Feb/2nd/1999 SGS Alpine Ski World Championship, in Vail, U.S. course distance 1,932 metres long, vertical drop 611 metres, 36 gates. Rank Name (Nation) Time[seconds[ 1. Lasse Kjus (Norway) 1:14.53 1. Hermann Maier (Austria) 1:14.53 3. Hans Knauss (Austria) 1:14.54 4. Stephan Eberharter (Austria) 1:14.75 5. Paul Accola (Switzerland) 1:14.79 6. Chad Fleischer (U.S.) 1:14.81 7. Steve Locher (Switzerland) 1:15.27 8. Didier Cuche (Switzerland) 1:15.37 9. Kjetil Andre Aamodt (Norway) 1:15.38 10. Kristian Ghedina (Italy) 1:15.63 11. Kenneth Sivertsen (Norway) 1:15.77 12. Fredrik Nyberg (Sweden) 1:15.85 13. Daron Rahlves (U.S.) 1:15.87 14. Peter Runggaldier (Italy) 1:16.07 15. Patrik Jaerbyn (Sweden) 1:16.08 16. Rainer Salzgeber (Austria) 1:16.20 17. Bruno Kernen (Switzerland) 1:16.24 18. Sebastien Fournier (France) 1:16.48 19. Alessandro Fattori (Italy) 1:16.50 20. Stefan Stankalla (Germany) 1:16.61 21. Darin McBeath (Canada) 1:16.71 22. Andreas Ertl (Germany) 1:16.84 23. Ales Brezavsek (Slovenia) 1:16.93 24. Luca Cattaneo (Italy) 1:17.05 25. A.J. Bear (Australia) 1:17.10 26. Bode Miller (U.S.) 1:17.12 27. Lasse Paulsen (Norway) 1:17.15 28. Yasayuki Takishita (Japan) 1:17.25 29. Gregor Sparovec (Slovenia) 1:17.28 30. Sami Uotila (Finland) 1:17.41 31. Andrej Filischkin (Russia) 1:17.55 32. Ivica Kostelic (Croatia) 1:17.80 33. Vincent LaVoie (Canada) 1:18.04 34. Craig Branch (Australia) 1:18.26 35. Mike Giannelli (Canada) 1:18.33 36. Andrew Freshwater (Britain) 1:18.57 37. Kalle Palander (Finland) 1:18.79 38. Santi Lopez (Andorra) 1:20.05 39. Hayo Wareman (Netherlands) 1:20.45 40. Alexander Heath (South Africa) 1:21.85 41. Cristian Simari Birkner (Argentina)1:21.99 42. Paul Schwarzacher-Joyce (Ireland) 1:22.89 43. Jeroen Van den Bogaert (Belgium) 1:23.72 44. Goderdzi Dasvani (Georgia) 1:25.99 Did not start: Thomas Loedler (Croatia) Igor Ioudine (Belarus) Did not finish: Casey Puckett (U.S.) Jernej Koblar (Slovenia) Enis Becirbecovic (Bosnia) Andrej Prevuznak (Slovakia) Thomas Grob (Chile) Peter Van de Velde (Belgium)