Lauberhorn (downhill ski course)

Lauberhorn
Place: Switzerland Wengen
Mountain: Lauberhorn
Member: Club5+
Opened: 1930
Level: advanced
Competition: Lauberhornrennen
Downhill
Start: 2,315 m (7,595 ft) (AA)
Finish: 1,287 m (4,222 ft)
Vertical drop: 1,028 m (3,373 ft)
Length: 4,480 m (2.78 mi)
Max. incline: 42 degrees (90%)
Avr. incline: 14.7 degrees (26.2%)
Min. incline: 6 degrees (10.5%)

Lauberhorn is the longest World Cup downhill ski course in the world on the same name mountain in Wengen, Switzerland, debuted in 1930.

Course is the oldest active downhill course in the world and part of the Lauberhornrennen, the oldest ski competition in the world.

As Switzerland is and always was military neutral, downhill competitions were held even during World War II.

Downhill

Podiums

No. Type Year Winner Second Third
DH 1930 Switzerland Christian Rubi United Kingdom L. F. W. Jackson United Kingdom Bill Bracken
DH 1931 Switzerland Fritz Steuri United Kingdom H. R. D. Waghorn Switzerland Willy Steuri
DH 1932 Switzerland Fritz Steuri Switzerland Willy Steuri Switzerland Gody Michel
DH 1933 cancelled
DH 1934 Switzerland Adolf Rubi Switzerland Arnold Glatthard Switzerland Ernst von Allmen
DH 1935 Austria Richard Werle Switzerland Willy Steuri Switzerland Karl Graf
DH 1936 Switzerland Hans Schlunegger France Émile Allais Austria Wilhelm Walch
DH 1937 Switzerland Heinz von Allmen Austria Wilhelm Walch Austria Franz Zingerle
DH 1938 Switzerland Heinz von Allmen Nazi Germany Rudolf Cranz Austria Wilhelm Walch
DH 1939 Switzerland Karl Molitor Nazi Germany Wilhelm Walch Nazi Germany Josef Jennewein
DH 1940 Switzerland Karl Molitor Switzerland Hans Gertsch Switzerland Oskar Gertsch
DH 1941 Switzerland Rudolf Graf Switzerland Otto von Allmen Switzerland Hans Gertsch
DH 1942 Switzerland Karl Molitor Switzerland Rudolf Graf Switzerland Heinz von Allmen
DH 1943 Switzerland Karl Molitor Switzerland Heinz von Allmen Switzerland Marcel von Allmen
DH 1944 Switzerland Rudolf Graf Switzerland Fred Rubi Switzerland Hans Gertsch
DH 1945 Switzerland Karl Molitor Switzerland Paul Valär Switzerland Otto von Allmen
DH 1946 France Jean Blanc Switzerland Karl Molitor Switzerland Otto von Allmen
DH 1947 Switzerland Karl Molitor Switzerland Edy Rominger France Jean Blanc
DH 1948 Italy Zeno Colò Switzerland Ralph Olinger Switzerland Karl Molitor
DH 1949 Switzerland Rudolf Graf Switzerland Ralph Olinger Italy Luc de Bigontina
DH 1950 Switzerland Fred Rubi Switzerland Bernhard Perren Switzerland Rudolf Graf
DH 1951 Austria Othmar Schneider Austria Otto Linher Italy Zeno Colò
DH 1952 Austria Othmar Schneider France Maurice Sanglard Austria Otto Linher
DH 1953 Austria Andreas Molterer Switzerland Bernhard Perren Austria Martin Strolz
DH 1954 Austria Christian Pravda Austria Martin Strolz Switzerland Martin Julen
DH 1955 Austria Toni Sailer Austria Andreas Molterer Austria Ernst Oberaigner
DH 1956 Austria Toni Sailer Austria Josef Rieder Austria Othmar Schneider
DH 1957 Austria Toni Sailer Switzerland Roger Staub Austria Egon Zimmermann
DH 1958 Austria Toni Sailer United States Wallace Werner Switzerland Willi Forrer
DH 1959 Austria Karl Schranz Austria Andreas Molterer Switzerland Roger Staub
DH 1960 West Germany Willy Bogner Austria Josef Stiegler Austria Egon Zimmermann
DH 1961 France Guy Périllat Austria Gerhard Nenning Austria Karl Schranz
