Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics was held in Canada at Whistler Creekside in Whistler, British Columbia, north of Vancouver. The ten events were scheduled for February 13–27; weather delayed the first event, the men's downhill, two days until Monday, February 15.

Alpine skiing
at the XXI Olympic Winter Games
VenueWhistler Creekside
Whistler, British Columbia
 Canada
DatesFebruary 15–27, 2010
No. of events10
Competitors309 from 71 nations
Vancouver 
Location in Canada
Whistler
Vancouver
Locations in British Columbia

Medal table

Notably absent from the medals in these Olympics were the Austrian men, who had won 8 medals in 2006 and 7 in 2002. France and host Canada were shut out from the podium, as were the German men and the Swiss and Italian women. The U.S. had its best Olympics ever with eight alpine medals, only the fourth nation to achieve that total in a single Olympics (Austria, France, Switzerland).

Individually, three men and five women won multiple medals; triple medalists were Bode Miller of the U.S. and Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway, who both won a medal of each color. The sole double gold medalist was Maria Riesch of Germany.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Germany (GER)3003
2 United States (USA)2338
3 Switzerland (SUI)2013
4 Norway (NOR)1214
5 Austria (AUT)1124
6 Italy (ITA)1001
7 Croatia (CRO)0202
 Slovenia (SLO)0202
9 Sweden (SWE)0022
10 Czech Republic (CZE)0011
Totals (10 nations)10101030

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Downhill
Didier Défago
 Switzerland
1:54.31 Aksel Lund Svindal
 Norway
1:54.38 Bode Miller
 United States
1:54.40
Super-G
Aksel Lund Svindal
 Norway
1:30.34 Bode Miller
 United States
1:30.62 Andrew Weibrecht
 United States
1:30.65
Giant slalom
Carlo Janka
 Switzerland
2:37.83 Kjetil Jansrud
 Norway
2:38.22 Aksel Lund Svindal
 Norway
2:38.44
Slalom
Giuliano Razzoli
 Italy
1:39.32 Ivica Kostelić
 Croatia
1:39.48 André Myhrer
 Sweden
1:39.76
Super combined
Bode Miller
 United States
2:44.92 Ivica Kostelić
 Croatia
2:45.25 Silvan Zurbriggen
 Switzerland
2:45.32

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Downhill
Lindsey Vonn
 United States
1:44.19 Julia Mancuso
 United States
1:44.75 Elisabeth Görgl
 Austria
1:45.65
Super-G
Andrea Fischbacher
 Austria
1:20.14 Tina Maze
 Slovenia
1:20.63 Lindsey Vonn
 United States
1:20.88
Giant slalom
Viktoria Rebensburg
 Germany
2:27.11 Tina Maze
 Slovenia
2:27.15 Elisabeth Görgl
 Austria
2:27.25
Slalom
Maria Riesch
 Germany
1:42.89 Marlies Schild
 Austria
1:43.32 Šárka Záhrobská
 Czech Republic
1:43.90
Super combined
Maria Riesch
 Germany
2:09.14 Julia Mancuso
 United States
2:10.08 Anja Pärson
 Sweden
2:10.19

Competition schedule

DayDateStartFinishEventDate Run
Day 2Sat 13 Feb11:4513:15Downhill – menMon 15 Feb
Day 3Sun 14 Feb10:0011:30Super combined – womenThu 18 Feb
13:0014:00
Day 5Tue 16 Feb10:0011:30Super combined – menSun 21 Feb
13:3014:30
Day 6Wed 17 Feb11:0012:45Downhill – womenWed 17 Feb
Day 8Fri 19 Feb11:3013:00Super-G – menFri 19 Feb
Day 9Sat 20 Feb10:0011:45Super-G – womenSat 20 Feb
Day 10Sun 21 Feb10:0011:45Giant slalom – menTue 23 Feb
13:4515:00
Day 13Wed 24 Feb10:0011:45Giant slalom – womenWed 24 Feb
13:1514:30Thu 25 Feb
Day 15Fri 26 Feb10:0011:45Slalom – womenFri 26 Feb
13:3014:45
Day 16Sat 27 Feb10:0011:45Slalom – menSat 27 Feb
13:4514:45

All times are Pacific Standard Time (UTC-8).

