FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1966

The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1966 were held in South America from 4 to 14 August at Portillo, Chile.

It remains the only alpine world championships contested in the Southern Hemisphere. It took place well out of the established season, nearly five months before the first World Cup season, which began in early January 1967.

Assignment came at the FIS-Congress at Athens in May 1963, but West Germany, Switzerland, and Austria voted against.

The French team won seven of the eight individual titles, seven silver medals, and two bronze to garner sixteen of the 24 medals.

Men's competitions

Downhill

Sunday, 7 August

Giant slalom

Tuesday, 9 August (run 1)<br>Wednesday, 10 August (run 2)

• <small>Killy led after the first run, with Périllat next, 0.21 seconds back.</small>

Slalom

Sunday, 14 August

• <small>Périllat led after the first run, with Senoner next, 0.58 seconds back.</small>

Combined

<small>At the World Championships from 1954 through 1980, the combined was a "paper race" using the results of the three events (DH, GS, SL).</small>

Women's competitions

Downhill

Monday, 8 August

• Erika Schinegger of Austria originally won the gold medal in 1:32.63 (−0.79 sec), but failed a gender test prior to the 1968 Winter Olympics.
• Over 22 years later, Schinegger handed the gold medal to Marielle Goitschel in 1988.

Giant slalom

Thursday, 11 August

Slalom

Friday, 5 August

• <small>First run leader Greene nearly fell in the second run and finished seventh.</small>

Combined

<small>At the World Championships from 1954 through 1980, the combined was a "paper race" using the results of the three events (DH, GS, SL).</small>

Medals table

References

External links

• FIS-Ski.com - results - 1966 World Championships - Portillo, Chile
• FIS-Ski.com - official results for the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships