FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2023

The 47th FIS Alpine World Ski Championships took place from 6 to 19 February 2023 in two neighboring locations in the French Alps, Courchevel and Méribel.

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2023

Host city	Courchevel and Méribel
Country	France
Opening	5 February 2023 (2023-02-05)
Closing	19 February 2023 (2023-02-19)
Opened by	Emmanuel Macron
Main venue	L'Éclipse (M), Roc de Fer (W)
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Courchevel

Location in Europe

Courchevel

Location in the Alps

The location was decided in May 2018 during the 51st FIS Congress in Costa Navarino (Greece), where Courchevel-Méribel won against Austrian Saalbach-Hinterglemm with 9 to 6 votes.^[1]

The same two towns already hosted parts of the 1992 Winter Olympic Games.^[2] In Courchevel, ski jumping and the Nordic combination took place, and Méribel was the location for the women's alpine skiing.

Bidding

In 2015, upon a request by the Fédération Française de Ski (FFS), Courchevel, Méribel and Val d'Isère drew up proposals to organize a ski world championship in France. In January 2016, the FFS then chose the joint bid of Courchevel and Méribel. On 24 January 2017, the bid of the two alpine resorts was submitted to the FIS. Finally, in May 2018, the FIS selected the French bid, after competing against the Austrian bid.^[3] The then-time president of the Austrian Ski Association, Peter Schröcksnadel, commented that the decision was understandable, as the French had been waiting for a World Championships in their own country for four years longer than the Austrians, and that Austria had already hosted several large sport events during the last few years.^[1]

In March 2022, Courchevel and Méribel hosted the finals of the 2021–22 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup.^[3]

Qualification

Per discipline and gender, each national ski federation could nominate four skiers. The current world champion in the respective discipline was allowed as a fifth competitor. In addition, every participant must had less than 80 FIS points. Skiers who perform better in recent official competitions have less points; the top 30 skiers on the current World Cup starting list have, by definition, between 0 and 5.99 FIS Points.^[4] In some events, competitors passed a further qualification at the Championships themselves (see below).

Schedule and course information

The competitive program was as follows (all times CET):^[5][6]

Date	Time	Discipline	Site	Course	Remarks
6 February 2023	11:00	Women's alpine combination	Méribel	Roc de Fer
7 February 2023	11:00	Men's alpine combination	Courchevel	L'Éclipse
8 February 2023	11:30	Women's Super G	Méribel	Roc de Fer
9 February 2023	11:30	Men's Super G	Courchevel	L'Éclipse
11 February 2023	11:00	Women's downhill	Méribel	Roc de Fer
12 February 2023	11:00	Men's downhill	Courchevel	L'Éclipse
14 February 2023	12:15	Alpine team parallel slalom	Méribel	Roc de Fer
15 February 2023	12:00	Men & Women parallel giant slalom	Méribel	Roc de Fer
16 February 2023	09:45 (1st run)	Women's giant slalom	Méribel	Roc de Fer
17 February 2023	10:00 (1st run)	Men's giant slalom	Courchevel	L'Éclipse
18 February 2023	10:00 (1st run)	Women's slalom	Méribel	Roc de Fer
19 February 2023	10:00 (1st run)	Men's slalom	Courchevel	L'Éclipse

Qualifying races

Date	Time	Discipline	Site	Remarks
14 Feb	17:30 (1st run)	Parallel slalom, men & women	Courchevel
16 Feb	10:00 (1st run)	Men's giant slalom	Courchevel
18 Feb	10:00 (1st run)	Men's slalom	Courchevel

