Männlichen (ski course)

Männlichen

Place:	Switzerland Wengen
Mountain:	Lauberhorn
Member:	Club5+
Opened:	1930
Level:	expert
Competition:	Lauberhornrennen
Slalom
Start:	1,475 m (4,839 ft) (AA)
Finish:	1,285 m (4,216 ft)
Vertical drop:	190 m (623 ft)
Max. incline:	35.8 degrees (72%)
Avg. incline:	17.2 degrees (31%)
Min. incline:	1.1 degrees (2%)
Most wins:	Croatia Ivica Kostelić (4x)

Männlichen is a classic men's World Cup slalom ski course in Wengen, Switzerland. Located in the Bernese Alps on Lauberhorn mountain, the course made its debut in 1930.

It is the oldest active alpine ski racing course in the world and part of the Lauberhornrennen, the oldest ski competition in the world.

As Switzerland is militarily neutral, alpine competitions were held during World War II.

Männlichen shares a common finish area with "Lauberhorn", Wengen's famous downhill course.

The course runs on natural terrain (pasture in summer), and is used only for World Cup events; its vertical drop is 190 metres (623 ft).

Official course name

In 2020, the name of the course was officially changed (shortened) from "Männlichen / Jungfrau" to "Männlichen" only. It is named after the mountain of the same name in the surrounding area.

