The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1987 were held in
Crans-Montana
Crans-Montana is a municipality in the district of Sierre in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. On 1 January 2017 the former municipalities of Chermignon, Mollens, Montana and Randogne merged to form the new municipality of Crans-Montana.
...
,
Switzerland, from 27 January to 8 February
1987
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.
The
alpine world championships included
Super-G
Super giant slalom, or super-G, is a racing discipline of alpine skiing. Along with the faster downhill, it is regarded as a "speed" event, in contrast to the technical events giant slalom and slalom. It debuted as an official World Cup event d ...
for the first time;
it was first run on the
World Cup
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level four seasons earlier, in December
1982
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.
The host
Swiss
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team won eight gold medals out of ten, including all five women's events.
Men's competitions
Downhill
Date: January 31
:
Super-G
Date: February 2
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Giant Slalom
Date: February 4
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Slalom
Date: February 8
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Combination
Date: January 27, February 1
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Women's competitions
Downhill
Date: February 1
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Super-G
Date: February 3
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Giant Slalom
Date: February 5
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Slalom
Date: February 7
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Combination
Date: January 29–30
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Medals table
References
External links
FIS-ski.com- results - 1987 World Championships - Crans-Montana, Switzerland
- results - World Championships
Ski-db.com- 1987 Crans-Montana - Alpine World Ski Championships
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FIS Alpine World Ski Championships
The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships is an alpine skiing competition organized by the International Ski Federation (FIS).
History
The inaugural world championships in alpine skiing were held in 1931. During the 1930s, the event was held annua ...
1987
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A
1987 in Swiss sport
Alpine skiing competitions in Switzerland
January 1987 sports events in Europe
February 1987 sports events in Europe