Speed skiing world records
Speed skiing world records are the highest speeds reached in the different categories of this sport.
Organization
[edit]These records have been registered in the official competitions organized by the different federations which have managed this sport at a mondial level, across the time (ISS, FISV, FIS, ...). Today, all the races are supervised by the International Ski Federation (FIS). Nevertheless, this federation doesn't publish any record.
Speed skiing is performed in two principal categories :
- Speed One (S1), the best class, performed with specific speed skiing equipment
- S2, the second class, performed with standard alpine skiing equipment (also called Production then Speed Downhil (SDH))
Records are existing for theses 2 categories, and also for age sub-categories (Juniors U21 : under 21 years old, ...)
These records have been established on the quickest tracks of each time. In 2022, the quickest active track is Chabrières in Vars (France). Furthermore, one specific race (Speedmasters) is organized every year for permitting skiers to approach these records, at the period where the track is the quicker (end of March).
Otherwise, other speed sports use skis : monoski, snowboard, telemark, skibob, snowscoot. Their Speed records are also established on the same tracks.
Current records
[edit]Men
[edit]Discipline | Category | Name | Nation | Speed | Date | Location |
Ski | S1 | Simon Billy | ![]() | 255,500 km/h | March 22, 2023 | ![]() |
Ski | S1 Junior | Ivan Origone | ![]() | 250,700 km/h | 2006 | ![]() |
Ski | S2 | Gregory Meichtry | ![]() | 211,020 km/h | 2014 | ![]() |
Ski | S2 Junior | Jimmy Montès | ![]() | 204,890 km/h | 2006 | ![]() |
Ski | Handisport | Michael Milton | ![]() | 213,650 km/h | 2006 | ![]() |
Monoski | — | Xavier Cousseau | ![]() | 212,260 km/h | 2006 | ![]() |
Snowboard | — | Edmond Plawczyk | ![]() | 203,275 km/h | 2015 | ![]() |
Telemark | — | Mao Alban | ![]() | 188,482 km/h | 2018 | ![]() |
Skibob | — | Romuald Bonvin | ![]() | 204,430 km/h | 2006 | ![]() |
Snowscoot | — | Corentin Desbois | ![]() | 168,382 km/h | 2017 | ![]() |
Women
[edit]Discipline | Category | Name | Nation | Speed | Date | Location |
Ski | S1 | Valentina Greggio | ![]() | 247,083 km/h | March 26, 2016 | ![]() |
Ski | S2 | Valentina Greggio | ![]() | 202,576 km/h | 2013 | ![]() |
Ski | S2 Junior | Charlotte Bar | ![]() | 200,511 km/h | 2006 | ![]() |
Monoski | — | Patty Moll | ![]() | 145,000 km/h | 2003 | ![]() |
S1 record history
[edit]Men
[edit]Order | Name | Nation | Speed | Year | Location |
1 | Gustav Lantschner | ![]() | 105,675 km/h | 1930 | ![]() |
2 | Leo Gasperl | ![]() | 136,600 km/h | 1932[1] | ![]() |
3 | Zeno Colò | ![]() | 159,292 km/h | 1947 | ![]() |
4 | Edoardo Agreiter | ![]() | 160,714 km/h | 1959 | ![]() |
5 | Luigi Di Marco | ![]() | 163,265 km/h | 1960 | ![]() |
6 | Alfred Planger | ![]() | 168,224 km/h | 1963 | ![]() |
7 | Dick Dorworth | ![]() | 171,428 km/h | 1963 | ![]() |
7 | Charles Bird Vaughan | ![]() | 171,428 km/h | 1963 | ![]() |
9 | Luigi Di Marco | ![]() | 174,757 km/h | 1964 | ![]() |
10 | Masaru Morishita | ![]() | 183,392 km/h | 1970 | ![]() |
11 | Alessandro Casse | ![]() | 184,143 km/h | 1971 | ![]() |
— | Alessandro Casse | ![]() | 184,237 km/h | 1973 | ![]() |
12 | Steve McKinney | ![]() | 189,473 km/h | 1974 | ![]() |
13 | Pino Meynet | ![]() | 194,384 km/h | 1975 | ![]() |
14 | Tom Simmons | ![]() | 194,489 km/h | 1976 | ![]() |
— | Steve McKinney | ![]() | 195,200 km/h | 1977 | ![]() |
— | Steve McKinney | ![]() | 195,975 km/h | 1977 | ![]() |
— | Steve McKinney | ![]() | 200,222 km/h | 1978 | ![]() |
