The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009 were the 40th FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, held 2–15 February in France at Val-d'Isère, Savoie.

The International Ski Federation (FIS) awarded the championships to Val-d'Isère on 2 June 2004, in Miami, Florida. The other two finalists were Vail/Beaver Creek, USA, and Schladming, Austria, which was later selected to host the 2013 championships. Vail/Beaver Creek gained the 2015 championships.

These were the first world championships at Val-d'Isère, although the area hosted four of the five men's events at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville (the slalom was held at Les Menuires). Val-d'Isère is a regular stop on the World Cup circuit, usually by the men in early to mid-December.

These were the fourth world championships held in France. Chamonix hosted in 1937 and 1962, and Chamrousse hosted the alpine events for 1968 Winter Olympics (from 1948 through 1980, the Winter Olympics were also the world championships).

Venues The men's events were held at Bellevarde, as were the women's giant slalom and slalom. The other three women's events were conducted at Rhône-Alpes.

+ Course information – (metric) Date Race Startelevation Finishelevation Verticaldrop Courselength Averagegradient Sat 07-Feb Downhill – men 2807 m 1848 m 959 m 2.988 km 32.1% Mon 09-Feb Downhill – women 2536 1845 691 2.227 31.0 Mon 09-Feb Downhill (SC) – men 2550 1848 702 2.549 27.5 Fri 06-Feb Downhill (SC) – women 2536 1845 691 2.227 31.0 Wed 04-Feb Super-G – men 2498 1848 650 1.770 36.7 Tue 03-Feb Super-G – women 2445 1845 600 1.926 31.2 Fri 13-Feb Giant slalom – men 2292 1842 450 Thu 12-Feb Giant slalom – women 2225 1865 360 Sun 15-Feb Slalom – men 2062 1842 220 Sat 14-Feb Slalom – women 2042 1842 200 Mon 09-Feb Slalom (SC) – men 2032 1842 190 Fri 06-Feb Slalom (SC) – women 2035 1840 195

+ Course information – (imperial) Date Race Startelevation Finishelevation Verticaldrop Courselength Averagegradient Sat 07-Feb Downhill – men 9209 ft 6063 ft 3146 ft 1.886 mi. 32.1% Mon 09-Feb Downhill – women 8320 6053 2267 1.384 31.0 Mon 09-Feb Downhill (SC) – men 8366 6063 2303 1.584 27.5 Fri 06-Feb Downhill (SC) – women 8320 6053 2267 1.384 31.0 Wed 04-Feb Super-G – men 8196 6063 2133 1.100 36.7 Tue 03-Feb Super-G – women 8022 6053 1969 1.197 31.2 Fri 13-Feb Giant slalom – men 7520 6043 1477 Thu 12-Feb Giant slalom – women 7300 6119 1181 Sun 15-Feb Slalom – men 6765 6043   722 Sat 14-Feb Slalom – women 6699 6043   656 Mon 09-Feb Slalom (SC) – men 6666 6043   623 Fri 06-Feb Slalom (SC) – women 6677 6037   640

Medal winners

Men's events Downhilldetails John Kucera 2:07.01 Didier Cuche 2:07.05 Carlo Janka 2:07.18 Super-Gdetails Didier Cuche 1:19.41 Peter Fill 1:20.40 Aksel Lund Svindal 1:20.43 Giant slalomdetails Carlo Janka 2:18.82 Benjamin Raich 2:19.53 Ted Ligety 2:19.81 Slalomdetails Manfred Pranger 1.44.17 Julien Lizeroux 1.44.48 Michael Janyk 1.45.70 Super combineddetails Aksel Lund Svindal 2:23.00 Julien Lizeroux 2:23.90 Natko Zrnčić-Dim 2:24.58

Women's events Downhilldetails Lindsey Vonn 1:30.31 Lara Gut 1:30.83 Nadia Fanchini 1:30.88 Super-Gdetails Lindsey Vonn 1:20.73 Marie Marchand-Arvier 1:21.07 Andrea Fischbacher 1:21.13 Giant slalomdetails Kathrin Hölzl 2:03.49 Tina Maze 2:03.58 Tanja Poutiainen 2:04.03 Slalomdetails Maria Riesch 1:51.80 Šárka Záhrobská 1:52.57 Tanja Poutiainen 1:52.89 Super combineddetails Kathrin Zettel 2:20.13 Lara Gut 2:20.69 Elisabeth Görgl 2:21.01

Team event Team eventCanceled – poor weather N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Medal table

References

External links

– 2009 World Championships