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The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships are organized by the International Ski Federation (FIS).

History

The first world championships in alpine skiing were held in 1931. During the 1930s, the event was held annually in Europe, until interrupted by the outbreak of World War II, preventing a 1940 event. An event was held in 1941, but included competitors only from nations from the Axis powers or nations not at war with them. The results were later cancelled by the FIS in 1946 because of the limited number of participants, so they are not considered official.^[1]

Following the war, the championships were connected with the Olympics for several decades. From 1948 through 1982, the competition was held in even-numbered years, with the Winter Olympics acting as the World Championships through 1980, and a separate competition held in even-numbered non-Olympic years. The 1950 championships in the United States at Aspen were the first held outside of Europe and the first official championships separate of the Olympics since 1939.

The combined event was dropped after 1948 with the addition of the giant slalom in 1950, but returned in 1954 as a "paper" race which used the results of the three events: downhill, giant slalom, and slalom. During Olympic years from 1956 through 1980, FIS World Championship medals were awarded in the combined, but not Olympic medals. The combined returned as a separately run event in 1982 with its own downhill and two-run slalom, and the Super-G was added to the program in 1987. (Both were also added to the Olympics in 1988.)

There were no World Championships in 1983 or 1984 and since 1985, they have been scheduled in odd-numbered years, independent of the Winter Olympics. A lack of snow in southern Spain in 1995 caused a postponement to the following year.

Men's champions

Year	Location	Downhill	Slalom	Combined	Giant slalom	Super-G	Parallel giant slalom
1931	Mürren	Walter Prager	David Zogg	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
1932	Cortina	Gustav Lantschner	Friedl Däuber	Otto Furrer	n/a	n/a	n/a
1933	Innsbruck	Walter Prager (2)	Toni Seelos	Toni Seelos	n/a	n/a	n/a
1934	St. Moritz	David Zogg	Franz Pfnür	David Zogg	n/a	n/a	n/a
1935	Mürren	Franz Zingerle	Toni Seelos (2)	Toni Seelos (2)	n/a	n/a	n/a
1936	Innsbruck	Rudolf Rominger	Rudolph Matt	Rudolf Rominger	n/a	n/a	n/a
1937	Chamonix	Émile Allais	Émile Allais	Émile Allais	n/a	n/a	n/a
1938	Engelberg	James Couttet	Rudolf Rominger	Émile Allais (2)	n/a	n/a	n/a
1939	Zakopane	Hellmut Lantschner	Rudolf Rominger (2)	Josef Jennewein	n/a	n/a	n/a
1941	Cortina	Competitions derecognized by the FIS in 1946 due to the limited number of participants during wartime.^[1]
1948	St. Moritz	Henri Oreiller	Edy Reinalter	Henri Oreiller	n/a	n/a	n/a
1950	Aspen	Zeno Colò	Georges Schneider	n/a	Zeno Colò	n/a	n/a
1952	Oslo	Zeno Colò (2)	Othmar Schneider	n/a	Stein Eriksen	n/a	n/a
1954	Åre	Christian Pravda	Stein Eriksen	Stein Eriksen	Stein Eriksen (2)	n/a	n/a
1956	Cortina	Toni Sailer	Toni Sailer	Toni Sailer	Toni Sailer	n/a	n/a
1958	Bad Gastein	Toni Sailer (2)	Josl Rieder	Toni Sailer (2)	Toni Sailer (2)	n/a	n/a
1960	Squaw Valley	Jean Vuarnet	Ernst Hinterseer	Guy Périllat	Roger Staub	n/a	n/a
1962	Chamonix	Karl Schranz	Charles Bozon	Karl Schranz	Egon Zimmermann	n/a	n/a
1964	Innsbruck	Egon Zimmermann	Josef Stiegler	Ludwig Leitner	François Bonlieu	n/a	n/a
1966	Portillo	Jean-Claude Killy	Carlo Senoner	Jean-Claude Killy	Guy Périllat	n/a	n/a
1968	Grenoble	Jean-Claude Killy (2)	Jean-Claude Killy	Jean-Claude Killy (2)	Jean-Claude Killy	n/a	n/a
1970	Val Gardena	Bernhard Russi	Jean-Noël Augert	Billy Kidd	Karl Schranz	n/a	n/a
1972	Sapporo	Bernhard Russi (2)	Francisco Fernández Ochoa	Gustav Thöni	Gustav Thöni	n/a	n/a
1974	St. Moritz	David Zwilling	Gustav Thöni	Franz Klammer	Gustav Thöni (2)	n/a	n/a
1976	Innsbruck	Franz Klammer	Piero Gros	Gustav Thöni (2)	Heini Hemmi	n/a	n/a
1978	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Josef Walcher	Ingemar Stenmark	Andreas Wenzel	Ingemar Stenmark	n/a	n/a
1980	Lake Placid	Leonhard Stock	Ingemar Stenmark (2)	Phil Mahre	Ingemar Stenmark (2)	n/a	n/a
1982	Schladming	Harti Weirather	Ingemar Stenmark (3)	Michel Vion	Steve Mahre	n/a	n/a
1985	Bormio	Pirmin Zurbriggen	Jonas Nilsson	Pirmin Zurbriggen	Markus Wasmeier	n/a	n/a
1987	Crans-Montana	Peter Müller	Frank Wörndl	Marc Girardelli	Pirmin Zurbriggen	Pirmin Zurbriggen	n/a
1989	Vail	Hans-Jörg Tauscher	Rudolf Nierlich	Marc Girardelli (2)	Rudolf Nierlich	Martin Hangl	n/a
1991	Saalbach	Franz Heinzer	Marc Girardelli	Stephan Eberharter	Rudolf Nierlich (2)	Stephan Eberharter	n/a
1993	Morioka	Urs Lehmann	Kjetil André Aamodt	Lasse Kjus	Kjetil André Aamodt	Cancelled^[2]	n/a
1996	Sierra Nevada	Patrick Ortlieb	Alberto Tomba	Marc Girardelli (3)	Alberto Tomba	Atle Skårdal	n/a
1997	Sestriere	Bruno Kernen	Tom Stiansen	Kjetil André Aamodt	Michael von Grünigen	Atle Skårdal (2)	n/a
1999	Vail/Beaver Creek	Hermann Maier	Kalle Palander	Kjetil André Aamodt (2)	Lasse Kjus	Lasse Kjus Hermann Maier	n/a
2001	St. Anton	Hannes Trinkl	Mario Matt	Kjetil André Aamodt (3)	Michael von Grünigen (2)	Daron Rahlves	n/a
2003	St. Moritz	Michael Walchhofer	Ivica Kostelić	Bode Miller	Bode Miller	Stephan Eberharter (2)	n/a
2005	Bormio	Bode Miller	Benjamin Raich	Benjamin Raich	Hermann Maier	Bode Miller	n/a
2007	Åre	Aksel Lund Svindal	Mario Matt (2)	Daniel Albrecht	Aksel Lund Svindal	Patrick Staudacher	n/a
2009	Val d'Isère	John Kucera	Manfred Pranger	Aksel Lund Svindal	Carlo Janka	Didier Cuche	n/a
2011	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Erik Guay	Jean-Baptiste Grange	Aksel Lund Svindal (2)	Ted Ligety	Christof Innerhofer	n/a
2013	Schladming	Aksel Lund Svindal (2)	Marcel Hirscher	Ted Ligety	Ted Ligety (2)	Ted Ligety	n/a
2015	Vail/Beaver Creek	Patrick Küng	Jean-Baptiste Grange (2)	Marcel Hirscher	Ted Ligety (3)	Hannes Reichelt	n/a
2017	St. Moritz	Beat Feuz	Marcel Hirscher (2)	Luca Aerni	Marcel Hirscher	Erik Guay	n/a
2019	Åre	Kjetil Jansrud	Marcel Hirscher (3)	Alexis Pinturault	Henrik Kristoffersen	Dominik Paris	n/a
2021	Cortina	Vincent Kriechmayr	Sebastian Foss-Solevåg	Marco Schwarz	Mathieu Faivre	Vincent Kriechmayr	Mathieu Faivre
2023	Courchevel-Méribel	Marco Odermatt	Henrik Kristoffersen	Alexis Pinturault (2)	Marco Odermatt	James Crawford	Alexander Schmid

