Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's super-G

The Men's Super-G competition of the Nagano 1998 Olympics was held at Hakuba on Monday, February 16.[1][2]

Men's Super-G
at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueHakuba
DateFebruary 16
Competitors45 from 22 nations
Winning time1:34.82
Medalists
Hermann Maier  Austria
Hans Knauss  Austria
Didier Cuche  Switzerland
Alpine skiing at the
1998 Winter Olympics
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Men's Super-G
LocationHakuba – Happo-One
Olympic Course I
Vertical   650 m (2,133 ft)
Top elevation1,490 m (4,888 ft)  
Base elevation   840 m (2,756 ft)

The defending world champion was Atle Skardal of Norway, France's Luc Alphand was the defending World Cup Super G champion,[3][4] and Markus Wasmeier of Germany was the defending Olympic champion; all three had since retired from competition.

Just three days after a spectacular crash in the downhill, Austria's Hermann Maier returned to win the gold medal, and teammate Hans Knauss tied for the silver with Didier Cuche of Switzerland.[5][6]

The course started at an elevation of 1,490 m (4,888 ft) above sea level with a vertical drop of 650 m (2,133 ft) and a course length of 2.407 km (1.50 mi). Maier's winning time of 94.82 seconds yielded an average course speed of 91.386 km/h (56.8 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 6.855 m/s (22.5 ft/s).

Results

The race was started at 08:45 local time, (UTC +9). At the starting gate, the skies were clear, the temperature was −3.2 °C (26.2 °F), and the snow condition was hard; the temperature at the finish at −2.5 °C (27.5 °F).

Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference
8Hermann Maier Austria1:34.82—
17Hans Knauss Austria1:35.43+0.61
6 Didier Cuche Switzerland
4 24Alessandro Fattori Italy1:35.61+0.79
5 15Kjetil André Aamodt Norway1:35.67+0.85
6 13Patrik Järbyn Sweden1:35.72+0.90
7 11Daron Rahlves United States1:35.96+1.14
8 22Tommy Moe United States1:35.97+1.15
9 5Lasse Kjus Norway1:36.25+1.43
10 14Fredrik Nyberg Sweden1:36.31+1.49
11 16Bruno Kernen Switzerland1:36.37+1.55
12 36Brian Stemmle Canada1:36.40+1.58
13 25Kyle Rasmussen United States1:36.52+1.70
14 12Steve Locher Switzerland1:36.62+1.80
15 3Werner Perathoner Italy1:36.64+1.82
16 9Kristian Ghedina Italy1:36.70+1.88
17 30Jernej Koblar Slovenia1:36.84+2.02
18 2Paul Accola Switzerland1:36.87+2.05
19 10Peter Runggaldier Italy1:37.00+2.18
4 Andreas Schifferer Austria
21 28Andrey Filichkin Russia1:37.29+2.47
22 32Enis Bećirbegović Bosnia and Herzegovina1:37.58+2.76
23 18Peter Pen Slovenia1:37.81+2.99
24 33Tsuyoshi Tomii Japan1:37.86+3.04
25 1Jean-Luc Crétier France1:37.95+3.13
26 26Jürgen Hasler Liechtenstein1:38.32+3.50
27 31Yasuyuki Takishita Japan1:38.39+3.57
28 27Aleš Brezavšček Slovenia1:38.54+3.72
29 38Vasily Bezsmelnitsyn Russia1:39.39+4.57
30 37Vedran Pavlek Croatia1:39.63+4.81
31 39Graham Bell Great Britain1:39.80+4.98
32 40Renato Gašpar Croatia1:39.85+5.03
33 35Andrew Freshwater Great Britain1:39.89+5.07
34 29Chad Fleischer United States1:40.19+5.37
35 42Tejs Broberg Denmark1:41.09+6.27
36 45Igor Yudin Belarus1:45.92+11.10
37 47Marcelo Apovian Brazil1:49.43+14.61
20Frédéric Marin-Cudraz FranceDNF
41Thomás Grob ChileDNF
43Zurab Dzhidzhishvili GeorgiaDNF
44Victor Gómez AndorraDNF
46 Alex Heath South AfricaDNF
7 Stephan Eberharter AustriaDSQ
27 Nicolas Burtin FranceDSQ
23 Ed Podivinsky CanadaDSQ
19 Adrien Duvillard  France DNS
34 Thomas Lödler  Croatia DNS
Source:[1]

References
  1. "Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1998. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2008. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
  2. "Alpine Skiing at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games: Men's Super G". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  3. "1997 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
  4. "1997 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
  5. Layden, Tim (February 23, 1998). "Street fighting". Sports Illustrated. p. 40.
  6. Baum, Bob (February 16, 1998). "'Herminator' comes to life again". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. 1B.
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