The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships is an alpine skiing competition organized by the International Ski Federation (FIS).

History The inaugural world championships in alpine skiing were held in 1931. It consisted of downhill and slalom events for men and women. Next year the combined event was added to the program as a "paper" race which used the results of the downhill and slalom. During the 1930s, the event was held annually in Europe, until interrupted by the outbreak of World War II, preventing a 1940 event. An event was held in 1941, but included competitors only from nations from the Axis powers or nations not at war with them. The results were later cancelled by the FIS in 1946 because of the limited number of participants, so they are not considered official.

Following the war, the championships were connected with the Olympics for several decades. From 1948 through 1982, the competition was held in even-numbered years, with the Winter Olympics acting as the World Championships through 1980, and a separate competition held in even-numbered non-Olympic years. The 1950 championships in the United States at Aspen were the first held outside of Europe and the first official championships separate of the Olympics since 1939.

The combined event was dropped after 1948 with the addition of the giant slalom in 1950, but returned in 1954 as a "paper" race which used the results of the three events: downhill, giant slalom, and slalom. During Olympic years from 1956 through 1980, FIS World Championship medals were awarded in the combined, but not Olympic medals. The combined returned as a separately run event in 1982 with its own downhill and two-run slalom, and the Super-G was added to the program in 1987 (both disciplines were also added to the Olympics in 1988).

There were no World Championships in 1983 or 1984 and since 1985, they have been scheduled in odd-numbered years, independent of the Winter Olympics. A lack of snow in southern Spain in 1995 caused a postponement to the following year.

The mixed nations team event was added to the program in 2005. Since 2007, the combined event switched to the new "super combined" format (one run each of downhill and slalom instead of one-run downhill and two-run slalom). The parallel giant slalom was added to the program in 2021. In 2025, the individual combined event was replaced with team combined event (which involve two-person national teams assigned to downhill and slalom respectively) and the parallel giant slalom was dropped from the World Championships.

Summary Held as part of the Winter Olympics Deemed unofficial by the FIS Year Place Country Event name Official FIS designation Events 1931 Mürren    FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1931 1st Alpine World Ski Championships 4 1932 Cortina d'Ampezzo FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1932 2nd Alpine World Ski Championships 6 1933 Innsbruck FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1933 3rd Alpine World Ski Championships 6 1934 St. Moritz    FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1934 4th Alpine World Ski Championships 6 1935 Mürren    FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1935 5th Alpine World Ski Championships 6 1936 Innsbruck FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1936 6th Alpine World Ski Championships 6 1937 Chamonix FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1937 7th Alpine World Ski Championships 6 1938 Engelberg    FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1938 8th Alpine World Ski Championships 6 1939 Zakopane FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1939 9th Alpine World Ski Championships 6 1941 Cortina d'Ampezzo FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1941 none 6 1948 St. Moritz    1948 Winter Olympics 10th Alpine World Ski Championships 6 1950 Aspen FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1950 11th Alpine World Ski Championships 6 1952 Oslo 1952 Winter Olympics 12th Alpine World Ski Championships 6 1954 Åre FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1954 13th Alpine World Ski Championships 8 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 Winter Olympics 14th Alpine World Ski Championships 8 1958 Badgastein FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1958 15th Alpine World Ski Championships 8 1960 Squaw Valley 1960 Winter Olympics 16th Alpine World Ski Championships 8 1962 Chamonix FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1962 17th Alpine World Ski Championships 8 1964 Innsbruck 1964 Winter Olympics 18th Alpine World Ski Championships 8 1966 Portillo FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1966 19th Alpine World Ski Championships 8 1968 Grenoble 1968 Winter Olympics 20th Alpine World Ski Championships 8 1970 Val Gardena FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1970 21st Alpine World Ski Championships 8 1972 Sapporo 1972 Winter Olympics 22nd Alpine World Ski Championships 8 1974 St. Moritz    FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1974 23rd Alpine World Ski Championships 8 1976 Innsbruck 1976 Winter Olympics 24th Alpine World Ski Championships 8 1978 Garmisch-Partenkirchen FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1978 25th Alpine World Ski Championships 8 1980 Lake Placid 1980 Winter Olympics 26th Alpine World Ski Championships 8 1982 Schladming FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1982 27th Alpine World Ski Championships 8 1985 Bormio FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1985 28th Alpine World Ski Championships 8 1987 Crans-Montana    FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1987 29th Alpine World Ski Championships 10 1989 Vail FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1989 30th Alpine World Ski Championships 10 1991 Saalbach FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1991 31st Alpine World Ski Championships 10 1993 Morioka FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1993 32nd Alpine World Ski Championships 9 1996 Sierra Nevada FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1996 33rd Alpine World Ski Championships 10 1997 Sestriere FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1997 34th Alpine World Ski Championships 10 1999 Vail/Beaver Creek FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1999 35th Alpine World Ski Championships 10 2001 St. Anton FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2001 36th Alpine World Ski Championships 10 2003 St. Moritz    FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2003 37th Alpine World Ski Championships 10 2005 Bormio FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2005 38th Alpine World Ski Championships 11 2007 Åre FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007 39th Alpine World Ski Championships 11 2009 Val d'Isère FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009 40th Alpine World Ski Championships 10 2011 Garmisch-Partenkirchen FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2011 41st Alpine World Ski Championships 11 2013 Schladming FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013 42nd Alpine World Ski Championships 11 2015 Vail/Beaver Creek FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015 43rd Alpine World Ski Championships 11 2017 St. Moritz    FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2017 44th Alpine World Ski Championships 11 2019 Åre FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2019 45th Alpine World Ski Championships 11 2021 Cortina d'Ampezzo FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2021 46th Alpine World Ski Championships 13 2023 Courchevel-Méribel FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2023 47th Alpine World Ski Championships 13 2025 Saalbach FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2025 48th Alpine World Ski Championships 11 2027 Crans-Montana    FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2027 49th Alpine World Ski Championships 11 2029 Narvik FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2029 50th Alpine World Ski Championships ? 2031 Val Gardena FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2031 51st Alpine World Ski Championships ?

