Speed skiing world records are the highest speeds reached in the different categories of this sport.
Organization
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
Men
| Discipline
|
Category
|
Name
|
Nation
|
Speed
|
Date
|
Location
|
| Ski
|
S1
|
Simon Billy
|
File:Flag of France.svg France
|
255,500 km/h
|
March 22, 2023
|
France Vars
|
| Ski
|
S1 Junior
|
Ivan Origone
|
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
|
250,700 km/h
|
2006
|
France Les Arcs
|
| Ski
|
S2
|
Gregory Meichtry
|
File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland
|
211,020 km/h
|
2014
|
France Vars
|
| Ski
|
S2 Junior
|
Jimmy Montès
|
File:Flag of France.svg France
|
204,890 km/h
|
2006
|
France Les Arcs
|
| Ski
|
Handisport
|
Michael Milton
|
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
|
213,650 km/h
|
2006
|
France Les Arcs
|
| Monoski
|
—
|
Xavier Cousseau
|
File:Flag of France.svg France
|
212,260 km/h
|
2006
|
France Les Arcs
|
| Snowboard
|
—
|
Edmond Plawczyk
|
File:Flag of France.svg France
|
203,275 km/h
|
2015
|
France Vars
|
| Telemark
|
—
|
Mao Alban
|
File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland
|
188,482 km/h
|
2018
|
France Vars
|
| Skibob
|
—
|
Romuald Bonvin
|
File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland
|
204,430 km/h
|
2006
|
France Les Arcs
|
| Snowscoot
|
—
|
Corentin Desbois
|
File:Flag of France.svg France
|
168,382 km/h
|
2017
|
France Vars
|
Women
S1 record history
Men
| Order
|
Name
|
Nation
|
Speed
|
Year
|
Location
|
| 1
|
Gustav Lantschner
|
File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria
|
105,675 km/h
|
1930
|
Switzerland Saint-Moritz
|
| 2
|
Leo Gasperl
|
File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria
|
136,600 km/h
|
1932[1]
|
Switzerland Saint-Moritz
|
| 3
|
Zeno Colò
|
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
|
159,292 km/h
|
1947
|
Italy Cervinia
|
| 4
|
Edoardo Agreiter
|
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
|
160,714 km/h
|
1959
|
Italy Sestriere
|
| 5
|
Luigi Di Marco
|
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
|
163,265 km/h
|
1960
|
Italy Cervinia
|
| 6
|
Alfred Planger
|
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
|
168,224 km/h
|
1963
|
Italy Cervinia
|
| 7
|
Dick Dorworth
|
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
|
171,428 km/h
|
1963
|
Chile Portillo
|
| 7
|
Charles Bird Vaughan
|
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
|
171,428 km/h
|
1963
|
Chile Portillo
|
| 9
|
Luigi Di Marco
|
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
|
174,757 km/h
|
1964
|
Italy Cervinia
|
| 10
|
Masaru Morishita
|
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
|
183,392 km/h
|
1970
|
Italy Cervinia
|
| 11
|
Alessandro Casse
|
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
|
184,143 km/h
|
1971
|
Italy Cervinia
|
| —
|
Alessandro Casse
|
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
|
184,237 km/h
|
1973
|
Italy Cervinia
|
| 12
|
Steve McKinney
|
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
|
189,473 km/h
|
1974
|
Italy Cervinia
|
| 13
|
Pino Meynet
|
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
|
194,384 km/h
|
1975
|
Italy Cervinia
|
| 14
|
Tom Simmons
|
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
|
194,489 km/h
|
1976
|
Italy Cervinia
|
| —
|
Steve McKinney
|
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
|
195,200 km/h
|
1977
|
Chile Portillo
|
| —
|
Steve McKinney
|
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
|
195,975 km/h
|
1977
|
Italy Cervinia
|
| —
|
Steve McKinney
|
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
|
200,222 km/h
|
1978
|
Chile Portillo
|
| —
|
Steve McKinney
|
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
|
201,230 km/h
|
1982
|
France Les Arcs
|
| 15
|
Franz Weber
|
File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria
|
203,916 km/h
|
1982
|
United States Silverton
|
| —
|
Franz Weber
|
File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria
|
208,092 km/h
|
1983
|
United States Silverton
|
| —
|
Franz Weber
|
