# Saslong

Saslong is a World Cup downhill ski course in Italy just above Val Gardena/Gröden. Located on the Langkofel in the Dolomites, the race course made its World Cup debut in February 1969. The ski course is named after the mountain Saslonch (German: Langkofel, Italian: Sassolungo) with an adapted spelling.
Franz Klammer and Kristian Ghedina won record 4 downhills and Aksel Lund Svindal record 5 super-G's.

## Course sections
### Spinel

This section starts as a very difficult jump short after the start, into the steepest section (56.9% gradient), then virtual change direction in mid-air to compression.

### Saut dl Moro

A forty-metre (130 ft) jump which takes skiers into the second compression.

### Muri di Sochers

This section starts as a Fifteen-to-twenty-metre (49 to 66 ft) jump in the air, followed by a flat, yet intense, left-right-left gate combination ending at the 1st Mauer ("Wall").
Skiers jump ca. 35 metres (115 ft) directly to the 1st Mauer and have to sway to the right to the 2nd Mauer.
The jump on the 2nd Mauer contemporaneously serves as the entry into the flat section leading to the first Camel Hump with top speed at about 130 km/h (81 mph).

### Gobbe del Cammello (Camel Humps)

The Camel Humps represent the most spectacular section of the Saslong. They were named by the late and former Austrian FIS TD Sepp Sulzberger. Uli Spiess from Austria was the first athlete to attempt and succeed in jumping all three Humps at the same time instead of taking each jump separately.
Since Spiess' premiere, skiers today mostly absorb the first jump (a.k.a. "Girardelli Line") and leap from the second over the third. The record jump belongs to Austrian skier Michael Walchhofer who leaped 88 metres (289 ft) reaching a height of 4–5 meters in 2003.

### Ciaslat

This section its corrugated ripples and bumps is where the race is often decided. In this extremely and technically very demanding section of the course racers face overall 17 different ripples.

### Nucia (Tunnel)

Skiers take the Nucia jump into the final schuss following the exit from Ciaslat.

### Schuss

The last and finals section of the course starts with jump that owes its name to the new tunnel that runs below the Final schuss and is part of the new street by-passing St.Christina which was opened in 2009.

## World Cup

The first downhill winner in 1969 was Jean-Daniel Dätwyler (SUI), and this annual ski event is part of the prestigious Saslong Classic competition. Saslong hosted the World Championships in 1970, which also counted for 1970 World Cup season points and wins/podiums statistics.
On 23 March 1975, Saslong hosted the first parallel slalom in history, Gustav Thöni won in front of 40,000, beating Ingemar Stenmark in the final.
| Downhill start | Upper section 1 | Upper section 2 | Intermediate section |
| 300x | 300x | 300x | 300x |
| Werner Heel (2013) | Bode Miller (2006) | Final section | Finish area |
| 300x | 300x | 300x | 300x |

