The 40th Alpine Skiing World Championship was held in the French city of Val d'Isere ( Savoy department ) from February 2 to 15, 2009 .
The International Ski Federation (FIS) announced Val d'Isère the venue for the championship on June 2, 2004 in Miami , USA . The competitors of the French city were the American cities of Vail and Avor (joint application), as well as the Austrian city of Schladming , which received the right to host the 2013 Alpine Skiing World Cup .
It was the 4th in history and the first world championship since 1968 , held in France.
Content
Trails
| Discipline | Start | The finish | Height | Length | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downhill , M | 2807 m | 1848 m | 959 m | 2998 m | 32% |
| Downhill , W | 2536 m | 1845 m | 691 m | 2227 m | 31% |
| Super Giant , M | 2498 m | 1848 m | 650 m | 1770 m | 37% |
| Super Giant | 2445 m | 1845 m | 600 m | 1926 m | 31% |
| Giant Slalom , M | 2292 m | 1842 m | 450 m | ||
| Giant Slalom , F | 2225 m | 1865 m | 360 m | ||
| Slalom , M | 2062 m | 1842 m | 220 m | ||
| Slalom , F | 2042 m | 1842 m | 200 m |
Championship Winners
Men
| Discipline | date | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downhill | February 7 | John Kucera | 2: 07.01 | Didier Kush | 2: 07.05 | Carlo Janka | 2: 07.18 |
| Super giant | February 4 | Didier Kush | 1: 19.41 | Peter Fill | 1: 20.40 | Axel Lund Svindal | 1: 20.43 |
| Super combination | February 9th | Axel Lund Svindal | 2: 23.00 | Julien Lizeru | 2: 23.90 | Natko Zrnchich-Dim | 2: 24.58 |
| Giant slalom | February 13 | Carlo Janka | 2: 18.82 | Benjamin Reich | 2: 19.53 | Ted Ligety | 2: 19.81 |
| Slalom | February, 15 | Manfred Pranger | 1: 44.17 | Julien Lizeru | 1: 44.48 | Michael Janick | 1: 45.70 |
Women
| Discipline | date | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downhill | February 9th | Lindsey Vonn | 1: 30.31 | Lara Gut | 1: 30.83 | Nadia Fankini | 1: 30.88 |
| Super giant | February 3rd | Lindsey Vonn | 1: 20.73 | Marie Marchand Arvier | 1: 21.07 | Andrea Fischbacher | 1: 21.13 |
| Super combination | February 6 | Catherine Zettel | 2: 20.13 | Lara Gut | 2: 20.69 | Elizabeth Goergl | 2: 21.01 |
| Giant slalom | 12th of February | Catherine Hölzl | 2: 03.49 | Tina Mase | 2: 03.58 | Tanya Poutiainen | 2: 04.03 |
| Slalom | The 14th of February | Maria Rish | 1: 51.80 | Sharka Zagrobskaya | 1: 52.57 | Tanya Poutiainen | 1: 52.89 |
Commands
| Race | date | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team competition | Cancellation due to weather conditions | ||||||
Medal standings
| No. | A country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | Switzerland | 2 | 3 | one | 6 |
| 2 | Austria | 2 | one | 2 | five |
| 3 | USA | 2 | 0 | one | 3 |
| four | Germany | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| five | Norway | one | 0 | one | 2 |
| Canada | one | 0 | one | 2 | |
| 7 | France | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| eight | Italy | 0 | one | one | 2 |
| 9 | Slovenia | 0 | one | 0 | one |
| Czech | 0 | one | 0 | one | |
| eleven | Finland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | Croatia | 0 | 0 | one | one |
| Total | ten | ten | ten | thirty |