Course information

Date	Race	Start elevation	Finish elevation	Vertical drop	Course length	Average gradient
Sun 12 Feb	Downhill – men	2,235 m (7,333 ft)	1,290 m (4,232 ft)	945 m (3,100 ft)	3.100 km (1.926 mi)	30.5%
Sat 11 Feb	Downhill – women	2,150 m (7,054 ft)	1,465 m (4,806 ft)	685 m (2,247 ft)	2.413 km (1.499 mi)	28.4%
Thu 9 Feb	Super-G – men	1,880 m (6,168 ft)	1,290 m (4,232 ft)	590 m (1,936 ft)	1.857 km (1.154 mi)	31.8%
Wed 8 Feb	Super-G – women	2,065 m (6,775 ft)	1,465 m (4,806 ft)	600 m (1,969 ft)	2.204 km (1.370 mi)	27.2%
Tue 7 Feb	Super-G – (AC) – men	1,880 m (6,168 ft)	1,290 m (4,232 ft)	590 m (1,936 ft)	1.857 km (1.154 mi)	31.8%
Mon 6 Feb	Super-G – (AC) – women	1,965 m (6,447 ft)	1,465 m (4,806 ft)	500 m (1,640 ft)	1.818 km (1.130 mi)	27.5%
Fri 17 Feb	Giant slalom – men	1,730 m (5,676 ft)	1,280 m (4,199 ft)	450 m (1,476 ft)
Thu 16 Feb	Giant slalom – women	1,830 m (6,004 ft)	1,452 m (4,764 ft)	378 m (1,240 ft)
Sun 19 Feb	Slalom – men	1,485 m (4,872 ft)	1,280 m (4,199 ft)	205 m (673 ft)
Sat 18 Feb	Slalom – women	1,630 m (5,348 ft)	1,432 m (4,698 ft)	198 m (650 ft)
Tue 7 Feb	Slalom – (AC) – men	1,485 m (4,872 ft)	1,290 m (4,232 ft)	195 m (640 ft)
Mon 6 Feb	Slalom – (AC) – women	1,620 m (5,315 ft)	1,432 m (4,698 ft)	188 m (617 ft)
Wed 15 Feb	Parallel GS – men	2,006 m (6,581 ft)	1,807 m (5,928 ft)	199 m (653 ft)
Wed 15 Feb	Parallel GS – women	2,006 m (6,581 ft)	1,807 m (5,928 ft)	199 m (653 ft)
Tue 14 Feb	Team event – mixed	1,555 m (5,102 ft)	1,432 m (4,698 ft)	123 m (404 ft)

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (France)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Switzerland	3	3	1	7
2	Norway	2	3	4	9
3	United States	2	2	0	4
4	Italy	2	1	1	4
5	Canada	2	0	2	4
6	France*	1	0	1	2
	Germany	1	0	1	2
8	Austria	0	3	4	7
9	Greece	0	1	0	1
Totals (9 entries)		13	13	14	40

Events

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Downhill details	Marco Odermatt  Switzerland	1:47.05	Aleksander Aamodt Kilde  Norway	1:47.53	Cameron Alexander  Canada	1:47.94
Super-G details	James Crawford  Canada	1:07.22	Aleksander Aamodt Kilde  Norway	1:07.23	Alexis Pinturault  France	1:07.48
Giant slalom details	Marco Odermatt  Switzerland	2:34.08	Loïc Meillard  Switzerland	2:34.40	Marco Schwarz  Austria	2:34.48
Slalom details	Henrik Kristoffersen  Norway	1:39.50	AJ Ginnis  Greece	1:39.70	Alex Vinatzer  Italy	1:39.88
Alpine combined details	Alexis Pinturault  France	1:53.31	Marco Schwarz  Austria	1:53.41	Raphael Haaser  Austria	1:53.75
Parallel giant slalom details	Alexander Schmid  Germany		Dominik Raschner  Austria		Timon Haugan  Norway

Women's events

Méribel during Women's Super G

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Downhill details	Jasmine Flury  Switzerland	1:28.03	Nina Ortlieb  Austria	1:28.07	Corinne Suter  Switzerland	1:28.15
Super-G details	Marta Bassino  Italy	1:28.06	Mikaela Shiffrin  United States	1:28.17	Cornelia Hütter  Austria Kajsa Vickhoff Lie  Norway	1:28.39
Giant slalom details	Mikaela Shiffrin  United States	2:07.13	Federica Brignone  Italy	2:07.25	Ragnhild Mowinckel  Norway	2:07.35
Slalom details	Laurence St. Germain  Canada	1:43.15	Mikaela Shiffrin  United States	1:43.72	Lena Dürr  Germany	1:43.84
Alpine combined details	Federica Brignone  Italy	1:57.47	Wendy Holdener  Switzerland	1:59.09	Ricarda Haaser  Austria	1:59.73
Parallel giant slalom details	Maria Therese Tviberg  Norway		Wendy Holdener  Switzerland		Thea Louise Stjernesund  Norway

Mixed

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team parallel event details	United States Tommy Ford Katie Hensien Paula Moltzan Nina O'Brien River Radamus Luke Winters	Norway Timon Haugan Kristin Lysdahl Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen Alexander Steen Olsen Thea Louise Stjernesund Maria Therese Tviberg	Canada Valérie Grenier Erik Read Jeffrey Read Britt Richardson