FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009

The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009 were the 40th FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, held 2–15 February in France at Val-d'Isère, Savoie.

40th FIS Alpine World Ski Championships

Host city	Val-d'Isère, Savoie
Country	France
Nations	70
Athletes	382[1]
Events	11
Opening	2 February 2009
Closing	15 February 2009
Opened by	Nicolas Sarkozy
Main venue	Bellevarde (& Rhône-Alpes)
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Val-d'Isère

Location in France

Val-d'Isère

Location in the Alps of Europe

The International Ski Federation (FIS) awarded the championships to Val-d'Isère on 2 June 2004, in Miami, Florida. The other two finalists were Vail/Beaver Creek, USA, and Schladming, Austria, which was later selected to host the 2013 championships. Vail/Beaver Creek gained the 2015 championships.

These were the first world championships at Val-d'Isère, although the area hosted four of the five men's events at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville (the slalom was held at Les Menuires). Val-d'Isère is a regular stop on the World Cup circuit, usually by the men in early to mid-December.

These were the fourth world championships held in France. Chamonix hosted in 1937 and 1962, and Chamrousse hosted the alpine events for 1968 Winter Olympics (from 1948 through 1980, the Winter Olympics were also the world championships).

Venues

• The men's events were held at Bellevarde, as were the women's giant slalom and slalom. The other three women's events were conducted at Rhône-Alpes.

Course information – (metric)

Date	Race	Start elevation	Finish elevation	Vertical drop	Course length	Average gradient
Sat 07-Feb	Downhill – men	2807 m	1848 m	959 m	2.988 km	32.1%
Mon 09-Feb	Downhill – women	2536	1845	691	2.227	31.0
Mon 09-Feb	Downhill (SC) – men	2550	1848	702	2.549	27.5
Fri 06-Feb	Downhill (SC) – women	2536	1845	691	2.227	31.0
Wed 04-Feb	Super-G – men	2498	1848	650	1.770	36.7
Tue 03-Feb	Super-G – women	2445	1845	600	1.926	31.2
Fri 13-Feb	Giant slalom – men	2292	1842	450
Thu 12-Feb	Giant slalom – women	2225	1865	360
Sun 15-Feb	Slalom – men	2062	1842	220
Sat 14-Feb	Slalom – women	2042	1842	200
Mon 09-Feb	Slalom (SC) – men	2032	1842	190
Fri 06-Feb	Slalom (SC) – women	2035	1840	195

Course information – (imperial)

Date	Race	Start elevation	Finish elevation	Vertical drop	Course length	Average gradient
Sat 07-Feb	Downhill – men	9209 ft	6063 ft	3146 ft	1.886 mi.	32.1%
Mon 09-Feb	Downhill – women	8320	6053	2267	1.384	31.0
Mon 09-Feb	Downhill (SC) – men	8366	6063	2303	1.584	27.5
Fri 06-Feb	Downhill (SC) – women	8320	6053	2267	1.384	31.0
Wed 04-Feb	Super-G – men	8196	6063	2133	1.100	36.7
Tue 03-Feb	Super-G – women	8022	6053	1969	1.197	31.2
Fri 13-Feb	Giant slalom – men	7520	6043	1477
Thu 12-Feb	Giant slalom – women	7300	6119	1181
Sun 15-Feb	Slalom – men	6765	6043	722
Sat 14-Feb	Slalom – women	6699	6043	656
Mon 09-Feb	Slalom (SC) – men	6666	6043	623
Fri 06-Feb	Slalom (SC) – women	6677	6037	640

Medal winners

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Downhill details	John Kucera  Canada	2:07.01	Didier Cuche  Switzerland	2:07.05	Carlo Janka  Switzerland	2:07.18
Super-G details	Didier Cuche  Switzerland	1:19.41	Peter Fill  Italy	1:20.40	Aksel Lund Svindal  Norway	1:20.43
Giant slalom details	Carlo Janka  Switzerland	2:18.82	Benjamin Raich  Austria	2:19.53	Ted Ligety  United States	2:19.81
Slalom details	Manfred Pranger  Austria	1.44.17	Julien Lizeroux  France	1.44.48	Michael Janyk  Canada	1.45.70
Super combined details	Aksel Lund Svindal  Norway	2:23.00	Julien Lizeroux  France	2:23.90	Natko Zrnčić-Dim  Croatia	2:24.58

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Downhill details	Lindsey Vonn  United States	1:30.31	Lara Gut  Switzerland	1:30.83	Nadia Fanchini  Italy	1:30.88
Super-G details	Lindsey Vonn  United States	1:20.73	Marie Marchand-Arvier  France	1:21.07	Andrea Fischbacher  Austria	1:21.13
Giant slalom details	Kathrin Hölzl  Germany	2:03.49	Tina Maze  Slovenia	2:03.58	Tanja Poutiainen  Finland	2:04.03
Slalom details	Maria Riesch  Germany	1:51.80	Šárka Záhrobská  Czech Republic	1:52.57	Tanja Poutiainen  Finland	1:52.89
Super combined details	Kathrin Zettel  Austria	2:20.13	Lara Gut  Switzerland	2:20.69	Elisabeth Görgl  Austria	2:21.01

Team event

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Team event Canceled – poor weather[2]	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Medal table

  *   Host nation (France)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Switzerland (SUI)	2	3	1	6
2	Austria (AUT)	2	1	2	5
3	United States (USA)	2	0	1	3
4	Germany (GER)	2	0	0	2
5	Canada (CAN)	1	0	1	2
	Norway (NOR)	1	0	1	2
7	France (FRA)*	0	3	0	3
8	Italy (ITA)	0	1	1	2
9	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	1	0	1
	Slovenia (SLO)	0	1	0	1
11	Finland (FIN)	0	0	2	2
12	Croatia (CRO)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		10	10	10	30