Held as part of the Winter Olympics (9).

Titles by nation

Rank	Nation	Total	Downhill	Slalom	Combined	Giant slalom	Super-G	Parallel giant slalom
1	Austria	56	17	16	10	8	5	—
2	Switzerland	35	14	5	6	7	3	—
3	France	26	6	6	9	4	—	1
4	Norway	24	3	5	7	6	3	—
5	Italy	15	2	4	2	4	3	—
6	United States	13	1	—	4	5	3	—
7	Germany	9	2	3	2	1	—	1
8	Sweden	6	—	4	—	2	—	—
9	Canada	4	2	—	—	—	2	—
9	Luxembourg	4	—	1	3	—	—	—
11	Croatia	1	—	1	—	—	—	—
	Finland	1	—	1	—	—	—	—
	Liechtenstein	1	—	—	1	—	—	—
	Spain	1	—	1	—	—	—	—

Women's champions

Year	Location	Downhill	Slalom	Combined	Giant slalom	Super-G	Parallel giant slalom
1931	Mürren	Esme Mackinnon	Esme Mackinnon	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
1932	Cortina	Paula Wiesinger	Rösli Streiff	Rösli Streiff	n/a	n/a	n/a
1933	Innsbruck	Inge Wersin-Lantschner	Inge Wersin-Lantschner	Inge Wersin-Lantschner	n/a	n/a	n/a
1934	St. Moritz	Anny Rüegg	Christl Cranz	Christl Cranz	n/a	n/a	n/a
1935	Mürren	Christl Cranz	Anny Rüegg	Christl Cranz (2)	n/a	n/a	n/a
1936	Innsbruck	Evelyn Pinching	Gerda Paumgarten	Evelyn Pinching	n/a	n/a	n/a
1937	Chamonix	Christl Cranz (2)	Christl Cranz (2)	Christl Cranz (3)	n/a	n/a	n/a
1938	Engelberg	Lisa Resch	Christl Cranz (3)	Christl Cranz (4)	n/a	n/a	n/a
1939	Zakopane	Christl Cranz (3)	Christl Cranz (4)	Christl Cranz (5)	n/a	n/a	n/a
1941	Cortina	Competitions derecognized by the FIS in 1946 due to the limited number of participants during wartime.^[1]
1948	St. Moritz	Hedy Schlunegger	Gretchen Fraser	Trude Beiser	n/a	n/a	n/a
1950	Aspen	Trude Jochum-Beiser	Dagmar Rom	n/a	Dagmar Rom	n/a	n/a
1952	Oslo	Trude Jochum-Beiser (2)	Andrea Mead Lawrence	n/a	Andrea Mead Lawrence	n/a	n/a
1954	Åre	Ida Schöpfer	Trude Klecker	Ida Schöpfer	Lucienne Schmith	n/a	n/a
1956	Cortina	Madeleine Berthod	Renée Colliard	Madeleine Berthod	Ossi Reichert	n/a	n/a
1958	Bad Gastein	Lucile Wheeler	Inger Bjørnbakken	Frieda Dänzer	Lucile Wheeler	n/a	n/a
1960	Squaw Valley	Heidi Biebl	Anne Heggtveit	Anne Heggtveit	Yvonne Rüegg	n/a	n/a
1962	Chamonix	Christl Haas	Marianne Jahn	Marielle Goitschel	Marianne Jahn	n/a	n/a
1964	Innsbruck	Christl Haas (2)	Christine Goitschel	Marielle Goitschel (2)	Marielle Goitschel	n/a	n/a
1966	Portillo	Marielle Goitschel	Annie Famose	Marielle Goitschel (3)	Marielle Goitschel (2)	n/a	n/a
1968	Grenoble	Olga Pall	Marielle Goitschel	Nancy Greene	Nancy Greene	n/a	n/a
1970	Val Gardena	Annerösli Zryd	Ingrid Lafforgue	Michèle Jacot	Betsy Clifford	n/a	n/a
1972	Sapporo	Marie-Theres Nadig	Barbara Ann Cochran	Annemarie Pröll	Marie-Theres Nadig	n/a	n/a
