# Ganslernhang

Ganslernhang (short: Ganslern) is a men's classic slalom World Cup ski course in Kitzbühel, Austria, competing for Hahnenkamm Races since 1937.
It is located on the Hahnenkamm mountain (Kitzbühel Alps) in Kitzbühel, Tyrol, right next to even more famous "Streif" downhill course.
The record holder for the most wins on this course is the Swede, Ingemar Stenmark, who won five slalom races here. It was also here that, in 2022, that Dave Ryding became the first Briton to win a world cup ski championship.
With average of 25,000 people annually, is the second most visited SL in the circuit, behind Schladming.

## History

From 1931 to 1936 the championship was held on nearby courses "Hahnenkamm" and "Ehrenbachhöhe". Since its premiere in 1937, the Hahnenkamm slalom has been held on this course (Ganslern).
In 1954, by exception, no Hahnenkamm Trophy was awarded, they were competing on the so-called "Vorderganslern" at Austrian International Winter Sports III competition.
Even before the introduction of the World Cup in 1967 it was one of the annual fixtures in FIS's racing calendar. In 1964, 1988 and 1993 the slaloms were cancelled and held elsewhere.
In 1971, the downhill was cancelled and replaced with giant slalom which for the first and last time together with slalom counted for classic Hahnenkamm combined. An additional SL was also held.
In 1998 and 2007 additional slaloms were held on this course, replacing other cancelled venues on the so-called "Vorderganslern" to the finish line of the "Streif".
In 2007 and 2008 this route was chosen again due to the high number of spectators. In 2009 it returned again to the traditional Ganslernhang course.