(pre)World Cup

Ivica Kostelić (CRO)	The slope
300x	300x
Won record 4 slaloms	Lower section

Men

No.	Type	Season	Date	Winner	Second	Third
International Lauberhorrenen
—	SL	1930	1930	Switzerland Ernst Gertsch	United Kingdom Bill Bracken	Austria Harald Reinl
KB	1930	United Kingdom Bill Bracken	N/A	N/A
SL	1931	1931	Switzerland Hans Schlunegger	Switzerland Ernst von Allmen	Switzerland Willy Steuri
KB	1931	Switzerland Fritz Steuri	N/A	N/A
SL	1932	1932	Switzerland Fritz von Allmen	United Kingdom Peter Lun	Switzerland Ernst Gertsch
KB	1932	Switzerland Fritz Steuri	N/A	N/A
In 1933 it was the only time in the history of Lauberhornrennen when competition wasn't organized
—	SL	1934	1934	Switzerland Adolf Rubi	Switzerland Ernst von Allmen	Switzerland Arnold Glatthard
KB	1934	Switzerland Adolf Rubi	N/A	N/A
SL	1935	1935	Switzerland Arnold Glatthard	Switzerland Willy Steuri	France Raymond Berthet
KB	1935	Switzerland Hans Rubi	N/A	N/A
SL	1936	1936	Switzerland Hermann Steuri	Switzerland Arnold Glatthard	Austria Wilhelm Walch
KB	1936	France Émile Allais	N/A	N/A
SL	1937	1937	Austria Wilhelm Walch	Switzerland Hans Schlunegger	Switzerland Heinz von Allmen
KB	1937	Austria Wilhelm Walch	N/A	N/A
SL	1938	1938	Nazi Germany Rudolf Cranz	Austria Wilhelm Walch	Switzerland Heinz von Allmen
KB	1938	Switzerland Heinz von Allmen	N/A	N/A
SL	1939	1939	Nazi Germany Josef Jennewein	Nazi Germany Wilhelm Walch	Nazi Germany Joseph Pertsch
KB	1939	Nazi Germany Wilhelm Walch	N/A	N/A
SL	1940	1940	Switzerland Karl Molitor	Switzerland Hans Gertsch	Switzerland Jean Dormond
KB	1940	Switzerland Karl Molitor	N/A	N/A
SL	1941	1941	Switzerland Marcel von Allmen	Switzerland Karl Molitor	Switzerland Otto von Allmen
KB	1941	Switzerland Marcel von Allmen	N/A	N/A
SL	1942	1942	Switzerland Heinz von Allmen	Switzerland Albert Scheuing	Switzerland Bruno Rota
KB	1942	Switzerland Heinz von Allmen	N/A	N/A
SL	1943	1943	Switzerland Heinz von Allmen	Sweden Hans Hansson	Switzerland Marcel von Allmen
KB	1943	Switzerland Heinz von Allmen	N/A	N/A
SL	1944	1944	Switzerland Marcel von Allmen	Switzerland Hans Gertsch	Switzerland Fred Rubi
KB	1944	Switzerland Marcel von Allmen	N/A	N/A
SL	1945	1945	Switzerland Otto von Allmen	Switzerland Karl Molitor	Switzerland Walter Haensli
KB	1945	Switzerland Otto von Allmen	N/A	N/A
SL	1946	1946	Switzerland Otto von Allmen	France James Couttet	Switzerland Karl Molitor
KB	1946	Switzerland Karl Molitor	N/A	N/A
SL	1947	1947	Sweden Olle Dalman	France James Couttet	Italy Zeno Colò
KB	1947	Switzerland Edy Rominger	N/A	N/A
SL	1948	1948	Switzerland Karl Molitor	Italy Zeno Colò	Italy Roberto Lacedelli
KB	1948	Switzerland Karl Molitor	N/A	N/A
SL	1949	1949	Italy Zeno Colò	Switzerland Fernand Grosjean	Switzerland Adolf Odermatt
KB	1949	Switzerland Adolf Odermatt	N/A	N/A
SL	1950	1950	Italy Zeno Colò	Switzerland Fernand Grosjean	Switzerland Adolf Odermatt
KB	1950	Switzerland Fred Rubi	N/A	N/A
SL	1951	1951	Norway Stein Eriksen	Switzerland Georges Schneider	France James Couttet
KB	1951	Austria Othmar Schneider	N/A	N/A
SL	1952	1952	Norway Stein Eriksen	Switzerland Georges Schneider	Switzerland Fred Rubi
KB	1952	Austria Othmar Schneider	N/A	N/A
FIS–A
—	SL	1953	1953	Austria Andreas Molterer	West Germany Benedikt Obermüller	Switzerland Louis Perret
KB	1953	Austria Andreas Molterer	N/A	N/A
SL	1954	1954	Austria Toni Spiss	Austria Walter Schuster	Switzerland Louis Perret
KB	1954	Austria Christian Pravda	N/A	N/A
SL	1955	1955	Switzerland Martin Julen	France Bernard Perret	France Adrien Duvillard
KB	1955	Austria Toni Sailer	N/A	N/A
SL	1956	1956	Austria Andreas Molterer	Austria Josef Rieder	Austria Toni Sailer
KB	1956	Austria Josef Rieder	N/A	N/A
SL	1957	1957	Austria Andreas Molterer	Austria Ernst Hinterseer	Austria Josef Rieder
KB	1957	Austria Josef Rieder	N/A	N/A
SL	1958	1958	Austria Josef Rieder	Austria Mathias Leitner	United States Wallace Werner
KB	1958	United States Wallace Werner	N/A	N/A
SL	1959	1959	Austria Ernst Oberaigner	Austria Mathias Leitner	Switzerland Roger Staub
KB	1959	Austria Ernst Oberaigner	N/A	N/A
SL	1960	1960	Austria Mathias Leitner	Austria Josef Stiegler	Austria Ernst Hinterseer
KB	1960	Austria Josef Stiegler	N/A	N/A
SL	1961	1961	Austria Josef Stiegler	Switzerland Adolf Mathis	France Charles Bozon
KB	1961	France Guy Périllat	N/A	N/A
SL	1962	1962	Switzerland Adolf Mathis	France Charles Bozon	Austria Martin Burger
	KB	1962	downhill cancelled and consequently also combined event
—	SL	1963	1963	France Guy Périllat	Austria Martin Burger	Austria Egon Zimmermann
KB	1963	France Guy Périllat	N/A	N/A
SL	1964	1964	West Germany Ludwig Leitner	Austria Mathias Leitner	Austria Karl Schranz
SL	1965	1965	France Guy Périllat	France Jean-Claude Killy	Norway Per Sunde
KB	1965	Austria Karl Schranz	N/A	N/A
SL	1966	1966	France Guy Périllat	France Jules Melquiond	Austria Franz Digruber
KB	1966	Austria Karl Schranz	N/A	N/A
World Cup
5	SL	1967	15 January 1967	France Jean-Claude Killy	Austria Heinrich Messner	France Jules Melquiond
21	SL	1967/68	14 January 1968	Switzerland Dumeng Giovanoli	Norway Håkon Mjøen	Austria Alfred Matt
42	SL	1968/69	12 January 1969	Austria Reinhard Tritscher	United States Vladimir Sabich	Austria Peter Frei
67	SL	1969/70	11 January 1970	France Patrick Russel	Switzerland Dumeng Giovanoli	France Henri Bréchu
	SL	1970/71	17 January 1971	lack of snow; replaced on 17 January 1971 in St. Moritz
121	SL	1971/72	23 January 1972	France Jean-Noël Augert	Italy Gustav Thöni	United States Bob Cochran
141	SL	1972/73	14 January 1973	West Germany Christian Neureuther	Switzerland Walter Tresch	France Claude Perrot
169	SL	1973/74	20 January 1974	West Germany Christian Neureuther	Italy Fausto Radici	Austria David Zwilling
186	SL	1974/75	12 January 1975	Sweden Ingemar Stenmark	Italy Piero Gros	Italy Paolo De Chiesa
187	KB	11 January 1975 12 January 1975	Italy Gustav Thöni	Austria David Zwilling	Switzerland Walter Tresch
214	KB	1975/76	5 January 1976 9 January 1976	Switzerland Walter Tresch	Italy Piero Gros	Italy Gustav Thöni
216	SL	11 January 1976	Sweden Ingemar Stenmark	Italy Piero Gros	West Germany Christian Neureuther
217	KB	10 January 1976 11 January 1976	Austria Franz Klammer	Italy Gustav Thöni	Switzerland Walter Tresch
244	SL	1976/77	23 January 1977	Sweden Ingemar Stenmark	Liechtenstein Paul Frommelt	Switzerland Walter Tresch
245	KB	22 January 1977 23 January 1977	Switzerland Walter Tresch	Italy Gustav Thöni	West Germany Sepp Ferstl
272	SL	1977/78	15 January 1978	Austria Klaus Heidegger	Bulgaria Petăr Popangelov	Italy Mauro Bernardi
	KB	15 January 1978 16 January 1978	DH rescheduled due to lack of training from 14 to 16 January (DH and KB finally cancelled; lack of and heavy snowfall, storm before and on the race day)
SL	1978/79	14 January 1979	lack of snow; replaced on 9 January 1979 in Crans-Montana
KB	13 January 1979 14 January 1979	lack of snow; KB replaced on 9 January (SL) and 14 January (DH) in Crans-Montana
332	SL	1979/80	20 January 1980	Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bojan Križaj	Sweden Ingemar Stenmark	Liechtenstein Paul Frommelt
363	SL	1980/81	25 January 1981	Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bojan Križaj	Luxembourg Marc Girardelli	Sweden Ingemar Stenmark
398	SL	1981/82	24 January 1982	United States Phil Mahre	Sweden Ingemar Stenmark	Liechtenstein Paul Frommelt
399	KB	19 January 1982 24 January 1982	Austria Pirmin Zurbriggen	Czechoslovakia Ivan Pacak	Italy Thomas Kemenater
	SL	1982/83	15 January 1983	exceptionally to be raced on part of the Lauberhorn course;(But due to too much of fresh snow replaced on 11 February 1983 in Markstein)
SL	1983/84	15 January 1984	weather; replaced on 17 January 1984 in Parpan, counted with Wengen for KB
KB	14 January 1984 15 January 1984	rescheduled to 15 and 17 January due to many programm changes; (As they moved the DH from Saturday to Sunday, they also moved cancelledMorzine's SL from Sunday to Monday; original Sunday Wengen's SL counted for KB was moved from Monday and again on Tuesday)
467	KB	15 January 1984 17 January 1984	Wengen's DH (15th) and replaced Parpan's SL (17th) together counted for KB
	KB	1984/85	19 January 1985 20 January 1985	DH cancelled due to fog and rescheduled on next day to 20 January; (and consequently both SL and KB were postponed from 20 to 21 January)
