FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1939

The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1939 in alpine skiing were the ninth edition of the competition, organized by the International Ski Federation (FIS), and were held 12–15 February in Kasprowy Wierch in the Western Tatras, south of Zakopane, Poland. Due to World War II, there would be a nine-year hiatus of the official competition until the 1948 Winter Olympics.

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1939

Host city	Zakopane
Country	Poland
Events	6
Opening	12 February 1939 (1939-02-12)
Closing	15 February 1939 (1939-02-15)
Opened by	Ignacy Mościcki

Zakopane

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Location in Europe

Zakopane 

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Location in Poland

Josef Jennewein, Wilhelm Walch and Helga Gödl were Austrians but after the Anschluss in 1938 they were citizen of Nazi-Germany. Their medals cache continue to be counted for Germany. Hellmuth Lantschner also was an Austrian but he had changed to Germany in 1935 and competed under the German Ski Federation after that time.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Downhill	Hellmut Lantschner	Josef Jennewein	Karl Molitor
Slalom	Rudolf Rominger	Josef Jennewein	Wilhelm Walch
Combined	Josef Jennewein	Wilhelm Walch	Rudolf Rominger

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Downhill	Christl Cranz	Lisa Resch	Helga Gödl
Slalom	Christl Cranz	Gritli Schaad	May Nilsson
Combined	Christl Cranz	Gritli Schaad	Lisa Resch

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany (GER)	5	4	3	12
2	Switzerland (SUI)	1	2	2	5
3	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 entries)		6	6	6	18