### Men

Event Key: DH – Downhill, SG – Super Giant Slalom, KB – Combined, PS – Parallel Slalom :
| No. | Type | Season | Date | Winner | Second | Third |
| 51 | DH | 1968/69 | 14 February 1969 | Jean-Daniel Dätwyler | Henri Duvillard | Rudi Sailer |
| 79 | DH | 1969/70 | 15 February 1970 | Bernhard Russi | Karl Cordin | Malcolm Milne |
| 128 | DH | 1971/72 | 15 March 1972 | Bernhard Russi | René Berthod | Mike Lafferty |
| 135 | DH | 1972/73 | 15 February 1973 | Roland Collombin | Karl Cordin | David Zwilling |
| 203 | DH | 1974/75 | 21 March 1975 | Franz Klammer | Erik Håker | Bernhard Russi |
| 204 | PS | 1974/75 | 23 March 1975 | Gustav Thöni | Ingemar Stenmark | Walter Tresch |
| 232 | DH | 1976/77 | 17 December 1976 | Franz Klammer | Herbert Plank | Erik Håker |
| 233 | DH | 1976/77 | 18 December 1976 | Franz Klammer | Josef Walcher | Bernhard Russi |
| 267 | DH | 1977/78 | 18 December 1977 | Herbert Plank | Peter Wirnsberger I | Franz Klammer |
| 289 | DH | 1978/79 | 16 December 1978 | Josef Walcher | Peter Müller | Walter Vesti |
| 290 | DH | 1978/79 | 17 December 1978 | Erik Håker | Peter Müller | Ken Read |
| 323 | DH | 1979/80 | 17 December 1979 | Peter Müller | Erik Håker | Werner Grissmann |
| 324 | KB | 1979/80 | 11 December 1979 Madonna di Cam. (SL) ---------------------------- 17 December 1979 Val Gardena (DH) | Peter Lüscher | Andreas Wenzel | Anton Steiner |
| 348 | DH | 1980/81 | 14 December 1980 | Peter Müller | Harti Weirather | Steve Podborski |
| 349 | KB | 1980/81 | 9 December 1980 Madonna di Cam. (SL) ---------------------------- 14 December 1980 Val Gardena (DH) | Peter Müller | Leonhard Stock | Andreas Wenzel |
| 350 | DH | 1980/81 | 15 December 1980 | Harti Weirather | Uli Spieß | Peter Müller |
| 385 | DH | 1981/82 | 13 December 1981 | Erwin Resch | Konrad Bartelski | Leonhard Stock |
| 386 | KB | 1981/82 | 9 December 1981 Madonna di Cam. (SL) ---------------------------- 13 December 1981 Val Gardena (DH) | Phil Mahre | Andreas Wenzel | Even Hole |
| 417 | DH | 1982/83 | 19 December 1982 | Conradin Cathomen | Erwin Resch | Franz Klammer |
| 418 | KB | 1982/83 | 12 December 1982 Val d'Isere (SG) ---------------------------- 19 December 1982 Val Gardena (DH) | Franz Heinzer | Peter Müller | Peter Lüscher |
| 419 | DH | 1982/83 | 20 December 1982 | Franz Klammer | Peter Müller | Urs Räber |
| 458 | DH | 1983/84 | 18 December 1983 | Urs Räber | Todd Brooker | Steve Podborski |
| 459 | SG | 1983/84 | 19 December 1983 | Pirmin Zurbriggen | Martin Hangl | Leonhard Stock |
| 461 | KB | 1983/84 | 19 December 1983 Val Gardena (SG) ---------------------------- 20 December 1983 Madonna di Cam. (SL) | Andreas Wenzel | Thomas Bürgler | Alex Giorgi |
| 493 | DH | 1984/85 | 15 December 1984 | Helmut Höflehner | Conradin Cathomen | Peter Wirnsberger I |
| 528 | DH | 1985/86 | 14 December 1985 | Peter Wirnsberger I | Peter Müller | Sepp Wildgruber |
| 530 | KB | 1985/86 | 14 December 1985 Val Gardena (DH) ---------------------------- 15 December 1985 Alta Badia (GS) | Marc Girardelli | Niklas Henning | Pirmin Zurbriggen |
| 575 | DH | 1986/87 | 13 December 1986 | Rob Boyd | Michael Mair | Markus Wasmeier |
| 606 | DH | 1987/88 | 12 December 1987 | Rob Boyd | Pirmin Zurbriggen | Brian Stemmle |
| 636 | DH | 1988/89 | 9 December 1988 | Peter Müller | Armin Assinger | Rob Boyd |
| 637 | DH | 1988/89 | 10 December 1988 | Helmut Höflehner | Patrick Ortlieb | Peter Müller |
| 673 | DH | 1989/90 | 16 December 1989 | Pirmin Zurbriggen | Franz Heinzer | Kristian Ghedina |
| 703 | DH | 1990/91 | 14 December 1990 | Franz Heinzer | Berni Huber | Atle Skårdal |
