Planai (ski course)
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| Planai | |
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| Place: |  Schladming |
| Mountain: | Planai |
| Member: | Club5+ |
| Opened: | 1975 |
| Giant slalom | |
| Start: | 1,148 m (3,766 ft) (AA) |
| Finish: | 759 m (2,490 ft) |
| Vertical drop: | 389 m (1,276 ft) |
| Max. incline: | 31.4 degrees (61%) |
| Avg. incline: | 22.3 degrees (41%) |
| Min. incline: | 6.8 degrees (12%) |
| Slalom | |
| Start: | 967 m (3,173 ft) (AA) |
| Finish: | 749 m (2,457 ft) |
| Vertical drop: | 218 m (715 ft) |
| Max. incline: | 28.4 degrees (54%) |
| Avg. incline: | 20.2 degrees (36.8%) |
| Most wins: |  Henrik Kristoffersen (5x) |
Planai is a World Cup ski course, located on the same name mountain and ski resort in Schladming, Styria, Austria. It opened in 1973, hosting a World Cup downhill in December.
Since 1997, it has regularly hosted night slalom, the highest attended (50,000) on the World Cup circuit.
The giant slalom course has as an average incline of 41% (61% maximum, 12% minimum) and is among the most demanding on the circuit.
The course hosted two World Championships (1982, 2013) and the World Cup finals in March 2012.
Planai opened in late 1973 with a downhill event, won by Franz Klammer with Roland Collombin and Bernhard Russi on the podium. Until the end of the decade and through the 1980s, all disciplines were regularly held on this course.
In 1982, they organized the World Championships for the first time, with all men's events and only a giant slalom event for women held on the course.
In 1988, they replaced the originally scheduled resorts of Les Menuires (women) and Val Thorens (men) as the season opening venue at the last minute, due to weather conditions.[1]
In 1990, Schladming hosted the last World Cup weekend with a downhill, slalom, and combined events, before a 7-year break and entering a new era.
In 1997, Planai organized their first slalom under floodlight. Since then this has become the most visited and most spectacular slalom in the world.[2]
In 2013, Schladming hosted its second World Championships, having completely renovated the finish area with a notable arc of steel.
World Championships
Men's events
| Event | Type | Date | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| 1982 | GS | 3 February 1982 |  Steve Mahre |
 Ingemar Stenmark |
 Boris Strel |
| KB | (SL) 1 February 1982 (DH) 5 February 1982 |
 Michel Vion |
 Peter Lüscher |
Anton Steiner | |
| DH | 6 February 1982 | Harti Weirather |
Conradin Cathomen |
Erwin Resch | |
| SL | 7 February 1982 | Ingemar Stenmark |
Bojan Križaj |
Bengt Fjällberg | |
| 2013 | SG | 6 February 2013 | Ted Ligety |
Gauthier de Tessières |
Aksel Lund Svindal |
| DH | 9 February 2013 | Aksel Lund Svindal |
 Dominik Paris |
David Poisson | |
| SC | 11 February 2013 | Ted Ligety |
 Ivica Kostelić |
Romed Baumann | |
| GS | 15 February 2013 | Ted Ligety |
Marcel Hirscher |
Manfred Mölgg | |
| SL | 17 February 2013 | Marcel Hirscher |
 Felix Neureuther |
Mario Matt |
Women's events
| Event | Type | Date | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | GS | 2 February 1982 | Erika Hess |
Christin Cooper |
 Ursula Konzett |
| 2013 | GS | 14 February 2013 | Tessa Worley |
 Tina Maze |
Anna Fenninger |
Team event
| Event | Type | Date | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | TE | 12 February 2013 | Austria
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Sweden
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Germany
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World Cup
Men
Women
| No. | Type | Season | Date | Winner | Second | Third |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 584 | SG | 1988–89 | 26 November 1988 | Carole Merle | Ulrike Maier | Regine Mösenlechner Anita Wachter |
| 1387 | GS | 2011–12 | 18 March 2012 | Viktoria Rebensburg | Anna Fenninger | Federica Brignone |
| 1717 | SL | 2021–22 | 11 January 2022 | Mikaela Shiffrin |  Petra Vlhová | Lena Dürr |
Alpine team event
| No. | Type | Season | Date | Winner | Second | Third |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | TE | 2011–12 | 16 March 2012 | Austria
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Switzerland
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Sweden
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Not in original calendar. It replaced women's GS from Les Menuires (1988), men's GS from Val Thorens (1988) and SL from Flachau (2022).