— | Steve McKinney | ![]() | 201,230 km/h | 1982 | ![]() |
15 | Franz Weber | ![]() | 203,916 km/h | 1982 | ![]() |
— | Franz Weber | ![]() | 208,092 km/h | 1983 | ![]() |
— | Franz Weber | ![]() | 208,937 km/h | 1984 | ![]() |
16 | Graham Wilkie | ![]() | 212,514 km/h | 1987 | ![]() |
17 | Michael Prufer | ![]() | 217,680 km/h | 1987 | ![]() |
— | Michael Prufer | ![]() | 223,741 km/h | 1988 | ![]() |
— | Michael Prufer | ![]() | 229,299 km/h | 1992 | ![]() |
18 | Philippe Goitschel | ![]() | 233,610 km/h | 1993 | ![]() |
19 | Jeffrey Hamilton | ![]() | 241,448 km/h | 1995 | ![]() |
20 | Philippe Billy | ![]() | 243,902 km/h | 1997 | ![]() |
21 | Harry Egger | ![]() | 248,105 km/h | 1999 | ![]() |
— | Philippe Goitschel | ![]() | 250,700 km/h | 2002 | ![]() |
22 | Simone Origone | ![]() | 251,397 km/h | 2006 | ![]() |
— | Simone Origone | ![]() | 252,454 km/h | 2014 | ![]() |
— | Simone Origone | ![]() | 252,632 km/h | 2015 | ![]() |
23 | Ivan Origone | ![]() | 254,958 km/h | 2016 | ![]() |
24 | Simon Billy | ![]() | 255,500 km/h | 2023 | ![]() |
Women
[edit]Order | Name | Nation | Speed | Year | Location |
1 | Christl Staffner | ![]() | 143,027 km/h | 1964 | ![]() |
2 | Catherine Breyton | ![]() | 165,000 km/h | 1978 | ![]() |
— | Catherine Breyton | ![]() | 169,332 km/h | 1980 | ![]() |
3 | Annie Breyton | ![]() | 175,353 km/h | 1982 | ![]() |
4 | Marti Martin-Kuntz | ![]() | 190,375 km/h | 1983 | ![]() |
5 | Melissa Dimino | ![]() | 200,780 km/h | 1984 | ![]() |
6 | Jacqueline Blanc | ![]() | 201,005 km/h | 1987 | ![]() |
7 | Tarja Mulari | ![]() | 214,413 km/h | 1988 | ![]() |
— | Tarja Mulari | ![]() | 219,245 km/h | 1992 | ![]() |
8 | Karine Dubouchet Revol | ![]() | 225,000 km/h | 1995 | ![]() |
— | Karine Dubouchet Revol | ![]() | 225,140 km/h | 1996 | ![]() |
— | Karine Dubouchet Revol | ![]() | 225,766 km/h | 1996 | ![]() |
9 | Carolyn Curl | ![]() | 231,660 km/h | 1997 | ![]() |
— | Karine Dubouchet Revol | ![]() | 234,528 km/h | 1999 | ![]() |
— | Karine Dubouchet Revol | ![]() | 242,260 km/h | 2002 | ![]() |
10 | Sanna Tidstrand | ![]() | 242,590 km/h | 2006 | ![]() |
11 | Valentina Greggio | ![]() | 247,083 km/h | 2016 | ![]() |
S1 best performers of all times
[edit]Men
[edit]Rank | Name | Nation | Speed | Year | Location | Note |
1 | Simon Billy | ![]() | 255,500 km/h | 2023 | ![]() | France record |
2 | Ivan Origone | ![]() | 254,958 km/h | 2016 | ![]() | Italy record |
3 | Simone Origone | ![]() | 254,05 km/h | 2023 | ![]() | |
4 | Manuel Kramer | ![]() | 252,84 km/h | 2023 | ![]() | Austria record |
5 | Bastien Montès | ![]() | 251,397 km/h | 2016 | ![]() | |
6 | Jonathan Moret | ![]() | 250,80 km/h | 2023 | ![]() | Switzerland record |
7 | Philippe Goitschel | ![]() | 250,700 km/h | 2002 | ![]() | |
8 | Philippe May | ![]() | 250,000 km/h | 2006 | ![]() | |
9 | Laurent Sistach | ![]() | 249,653 km/h | 2002 | ![]() | |
10 | Jukka Viitasaari | ![]() | 248,791 km/h | 2006 | ![]() | Finland record |
11 | Tawny Wagstaff | ![]() | 248,61 km/h | 2023 | ![]() | New Zealand record |
12 | Michal Bekes | ![]() | 248,550 km/h | 2023 | ![]() | Slovak record |
13 | Klaus Schrottshammer | ![]() | 248,447 km/h | 2016 | ![]() | |
14 | Radim Palan | ![]() | 248,220 km/h | 2023 | ![]() | Czech Republic record |
15 | Harry Egger | ![]() | 248,105 km/h | 1999 | ![]() | |
16 | Christian Jansson | ![]() | 248,105 km/h | 2017 | ![]() | Sweden record |
17 | Ross Anderson | ![]() | 247,934 km/h | 2006 | ![]() | United States record |
17 | Martin Lachaud | ![]() | 247,934 km/h | 2006 | ![]() | |
19 | Nikolay Pimkin | ![]() | 247,763 km/h | 2016 | ![]() | Russia record |