| 704 | DH | 1990/91 | 15 December 1990 | Atle Skårdal | Rob Boyd | Luc Alphand |
| 733 | DH | 1991/92 | 14 December 1991 | Franz Heinzer | Leonhard Stock | Atle Skårdal |
| 764 | DH | 1992/93 | 11 December 1992 | William Besse | Jan Einar Thorsen | Patrick Ortlieb |
| 765 | DH | 1992/93 | 12 December 1992 | Leonhard Stock | William Besse | A J Kitt |
| 801 | DH | 1993/94 | 17 December 1993 | Markus Foser | Werner Franz | Marc Girardelli |
| 802 | DH | 1993/94 | 18 December 1993 | Patrick Ortlieb | Daniel Mahrer | Jean-Luc Crétier |
| 870 | DH | 1995/96 | 16 December 1995 | Patrick Ortlieb | Xavier Gigandet | Luc Alphand |
| 904 | DH | 1996/97 | 20 December 1996 | Luc Alphand | Atle Skårdal | Kristian Ghedina |
| 905 | DH | 1996/97 | 21 December 1996 | Kristian Ghedina | Luc Alphand | Josef Strobl |
| 978 | DH | 1998/99 | 18 December 1998 | Lasse Kjus | Werner Franz | Hermann Maier |
| 979 | DH | 1998/99 | 19 December 1998 | Kristian Ghedina | Lasse Kjus | Werner Franz |
| 1013 | DH | 1999/00 | 17 December 1999 | Kristian Ghedina | Josef Strobl | Ed Podivinsky |
| 1014 | DH | 1999/00 | 18 December 1999 | Andreas Schifferer | Kristian Ghedina | Hermann Maier |
| | DH | 2000/01 | 16 December 2000 | cancelled; replaced in Val-d'Isère on same dates | cancelled; replaced in Val-d'Isère on same dates | cancelled; replaced in Val-d'Isère on same dates |
| | SG | 2000/01 | 17 December 2000 | cancelled; replaced in Val-d'Isère on same dates | cancelled; replaced in Val-d'Isère on same dates | cancelled; replaced in Val-d'Isère on same dates |
| 1085 | DH | 2001/02 | 14 December 2001 | Kristian Ghedina | Lasse Kjus | Kurt Sulzenbacher |
| 1086 | DH | 2001/02 | 15 December 2001 | Stephan Eberharter | Michael Walchhofer | Kjetil André Aamodt |
| 1123 | SG | 2002/03 | 20 December 2002 | Didier Défago | Hannes Reichelt | Marco Büchel |
| 1124 | DH | 2002/03 | 21 December 2002 | Antoine Dénériaz | Michael Walchhofer | Josef Strobl |
| 1160 | SG | 2003/04 | 19 December 2003 | Lasse Kjus | Stephan Eberharter | Hermann Maier |
| 1161 | DH | 2003/04 | 20 December 2003 | Antoine Dénériaz | Michael Walchhofer | Hans Knauß |
| 1199 | SG | 2004/05 | 17 December 2004 | Michael Walchhofer | Hermann Maier | Benjamin Raich |
| 1200 | DH | 2004/05 | 18 December 2004 | Max Rauffer | Jürg Grünenfelder | Hans Grugger |
| 1235 | SG | 2005/06 | 17 December 2005 | Hans Grugger | Erik Guay | Ambrosi Hoffmann |
| 1236 | DH | 2005/06 | 17 December 2005 | Marco Büchel | Michael Walchhofer | Erik Guay |
| 1270 | SG | 2006/07 | 15 December 2006 | Bode Miller | Christoph Gruber | John Kucera |
| 1271 | DH | 2006/07 | 16 December 2006 | Steven Nyman | Didier Cuche | Fritz Strobl |
| 1308 | SG | 2007/08 | 14 December 2007 | Didier Cuche | Bode Miller | Marco Büchel |
| 1309 | DH | 2007/08 | 15 December 2007 | Michael Walchhofer | Didier Cuche | Scott Macartney |
| 1347 | SG | 2008/09 | 19 December 2008 | Werner Heel | Didier Défago | Patrik Järbyn |
| 1348 | DH | 2008/09 | 20 December 2008 | Michael Walchhofer | Bode Miller | Manuel Osborne-Paradis |
| 1384 | SG | 2009/10 | 18 December 2009 | Aksel Lund Svindal | Carlo Janka | Patrick Staudacher |
| 1385 | DH | 2009/10 | 19 December 2009 | Manuel Osborne-Paradis | Mario Scheiber | Ambrosi Hoffmann Johan Clarey |
| 1415 | SG | 2010/11 | 17 December 2010 | Michael Walchhofer | Stephan Keppler | Erik Guay |
| 1416 | DH | 2010/11 | 18 December 2010 | Silvan Zurbriggen | Romed Baumann | Didier Cuche |
| 1452 | SG | 2011/12 | 16 December 2011 | Beat Feuz | Bode Miller | Kjetil Jansrud |
