Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Alpine Skiing
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
Venue Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort
Krasnaya Polyana, Russia
Dates 9–22 February 2014
No. of events 10
Competitors 327 from 74 nations
Sochi 
Location in European Russia
 Rosa
 Khutor
Sochi 
Locations in Krasnodar Krai

Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held in Russia from 9–22 February at Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort near Krasnaya Polyana, east of Sochi.[1]

Competition schedule

Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort,
the venue for alpine skiing

The following is the competition schedule for all ten events.[2]

All times are (UTC+4).

DateTimeEvent
9 February11:00Men's downhill
10 February11:00Women's super combined
15:00
12 February11:00Women's downhill
14 February10:00Men's super combined
15:30
15 February11:00Women's super-G
16 February10:00Men's super-G
18 February9:30Women's giant slalom
13:00
19 February11:00Men's giant slalom
14:30
21 February16:45Women's slalom
20:15
22 February16:45Men's slalom
20:15

Course information

Date Race Start
elevation		 Finish
elevation		 Vertical
drop		 Course
length		 Average
gradient
Sun   9 Feb Downhill – men 2,045 m (6,709 ft) 970 m (3,182 ft) 1,075 m (3,527 ft) 3.495 km (2.172 mi) 30.8%
Wed 12 Feb Downhill – women 1,755 m (5,758 ft) 965 m (3,166 ft) 790 m (2,592 ft) 2.713 km (1.686 mi) 29.1%
Fri 14 Feb Downhill – (SC) – men 1,947 m (6,388 ft) 970 m (3,182 ft) 977 m (3,205 ft) 3.219 km (2.000 mi) 30.4%
Mon 10 Feb Downhill – (SC) – women  1,755 m (5,758 ft)  965 m (3,166 ft)  790 m (2,592 ft)  2.713 km (1.686 mi) 29.1%
Sun 16 Feb Super-G – men 1,592 m (5,223 ft) 970 m (3,182 ft) 622 m (2,041 ft) 2.096 km (1.302 mi) 29.7%
Sat 15 Feb Super-G – women 1,580 m (5,184 ft) 965 m (3,166 ft) 615 m (2,018 ft) 2.100 km (1.305 mi) 29.3%
Wed 19 Feb Giant slalom – men 1,370 m (4,495 ft) 960 m (3,150 ft) 410 m (1,345 ft)
Tue 18 Feb Giant slalom – women 1,365 m (4,478 ft) 965 m (3,166 ft) 400 m (1,312 ft)
Sat 22 Feb Slalom – men 1,160 m (3,806 ft) 960 m (3,150 ft) 200 m (656 ft)   
Fri 21 Feb Slalom – women 1,160 m (3,806 ft) 960 m (3,150 ft) 200 m (656 ft)   
Fri 14 Feb Slalom – (SC) – men 1,160 m (3,806 ft) 960 m (3,150 ft) 200 m (656 ft)   
Mon 10 Feb Slalom – (SC) – women 1,160 m (3,806 ft) 960 m (3,150 ft) 200 m (656 ft)   

Medal summary

Several age records in alpine skiing were set at these Olympic Games:

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Austria (AUT)3429
2 United States (USA)2125
3 Switzerland (SUI)2013
4 Slovenia (SLO)2002
5 Germany (GER)1113
6 Norway (NOR)1023
7 France (FRA)0112
 Italy (ITA)0112
9 Croatia (CRO)0101
10 Canada (CAN)0011
Totals (10 nations)1191131

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Downhill
 Matthias Mayer
 Austria		2:06.23 Christof Innerhofer
 Italy		2:06.29 Kjetil Jansrud
 Norway		2:06.33
Super-G
 Kjetil Jansrud
 Norway		1:18.14 Andrew Weibrecht
 United States		1:18.44 Jan Hudec
 Canada
Bode Miller
 United States		1:18.67
Giant slalom
 Ted Ligety
 United States		2:45.29 Steve Missillier
 France		2:45.77 Alexis Pinturault
 France		2:45.93
Slalom
 Mario Matt
 Austria		1:41.84 Marcel Hirscher
 Austria		1:42.12 Henrik Kristoffersen
 Norway		1:42.67
Combined
 Sandro Viletta
 Switzerland		2:45.20 Ivica Kostelić
 Croatia		2:45.54 Christof Innerhofer
 Italy		2:45.67

