FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1950

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships
1950
Host cityAspen, Colorado
CountryUnited States
Nations14 [1]
Athletes108 [2]
Events6
OpeningFebruary 13, 1950
ClosingFebruary 18, 1950
Opened byHarry S. Truman
Main venueAjax Mountain
Aspen is located in the United States
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Location in the United States
Aspen is located in Colorado
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Location in Colorado

The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1950 were the 11th FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, held February 13–18 in the United States at Aspen, Colorado.[3]

These were the first world championships held outside of Europe, and the first official world championships not concurrent with the Olympics since 1939. The Giant slalom made its world championships debut and displaced the combined event, which returned to the program in 1954 as a "paper race," using the results of the three races (downhill, giant slalom, and slalom) through 1980.

At Aspen's Ajax Mountain,[4] Zeno Colò of Italy won the downhill[5] and giant slalom,[6] and just missed a sweep of the gold medals; he finished 0.3 seconds behind in the slalom, taking the silver. Austria dominated the women's races: Dagmar Rom won the giant slalom and slalom,[7] Trude Jochum-Beiser won gold in the downhill and silver in the GS, and Erika Mahringer took two silver medals, in the downhill and slalom.

Aspen was in its fourth year as a ski area; it opened in December 1946 with a single chairlift.

The Nordic world championships were also held in the U.S. in 1950, at Lake Placid, New York. Due to a lack of snow at Lake Placid, the cross-country events were moved to Rumford, Maine.

  1. ^ "Aspen - a historical perspective" (PDF). U.S. Forest Service. p. 2. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
  2. ^ "Russians officials witness 1950 world ski tournament". Deseret News. Salt Lake City, Utah. INS. February 12, 1950. p. 4C.
  3. ^ de.wikipedia.org - Alpine Skiweltmeisterschaft 1950
  4. ^ "Aspen's courses to challenge skiers". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). (AP photo). February 12, 1950. p. 5.
  5. ^ "Colo of Italy wins downhill for second world ski title". Calgary Herald. Alberta. Associated Press. February 20, 1950. p. 20.
  6. ^ "Italian wins Downhill title". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. February 19, 1950. p. 13A.
  7. ^ "Blond ski co-ed wins in slalom". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. February 16, 1950. p. 17.