Alpine World Ski Championships 1941

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Alpine skiing

(10th) Alpine World Ski Championships 1941

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subsequently canceled in 1946
Place: Cortina d'Ampezzo , Italy
Start: February 2, 1941
The End: February 4, 1941
Nations: 10
Competitions: 6th
winner
Men's Ladies
Departure German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) Josef Jennewein German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) Christl Cranz
slalom German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) Pfeifer & ChierroniItaly 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Celina Seghi
Alpine combination German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) Josef Jennewein German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) Christl Cranz

The Alpine World Ski Championships of 1941 were held together with the Nordic World Ski Championships from February 1st to 9th in the Italian winter sports resort of Cortina d'Ampezzo . Cortina hosted a world championship as early as 1932 .

After the end of the Second World War , the International Ski Federation (FIS) subsequently declared this world championship invalid at the 16th Congress from August 27 to 31, 1946 in Pau , as many nations were unable to take part due to political circumstances. All medals lost their official status after the decision of the FIS and are no longer counted. Besides Italy and the German Reich, the only participating countries were Bulgaria, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Yugoslavia, Romania, Switzerland and Hungary.

procedure

Opening ceremony

The opening ceremony took place on February 1st at 11 a.m. After a night of snowfall, the landscape was covered by a 20 cm layer of fresh snow. The ceremony was attended by 5,000 visitors. The uniforms of officers from twelve nations shone in the official gallery. The first athletes to march in were two Bulgarians, the hosts were the last. The flag bearer of the Swiss team was its competition elder, August Sonderegger . The President of the Italian Olympic Committee, Raffaele Manganiello , delivered the welcome address. FIS Vice President, Count Hamilton (Sweden), expressed the thanks of the International Ski Federation.

FIS Congress

An FIS congress was held on February 3rd; for the time being, FIS Vice President Hamilton was of the opinion that "it wasn't about time". At this conference, which took place with the arrival of the 12 participating countries, it was decided to award the next year's World Championships to Germany (Garmisch-Partenkirchen) and the next FIS congress one year after the end of the war in Budapest. In addition, some mutations were noted that affect the former ski organizations of Austria and Czechoslovakia, as well as the reorganization of the sport in Finland, Norway and Slovakia.

Closing ceremony

The closing ceremony took place with the sun setting after the ski jumping on February 9th, with the Duca di Bergamo (member of the Italian royal family) announcing the rankings, including the past competitions.

Men

Departure

space athlete country time
1 Josef Jennewein German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) German Empire 04: 03.97 min
2 Alberto Marcellin Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Italy 04: 06.66 min
3 Rudolf Cranz German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) German Empire 04: 08.66 min
4th Vittorio Chierroni Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Italy 04: 09.46 min
5 Hellmut Lantschner German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) German Empire 04: 09.69 min
6th Rudolf Rominger SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 04: 12.55 min
7th Randmod Soerensen NorwayNorway Norway 04: 14.00 min
8th Albert Pfeifer German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) German Empire 04: 15.13 min
9 Albert Scheuring SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 04: 18.06 min
10 Hans Hansson SwedenSweden Sweden 04: 19.09 min

Date: Sunday February 2, 1941

Participants: 27 started; 25 rated
The race started at 11.30 am. It was over 4.6 km with a 985 m difference in altitude and start at 2,200 m at the foot of the middle Tofanastock. After driving 1,700 m over open terrain, the 500 m long «cannon barrel» («Canelone») was sighted, the upper part of which was marked with 5 blue gates. Another important passage was the “Druscie wall” (“plêce de résistance”), an extremely steep, icy fall that had to be exploited in order to complete the subsequent flat section with as little loss of time as possible. Then it went straight to the finish line over slightly undulating terrain, whereby the two road crossings did not cause any trouble for the class riders. This was only noticeable in the less experienced people who drove into falls. The Swedes had made a mistake in the wax election, and the competition turned out to be a disappointment for the northerners, who were among the closest favorites.
The time of No. 1, Marcellin, was only beaten by No. 7, Jennewein. His drive was such that he could be recognized as the sure winner all along the route without a stopwatch. Only the Alpini Marcellin came close to his daring on the tricky stretch of the route, most of the others decided to play it safe with a little slide on the “Canelone”. Rudolf Rominger's performance in Switzerland had met expectations, but the slalom world champion had calculated a better chance. He had swung or slid longer in the “cannon barrel” and on the wall - something similar was seen by the second Swiss participant.