## (pre)World Cup
### Men

| No. | Type | Date | Winner | Second | Third |
| International Hahnenkamm Races ||||||
| "Hahnenkamm" course ||||||
| — | SL | 29 March 1931 | Hans Mariacher | Gordon Cleaver | Hansjörg Schlechter |
| "Ehrenbachhöhe" course ||||||
| — | SL | 20 March 1932 | Hans Hauser | Rudolph Matt | Willy Faude |
| | SL | 1933 | race was planned; not realized | race was planned; not realized | race was planned; not realized |
| | SL | 1934 | race was planned; not realized | race was planned; not realized | race was planned; not realized |
| "Hahnenkamm" course ||||||
| — | SL | 24 March 1935 | Siegfried Engl | Edi Neubarth | Sepp Klingler |
| "Ehrenbachhöhe" course ||||||
| — | SL | 8 March 1936 | Rudolph Matt | Kurt Egert | Edi Neubarth |
| "Ganslern" course ||||||
| — | SL | 20 March 1937 | Wilhelm Walch | Hans Pfnür | Markus Maier |
| | SL | 1938 | race was announced; then cancelled | race was announced; then cancelled | race was announced; then cancelled |
| | SL | 1939 | no races during World War II period | no races during World War II period | no races during World War II period |
| | SL | 1940 | no races during World War II period | no races during World War II period | no races during World War II period |
| | SL | 1941 | no races during World War II period | no races during World War II period | no races during World War II period |
| | SL | 1942 | no races during World War II period | no races during World War II period | no races during World War II period |
| | SL | 1943 | no races during World War II period | no races during World War II period | no races during World War II period |
| | SL | 1944 | no races during World War II period | no races during World War II period | no races during World War II period |
| | SL | 1945 | no races during World War II period | no races during World War II period | no races during World War II period |
| — | SL | 10 March 1946 | Antonín Šponar | Karl Koller | Toni Seelos |
| — | SL | 9 March 1947 | Christian Pravda | Engelbert Haider | Eberhard Kneisl |
| — | SL | 14 March 1948 | Thaddäus Schwabl | Edi Mall | Hellmut Lantschner |
| — | SL | 6 March 1949 | Egon Schöpf | Luis Seyrling | Pepi Salvenmoser |
| — | SL | 11 March 1950 | Sepp Folger | Fritz Huber | Alois Zauner |
| — | SL | 7–9 February 1951 | Christian Pravda | Engelbert Haider | Fritz Huber |
| | SL | 1952 | race was not in plan this year | race was not in plan this year | race was not in plan this year |
| FIS–A ||||||
| — | SL | 18 January 1953 | Andreas Molterer | Walter Schuster | Martin Julen |
| — | GS | 18 January 1953 | Guy de Huertas | Andreas Molterer | Martin Julen |
| "Vorderganslern" course; exceptionally no Hahnenkamm trophy awarded in 1954 (International Winter Sports III) ||||||
| — | GS | 22 January 1954 | Toni Spiß | Stein Eriksen | Christian Pravda |
| — | SL | 24 January 1954 | Toni Spiß | Georges Schneider | Ernst Hinterseer |
| "Ganslern" course ||||||
| — | SL | 16 January 1955 | Toni Spiß | Andreas Molterer | Ernst Hinterseer |
| — | SL | 15 January 1956 | Toni Sailer | Josl Rieder | Sepp Behr |
| — | SL | 20 January 1957 | Josl Rieder | Ernst Hinterseer | François Bonlieu |
| — | GS | 17 January 1958 | Toni Sailer | Ernst Hinterseer | Bud Werner |
| — | SL | 19 January 1958 | Andreas Molterer | Ernst Hinterseer | Charles Bozon |
| — | SL | 18 January 1959 | Andreas Molterer | Egon Zimmermann | Pepi Stiegler |
| — | GS | 15 January 1960 | Karl Schranz | Hans Peter Lanig | Fritz Wagnerberger |
| — | SL | 17 January 1960 | Adrien Duvillard | Pepi Stiegler | Willy Bogner |
| — | SL | 22 January 1961 | Gerhard Nenning | Guy Périllat | Ludwig Leitner |
| — | SL | 21 January 1962 | Chuck Ferries | Guy Périllat | Pepi Stiegler |
| — | SL | 20 January 1963 | Ludwig Leitner | Guy Périllat | Adolf Mathis |
| | SL | 1964 | race was announced; then cancelled | race was announced; then cancelled | race was announced; then cancelled |
| — | GS | 22 January 1965 | Willy Favre | Guy Périllat | Jean-Claude Killy |
| — | SL | 24 January 1965 | Jean-Claude Killy | Karl Schranz | Per Martin Sunde |
| — | SL | 23 January 1966 | Jean-Claude Killy | Jules Melquiond | Guy Périllat |
| World Cup ||||||
| 7 | SL | 22 January 1967 | Jean-Claude Killy | Bengt-Erik Grahn | Louis Jauffret |
| 23 | SL | 21 January 1968 | Dumeng Giovanoli | Alfred Matt | Jean-Claude Killy |
| 44 | SL | 19 January 1969 | Patrick Russel | Herbert Huber | Dumeng Giovanoli |
| 68 | GS | 17 January 1970 | Dumeng Giovanoli | Andrzej Bachleda | Karl Schranz |
| 69 | SL | 18 January 1970 | Patrick Russel | Gustav Thöni | Jean-Noël Augert |
| — | SL | 23 January 1971 | additional slalom race; did not count for classic Hahnenkamm | additional slalom race; did not count for classic Hahnenkamm | additional slalom race; did not count for classic Hahnenkamm |
| 98 | SL | 24 January 1971 | Jean-Noël Augert | Alain Penz | Harald Rofner |
| 120 | SL | 16 January 1972 | Jean-Noël Augert | Edmund Bruggmann | Andrzej Bachleda |
| 146 | SL | 28 January 1973 | Jean-Noël Augert | Gustav Thöni | Andrzej Bachleda |
| 172 | SL | 27 January 1974 | Hansi Hinterseer | Hans Kniewasser | Gustav Thöni |
