I appreciate this video. But I really wish somebody could download the full race, not just Pirmin Zurbriggen's run.

I watched this OVER AND OVER AND OVER again when I was a kid. I seem to remember the first turns of the course being different though. Funny how one pictures it in the mind and it changes over the years. Glad I found this. Brings back memories.

La perfezione sugli sci, unico pirmin

I was only 1 year old during the Calgary Olympics, so I'm no expert. However, from what I've seen of these 80s Alpine Skiing clips, Müller looked a beast only at Downhill skiing, but Zurbriggen could win at every single discipline, from Downhill to Slalom, which almost nobody else could boast. Wasn't Zurbriggen phenomenal to be such a complete skier, capable of beating anyone in any discipline?

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One of the few videos of Calgary 88 where you saw the entire run. I remember spending a long evening cutting up pine boughs and making mulch for track definition. It wasn't until 10 or 12 years later that we started using blue dye.

This dude is the reason why i habe such a stupid Name

I m swiss and they are History if skidh

This was when downhill skis were proper long!

One of the greatest duels of the 80's in alpine skiing: Zurbriggen won World Championship downhill gold in 85' in Bormio ahead of Müller. Two years later in Crans Montana Peter Müller won gold ahead of Zurbriggen. But in Calgary was again Zurbriggen's turn to take gold. Interesting that Müller won 5 consecutive downhill medals at the big events (84-89) but just one gold, the rest were silver.

pirmin - the best ever!

for those of you who don't speak german, at 2:40 he says "scheisse"!! :-) zurbriggen was an absolute maniac on skis..always full out and hell bent to win, a huge contrast to his personality..my all time favorite..

Thanks for sharing this great moment

Mueller was loved by the Swiss ??? Rofl good joke Zurbriggen was one of the best racer ever and much more talented than Mueller

immense Zurbriggen!!!

they were the best ever and it will never be seen again as modern skiers cant handle the pace this sort of skiing demanded ..skeatesy

We must see also this: Zurbriggen only won thanks to the fact that he could run with the number 14 and had the best conditions, while Mueller had to run with the number 1, when it was still snowing strongly. Indeed Mueller was much more loved by the Swiss public, because he was a fighter who hadn't grown up in the mountains like so many others. In 1987, when Mueller became the world champion in Valais, he was whistled by the local public, because he had "dared" beating the "lovely" Zurbriggen.

What a great memory this is... thanks for the upload