FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007
The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007 were the 39th FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, held 2–18 February in Åre, Sweden. Åre previously hosted the world championships in FIS [Alpine World Ski Championships 1954|1954], and often hosts late season FIS [Alpine Ski World Cup|World Cup] events.
The FIS awarded the 2007 event in 2002; other finalists were Lillehammer, Norway, and Val-d'Isère, France, which was later selected to host the FIS Alpine [World Ski Championships 2009|2009] championships.
These were the first world championships to use the "super-combined" format for the combined event. First run on the World Cup circuit in 2005 at Wengen, the "super-combi" format made its debut at the Winter Olympics in 2010 Winter Olympics|2010]. The traditional combined format consists of one downhill run and two slalom runs.
Venues
- The World Championships Arena was accessed via the "VM-8an," an 8-passenger hybrid lift installed in 2006.
- The medal ceremonies were held at the Medal Plaza at Åre Torg.
- The opening ceremony was held at the Festival Arena, situated outside the Holiday Club Hotel by Lake Åre.
Course information
| Race | Start elevation | Finish elevation | Vertical drop | Course length | Minimum gradient | Maximum gradient | Average gradient |
| Downhill – men | 1240 m | 396 m | 844 m | 2.922 km | 7% | 69% | 33% |
| Downhill – women | 1055 | 396 | 659 | 2.236 | 14% | 69% | 31% |
| Super-G – men | 1033 | 396 | 637 | 2.127 | 10% | 69% | 34% |
| Super-G – women | 971 | 396 | 575 | 1.903 | 14% | 69% | 32% |
| Giant slalom – men | 812 | 396 | 416 | 1.308 | 13% | 69% | 35% |
| Giant slalom – women | 796 | 396 | 400 | 1.257 | 17% | 48% | 36% |
| Slalom – men | 615 | 396 | 219 | 0.740 | 19% | 48% | 32% |
| Slalom – women | 582 | 396 | 186 | 0.62 | 14% | 48% | 32% |
| Race | Start elevation | Finish elevation | Vertical drop | Course length | Minimum gradient | Maximum gradient | Average gradient |
| Downhill – men | 4068 ft | 1299 ft | 2769 ft | 1.816 mi. | 7% | 69% | 33% |
| Downhill – women | 3461 | 1299 | 2162 | 1.389 | 14% | 69% | 31% |
| Super-G – men | 3389 | 1299 | 2090 | 1.322 | 10% | 69% | 34% |
| Super-G – women | 3186 | 1299 | 1887 | 1.182 | 14% | 69% | 32% |
| Giant slalom – men | 2664 | 1299 | 1365 | 0.813 | 13% | 69% | 35% |
| Giant slalom – women | 2612 | 1299 | 1313 | 0.781 | 17% | 48% | 36% |
| Slalom – men | 2018 | 1299 | 719 | 0.460 | 19% | 48% | 32% |
| Slalom – women | 1909 | 1299 | 610 | 0.388 | 14% | 48% | 32% |
Opening ceremony
2 February 19:00- The King of Sweden, Carl XVI Gustaf, officially opened the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships
Men's events
Men's downhill">Downhill (ski competition)">downhill
10 February 12:30. Race postponed to 11 February 10:00 CET due to foggy weather conditions.| Medal | Name | Nation | Time | Diff. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Aksel Lund Svindal |  Norwaysilver2Men's [super-G]Originally planned for 3 February 12:30; postponed to 5 February due to wind conditions.Race was postponed for a second time, to 6 February 10:00 CET.
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Italysilver2
Austriasilver2
Switzerlandsilver2
Swedensilver2
Czech Republicsilver2