Speed skiing world records are the highest speeds reached in the different categories of this sport.
Organization These records have been registered in the official competitions organized by the different federations which have managed this sport at a mondial level, across the time (ISS, FISV, FIS, ...). Today, all the races are supervised by the International Ski Federation (FIS). Nevertheless, this federation doesn't publish any record.
Speed skiing is performed in two principal categories : Speed One (S1), the best class, performed with specific speed skiing equipment S2, the second class, performed with standard alpine skiing equipment (also called Production then Speed Downhil (SDH))
Records are existing for theses 2 categories, and also for age sub-categories (Juniors U21 : under 21 years old, ...)
These records have been established on the quickest tracks of each time. In 2022, the quickest active track is Chabrières in Vars (France). Furthermore, one specific race (Speedmasters) is organized every year for permitting skiers to approach these records, at the period where the track is the quicker (end of March).
Otherwise, other speed sports use skis : monoski, snowboard, telemark, skibob, snowscoot. Their Speed records are also established on the same tracks.
Current records Men DisciplineCategoryNameNationSpeedDateLocationSkiS1Simon Billy255,500 km/hMarch 22, 2023 VarsSkiS1 JuniorIvan Origone250,700 km/h2006 Les Arcs SkiS2Gregory Meichtry211,020 km/h2014 VarsSkiS2 JuniorJimmy Montès204,890 km/h2006 Les ArcsSkiHandisportMichael Milton213,650 km/h2006 Les Arcs Monoski—Xavier Cousseau212,260 km/h2006 Les Arcs Snowboard—Edmond Plawczyk203,275 km/h2015 VarsTelemark—Mao Alban188,482 km/h2018 VarsSkibob—Romuald Bonvin204,430 km/h2006 Les Arcs Snowscoot—Corentin Desbois168,382 km/h2017 Vars
Women DisciplineCategoryNameNationSpeedDateLocationSkiS1Valentina Greggio248,27 km/hApril 3, 2026 Vars SkiS2Valentina Greggio202,576 km/h2013 VarsSkiS2 JuniorCharlotte Bar200,511 km/h2006 Les Arcs Monoski—Patty Moll145,000 km/h2003 Les Arcs
S1 record history
Men OrderNameNationSpeedYearLocation1Gustav Lantschner105,675 km/h1930 Saint-Moritz2Leo Gasperl136,600 km/h1932 Saint-Moritz3Zeno Colò159,292 km/h1947 Cervinia4Edoardo Agreiter160,714 km/h1959 Sestriere5Luigi Di Marco163,265 km/h1960 Cervinia6Alfred Planger168,224 km/h1963 Cervinia7Dick Dorworth171,428 km/h1963 Portillo7Charles Bird Vaughan171,428 km/h1963 Portillo9Luigi Di Marco174,757 km/h1964 Cervinia10Masaru Morishita183,392 km/h1970 Cervinia11Alessandro Casse184,143 km/h1971 Cervinia—Alessandro Casse184,237 km/h1973 Cervinia12Steve McKinney189,473 km/h1974 Cervinia13Pino Meynet194,384 km/h1975 Cervinia14Tom Simmons194,489 km/h1976 Cervinia—Steve McKinney195,200 km/h1977 Portillo—Steve McKinney195,975 km/h1977 Cervinia—Steve McKinney200,222 km/h1978 Portillo—Steve McKinney201,230 km/h1982 Les Arcs15Franz Weber203,916 km/h1982 Silverton—Franz Weber208,092 km/h1983 Silverton—Franz Weber208,937 km/h1984 Les Arcs16Graham Wilkie212,514 km/h1987 Les Arcs17Michael Prufer217,680 km/h1987 Portillo—Michael Prufer223,741 km/h1988 Les Arcs—Michael Prufer229,299 km/h1992 Les Arcs18Philippe Goitschel233,610 km/h1993 Les Arcs19Jeffrey Hamilton241,448 km/h1995 Vars20Philippe Billy243,902 km/h1997 Vars21Harry Egger248,105 km/h1999 Les Arcs—Philippe Goitschel250,700 km/h2002 Les Arcs22Simone Origone251,397 km/h2006 Les Arcs—Simone Origone252,454 km/h2014 Vars—Simone Origone252,632 km/h2015 Vars23Ivan Origone254,958 km/h2016 Vars24Simon Billy255,500 km/h2023 Vars
