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Bormio is located in Alps
Bormio
Bormio
Location in the Alps of Europe

The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1985 were held in Bormio, northern Italy between January 31 and February 10, 1985.[1]

These were the first world championships held in an odd-numbered year, and the last without the Super-G event.

The World Championships returned to Bormio two decades later in 2005.

Men's Competitions

Downhill

Sunday, February 3

Place Nation Athlete Time
1 Switzerland Pirmin Zurbriggen 2:06.68
2 Switzerland Peter Müller 2:06.79
3 United States Doug Lewis 2:06.82
4 Switzerland Franz Heinzer 2:07.45
5 Austria Franz Klammer 2:07.64
6 Austria Peter Wirnsberger 2:07.70
7 Austria Helmut Höflehner 2:08.01
8 Switzerland Conradin Cathomen 2:08.03
9 Canada Todd Brooker 2:08.05
10 Australia Steven Lee 2:08.29
11 France Philippe Verneret 2:08.54
12 Italy Michael Mair 2:08.56
13 Italy Raimund Ostendorf 2:08.73
14 United States Bill Johnson 2:09.01
15 France Franck Piccard 2:09.19
18 United States Michael Brown 2:09.65
29 United States Alan Lauba 2:12.14
Source:[2][3][4]

Giant slalom

Thursday, February 7

Place Nation Athlete Time Run 1 Run 2
1 West Germany Markus Wasmeier 2:28.90 1:08.78 1:20.12
2 Switzerland Pirmin Zurbriggen 2:28.95 1:09.17 1:19.78
3 Luxembourg Marc Girardelli 2:29.22 1:09.41 1:19.81
4 West Germany Egon Hirt 2:30.35
5 Austria Hans Enn 2:30.36
6 Italy Robert Erlacher 2:30.53
7 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Rok Petrovič 2:31.03
8 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bojan Križaj 2:31.26
9 Italy Oswald Tötsch 2:31.40
10 Switzerland Max Julen 2:31.71
11 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Jure Franko 2:31.78
12 France Christian Gaidet 2:31.84
13 Italy Richard Pramotton 2:31.91
14 Switzerland Martin Hangl 2:32.11
15 Switzerland Thomas Bürgler 2:32.70
18 United States Tiger Shaw 2:35.08
Source:[5][6][7]

Slalom

Sunday, February 10

Place Nation Athlete Time Run 1 Run 2
1 Sweden Jonas Nilsson 1:38.82 49.33 49.49
2 Luxembourg Marc Girardelli 1:38.88 49.01 49.87
3 Austria Robert Zoller 1:39.35 49.67 49.68
4 Sweden Ingemar Stenmark 1:39.74
5 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bojan Križaj 1:40.07
6 Italy Paolo De Chiesa 1:40.27
7 France Daniel Mougel 1:40.63
8 West Germany Florian Beck 1:41.63
9 Italy Ivano Edalini 1:42.33
10 Italy Alex Giorgi 1:42.84
11 Switzerland Martin Hangl 1:43.19
12 Norway Torjus Berge 1:43.40
13 Sweden Gunnar Neuriesser 1:43.72
14 Japan Hiroaki Ohtaka 1:45.39
15 Norway Finn Christian Jagge 1:47.03
Source:[8][9]

Combined

Tuesday, February 5 (slalom, 2 runs)
Friday, February 1 (downhill)

Place Nation Athlete Points
1 Switzerland Pirmin Zurbriggen 7.67
2 Austria Ernst Riedlsperger 37.84
3 Switzerland Thomas Bürgler 39.41
4 Liechtenstein Andreas Wenzel 48.41
5 France Michel Vion 50.38
6 France Franck Piccard 55.14
7 West Germany Markus Wasmeier 56.04
8 Austria Günther Mader 61.56
Source:[10]

Women's competitions

Downhill

Sunday, February 3   (delayed one day; high winds)

Placing Country Athlete Time
1 Switzerland Michela Figini 1:26.96
2 Switzerland Ariane Ehrat 1:28.57
Austria Katharina Gutensohn 1:28.57
4 Austria Sigrid Wolf 1:28.58
5 West Germany Regine Mösenlechner 1:28.64
6 Switzerland Maria Walliser 1:28.76
7 Canada Laurie Graham 1:29.10
8 Switzerland Brigitte Oertli 1:29.16
9 West Germany Traudl Hächer 1:29.23
10 Austria Sylvia Eder 1:29.30
11 West Germany Marina Kiehl 1:29.32
12 Austria Elisabeth Kirchler 1:29.37
13 Canada Karen Percy 1:29.42
14 France Marie-Cécile Gros-Gaudenier 1:29.50
15 Canada Karen Stemmle 1:29.64
20 United States Holly Flanders 1:30.58
23 United States Debbie Armstrong 1:30.87
25 United States Cindy Nelson 1:31.95
27 United States Cindy Oak 1:32.31
Source:[2][3][4]

Giant slalom

Wednesday, February 6

Placing Country Athlete Time Run 1 Run 2
1 United States Diann Roffe 2:18.53 1:09.18 1:09.35
2 Austria Elisabeth Kirchler 2:19.13 1:09.01 1:10.12
3 United States Eva Twardokens 2:19.21 1:08.91 1:10.30
4 United States Debbie Armstrong 2:19.26
5 West Germany Marina Kiehl 2:19.60
6 West Germany Traudl Hächer 2:20.14
7 West Germany Maria Epple 2:20.34
8 Switzerland Maria Walliser 2:20.51
9 Spain Blanca Fernández Ochoa 2:20.59
10 Canada Liisa Savijarvi 2:20.67
11 Switzerland Erika Hess 2:20.79
12 Switzerland Vreni Schneider 2:20.82
13 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mateja Svet 2:20.97
14 West Germany Michaela Gerg 2:21.06
15 Switzerland Michela Figini 2:21.59
Source:[5][11][12]

Slalom

Saturday, February 9

Placing Country Athlete Time Run 1 Run 2
1 France Perrine Pelen 1:29.58 (45.48 + 44.10) 45.48 44.10
2 France Christelle Guignard 1:29.93 (46.10 + 43.83) 46.10 43.83
3 Italy Paoletta Magoni 1:29.98 (46.04 + 43.94) 46.04 43.94
4 Austria Anni Kronbichler 1:30.18
5 Switzerland Brigitte Oertli 1:30.21
6 Poland Dorota Tlałka 1:30.43
7 Poland Małgorzata Tlałka 1:30.54
8 Switzerland Corinne Schmidhauser 1:30.72
9 Switzerland Brigitte Gadient 1:30.79
10 United States Eva Twardokens 1:31.35
Source:[8][13]

Combined

Monday, February 4 (slalom, 2 runs)
Thursday, January 31 (downhill)

Placing Country Athlete Points
1 Switzerland Erika Hess 18.72
2 Austria Sylvia Eder 34.42
3 United States Tamara McKinney 44.45
Source:[10][14]

Medals table

Place Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Switzerland 4 3 1 8
2  France 1 1 - 2
3  United States 1 - 3 4
4  West Germany 1 - - 1
 Sweden 1 - - 1
6  Austria - 4 1 5
7  Luxembourg - 1 1 2
8  Italy - - 1 1

References

  1. ^ de:Alpine Skiweltmeisterschaft 1985
  2. ^ a b Masia, Seth; Cohen, Steve (April 1985). "Downhill". SKI. p. 58.
  3. ^ a b "Swiss dominate world skiing". Lewiston Daily Sun. (Maine). Associated Press. February 4, 1985. p. 18.
  4. ^ a b "World Ski Championships: Downhill". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). February 4, 1985. p. 4B.
  5. ^ a b Masia, Seth (April 1985). "Giant slalom". SKI. p. 60.
  6. ^ "World Alpine Championships: Men's giant slalom". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). February 8, 1985. p. 6D.
  7. ^ "Wasmeier wins title". Lewiston Daily Sun. (Maine). Associated Press. February 8, 1985. p. 22.
  8. ^ a b Masia, Seth; Cohen, Steve (April 1985). "Slalom". SKI. p. 63.
  9. ^ "World Alpine Championships: Men's slalom". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). February 11, 1985. p. 4B.
  10. ^ a b Cohen, Steve (April 1985). "Combined". SKI. p. 57.
  11. ^ "World Alpine Championships: Women's giant slalom". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). February 7, 1985. p. 6B.
  12. ^ "U.S. women skiers shine". Lewiston Daily Sun. (Maine). Associated Press. February 7, 1985. p. 20.
  13. ^ "World Alpine Championships: Women's slalom". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). February 10, 1985. p. 8B.
  14. ^ "Hess wins women's combined". Lewiston Daily Sun. (Maine). Associated Press. February 5, 1985. p. 16.

External links

  • FIS-Ski.com - results - 1985 Worl d Championships - Bormio, Italy

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