1974	St. Moritz	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	Hanni Wenzel	Fabienne Serrat	Fabienne Serrat	n/a	n/a
1976	Innsbruck	Rosi Mittermaier	Rosi Mittermaier	Rosi Mittermaier	Kathy Kreiner	n/a	n/a
1978	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Annemarie Moser-Pröll (2)	Lea Sölkner	Annemarie Moser-Pröll (2)	Maria Epple	n/a	n/a
1980	Lake Placid	Annemarie Moser-Pröll (3)	Hanni Wenzel (2)	Hanni Wenzel	Hanni Wenzel	n/a	n/a
1982	Haus im Ennstal	Gerry Sorensen	Erika Hess	Erika Hess	Erika Hess	n/a	n/a
1985	Bormio	Michela Figini	Perrine Pelen	Erika Hess (2)	Diann Roffe	n/a	n/a
1987	Crans-Montana	Maria Walliser	Erika Hess (2)	Erika Hess (3)	Vreni Schneider	Maria Walliser	n/a
1989	Vail	Maria Walliser (2)	Mateja Svet	Tamara McKinney	Vreni Schneider (2)	Ulrike Maier	n/a
1991	Saalbach	Petra Kronberger	Vreni Schneider	Chantal Bournissen	Pernilla Wiberg	Ulrike Maier (2)	n/a
1993	Morioka	Kate Pace	Karin Buder	Miriam Vogt	Carole Merle	Katja Seizinger	n/a
1996	Sierra Nevada	Picabo Street	Pernilla Wiberg	Pernilla Wiberg	Deborah Compagnoni	Isolde Kostner	n/a
1997	Sestriere	Hilary Lindh	Deborah Compagnoni	Renate Götschl	Deborah Compagnoni (2)	Isolde Kostner (2)	n/a
1999	Vail/Beaver Creek	Renate Götschl	Zali Steggall	Pernilla Wiberg (2)	Alexandra Meissnitzer	Alexandra Meissnitzer	n/a
2001	St. Anton	Michaela Dorfmeister	Anja Pärson	Martina Ertl	Sonja Nef	Régine Cavagnoud	n/a
2003	St. Moritz	Mélanie Turgeon	Janica Kostelić	Janica Kostelić	Anja Pärson	Michaela Dorfmeister	n/a
2005	Bormio	Janica Kostelić	Janica Kostelić (2)	Janica Kostelić (2)	Anja Pärson (2)	Anja Pärson	n/a
2007	Åre	Anja Pärson	Šárka Záhrobská	Anja Pärson	Nicole Hosp	Anja Pärson (2)	n/a
2009	Val d'Isère	Lindsey Vonn	Maria Riesch	Kathrin Zettel	Kathrin Hölzl	Lindsey Vonn	n/a
2011	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Elisabeth Görgl	Marlies Schild	Anna Fenninger	Tina Maze	Elisabeth Görgl	n/a
2013	Schladming	Marion Rolland	Mikaela Shiffrin	Maria Höfl-Riesch	Tessa Worley	Tina Maze	n/a
2015	Vail/Beaver Creek	Tina Maze	Mikaela Shiffrin (2)	Tina Maze	Anna Fenninger	Anna Fenninger	n/a
2017	St. Moritz	Ilka Štuhec	Mikaela Shiffrin (3)	Wendy Holdener	Tessa Worley (2)	Nicole Schmidhofer	n/a
2019	Åre	Ilka Štuhec (2)	Mikaela Shiffrin (4)	Wendy Holdener (2)	Petra Vlhová	Mikaela Shiffrin	n/a
2021	Cortina	Corinne Suter	Katharina Liensberger	Mikaela Shiffrin	Lara Gut-Behrami	Lara Gut-Behrami	Marta Bassino Katharina Liensberger
2023	Courchevel-Méribel	Jasmine Flury	Laurence St. Germain	Federica Brignone	Mikaela Shiffrin	Marta Bassino	Maria Therese Tviberg

