Alpine Skiing World Downhill Men’s Champions

See a complete list of Alpine Skiing World Downhill Men’s Champions. Kjetil Jansrud from Norway is the 2019 Downhill Alpine Skiing World Champion.


Fast Facts:

  • The 2021 Alpine Skiing World Championships will be held in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, Februrary 9 – 21.
  • The 2015 Alpine Skiing World Championships was held in Beaver Creek Colorado. This was the first time since 1999 that the event was held in the United States.
  • In 1946 the competition was cancelled due to the limited number of participants during wartime.
  • In 1995 a lack of snow caused the competition to be postponed in southern Spain until the following year.

Alpine Skiing World Downhill Men’s Champions

Year Location Champion
2019 Åre Kjetil Jansrud
2017 St. Moritz Beat Feuz
2015 Beaver Creek/Vail Patrick Kueng
2013 Schladming Aksel Lund Svindal
2011 Garmisch Erik Guay
2009 Val d’Isère John Kucera
2007 Are Aksel Lund Svindal
2005 Bormio Bode Miller
2003 St. Moritz Michael Walchhofer
2001 St. Anton Hannes Trinkl
1999 Vail Hermann Maier
1997 Sestriere Bruno Kernen
1996 Sierra Nevada Patrick Ortlieb
1993 Morioka Urs Lehmann
1991 Saalbach Franz Heinzer
1989 Vail Hans-Jörg Tauscher
1987 Crans-Montana Peter Müller
1985 Bormio Pirmin Zurbriggen
1982 Schladming Harti Weirather
1980 Lake Placid Leonhard Stock
1978 Garmisch Josef Walcher
1976 Innsbruck Franz Klammer
1974 St. Moritz David Zwilling
1972 Sapporo Bernhard Russi
1970 Val Gardena Bernhard Russi
1968 Grenoble Jean-Claude Killy
1966 Portillo Jean-Claude Killy
1964 Innsbruck Egon Zimmermann
1962 Chamonix Karl Schranz
1960 Squaw Valley Jean Vuarnet
1958 Bad Gastein Toni Sailer
1956 Cortina Toni Sailer
1954 Åre Christian Pravda
1952 Oslo Zeno Colò
1950 Aspen Zeno Colò
1948 St. Moritz Henri Oreiller
1941 Cortina Cancelled
1939 Zakopane Hellmut Lantschner
1938 Engelberg James Couttet
1937 Chamonix Émile Allais
1936 Innsbruck Rudolf Rominger
1935 Mürren Franz Zingerle
1934 St. Moritz David Zogg
1933 Innsbruck Walter Prager
1932 Cortina Gustav Lantschner
1931 Mürren Walter Prager
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