Alpine World Ski Championships 1938

8th Alpine World Ski Championships 1938
Place:	Engelberg , Switzerland
Start:	March 5, 1938
The End:	March 6, 1938
Nations:	12 ski associations from 11 countries
Competitions:	6th
winner
	Men's	Ladies
Departure	James Couttet	Lisa Resch
slalom	Rudolf Rominger	Christl Cranz
Alpine combination	Émile Allais	Christl Cranz
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The 8th Alpine World Ski Championships took place on March 5th and 6th, 1938 in Engelberg , Switzerland .

Men

Departure

space	athlete	country	time
1	James Couttet	France	3: 17.8 min
2	Émile Allais	France	3: 19.8 min
3	Hellmut Lantschner	German Empire	3: 24.2 min
4th	Rudolf Rominger	Switzerland	3: 26.2 min
5	Squidward Schwabl	Austria	3: 28.6 min
5	Roman Wörndle	German Empire	3: 28.6 min
7th	Joseph Pertsch	German Empire	3: 34.6 min
8th	Anton Bader	German Empire	3: 36.2 min
9	Rudolph Matt	Austria	3: 36.6 min
10	Maurice Lafforgue	France	3: 36.8 min

Date: Saturday March 5, 1938; Start: 12:30 p.m. CET

Route: length: 4000 m, difference in altitude: 835 m

Participants: 47 started; 37 rated; Participants from 12 ski associations from 11 countries.

slalom

space	athlete	country	time
1	Rudolf Rominger	Switzerland	3: 03.4 min
2	Émile Allais	France	3: 07.3 min
3	Hellmut Lantschner	German Empire	3: 07.7 min
4th	Rudolph Matt	Austria	3: 13.3 min
5	Squidward Schwabl	Austria	3: 14.8 min
6th	Joseph Pertsch	German Empire	3: 15.1 min
7th	Louis Agnel	France	3: 19.2 min
8th	Hans Nogler	Italy	3: 19.8 min
9	Heinz von Allmen	Switzerland	3: 20.4 min
10	Arnold Glatthard	Switzerland	3: 23.8 min

Date: Sunday March 6, 1938;

Route: Hegmatt ; Length: 750 m, difference in altitude: 200 m

Participants: 38 started; 37 rated; Participants from 12 ski associations from 11 countries.

Alpine combination

space	athlete	country	Points
1	Émile Allais	France	330.91
2	Rudolf Rominger	Switzerland	334.58
3	Hellmut Lantschner	German Empire	335.59
4th	Squidward Schwabl	Austria	344.86
5	Joseph Pertsch	German Empire	351.17
6th	Roman Wörndle	German Empire	351.75
7th	Rudolph Matt	Austria	351.91
8th	Arnold Glatthard	Switzerland	361.46
9	Heinz von Allmen	Switzerland	361.88
10	Hans Nogler	Italy	362.86

Date: Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th March 1938;

Participants: 47 started; 33 rated; Participants from 12 ski associations from 11 countries.

Women

Departure

space	athlete	country	time
1	Lisa Resch	German Empire	3: 32.2 min
2	Christl Cranz	German Empire	3: 34.6 min
3	Käthe Grasegger	German Empire	3: 40.6 min
4th	Nini from Arx-Zogg	Switzerland	3: 52.2 min
5	Erna Steuri	Switzerland	3: 54.6 min
6th	Marian McKean	United States	3: 55.0 min
7th	Stella Dybwad	Norway	3: 56.4 min
8th	Laila Schou Nilsen	Norway	3: 57.8 min
9	Dinah Künzli	Switzerland	4: 00.2 min
10	Elisabeth Hoferer	German Empire	4: 00.8 min

Date: Saturday March 5, 1938; Start: 11:30 a.m. CET

Route: Les Houches ; Length: 3500 m, difference in altitude: 690 m

Participants: 25 started; 24 rated ;; Participants from 9 ski associations from 8 countries.

slalom

space	athlete	country	time
1	Christl Cranz	German Empire	2: 51.9 min
2	Nini from Arx-Zogg	Switzerland	2: 57.4 min
3	Erna Steuri	Switzerland	2: 59.1 min
4th	Lisa Resch	German Empire	3: 02.7 min
5	Käthe Grasegger	German Empire	3: 02.8 min
6th	Laila Schou Nilsen	Norway	3: 06.0 min
7th	Elisabeth Hoferer	German Empire	3: 07.0 min
8th	Stella Dybwad	Norway	3: 08.3 min
9	Růžena Beinhauerová	Czechoslovakia	3: 09.5 min
10	Marian McKean	United States	3: 12.2 min

Date: Sunday March 6, 1938;

Route: Hegmatt ;

Course setter: Ernst Gertsch , Switzerland

Participants: 24 started; 24 rated ;; Participants from 9 ski associations from 8 countries.

Alpine combination

space	athlete	country	Points
1	Christl Cranz	German Empire	352.12
2	Lisa Resch	German Empire	358.36
3	Käthe Grasegger	German Empire	366.84
4th	Nini from Arx-Zogg	Switzerland	374.12
5	Erna Steuri	Switzerland	377.88
6th	Laila Schou-Nilsen	Norway	386.60
7th	Stella Dybwad	Norway	387.04
8th	Marian McKean	United States	388.76
9	Elisabeth Hoferer	German Empire	390.40
10	Helga Gödl	Austria	404.28

Date: Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th March 1938;

Participants: 24 started; 23 rated ;; Participants from 9 ski associations from 8 countries.

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	German Empire	3	2	5	10
2	France	2	2	-	4th
3	Switzerland	1	2	1	4th