DH 1962 cancelled
DH 1963 Austria Karl Schranz France Émile Viollat Austria Hugo Nindl
DH 1964 giant slalom was organized instead downhill
DH 1965 Austria Stefan Sodat Austria Werner Bleiner Austria Karl Schranz
DH 1966 Austria Karl Schranz Switzerland Josef Minsch Switzerland Edmund Bruggmann
World Cup
4 DH 1967 France Jean-Claude Killy France Léo Lacroix Switzerland Jean-Daniel Dätwyler
20 DH 1968 Austria Gerhard Nenning Austria Karl Schranz Switzerland Edmund Bruggmann
41 DH 1969 Austria Karl Schranz Austria Heinrich Messner Austria Karl Cordin
66 DH 1970 France Henri Duvillard Austria Karl Cordin Austria Heinrich Messner
DH 1971 cancelled; replaced in St. Moritz on 16 January 1971
DH 1972 cancelled
DH 1973 cancelled; replaced in Grindelwald on 13 January 1973
168 DH 1974 Switzerland Roland Collombin Austria Franz Klammer Italy Herbert Plank
185 DH 1975 Austria Franz Klammer Italy Herbert Plank Norway Erik Håker
213 DH 1976 Italy Herbert Plank Austria Franz Klammer Switzerland Bernhard Russi
214 KB Switzerland Walter Tresch Italy Piero Gros Italy Gustav Thöni
215 DH Austria Franz Klammer Switzerland Philippe Roux Canada Jim Hunter
243 DH 1977 Austria Franz Klammer West Germany Sepp Ferstl Switzerland Bernhard Russi
DH 1978 cancelled
DH 1979 cancelled; replaced in Crans-Montana on 14 January 1979
330 DH 1980 Canada Ken Read Austria Josef Walcher Austria Peter Wirnsberger
331 DH Switzerland Peter Müller Canada Ken Read Canada Steve Podborski
362 DH 1981 Switzerland Toni Bürgler Austria Harti Weirather Canada Steve Podborski
397 DH 1982 Austria Harti Weirather Austria Erwin Resch Austria Peter Wirnsberger
DH 1983 cancelled; replaced in Kitzbühel on 21 January 1983
464 DH 1984 United States Bill Johnson Austria Anton Steiner Austria Erwin Resch
467 KB Liechtenstein Andreas Wenzel Austria Anton Steiner Switzerland Peter Lüscher
506 DH 1985 Austria Helmut Höflehner Switzerland Franz Heinzer Austria Peter Wirnsberger
507 DH Austria Peter Wirnsberger Switzerland Peter Lüscher Switzerland Peter Müller
587 DH 1987 Switzerland Joël Gaspoz Austria Dietmar Kohlbichler Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bojan Križaj
651 DH 1989 Luxembourg Marc Girardelli West Germany Markus Wasmeier Switzerland Daniel Mahrer
652 DH Luxembourg Marc Girardelli Switzerland Pirmin Zurbriggen Switzerland Daniel Mahrer

 Not part of classic Lauberhornrennen. It only replaced other venues. 
 Combined shared with other venues: Garmisch-Partenkirchen (1976) and Parpan (1984). 

Club5+

In 1986, elite Club5 was originally founded by prestigious classic downhill organizers: Kitzbühel, Wengen, Garmisch, Val d’Isère and Val Gardena/Gröden, with goal to bring alpine ski sport on the highest levels possible.[1]

Later over the years other classic longterm organizers joined the now named Club5+: Alta Badia, Cortina, Kranjska Gora, Maribor, Lake Louise, Schladming, Adelboden, Kvitfjell, St.Moritz and Åre.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Srečko Medven predsednik elitnega združenje (page 9)" (in Slovenian). Naše novice. June 2010.
  2. ^ "Club5+ workshop in Adelboden". saslong.org. 23 October 2021.

External links

  • Official website

46°35′38″N 7°55′27″E / 46.593889°N 7.924167°E / 46.593889; 7.924167

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