FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1958

The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1958 were held from 1 to 9 February in Bad Gastein, Salzburg, Austria.^[1]

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1958

Host city	Bad Gastein, Salzburg, Austria
Events	6
Opening	1 February 1958
Closing	9 February 1958
Opened by	Adolf Schärf
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Bad Gastein

Location in Austria

Bad Gastein

Location in the Alps of Europe

Austrian Toni Sailer, 22, won three gold medals and a silver. The triple gold medalist from the 1956 Winter Olympics successfully defended three of his four world titles.^[2][3][4][5] Lucile Wheeler of Canada, 23, won two gold medals and a silver.^[6][7]

Men's competitions

Downhill

Sunday, 9 February

Place	Name	Country	Time	Diff.
	Toni Sailer	Austria (AUT)	2:28.5	—
	Roger Staub	Switzerland (SUI)	2:30.4	+ 1.9
	Jean Vuarnet	France (FRA)	2:32.3	+ 3.8
4	Willi Forrer	Switzerland (SUI)	2:32.7	+ 4.2
5	Adrien Duvillard	France (FRA)	2:33.5	+ 5.0
5	Mathias Leitner	Austria (AUT)	2:33.5	+ 5.0
5	Andreas Molterer	Austria (AUT)	2:33.5	+ 5.0

• In soft snow conditions, Sailer won his final competitive race and wrapped up the combined title as well.
  American Buddy Werner fell but finished 37th at 2:48.7, which ended his chances for a combined medal.^[2][4][5]

Giant Slalom

Wednesday, 5 February

Place	Name	Country	Time	Diff.
	Toni Sailer	Austria (AUT)	1:48.8	—
	Josl Rieder	Austria (AUT)	1:52.6	+ 3.8
	François Bonlieu	France (FRA)	1:53.9	+ 5.1
	Roger Staub	Switzerland (SUI)	1:53.9	+ 5.1
5	Buddy Werner	United States (USA)	1:54.5	+ 5.7
6	Chiharu Igaya	Japan (JPN)	1:55.3	+ 6.5
6	Andreas Molterer	Austria (AUT)	1:55.3	+ 6.5

• After being edged out in the slalom, Sailer won the giant slalom by nearly four seconds.^[8]

Slalom

Sunday, 2 February

Place	Name	Country	Run 1	Run 2	Total	Diff.
	Josef Rieder	Austria (AUT)	57.7	57.4	1:55.1	—
	Toni Sailer	Austria (AUT)	58.3	57.5	1:55.8	+ 0.7
	Chiharu Igaya	Japan (JPN)	56.7	60.0	1:56.7	+ 1.6
4	Buddy Werner	United States (USA)	59.6	59.2	1:58.8	+ 3.7
5	Roger Staub	Switzerland (SUI)	60.1	60.8	2:01.9	+ 6.8
6	Adolf Mathis	Switzerland (SUI)			2:02.6	+ 7.5

• In the opening race of the championships, Igaya of Japan, the 1956 Olympic silver medalist,
  led after the first run in an attempt to become the first champion from Asia, but finished with bronze.
• Rieder foiled another gold medal sweep by compatriot Sailer, who won silver.^[3]

Combined

Place	Name	Country	Points	DH	GS	SL
	Toni Sailer	Austria (AUT)	0.36
	Josef Rieder	Austria (AUT)	6.36	8
	Roger Staub	Switzerland (SUI)	8.63			5
4	Chiharu Igaya	Japan (JPN)	12.06	15	6
5	Andreas Molterer	Austria (AUT)	12.37	5	6	8
6	Raymond Bläsi	Switzerland (SUI)	18.93	11	13	12
7	Buddy Werner	United States (USA)	19.10	37	5	4

At the World Championships from 1954 through 1980, the combined was a "paper race" using the results of the three events (DH, GS, SL).^[4][5]

Women's competitions

Downhill

Thursday, 6 February

Place	Name	Country	Time	Diff.
	Lucile Wheeler	Canada (CAN)	2:12.1	—
	Frieda Dänzer	Switzerland (SUI)	2:12.4	+ 0.3
	Carla Marchelli	Italy (ITA)	2:12.5	+ 0.4
4	Pia Riva	Italy (ITA)	2:14.6	+ 2.5
5	Putzi Frandl	Austria (AUT)	2:15.7	+ 3.6
6	Astrid Sandvik	Norway (NOR)	2:16.0	+ 3.9
7	Anne Heggtveit	Canada (CAN)	2:16.3	+ 4.2
8	Hannelore Basler	West Germany (FRG)	2:16.5	+ 4.4
9	Vera Schenome	Italy (ITA)	2:16.7	+ 4.6
10	Penny Pitou	United States (USA)	2:17.3	+ 5.2

Source:^[9][10]

Giant Slalom

Saturday, 8 February

Place	Name	Country	Time	Diff.
	Lucile Wheeler	Canada (CAN)	1:54.6	—
	Sally Deaver	United States (USA)	1:55.1	+ 0.5
	Frieda Dänzer	Switzerland (SUI)	1:55.4	+ 0.8
4	Annemarie Waser	Switzerland (SUI)	1:55.5	+ 0.9
5	Danièle Télinge	France (FRA)	1:55.6	+ 1.0
6	Berit Stuve	Norway (NOR)	1:56.4	+ 1.8
7	Pia Riva	Italy (ITA)
8	Jerta Schir	Italy (ITA)
9	Thea Hochleitner	Austria (AUT)
10	Inger Bjørnbakken	Norway (NOR)

Source:^[6][11]

Slalom

Monday, 3 February

Place	Name	Country	Run 1	Run 2	Time	Diff.
	Inger Bjørnbakken	Norway (NOR)	53.9	51.7	1:45.6	—
	Putzi Frandl	Austria (AUT)	55.2	51.8	1:47.0	+ 1.4
	Annemarie Waser	Switzerland (SUI)	55.5	51.9	1:47.4	+ 1.8
4	Astrid Sandvik	Norway (NOR)	56.6	53.3	1:48.9	+ 3.3
5	Suzanne Thiollière-Guirand	France (FRA)	55.5	53.8	1:49.3	+ 3.7
6	Hilde Hofherr	Austria (AUT)			1:49.8	+ 4.2
7	Berit Stuve	Norway (NOR)
8	Frieda Dänzer	Switzerland (SUI)			1:50.8	+ 5.2
8	Anne Heggtveit	Canada (CAN)	56.2	54.6	1:50.8	+ 5.2

• Defending and Olympic champion Renée Colliard of Switzerland fell during the second run.^[7][12][13]

Combined

Place	Name	Country	Points	DH	GS	SL
	Frieda Dänzer	Switzerland (SUI)	3.80			8
	Lucile Wheeler	Canada (CAN)	4.33			14
	Putzi Frandl	Austria (AUT)	6.12	5	11
4	Berit Stuve	Norway (NOR)	8.14		6	7
5	Danièle Télinge	France (FRA)	8.70		5
6	Anne Heggtveit	Canada (CAN)	9.99	7	15	8

At the World Championships from 1954 through 1980, the combined was a "paper race" using the results of the three events (DH, GS, SL).^[7][11]

Medals table

Place	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Austria (AUT)	4	4	1	9
2	Canada (CAN)	2	1	–	3
3	Switzerland (SUI)	1	2	4	7
4	Norway (NOR)	1	–	–	1
5	United States (USA)	–	1	–	1
6	France (FRA)	–	–	2	2
7	Italy (ITA)	–	–	1	1
7	Japan (JPN)	–	–	1	1

Video

• Gasteinertal.com – 1958 World Championships – (in German)