FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1966

The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1966 were held in South America from 4 to 14 August at Portillo, Chile.:de:Alpine Skiweltmeisterschaft 1966

It remains the only alpine world championships contested in the Southern Hemisphere. It took place well out of the established season, nearly five months before the first World Cup season, which began in early January 1967.

Assignment came at the FIS-Congress at Athens in May 1963, but West Germany, Switzerland, and Austria voted against.

The French team won seven of the eight individual titles, seven silver medals, and two bronze to garner sixteen of the 24 medals.

Men's competitions

Downhill Sunday, 7 August Place Athlete Country Time Diff. Jean Claude Killy 1:34.40 — Léo Lacroix 1:34.80 + 0.40 Franz Vogler 1:35.16 + 0.76 4 Heinrich Messner 1:36.02 + 1.62 5 Pierre Stamos 1:36.12 + 1.72 6 Bernard Orcel 1:36.38 + 1.98 7 Gerhard Nenning 1:36.50 + 2.10 8 Hans Peter Rohr 1:36.52 + 2.12 9 Karl Schranz 1:36.53 + 2.13 10 Stephan Sodat 1:36.66

Giant slalom

Tuesday, 9 August (run 1)Wednesday, 10 August (run 2) Place Athlete Country Time Diff. Guy Périllat 3:19.42 — Georges Mauduit 3:19.93 + 0.51 Karl Schranz 3:20.40 + 0.98 4 Jakob Tischhauser 3:20.90 + 1.48 5 Jean-Claude Killy 3:21.42 + 2.00 6 Willy Favre 3:23.02 + 3.60 7 Werner Bleiner 3:23.48 + 4.06 8 Dumeng Giovanoli 3:24.13 + 4.71 9 Léo Lacroix 3:24.39 + 4.97 10 Heini Messner 3:25.33 + 5.91

Killy led after the first run, with Périllat next, 0.21 seconds back.

Slalom Sunday, 14 August Place Athlete Country Time Diff. Carlo Senoner 1:41.56 — Guy Périllat 1:42.25 + 0.69 Louis Jauffret 1:42.58 + 1.02 4 Willy Bogner 1:43.06 + 1.50 5 Ludwig Leitner 1:43.07 + 1.51 6 Jimmie Heuga 1:43.69 + 2.13 7 Giovanni Dibona 1:43.82 + 2.26 8 1:44.40 + 2.84 9 Håkon Mjøen 1:44.74 + 3.18 10 Rune Lindström 1:44.86

Périllat led after the first run, with Senoner next, 0.58 seconds back.

Combined Place Athlete Country Points DH GS SL Jean Claude Killy 20.92 5 8 Léo Lacroix 42.13 9 18 Ludwig Leitner 54.95 16 17 5 4 Jimmie Heuga 56.71 19 13 6 5 Willy Favre 69.61 26 6 19 6 Ivo Mahlknecht 72.96 13 14 7 Scott Henderson 86.67 24 11 8 Felice De Nicolo 89.11 27 15 21 9 Andrzej Bachleda 100.36 39 21 15 10 Willi Lesch 100.42 35 30 11

At the World Championships from 1954 through 1980, the combined was a "paper race" using the results of the three events (DH, GS, SL).

Women's competitions Downhill Monday, 8 August Place Athlete Country Time Diff. Marielle Goitschel 1:33.42 — Annie Famose 1:34.36 + 0.94 Burgl Färbinger 1:34.38 + 0.96 4 Suzy Chaffee 1:34.77 + 1.35 5 Christl Haas 1:34.81 + 1.39 6 Giustina Demetz 1:34.94 + 1.52 7 Margret Hafen 1:34.98 + 1.56 8 Christa Prinzing 1:35.04 + 1.62 9 Heidi Zimmermann 1:35.32 + 1.90 10 Jean Saubert 1:35.92

Erika Schinegger of Austria originally won the gold medal in 1:32.63 (−0.79 sec), but failed a gender test prior to the 1968 Winter Olympics. Over 22 years later, Schinegger handed the gold medal to Marielle Goitschel in 1988.

Giant slalom Thursday, 11 August

Place Athlete Country Time Diff. Marielle Goitschel 1:22.64 — Heidi Zimmermann 1:23.81 + 1.17 Florence Steurer 1:24.92 + 2.28 4 Nancy Greene 1:25.38 + 2.74 5 Annie Famose 1:25.58 + 2.94 6 Giustina Demetz 1:26.08 + 3.44 7 Theres Obrecht 1:26.10 + 3.46 8 Ruth Adolf 1:26.37 + 3.73 9 Burgl Färbinger 1:26.93 + 4.29 10 Christa Prinzing 1:27.08

Slalom Friday, 5 August

Place Athlete Country Time Diff. Annie Famose 1:30.48 — Marielle Goitschel 1:30.95 + 0.47 Penny McCoy 1:32.35 + 1.87 4 Jean Saubert 1:32.37 + 1.89 5 Cathy Allen 1:32.77 + 2.39 6 Christine Goitschel 1:32.94 + 2.56 7 Nancy Greene 1:33.26 + 2.88 8 Wendy Allen 1:33.44 + 3.06 9 Edith Hiltbrand 1:34.69 + 4.31 9 Dikke Eger 1:34.69

First run leader Greene nearly fell in the second run and finished seventh.

Combined Place Athlete Country Points DH GS SL Marielle Goitschel 8.76 Annie Famose 35.16 5 Heidi Zimmermann 62.91 9 18 4 Burgl Färbinger 73.69 9 14 5 Giustina Demetz 83.68 6 6 21 6 Christa Prinzing 86.49 8 10 19 7 Ruth Adolf 88.86 19 8 17 8 Wendy Allen 95.76 23 11 8 9 Karen Dokka 143.25 22 20 23 10 Divina Galica 163.63 24 22 22

At the World Championships from 1954 through 1980, the combined was a "paper race" using the results of the three events (DH, GS, SL).

Medals table Place Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 7 7 2 16 2 1 – – 1 3 – 1 2 3 4 – – 3 3 5 – – 1 1

References

External links FIS-Ski.com - results - 1966 World Championships - Portillo, Chile - official results for the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships