FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007

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39th FIS Alpine World Ski Championships

Host city	Åre, Sweden
Events	11
Opening	2 February 2007
Closing	18 February 2007
Opened by	Carl XVI Gustaf
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Events at the 2007 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships
Combined	men	women
Downhill	men	women
Giant slalom	men	women
Slalom	men	women
Super-G	men	women
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The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007 were the 39th FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, held 2–18 February in Åre, Sweden. Åre previously hosted the world championships in 1954, and often hosts late season World Cup events.

The FIS awarded the 2007 event in 2002; other finalists were Lillehammer, Norway, and Val-d'Isère, France, which was later selected to host the 2009 championships.

These were the first world championships to use the "super-combined" format (one run each of downhill and slalom) for the combined event. First run on the World Cup circuit in 2005 at Wengen, the "super-combi" format (SC) made its debut at the Winter Olympics in 2010. The traditional combined format (K) consists of one downhill run and two slalom runs.

• The World Championships Arena was accessed via the "VM-8an," an 8-passenger hybrid lift installed in 2006.
  The races were held on the Gästrappet, Lundsrappet, Störtloppet and VM-Störtloppet slopes.
• The medal ceremonies were held at the Medal Plaza at Åre Torg.
• The opening ceremony was held at the Festival Arena, situated outside the Holiday Club Hotel by Lake Åre.

Course information (metric)

Race	Start elevation	Finish elevation	Vertical drop	Course length	Minimum gradient	Maximum gradient	Average gradient
Downhill – men	1240 m	396 m	844 m	2.922 km	7%	69%	33%
Downhill – women	1055	396	659	2.236	14%	69%	31%
Super-G – men	1033	396	637	2.127	10%	69%	34%
Super-G – women	971	396	575	1.903	14%	69%	32%
Giant slalom – men	812	396	416	1.308	13%	69%	35%
Giant slalom – women	796	396	400	1.257	17%	48%	36%
Slalom – men	615	396	219	0.740	19%	48%	32%
Slalom – women	582	396	186	0.62	14%	48%	32%

Course information (imperial)

Race	Start elevation	Finish elevation	Vertical drop	Course length	Minimum gradient	Maximum gradient	Average gradient
Downhill – men	4068 ft	1299 ft	2769 ft	1.816 mi.	7%	69%	33%
Downhill – women	3461	1299	2162	1.389	14%	69%	31%
Super-G – men	3389	1299	2090	1.322	10%	69%	34%
Super-G – women	3186	1299	1887	1.182	14%	69%	32%
Giant slalom – men	2664	1299	1365	0.813	13%	69%	35%
Giant slalom – women	2612	1299	1313	0.781	17%	48%	36%
Slalom – men	2018	1299	719	0.460	19%	48%	32%
Slalom – women	1909	1299	610	0.388	14%	48%	32%

2 February 19:00

• The King of Sweden, Carl XVI Gustaf, officially opened the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships

10 February 12:30. Race postponed to 11 February 10:00 CET due to foggy weather conditions.

Medal	Name	Nation	Time	Diff.
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Aksel Lund Svindal	NOR	1:44.68
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Jan Hudec	CAN	1:45.40	+0.72
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Patrik Järbyn	SWE	1:45.65	+0.97

Originally planned for 3 February 12:30; postponed to 5 February due to wind conditions.

Race was postponed for a second time, to 6 February 10:00 CET.^[1]

Medal	Name	Nation	Time	Diff.
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Patrick Staudacher	ITA	1:14.30
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Fritz Strobl	AUT	1:14.62	+0.32
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Bruno Kernen	SUI	1:14.92	+0.62

Qualification: 12 February 10:00/13:30

Final: 14 February 10:00/13:00

Medal	Name	Nation	Time	Diff.
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Aksel Lund Svindal	NOR	2:19.64
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Daniel Albrecht	SUI	2:20.12	+0.48
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Didier Cuche	SUI	2:20.56	+0.92

Qualification: 15 February 10:00/13:30

Final: 17 February 10:00/13:00

Medal	Name	Nation	Time	Diff.
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Mario Matt	AUT	1:57.33
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Manfred Mölgg	ITA	1:59.14	+1.81
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Jean-Baptiste Grange	FRA	1:59.54	+2.21

8 February 12:30/16:00

Medal	Name	Nation	Time	Diff.
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Daniel Albrecht	SUI	2:28.99
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Benjamin Raich	AUT	2:29.07	+0.08
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Marc Berthod	SUI	2:29.23	+0.24

11 February 12:30

Medal	Name	Nation	Time	Diff.
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Anja Pärson	SWE	1:26.89
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Lindsey C. Kildow	USA	1:27.29	+0.40
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Nicole Hosp	AUT	1:27.37	+0.48

Originally planned for 4 February 12:30; postponed to 6 February due to wind conditions.^[2]

Medal	Name	Nation	Time	Diff.
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Anja Pärson	SWE	1:18.85
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Lindsey C. Kildow	USA	1:19.17	+0.32
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Renate Götschl	AUT	1:19.38	+0.53

13 February 17:00/20:00

Medal	Name	Nation	Time	Diff.
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Nicole Hosp	AUT	2:31.72
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Maria Pietilä-Holmner	SWE	2:32.57	+ 0.85
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Denise Karbon	ITA	2:32.69	+ 0.97

16 February 17:00/20:00

Medal	Name	Nation	Time	Diff.
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Šárka Záhrobská	CZE	1:43.91
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Marlies Schild	AUT	1:44.02	+0.11
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Anja Pärson	SWE	1:44.07	+0.16

9 February 12:30/16:00

Medal	Name	Nation	Time	Diff.
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Anja Pärson	SWE	1:57.69
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Julia Mancuso	USA	1:58.50	+0.81
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Marlies Schild	AUT	1:58.54	+0.85

18 February 10:00/13:00

This competition was part of the World Championships for the second time. Six athletes from each country, including at least two men and two women, compete in a total of four super-G and four slalom runs. Each country sends one athlete into each run, alternating between men and women. The placings of all eight competitions are added, and the country with the lowest number wins. If an athlete doesn't finish the run, gets disqualified or scores a time worse than 108% of the winning time, an extra penalty is incurred. If an athlete doesn't start, an even greater penalty is incurred.

Medal	Name	Nation	SG1	SG2	SG3	SG4	SL1	SL2	SL3	SL4	Total
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Renate Götschl Michaela Kirchgasser Marlies Schild Mario Matt Fritz Strobl Benjamin Raich	AUT	1	1	1	2	4	4	1	4	18
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Anna Ottosson Anja Pärson Jens Byggmark Patrik Järbyn Markus Larsson Hans Olsson	SWE	4	8	4	7	1	2	2	5	33
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Sandra Gini Rabea Grand Nadia Styger Fabienne Suter Daniel Albrecht Marc Berthod	SUI	11	3	2	1	2	5	4	11	39

Place	Nation	1st place, gold medalist(s)	2nd place, silver medalist(s)	3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Total
1	Austria	3	3	3	9
2	Sweden	3	2	2	7
3	Norway	2	0	0	2
4	Switzerland	1	1	4	6
5	Italy	1	1	1	3
6	Czech Republic	1	0	0	1
7	United States	0	3	0	3
8	Canada	0	1	0	1
9	France	0	0	1	1

60 nations participated: (number of athletes in parentheses)

• Are 2007.com – official site
• FIS-ski.com – results – 2007 World Championships – Åre, Sweden
• FIS-ski.com – results – World Championships
• Ski-db.com – results – 2007 Aare
• wm07.blogspot.com – a list of links related to the championships

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