The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007 were the 39th FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, held 2–18 February in Åre, Sweden. Åre previously hosted the world championships in 1954, and often hosts late season World Cup events.

The FIS awarded the 2007 event in 2002; other finalists were Lillehammer, Norway, and Val-d'Isère, France, which was later selected to host the 2009 championships.

These were the first world championships to use the "super-combined" format (one run each of downhill and slalom) for the combined event. First run on the World Cup circuit in 2005 at Wengen, the "super-combi" format (SC) made its debut at the Winter Olympics in 2010. The traditional combined format (K) consists of one downhill run and two slalom runs.

Venues The World Championships Arena was accessed via the "VM-8an," an 8-passenger hybrid lift installed in 2006.The races were held on the Gästrappet, Lundsrappet, Störtloppet and VM-Störtloppet slopes. The medal ceremonies were held at the Medal Plaza at Åre Torg. The opening ceremony was held at the Festival Arena, situated outside the Holiday Club Hotel by Lake Åre.

Course information

+ Course information (metric) Race Startelevation Finishelevation Verticaldrop Courselength Minimumgradient Maximumgradient Averagegradient Downhill – men 1240 m 396 m 844 m 2.922 km 7% 69% 33% Downhill – women 1055 396 659 2.236 14% 69% 31% Super-G – men 1033 396 637 2.127 10% 69% 34% Super-G – women 971 396 575 1.903 14% 69% 32% Giant slalom – men 812 396 416 1.308 13% 69% 35% Giant slalom – women 796 396 400 1.257 17% 48% 36% Slalom – men 615 396 219 0.740 19% 48% 32% Slalom – women 582 396 186 0.62 14% 48% 32%

+ Course information (imperial) Race Startelevation Finishelevation Verticaldrop Courselength Minimumgradient Maximumgradient Averagegradient Downhill – men 4068 ft 1299 ft 2769 ft 1.816 mi. 7% 69% 33% Downhill – women 3461 1299 2162 1.389 14% 69% 31% Super-G – men 3389 1299 2090 1.322 10% 69% 34% Super-G – women 3186 1299 1887 1.182 14% 69% 32% Giant slalom – men 2664 1299 1365 0.813 13% 69% 35% Giant slalom – women 2612 1299 1313 0.781 17% 48% 36% Slalom – men 2018 1299 719 0.460 19% 48% 32% Slalom – women 1909 1299 610 0.388 14% 48% 32%

Opening ceremony 2 February 19:00

The King of Sweden, Carl XVI Gustaf, officially opened the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships

Men's events

Men's downhill

10 February 12:30. Race postponed to 11 February 10:00 CET due to foggy weather conditions.

Medal Name Nation Time Diff. Aksel Lund Svindal 1:44.68 Jan Hudec 1:45.40 +0.72 Patrik Järbyn 1:45.65 +0.97

Men's super-G

Originally planned for 3 February 12:30; postponed to 5 February due to wind conditions.

Race was postponed for a second time, to 6 February 10:00 CET.http://www.are2007.com/parser.php?did=2007:4583

Medal Name Nation Time Diff. Patrick Staudacher 1:14.30 Fritz Strobl 1:14.62 +0.32 Bruno Kernen 1:14.92 +0.62

Men's giant slalom

Qualification: 12 February 10:00/13:30

Final: 14 February 10:00/13:00

Medal Name Nation Time Diff. Aksel Lund Svindal 2:19.64 Daniel Albrecht 2:20.12 +0.48 Didier Cuche 2:20.56 +0.92

Men's slalom

Qualification: 15 February 10:00/13:30

Final: 17 February 10:00/13:00

Medal Name Nation Time Diff. Mario Matt 1:57.33 Manfred Mölgg 1:59.14 +1.81 Jean-Baptiste Grange 1:59.54 +2.21

Men's super combined

8 February 12:30/16:00

Medal Name Nation Time Diff. Daniel Albrecht 2:28.99 Benjamin Raich 2:29.07 +0.08 Marc Berthod 2:29.23 +0.24

Women's events

Women's downhill

11 February 12:30

Medal Name Nation Time Diff. Anja Pärson 1:26.89 Lindsey C. Kildow 1:27.29 +0.40 Nicole Hosp 1:27.37 +0.48

Women's super-G

Originally planned for 4 February 12:30; postponed to 6 February due to wind conditions.

Medal Name Nation Time Diff. Anja Pärson 1:18.85 Lindsey C. Kildow 1:19.17 +0.32 Renate Götschl 1:19.38 +0.53

Women's giant slalom

13 February 17:00/20:00

Medal Name Nation Time Diff. Nicole Hosp 2:31.72 Maria Pietilä-Holmner 2:32.57 + 0.85 Denise Karbon 2:32.69 + 0.97

Women's slalom

16 February 17:00/20:00

Medal Name Nation Time Diff. Šárka Záhrobská 1:43.91 Marlies Schild 1:44.02 +0.11 Anja Pärson 1:44.07 +0.16

Women's super combined

9 February 12:30/16:00

Medal Name Nation Time Diff. Anja Pärson 1:57.69 Julia Mancuso 1:58.50 +0.81 Marlies Schild 1:58.54 +0.85

Team event

Nations team event 18 February 10:00/13:00

This competition was part of the World Championships for the second time. Six athletes from each country, including at least two men and two women, compete in a total of four super-G and four slalom runs. Each country sends one athlete into each run, alternating between men and women. The placings of all eight competitions are added, and the country with the lowest number wins. If an athlete doesn't finish the run, gets disqualified or scores a time worse than 108% of the winning time, an extra penalty is incurred. If an athlete doesn't start, an even greater penalty is incurred.

Medal Name Nation SG1 SG2 SG3 SG4 SL1 SL2 SL3 SL4 Total Renate Götschl Michaela Kirchgasser Marlies Schild Mario Matt Fritz Strobl Benjamin Raich1112441418Anna Ottosson Anja Pärson Jens Byggmark Patrik Järbyn Markus Larsson Hans Olsson4847122533Sandra Gini Rabea Grand Nadia Styger Fabienne Suter Daniel Albrecht Marc Berthod113212541139

Medal table

Place Nation Total 1 3 3 3 9 2 3 2 2 7 3 2 0 0 2 4 1 1 4 6 5 1 1 1 3 6 1 0 0 1 7 0 3 0 3 8 0 1 0 1 9 0 0 1 1

Participating nations 60 nations participated: (number of athletes in parentheses)

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References

Are 2007.com – official site FIS-ski.com – results – 2007 World Championships – Åre, Sweden – results – World Championships Ski-db.com – results – 2007 Aare wm07.blogspot.com – a list of links related to the championships