Alpine World Ski Championships 1991

31st Alpine World Ski Championships 1991
Place:	Saalbach-Hinterglemm , Austria
Start:	January 22, 1991
The End:	3rd February 1991
Competitions:	10
winner
	Men's	Ladies
Departure	Franz Heinzer	Petra Kronberger
Super G	Stephan Eberharter	Ulrike Maier
Giant slalom	Rudolf Nierlich	Pernilla Wiberg
slalom	Marc Girardelli	Vreni Schneider
combination	Stephan Eberharter	Chantal Bournisse
← Vail 1989 Morioka-Shizukuishi 1993 →

The 31st Alpine World Ski Championships took place from January 22nd to February 3rd, 1991 in the Austrian winter sports resort of Saalbach-Hinterglemm .

Selection of the venue

At the beginning of December 1985 the founding of the association “Candidature Saalbach-Hinterglemm” became known. On June 11, 1988, this ski region won the first ballot at the 36th FIS Congress in Istanbul .

program

January 21st | Arrival day

Men:
January 22nd | Hinterglemm | Slalom | 10 am and 1 pm
January 23rd | Hinterglemm | Super-G | 12:30 pm
January 27 | Hinterglemm | Downhill |
12:30 p.m. January 28 | Hinterglemm | Combination Downhill | 12:30 p.m.
January 30 | Hinterglemm | Combination slalom | 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.
February 3 | Saalbach | Giant slalom | 10 a.m. and 1.30 p.m.

Women:
January 25 | Saalbach | Combination Downhill |
12:30 p.m. January 26 | Saalbach | Downhill | 12:30 p.m.
January 29 | Hinterglemm | Super-G |
12:30 p.m. January 31 | Saalbach | Combination Slalom | 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.
February 1 | Saalbach | Slalom | 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.
February 2 | Saalbach | Giant slalom | 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.

The FIS had to deviate from the original entry deadline (18 days before the start of the world championship), which was January 3rd, and set it to be January 20th at 4:00 p.m.

opening

Because of the safety concerns there was no opening ceremony, but the World Championships were officially announced on the morning of January 22nd in the "Zwölferkogel" stadium in Hinterglemm before the start of the men's slalom. Kurt Waldheim opened, whereby only the pure protocol was fulfilled. Further short speeches were given by the mayor of Saalbach, Peter Mitterer, the governor of Salzburg, Hans Katschthaler , the health minister responsible for sport, Harald Ettl, and the FIS president, Marc Hodler , who all wanted a sporty and, given the tense political situation, a peaceful event. The speeches by Waldheim and Ettl were even reduced to two minutes each. - The only slight loosening up was the march in of a small delegation from Vail , the host of the previous World Championships, which brought the FIS flag, combined with playing the FIS anthem. Visitors were present with banners reading "Give Peace a Chance".

Gulf War

The World Championships (especially within Austria) were dominated by the death of Gernot Reinstadler , in whose memory the flags were raised at half-mast at the World Cup Center on January 20th. While the speed riders had to complete their program a little later and therefore traveled “normally” to the funeral of the casualty on January 22nd, an airlift was set up for the slalom runners so that they could come to Jerzens after their runs were finished.

However, the second part of the “ Second Gulf War ” (“Desert Storm” or “Gulf War”) , which began on January 16, had a multiple impact on the present World Championships, which was already documented in the fact that an opening ceremony was not held for safety reasons ( but there was a formal opening - see the relevant article). Government broadcasts spoke in favor of ensuring security, especially for the United States crew. The quarters in the hotel “Kendler” (where ex-ski racer Hans Enn was the managing director) and in the “Tirolerhof” in Hinterglemm were prepared, but the team arrived late on January 23rd. (For the time being, the Americans had left Wengen for their homeland. On January 20, the US Ski Association had nominated 21 athletes, apparently because President George Bush had pleaded for participation.) It was from A security force has been deployed to the Security Directorate of the State of Salzburg, the Austrian Interior Minister Franz Löschnak announced that every US runner should be accompanied by security officers. US delegation chief Howard Pedersen praised the safety precautions after the end of the world championships.
The participation of the US team also had a major impact on the organizer's budget. Because the US TV giant ABC had hidden itself due to the lack of US drivers, only the US sports channel "ESPN" stayed on - if that had not happened, there would have been a financial loss of 15 million schillings.

