Skiing event in Åre, Sweden

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2019

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Host city: Åre
Country: Sweden
Nations: 76
Events: 11
Opening: 4 February 2019
Closing: 17 February 2019
Opened by: Carl XVI Gustaf
Website: are2019.com

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The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2019 were held from 4 to 17 February 2019 in Åre, Sweden. The host city was selected at the FIS Congress in Barcelona, Spain, on 5 June 2014. The only other applicant was Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, which later gained the 2021 championships.

Åre previously hosted the world championships in 1954 and 2007, and has held numerous World Cup events.

Schedule and course information

Schedule

Eleven events were held.

All times are local (UTC+1).

Events calendar
Events			Event days
			Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
			4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
			February
Opening and closing ceremonies			•													•

Men
	Downhill							12:30
	Super-G				12:30
	Alpine combined	Downhill								11:00
	Alpine combined	Slalom								16:00
	Giant slalom	Run 1												14:15
	Giant slalom	Run 2												17:45
	Slalom	Run 1														11:00
	Slalom	Run 2														14:30

Women
	Downhill								12:30
	Super-G			12:30
	Alpine combined	Downhill					11:00
	Alpine combined	Slalom					16:15
	Giant slalom	Run 1											14:15
	Giant slalom	Run 2											17:45
	Slalom	Run 1													11:00
	Slalom	Run 2													14:30

Mixed	Team event										16:00

Course information

Date	Race	Start elevation	Finish elevation	Vertical drop	Course length	Average gradient
5 February	Super-G – women	898 m (2,946 ft)	396 m (1,299 ft)	502 m (1,647 ft)	1.670 km (1.038 mi)	30.1%
6 February	Super-G – men	1,033 m (3,389 ft)	396 m (1,299 ft)	637 m (2,090 ft)	2.172 km (1.350 mi)	29.3%
8 February	Downhill – (AC) – women	971 m (3,186 ft)	396 m (1,299 ft)	575 m (1,886 ft)	1.930 km (1.199 mi)	29.7%
8 February	Slalom – (AC) – women	566 m (1,857 ft)	396 m (1,299 ft)	170 m (558 ft)
9 February	Downhill – men	1,033 m (3,389 ft)	396 m (1,299 ft)	637 m (2,090 ft)	2.172 km (1.350 mi)	29.3%
10 February	Downhill – women	898 m (2,946 ft)	396 m (1,299 ft)	502 m (1,647 ft)	1.670 km (1.038 mi)	30.1%
11 February	Downhill – (AC) – men	1,033 m (3,389 ft)	396 m (1,299 ft)	637 m (2,090 ft)	2.172 km (1.350 mi)	29.3%
11 February	Slalom – (AC) – men	578 m (1,896 ft)	396 m (1,299 ft)	182 m (597 ft)
12 February	Team Event – mixed	478 m (1,568 ft)	396 m (1,299 ft)	82 m (269 ft)
14 February	Giant slalom – women	736 m (2,415 ft)	396 m (1,299 ft)	340 m (1,115 ft)
15 February	Giant slalom – men	812 m (2,664 ft)	396 m (1,299 ft)	416 m (1,365 ft)	1.308 km (0.813 mi)	31.8%
16 February	Slalom – women	582 m (1,909 ft)	396 m (1,299 ft)	186 m (610 ft)	0.624 km (0.388 mi)	29.8%
17 February	Slalom – men	615 m (2,018 ft)	396 m (1,299 ft)	219 m (719 ft)	0.740 km (0.460 mi)	29.6%

Medal summary

Medal table

* Host nation (Sweden)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway (NOR)	2	1	1	4
1	Switzerland (SUI)	2	1	1	4
3	United States (USA)	2	0	2	4
4	Austria (AUT)	1	4	3	8
5	France (FRA)	1	1	1	3
	Italy (ITA)	1	1	1	3
	Slovakia (SVK)	1	1	1	3
8	Slovenia (SLO)	1	1	0	2
9	Germany (GER)	0	1	0	1
9	Sweden (SWE)*	0	1	0	1
Totals (10 entries)		11	12	10	33

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Downhill	Kjetil Jansrud Norway	1:19.98	Aksel Lund Svindal Norway	1:20.00	Vincent Kriechmayr Austria	1:20.31
Super-G	Dominik Paris Italy	1:24.20	Johan Clarey France Vincent Kriechmayr Austria	1:24.29	None awarded
Giant slalom	Henrik Kristoffersen Norway	2:20.24	Marcel Hirscher Austria	2:20.44	Alexis Pinturault France	2:20.66
Slalom	Marcel Hirscher Austria	2:05.86	Michael Matt Austria	2:06.51	Marco Schwarz Austria	2:06.62
Alpine combined	Alexis Pinturault France	1:47.71	Štefan Hadalin Slovenia	1:47.95	Marco Schwarz Austria	1:48.17

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Downhill	Ilka Štuhec Slovenia	1:01.74	Corinne Suter Switzerland	1:01.97	Lindsey Vonn United States	1:02.23
Super-G	Mikaela Shiffrin United States	1:04.89	Sofia Goggia Italy	1:04.91	Corinne Suter Switzerland	1:04.94
Giant slalom	Petra Vlhová Slovakia	2:01.97	Viktoria Rebensburg Germany	2:02.11	Mikaela Shiffrin United States	2:02.35
Slalom	Mikaela Shiffrin United States	1:57.05	Anna Swenn-Larsson Sweden	1:57.63	Petra Vlhová Slovakia	1:58.08
Alpine combined	Wendy Holdener Switzerland	2:02.13	Petra Vlhová Slovakia	2:02.16	Ragnhild Mowinckel Norway	2:02.58

Mixed

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team event	Switzerland Aline Danioth Andrea Ellenberger Wendy Holdener Sandro Simonet Daniel Yule Ramon Zenhäusern	Austria Franziska Gritsch Christian Hirschbühl Katharina Liensberger Michael Matt Marco Schwarz Katharina Truppe	Italy Marta Bassino Irene Curtoni Lara Della Mea Simon Maurberger Riccardo Tonetti Alex Vinatzer

Participating countries

As of 5 December 2018, a total of 74 countries are scheduled to compete.

Albania (5)
Andorra (3)
Argentina (5)
Armenia (2)
Australia (3)
Austria (26)
Belarus (4)
Belgium (6)
Bolivia (1)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (8)
Bulgaria (3)
Canada (15)
Chile (2)
China (13)
Chinese Taipei (1)
Colombia (1)
Croatia (8)
Cyprus (4)
Czech Republic (10)
Denmark (5)
Estonia (1)
Finland (9)
France (24)
Georgia (5)
Germany (22)
Ghana (1)
Great Britain (9)
Greece (10)
Haiti (2)
Hungary (5)
Iceland (8)
India (1)
Iran (11)
Ireland (3)
Israel (2)
Italy (22)
Japan (4)
Jordan (1)
Kazakhstan (3)
Kosovo (5)
Kyrgyzstan (4)
Latvia (8)
Lebanon (8)
Liechtenstein (3)
Lithuania (3)
Luxembourg (2)
North Macedonia (4)
Madagascar (2)
Malta (1)
Mexico (3)
Monaco (2)
Montenegro (2)
Morocco (2)
Nepal (1)
Netherlands (3)
New Zealand (5)
Norway (20)
Peru (1)
Poland (1)
Portugal (3)
Romania (3)
Russia (9)
Serbia (9)
Slovakia (9)
Slovenia (14)
South Africa (1)
South Korea (1)
Spain (5)
Sweden (24) (host nation)
Switzerland (24)
Thailand
Timor-Leste (1)
Tonga (1)
Ukraine (5)
United States (13)
Uzbekistan (1)
Venezuela (1)