FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1966
The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1966 were held in South America from 4–14 August at Portillo, Chile.
To this day, 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 did happen at the FIS-Congress at Athens in May 1963, but Germany, Switzerland and Austria did vote against.Men's competitions
Downhill
Sunday, 7 August
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Giant Slalom
Tuesday, 9 August
Wednesday, 10 August
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Slalom
Sunday, 14 August
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Combined
Women's competitions
Downhill
Monday, 8 August
Erika Schinegger of Austria originally won the
gold medal in 1:32.63, but she failed a
gender test prior to the
1968 Winter Olympics; Schingger handed the gold medal to
Marielle Goitschel in 1988.
Giant Slalom
Thursday, 11 August
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Slalom
Friday, 5 AugustCombined
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At
the World Championships from 1954 through 1980, the combined was a "paper race" using the results of the three events.
Medals table