First press conference, money and business issues

• As early as November 6, 1989, the organizing committee held a press conference, in which General Secretary Hans Fürstauer put the budget at 137.8 million schillings. From a 350,000 square meter parking area in Maishofen , 120 large shuttle buses were set up free of charge to the World Cup venue; 50 to 60 minibuses were planned in the Glemmtal itself. For 1989 the mountain railways had estimated 200 million schillings in the construction and expansion of the lifts.
• When the press center was opened to media representatives on January 17th, the President of the Organizing Committee, Hannes Fürstauer, announced that the total budget would be 660 million schillings (approx. 94.5 million DM / 82.5 million CHFr ) and the main share of 340 million was contributed by the state of Salzburg and the republic for traffic relief measures, 180 million by the mountain railway company and 140 million as the World Cup budget.
• The final accounts should have shown a deficit of 40 million schillings. The organizer had announced that 200,000 visitors had come, but only 90,000 were likely to have paid, since the number of visitors also included the "free visitors" (there were a total of 9,000 various accreditations, the sum of 108,000 for twelve events would have been) were included.

On television, 250 million people worldwide had seen the men's downhill race.
Financial turbulence had also resulted from the fact that the contracts concluded by the organizing committee with the advertising agency “Saatchi & Saatchi” were based on US dollars, but the rate of the US currency had fallen, so that from the converted 90 million schillings only 67 million schillings were. General sponsor “Audi” provided a small relief with a grant of 5 million schillings for the purchase of various advertising rights.

• The brewing AG was hoping for a sales increase of 25%. It sold 800,000 liters of beer annually in the Pinzgauer Valley.

Worth mentioning

• These world championships were considered to be the "sunniest" in a long time, which even meant that all departures were brought forward by one and a half hours due to the increasing solar radiation. With regard to the men's downhill run, the organizer was initially reluctant because a was to adapt the timetables of the many feeder modes of transport. It was said that this change, combined with the accompanying measures (the departure took place on Sunday), would also reduce the number of visitors. The drivers, however, criticized heavily, arguing that the snow would be too soft and therefore dangerous, which has already been demonstrated by a few serious falls during training. Lasse Kjus , who rode with No. 36, had lost four teeth in a fall. Lars-Börje Eriksson (no. 38) suffered a bruised shoe hand and had to be operated on in the hospital in Zell am See . Regarding the subject of "sun", FIS President Hodler commented on this phenomenon to the effect that there are only two places on earth where the sun shines, here and in the Sahara desert.
• There were two title defenses (women's super-G and men's giant slalom).
• Stephan Eberharter, who had hardly made an appearance up to this point in time, became the "big winner" of these world championships with two gold medals.
• Petra Kronberger was also considered a favorite for the combination, in which she initially came second in the downhill, and for other competitions. Due to the injury sustained in her fall in the Super-G, she was unable to compete in any of these races.
• The gold medal in the giant slalom for Rudolf Nierlich only required subsequent confirmation by the FIS committees, as the Austrian drove in a racing suit on which the test seal was missing (this had obviously been lost). An examination of the suit did not reveal any complaints.

What was also noticed

• Various exotic skiers (from Costa Rica, Cyprus, Guatemala and the Virgin Islands, whose runner Seba Johnson was the "star" known in specialist circles) had come together to form a training group and trained under the direction of the Viennese sports professor Wolfgang Grafenberger from 7. until January 19 in Altenmarkt , where the “Flat Country Ski Championships” also took place from January 15.
• Due to his training performance, Helmut Höflehner was the declared favorite for the special run, but his nervousness may have played a trick on him. He crossed his skis at the start, wanted to make up for lost time, which ended in his retirement. A breakdown underwent Heinz Prüller in the report on ORF radio, the (possibly in his papers rummaging) Höflehner had overlooked starting problems and somewhat ignorant about the (very short) Running reported the Styrian.
• Alberto Tomba as a double Olympic champion in 1988 did not come to a gold medal again; he remained (as in 1989) without medals at all - in slalom fourth, in giant slalom with the best time after the first run (0.27 sec. before Nierlich) in the second run at the eighth goal by hand. With regard to world championships, only the giant slalom bronze medal, surprisingly won in 1987, was in his possession.
• Already during the world championships it became known that Karl Frehsner would leave the Swiss federation after the championship ended, which ended a nine-month dispute between him and the SSV professional sports director Paul Berlinger. At first it was said that he would become an advisor to Franz Heinzer , but shortly after separating from the SSV he was hired by the World Ski Association (see the article on the 1990/91 World Cup season for more details).
• In the women's slalom, Hans Enn was used as the forerunner with a helmet camera, which he smashed when touching a gate pole, which resulted in damage of approx. 28,500 DM (25,000 CHFr / 200,000 S).

