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

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Alpine skiing at the
2014 Winter Olympics

Qualification

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Combined| men| women
Downhill| men| women
Giant slalom| men| women
Slalom| men| women
Super-G| men| women

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Sochi

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Location in European Russia

Rosa
Khutor

Sochi

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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

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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).

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

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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

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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

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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

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Downhill
details | Matthias Mayer
Austria | 2:06.23  | Christof Innerhofer
Italy | 2:06.29  | Kjetil Jansrud
Norway | 2:06.33
Super-G
details | 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
details | Ted Ligety
United States | 2:45.29  | Steve Missillier
France | 2:45.77  | Alexis Pinturault
France | 2:45.93
Slalom
details | Mario Matt
Austria | 1:41.84  | Marcel Hirscher
Austria | 1:42.12  | Henrik Kristoffersen
Norway | 1:42.67
Combined
details | Sandro Viletta
Switzerland | 2:45.20  | Ivica Kostelić
Croatia | 2:45.54  | Christof Innerhofer
Italy | 2:45.67

* Two bronze medals were awarded in the super-G.[6]

### Women's events

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Downhill
details | Tina Maze
Slovenia
Dominique Gisin
Switzerland | 1:41.57  | Not awarded | Lara Gut
Switzerland | 1:41.67
Super-G
details | Anna Fenninger
Austria | 1:25.52  | Maria Höfl-Riesch
Germany | 1:26.07  | Nicole Hosp
Austria | 1:26.18
Giant slalom
details | Tina Maze
Slovenia | 2:36.87  | Anna Fenninger
Austria | 2:36.94  | Viktoria Rebensburg
Germany | 2:37.14
Slalom
details | Mikaela Shiffrin
United States | 1:44.54  | Marlies Schild
Austria | 1:45.07  | Kathrin Zettel
Austria | 1:45.35
Combined
details | 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

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Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – 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

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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

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1. ^ "Rosa Khutor" Alpine Center". SOOC. Archived from the original on 20 September 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
2. ^ "Alpine Skiing Schedule and Results". SOOC. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. 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. ^ a b 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 January 2013. 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.

## External links

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* FIS-Ski.com – alpine skiing – 2014 Winter Olympics – Sochi, Russia
* Official Results Book – Alpine Skiing

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