| 190 | SL | 19 January 1975 | Piero Gros | Ingemar Stenmark | Paolo De Chiesa |
| 221 | SL | 24 January 1976 | Ingemar Stenmark | Gustav Thöni | Piero Gros |
| 241 | SL | 16 January 1977 | Ingemar Stenmark | Piero Gros | Franco Bieler |
| 276 | SL | 22 January 1978 | Klaus Heidegger | Petăr Popangelov | Andreas Wenzel |
| 301 | SL | 21 January 1979 | Christian Neureuther | Ingemar Stenmark | Phil Mahre |
| 329 | SL | 13 January 1980 | Andreas Wenzel | Christian Neureuther | Jacques Lüthy |
| 361 | SL | 18 January 1981 | Ingemar Stenmark | Vladimir Andreyev | Christian Orlainsky |
| 395 | SL | 17 January 1982 | Ingemar Stenmark | Phil Mahre | Paolo De Chiesa Steve Mahre |
| 429 | SL | 23 January 1983 | Ingemar Stenmark | Christian Orlainsky | Phil Mahre |
| 469 | SL | 22 January 1984 | Marc Girardelli | Franz Gruber | Bojan Križaj |
| 503 | SL | 13 January 1985 | Marc Girardelli | Oswald Tötsch | Bojan Križaj |
| 539 | SL | 19 January 1986 | Paul Frommelt | Ingemar Stenmark | Dietmar Köhlbichler Andreas Wenzel |
| 591 | SL | 25 January 1987 | Bojan Križaj | Mathias Berthold | Armin Bittner |
| | SL | 17 January 1988 | lack of snow; replaced in Bad Kleinkirchheim on the same date | lack of snow; replaced in Bad Kleinkirchheim on the same date | lack of snow; replaced in Bad Kleinkirchheim on the same date |
| 648 | SL | 15 January 1989 | Armin Bittner | Alberto Tomba | Rudolf Nierlich |
| 681 | SL | 21 January 1990 | Rudolf Nierlich | Ole Kristian Furuseth | Armin Bittner |
| 712 | SL | 13 January 1991 | Marc Girardelli | Ole Kristian Furuseth | Rudolf Nierlich |
| 744 | SL | 19 January 1992 | Alberto Tomba | Patrice Bianchi | Armin Bittner |
| | SL | 17 January 1993 | lack of snow; replaced in Lech am Arlberg on the same date | lack of snow; replaced in Lech am Arlberg on the same date | lack of snow; replaced in Lech am Arlberg on the same date |
| 811 | SL | 16 January 1994 | Thomas Stangassinger | Thomas Sykora | Alberto Tomba |
| 843 | SL | 15 January 1995 | Alberto Tomba | Jure Košir | Ole Kristian Furuseth |
| 879 | SL | 14 January 1996 | Thomas Sykora | Alberto Tomba | Jure Košir |
| 918 | SL | 26 January 1997 | Mario Reiter | Alberto Tomba | Finn Christian Jagge |
| "Vorderganslern - Streif Finish" course ||||||
| 958 | SL | 25 January 1998 | Thomas Stangassinger | Thomas Sykora | Ole Kristian Furuseth |
| 960 | SL | 26 January 1998 | Thomas Sykora | Hans Petter Buraas | Thomas Stangassinger |
| "Ganslern" course ||||||
| 994 | SL | 24 January 1999 | Jure Košir | Didier Plaschy | Giorgio Rocca |
| 1025 | SL | 23 January 2000 | Mario Matt | Matjaž Vrhovnik | Benjamin Raich |
| 1064 | SL | 21 January 2001 | Benjamin Raich | Jure Košir | Hans Petter Buraas |
| 1100 | SL | 20 January 2002 | Rainer Schönfelder | Kilian Albrecht | Bode Miller |
| 1137 | SL | 26 January 2003 | Kalle Palander | Rainer Schönfelder | Heinz Schilchegger |
| 1172 | SL | 25 January 2004 | Kalle Palander | Thomas Grandi | Rainer Schönfelder |
| 1211 | SL | 23 January 2005 | Manfred Pranger | Mario Matt | Ivica Kostelić |
| 1248 | SL | 22 January 2006 | Jean-Pierre Vidal | Reinfried Herbst | Benjamin Raich |
| "Vorderganslern - Streif Finish" course ||||||
| 1283 | SL | 27 January 2007 | Jens Byggmark | Mario Matt | Alois Vogl |
| 1284 | SL | 28 January 2007 | Jens Byggmark | Mario Matt | Manfred Mölgg |
| 1320 | SL | 20 January 2008 | Jean-Baptiste Grange | Jens Byggmark | Mario Matt |
| "Ganslern" course ||||||
| 1360 | SL | 25 January 2009 | Julien Lizeroux | Jean-Baptiste Grange | Patrick Thaler |
| 1396 | SL | 24 January 2010 | Felix Neureuther | Julien Lizeroux | Giuliano Razzoli |
| 1428 | SL | 23 January 2011 | Jean-Baptiste Grange | Ivica Kostelić | Giuliano Razzoli |
| 1464 | SL | 22 January 2012 | Cristian Deville | Mario Matt | Ivica Kostelić |
| 1511 | SL | 27 January 2013 | Marcel Hirscher | Felix Neureuther | Ivica Kostelić |
| 1541 | SL | 24 January 2014 | Felix Neureuther | Henrik Kristoffersen | Patrick Thaler |
| 1579 | SL | 25 January 2015 | Mattias Hargin | Marcel Hirscher | Felix Neureuther |
| 1615 | SL | 24 January 2016 | Henrik Kristoffersen | Marcel Hirscher | Fritz Dopfer |
| 1658 | SL | 22 January 2017 | Marcel Hirscher | Dave Ryding | Aleksandr Khoroshilov |
| 1697 | SL | 21 January 2018 | Henrik Kristoffersen | Marcel Hirscher | Daniel Yule |
| 1733 | SL | 26 January 2019 | Clément Noël | Marcel Hirscher | Alexis Pinturault |
| 1770 | SL | 26 January 2020 | Daniel Yule | Marco Schwarz | Clément Noël |
| | SL | 24 January 2021 | COVID-19 pandemic; replaced in Flachau on 17 January 2021 | COVID-19 pandemic; replaced in Flachau on 17 January 2021 | COVID-19 pandemic; replaced in Flachau on 17 January 2021 |
| 1840 | SL | 22 January 2022 | Dave Ryding | Lucas Braathen | Henrik Kristoffersen |
| 1877 | SL | 22 January 2023 | Daniel Yule | Dave Ryding | Lucas Braathen |
| 1911 | SL | 21 January 2024 | Linus Strasser | Kristoffer Jakobsen | Daniel Yule |
| 1950 | SL | 25 January 2025 | Clément Noël | Alex Vinatzer | Lucas Pinheiro Braathen |
Not part of classic Hahnenkamm Races. Replaced Madonna di Campiglio (1998), Wengen (2007).  GS in 1950s and 1960s didn't count for Hahnenkamm combined. And in 1970 did together with SL (dowhnill cancelled)

