Speed ​​ski world championship

Gold medal of the FIS

The speed ski world championships are a sporting event that takes place every two years and in which the world champions in speed ski are determined. The world ski association FIS has been the organizer since 1995 .

Venues

The first unofficial world championship took place in Allenspark ( USA ) in 1981 . However, these have only been organized by the FIS since 1995.

year	venue	country	comment
1981	Allenspark	United States
1984	Le Arcs	France
1985	Le Arcs	France
1986	La Clusaz	France
1987	La Clusaz	France
1995	Kolari	Finland	First organization by the FIS.
1996	Vars	France
1997	Vars	France
1998	Vars	France
2000	Trivero	Italy
2001	Breuil-Cervinia	Italy
2003	Salla	Finland
2005	Breuil-Cervinia	Italy
2007	Verbier	Switzerland
2009	Vars	France
2011	Verbier	Switzerland
2013	Vars	France
2015	Pas de la Casa	Andorra
2017	Idre	Sweden
2019	Vars	France	Only the classic 'S1' class will be held.

List of venues

venue	country	number	Host years
Vars	France	6th	1996; 1997; 1998; 2009; 2013; 2019
Breuil-Cervinia	Italy	2	2001; 2005
Le Arcs	France	2	1984; 1985
La Clusaz	France	2	1986; 1987
Verbier	Switzerland	2	2007; 2011
Allenspark	United States	1	1981
Idre	Sweden	1	2017
Kolari	Finland	1	1995
Pas de la Casa	Andorra	1	2015
Salla	Finland	1	2003
Trivero	Italy	1	2000

The most successful participants

See also : List of world champions in speed skiing

The most successful participants in terms of the number of world championship titles are Karine Dubouchet Revol ( FRA , 5 wins) for women and Simone Origone ( ITA , 6 wins) for men .

space	Surname	country	From	To	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Simone Origone	Italy	2005	2019	6th	1	-	7th
2	Karine Dubouchet Revol	France	1996	2011	5	2	1	8th
3	Gregory Meichty	Switzerland	2009	2017	3	1	-	4th
4th	Valentina Greggio	Italy	2013	2019	3	-	1	4th
5	Britta Backlund	Sweden	2013	2019	3	-	-	3
6th	Bastien Montes	France	2005	2017	2	1	2	5
7th	Erik Backlund	Sweden	2011	2015	2	1	-	3
8th	Markus Münzer	Austria	2007	2011	2	-	1	3
9	Harry Egger	Austria	1997	1998	2	-	-	2
	Johan Rousseau	France	1996	1997
	Jukka Viitasaari	Finland	2001	2003
	Franz Weber	Austria	1981	1984

Eternal medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	France	24	23	15th	62
2	Sweden	10	9	5	24
3	Italy	10	7th	4th	21st
4th	Austria	8th	4th	9	21st
5	United States	6th	12	6th	24
6th	Switzerland	6th	8th	9	23
7th	Finland	6th	5	9	20th
8th	Germany	2	-	2	4th
9	Norway	1	1	1	3
10	Canada	1	-	-	1
	Monaco	1	-	-	1
12	United Kingdom	-	1	1	2
13	Spain	-	1	-	1
14th	Denmark	-	-	1	1

Web links

• Fédération Internationale de Ski (FIS)
• Speedski.info: Results of the World Championships from 1981 to 2017 (English, French)