146 | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 28 January 1973 | Andrzej Bachleda | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 172 | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 27 January 1974 |  Gustav Thöni | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 190 | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 19 January 1975 | Paolo De Chiesa | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 221 | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 24 January 1976 | Piero Gros | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 241 | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 16 January 1977 | Franco Bieler | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 276 | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 22 January 1978 |  Andreas Wenzel | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 301 | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 21 January 1979 | Phil Mahre | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 329 | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 13 January 1980 | Jacques Lüthy | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 361 | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 18 January 1981 | Christian Orlainsky | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 395 | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 17 January 1982 | Paolo De Chiesa Steve Mahre | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 429 | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 23 January 1983 | Phil Mahre | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 469 | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 22 January 1984 | Bojan Križaj | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 503 | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 13 January 1985 | Bojan Križaj | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 539 | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 19 January 1986 | Dietmar Köhlbichler Andreas Wenzel | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 591 | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 25 January 1987 | Armin Bittner | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EDCCD5" | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 17 January 1988 | lack of snow; replaced in Bad Kleinkirchheim on the same date[2] | ||||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 648 | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 15 January 1989 | Rudolf Nierlich | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 681 | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 21 January 1990 | Armin Bittner | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 712 | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 13 January 1991 | Rudolf Nierlich | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 744 | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 19 January 1992 |  Armin Bittner | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EDCCD5" | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 17 January 1993 | lack of snow; replaced in Lech am Arlberg on the same date[3] | ||||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 811 | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 16 January 1994 | Alberto Tomba | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 843 | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 15 January 1995 | Ole Kristian Furuseth | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 879 | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 14 January 1996 |  Jure Košir | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 918 | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 26 January 1997 | Finn Christian Jagge | |||
| "Vorderganslern - Streif Finish" course | ||||||||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 958 | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 25 January 1998 | Ole Kristian Furuseth | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 960 | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 26 January 1998 | Thomas Stangassinger | |||
| "Ganslern" course | ||||||||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 994 | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 24 January 1999 | Giorgio Rocca | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1025 | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 23 January 2000 | Benjamin Raich | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1064 | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 21 January 2001 | Hans Petter Buraas | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1100 | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 20 January 2002 | Bode Miller | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1137 | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 26 January 2003 | Heinz Schilchegger | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1172 | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 25 January 2004 | Rainer Schönfelder | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1211 | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 23 January 2005 |  Ivica Kostelić | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1248 | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 22 January 2006 | Benjamin Raich | |||
| "Vorderganslern - Streif Finish" course | ||||||||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1283 | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 27 January 2007 | Alois Vogl | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1284 | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 28 January 2007 | Manfred Mölgg | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1320 | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 20 January 2008 | Mario Matt | |||
| "Ganslern" course | ||||||||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1360 | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 25 January 2009 | Patrick Thaler | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1396 | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 24 January 2010 | Giuliano Razzoli | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1428 | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 23 January 2011 | Giuliano Razzoli | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1464 | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 22 January 2012 | Ivica Kostelić | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1511 | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 27 January 2013 | Ivica Kostelić | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1541 | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 24 January 2014 | Patrick Thaler | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1579 | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 25 January 2015 | Felix Neureuther | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1615 | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 24 January 2016 | Fritz Dopfer | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1658 | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 22 January 2017 |  Aleksandr Khoroshilov | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1697 | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 21 January 2018 | Daniel Yule | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1733 | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 26 January 2019 | Alexis Pinturault | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1770 | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 26 January 2020 | Clément Noël | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EDCCD5" | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 24 January 2021 | COVID-19 pandemic
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| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1840 | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 22 January 2022 | Henrik Kristoffersen | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1877 | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 22 January 2023 | Lucas Braathen | |||
| align=center bgcolor="#EFEFEF" | 1911 | SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 21 January 2024 | Daniel Yule | |||
| Type | Year | Winner | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Hahnenkamm Races | |||||
| "Ehrenbachhöhe" course | |||||
| SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 1932 | |||
| "Hahnenkamm" course | |||||
| SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 1935 | Gratia Schimmelpenninck | ||
| "Ehrenbachhöhe" course | |||||
| SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 1936 | |||
| "Ganslern" course | |||||
| SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 1937 | Lisa Resch | ||
| SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 1946 | Anneliese Schuh-Proxauf | ||
| SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 1947 | Gundl Baur | ||
| SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 1948 | Sophie Nogler | ||
| SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 1949 | Resi Hammerer | ||
| SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 1950 | Hannelore Glaser-Franke | ||
| SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 1951 | Andrea Mead Lawrence | ||
| FIS–A | |||||
| GS | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right rowspan=2 | 1953 | Lucienne Schmidt-Couttet | ||
| SL | Trude Klecker | ||||
| GS | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right rowspan=2 | 1954 | Mirl Buchner | ||
| SL | Regina Schöpf | ||||
| SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 1955 | Putzi Frandl | ||
| SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 1956 | Astrid Sandvik | ||
| SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 1957 | Putzi Frandl | ||
| GS | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right rowspan=2 | 1958 | Annemarie Waser | ||
| SL | Renée Colliard | ||||
| SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 1959 | Annemarie Waser | ||
| GS | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right rowspan=2 | 1960 | Thérèse Leduc | ||
| SL | Linda Meyers | ||||
| SL | bgcolor=gainsboro align=right | 1961 | Traudl Hecher | ||
The slope has numerous changes of terrain and lies at an oblique angle making it one of, if not the hardest and most challenging slalom course in the World Cup, located next to the final straight of the Streif.
It has its own finishing arena. The name "Ganslernhang" comes from a farmstead that stood there until 1993 and took its name from a stream, the Gänsbach, which flowed past it.
In 2009, before relatively short course, was lengthened by moving start higher up in the hill, at the same time new lift was built, with more comfortable standing area.
In 1986, elite Club5 was originally founded by prestigious classic downhill organizers: Kitzbühel, Wengen, Garmisch, Val d’Isère and Val Gardena/Gröden, with goal to bring alpine ski sport on the highest levels possible.[4]
Later over the years other classic longterm organizers joined the now named Club5+: Alta Badia, Cortina, Kranjska Gora, Maribor, Lake Louise, Schladming, Adelboden, Kvitfjell, St.Moritz and Åre.[5]