### Women

| Type | Year | Winner |
| International Hahnenkamm Races |||
| "Ehrenbachhöhe" course |||
| SL | 1932 | Rini Andretta |
| "Hahnenkamm" course |||
| SL | 1935 | Gratia Schimmelpenninck |
| "Ehrenbachhöhe" course |||
| SL | 1936 | Grete Weikert |
| "Ganslern" course |||
| SL | 1937 | Lisa Resch |
| SL | 1946 | Anneliese Schuh-Proxauf |
| SL | 1947 | Gundl Baur |
| SL | 1948 | Sophie Nogler |
| SL | 1949 | Resi Hammerer |
| SL | 1950 | Hannelore Glaser-Franke |
| SL | 1951 | Andrea Mead Lawrence |
| FIS–A |||
| GS | 1953 | Lucienne Schmidt-Couttet |
| SL | 1953 | Trude Klecker |
| GS | 1954 | Mirl Buchner |
| SL | 1954 | Regina Schöpf |
| SL | 1955 | Putzi Frandl |
| SL | 1956 | Astrid Sandvik |
| SL | 1957 | Putzi Frandl |
| GS | 1958 | Annemarie Waser |
| SL | 1958 | Renée Colliard |
| SL | 1959 | Annemarie Waser |
| GS | 1960 | Thérèse Leduc |
| SL | 1960 | Linda Meyers |
| SL | 1961 | Traudl Hecher |

## Course

The slope has numerous changes of terrain and lies at an oblique angle making it one of, if not the hardest and most challenging slalom course in the World Cup, located next to the final straight of the Streif.
It has its own finishing arena. The name "Ganslernhang" comes from a farmstead that stood there until 1993 and took its name from a stream, the Gänsbach, which flowed past it.
In 2009, before relatively short course, was lengthened by moving start higher up in the hill, at the same time new lift was built, with more comfortable standing area.

### Sections

* Goasweg, Steilhang, Doppelwelle, Querfahrt, Stadl Kurve, Talei

## 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.