Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Men's super-G

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Men's Super G
at the XV Olympic Winter Games
Alpine skiing pictogram.svg
Venue Nakiska
DateFebruary 21
Competitors94 from 34 nations
Winning time1:39.66
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Franck Piccard Flag of France.svg  France
Silver medal icon.svg Helmut Mayer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Bronze medal icon.svg Lars-Börje Eriksson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
1992  
Men's Super-G
Kananaskis-Nakiska Ski.JPG
Location Nakiska
Vertical   647 m (2,123 ft)
Top elevation2,179 m (7,149 ft)  
Base elevation1,532 m (5,026 ft)

The Men's Super G competition of the Calgary 1988 Olympics was held at Nakiska on Sunday, February 21. [1] [2] This was the Olympic debut of the event.

The defending world champion was Pirmin Zurbriggen of Switzerland, who was also the defending World Cup Super G champion and led the current season. [3] [4]

France's Franck Piccard won the gold medal, Helmut Mayer of Austria took the silver, and Lars-Börje Eriksson of Sweden was the bronze medalist. Zurbriggen tied for fifth, more than two seconds behind. Italy's Alberto Tomba lasted three gates and did not finish. [5] It was the first Olympic alpine gold for France in twenty years, since the sweep by Jean-Claude Killy in 1968.

The course started at an elevation of 2,179 m (7,149 ft) above sea level with a vertical drop of 647 m (2,123 ft) and a course length of 2.327 km (1.45 mi). Piccard's winning time was 99.66 seconds, yielding an average speed of 84.058 km/h (52.2 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 6.492 m/s (21.3 ft/s).

Results

The race was started at 10:00 local time, (UTC −7). At the starting gate, it was snowing, the temperature was −3.0 °C (26.6 °F), and the snow condition was hard. The temperature at the finish was 1.0 °C (33.8 °F).

