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25-529: The last Alpine World Ski Championships in 1931 did not include the combined event, but it was added to the program in 1932 . Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics was not included until 1936 , and the combined was the only event. The combined was one of three medal events at the next Olympics in 1948 , along with downhill and slalom. The combined used the results of the only downhill race with two runs of combined slalom. The regular slalom (two runs)

50-569: A 1940 event. An event was held in 1941, but included competitors only from nations from the Axis powers or nations not at war with them. The results were later cancelled by the FIS in 1946 because of the limited number of participants, so they are not considered official. Following the war, the championships were connected with the Olympics for several decades. From 1948 through 1982 , the competition

75-662: Is a mountain in Europe , directly southwest of Kitzbühel in the Kitzbühel Alps of Austria . The elevation of its summit is 1,712 metres (5,617 ft) above sea level . The Hahnenkamm ( German : rooster 's comb ) is part of the ski resort of Kitzbühel, and hosts an annual World Cup alpine ski race, the Hahnenkammrennen . The most famous slope on the Hahnenkamm is the classic downhill course,

100-478: Is mostly in the shade, adding the difficulty of flat vision to the already exceptionally demanding run. The Hahnenkammrennen are the annual races, held since 1931 and a fixture of the men's World Cup since its inception in the 1967 season. The races were originally held in March, and sometimes in early February (1949 & 1951). Beginning in 1953, the races at Kitzbühel have been held in mid to late January, often

125-599: The Streif (streak, or stripe), which is regarded as the most demanding race course on the World Cup circuit . The course features highly technical, "fall-away" turns (reverse bank), many with limited visibility. It also contains several flat gliding sections, immediately preceded by difficult turns, placing a premium on both technical and gliding skills. The Streif is located on the mountain's northeast face which in January

150-467: The 2007 season, the FIS began awarding a fifth discipline-champion "crystal globe" to the points winner of combined races; the 2007 season included five combined races for each gender. Nine out of the ten scheduled combineds use the new super-combined format, the only exception was Kitzbühel , Austria , which continued with the traditional two-run format (K), albeit in a "paper race." The change to super combined expectedly resulted in major disapproval from

175-679: The Super-G was added to the program in 1987 . (Both were also added to the Olympics in 1988 .) There were no World Championships in 1983 or 1984 and since 1985 , they have been scheduled in odd-numbered years, independent of the Winter Olympics . A lack of snow in southern Spain in 1995 caused a postponement to the following year. A total of twelve countries have hosted the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, including those which were shared with

200-558: The Alpine Skiing World Championships (including at team events) are listed below. Boldface denotes active skiers and highest medal count among all skiers (including these who not included in these tables) per type. * Including one medal in the Mixed team event ** Including two medals in the Mixed team event Participants with five or more medals in the individual disciplines (not including team events) at

225-591: The Alpine Skiing World Championships are (boldface denotes active skiers): Only seven skiers (three men and four women) have ever managed to win World championship in four or more different alpine skiing individual disciplines during their career, as listed in the table below. Anja Pärson of Sweden is the only skier in history to win World Championship golds in five individual disciplines. 'The tables for both genders include medals won at

250-428: The FIS began to replace these "calculated" combineds with super combined events, held on one day, which administrators hope will result in increased participation. A modified version, the super combined or Alpine combined, is a speed race (downhill or super-G ) and only one run of slalom, with both portions scheduled on the same day. Because slalom courses generally become slower after the first racers, recent changes to

275-412: The Olympics in 2024. The world championships were held annually from 1931 through 1939 , were interrupted by World War II , and resumed as a biennial event at the 1948 Olympics, held in even-numbered years through 1982. They skipped the 1984 Olympics and have been scheduled for odd-numbered years since 1985 . (The 1995 event was postponed to 1996 , due to lack of snow in southeastern Spain .) At

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300-492: The Winter Olympics and world championships, the slalom and downhill portions of a combined event are run separately from the regular downhill and slalom events on shorter, and often less demanding, race courses. On the World Cup circuit, traditional combined events have been "paper races," combining skiers' times from a separately scheduled downhill race and slalom race, generally held at the same location over two days. In 2005,

325-648: The Winter Olympics. All of the top-7 on the list of nations which have won FIS World Cup races have been selected as host at least twice. The World Championships have been held only once in the Southern Hemisphere , in August 1966 at Portillo, Chile . The list is complete through 2021 and does not include the unofficial 1941 event. Note: The men's super-G in 1993 and the team event in 2009 were cancelled due to adverse weather conditions, and no medals were awarded. Top 10 skiers who won more gold medals at