slalom

space athlete country time
1 Albert Pfeifer German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) German Empire 02: 01.50 min
1 Vittorio Chierroni Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Italy 02: 01.50 min
3 Alberto Marcellin Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Italy 02: 01.90 min
4th Rudolf Cranz German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) German Empire 02: 02.30 min
5 Rudolf Rominger SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 02: 03.40 min
6th Josef Jennewein German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) German Empire 02: 03.50 min
7th Roberto Lacedelli Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Italy 02:05.10 min
8th Albert Scheuring SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 02: 07.60 min
9 Randmod Soerensen NorwayNorway Norway 02: 08.00 min
10 Sixten Isberg SwedenSweden Sweden 02: 13.40 min

Date: Tuesday February 4, 1941

Participants: 23 started
The slalom races took place in heavy snowstorms, which should actually be a good sign for defending champion Rominger, as the weather in Zakopane had been the same. The race was set out with 39 goals, with 5 to 6 being able to be driven in the starting area, and overall the course preferred the daredevils more than the technicians. Willi Walch and Peter Lefort were the course setters, whereby Walch, as the trainer of the Germans, had already taught his runners these combinations in the training sessions. Hellmut Lantschner opened the slalom and he set a fastest time of 59.3 ahead of Chierroni, Pfeifer and Jennewein, where you could tell that he didn't want to risk the combined title. Lantschner, again first in line (as stipulated by the regulations for the 2nd run at the time), came too quickly onto the steep slope, hit a gate, fell and received an additional 12 penalty seconds. Chierroni was reported by the Italian side that he had influenza and had a fever of over 38 degrees . Marcellin achieved the best time of the second run in 61.1. Rominger could not improve his time from the first run contrary to expectations.

Of the runners who started in the downhill, the Finn Erkki Penttilä was absent due to a foot injury and the Slovak Michal Daňo . The German youth champion Engelbert Haider drove the best time of the day with 57.0 seconds as a forerunner in the first round.

Alpine combination

space athlete country time
1 Josef Jennewein German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) German Empire 404.4
2 Alberto Marcellin Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Italy 405.1
3 Vittorio Chierroni Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Italy 407.4
4th Rudolf Cranz German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) German Empire 407.6
5 Rudolf Rominger SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 412.8
6th Albert Pfeifer German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) German Empire 413.7
7th Randmod Soerensen NorwayNorway Norway 421.0
8th Albert Scheuring SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 423.9
9 Roberto Lacedelli Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Italy 424.6
10 Hellmut Lantschner German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) German Empire 425.8

Date: Sunday 2nd and Tuesday 4th February 1941

Participants: 27 started; 21 rated
Josef Jennewein the lead from the downhill was enough to decide the combination for himself.

Women

Departure

space athlete country time
1 Christl Cranz German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) German Empire 04: 10.30 min
2 Käthe Grasegger German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) German Empire 04: 17.58 min
3 Anneliese Proxauf German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) German Empire 04: 25.33 min
4th Vreni Fuchs SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 04: 29.58 min
5 Celina Seghi Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Italy 04: 34.09 min
6th Vreni Keller SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 04: 36.38 min
7th Rosemarie Proxauf German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) German Empire 04: 37.63 min
8th Eva May Nilsson SwedenSweden Sweden 04: 40.25 min
9 Louise Boulaz SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 04: 43.77 min
10 Ruth Graffer Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Italy 05: 45.36 min