RankBibNameCountryTimeDifference
Gold medal icon.svg5 Franck Piccard Flag of France.svg  France 1:39.66
Silver medal icon.svg10 Helmut Mayer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:40.96+1.30
Bronze medal icon.svg1 Lars-Börje Eriksson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:41.08+1.42
417 Hubert Strolz Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:41.11+1.45
514 Pirmin Zurbriggen Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:41.96+2.30
57 Günther Mader Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:41.96+2.30
723 Luc Alphand Flag of France.svg  France 1:42.27+2.61
88 Leonhard Stock Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:42.36+2.70
925 Tomaž Čižman Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 1:42.47+2.81
1020 Ivano Camozzi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:42.66+3.00
114 Heinz Holzer Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:42.88+3.22
1213 Andreas Wenzel Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein 1:43.00+3.34
1337 Jim Read Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:43.01+3.35
1427 Shinya Chiba Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 1:43.03+3.37
1515 Franz Heinzer Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:43.32+3.66
1632 Klemen Bergant Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 1:43.41+3.75
1719 Günther Marxer Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein 1:44.16+4.50
1835 Tiger Shaw Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:44.26+4.60
1912 Felix Belczyk Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:44.31+4.65
2036 Niklas Lindqvist Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:44.88+5.22
2028 Yves Tavernier Flag of France.svg  France 1:44.88+5.22
2240 Rob Boyd Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:45.04+5.38
2331 Adrian Bireš Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 1:45.33+5.67
2452 Matthias Hubrich Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:45.46+5.80
2429 Jeff Olson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:45.46+5.80
2633 Carlo Gerosa Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:45.82+6.16
2738 Peter Jurko Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 1:46.03+6.37
2849 Silvio Wille Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein 1:46.08+6.42
2948 Nigel Smith Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:47.15+7.49
3034 Bill Hudson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:47.29+7.63
3160 Richard Biggins Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:47.38+7.72
3284 Elias Majdalani Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 1:47.58+7.92
3361 Juan Pablo Santiagos Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 1:48.74+9.08
3426 Martin Bell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:48.82+9.16
3553 Graham Bell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:48.98+9.32
3658 Jorge Pujol Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:49.33+9.67
3763 Paulo Oppliger Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 1:49.71+10.05
3859 Nahum Orobitg Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 1:53.22+13.56
3965 Jorge Birkner Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1:53.79+14.13
4067 Park Jae-hyuk Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 1:53.89+14.23
4187 Hur Seung-Wook Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 1:55.13+15.47
4266 Hubertus von Hohenlohe Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1:56.03+16.37
4394 Resul Sare Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1:57.65+17.99
4490 Yakup Kadri Birinci Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1:59.32+19.66
4572 Nicola Ercolani Flag of San Marino (before 2011).svg  San Marino 1:59.70+20.04
4677 Ioannis Kapraras Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 2:02.06+22.40
4793 Göksay Demirhan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 2:02.22+22.56
4868 Sokratis Aristodimou Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus 2:03.10+23.44
4983 Alex Christian Benoit Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:05.80+26.14
5088 Christian Bruderer Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 2:05.99+26.33
5173 Fabio Guardigli Flag of San Marino (before 2011).svg  San Marino 2:06.59+26.93
5289 Jason Edelmann Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 2:09.93+30.27
5391 Patrice Martell Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:10.69+31.03
5486 Fabrice Notari Flag of Monaco.svg  Monaco 2:11.73+32.07
5599 Ong Ching-Ming Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 2:17.22+37.56
5678 Walter Sandza Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 2:25.95+46.29
5782 Lin Chi-Liang Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 2:30.81+51.15
-98 Carlos Andrés Bruderer Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala DNF-
-97 Nam Won-gi Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea DNF-
-85 Daníel Hilmarsson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland DNF-
-80 Javier Rivara Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina DNF-
-79 Federico van Ditmar Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina DNF-
-86 Félix Flechas Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico DNF-
-75 Kevin Wilson Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico DNF-
-70 Kang Nak-youn Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea DNF-
-69 Alekhis Fotiadis Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus DNF-
-62 Gerard Escoda Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra DNF-
-56 Delfin Campo Flag of Spain.svg  Spain DNF-
-55 Nils Linneberg Flag of Chile.svg  Chile DNF-
-54 Konstantin Chistyakov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union DNF-
-51 Alain Villiard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada DNF-
-50 Frank Wörndl Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany DNF-
-47 Sergey Petrik Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union DNF-
-46 Simon Wi Rutene Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand DNF-
-45 Finn Christian Jagge Flag of Norway.svg  Norway DNF-
-43 Niklas Henning Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden DNF-
-42 Robert Büchel Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein DNF-
-41 Katsuhito Kumagai Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan DNF-
-39 Luis Fernández Ochoa Flag of Spain.svg  Spain DNF-
-30 Philippe Verneret Flag of France.svg  France DNF-
-24 Steven Lee Flag of Australia.svg  Australia DNF-
-22 Atle Skårdal Flag of Norway.svg  Norway DNF-
-21 Jan Einar Thorsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway DNF-
-18 Daniel Mahrer Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland DNF-
-16 Martin Hangl Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland DNF-
-11 Alberto Tomba Flag of Italy.svg  Italy DNF-
-9 Peter Roth Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany DNF-
-6 Markus Wasmeier Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany DNF-
-3 Marc Girardelli Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg DNF-
-2 Michael Eder Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany DNF-
-96 Tang Wei-tsu Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei DQ-
-81 Ignacio Birkner Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina DQ-
-74 Riccardo Stacchini Flag of San Marino (before 2011).svg  San Marino DQ-
-44 A. J. Kitt Flag of the United States.svg  United States DQ-
100 F. Alfredo Rego Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala DNS
95 Ahmet Demir Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey DNS
92 Carlos Pruneda Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico DNS
71 Giannis Stamatiou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece DNS
64 Mauricio Rotella Flag of Chile.svg  Chile DNS
57 Ronald Duncan Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain DNS
Source: [1]

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