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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.
1st place, gold medalist(s) Hermann Maier  Austria 1:40.60 --
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lasse Kjus  Norway 1:40.91 + 0.31
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kjetil André Aamodt  Norway 1:41.17 + 0.57

Source:[2]

Super-G

Tuesday, February 2, 1999
Beaver Creek

Place Name Country Time Diff.
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lasse Kjus  Norway 1:14.53 --
1st place, gold medalist(s) Hermann Maier  Austria 1:14.53 --
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Hans Knauss  Austria 1:14.54 + 0.01

Source:[3]

Giant Slalom

Friday, February 12, 1999
Vail

Place Name Country Time Diff. Run 1 Run 2
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lasse Kjus  Norway 2:19.31 0.00 1:11.56 1:07.75
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Marco Büchel  Liechtenstein 2:19.36 + 0.05 1:11.31 1:08.85
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Steve Locher  Switzerland 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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kalle Palander  Finland 1:42.12 -- 52.20 49.92
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lasse Kjus  Norway 1:42.23 + 0.11 51.42 50.81
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Christian Mayer  Austria 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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kjetil André Aamodt  Norway 2:43.09 -- 1:13.52 1:29.57
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lasse Kjus  Norway 2:43.25 + 0.16 1:13.58 1:29.67
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Paul Accola  Switzerland 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.
1st place, gold medalist(s) Renate Götschl  Austria 1:48.20 --
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Michaela Dorfmeister  Austria 1:48.35 + 0.15
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Stefanie Schuster  Austria 1:48.37 + 0.17

Source:[7]

Super-G

Wednesday, February 3, 1999
Vail

Place Athlete Country Time Diff.
1st place, gold medalist(s) Alexandra Meissnitzer  Austria 1:20.53 --
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Renate Götschl  Austria 1:20.56 + 0.03
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Michaela Dorfmeister  Austria 1:20.74 + 0.21

Source:[8]

Giant Slalom

Thursday, February 11, 1999
Vail

Place Athlete Country Time Diff. Run 1 Run 2
1st place, gold medalist(s) Alexandra Meissnitzer  Austria 2:08.54 -- 1:01.93 1:06.61
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Andrine Flemmen  Norway 2:08.84 + 0.30 1:02.27 1:06.57
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Anita Wachter  Austria 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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Zali Steggall  Australia 1:33.97 -- 46.44 47.53
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Pernilla Wiberg  Sweden 1:34.77 + 0.80 46.44 48.33
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Trine Bakke  Norway 1:35.00 + 1.03 46.31 48.69

Source:[10]

Combined

Friday, February 5, 1999
Vail

Place Athlete Country Time Diff. Downhill Slalom
1st place, gold medalist(s) Pernilla Wiberg  Sweden 3:08.52 -- 1:35.10 1:33.42
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Renate Götschl  Austria 3:08.67 + 0.15 1:33.66 1:35.01
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Florence Masnada  France 3:08.97 + 0.45 1:35.12 1:33.85

Source:[11]

Medals table

Place Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Austria 5 3 5 13
2  Norway 3 4 2 9
3  Sweden 1 1 - 2
4  Australia 1 - - 1
4  Finland 1 - - 1
6  Liechtenstein - 1 - 4
7  Switzerland - - 2 2
8  France - - 1 1

References

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

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