Sporty aspects

• For the men's giant slalom, the 15 best riders had already been able to choose the course setters on January 16, choosing the now Sweden coach Peter Endras from Germany and the Swiss Didier Bonvin. For the slalom, these people were to be determined again in this way on February 19, but the FIS jury (including the combined slalom) took the line-up with the Slovenian in the service of the Norwegian federation, Alex Gartner, and Gustav Thöni or Gartner's brother Filip (who was in the service of the ÖSV) and Rainer Mutschlechner. ÖSV head coach Hans Pum protested against this.
• The US women did not take part in the descent; they only started in the Super-G. Downhill driver AJ Kitt said of her male colleagues: "I drive here for the boys in the Gulf."
• Combinations: The point calculation was initially based on the running time of the respective driver (A) and the time of the respective leader (B), whereby time A had to be divided by time B. The number one had to be subtracted from the quotient and the rest had to be multiplied by a fixed value (570 in the slalom and 1,070 in the downhill) so that there could always be changes during the race itself. (Since when dividing the winner by the winning time the quotient was automatically one - and this one had to be subtracted, the result was (because “zero times 570 or times 1,070” still results in zero) the final grade zero.
  Somewhat surprising The men's silver medal suddenly came about for Kristian Ghedina (Günther Mader and Paul Accola had already shown themselves delighted in interviews about ranks 2 and 3), but everything was right.
  The slalom on the one hand and the downhill on the other the current World Cup start lists (WCSL), taking into account the participating drivers with groups of fifteen from these lists. So it was not surprising that especially among the men in slalom group 1, some rather unknown names (including two Spaniards, with the start -No. 1, Ricardo Galindo-Campos, even drove in 7th place).
  In the men's combined slalom, Girardelli were with No. 4, Accola (No. 5), Mader (No. 11) and Eberharter (No. 14) the best known. For the women it was Schneider (1), Coberger (2), Stöckl (3), May (4), Bournisse (5), Guignard (6), H. Zurbriggen (9), Vogt (10).
• An interim balance drawn on January 30th by DSV sports director Hermann Weinbuch (there were 22 active players and 30 supervisors accredited) spoke of a disappointment due to the good performance of the women in the run-up to these championships. The association was hoping for the young talent Katja Seizinger . Weinbuch did not want to give a final judgment yet. There was another bad news on January 29th when Katharina Gutensohn fell in the Super-G and suffered a torn ligament and meniscus in her left knee.
• FIS General Secretary Kasper announced in view of the problems with the runs that he would not approve a World Championship run without a dress rehearsal. The two-minute start interval would have proven useful for these runs.
• Criticisms were (according to the “Tagesanzeiger Zurich” under the title “The sunniest World Cup of all time”) the slopes for the women's slalom and giant slalom and the working conditions of the writing press.
• In a ranking of ski brands, Atomic was ahead with 3 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze medals; it was followed by Fischer (2-3-1) and Rossignol (2-1-3).

Men

Departure

space	country	athlete	time
1	SUI	Franz Heinzer	1: 54.91 min
2	ITA	Peter Runggaldier	1: 55.16 min
3	SUI	Daniel Mahrer	1: 55.57 min
4th	AUT	Leonhard Stock	1: 55.90 min
5	NOR	Jan Einar Thorsen	1: 56.06 min
6th	NOR	Atle Skårdal	1: 56.11 min
7th	AUT	Patrick Ortlieb	1: 56.17 min
8th	SUI	William Besse	1: 56.21 min
-	-	-	-
10	AUT	Peter Wirnsberger	1: 56.59 min
12	GER	Berni Huber	1: 56.89 min
13	GER	Hannes Zehentner	1: 57.00 min
18th	GER	Martin Fiala	1: 57.08 min
19th	SUI	Xavier Gigandet	1: 57.35 min
21st	GER	Hansjörg Tauscher	1: 57.46 min
24	GER	Markus Wasmeier	1: 58.21 min
37	LIE	Markus Foser	2: 00.25 min
51	MEX	Hubertus of Hohenlohe	2: 07.58 min

Defending champion: Hansjörg Tauscher (GER)
Date : January 27th, 11:00 am
Slope: "Schneekristall"
Length: 2990 m, difference in altitude: 920 m
Goals: 42

61 runners were at the start, 54 of them reached the finish.

Retired u. a .: Luc Alphand (FRA), Kristian Ghedina (ITA), Helmut Höflehner (AUT)

Super G

space	country	athlete	time
1	AUT	Stephan Eberharter	1: 26.73 min
2	NOR	Kjetil André Aamodt	1: 28.27 min
3	FRA	Franck Piccard	1: 28.55 min
4th	NOR	Ole Kristian Furuseth	1: 28.93 min
5	SWE	Johan Wallner	1: 28.96 min
6th	SUI	Steve Locher	1: 29.06 min
7th	SUI	Martin Hangl	1: 29.13 min
8th	SUI	Urs Kälin	1: 29.32 min
-	-	-	-
10	SUI	Franz Heinzer	1: 29.42 min
12	AUT	Günther Mader	1: 29.60 min
13	GER	Markus Wasmeier	1: 29.71 min
15th	GER	Hansjörg Tauscher	1: 29.88 min
19th	AUT	Helmut Mayer	1: 30.29 min
20th	LIE	Günther Marxer	1: 30.41 min
22nd	AUT	Hubert Strolz	1: 30.63 min
26th	GER	Hannes Zehentner	1: 31.35 min
33	LIE	Daniel Vogt	1: 33.11 min
56	MEX	Hubertus of Hohenlohe	1: 41.27 min

Defending champion: Martin Hangl (SUI)
Date : January 23, 12:30 p.m.
Slope: "Schneekristall"
Length: 2059 m, difference in altitude: 658 m,
gates: 43

There were 112 runners at the start, 68 of them reached the finish.

Retired u. a .: Paul Accola (SUI), Luc Alphand (FRA), Marco Büchel (LIE), Lars-Börje Eriksson (SWE), Mitja Kunc (YUG), Fredrik Nyberg (SWE), Ed Podivinsky (CAN), Josef Polig ( ITA)

Giant slalom

space	country	athlete	time
1	AUT	Rudolf Nierlich	2: 29.94 min
2	SUI	Urs Kälin	2: 30.29 min
3	SWE	Johan Wallner	2: 30.73 min
4th	NOR	Ole Kristian Furuseth	2: 31.03 min
5	LUX	Marc Girardelli	2: 31.72 min
6th	YUG	Mitja Kunc	2: 31.89 min
7th	SUI	Michael von Grünigen	2: 32.07 min
8th	NOR	Didrik Marksten	2: 32.24 min
9	AUT	Konrad Walk	2: 33.02 min
10	GER	Tobias Barnerssoi	2: 33.14 min
-	-	-	-
14th	AUT	Günther Mader	2: 33.76 min
15th	GER	Armin Bittner	2: 33.88 min
16	SUI	Martin Knöri	2: 33.96 min
17th	AUT	Stephan Eberharter	2: 34.14 min
20th	AUT	Helmut Mayer	2: 34.92 min
21st	GER	Peter Roth	2: 35.36 min
24	LIE	Günther Marxer	2: 36.78 min
32	LIE	Robert Büchel	2: 40.63 min

Defending champion: Rudolf Nierlich (AUT)
Date : February 3rd, 10:00 am (1st run), 1:30 pm (2nd run)
Slope: "Vorderglemm / Spielberg"
Length: 1450 m, difference in altitude: 400 m
Gates: 60 (1st run), 60 (2nd run)

There were 106 runners at the start, 72 of them reached the finish.

