FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1999

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships
1999

Host city	Vail, Colorado, U.S.
Nations	56
Events	10
Opening	February 1, 1999 (1999-02-01)
Closing	February 14, 1999 (1999-02-14)
Opened by	Bill Clinton
Main venue	Vail (7 events) Beaver Creek (3)

Vail

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Location in the United States

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

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.
	Hermann Maier	Austria	1:40.60	--
	Lasse Kjus	Norway	1:40.91	+ 0.31
	Kjetil André Aamodt	Norway	1:41.17	+ 0.57

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Super-G

Tuesday, February 2, 1999
Beaver Creek

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

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Giant Slalom

Friday, February 12, 1999
Vail

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

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Slalom

Sunday February 14, 1999
Vail

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

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Combined

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

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

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Women's competitions

Downhill

Sunday, February 7, 1999
Vail

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

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Super-G

Wednesday, February 3, 1999
Vail

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

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Giant Slalom

Thursday, February 11, 1999
Vail

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

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Slalom

Saturday, February 13, 1999
Vail

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

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Combined

Friday, February 5, 1999
Vail

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

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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

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