Planai is a World Cup ski course, located on the same name mountain and ski resort in Schladming, Styria, Austria. It opened in 1973, hosting a World Cup downhill in December.
Since 1997, it has regularly hosted night slalom, the highest attended (50,000) on the World Cup circuit.
The giant slalom course has as an average incline of 41% (61% maximum, 12% minimum) and is among the most demanding on the circuit.
The course hosted two World Championships (1982, 2013) and the World Cup finals in March 2012.
History Planai opened in late 1973 with a downhill event, won by Franz Klammer with Roland Collombin and Bernhard Russi on the podium. Until the end of the decade and through the 1980s, all disciplines were regularly held on this course.
In 1982, they organized the World Championships for the first time, with all men's events and only a giant slalom event for women held on the course.
In 1988, they replaced the originally scheduled resorts of Les Menuires (women) and Val Thorens (men) as the season opening venue at the last minute, due to weather conditions.
In 1990, Schladming hosted the last World Cup weekend with a downhill, slalom, and combined events, before a 7-year break and entering a new era.
In 1997, Planai organized their first slalom under floodlight. Since then this has become the most visited and most spectacular slalom in the world.
In 2013, Schladming hosted its second World Championships, having completely renovated the finish area with a notable arc of steel.
World Championships Men's events
EventTypeDateGoldSilverBronze 1982 GS3 February 1982 Steve Mahre Ingemar Stenmark Boris Strel KB(SL) 1 February 1982 (DH) 5 February 1982 Michel Vion Peter Lüscher Anton Steiner DH6 February 1982 Harti Weirather Conradin Cathomen Erwin Resch SL7 February 1982 Ingemar Stenmark Bojan Križaj Bengt Fjällberg2013 SG6 February 2013 Ted Ligety Gauthier de Tessières Aksel Lund Svindal DH9 February 2013 Aksel Lund Svindal Dominik Paris David Poisson SC11 February 2013 Ted Ligety Ivica Kostelić Romed Baumann GS15 February 2013 Ted Ligety Marcel Hirscher Manfred MölggSL17 February 2013 Marcel Hirscher Felix Neureuther Mario Matt
Women's events EventTypeDateGoldSilverBronze 1982 GS2 February 1982 Erika Hess Christin Cooper Ursula Konzett2013 GS14 February 2013 Tessa Worley Tina Maze Anna Fenninger
Team event EventTypeDateGoldSilverBronze 2013 TE12 February 2013
World Cup Men
TypeSeasonDateWinnerSecondThird162 DH1973/74 22 December 1973 Franz Klammer Roland Collombin Bernhard Russi210 DH1975/76 20 December 1975 Dave Irwin Klaus Eberhard Herbert Plank211 SL21 December 1975 Hansi Hinterseer Ingemar Stenmark Piero Gros285 GS1978/79 9 December 1978 Ingemar Stenmark Peter Lüscher Leonardo David286 DH10 December 1978 Ken Read Dave Murray Vladimir Makeev287 KB10 December 1978 Peter Lüscher Leonhard Stock Andreas Wenzel DH1979/80 22 December 1979 cancelled after 28 skiers due to poor visibility368 GS1980/81 2 February 1981 Ingemar Stenmark Hans Enn Jean-Luc Fournier DH7 February 1981 cancelled499 GS1984/85 8 January 1985 Thomas Bürgler Marc Girardelli Martin Hangl534 DH1985/86 31 December 1985 Peter Wirnsberger Peter Müller Erwin Resch621 DH1987/88 29 January 1988 Pirmin Zurbriggen Franz Heinzer Peter Durr622 GS30 January 1988 Rudolf Nierlich Hubert Strolz Helmut Mayer633 SG1988/89 27 November 1988 Pirmin Zurbriggen Franck Piccard Leonhard Stock676 DH1989/90 11 January 1990 Franck Piccard Kristian Ghedina Daniel Mahrer677 SL12 January 1990 Armin Bittner Michael Tritscher Konrad Ladstätter Tetsuya Okabe678 KB12 January 1990 Pirmin Zurbriggen Paul Accola Günther Mader921 SL1996/97 30 January 1997 Alberto Tomba Thomas Stangassinger Sébastien Amiez948 SL1997/98 8 January 1998 Alberto Tomba Thomas