508	SL	21 January 1985	Luxembourg Marc Girardelli	Sweden Ingemar Stenmark	Liechtenstein Paul Frommelt
509	KB	20 January 1985 21 January 1985	France Michel Vion	West Germany Peter Roth	Switzerland Peter Lüscher
544	SL	1985/86	2 February 1986	Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Rok Petrovič	France Didier Bouvet	Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bojan Križaj
	KB	1 February 1986 2 February 1986	although SL was held; there was no combined event as downhill was cancelled
587	SL	1986/87	18 January 1987	Switzerland Joël Gaspoz	Austria Dietmar Köhlbichler	Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bojan Križaj
588	KB	17 January 1987 18 January 1987	Switzerland Pirmin Zurbriggen	only one skier ranked at combined event
In 1987/88 SL wasn't on calendar; only DH and SG were organised
653	SL	1988/89	21 January 1989	Austria Rudolf Nierlich	Italy Alberto Tomba	Austria Hubert Strolz
654	KB	21 January 1989 22 January 1989	Luxembourg Marc Girardelli	Switzerland Pirmin Zurbriggen	West Germany Markus Wasmeier
In 1989/90 SL wasn't on calendar; only DH and SG were organised; but rescheduled to Val d'Isere on 29 January
	SL	1990/91	20 January 1991	all cancelled after fatal crash of Gernot Reinstadler at training on 18 January
KB	19 January 1991 20 January 1991
748	SL	1991/92	26 January 1992	Italy Alberto Tomba	Switzerland Paul Accola	Germany Armin Bittner
749	KB	25 January 1992 26 January 1992	Luxembourg Paul Accola	Austria Günther Mader	Austria Hubert Strolz
	SL	1992/93	24 January 1993	lack of snow; replaced in Veysonnaz on 24 January
KB	23 January 1993 24 January 1993	lack of snow; replaced in Veysonnaz on 23 and 24 January
In 1993/94 SL wasn't on calendar; only DH and SG were organised
848	SL	1994/95	22 January 1995	Italy Alberto Tomba	Switzerland Michael von Grünigen	Slovenia Jure Košir
849	KB	21 January 1995 22 January 1995	Luxembourg Marc Girardelli	Norway Lasse Kjus	Norway Harald Strand Nilsen
	SL	1995/96	21 January 1996	lack of snow; replaced in Veysonnaz on 21 January
KB	20 January 1996 21 January 1996	lack of snow; replaced in Veysonnaz on 20 and 21 January
915	SL	1996/97	19 January 1997	Austria Thomas Sykora	Austria Thomas Stangassinger	France Sébastien Amiez
	SL	1997/98	18 January 1998	replaced on 18 January 1996 in Veysonnaz
KB	16 January 1998 18 January 1998	Veysonnaz's SL counted for KB together with Wengen's DH on 16 January
990	SL	1998/99	17 January 1999	Austria Benjamin Raich	Switzerland Michael von Grünigen	Norway Lasse Kjus
991	KB	16 January 1999 17 January 1999	Norway Lasse Kjus	Norway Kjetil André Aamodt	Austria Hermann Maier
1022	SL	1999/00	16 January 2000	Norway Kjetil André Aamodt	Norway Ole Kristian Furuseth	Slovenia Drago Grubelnik
1061	SL	2000/01	14 January 2001	Austria Benjamin Raich	Austria Rainer Schönfelder	Austria Mario Matt
	KB	13 January 2001 14 January 2001	although SL was held; there was no combined event as original downhill was cancelled
1096	SL	2001/02	13 January 2002	Croatia Ivica Kostelić	Slovenia Mitja Kunc	Italy Edoardo Zardini
1097	KB	12 January 2002 13 January 2002	Norway Kjetil André Aamodt	United States Bode Miller	Norway Lasse Kjus
1134	SL	2002/03	19 January 2003	Italy Giorgio Rocca	Japan Akira Sasaki	Croatia Ivica Kostelić
1135	KB	18 January 2003 19 January 2003	Norway Kjetil André Aamodt	United States Bode Miller	Norway Lasse Kjus
1168	SL	2003/04	18 January 2004	Austria Benjamin Raich	Austria Rainer Schönfelder	Croatia Ivica Kostelić
	KB	17 January 2004 18 January 2004	there was no KB event as DH was cancelled and rescheduled to Ga-Pa
1208	SC	2004/05	14 January 2005	Austria Benjamin Raich	Norway Lasse Kjus	Switzerland Didier Défago
1210	SL	16 January 2005	Germany Alois Vogl	Croatia Ivica Kostelić	Austria Benjamin Raich
1243	SC	2005/06	13 January 2006	Austria Benjamin Raich	Norway Kjetil André Aamodt	Italy Peter Fill
1245	SL	15 January 2006	Italy Giorgio Rocca	Finland Kalle Palander	Germany Alois Vogl
	SC	2006/07	12 January 2007	rain and high temperatures; rescheduled in Wengen on 14 January 2007
SL	14 January 2007	cancelled; replaced on 27 January 2007 in Kitzbühel
