Alpine World Ski Championships 1937

7th Alpine World Ski Championships 1937
Place:	Chamonix-Mont-Blanc , France
Start:	February 13, 1937
The End:	February 15, 1937
Nations:	16 ski associations from 15 countries
Competitions:	6th
winner
	Men's	Ladies
Departure	Émile Allais	Christl Cranz
slalom	Émile Allais	Christl Cranz
Alpine combination	Émile Allais	Christl Cranz
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The 7th Alpine World Ski Championships took place from February 13 to 15, 1937 in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc , France .

history

From then on, the FIS events officially carried the title of World Championships .

Four skiers were allowed to start per nation and competition, the performance of the best three counted for the team ratings that were officially held at the time. No female skiers from Austria , Italy or France competed in the women's competitions .

With Émile Allais , a Frenchman was crowned world champion for the first time and, for the first time, a skier from Czechoslovakia, Růžena Beinhauerová, took a top 10 place in the alpine disciplines at the World Ski Championships.

Men

Departure

space	athlete	country	time
1	Émile Allais	France	4: 03.4 min
2	Maurice Lafforgue	France	4: 16.4 min
2	Giacinto Sertorelli	Italy	4: 16.4 min
4th	Per fossum	Norway	4: 20.4 min
5	Willy Steuri	Switzerland	4: 21.6 min
6th	Vittorio Chierroni	Italy	4: 24.6 min
6th	Heinz von Allmen	Switzerland	4: 24.6 min
8th	Romain Morand	France	4: 27.6 min
9	Rudolph Matt	Austria	4: 29.8 min
10	Rudolf Cranz	German Empire	4: 30.2 min

Date: Saturday February 13, 1937;

Route: Les Houches ; Length: 3000 m, difference in altitude: 700 m

Participants: 49 started; 36 rated; Participants from 16 ski associations from 15 countries.

slalom

space	athlete	country	time
1	Émile Allais	France	2: 10.8 min
2	Wilhelm Walch	Austria	2: 11.4 min
3	Roman Wörndle	German Empire	2: 14.4 min
4th	Rudolf Cranz	German Empire	2: 15.2 min
5	Rudolf Rominger	Switzerland	2: 17.2 min
6th	Heinz von Allmen	Switzerland	2: 19.4 min
7th	Rudolph Matt	Austria	2: 20.8 min
7th	Willy Steuri	Switzerland	2: 20.8 min
9	Maurice Lafforgue	France	2: 22.8 min
10	Vittorio Chierroni	Italy	2: 23.2 min
10	Hermann Steuri	Switzerland	2: 23.2 min

Date: Monday February 15, 1937;

Route: length: 700 m, difference in altitude: 250 m; 36 goals

Course setters : Mussat, Rosniere, Lavaidre, all France and Ernst Gertsch , Switzerland

Participants: called 39; 36 started; 35 rated; Participants from 16 ski associations from 15 countries.

Alpine combination

space	athlete	country	Points
1	Émile Allais	France	400.4
2	Maurice Lafforgue	France	428.0
3	Willy Steuri	Switzerland	430.6
4th	Heinz von Allmen	Switzerland	431.9
5	Rudolf Cranz	German Empire	432.4
6th	Vittorio Chierroni	Italy	436.4
7th	Rudolph Matt	Austria	438.8
8th	Roman Wörndle	German Empire	439.5
9	Wilhelm Walch	Austria	440.7
10	Rudolf Rominger	Switzerland	445.0

Date: Saturday 13th and Monday 15th February 1937;

Participants: 49 started; 32 rated; Participants from 16 ski associations from 15 countries.

Women

Departure

space	athlete	country	time
1	Christl Cranz	German Empire	5: 17.0 min
2	Nini from Arx-Zogg	Switzerland	5: 21.2 min
3	Käthe Grasegger	German Empire	5: 38.8 min
4th	Clarita Heath	United States	5: 57.2 min
5	Erna Steuri	Switzerland	6:00, 4 min
6th	Elvira Osirnig	Switzerland	6: 05.6 min
7th	Helen Palmer-Tomkinson	United Kingdom	6: 20.8 min
8th	Liesl Schwarz	German Empire	6: 21.0 min
9	Lisa Resch	German Empire	6: 34.6 min
10	Isobel Roe	United Kingdom	6: 47.8 min

Date: Saturday February 13, 1937;

Route: Les Houches ; Length: 2500 m, difference in altitude: 780 m

Participants: 19 started; 19 rated; Participants from 6 countries.

slalom

space	athlete	country	time
1	Christl Cranz	German Empire	2: 29.2 min
2	Käthe Grasegger	German Empire	2: 36.2 min
3	Lisa Resch	German Empire	2: 39.6 min
4th	Loulou Boulaz	Switzerland	2: 40.8 min
5	Nini from Arx-Zogg	Switzerland	2: 45.2 min
6th	Elvira Osirnig	Switzerland	2: 50.0 min
7th	Euretta de Cosson	United Kingdom	2: 55.8 min
8th	Erna Steuri	Switzerland	2: 56.2 min
9	Liesl Schwarz	German Empire	2: 56.6 min
10	Růžena Beinhauerová	Czechoslovakia (SL RČS)	3: 02.8 min

Date: Monday February 15, 1937;

Route: Chamonix ; Length: 600 m, height difference: 200 m, 32 gates

Participants: 19 started; 17 rated; Participants from 6 countries.

Alpine combination

space	athlete	country	Points
1	Christl Cranz	German Empire	511.0
2	Nini from Arx-Zogg	Switzerland	536.0
3	Käthe Grasegger	German Empire	541.8
4th	Elvira Osirnig	Switzerland	586.6
5	Erna Steuri	Switzerland	589.4
6th	Lisa Resch	German Empire	602.0
7th	Clarita Heath	United States	604.4
8th	Liesl Schwarz	German Empire	610.6
9	Helen Palmer-Tomkinson	United Kingdom	621.8
10	Loulou Boulaz	Switzerland	644.2

Date: Saturday 13th and Monday 15th February 1937;

Participants: 19 started; 17 rated; Participants from 6 countries.

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	France	3	2	-	5
2	German Empire	3	1	4th	8th
3	Switzerland	-	2	1	3
4th	Austria	-	1	-	1
5	Italy	-	1	-	1

literature

• Walter Amstutz : The Ski World Championships 1937. In: The snow hare. Yearbook of the Swiss Academic Ski Club SAS. Volume 3, No. 11, 1937, ZDB -ID 525691-4 , pp. 513-516.