350-426: The World Cup era, the man most likely to be referred to as Hahnenkammsieger (champion) is the winner of the prestigious downhill race. The Super-G made its debut at Kitzbühel 29 years ago in 1995 , and returned as a regular event in 2000 , scheduled the day before the downhill. Because of challenging weather conditions in January at the top of the mountain, the downhill course is often not run in its entirety. In

375-549: The World Cup since first edition in 1976. FIS Alpine World Ski Championships The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships is an alpine skiing competition organized by the International Ski Federation (FIS). The inaugural world championships in alpine skiing were held in 1931. During the 1930s, the event was held annually in Europe, until interrupted by the outbreak of World War II , preventing

400-401: The addition of the giant slalom in 1950, but returned in 1954 as a "paper" race which used the results of the three events: downhill , giant slalom, and slalom . During Olympic years from 1956 through 1980, FIS World Championship medals were awarded in the combined, but not Olympic medals. The combined returned as a separately run event in 1982 with its own downhill and two-run slalom, and

425-570: The decade of 2000–09, the Streif full course was run in only four of the ten years (2001, 2002, 2004, & 2009). Unfortunately, this often eliminates one of the most exciting jumps in ski racing, the Mausefalle ( mousetrap ), seconds from the top of the course. The competitors reach high speeds quickly out of the starting gate on the Startschuss and fly up to 40 m (130 ft) off

450-504: The nine Winter Olympics from 1948 through 1980 , though these were also World Championships. The mixed team events is not included for both genders, therefore there is special table for these team competitions. Also, there are two cumulative medal tables – the first one includes medals won at the nine Winter Olympics from 1948 through 1980 , the second one do not includes these medals. All tables are current through 2023 . Hahnenkamm, Kitzb%C3%BChel The Hahnenkamm

475-445: The slalom specialists, the loudest critic being Ivica Kostelić . Even with the change to a single slalom run, many speed skiers believe the technical racers have the advantage in the super combined. The super combined format debuted at the world championships in 2007 in Åre , Sweden , and at the Winter Olympics in 2010 at Whistler , Canada . In the following table men's combined (super combined from 2007) World Cup podiums in

500-508: The super combined or Alpine combined events have the fastest racers from the speed race start first in the slalom run, which is a revision to the prior structure of starting the slalom run in reverse order, as is done in the second run of a traditional two-run slalom. The first super combined was a World Cup race held in 2005 in Wengen , Switzerland , on January 14; Benjamin Raich of Austria

525-471: The three races of downhill, giant slalom, and slalom. The top three finishers in the combined event were awarded world championship medals by the FIS, but not Olympic medals from the BBC. This three-race paper method was used from 1954 through 1980; no FIS medals were awarded for the combined in 1950 or 1952 . A separate downhill and slalom for the combined event was added to the world championships in 1982 , and

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550-500: The week following the Lauberhorn in Wengen , Switzerland , another classic downhill. Since 1959, the race has been broadcast on Austrian television . In 2009, as well as in 2008, the total prize money was € 550,000. The Hahnenkamm races are currently held in the following disciplines: Traditionally, the winner of the Hahnenkamm race was determined by the combined results of the downhill and slalom competitions. During

575-536: Was held in even-numbered years, with the Winter Olympics acting as the World Championships through 1980 , and a separate competition held in even-numbered non-Olympic years. The 1950 championships in the United States at Aspen were the first held outside of Europe and the first official championships separate of the Olympics since 1939 . The combined event was dropped after 1948 with

600-403: Was held the following day. With the introduction of giant slalom at the world championships in 1950 , the combined event disappeared from the Olympics for four decades, until re-introduced in 1988 . From 1948 through 1980 , the Winter Olympics also served as the world championships, with two sets of medals awarded. The world champion in the combined was determined "on paper" by the results of

625-491: Was the winner. The first women's race in the new format was run six weeks later in San Sicario , Italy ; won by Croatia 's Janica Kostelić on February 27. The 2006 World Cup calendar included three super combineds and just one traditional combined race on the men's side, while the women raced two super combineds and no traditional combineds. Kostelić won the first three women's World Cup super combineds. Beginning with

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