File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria
|
208,937 km/h
|
1984
|
France Les Arcs
|
| 16
|
Graham Wilkie
|
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
|
212,514 km/h
|
1987
|
France Les Arcs
|
| 17
|
Michael Prufer
|
File:Flag of France.svg France
|
217,680 km/h
|
1987
|
Chile Portillo
|
| —
|
Michael Prufer
|
File:Flag of France.svg France
|
223,741 km/h
|
1988
|
France Les Arcs
|
| —
|
Michael Prufer
|
File:Flag of France.svg France
|
229,299 km/h
|
1992
|
France Les Arcs
|
| 18
|
Philippe Goitschel
|
File:Flag of France.svg France
|
233,610 km/h
|
1993
|
France Les Arcs
|
| 19
|
Jeffrey Hamilton
|
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
|
241,448 km/h
|
1995
|
France Vars
|
| 20
|
Philippe Billy
|
File:Flag of France.svg France
|
243,902 km/h
|
1997
|
France Vars
|
| 21
|
Harry Egger
|
File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria
|
248,105 km/h
|
1999
|
France Les Arcs
|
| —
|
Philippe Goitschel
|
File:Flag of France.svg France
|
250,700 km/h
|
2002
|
France Les Arcs
|
| 22
|
Simone Origone
|
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
|
251,397 km/h
|
2006
|
France Les Arcs
|
| —
|
Simone Origone
|
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
|
252,454 km/h
|
2014
|
France Vars
|
| —
|
Simone Origone
|
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
|
252,632 km/h
|
2015
|
France Vars
|
| 23
|
Ivan Origone
|
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
|
254,958 km/h
|
2016
|
France Vars
|
| 24
|
Simon Billy
|
File:Flag of France.svg France
|
255,500 km/h
|
2023
|
France Vars
|
Women
| Order
|
Name
|
Nation
|
Speed
|
Year
|
Location
|
| 1
|
Christl Staffner
|
File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria
|
143,027 km/h
|
1964
|
Italy Cervinia
|
| 2
|
Catherine Breyton
|
File:Flag of France.svg France
|
165,000 km/h
|
1978
|
Chile Portillo
|
| —
|
Catherine Breyton
|
File:Flag of France.svg France
|
169,332 km/h
|
1980
|
United States Silverton
|
| 3
|
Annie Breyton
|
File:Flag of France.svg France
|
175,353 km/h
|
1982
|
France Les Arcs
|
| 4
|
Marti Martin-Kuntz
|
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
|
190,375 km/h
|
1983
|
France Les Arcs
|
| 5
|
Melissa Dimino
|
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
|
200,780 km/h
|
1984
|
France Les Arcs
|
| 6
|
Jacqueline Blanc
|
File:Flag of France.svg France
|
201,005 km/h
|
1987
|
France Les Arcs
|
| 7
|
Tarja Mulari
|
File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland
|
214,413 km/h
|
1988
|
France Les Arcs
|
| —
|
Tarja Mulari
|
File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland
|
219,245 km/h
|
1992
|
France Les Arcs
|
| 8
|
Karine Dubouchet Revol
|
File:Flag of France.svg France
|
225,000 km/h
|
1995
|
France Vars
|
| —
|
Karine Dubouchet Revol
|
File:Flag of France.svg France
|
225,140 km/h
|
1996
|
France Vars
|
| —
|
Karine Dubouchet Revol
|
File:Flag of France.svg France
|
225,766 km/h
|
1996
|
France Les Arcs
|
| 9
|
Carolyn Curl
|
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
|
231,660 km/h
|
1997
|
France Vars
|
| —
|
Karine Dubouchet Revol
|
File:Flag of France.svg France
|
234,528 km/h
|
1999
|
France Les Arcs
|
| —
|
Karine Dubouchet Revol
|
File:Flag of France.svg France
|
242,260 km/h
|
2002
|
France Les Arcs
|
| 10
|
Sanna Tidstrand
|
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
|
242,590 km/h
|
2006
|
France Les Arcs
|
| 11
|
Valentina Greggio
|
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
|
247,083 km/h
|
2016
|
France Vars
|
S1 best performers of all times
Men
| Rank
|
Name
|
Nation
|
Speed
|
Year
|
Location
|
Note
|
| 1
|
Simon Billy
|
File:Flag of France.svg France
|
255,500 km/h
|
2023
|
France Vars
|
France record
|
| 2
|
Ivan Origone
|
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
|
254,958 km/h
|
2016
|
France Vars
|
Italy record
|
| 3
|
Simone Origone
|
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
|
254,05 km/h
|
2023
|
France Vars
|
|
| 4
|
Manuel Kramer
|
File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria
|
252,84 km/h
|
2023
|
France Vars
|
Austria record
|
| 5
|
Bastien Montès
