FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1931

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1931

Poster
Host city	Mürren
Country	Switzerland
Nations participating	7
Events	4
Opening ceremony	19 February 1931 (1931-02-19)
Closing ceremony	23 February 1931 (1931-02-23)
Officially opened by	Heinrich Häberlin
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Mürren

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Location in the Alps of Europe

The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1931 were held 19–23 February in Mürren, Switzerland. These were the inaugural world championships for alpine skiing organized by the International Ski Federation (FIS), and consisted of downhill and slalom events for men and women.

Participating nations[]

•  Australia
•  Austria
•  Germany
•  United Kingdom
•  Italy
•   Switzerland

Men's competitions[]

Slalom[]

Place	Skier	Country	Time	Penalty
1	David Zogg	Switzerland	0:54,6	-
2	Toni Seelos	Austria	0:55,5	-
3	Friedl Däuber	Germany	0:55,8	-
4		United Kingdom	0:57,9	-
5	Walter Prager	Switzerland	1:01,1	-
6	Martin Neuner	Germany	1:01,6	-
7	Peter Lunn	United Kingdom	1:02,5	-
8		Germany	1:02,5	-
9	William Bracken	United Kingdom	1:02,7	6,0
10		Germany	1:04,8	6,0

Downhill[]

2 February 1931 (started 25, finished 25).^[1]

Place	Skier	Country	Time
	Walter Prager	Switzerland	1:56,2
	Otto Furrer	Switzerland	2:18,0
	Fritz Steuri II	Switzerland	2:21,8
4	Ernst Feuz	Switzerland	2:22,2
5	Gustav Lantschner	Austria	2:31,0
6		Austria	2:34,4
7	Antony Bulwer-Lytton	United Kingdom	2:42,8
8		Austria	2:48,8
9		Germany	2:53,8
10	David Zogg	Switzerland	2:55,0

Medal summary[]

Men's events[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Downhill[2]	Walter Prager	Otto Furrer	Fritz Steuri II
Slalom[3]	David Zogg	Anton Seelos	Friedl Däuber

Women's events[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Downhill[4]	Esme Mackinnon
Slalom[5]	Esme Mackinnon	Inge Wersin-Lantschner	Jeanette Kessler

Medal table[]

Host nation is highlighted

  *   Host nation (Switzerland)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain (GBR)	2	1	1	4
	Switzerland (SUI)*	2	1	1	4
3	Austria (AUT)	0	2	1	3
4	Germany (GER)	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 nations)		4	4	4	12

See also[]

• Italy at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1931

References[]

External links[]

• FIS-Ski.com – Alpine skiing – 1931 World Championships

Coordinates: 46°33′32″N 7°53′31″E / 46.559°N 7.892°E / 46.559; 7.892