| | DH | 2011/12 | 17 December 2011 | cancelled after 21 skiers due to strong winds; replaced on 3 February 2012 | cancelled after 21 skiers due to strong winds; replaced on 3 February 2012 | cancelled after 21 skiers due to strong winds; replaced on 3 February 2012 |
| 1497 | SG | 2012/13 | 14 December 2012 | Aksel Lund Svindal | Matteo Marsaglia | Werner Heel |
| 1498 | DH | 2012/13 | 15 December 2012 | Steven Nyman | Rok Perko | Erik Guay |
| 1531 | SG | 2013/14 | 20 December 2013 | Aksel Lund Svindal | Jan Hudec | Adrien Théaux |
| 1532 | DH | 2013/14 | 21 December 2013 | Erik Guay | Kjetil Jansrud | Johan Clarey |
| 1565 | DH | 2014/15 | 19 December 2014 | Steven Nyman | Kjetil Jansrud | Dominik Paris |
| 1566 | SG | 2014/15 | 20 December 2014 | Kjetil Jansrud | Dominik Paris | Hannes Reichelt |
| 1601 | DH | 2015/16 | 18 December 2015 | Aksel Lund Svindal | Kjetil Jansrud | Aleksander Aamodt Kilde |
| 1602 | SG | 2015/16 | 19 December 2015 | Aksel Lund Svindal | Guillermo Fayed | Kjetil Jansrud |
| 1644 | SG | 2016/17 | 16 December 2016 | Kjetil Jansrud | Aleksander Aamodt Kilde | Erik Guay |
| 1645 | DH | 2016/17 | 17 December 2016 | Max Franz | Aksel Lund Svindal | Steven Nyman |
| 1681 | SG | 2017/18 | 15 December 2017 | Josef Ferstl | Max Franz | Matthias Mayer |
| 1682 | DH | 2017/18 | 16 December 2017 | Aksel Lund Svindal | Kjetil Jansrud | Max Franz |
| 1716 | SG | 2018/19 | 14 December 2018 | Aksel Lund Svindal | Christof Innerhofer | Kjetil Jansrud |
| 1717 | DH | 2018/19 | 15 December 2018 | Aleksander Aamodt Kilde | Max Franz | Beat Feuz |
| 1757 | SG | 2019/20 | 20 December 2019 | Vincent Kriechmayr | Kjetil Jansrud | Thomas Dreßen |
| | DH | 2019/20 | 21 December 2019 | heavy snowfall; replaced in Bormio on 27 December 2019 | heavy snowfall; replaced in Bormio on 27 December 2019 | heavy snowfall; replaced in Bormio on 27 December 2019 |
| 1789 | SG | 2020/21 | 18 December 2020 | Aleksander Aamodt Kilde | Mauro Caviezel | Kjetil Jansrud |
| 1790 | DH | 2020/21 | 19 December 2020 | Aleksander Aamodt Kilde | Ryan Cochran-Siegle | Beat Feuz |
| 1826 | SG | 2021/22 | 17 December 2021 | Aleksander Aamodt Kilde | Matthias Mayer | Vincent Kriechmayr |
| 1827 | DH | 2021/22 | 18 December 2021 | Bryce Bennett | Otmar Striedinger | Niels Hintermann |
| 1862 | DH | 2022/23 | 15 December 2022 | Vincent Kriechmayr | Marco Odermatt | Matthias Mayer |
| | SG | 2022/23 | 16 December 2022 | cancelled due to bad weather conditions. | cancelled due to bad weather conditions. | cancelled due to bad weather conditions. |
| 1863 | DH | 2022/23 | 17 December 2022 | Aleksander Aamodt Kilde | Johan Clarey | Mattia Casse |
| 1895 | DH | 2023/24 | 14 December 2023 | Bryce Bennett | Aleksander Aamodt Kilde | Marco Odermatt |
| 1896 | SG | 2023/24 | 15 December 2023 | Vincent Kriechmayr | Daniel Hemetsberger | Marco Odermatt |
| 1897 | DH | 2023/24 | 16 December 2023 | Dominik Paris | Aleksander Aamodt Kilde | Bryce Bennett |
| 1936 | SG | 2024/25 | 20 December 2024 | Mattia Casse | Jared Goldberg | Marco Odermatt |
| 1937 | DH | 2024/25 | 21 December 2024 | Marco Odermatt | Franjo von Allmen | Ryan Cochran-Siegle |
World Championships, also counted for World Cup.   Not part of classic Saslong competition. It only replaced Lake Louise (2001), Beaver Creek (2022), Zermatt-Cervinia (2023)

### Women

| No. | Type | Season | Date | Winner | Second | Third |
| 1611 | DH | 2018/19 | 18 December 2018 | Ilka Štuhec | Tina Weirather Nicole Schmidhofer | |
| 1612 | SG | 2018/19 | 19 December 2018 | Ilka Štuhec | Nicol Delago | Ramona Siebenhofer |

## 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.