Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Alpine Skiing at the XXII Olympic Winter Games | |
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Venue | Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort Krasnaya Polyana, Russia |
Dates | 9–22 February 2014 |
No. of events | 10 |
Competitors | 327 from 74 nations |
Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics | ||
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Qualification
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Combined | men | women |
Downhill | men | women |
Giant slalom | men | women |
Slalom | men | women |
Super-G | men | women |
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
[edit]The following is the competition schedule for all ten events.[2]
All times are (UTC+4).
Date | Time | Event |
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9 February | 11:00 | Men's downhill |
10 February | 11:00 | Women's super combined |
15:00 | ||
12 February | 11:00 | Women's downhill |
14 February | 10:00 | Men's super combined |
15:30 | ||
15 February | 11:00 | Women's super-G |
16 February | 10:00 | Men's super-G |
18 February | 9:30 | Women's giant slalom |
13:00 | ||
19 February | 11:00 | Men's giant slalom |
14:30 | ||
21 February | 16:45 | Women's slalom |
20:15 | ||
22 February | 16:45 | Men's slalom |
20:15 |
Course information
[edit]Date | Race | Start elevation |
Finish elevation |
Vertical drop |
Course length |
Average gradient |
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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
[edit]Several age records in alpine skiing were set at these Olympic Games:
- Bode Miller, age 36, became the oldest medalist in Olympic alpine skiing; bronze in super-G.[3]
- Mikaela Shiffrin, age 18, became the youngest champion in slalom in Olympic alpine skiing; gold in slalom.[4]
- Mario Matt, age 34, became the oldest champion in Olympic alpine skiing; gold in slalom.[5]
- Henrik Kristoffersen, age 19, became the youngest male medalist in Olympic alpine skiing; bronze in slalom.[5]
Medal table
[edit]Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Austria | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
2 | United States | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
3 | Switzerland | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
4 | Slovenia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
5 | Germany | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
6 | Norway | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
7 | France | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Italy | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
9 | Croatia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
10 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (10 entries) | 11 | 9 | 11 | 31 |
Men's events
[edit]Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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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
[edit]Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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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
[edit]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
[edit]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] 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]
- Albania (2)
- Andorra (4)
- Argentina (6)
- Armenia (1)
- Australia (5)
- Austria (22)
- Azerbaijan (2)
- Belarus (2)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (3)
- Brazil (2)
- Bulgaria (4)
- Canada (15)
- Cayman Islands (1)
- Chile (3)
- China (2)
- Croatia (8)
- Cyprus (2)
- Czech Republic (8)
- Denmark (1)
- Estonia (2)
- Finland (4)
- France (19)
- Germany (7)
- Georgia (3)
- Great Britain (2)
- Greece (3)
- Hungary (3)
- Iceland (4)
- India (1)
- Iran (3)
- Ireland (2)
- Israel (2)
- Italy (19)
- Japan (2)
- Kazakhstan (4)
- Kyrgyzstan (1)
- Latvia (5)
- Lebanon (2)
- Liechtenstein (3)
- Lithuania (2)
- Macedonia (1)
- Malta (1)
- Mexico (1)
- Moldova (1)
- Monaco (3)
- Montenegro (2)
- Morocco (2)
- New Zealand (1)
- Norway (10)
- Pakistan (1)
- Peru (2)
- Poland (6)
- Portugal (2)
- Romania (3)
- Russia (9)
- San Marino (2)
- Serbia (2)
- Slovakia (9)
- Slovenia (8)
- South Korea (5)
- Spain (5)
- Sweden (12)
- Switzerland (21)
- Tajikistan (1)
- Thailand (2)
- East Timor (1)
- Togo (1)
- Turkey (2)
- Ukraine (2)
- United States (20)
- Uzbekistan (2)
- Venezuela (1)
- Virgin Islands (1)
- Zimbabwe (1)
References
[edit]- ^ "Rosa Khutor" Alpine Center". SOOC. Archived from the original on 20 September 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
- ^ "Alpine Skiing Schedule and Results". SOOC. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
- ^ "Bode Miller becomes oldest Olympic Alpine skiing medallist with bronze". The Guardian. Reuters. 16 February 2014.
- ^ Holpuch, Amanda (21 February 2014). "USA's Mikaela Shiffrin youngest-ever gold medal winner in slalom". The Guardian.
- ^ a b Pennington, Bill (22 February 2014). "Slalom Champion Sets an Age Record". New York Times.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Pennington, Bill (12 February 2014). "In Women's Downhill, a Nice Round Historic Tie". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
- ^ "Qualification Systems for XXII Olympic Winter Games, Sochi 2014" (PDF). International Ski Federation. December 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
- ^ MacKenzie, Eric (16 January 2014). "Sochi Spotlight: Zimbabwe's first Winter Olympian". Pique Newsmagazine. Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
- ^ Knapton, Sarah (24 January 2014). "Winter Olympics 2014: violinist Vanessa-Mae to ski for Thailand at the Sochi Games". Daily Telegraph. London.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "International Olympic Committee reinstates India at Sochi after ban". CNN. 24 October 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
External links
[edit]- FIS-Ski.com – alpine skiing – 2014 Winter Olympics – Sochi, Russia
- Official Results Book – Alpine Skiing