Date: Sunday February 2, 1941

Participants: 10 started; 10 rated
The women's downhill run ran over the same route as the men's, but was shortened by 200 m at the start height, which meant a 15 to 20 second run. The performance of the superior winner was all the more remarkable as she had to squat half of the race due to a leg cramp.
Among the Swiss runners, Vreni Fuchs (Basel-Davos) got good placings, who apparently crossed the finish line with ease in an elegant drive. Vreni Keller (Zurich) was stopped in 4: 36.38 and thus a good 2 seconds slower than Celina Seghi (4: 34.09). Loulou Boulaz (Geneva), who was the team captain, fell after an edge error between the second and third goal. May Nilsson suffered the same evil with the wrong choice of wax as her male colleagues.

slalom

space athlete country time
1 Celina Seghi Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Italy 02: 05.61 min
2 Christl Cranz German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) German Empire 02: 09.98 min
3 Anneliese Proxauf German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) German Empire 02: 17.39 min
4th Rosemarie Proxauf German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) German Empire 02: 20.06 min
5 Käthe Grasegger German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) German Empire 02: 25.90 min
6th Vreni Fuchs SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 02:30.35 min
7th Vreni Keller SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 02: 38.83 min
8th Louise Boulaz SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 03: 02.73 min
DQU Eva May Nilsson SwedenSweden Sweden -
DNF Ruth Graffer Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Italy -

Date: Tuesday February 4, 1941

Participants: 10 started; 8 rated
Little Celina Seghi was given no chance against the German overwhelming power, but she managed to get almost 5 seconds ahead of the multiple world champion from Oberallgäu, with start no. 1 had already set a best time in the first run (2.8 seconds better than Cranz). May Nilsson missed two goals and was disqualified. Seghi also set the best time in the second run. Cranz didn't want to risk too much. Vreni Fuchs drove a solid race, but fell just short of the finish line, and believing that she had already triggered the timekeeping, she lay where she was, and did not understand the request given in Italian to get up and continue driving, which was valuable to her Took time.

Alpine combination

space athlete country time
1 Christl Cranz German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) German Empire 406.0
2 Celina Seghi Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Italy 424.7
3 Anneliese Proxauf German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) German Empire 430.1
4th Käthe Grasegger German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) German Empire 432.6
5 Rosemarie Proxauf German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) German Empire 445.7
6th Vreni Fuchs SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 457.2
7th Vreni Keller SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 474.0
8th Loulou Boulaz SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 502.8
DNF Ruth Graffer Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Italy -
DNF Eva May Nilsson SwedenSweden Sweden -

Date: Sunday 2nd and Tuesday 4th February 1941

Participants: 10 started; 8 rated
Christl Cranz, the lead from the downhill was enough to decide the combination for himself.

Medal table

space country gold silver bronze total
1 Flag of Germany (1935–1945) .svg German Empire 5 2 4th 11
2 Flag of Italy (1861-1946) .svg Italy 2 3 2 7th

Individual evidence

  1. Congress Information 16th Pau (FRA) 1946 ( Memento of the original from March 26, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed March 17, 2016 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fis-ski.com
  2. ^ "The first competition of the FIS races in Cortina d'Ampezzo" with the subtitle "The opening ceremony on Saturday"; «Sport Zürich» No. 14 of February 5, 1941, page 1
  3. «Still FIS Congress!»; “Sport Zürich” No. 14 of February 3, 1941, page 3; Column 2
  4. ^ "FIS conference in Cortina"; “Sport Zürich” No. 15 of February 5, 1941, page 3; Column 1
  5. ^ «Closing ceremony and award ceremony»; “Sport Zürich” No. 17 of February 10, 1941, page 5; Column 2
  6. ^ "The first competition of the FIS races in Cortina d'Ampezzo" with the subtitle "The first competition: The downhill race" or "J. Jennewein World Champion! »; «Sport Zürich» No. 14 of February 3, 1941, pages 1 to 3
  7. "Two slalom world champions!" «Sport Zürich» No. 15 of February 5, 1941, page 2
  8. Albert Pfeifer wins the gate run. In: Tages-Post of February 5, 1941, p. 5
  9. ^ "The first competition of the FIS races in Cortina d'Ampezzo" with the subtitle "The first competition: The downhill run" or "Christl Cranz in a class of his own"; «Sport Zürich» No. 14 of February 3, 1941, pages 1 to 3

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