|
File:Flag of France.svg France
|
251,397 km/h
|
2016
|
France Vars
|
|
| 6
|
Jonathan Moret
|
File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland
|
250,80 km/h
|
2023
|
France Vars
|
Switzerland record
|
| 7
|
Philippe Goitschel
|
File:Flag of France.svg France
|
250,700 km/h
|
2002
|
France Les Arcs
|
|
| 8
|
Philippe May
|
File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland
|
250,000 km/h
|
2006
|
France Les Arcs
|
|
| 9
|
Laurent Sistach
|
File:Flag of France.svg France
|
249,653 km/h
|
2002
|
France Les Arcs
|
|
| 10
|
Jukka Viitasaari
|
File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland
|
248,791 km/h
|
2006
|
France Les Arcs
|
Finland record
|
| 11
|
Tawny Wagstaff
|
File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
|
248,61 km/h
|
2023
|
France Vars
|
New Zealand record
|
| 12
|
Michal Bekes
|
File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia
|
248,550 km/h
|
2023
|
France Vars
|
Slovak record
|
| 13
|
Klaus Schrottshammer
|
File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria
|
248,447 km/h
|
2016
|
France Vars
|
|
| 14
|
Radim Palan
|
File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic
|
248,220 km/h
|
2023
|
France Vars
|
Czech Republic record
|
| 15
|
Harry Egger
|
File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria
|
248,105 km/h
|
1999
|
France Les Arcs
|
|
| 16
|
Christian Jansson
|
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
|
248,105 km/h
|
2017
|
France Vars
|
Sweden record
|
| 17
|
Ross Anderson
|
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
|
247,934 km/h
|
2006
|
France Les Arcs
|
United States record
|
| 17
|
Martin Lachaud
|
File:Flag of France.svg France
|
247,934 km/h
|
2006
|
France Les Arcs
|
|
| 19
|
Nikolay Pimkin
|
File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia
|
247,763 km/h
|
2016
|
France Vars
|
Russia record
|
| 20
|
Roger Wickman
|
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
|
247,253 km/h
|
2006
|
France Les Arcs
|
|
| 21
|
John Hembel
|
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
|
246,238 km/h
|
2002
|
France Les Arcs
|
|
| 22
|
Tor Schultze
|
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
|
245,734 km/h
|
2006
|
France Les Arcs
|
|
| 23
|
Marc Poncin
|
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
|
245,232 km/h
|
2005
|
France Les Arcs
|
United Kingdom record
|
| 24
|
Johan Rousseau
|
File:Flag of France.svg France
|
245,065 km/h
|
2005
|
France Les Arcs
|
|
| 25
|
Chris Wikler
|
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
|
244,898 km/h
|
2006
|
France Les Arcs
|
|
| 26
|
Jedrezj Dobrowolski
|
File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland
|
244,233 km/h
|
2016
|
France Vars
|
Poland record
|
| 27
|
Philippe Billy
|
File:Flag of France.svg France
|
243,902 km/h
|
1997
|
France Vars
|
|
| 28
|
Meryn Vunderink
|
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
|
243,902 km/h
|
2005
|
France Les Arcs
|
Netherlands record
|
| 29
|
Radek Cermak
|
File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic
|
243,572 km/h
|
2017
|
France Vars
|
|
| 30
|
Michel Goumoens
|
File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland
|
243,408 km/h
|
2005
|
France Les Arcs
|
|
| 31
|
Serge Perroud
|
File:Flag of France.svg France
|
243,408 km/h
|
2006
|
France Les Arcs
|
|
| 32
|
Jeffrey Hamilton
|
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
|
242,915 km/h
|
1997
|
France Les Arcs
|
|
| 33
|
Martin Hochrainer
|
File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria
|
242,751 km/h
|
2006
|
France Les Arcs
|
|
Women
| Rank
|
Name
|
Nation
|
Speed
|
Year
|
Location
|
Note
|
| 1
|
Valentina Greggio
|
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
|
247,083 km/h
|
2016
|
France Vars
|
Italy record
|
| 2
|
Britta Backlund
|
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
|
244,93 km/h
|
2023
|
France Vars
|
Sweden record
|
| 3
|
Sanna Tidstrand
|
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
|
242,588km/h
|
2006
|
France Les Arcs
|
|
| 4
|
Karine Dubouchet
|
File:Flag of France.svg France
|
242,261 km/h
