Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics

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]

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

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).

Date	Time	Event
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

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:

• 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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Austria (AUT)	3	4	2	9
2	United States (USA)	2	1	2	5
3	Switzerland (SUI)	2	0	1	3
4	Slovenia (SLO)	2	0	0	2
5	Germany (GER)	1	1	1	3
6	Norway (NOR)	1	0	2	3
7	France (FRA)	0	1	1	2
	Italy (ITA)	0	1	1	2
9	Croatia (CRO)	0	1	0	1
10	Canada (CAN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 nations)		11	9	11	31

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

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

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

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

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

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. 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

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