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Downhill
 Tina Maze
 Slovenia
Dominique Gisin
 Switzerland		1:41.57 Not awarded Lara Gut
 Switzerland		1:41.67
Super-G
 Anna Fenninger
 Austria		1:25.52 Maria Höfl-Riesch
 Germany		1:26.07 Nicole Hosp
 Austria		1:26.18
Giant slalom
 Tina Maze
 Slovenia		2:36.87 Anna Fenninger
 Austria		2:36.94 Viktoria Rebensburg
 Germany		2:37.14
Slalom
 Mikaela Shiffrin
 United States		1:44.54 Marlies Schild
 Austria		1:45.07 Kathrin Zettel
 Austria		1:45.35
Combined
 Maria Höfl-Riesch
 Germany		2:34.62 Nicole Hosp
 Austria		2:35.02 Julia Mancuso
 United States		2:35.15
  • Two gold medals were awarded in the downhill, the first-ever tie for gold in an Olympic alpine skiing event; no silver medal was awarded.[7]

Qualification

A maximum of 320 (later adjusted to 350 by the International Ski Federation) quota spots were available to athletes to compete at the games. A maximum of 22 athletes could be entered by a National Olympic Committee, with a maximum of 14 men or 14 women. There were two qualification standards for the games: an A standard and a B standard.[8]

Participating nations

327 athletes from 74 nations were scheduled to participate, with number of athletes in parentheses. Only 319 athletes competed in actual competition as the other 8 athletes suffered injuries during training. Four nations qualified for the Winter Olympics for the first time, and hence competed in alpine skiing for the first time as well: Malta, Timor-Leste, Togo and Zimbabwe.[9] Moreover, both Venezuela and Thailand made their Olympic debuts in the sport. One of Thailand's skiers was world-renowned concert violinist "Vanessa-Mae" Vanakorn.[10] India's athletes initially competed as Independent Olympic Participants, as the Indian Olympic Association was suspended by the International Olympic Committee,[11] but the suspension had since been lifted.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "Rosa Khutor" Alpine Center". SOOC. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
  2. ↑ "Alpine Skiing Schedule and Results". SOOC. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
  3. ↑ "Bode Miller becomes oldest Olympic Alpine skiing medallist with bronze". The Guardian. Reuters. 16 February 2014.
  4. ↑ Holpuch, Amanda (21 February 2014). "USA's Mikaela Shiffrin youngest-ever gold medal winner in slalom". The Guardian.
  5. 1 2 Pennington, Bill (22 February 2014). "Slalom Champion Sets an Age Record". New York Times.
  6. ↑ Ng, Curtis (16 February 2014). "Jan Hudec bronze snaps Canadian alpine medal drought". cbc.ca. Archived from the original on 2014-02-16. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  7. ↑ Pennington, Bill (12 February 2014). "In Women's Downhill, a Nice Round Historic Tie". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  8. ↑ "Qualification Systems for XXII Olympic Winter Games, Sochi 2014" (PDF). International Ski Federation. December 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
  9. ↑ MacKenzie, Eric (16 January 2014). "Sochi Spotlight: Zimbabwe's first Winter Olympian". Pique Newsmagazine. Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  10. ↑ Knapton, Sarah (24 January 2014). "Winter Olympics 2014: violinist Vanessa-Mae to ski for Thailand at the Sochi Games". Daily Telegraph. London.
  11. ↑ "Shiva Kesavan hopes India's suspension lifted before Sochi Olympics". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Associated Press. 18 December 2013. Archived from the original on 29 January 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
  12. ↑ "International Olympic Committee reinstates India at Sochi after ban". CNN. 24 October 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  • FIS-Ski.com – alpine skiing – 2014 Winter Olympics – Sochi, Russia
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.