|
2002
|
France Les Arcs
|
France record
|
| 5
|
Tracie Sachs
|
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
|
238,570 km/h
|
2006
|
France Les Arcs
|
United States record
|
| 6
|
Elena Banfo
|
File:Flag of France.svg France
|
238,410 km/h
|
2006
|
France Les Arcs
|
|
| 7
|
Kati Metsapelto
|
File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland
|
237,780 km/h
|
2006
|
France Les Arcs
|
Finland record
|
| 8
|
Cléa Martinez
|
File:Flag of France.svg France
|
234,78 km/h
|
2023
|
France Vars
|
|
| 9
|
Célia Martinez
|
File:Flag of France.svg France
|
233,010 km/h
|
2016
|
France Vars
|
|
| 10
|
Linda Baginski
|
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
|
231,959 km/h
|
2014
|
France Vars
|
|
| 11
|
Carolyn Curl
|
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
|
231,660 km/h
|
1999
|
France Vars
|
|
| 12
|
Jaana Viitasaari
|
File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland
|
229,740 km/h
|
2002
|
France Les Arcs
|
|
| 13
|
Liss-Anne Pettersen
|
File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway
|
228,715 km/h
|
2013
|
France Vars
|
Norway record
|
| 14
|
Hannamiina Tanninen
|
File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland
|
227,850 km/h
|
2006
|
France Les Arcs
|
|
| 15
|
Régine Bianco
|
File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland
|
225,846 km/h
|
1997
|
France Vars
|
Switzerland record
|
| 16
|
Seraina Murk
|
File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland
|
222,910 km/h
|
2016
|
France Vars
|
|
| 17
|
Lisa Hovland-Udén
|
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
|
220,990 km/h
|
2019
|
France Vars
|
|
| 18
|
Tarja Mulari
|
File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland
|
219,250 km/h
|
1992
|
France Les Arcs
|
|
| 19
|
Nicole Schmidhofer
|
File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria
|
217,786 km/h
|
2019
|
France Vars
|
Austria record
|
| 20
|
Mathilda Persson
|
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
|
217,49 km/h
|
2024
|
France Vars
|
|
| 21
|
Laurence Leuba
|
File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland
|
216,606 km/h
|
1998
|
France Vars
|
|
| 22
|
Agnes Abrahamsson
|
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
|
216,13 km/h
|
2024
|
France Vars
|
|
| 23
|
Aleisha Cline
|
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
|
215,054 km/h
|
1993
|
France Les Arcs
|
Canada record
|
| 24
|
Marta Visa Carol
|
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain
|
214,61 km/h
|
2024
|
France Vars
|
Spain record
|
| 25
|
Teria Davies
|
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
|
214,160 km/h
|
2002
|
France Les Arcs
|
|
| 26
|
Mira Saarikettu
|
File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland
|
213,904 km/h
|
1993
|
France Les Arcs
|
|
| 27
|
Cornelia Thun Sandström
|
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
|
213,32 km/h
|
2024
|
France Vars
|
|
| 28
|
Kaori Yamazaki
|
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
|
212,640 km/h
|
2006
|
France Les Arcs
|
Japan record
|
| 29
|
Jacqueline Blanc
|
File:Flag of France.svg France
|
211,143 km/h
|
1988
|
France Les Arcs
|
|
| 30
|
Renata Kolarova
|
File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland
|
210,526 km/h
|
1993
|
France Les Arcs
|
|
| 31
|
Heini Pipponen
|
File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland
|
210,160 km/h
|
2005
|
France Les Arcs
|
|
| 32
|
Anna Morin
|
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
|
209,790 km/h
|
1992
|
France Les Arcs
|
|
| 33
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Françoise Béguin
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209,546 km/h
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1992
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Ulla Riimaki
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208,575 km/h
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1996
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References
- ↑ 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.
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