Course information

Date Race Start
elevation
Finish
elevation
Vertical
drop
Course
length
Average
gradient
Mon 15-Feb Downhill – men 1,678 m (5,505 ft) 825 m (2,707 ft) 853 m (2,799 ft) 3.105 km (1.929 mi) 27.5%
Wed 17-Feb Downhill – women 1,595 m (5,233 ft) 825 m (2,707 ft) 770 m (2,526 ft) 2.939 km (1.826 mi) 26.2%
Sun 21-Feb Downhill – (SC) – men 1,678 m (5,505 ft) 825 m (2,707 ft) 853 m (2,799 ft) 3.105 km (1.929 mi) 27.5%
Thu 18-Feb Downhill – (SC) – women 1,500 m (4,921 ft) 825 m (2,707 ft) 675 m (2,215 ft) 2.500 km (1.553 mi) 27.0%
Fri 19-Feb Super-G – men 1,440 m (4,724 ft) 825 m (2,707 ft) 615 m (2,018 ft) 2.200 km (1.367 mi) 28.0%
Sat 20-Feb Super-G – women 1,425 m (4,675 ft) 825 m (2,707 ft) 600 m (1,969 ft) 2.005 km (1.246 mi) 29.9%
Tue 23-Feb Giant slalom – men 1,210 m (3,970 ft) 805 m (2,641 ft) 405 m (1,329 ft) 1.512 km (0.940 mi) 26.8%
Wed 24-Feb Giant slalom – women 1,177 m (3,862 ft) 805 m (2,641 ft) 372 m (1,220 ft) 1.309 km (0.813 mi) 28.4%
Sat 27-Feb Slalom – men    985 m (3,232 ft) 805 m (2,641 ft) 180 m (591 ft) 0.610 km (0.379 mi) 29.5%
Fri 26-Feb Slalom – women    985 m (3,232 ft) 805 m (2,641 ft) 180 m (591 ft)
Sun 21-Feb Slalom – (SC) – men 1,005 m (3,297 ft) 805 m (2,641 ft) 200 m (656 ft) 0.733 km (0.455 mi) 27.3%
Thu 18-Feb Slalom – (SC) – women    974 m (3,196 ft) 805 m (2,641 ft) 169 m (554 ft) 0.785 km (0.488 mi) 21.5%
  • The finish area was above the base area of Whistler Creekside, which is at an elevation of 655 metres (2,150 ft) above sea level.

Source:[1]

Athletes

Qualification standards

The FIS point list used to determine entry into the Olympics was from 18 January 2010.[2]

There could be a maximum of 320 athletes competing in alpine skiing, with no more than 22 per NOC (there was a further limit of 14 male and 14 female per NOC). Additionally, each NOC could enter a maximum of four skiers per event.

To qualify, the competitor had to reach either the "A" or "B" standard.

  • "A" qualification standard: the competitor is in the top 500 of the FIS points list in at least one event. If the event is downhill, super-G or super combined, he or she requires at least 120 FIS points.
  • "B" qualification standard: if an NOC does not have a male or female athlete that meets the "A" Standard, then they may enter an athlete of that gender in slalom or giant slalom only, provided that the athlete has at most 140 FIS points in the event and has taken part in the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009.

Demographics

As of 28 February 2010, there were 309 athletes listed as competitors in alpine skiing at the Games, representing 71 countries.[3]

The youngest alpine skier in the 2010 Olympic Games was Ghassan Achi of Lebanon, age 16 at the time of competition (born 28 July 1993). The oldest was Hubertus von Hohenlohe of Mexico, age 51 (born 2 February 1959).[3]

Competing nations

The following nations have entered the following number of alpine skiers.[2]

NOCMenWomenTotal
 Albania11
 Andorra224
 Argentina235
 Armenia112
 Australia22
 Austria11819
 Azerbaijan112
 Belarus22
 Belgium213
 Bosnia and Herzegovina123
 Belgium112
 Brazil112
 Bulgaria213
 Canada12921
 Cayman Islands11
 Chile213
 China112
 Colombia11
 Croatia5510
 Cyprus112
 Czech Republic538
 Denmark213
 Estonia112
 Finland224
 France101222
 Georgia213
 Germany279
 Ghana11
 Great Britain314
 Greece213
 Hungary123
 Iceland314
 India11
 Iran213
 Ireland112
 Israel11
 Italy12921
 Japan213
 Kazakhstan112
 Kyrgyzstan11
 Latvia213
 Lebanon123
 Liechtenstein123
 Lithuania11
 Macedonia11
 Mexico11
 Moldova22
 Monaco11
 Montenegro11
 Morocco11
 New Zealand22
 Norway516
 Pakistan11
 Peru112
 Poland11
 Romania213
 Russia325
 San Marino11
 Senegal11
 Serbia33
 Slovenia10313
 Slovakia123
 South Africa11
 South Korea213
 Spain235
 Sweden7512
 Switzerland9514
 Tajikistan11
 Turkey112
 Ukraine123
 United States101020
 Uzbekistan112
Total athletes176131309
Total NOCs665171

See also

References

  • FIS-Ski.com – alpine skiing – 2010 Winter Olympics – Whistler, Canada
  • Sports-Reference – 2010 Winter Olympics – Alpine skiing
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