Retired u. a .: Kjetil André Aamodt (NOR), Paul Accola (SUI), Marco Büchel (LIE), Lars-Börje Eriksson (SWE), Lasse Kjus (NOR), Fredrik Nyberg (SWE), Ed Podivinsky (CAN), Jan Einar Thorsen (NOR), Alberto Tomba (ITA)

slalom

space	country	athlete	time
1	LUX	Marc Girardelli	1: 55.38 min
2	AUT	Thomas Stangassinger	1: 55.96 min
3	NOR	Ole Kristian Furuseth	1: 56.00 min
4th	ITA	Alberto Tomba	1: 56.24 min
5	SWE	Thomas Fogdö	1: 57.25 min
6th	GER	Armin Bittner	1: 57.48 min
7th	FRA	Patrice Bianchi	1: 57.49 min
8th	NOR	Finn Christian Jagge	1: 57.83 min
9	GER	Peter Roth	1: 58.25 min
-	-	-	-
11	SUI	Paul Accola	1: 59.22 min
13	AUT	Günther Mader	1: 59.56 min
14th	AUT	Bernhard Gstrein	2: 00.75 min
15th	GER	Bernhard Bauer	2: 01.19 min
46	MEX	Hubertus of Hohenlohe	2: 35.24 min

Defending champion: Rudolf Nierlich (AUT)
Date : January 22nd, 10:00 am (1st run), 1:00 pm (2nd run)
Slope: "Wiesern / Bärfeld"
Length: 550 m, difference in altitude: 215 m
Gates: 68 (1st run), 69 (2nd run)

123 runners started, 52 of them reached the finish.

After the first run Girardelli had led in 57.96 seconds, Tomba was 0.21 seconds behind on rank 2 (but then he only drove seventh time); Stangassinger was fifth (lag 0.68 sec.) And Furuseth was seventh (lag 0.96 sec.)

Retired u. a .: Marco Büchel (LIE), Michael von Grünigen (SUI), Steve Locher (SUI), Rudolf Nierlich (AUT), Jonas Nilsson (SWE), Tetsuya Okabe (JPN), Michael Tritscher (AUT), Johan Wallner (SWE )

combination

space	country	athlete	Time A	Time S.	Points
1	AUT	Stephan Eberharter	1: 44.08 (9.)	1: 33.87 (1.)	16.28
2	ITA	Kristian Ghedina	1: 42.52 (1.)	1: 38.22 (11.)	26.41
3	AUT	Günther Mader	1: 44.56 (11.)	1: 34.90 (4.)	27.54
4th	SUI	Paul Accola	1: 45.22 (18.)	1: 34.19 (2.)	29.58
5	SUI	Steve Locher	1: 45.70 (23.)	1: 35.49 (6.)	43.03
6th	AUT	Hubert Strolz	1: 46.31 (26.)	1: 34.65 (3rd)	44.30
7th	ITA	Peter Runggaldier	1: 43.59 (4.)	1: 40.05 (13.)	48.40
8th	NOR	Didrik Marksten	1: 46.72 (31st)	1: 36.12 (8.)	57.50
-	-	-	-	-	-
11	GER	Hansjörg Tauscher	1: 44.01 (6.)	1: 43.18 (20.)	72.08
13	SUI	Xavier Gigandet	1: 44.78 (13th)	1: 42.38 (17.)	75.26
14th	GER	Martin Fiala	1: 44.92 (16.)	1: 42.99 (19.)	80.43
21st	LIE	Marco Büchel	1: 49.30 (40th)	1: 41.47 (15.)	116.91

Defending champion: Marc Girardelli (LUX)
Date : January 28, 11:00 a.m. (departure)
January 30, 10:00 a.m. / 1:00 p.m. (slalom)

Downhill run: “Schneekristall”
route length: 2655 m, difference in altitude: 825 m,
gates: 37

Slalom course: "Wiesern / Perfeld"
Length: 480 m, difference in altitude: 180 m
Goals: 58 (1st run), 56 (2nd run)

There were 72 runners at the start, 33 classified.

