Country Chile Opening ceremony 4 August 1966 Main venue Portillo | Events 6 Closing ceremony 14 August 1966 | |
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Host city Portillo, Valparaíso
near Los Andes | ||
The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1966 were held in South America from 4–14 August at Portillo, Chile.
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To this day, it remains as 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 (West-Germany), Switzerland and Austria did vote against.
Downhill
Sunday, 7 August
Giant Slalom
Tuesday, 9 August (run 1)
Wednesday, 10 August (run 2)
Slalom
Sunday, 14 August
Downhill
Monday, 8 August
Giant Slalom
Thursday, 11 August
Slalom
Friday, 5 August
References
FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1966 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA