FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1989

Host city| Vail, Colorado
Country| United States
Events| 10
Opening| February 2, 1989
Closing| February 12, 1989
Opened by| Gerald Ford
Main venue| Vail

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Location in the United States

Vail

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Location in Colorado

The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1989 were held February 2–12 in the United States at Vail, Colorado.[1] Outside of the Winter Olympics of 1960 and 1980, the alpine world championships returned to the U.S. for the first time since 1950, which were also in Colorado at Aspen. Vail's first championship served to re-introduce Colorado to a European audience, with coverage of the events broadcast during prime time due to the difference in time zones.[2] The championship was marked by the death of the president of the Spanish Olympic Committee Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz, who was beheaded by a cable which he collided with as it was being raised to support a finish line banner.[3]

Vail and Beaver Creek later hosted the World Championships a decade later, in 1999, and again in 2015.

## Men's competitions[edit]

### Downhill[edit]

Monday, February 6

Medal  | Name  | Country  | Time  | Diff

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Gold  | Hans-Jörg Tauscher |  West Germany | 2:10.39  | –
Silver  | Peter Müller |  Switzerland | 2:10.58  | \+ 0.19
Bronze  | Karl Alpiger |  Switzerland | 2:10.67  | \+ 0.28

Source:[4]

### Super-G[edit]

Wednesday, February 8

Medal  | Name  | Country  | Time

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Gold  | Martin Hangl |  Switzerland | 1:38.81
Silver  | Pirmin Zurbriggen |  Switzerland | 1:39.09
Bronze  | Tomaž Čižman |  Yugoslavia | 1:39.18

Source:[5][6]

### Giant Slalom[edit]

Thursday, February 9

Medal  | Name  | Country  | Time  | Run 1  | Run 2

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Gold  | Rudolf Nierlich |  Austria | 2:37.66  | 1:17.07  | 1:20.59
Silver  | Helmut Mayer |  Austria | 2:39.28  | 1:19.14  | 1:20.14
Bronze  | Pirmin Zurbriggen |  Switzerland | 2:39.38  | 1:18.33  | 1:21,05

Source:[7]

### Slalom[edit]

Sunday, February 12

Medal  | Name  | Country  | Time  | Run 1  | Run 2

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Gold  | Rudolf Nierlich |  Austria | 2:02.85  | 57.57  | 1:05.28
Silver  | Armin Bittner |  West Germany | 2:03.29  | 57.32  | 1:05.97
Bronze  | Marc Girardelli |  Luxembourg | 2:03.65  | 58.23  | 1:05.42

Source:[8][9]

### Combination[edit]

Monday, January 30, and Friday, February 3

Medal  | Name  | Country  | Points

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Gold  | Marc Girardelli |  Luxembourg | 4.72
Silver  | Paul Accola |  Switzerland | 16.26
Bronze  | Günther Mader |  Austria | 31.49

Source:[10]

## Women's competitions[edit]

### Downhill[edit]

Sunday, February 5

Medal  | Name  | Country  | Time

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Gold  | Maria Walliser |  Switzerland | 1:46.50
Silver  | Karen Percy |  Canada | 1:48.00
Bronze  | Karin Dedler |  West Germany | 1:48.01

Source:[11][12]

### Super-G[edit]

Wednesday, February 8

Medal  | Name  | Country  | Time

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Gold  | Ulrike Maier |  Austria | 1:19.46
Silver  | Sigrid Wolf |  Austria | 1:19.49
Bronze  | Michaela Gerg |  West Germany | 1:19.50

Source:[5][6]

### Giant Slalom[edit]

Saturday, February 11

Medal  | Name  | Country  | Time  | Run 1  | Run 2

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Gold  | Vreni Schneider |  Switzerland | 2:29.37  | 1:12.84  | 1:16.53
Silver  | Carole Merle |  France | 2:30.50  | 1:13.35  | 1:17.15
Bronze  | Mateja Svet |  Yugoslavia | 2:31.92  | 1:14.21  | 1:17.71

Source:[13]

### Slalom[edit]

Tuesday, February 7

Medal  | Name  | Country  | Time  | Run 1  | Run 2

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Gold  | Mateja Svet |  Yugoslavia | 1:30.88  | 44.02  | 46.86
Silver  | Vreni Schneider |  Switzerland | 1:31.49  | 45.45  | 46.04
Bronze  | Tamara McKinney |  United States  | 1:31.56  | 43.98  | 47.58

Source:[14][15]

### Combination[edit]

Sunday, January 29, and Thursday, February 2

Medal  | Name  | Country  | Points

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Gold  | Tamara McKinney |  United States  | 5.65
Silver  | Vreni Schneider |  Switzerland | 26.63
Bronze  | Brigitte Oertli |  Switzerland | 32.88

Source:[16][17]

## Medals table[edit]

Place  | Nation  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze  | Total

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1  |  Switzerland | 3  | 5  | 3  | 11
2  |  Austria | 3  | 2  | 1  | 6
3  |  West Germany | 1  | 1  | 2  | 4
4  |  Yugoslavia | 1  | –  | 2  | 3
5  |  Luxembourg | 1  | –  | 1  | 2
|  United States  | 1  | –  | 1  | 2
7  |  France | –  | 1  | –  | 1
|  Canada | –  | 1  | –  | 1

## References[edit]

1. ^ de.wikipedia.org Alpine Skiweltmeisterschaft 1989
2. ^ McGregor, Heather (February 13, 1989). "13 Feb 1989, A1, A5 - The Daily Sentinel". Grand Junction Daily Sentinel. Newspapers.com. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
3. ^ "Alfonso de Borbón, 52, of Spain Dies in Colorado Skiing Accident", The New York Times (1 February 1989): A19.
4. ^ "Tauscher scores surprising victory in men's downhill". News and Courier. (Charleston, SC). Associated Press. February 7, 1989. p. 3C.
5. ^ a b "Hangl, Maier look super in super-G races". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. February 9, 1989. p. D3.
6. ^ a b "World Championships: Women's, Men's Super-G". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. February 9, 1989. p. D4.
7. ^ "World Alpine: Men's giant slalom". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. February 10, 1989. p. C4.
8. ^ "Nierlich collects second gold". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. February 13, 1989. p. C3.
9. ^ "World Alpine: Men's slalom". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. February 13, 1989. p. C2.
10. ^ "World Alpine: Men's combined". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. February 4, 1989. p. B4.
11. ^ "Swiss skier takes women's downhill". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. February 6, 1989. p. C4.
12. ^ "World Championships: Women's downhill". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. February 6, 1989. p. C2.
13. ^ "Schneider pockets gold medal". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. February 12, 1989. p. 9G.
14. ^ "Svet finally gets medal and it's gold". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. February 8, 1989. p. D3.
15. ^ "World Championships: Women's slalom". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. February 8, 1989. p. D4.
16. ^ "World Alpine Championships: Women's slalom combined". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. January 30, 1989. p. C4.
17. ^ "World Alpine Championships: Women's combined". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. February 3, 1989. p. C3.

## External links[edit]

* FIS-ski.com – results – 1989 World Championships – Vail, Colorado, USA
* FIS-ski.com – results – World Championships
* Ski-db.com \- 1989 Vail - Alpine World Ski Championships

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