Retired u. a .: William Besse (SUI), AJ Kitt (USA), Marc Girardelli (LUX), Josef Polig (ITA), Jan Einar Thorsen (NOR), Markus Wasmeier (GER)

Women

Departure

space	country	sportswoman	time
1	AUT	Petra Kronberger	1: 29.12 min
2	FRA	Nathalie Bouvier	1: 29.56 min
3	URS	Svetlana Gladysheva	1: 29.63 min
4th	SUI	Chantal Bournisse	1: 29.72 min
5	GER	Katja Seizinger	1: 29.89 min
6th	AUT	Sabine Ginther	1: 29.97 min
7th	CAN	Kerrin Lee-Gartner	1: 30.02 min
8th	GER	Katharina Gutensohn	1: 30.23 min
9	AUT	Barbara Sadleder	1: 30.31 min
-	-	-	-
11	GER	Michaela Gerg	1: 30.48 min
12	GER	Miriam Vogt	1: 30.56 min
16	AUT	Veronika Wallinger	1: 31.02 min
18th	SUI	Heidi Zurbriggen	1: 31.14 min
21st	SUI	Romaine Fournier	1: 32.09 min
29	SUI	Marlis Spescha	1: 32.77 min

Defending champion: Maria Walliser (SUI) (career ended)
Date : January 26th, 11:00 am
Slope: "Aster"
Length: 2362 m, difference in altitude: 730 m
Goals: 33

There were 35 runners at the start, 34 of them reached the finish.

Super G

space	country	sportswoman	time
1	AUT	Ulrike Maier	1: 08.72 min
2	FRA	Carole Merle	1: 08.83 min
3	AUT	Anita Wachter	1: 08.85 min
4th	SUI	Zoë Haas	1: 09.07 min
5	SUI	Chantal Bournisse	1: 09.26 min
6th	AUT	Petra Kronberger	1: 09.29 min
7th	AUT	Sylvia Eder	1: 09.41 min
8th	GER	Michaela Gerg	1: 09.83 min
-	-	-	-
13	GER	Karin Dedler	1: 10.41 min
18th	SUI	Heidi Zurbriggen	1: 10.75 min
20th	GER	Katja Seizinger	1: 11.17 min
24	SUI	Petra Bernet	1: 11.38 min

Defending champion: Ulrike Maier (AUT)
Date : January 29th, 12:30 pm
Slope: "Snow crystal"
Length: 1629 m, difference in altitude: 483 m
Goals: 34

There were 64 runners at the start, 56 of them reached the finish.

Retired u. a .: Katharina Gutensohn (GER), Barbara Sadleder (AUT)

Giant slalom

space	country	sportswoman	time
1	SWE	Pernilla Wiberg	2: 07.45 min
2	AUT	Ulrike Maier	2: 07.61 min
3	GER	Traudl Hächer	2: 08.03 min
4th	YUG	Veronika Sarec	2: 08.29 min
5	United States	Eva Twardokens	2: 08.44 min
6th	GER	Angelika Hurler	2: 08.61 min
7th	SUI	Vreni Schneider	2: 08.70 min
8th	AUT	Ingrid Salvenmoser	2: 9.30 min
-	-	-	-
11	AUT	Anita Wachter	2: 09.49 min
14th	GER	Michaela Gerg	2: 09.93 min
15th	AUT	Sylvia Eder	2: 10.00 min
22nd	SUI	Gabriela Zingre-Graf	2: 12.44 min
23	SUI	Christine von Grünigen	2: 12.45 min

Defending champion: Vreni Schneider (SUI)
Date : February 2, 10:00 a.m. (1st run), 1:00 p.m. (2nd run)
Length: 1400 m, difference in altitude: 330 m
Goals: 46 (1st run), 44 (2nd run)

There were 84 runners at the start, 67 of them reached the finish.

