Alpine World Ski Championships 1939

9th Alpine World Ski Championships 1939
Place:	Zakopane , Poland
Start:	February 12, 1939
The End:	February 15, 1939
Nations:	13 ski associations from 12 countries
Competitions:	6th
winner
	Men's	Ladies
Departure	Hellmut Lantschner	Christl Cranz
slalom	Rudolf Rominger	Christl Cranz
Alpine combination	Josef Jennewein	Christl Cranz
← Engelberg 1938 Cortina d'Ampezzo 1941 →

The 9th Alpine World Ski Championships took place in Zakopane , Poland , from February 12th to 15th, 1939 .

history

After Austria was annexed to the German Reich in 1938, the former Austrian athletes could no longer represent their own country and were only allowed to start for the German Reich. The successes achieved by "Austrians" (Ostmarkers) during this period are still officially part of the German medal balance. Affected are the medals won by Josef Jennewein, Wilhelm Walch and Helga Gödl at the World Championships in 1939. (Hellmuth Lantschner was - like the entire Lantschner family - from Austria, more precisely from the Innsbruck area - but he was of his own free will Went to Germany in 1935 and started for the local ski association).
The subsequent World Championships in 1941 could still be held, but were not officially recognized by the FIS afterwards (at the 1946 Congress) due to the political situation in 1941 . No major events took place until the 1948 Winter Olympics.

Gunnar Stenfors from Finland was the only member of the Svenska Finlands Skidförbund to take part in the world championships. In Finland - as in Czechoslovakia and Austria , which no longer existed at the time - there were two ski associations officially approved by the FIS. The SFS was the ski association of the Swedish minority in Finland.

Men

Departure

space	athlete	country	time
1	Hellmut Lantschner	German Empire	3: 26.88 min
2	Josef Jennewein	German Empire	3: 28.03 min
3	Karl Molitor	Switzerland	3: 29.57 min
4th	Wilhelm Walch	German Empire	3: 30.31 min
5	Louis Agnel	France	3: 32.84 min
6th	Vittorio Chierroni	Italy	3: 33.31 min
7th	Maurice Lafforgue	France	3: 33.99 min
8th	Christofer Berg	Norway	3: 34.08 min
9	Rudolf Cranz	German Empire	3: 35.71 min
10	Rudolf Rominger	Switzerland	3: 39.83 min

Date: Sunday February 12, 1939

Route: Kasprowy Wierch ; 3600 m, difference in altitude: 800 m

Participants: 38 named; 37 started; 35 rated; Participants from 13 ski associations from 12 countries.

Émile Allais was injured in training and had to do without the title defense.

slalom

space	athlete	country	time
1	Rudolf Rominger	Switzerland	2: 01.6 min
2	Josef Jennewein	German Empire	2: 05.3 min
3	Wilhelm Walch	German Empire	2: 08.8 min
4th	Rudolf Cranz	German Empire	2: 09.0 min
5	Hellmut Lantschner	German Empire	2: 19.0 min
6th	Christofer Berg	Norway	2: 21.3 min
7th	Ciril Praček	Yugoslavia	2: 22.2 min
8th	Louis Agnel	France	2: 30.9 min
9	Alberto Marcelin	Italy	2: 31.2 min
10	Hans Hansson	Sweden	2: 31.8 min

Date: Tuesday February 14, 1939

Route: Suchy Żleb ; 3600 m, difference in altitude: 200 m, 35 gates

Course setter : Sylbermann

Participants: 38 named; 30 started; 24 rated; Participants from 13 ski associations from 12 countries.

combination

space	athlete	country	Points
1	Josef Jennewein	German Empire	345.8
2	Wilhelm Walch	German Empire	352.0
3	Rudolf Rominger	Switzerland	353.6
4th	Rudolf Cranz	German Empire	357.6
5	Hellmut Lantschner	German Empire	359.8
6th	Christofer Berg	Norway	369.5
7th	Louis Agnel	France	378.8
8th	Karl Molitor	Switzerland	383.7
9	Alberto Marcelin	Italy	392.4
9	Hans Hansson	Sweden	392.4

Date: Sunday 12th and Tuesday 14th February 1939

Participants: 38 named; 37 started; 23 rated; Participants from 13 ski associations from 12 countries.

Women

Departure

space	athlete	country	time
1	Christl Cranz	German Empire	3: 25.44 min
2	Lisa Resch	German Empire	3: 39.15 min
3	Helga Gödl	German Empire	3: 40.71 min
4th	Françoise Mattussiere	France	3: 42.93 min
5	Magrit Schaad	Switzerland	3: 46.29 min
6th	Nicole Villan	France	3: 48.62 min
7th	Isobel Roe	United Kingdom	3: 50.73 min
8th	Cecile Agnel	France	3: 51.15 min
9	Nini from Arx-Zogg	Switzerland	3: 53.39 min
10	Laila Schou Nilsen	Norway	3: 55.91 min

Date: Sunday February 12, 1939

Route: Kasprowy Wierch ; Length: 3200 m;

Participants: 25 named; 25 started; 24 rated; Participants from 9 countries.

Hela Marusarzówna , the best rated Polish downhill and slalom runner, injured herself during training and was unable to take part in the competitions.

Erna Steuri from Switzerland also injured herself four days earlier in a training run and had to end the downhill run early.

The Italian team management announced on February 9th that they would forego their women's team due to the difficult conditions.

slalom

space	athlete	country	time
1	Christl Cranz	German Empire	2: 36.3 min
2	Gritli Schaad	Switzerland	2: 46.5 min
3	May Nilsson	Sweden	2: 55.8 min
4th	Lisa Resch	German Empire	2: 58.9 min
5	Elisabeth Hoferer	German Empire	2: 59.3 min
6th	Elisabeth Spokeli	Norway	3: 03.7 min
7th	Laila Schou Nilsen	Norway	3: 07.4 min
8th	Zofia Stopkówna	Poland	3: 21.1 min
9	Maria Marusarzówna	Poland	3: 38.5 min
10	Erna Steuri	Switzerland	3: 47.5 min

Date: Wednesday February 15, 1939

Route: Suchy Żleb ; Length: 200 m; 25 goals

Participants: 25 named; 23 started; 20 rated; Participants from 9 countries.

Alpine combination

space	athlete	country	Points
1	Christl Cranz	German Empire	330.2
2	Gritli Schaad	Switzerland	359.5
3	Lisa Resch	German Empire	362.3
4th	May Nilsson	Sweden	383.9
5	Laila Schou Nilsen	Norway	385.8
6th	Elisabeth Hoferer	German Empire	389.8
7th	Elisabeth Spokeli	Norway	406.4
8th	Zofia Stopkówna	Poland	426.2
9	Cecile Agnel	France	431.1
10	Nicole Villan	France	431.5

Date: Sunday 12th and Wednesday 15th February 1939

Participants: 25 named; 25 started; 19 rated; Participants from 9 countries.

Medal table

space	country				total
1	German Empire	5	4th	3	12
2	Switzerland	1	2	2	5
3	Sweden	-	-	1	1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Downhill, men ( Memento of February 14, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ Slalom, men ( Memento of February 14, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
3. ^ Alpine Combined, men ( Memento of February 14, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ Downhill, women ( Memento of February 13, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
5. ↑ Slalom, women ( Memento from July 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
6. ^ Alpine Combined, women ( Memento of February 14, 2008 in the Internet Archive )