Women OrderNameNationSpeedYearLocation1Christl Staffner143,027 km/h1964 Cervinia2Catherine Breyton165,000 km/h1978 Portillo—Catherine Breyton169,332 km/h1980 Silverton3Annie Breyton175,353 km/h1982 Les Arcs4Marti Martin-Kuntz190,375 km/h1983 Les Arcs5Melissa Dimino200,780 km/h1984 Les Arcs6Jacqueline Blanc201,005 km/h1987 Les Arcs7Tarja Mulari214,413 km/h1988 Les Arcs—Tarja Mulari219,245 km/h1992 Les Arcs8Karine Dubouchet Revol225,000 km/h1995 Vars—Karine Dubouchet Revol225,140 km/h1996 Vars—Karine Dubouchet Revol225,766 km/h1996 Les Arcs9Carolyn Curl231,660 km/h1997 Vars—Karine Dubouchet Revol234,528 km/h1999 Les Arcs—Karine Dubouchet Revol242,260 km/h2002 Les Arcs10Sanna Tidstrand242,590 km/h2006 Les Arcs 11 Valentina Greggio 247,083 km/h 2016 Vars-Valentina Greggio248,27 km/h2026 Vars
S1 best performers of all times
Men RankNameNationSpeedYearLocationNote1Simon Billy255,500 km/h2023 VarsFrance record2Ivan Origone254,958 km/h2016 VarsItaly record3Simone Origone254,05 km/h2023 Vars4Manuel Kramer252,84 km/h2023 VarsAustria record5Bastien Montès251,397 km/h2016 Vars6Jonathan Moret250,80 km/h2023 VarsSwitzerland record7Philippe Goitschel250,700 km/h2002 Les Arcs8Philippe May250,000 km/h2006 Les Arcs9Laurent Sistach249,653 km/h2002 Les Arcs10Jukka Viitasaari248,791 km/h2006 Les ArcsFinland record11Tawny Wagstaff248,61 km/h2023 VarsNew Zealand record12Michal Bekes 248,550 km/h2023 VarsSlovak record 13Klaus Schrottshammer248,447 km/h2016 Vars14Radim Palan248,220 km/h2023 VarsCzech Republic record15Harry Egger248,105 km/h1999 Les Arcs16Christian Jansson248,105 km/h2017 VarsSweden record17Ross Anderson247,934 km/h2006 Les ArcsUnited States record17Martin Lachaud247,934 km/h2006 Les Arcs19Nikolay Pimkin247,763 km/h2016 VarsRussia record20Roger Wickman247,253 km/h2006 Les Arcs21John Hembel246,238 km/h2002 Les Arcs22Tor Schultze245,734 km/h2006 Les Arcs23Marc Poncin245,232 km/h2005 Les ArcsUnited Kingdom record24Johan Rousseau245,065 km/h2005 Les Arcs25Chris Wikler244,898 km/h2006 Les Arcs26Jedrezj Dobrowolski244,233 km/h2016 VarsPoland record27Philippe Billy243,902 km/h1997 Vars28Meryn Vunderink243,902 km/h2005 Les ArcsNetherlands record29Radek Cermak243,572 km/h2017 Vars30Michel Goumoens243,408 km/h2005 Les Arcs31Serge Perroud243,408 km/h2006 Les Arcs32Jeffrey Hamilton242,915 km/h1997 Les Arcs33Martin Hochrainer242,751 km/h2006 Les Arcs
Women RankNameNationSpeedYearLocationNote1Valentina Greggio248,27 km/h2026 VarsItaly record2Britta Backlund244,93 km/h2023 VarsSweden record3Sanna Tidstrand242,588km/h2006 Les Arcs4Karine Dubouchet242,261 km/h2002 Les ArcsFrance record5Tracie Sachs238,570 km/h2006 Les ArcsUnited States record6Elena Banfo238,410 km/h2006 Les Arcs7Kati Metsapelto237,780 km/h2006 Les ArcsFinland record8Siri Kling Andersson234,83 km/h2026 Vars9Cléa Martinez234,78 km/h2023 Vars 10Célia Martinez233,010 km/h2016 Vars11Linda Baginski231,959 km/h2014 Vars12Carolyn Curl231,660 km/h1999 Vars13Jaana Viitasaari229,740 km/h2002 Les Arcs14Liss-Anne Pettersen228,715 km/h2013 VarsNorway record15Hannamiina Tanninen227,850 km/h2006 Les Arcs16Régine Bianco225,846 km/h1997 VarsSwitzerland record17Ludivine Toche224,29 km/h2026 Vars18Seraina Murk222,910 km/h2016 Vars19Lisa Hovland-Udén220,990 km/h2019 Vars20Tarja Mulari219,250 km/h1992 Les Arcs21Agnes Abrahamsson218,42 km/h2025 Vars22Nicole Schmidhofer217,786 km/h2019 VarsAustria record23Mathilda Persson217,49 km/h2024 Vars24Laurence Leuba216,606 km/h1998 Vars25Aleisha Cline215,054 km/h1993 Les ArcsCanada record26Marta Visa Carol214,61 km/h2024 VarsSpain record27Teria Davies214,160 km/h2002 Les Arcs28Mira Saarikettu213,904 km/h1993 Les Arcs29Maëlle Loridon213,822 km/h2025 Vars30Cornelia Thun Sandström213,32 km/h2024 Vars31Kaori Yamazaki212,640 km/h2006 Les ArcsJapan record32Jacqueline Blanc211,143 km/h1988 Les Arcs33Renata Kolarova210,526 km/h1993 Les Arcs 34Heini Pipponen210,160 km/h2005 Les Arcs 35Anna Morin209,790 km/h1992 Les Arcs36Françoise Béguin209,546 km/h1992 Les Arcs 37Ulla Riimaki208,575 km/h1996 Les Arcs
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