Retired u. a .: Swetlana Gladyschewa (URS), Zoë Haas (SUI), Christina Meier-Höck (GER), Kate Pace (CAN), Sabina Panzanini (ITA), Zali Steggall (AUS)

slalom

space	country	athlete	time
1	SUI	Vreni Schneider	1: 25.90 min
2	YUG	Nataša Bokal	1: 26.06 min
3	AUT	Ingrid Salvenmoser	1: 26.56 min
4th	FRA	Florence Masnada	1: 27.30 min
5	YUG	Katjuša Pušnik	1: 27.53 min
6th	SWE	Pernilla Wiberg	1: 27.55 min
7th	FRA	Patricia Chauvet	1: 27.60 min
8th	United States	Heidi Voelker	1: 27.73 min
	GER	Angela Drexl	1: 27.73 min
	-	-	-
12	AUT	Anita Wachter	1: 28.12 min
14th	GER	Anette Gersch	1: 29.10 min
19th	SUI	Gabriela Zingre-Graf	1: 30.64 min

Defending champion: Mateja Svet (SLO or YUG) (career ended)
Date : February 1, 10:00 a.m. (1st run), 1:00 p.m. (2nd run)
Slope: "Vorderglemm / Spielberg"
Length: 475 m, Height difference: 168 m
Goals: 46 (1st run), 44 (2nd run)

There were 83 runners at the start, 43 of them reached the finish.

Retired u. a .: Karin Buder (AUT), Annelise Coberger (NZL), Blanca Fernández Ochoa (ESP), Christine von Grünigen (SUI), Christelle Guignard (FRA), Urška Hrovat (YUG), Emi Kawabata (JPN), Monika Maierhofer ( AUT), Ylva Nowén (SWE), Kate Pace (CAN), Veronika Šarec (YUG), Warwara Selenskaja (URS), Eva Twardokens (USA)

combination

space	country	athlete	Time A	Time S.	Points
1	SUI	Chantal Bournisse	1: 18.69 (3rd)	1: 26.08 (5th)	26.45
2	AUT	Ingrid Stoeckl	1: 19.31 (11.)	1: 25.91 (3rd)	33.76
3	SUI	Vreni Schneider	1: 21.31 (24.)	1: 23.14 (1st)	42.13
4th	GER	Miriam Vogt	1: 18.99 (9.)	1: 28.16 (9.)	44.01
5	GER	Katja Seizinger	1: 18.91 (7.)	1: 28.63 (11.)	48.54
6th	SUI	Heidi Zurbriggen	1: 19.64 (13th)	1: 28.15 (8.)	53.64
7th	CAN	Michelle McKendry	1: 19.92 (15.)	1: 29.24 (12.)	61.91
8th	JPN	Emi Kawabata	1: 19.58 (12.)	1: 30.77 (15.)	70.77
9	SUI	Gaby May	1: 22.06 (26.)	1: 26.07 (4th)	73.48

Defending champion: Tamara McKinney (USA) (career ended)
Date : January 25, 11:00 am (departure)
January 31, 10:00 am / 1:00 pm (slalom)

Downhill run: “Aster”
route length: 2069 m, difference in altitude: 638 m
gates: 29

Slalom course: "Vorderglemm / Spielberg"
Height difference: 168 m
Goals: 51 (1st run), 49 (2nd run)

There were 38 runners at the start, 22 classified.

Retired u. a .: Michaela Gerg (GER), Sabine Ginther (AUT), Katharina Gutensohn (GER), Petra Kronberger (AUT), Kerrin Lee-Gartner (CAN), Florence Masnada (FRA), Anita Wachter (AUT)

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Austria	5	3	3	11
2	Switzerland	3	1	2	6th
3	Sweden	1	-	1	2
4th	Luxembourg	1	-	-	1
5	France	-	2	1	3
6th	Italy	-	2	-	2
7th	Norway	-	1	1	2
8th	Yugoslavia	-	1	-	1
9	Germany	-	-	1	1
	Soviet Union	-	-	1	1