20 | Roger Wickman | ![]() | 247,253 km/h | 2006 | ![]() | |
21 | John Hembel | ![]() | 246,238 km/h | 2002 | ![]() | |
22 | Tor Schultze | ![]() | 245,734 km/h | 2006 | ![]() | |
23 | Marc Poncin | ![]() | 245,232 km/h | 2005 | ![]() | United Kingdom record |
24 | Johan Rousseau | ![]() | 245,065 km/h | 2005 | ![]() | |
25 | Chris Wikler | ![]() | 244,898 km/h | 2006 | ![]() | |
26 | Jedrezj Dobrowolski | ![]() | 244,233 km/h | 2016 | ![]() | Poland record |
27 | Philippe Billy | ![]() | 243,902 km/h | 1997 | ![]() | |
28 | Meryn Vunderink | ![]() | 243,902 km/h | 2005 | ![]() | Netherlands record |
29 | Radek Cermak | ![]() | 243,572 km/h | 2017 | ![]() | |
30 | Michel Goumoens | ![]() | 243,408 km/h | 2005 | ![]() | |
31 | Serge Perroud | ![]() | 243,408 km/h | 2006 | ![]() | |
32 | Jeffrey Hamilton | ![]() | 242,915 km/h | 1997 | ![]() | |
33 | Martin Hochrainer | ![]() | 242,751 km/h | 2006 | ![]() |
Women
[edit]Rank | Name | Nation | Speed | Year | Location | Note |
1 | Valentina Greggio | ![]() | 247,083 km/h | 2016 | ![]() | Italy record |
2 | Britta Backlund | ![]() | 244,93 km/h | 2023 | ![]() | Sweden record |
3 | Sanna Tidstrand | ![]() | 242,588km/h | 2006 | ![]() | |
4 | Karine Dubouchet | ![]() | 242,261 km/h | 2002 | ![]() | France record |
5 | Tracie Sachs | ![]() | 238,570 km/h | 2006 | ![]() | United States record |
6 | Elena Banfo | ![]() | 238,410 km/h | 2006 | ![]() | |
7 | Kati Metsapelto | ![]() | 237,780 km/h | 2006 | ![]() | Finland record |
8 | Cléa Martinez | ![]() | 234,78 km/h | 2023 | ![]() | |
9 | Célia Martinez | ![]() | 233,010 km/h | 2016 | ![]() | |
10 | Linda Baginski | ![]() | 231,959 km/h | 2014 | ![]() | |
11 | Carolyn Curl | ![]() | 231,660 km/h | 1999 | ![]() | |
12 | Jaana Viitasaari | ![]() | 229,740 km/h | 2002 | ![]() | |
13 | Liss-Anne Pettersen | ![]() | 228,715 km/h | 2013 | ![]() | Norway record |
14 | Hannamiina Tanninen | ![]() | 227,850 km/h | 2006 | ![]() | |
15 | Régine Bianco | ![]() | 225,846 km/h | 1997 | ![]() | Switzerland record |
16 | Seraina Murk | ![]() | 222,910 km/h | 2016 | ![]() | |
17 | Lisa Hovland-Udén | ![]() | 220,990 km/h | 2019 | ![]() | |
18 | Tarja Mulari | ![]() | 219,250 km/h | 1992 | ![]() | |
19 | Nicole Schmidhofer | ![]() | 217,786 km/h | 2019 | ![]() | Austria record |
20 | Mathilda Persson | ![]() | 217,49 km/h | 2024 | ![]() | |
21 | Laurence Leuba | ![]() | 216,606 km/h | 1998 | ![]() | |
22 | Agnes Abrahamsson | ![]() | 216,13 km/h | 2024 | ![]() | |
23 | Aleisha Cline | ![]() | 215,054 km/h | 1993 | ![]() | Canada record |
24 | Marta Visa Carol | ![]() | 214,61 km/h | 2024 | ![]() | Spain record |
25 | Teria Davies | ![]() | 214,160 km/h | 2002 | ![]() | |
26 | Mira Saarikettu | ![]() | 213,904 km/h | 1993 | ![]() | |
27 | Cornelia Thun Sandström | ![]() | 213,32 km/h | 2024 | ![]() | |
28 | Kaori Yamazaki | ![]() | 212,640 km/h | 2006 | ![]() | Japan record |
29 | Jacqueline Blanc | ![]() | 211,143 km/h | 1988 | ![]() | |
30 | Renata Kolarova | ![]() | 210,526 km/h | 1993 | ![]() | |
31 | Heini Pipponen | ![]() | 210,160 km/h | 2005 | ![]() | |
32 | Anna Morin | ![]() | 209,790 km/h | 1992 | ![]() | |
33 | Françoise Béguin | ![]() | 209,546 km/h | 1992 | ![]() | |
34 | Ulla Riimaki | ![]() | 208,575 km/h | 1996 | ![]() |
References
[edit]- ^ Reinhard Straumann: Das 3te Kilometerlancé auf Ski in St. Moritz. In: Der Schneehase. Jahrbuch des Schweizerischen Akademischen Ski-Clubs. Bd. 2, No. 6, 1932, S. 240–244.
- "SPEED SKIING WORLD RECORDS FROM 1874 TO 1999". www.skiinghistory.org. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
- "SPEED SKI WORLD RECORDS HISTORY WOMEN" (PDF). www.swiss-kl.com. Retrieved February 21, 2021.