Next year the combined event was added to the program as a "paper" race which used the results of the downhill and slalom.

A total of twelve countries have hosted the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, including those which were shared with the Winter Olympics.

Note: The men's super-G in 1993 and the team event in 2009 were cancelled due to adverse weather conditions, and no medals were awarded.

Top 10 skiers who won more gold medals at the Alpine Skiing World Championships (including at team events) are listed below.

Only seven skiers (three men and four women) have ever managed to win World championship in four or more different alpine skiing individual disciplines during their career, as listed in the table below.

Anja Pärson of Sweden is the only skier in history to win World Championship golds in five individual disciplines.