List of host countries A total of twelve countries have hosted the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, including those which were shared with the Winter Olympics. All of the top-7 on the list of nations which have won FIS World Cup races have been selected as host at least twice. The World Championships have been held only once in the Southern Hemisphere, in August 1966 at Portillo, Chile. The list is complete through 2025 and does not include the unofficial 1941 event.

Country World Championships hosted Earliestyear   Latest  year Future Total number Independent Shared withOlympics 10 8 2 1933 2025   9 8 1 1931 2017 2027 7 6 1 1932 2021 2031 6 4 2 1950 2015 5 4 1 1937 2023 3 3 0 1954 2019 2 2 0 1978 2011 2 1 1 1972 1993 1 1 0 1939 1 1 0 1966 1 1 0 1996 1 0 1 1952 2029 Totals 48 39 9 1931 2025

Events Event 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 48 50 52 54 56 58 60 62 64 66 68 70 72 74 76 78 80 82 85 87 89 91 93 96 97 99 01 03 05 07 09 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 Men's combined • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Men's downhill • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Men's slalom • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Men's giant slalom • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Men's super-G • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Men's parallel event • • Men's team combined • Women's combined • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Women's downhill • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Women's slalom • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Women's giant slalom • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Women's super-G • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Women's parallel event • • Women's team combined • Mixed Nations Team Event • • • • • • • • • • Total Events4666666666668888888888888888101010910101010101111101111111111131311

Note: The men's super-G in 1993 and the team event in 2009 were cancelled due to adverse weather conditions, and no medals were awarded.

Skiers with most victories

Top 10 skiers who won more gold medals at the Alpine Skiing World Championships (including at team events) are listed below. Boldface denotes active skiers and highest medal count among all skiers (including these who not included in these tables) per type. Men Rank Skier Country From To Gold Silver BronzeTotal 1 Marcel Hirscher 2013 2019 7 ** 4 – 11 ** 2 Toni Sailer 1956 1958 7 1 – 8 3 Jean-Claude Killy 1966 1968 6 – – 6 4 Kjetil André Aamodt 1991 2003 5 4 3 12 5 Aksel Lund Svindal 2005 2019 5 2 2 9 6 Gustav Thöni 1972 1976 5 2 – 7 7 Ingemar Stenmark 1976 1982 5 1 1 7 8 Ted Ligety 2009 2015 5 – 2 7 9 Marc Girardelli 1985 1996 4 4 3 11 10 Pirmin Zurbriggen 1985 1989 4 4 1 9

Women Rank Skier Country From To Gold Silver BronzeTotal 1 Mikaela Shiffrin 2013 2025 8 * 4 3 15 * 2 Marielle Goitschel 1962 1968 7 4 – 11 3 Anja Pärson 2001 2011 7 2 * 4 * 13 ** 4 Erika Hess 1980 1987 6 – 1 7 5 Annemarie Moser-Pröll 1970 1980 5 2 2 9 6 Janica Kostelić 2003 2005 5 – – 5 7 Tina Maze 2009 2015 4 5 – 9 8 Hanni Wenzel 1974 1980 4 3 2 9 9 Pernilla Wiberg 1991 1999 4 1 1 6 * Including one medal in the team event ** Including two medals in the team events

Skiers with most individual medals

Participants with five or more medals in the individual disciplines (not including team events) at the Alpine Skiing World Championships are (boldface denotes active skiers):

Men SkierCountryTotalGoldSilverBronzeKjetil André Aamodt 12 543Marc Girardelli 11 443Lasse Kjus 11 380Marcel Hirscher 9 540Aksel Lund Svindal 9 522Pirmin Zurbriggen 9 441Toni Sailer 8 710Émile Allais 8 440Gustav Thöni 7 520Ingemar Stenmark 7 511Ted Ligety 7 502Rudolf Rominger  7 412David Zogg   7 340Benjamin Raich 7 241Alexis Pinturault 7 214Jean-Claude Killy 6 600Stein Eriksen 6 411Hermann Maier 6 321Karl Schranz 6 321Guy Périllat 6 231Marco Schwarz 6 114Günther Mader 6 015Bode Miller 5 410Toni Seelos 5 410Vincent Kriechmayr 5 221James Couttet 5 122Otto Furrer  5 122Loïc Meillard  5 113

Women