The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015 were the 43rd FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, held from 2–15 February in the United States at Vail / Beaver Creek, Colorado.

Athletes from over 70 nations were expected, with a worldwide television audience of an estimated 1 billion and an onsite media and broadcast entourage of approximately 1,500. Competition began on Tuesday, February 3 and concluded on Sunday, February 15, covering 13 days and two weekends. There were five men’s and five women’s individual races, along with the nation’s team event, featuring a parallel giant slalom format. The team event was run at Vail and the other ten competitions at Beaver Creek, on or near the Birds of Prey course.

These were the third world championships for Vail / Beaver Creek, which previously hosted in 1989 and 1999. All the events in 1989 were held at Vail , and 1999 had events at both resorts, seven at Vail and three at Beaver Creek. Also in Colorado, Aspen hosted in 1950, which were the first championships held outside Europe, the first to include the giant slalom event, and the first alpine world ski championships outside the Olympics since 1939.

Host selection All three finalists for 2015 had attempted to host the 2013 championships, which were awarded in 2008 to Austria.FIS-Ski.com 5 May 2009 article on the applicants for the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015. – accessed 2009-05-05

City Country Votes Previous championships hosted Vail / Beaver Creek, Colorado 8 1999, 1989 (Vail only),orig. 1976 Winter Olympics (withdrawn 1972) Cortina d'Ampezzo 4 1956 Winter Olympics, 1941 (later withdrawn), 1932 St. Moritz   3 2003, 1974, 1948 Winter Olympics, 1934 The winner was selected at the FIS Congress in Antalya, Turkey, on June 3, 2010. Vail/Beaver Creek won in the first round with 8 votes to Cortina's 4 and St. Moritz's 3.

A new women's downhill course was built adjacent to the men's Birds of Prey course at Beaver Creek.bcworldcup.com – birdsofprey/info/races/2015-world-championships – accessed 2010-12-18

Schedule and course information All times are local (UTC−7).

+ Course information – (metric/feet) Day Date Time Race Startelevation Finishelevation Verticaldrop Courselength Gates Maximumgradient Coursename Sky Tue 3 Feb 11:00 Women's Super-G 3246 m / 10650 ft 2730 m / 8957 ft 516 m / 1693 ft 1.640 km / 1.119 mi 35 57% (30.0°) Raptor cloudy Thu 5 Feb 11:00 Men's Super-G 3337 m / 10948 ft 2730 m / 8957 ft 671 m / 2201 ft 1.879 km / 1.167 mi 39 68% (32.3°) Birds of Prey cloudy Fri 6 Feb 11:00 Women's Downhill 3440 m / 11283 ft 2730 m / 8954 ft 710 m / 2329 ft 3.050 km / 1.895 mi 41 59% (30.5°) Raptor cloudy Sat 7 Feb 11:00 Men's Downhill 3483 m / 11424 ft 2730 m / 8954 ft 753 m / 2470 ft 2.623 km / 1.629 mi 36 63% (32.3°) Birds of Prey sunny Sun 8 Feb 10:00 Men's Super Combined – Downhill 3483 m / 11424 ft 2730 m / 8954 ft 753 m / 2470 ft 2.623 km / 1.629 mi 36 63% (32.3°) Birds of Prey sunny 14:15 Men's Super Combined – Slalom 2935 m / 9627 ft 2724 m / 8935 ft 211 m / 692 ft 0.690 km / 0.429 mi 66 50% (26.7°) sunny Mon 9 Feb 10:00 Women's Super Combined – Downhill 3440 m / 11283 ft 2730 m / 8954 ft 710 m / 2329 ft 3.050 km / 1.895 mi 41 59% (30.5°) Raptor sunny 14:15 Women's Super Combined – Slalom 2911 m / 9548 ft 2724 m / 8935 ft 182 m / 613 ft 0.640 km / 0.398 mi 59 46% (24.8°) sunny Tue 10 Feb 14:15 Team Event m /  ft m /  ft m /  ft m /  ft sunny Thu 12 Feb 10:1514:15 Women's Giant Slalom – Run 1Women's Giant Slalom – Run 2 3077 m / 10093 ft 2724 m / 8935 ft 353 m / 1158 ft 1.305 km / 0.811 mi 4949 50% (26.7°) sunny Fri 13 Feb 10:1514:15 Men's Giant Slalom – Run 1Men's Giant Slalom – Run 2 3124 m / 10247 ft 2724 m / 8935 ft 400 m / 1312 ft 1.490 km / 0.926 mi 6059 50% (26.7°) sunny Sat 14 Feb 10:0014:15 Women's Slalom – Run 1Women's Slalom – Run 2 2911 m / 9548 ft 2724 m / 8935 ft 187 m / 613 ft 0.640 km / 0.398 mi 6161 46% (24.8°) sunny Sun 15 Feb 10:1514:15 Men's Slalom – Run 1Men's Slalom – Run 2 2935 m / 9627 ft 2724 m / 8935 ft 211 m / 692 ft 0.690 km / 0.429 mi 7370 50% (25.7°) cloudy The women's Super-G was delayed 30 minutes due to strong winds. The start was lowered , shortening the course by . The men's Super-G was postponed a day due to adverse weather conditions.

Medal winners

Men's events DownhillMen's Downhill Results Patrick Küng 1:43.18 Travis Ganong 1:43.42 Beat Feuz 1:43.49 Super-GMen's Super-G Results Hannes Reichelt 1:15.68 Dustin Cook 1:15.79 Adrien Théaux 1:15.92 Giant SlalomMen's Giant Slalom Results Ted Ligety 2:34.16 Marcel Hirscher 2:34.61 Alexis Pinturault 2:35.04 SlalomMen's Slalom Results Jean-Baptiste Grange 1:57.47 Fritz Dopfer 1:57.82 Felix Neureuther 1:58.02 Super CombinedMen's Super Combined Results Marcel Hirscher 2:36.10 Kjetil Jansrud 2:36.29 Ted Ligety 2:36.40

Women's events DownhillWomen's Downhill Results Tina Maze 1:45.89 Anna Fenninger 1:45.91 Lara Gut 1:46.23 Super-GWomen's Super-G Results Anna Fenninger 1:10.29 Tina Maze 1:10.32 Lindsey Vonn 1:10.44 Giant SlalomWomen's Giant Slalom Results Anna Fenninger 2:19.16 Viktoria Rebensburg 2:20.56 Jessica Lindell-Vikarby 2:20.65 SlalomWomen's Slalom Results Mikaela Shiffrin 1:38.48 Frida Hansdotter 1:38.82 Šárka Strachová 1:39.25 Super CombinedWomen's Super Combined Results Tina Maze 2:33.37 Nicole Hosp 2:33.59 Michaela Kirchgasser 2:33.72

Team event Team eventTeam Event Results Eva-Maria BremMichaela KirchgasserNicole HospMarcel HirscherChristoph NösigPhilipp Schörghofer Candace CrawfordErin MielzynskiMarie-Pier PréfontainePhil BrownTrevor PhilpErik Read Maria Pietilä HolmnerAnna Swenn-LarssonSara HectorMattias HarginAndré MyhrerMarkus Larsson

Medal table

Host country highlighted.

References

External links

FIS-ski.com FIS Site (archived)