The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1950 were the 11th FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, held February 13–18 in the United States at Aspen, Colorado.de.wikipedia.org - Alpine Skiweltmeisterschaft 1950

These were the first world championships held outside of Europe, and the first official world championships not concurrent with the Olympics since 1939. The Giant slalom made its world championships debut and displaced the combined event, which returned to the program in 1954 as a "paper race," using the results of the three races (downhill, giant slalom, and slalom) through 1980.

At Aspen's Ajax Mountain, Zeno Colò of Italy won the downhill and giant slalom, and just missed a sweep of the gold medals; he finished 0.3 seconds behind in the slalom, taking the silver. Austria dominated the women's races: Dagmar Rom won the giant slalom and slalom, Trude Jochum-Beiser won gold in the downhill and silver in the GS, and Erika Mahringer took two silver medals, in the downhill and slalom.

Aspen was in its fourth year as a ski area; it opened in December 1946 with a single chairlift.

The Nordic world championships were also held in the U.S. in 1950, at Lake Placid, New York. Due to a lack of snow at Lake Placid, the cross-country events were moved to Rumford, Maine.

Men's competitions

Downhill Saturday, February 18, 1950

In the final race of the championships, Colò descended the courseat an average speed of to win his second gold medal and third podium. Place Name Country Time Diff. Zeno Colò 2:34.4 − James Couttet 2:35.7 + 1.3 Egon Schöpf 2:36.3 + 1.9 4 Bernhard Perren 2:37.7 + 3.3 5 Christian Pravda 2:38.1 + 3.7 6 Jean Pazzi 2:38.6 + 4.2 7 Edi Mall 2:38.9 + 4.5 8 Hans Nogler 2:39.5 + 5.1 9 Rolf Olinger 2:39.7 + 5.3 10 Edy Rominger 2:40.3 + 5.9 11 Franz Gabl 2:41.1 + 6.7 12 Hans Senger 2:41.5 + 7.1

Giant slalom

Tuesday, February 14, 1950

In the first men's race, Colò averaged in the one-run event.The course had 35 gates with a vertical drop of . Place Name Country Time Diff. Zeno Colò 1:54.4 − Fernand Grosjean 1:55.2 + 0.8 James Couttet 1:55.3 + 0.9 4 Henri Oreiller 1:55.8 + 1.4 5 Georges Schneider 1:55.9 + 1.5 6 Carlo Gartner 1:56.0 + 1.6 7 George Panisset 1:56.3 + 1.9 8 Guttorm Berge 1:56.5 + 2.1 9 Silvio Alverà 1:56.8 + 2.4 10 Jean Pazzi 1:57.0 + 2.6

Slalom Thursday, February 16, 1950

Georges Schneider edged Colò by three-tenths of a second over two runs.The course of 40 gates had a vertical drop of . Place Name Country Time Diff. Georges Schneider 2:06.4 − Zeno Colò 2:06.7 + 0.3 Stein Eriksen 2:08.0 + 1.6 4 Jack Reddish 2:08.4 + 2.0 =5 Egon Schöpf 2:09.0 + 2.6 =5 Ernest McCullough 2:09.0 + 2.6 =5 James Couttet 2:09.0 + 2.6

Women's competitions

Downhill Friday, February 17, 1950

Trude Jochum-Beiser, 22, won the final women's event, averaging nearly .She had given birth to her first child just four months earlier. Place Nation Athlete Time Diff. Trude Jochum-Beiser 2:06.6 − Erika Mahringer 2:07.5 + 0.9 Georgette Miller-Thiollière 2:08.4 + 1.8 4 Anneliese Schuh-Proxauf 2:08.6 + 2.0 5 Katy Rodolph 2:08.9 + 2.3 6 Lucienne Schmith-Couttet 2:10.0 + 3.4

Giant slalom Monday, February 13, 1950

In the first race of the championships, Rom averaged in the one-run event.The course had 28 gates with an approximate vertical drop of . Place Nation Athlete Time Diff. Dagmar Rom 1:29.6 − Trude Jochum-Beiser 1:29.8 + 0.2 Lucienne Schmith-Couttet 1:30.0 + 0.4 4 Erika Mahringer 1:31.8 + 2.2 5 Anneliese Schuh-Proxauf 1:31.9 + 2.3 6 Lydia Gstrein 1:32.7 + 3.1 7 Resi Hammerer 1:33.1 + 3.5 8 Katy Rodolph 1:33.4 + 3.8 9 Andrea Mead 1:33.5 + 3.9 10 Micheline Desmazières 1:33.8 + 4.2 11 Sarah Thomasson 1:34.1 + 4.5 12 Celina Seghi 1:34.3 + 4.7 13 Suzy Harris-Rytting 1:36.2 + 6.6 14 Olivia Ausoni 1:36.3 + 6.7 15 Georgette Miller-Thiollière 1:36.9 + 7.3

Slalom Wednesday, February 15, 1950

Rom, 21, won her second gold medal in as many events by the slimmest of margins over two runs.The quarter-mile (400 m) course of 33 gates had a vertical drop of . Place Nation AthleteTimeDiff. Dagmar Rom 1:47.8 − Erika Mahringer 1:47.9 + 0.1 Celina Seghi 1:49.5 + 1.7 4 Anneliese Schuh-Proxauf 1:49.9 + 2.1 5 Lucienne Schmith-Couttet 1:51.0 + 3.2 6 Andrea Mead 1:51.7 + 3.9

Medal standings Place Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 3 3 1 7 2 2 1 1 4 3 1 1 – 2 4 – 1 3 4 5 – – 1 1

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References

External links FIS-ski.com - results - 1950 World Championships - Aspen, CO, USA Aspen Historical Society - 1950 World Championships