Sykora Hans Petter Buraas949 SG10 January 1998 Hermann Maier Stephan Eberharter Luca Cattaneo950 SG11 January 1998 Hermann Maier Andreas Schifferer Stephan Eberharter985 SL1998/99 7 January 1999 Benjamin Raich Pierrick Bourgeat Kjetil André Aamodt986 SG9 January 1999 Hermann Maier Rainer Salzgeber Hans Knauß1039 SL1999/00 9 March 2000 Mario Matt Kjetil André Aamodt Thomas Stangassinger 1066 SL2000/01 23 January 2001 Benjamin Raich Hans Petter Buraas Mitja Kunc1102 SL2001/02 22 January 2002 Bode Miller Jean-Pierre Vidal Ivica Kostelić1140 SL2002/03 28 January 2003 Kalle Palander Benjamin Raich Hans Petter Buraas 1174 SL2003/04 27 January 2004 Benjamin Raich Manfred Mölgg Kalle Palander 1213 SL2004/05 25 January 2005 Manfred Pranger Benjamin Raich André Myhrer1250 SL2005/06 24 January 2006 Kalle Palander Akira Sasaki Benjamin Raich1285 SL2006/07 30 January 2007 Benjamin Raich Jens Byggmark Mario Matt1322 SL2007/08 22 January 2008 Mario Matt Jean-Baptiste Grange Manfred Mölgg1362 SL2008/09 27 January 2009 Reinfried Herbst Manfred Pranger Ivica Kostelić1398 SL2009/10 26 January 2010 Reinfried Herbst Silvan Zurbriggen Manfred Pranger 1430 SL2010/11 25 January 2011 Jean-Baptiste Grange André Myhrer Mattias Hargin1466 SL2011/12 24 January 2012 Marcel Hirscher Stefano Gross Mario Matt1484 DH14 March 2012 Aksel Lund Svindal Beat Feuz Hannes Reichelt1485 SG15 March 2012 Christof Innerhofer Alexis Pinturault Marcel Hirscher1486 GS17 March 2012 Marcel Hirscher Hannes Reichelt Marcel Mathis1545 SL2013/14 28 January 2014 Henrik Kristoffersen Marcel Hirscher Felix Neureuther1580 SL2014/15 27 January 2015 Alexander Khoroshilov Stefano Gross Felix Neureuther1616 SL2015/16 26 January 2016 Henrik Kristoffersen Marcel Hirscher Aleksandr Khoroshilov1659 SL2016/17 24 January 2017 Henrik Kristoffersen Marcel Hirscher Aleksandr Khoroshilov1698 SL2017/18 23 January 2018 Marcel Hirscher Henrik Kristoffersen Daniel Yule1735 SL2018/19 29 January 2019 Marcel Hirscher Alexis Pinturault Daniel Yule1771 SL2019/20 28 January 2020 Henrik Kristoffersen Alexis Pinturault Daniel Yule 1805 SL2020/21 26 January 2021 Marco Schwarz Clément Noël Alexis Pinturault 1842 SL2021/22 25 January 2022 Linus Strasser Atle Lie McGrath Manuel Feller1878 SL2022/23 24 January 2023 Clément Noël Ramon Zenhäusern Lucas Braathen1879 GS25 January 2023 Loïc Meillard Gino Caviezel Marco Schwarz1912 GS2023/24 24 January 2024 Marco Odermatt Manuel Feller Žan Kranjec 1913 SL25 January 2024 Linus Straßer Timon Haugan Clément Noël1951 GS2024/25 28 January 2025 Alexander Steen Olsen Henrik Kristoffersen Marco Odermatt1952 SL29 January 2025 Timon Haugan Manuel Feller Fabio Gstrein1990 GS2025/26 27 January 2026 Loïc Meillard Lucas Pinheiro Braathen Alban Elezi Cannaferina1991 SL28 January 2026 Henrik Kristoffersen (5) Atle Lie McGrath Clément Noël
Women TypeSeasonDateWinnerSecondThird584 SG1988–89 26 November 1988 Carole Merle Ulrike Maier Regine Mösenlechner Anita Wachter 1387 GS2011–12 18 March 2012 Viktoria Rebensburg Anna Fenninger Federica Brignone1717 SL2021–22 11 January 2022 Mikaela Shiffrin Petra Vlhová Lena Dürr
Alpine team event TypeSeasonDateWinnerSecondThird6 TE2011–12 16 March 2012
Club5+ In 1986, the elite Club5 was originally founded by prestigious classic downhill organizers: Kitzbühel, Wengen, Garmisch, Val d’Isère and Val Gardena/Gröden, with the goal to bring alpine ski sport on the highest levels possible.
Later, other classic longterm organizers joined the now named Club5+: Alta Badia, Cortina, Kranjska Gora, Maribor, Lake Louise, Schladming, Adelboden, Kvitfjell, St. Moritz and Åre.
References
External links thenightrace.at – Official website FIS Alpine Ski World Cup – Schladming, Austria Ski-db.com – Schladming men's races