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Coordinates: 46°19′00″N 7°29′00″E / 46.316667°N 7.483333°E / 46.316667; 7.483333
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Nationale
Place: Switzerland Crans-Montana
Downhill
Start: 2,520 m (8,268 ft) (AA)
Finish: 1,545 m (5,069 ft)
Vertical drop:    975 m (3,199 ft)
Length: 3,670 m (12,041 ft)

Nationale is a World Cup men's speed ski course in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, opened in 1940.[1]

They hosted the Alpine World Ski Championships in 1987, with Swiss skiers Pirmin Zurbriggen, Maria Walliser, Erika Hess and Peter Müller who took 8 of 10 available gold medals, dominating in front of the home crowd. Other events were held on another two nearby ski courses, "Mont Lachaux" and "Chetzeron".[2][3][4][5][6]

Course

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The women's World Cup debut was held in 1977 with downhill, slalom and combined.

The men's World Cup events on this slope premiered in 1979 with slalom.[7]

World Championships

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Men's events

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Event Type Date Gold Silver Bronze
1987 KB (SL) 27 January 1987  
(DH) 1 February 1987   		Luxembourg Marc Girardelli Switzerland Pirmin Zurbriggen Austria Günther Mader
DH 31 January 1987   Switzerland Peter Müller Switzerland Pirmin Zurbriggen Switzerland Karl Alpiger
SL 8 February 1987   West Germany Frank Wörndl Austria Günther Mader West Germany Armin Bittner
  • The men's World Championships combined slalom was held on "Chetzeron" ski course.

Women's events

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Event Type Date Gold Silver Bronze
1987 SL 7 February 1987   Switzerland Erika Hess Austria Roswitha Steiner Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mateja Svet

World Cup

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Men

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No. Type Season Date Winner Second Third
295 SL 1978/79 9 January 1979   West Germany Christian Neureuther Bulgaria Petar Popangelov Italy Karl Trojer
296 DH 14 January 1979   Switzerland Toni Bürgler Switzerland Peter Müller Canada Ken Read
297 SL 15 January 1979   Liechtenstein Paul Frommelt Liechtenstein Andreas Wenzel Sweden Ingemar Stenmark
298 KB 15 January 1979   United States Phil Mahre Liechtenstein Andreas Wenzel Italy Piero Gros
389 DH 1981/82 21 December 1981   Canada Steve Podborski Switzerland Peter Müller Canada Ken Read
545 SG 1985/86 3 February 1986   Switzerland Peter Müller Switzerland Pirmin Zurbriggen West Germany Markus Wasmeier
546 KB 7 December 1985  
3 February 1986  		 Switzerland Peter Müller Italy Michael Mair Switzerland Karl Alpiger
547 SG 5 February 1986   Luxembourg Marc Girardelli West Germany Markus Wasmeier Switzerland Peter Müller
758 GS 1991/92 20 March 1992   Italy Alberto Tomba Norway Kjetil André Aamodt Norway Didrik Marksten
759 SL 22 March 1992   Italy Alberto Tomba Switzerland Paul Accola Norway Finn Christian Jagge
814 GS 1993/94 18 January 1994   Norway Jan Einar Thorsen Slovenia Mitja Kunc Austria Rainer Salzgeber
967 DH 1997/98 13 March 1998   Austria Josef Strobl  Switzerland  Didier Cuche Austria Fritz Strobl
968 GS 14 March 1998   Austria Stephan Eberharter Austria Hans Knauß Austria Hermann Maier
969 SL 15 March 1998   Italy Alberto Tomba Norway  Hans Petter Buraas Norway  Finn Christian Jagge
1476 SG 2011/12 24 February 2012    Switzerland  Didier Cuche Canada Jan Hudec Austria Benjamin Raich
1477 SG 25 February 2012   Austria Benjamin Raich France Adrien Théaux  Switzerland  Didier Cuche
1478 GS 26 February 2012   Italy Massimiliano Blardone Austria Marcel Hirscher Austria Hannes Reichelt

Women

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No. Type Season Date Winner Second Third
238 DH 1976/77 25 January 1977   Austria Brigitte Totschnig West Germany Evi Mittermaier Austria Annemarie Moser-Pröll
239 SL 26 January 1977   France Perrine Pelen Switzerland Lise-Marie Morerod France Fabienne Serrat
240 KB 27 January 1977   Switzerland Marie-Theres Nadig Austria Annemarie Moser-Pröll Liechtenstein Hanni Wenzel
340 DH 1980/81 19 January 1981  
341 SL 21 January 1981   Switzerland Erika Hess United States Christin Cooper Liechtenstein Hanni Wenzel
342 KB 21 January 1981   West Germany Christa Kinshofer Switzerland Erika Hess United States Christin Cooper
508 DH 1985/86 1 February 1986   Canada Laurie Graham Switzerland Brigitte Örtli Austria Katrin Gutensohn
509 DH 2 February 1986   Austria Katrin Gutensohn Switzerland Maria Walliser Switzerland Zoë Haas
702 SG 1991/92 19 March 1992   France Carole Merle Norway Merete Fjeldavlie Switzerland Zoe Haas
703 GS 21 March 1992   France Carole Merle Spain Blanca Fernández Ochoa Switzerland Corinne Rey-Bellet
844 SL 1996/97 21 December 1996   New Zealand Claudia Riegler Sweden Pernilla Wiberg France Patricia Chauvet
899 SL 1997/98 14 March 1998   Slovenia Urška Hrovat Germany Martina Ertl Germany Hilde Gerg
900 GS 15 March 1998   Austria Alexandra Meissnitzer Germany Martina Ertl Italy Deborah Compagnoni
1247 DH 2007/08 8 March 2008   United States Lindsey Vonn Austria Renate Götschl Italy Nadia Fanchini
1248 SC 9 March 2008   Sweden Anja Pärson Germany Maria Riesch United States Lindsey Vonn
SC 2009/10 5 March 2010   high winds
1312 DH 6 March 2010   United States Lindsey Vonn Italy Johanna Schnarf  Switzerland  Marianne Abderhalden
1313 SG 7 March 2010    Switzerland  Dominique Gisin United States Lindsey Vonn United States Julia Mancuso

References

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  1. ^ "The legendary Nationale piste gets a green light from the FIS". cransmontana2027.ch. 26 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Do naslova z velikim tveganjem..." (in Slovenian). Delo. 3 February 1987. p. 11.
  3. ^ "Že šesto zlato Švicarjem, še drugo Pirminu Zurbriggnu" (in Slovenian). Delo. 5 February 1987. p. 6.
  4. ^ "Samo Mateja Svet enakovredna švicarskim šampionkam" (in Slovenian). Delo. 6 February 1987. p. 8.
  5. ^ "Erika prva, Mateja druga" (in Slovenian). Delo. 9 February 1987. p. 9.
  6. ^ "List of World Cup events". International Ski Federation. 16 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Neureuther je čakal pet let Stenmark in Križaj izpadla" (in Slovenian). Delo. 10 January 1979. p. 11.
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