Record holders Ghedina and Klammer

Franz Klammer and Kristian Ghedina

Franz Klammer and Kristian Ghedina

The Saslong course has hosted 51 Downhill races since 1969. Winners include 35 athletes from nine nations. Record holders are Kristian Ghedina and Franz Klammer with four golds each,...

followed by Peter Müller with three, Bernhard Russi, Rob Boyd, Helmuth Höflehner, Franz Heinzer, Patrick Ortlieb, Antoine Deneriaz, Michael Walchhofer and Steven Nyman with two victories each. In the nations ranking, Austria is leading with 17 wins ahead of Switzerland with 14 and Italy with five.

In the Super-G, Switzerland and Norway are the most successful nations with four victories each. They are followed by Austria with three, USA (Bode Miller, 2006) and Italy (Werner Heel, 2008) with one victory, each. So far, ten athletes from five nations have reached the highest podium in 13 races. Aksel Lund Svindal is leading the charge with three victories, followed by Michael Walchhofer with two.