Held as part of the Winter Olympics (9).

Titles by nation

Rank	Nation	Total	Downhill	Slalom	Combined	Giant slalom	Super-G	Parallel giant slalom
1	Austria	42	13	9	7	5	7	1
2	Switzerland	36	11	6	10	7	2	—
3	Germany	25	6	6	9	3	1	—
4	France	20	2	5	5	7	1	—
5	United States	17	3	7	2	3	2	—
6	Canada	12	4	2	2	4	—	—
7	Sweden	11	1	2	3	3	2	—
8	Italy	9	1	1	1	2	3	1
9	Slovenia	6	3	—	1	1	1	—
10	Croatia	5	1	2	2	—	—	—
11	Great Britain	4	2	1	1	—	—	—
11	Liechtenstein	4	—	2	1	1	—	—
13	Norway	2	—	1	—	—	—	1
14	Australia	1	—	1	—	—	—	—
	Czech Republic	1	—	1	—	—	—	—
	Slovakia	1	—	—	—	1	—	—
	Yugoslavia	1	—	1	—	—	—	—

Nations team event

Year	Location	Champion
2005	Bormio	Germany Monika Bergmann-Schmuderer Florian Eckert Andreas Ertl Martina Ertl Hilde Gerg Felix Neureuther
2007	Åre	Austria Renate Götschl Michaela Kirchgasser Mario Matt Benjamin Raich Marlies Schild Fritz Strobl
2009	Val d'Isère	Cancelled^[3]
2011	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	France Taïna Barioz Gauthier de Tessières * Thomas Fanara Anémone Marmottan Cyprien Richard Tessa Worley
2013	Schladming	Austria (2) Nicole Hosp Marcel Hirscher Michaela Kirchgasser Marcel Mathis * Philipp Schörghofer Carmen Thalmann
2015	Vail/Beaver Creek	Austria (3) Eva-Maria Brem Marcel Hirscher Nicole Hosp * Michaela Kirchgasser Christoph Nösig Philipp Schörghofer *
2017	St. Moritz	France (2) Adeline Baud Mugnier Mathieu Faivre Julien Lizeroux * Nastasia Noens * Alexis Pinturault Tessa Worley
2019	Åre	Switzerland Aline Danioth Andrea Ellenberger * Wendy Holdener Sandro Simonet * Daniel Yule Ramon Zenhäusern
2021	Cortina	Norway Sebastian Foss-Solevåg Kristin Lysdahl * Kristina Riis-Johannessen Fabian Wilkens Solheim Thea Louise Stjernesund
2023	Courchevel-Méribel	United States Tommy Ford Katie Hensien * Paula Moltzan Nina O'Brien River Radamus Luke Winters *

* won gold medals as reserve skiers

References and notes

^ ^a ^b ^c "FIS History". FIS-Ski. Archived from the original on 27 May 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
^ The men's super-G in 1993 was cancelled due to adverse weather conditions, and no medals were awarded.
^ The Nations Team Event in 2009 was cancelled due to adverse weather conditions, and no medals were awarded.