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Saalbach is now a candidate for the World Cup" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 3, 1985, p. 21 ( arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
2. ↑ "Saalbach booted opponents in the first round" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna June 13, 1988, p. 24 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
3. ↑ "Entry deadline 42 hours before the first competition" in "Salzburger Nachrichten" of December 29, 1990; Page 25
4. ^ "Hodler speech as World Cup opening" in "Kleine Zeitung" from January 19, 1991, page 35; POS .: bottom left
5. ↑ Box “From the World Cup Manege” in “Kleine Zeitung” of January 23, 1991, page 31; POS .: third post
6. ^ "An opening with short speeches" in "Salzburger Nachrichten" of January 23, 1991; Page 13; POS .: Column 1
7. ^ "Airlift to Reinstadler's funeral" in "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 18 of January 22, 1991, page 15
8. ↑ “Will the World Cup be stopped in March?” In “Kleine Zeitung” from January 19, 1991, page 34; POS .: below
9. ^ “US team is still waiting” in “Kleine Zeitung” of January 22, 1991, page 33; POS .: Column 3
10. ↑ "70 anti-terrorism specialists assigned to the World Cup!" In "Kronenzeitung" of January 25, 1991, pages 1 and 2 in special pages "WM extra"
11. ↑ “We felt safe around the clock” in “Salzburger Nachrichten” of February 4, 1991; Page 19
12. ↑ Headline "Kathrin Gutensohn was the fastest in yesterday's final training - US national ski team is still coming" to the headline "Sabine Ginther and Haas set the tone" in "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 19 of January 23, 1991, page 14
13. ↑ "137.8 million schillings for the Ski World Cup". In "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 258 of November 8, 1989, page 17
14. ↑ "World Cup without opening ceremony" in "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 15 of January 18, 1991, page 19, center
15. ^ "The world discovered Saalbach" in "Kleine Zeitung" of February 3, 1991, page 39
16. ↑ "Liquid 'Edelweiss' is supposed to increase beer sales in the Glemmtal by at least 25 percent" in "Salzburger Nachrichten" of January 26, 1991; Page 30; POS .: below
17. ↑ "Gentlemen Downhill Moved Forward" in "Salzburger Nachrichten" of January 26, 1991; Page 30
18. ^ Glossary "Sprüche zum Tag" in "Salzburger Nachrichten" of February 4, 1991; Page 18
19. ↑ "Entry deadline 42 hours before the first competition" in "Salzburger Nachrichten" of December 29, 1990; Page 25; Topic 2
20. ↑ "Whether he wants to or not: Heli is now the big favorite" in "Kronenzeitung" of January 26, 1991, special pages "WM extra", pages 1 and 2
21. ↑ “Something like that shouldn't even happen to a beginner!” In “Kronenzeitung” of January 28, 1991, special pages “WM extra”, pages 6 and 7
22. ^ "Resignation after the World Cup" in "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 22 of 26./27. January 1991, page 34, POS .: columns 1 and 2, below
23. ↑ “The 'iron man' is fed up with arguing: 'When I go down I am only privately on the mountain!'” In “Kronenzeitung” from January 26, 1991, special pages “WM extra”, page 4
24. ^ "Frehsner now Heinzer consultant" in "Tiroler Tageszeitung" No. 23 of January 28, 1991, page 14, POS .: Column 2, middle
25. ↑ “The World Cup superstars and the unlucky ones” in “Kronenzeitung” from February 4, 1991, special pages “World Cup extra”, page 1
26. ^ Article in "Kronenzeitung" from January 17, 1991, special pages "WM extra", page 1; POS .: box 2, below
27. ^ "Pum protests - because the FIS jury took course setters" in "Kleine Zeitung" of January 22, 1991, page 35; POS .: Column 2, below
28. ^ Article in "Kronenzeitung" from January 25, 1991, special pages "WM-Extra", page 5; POS .: last paragraph
29. ↑ "Austria also won the 'arithmetic game'" in "Kronenzeitung" on January 27, 1991, special pages "WM extra", page 2
30. ↑ "The 'winners' of the DSV exercise modesty at this World Cup" in "Salzburger Nachrichten" of January 31, 1991; Page 24; POS. below
31. ↑ " Cruciate Ligament Injury . New bankruptcy for the DSV ”in“ Salzburger Nachrichten ”of January 30, 1991; Page 21
32. ^ “'No World Cup without a dress rehearsal'” in “Salzburger Nachrichten” of February 4, 1991; Page 19
33. ↑ “Pressestimmen” in “Salzburger Nachrichten” of February 4, 1991; Page 18
34. ^ "Salzburger Nachrichten" of February 4, 1991; Page 19; POS .: Column 5