1281	SC	14 January 2007	Austria Mario Matt	Switzerland Marc Berthod	Switzerland Silvan Zurbriggen
1315	SC	2007/08	11 January 2008	France Jean-Baptiste Grange	Switzerland Daniel Albrecht	United States Bode Miller
1316	SL	12 January 2008	France Jean-Baptiste Grange	Sweden Jens Byggmark	United States Ted Ligety
	SL	13 January 2008	rescheduled on 12 January due to heavy snow; programme switched with DH
1355	SC	2008/09	16 January 2009	Switzerland Carlo Janka	Italy Peter Fill	Switzerland Silvan Zurbriggen
1357	SL	18 January 2009	Austria Manfred Pranger	Austria Reinfried Herbst	Croatia Ivica Kostelić
1391	SC	2009/10	15 January 2010	United States Bode Miller	Switzerland Carlo Janka	Switzerland Silvan Zurbriggen
1393	SL	17 January 2010	Croatia Ivica Kostelić	Sweden André Myhrer	Austria Reinfried Herbst
1423	SC	2010/11	14 January 2011	Croatia Ivica Kostelić	Switzerland Carlo Janka	Norway Aksel Lund Svindal
1425	SL	16 January 2011	Croatia Ivica Kostelić	Austria Marcel Hirscher	France Jean-Baptiste Grange
1460	SC	2011/12	13 January 2012	Croatia Ivica Kostelić	Switzerland Beat Feuz	United States Bode Miller
1462	SL	15 January 2012	Croatia Ivica Kostelić	Sweden André Myhrer	Germany Fritz Dopfer
1506	SC	2012/13	18 January 2013	France Alexis Pinturault	Croatia Ivica Kostelić	Switzerland Carlo Janka
1508	SL	20 January 2013	Germany Felix Neureuther	Austria Marcel Hirscher	Croatia Ivica Kostelić
1538	SC	2013/14	17 January 2014	United States Ted Ligety	France Alexis Pinturault	Croatia Natko Zrnčić-Dim
1540	SL	19 January 2014	France Alexis Pinturault	Germany Felix Neureuther	Austria Marcel Hirscher
1573	AC	2014/15	16 January 2015	Switzerland Carlo Janka	France Victor Muffat-Jeandet	Croatia Ivica Kostelić
1574	SL	17 January 2015	Germany Felix Neureuther	Italy Stefano Gross	Norway Henrik Kristoffersen
	SL	18 January 2015	rescheduled on 17 January due to heavy snow; programme switched with DH
1609	AC	2015/16	15 January 2016	Norway Kjetil Jansrud	Norway Aksel Lund Svindal	France Adrien Théaux
1611	SL	17 January 2016	Norway Henrik Kristoffersen	Italy Giuliano Razzoli	Italy Stefano Gross
1654	AC	2016/17	13 January 2017	Switzerland Niels Hintermann	France Maxence Muzaton	Austria Frederic Berthold
1655	SL	15 January 2017	Norway Henrik Kristoffersen	Austria Marcel Hirscher	Germany Felix Neureuther
1692	AC	2017/18	12 January 2018	France Victor Muffat-Jeandet	Russia Pavel Trikhichev	Italy Peter Fill
1694	SL	14 January 2018	Austria Marcel Hirscher	Norway Henrik Kristoffersen	Sweden André Myhrer
1729	AC	2018/19	18 January 2019	Austria Marco Schwarz	France Victor Muffat-Jeandet	France Alexis Pinturault
1731	SL	20 January 2019	France Clément Noël	Austria Manuel Feller	Austria Marcel Hirscher
1765	AC	2019/20	17 January 2020	Austria Matthias Mayer	France Alexis Pinturault	France Victor Muffat-Jeandet
1767	SL	19 January 2020	France Clément Noël	Norway Henrik Kristoffersen	Russia Aleksandr Khoroshilov
	SL	2020/21	17 January 2021	COVID-19 pandemic; replaced on 17 January 2021 in Kitzbühel
1838	SL	2021/22	16 January 2022	Norway Lucas Braathen	Switzerland Daniel Yule	Italy Giuliano Razzoli
1874	SL	2022/23	20 January 2023	Norway Henrik Kristoffersen	Switzerland Loic Meillard	Norway Lucas Braathen
1908	SL	2023/24	14 January 2024	Austria Manuel Feller	Norway Atle Lie McGrath	Norway Henrik Kristoffersen
1947	SL	2024/25	19 January 2025	Norway Atle Lie McGrath	Norway Timon Haugan	Norway Henrik Kristoffersen
1986	SL	2025/26	18 January 2026	Norway Atle Lie McGrath	Brazil Lucas Pinheiro Braathen	Norway Henrik Kristoffersen

Combined shared with other venues: Garmisch-Partenkirchen (1976), Adelboden (1982), Parpan (1984) and Veysonnaz (1998).

Club5+

In 1986, elite Club5 was originally founded by prestigious classic downhill organizers: Kitzbühel, Wengen, Garmisch, Val d’Isère and Val Gardena/Gröden, with goal to bring alpine ski sport on the highest levels possible.

Later over the years other classic longterm organizers joined the now named Club5+: Alta Badia, Cortina, Kranjska Gora, Maribor, Lake Louise, Schladming, Adelboden, Kvitfjell, St. Moritz, and Åre.

External links

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