FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1931

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1931

Poster
Host city	Mürren
Country	Switzerland
Nations	7
Events	4
Opening	19 February 1931 (1931-02-19)
Closing	23 February 1931 (1931-02-23)
Opened by	Heinrich Häberlin

Mürren

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Location in the Alps of Europe

The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1931 were held 19–23 February in Mürren, Switzerland. These were the inaugural world championships for alpine skiing organized by the International Ski Federation (FIS), and consisted of downhill and slalom events for men and women.

Participating nations

•  Australia
•  Austria
•  Germany
•  United Kingdom
•  Italy
•  Switzerland

Men's competitions

Slalom

Main article: FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1931 – Men's slalom

Place	Skier	Country	Time	Penalty
1	David Zogg	Switzerland	0:54,6	-
2	Toni Seelos	Austria	0:55,5	-
3	Friedl Däuber	Germany	0:55,8	-
4	William James Riddel	United Kingdom	0:57,9	-
5	Walter Prager	Switzerland	1:01,1	-
6	Martin Neuner	Germany	1:01,6	-
7	Peter Lunn	United Kingdom	1:02,5	-
8	Hansgeorg von Weech	Germany	1:02,5	-
9	William Bracken	United Kingdom	1:02,7	6,0
10	Ulrich Neuner	Germany	1:04,8	6,0

Downhill

Main article: FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1931 – Men's downhill

2 February 1931 (started 25, finished 25).^[1]

Place	Skier	Country	Time
	Walter Prager	Switzerland	1:56,2
	Otto Furrer	Switzerland	2:18,0
	Fritz Steuri II	Switzerland	2:21,8
4	Ernst Feuz	Switzerland	2:22,2
5	Gustav Lantschner	Austria	2:31,0
6	Otto Lantschner	Austria	2:34,4
7	Antony Bulwer-Lytton	United Kingdom	2:42,8
8	Harald Reinl	Austria	2:48,8
9	Hans von Weech	Germany	2:53,8
10	David Zogg	Switzerland	2:55,0

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Downhill[2]	Walter Prager	Otto Furrer	Fritz Steuri II
Slalom[3]	David Zogg	Anton Seelos	Friedl Däuber

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Downhill[4]	Esme Mackinnon	Nell Carroll	Irma Schmiedegg
Slalom[5]	Esme Mackinnon	Inge Wersin-Lantschner	Jeanette Kessler

Medal table

Host nation is highlighted

  *   Host nation (Switzerland)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain (GBR)	2	1	1	4
	Switzerland (SUI)*	2	1	1	4
3	Austria (AUT)	0	2	1	3
4	Germany (GER)	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 entries)		4	4	4	12

See also

• Italy at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1931

References

1. "20.02.1931. Muerren Downhill, men" (PDF). alpineskiworld.net. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
2. "Men's Downhill Results". FIS. Retrieved 2011-02-14.
3. "Men's Slalom Results". FIS. Retrieved 2011-02-14.
4. "Women's Downhill Results". FIS. Retrieved 2011-02-14.
5. "Women's Slalom Results". FIS. Retrieved 2011-02-14.

External links

• FIS-Ski.com – Alpine skiing – 1931 World Championships

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