Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Men's super-G

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Men's Super G
at the XVII Olympic Winter Games
Alpine skiing pictogram.svg
Venue Kvitfjell
DateFebruary 17
Competitors69 from 28 nations
Winning time1:32.53
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Markus Wasmeier Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Silver medal icon.svg Tommy Moe Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Kjetil André Aamodt Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
  1992
1998  
Men's Aupwe-G
Location Kvitfjell
Olympiabakken
Vertical641 m (2,103 ft)
Top elevation823 m (2,700 ft)  
Base elevation182 m (597 ft)

The men's super-G competition of the Lillehammer 1994 Olympics was held at Kvitfjell on Thursday, 17 February. [1] [2]

Norway's Kjetil André Aamodt was the defending Olympic and World Cup super-G champion and Marc Girardelli led the current season. [3]

Germany's Markus Wasmeier won the gold medal, downhill champion Tommy Moe took the silver (on his 24th birthday[ citation needed ]), and Aamodt was the bronze medalist. [4]

The Olympiabakken course started at an elevation of 823 m (2,700 ft) above sea level with a vertical drop of 641 m (2,103 ft) and a course length of 2.574 km (1.60 mi). Wasmeier's winning time was 92.53 seconds, yielding an average course speed of 100.145 km/h (62.2 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 6.927 m/s (22.7 ft/s).

Results

The race was started at 11:00 local time, (UTC +1). At the starting gate, the skies were clear, the temperature was −10.0 °C (14 °F), and the snow condition was hard; the temperature at the finish was lower, at −15.0 °C (5 °F). [1]

RankBibNameCountryTimeDifference
Gold medal icon.svg4 Markus Wasmeier Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:32.53
Silver medal icon.svg3 Tommy Moe Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:32.61+0.08
Bronze medal icon.svg8 Kjetil André Aamodt Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:32.93+0.40
49 Marc Girardelli Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 1:33.07+0.54
511 Werner Perathoner Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:33.10+0.57
61 Atle Skårdal Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:33.31+0.78
76 Jan Einar Thorsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:33.37+0.84
830 Luc Alphand Flag of France.svg  France 1:33.39+0.86
95 Günther Mader Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:33.50+0.97
107 Marco Hangl Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:33.75+1.22
1115 Armin Assinger Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:33.84+1.31
1212 Lasse Kjus Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:34.02+1.49
1319 Janne Leskinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1:34.09+1.56
1429 Paul Accola Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:34.37+1.84
1520 Peter Runggaldier Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:34.44+1.91
1631 Pietro Vitalini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:34.46+1.93
1718 Christophe Plé Flag of France.svg  France 1:34.50+1.97
1827 Patrik Järbyn Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:34.51+1.98
1922 Tobias Hellman Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:34.59+2.06
2010 Hans Knauss Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:34.65+2.12
2128 Hansjörg Tauscher Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:34.71+2.18
2232 Miran Ravter Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1:34.73+2.20
2317 Franck Piccard Flag of France.svg  France 1:34.75+2.22
2423 Cary Mullen Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:34.84+2.31
2516 Fredrik Nyberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:34.96+2.43
2654 Brian Stemmle Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:34.99+2.46
2735 Daniel Vogt Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein 1:35.08+2.55
2845 Mitja Kunc Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1:35.15+2.62
2921 Jernej Koblar Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1:35.16+2.63
3046 Andrey Filichkin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:35.26+2.73
3140 Nicolas Burtin Flag of France.svg  France 1:35.28+2.75
3238 Marco Büchel Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein 1:35.78+3.25
3336 Kiminobu Kimura Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 1:36.38+3.85
3453 Vasily Bezsmelnitsyn Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:36.50+3.97
3562 Lyubomir Popov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 1:37.01+4.48
3666 Luis Cristobal Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:37.31+4.78
3743 Anthony Huguet Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:37.44+4.91
3848 Xavier Ubeira Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:37.60+5.07
3959 Vicente Tomas Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:38.02+5.49
4051 Mika Marila Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1:38.14+5.61
4165 Vedran Pavlek Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 1:38.51+5.98
4261 Marcin Szafrański Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:38.54+6.01
4360 Victor Gómez Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 1:38.64+6.11
4449 Gerard Escoda Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 1:38.77+6.24
4550 Attila Bónis Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:38.83+6.30
4658 Ramon Rossell Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 1:40.25+7.72
4763 Alexis Racloz Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 1:41.12+8.59
4868 Gáston Begue Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1:41.21+8.68
-2 Daniel Mahrer Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland DNF-
-13 Hannes Trinkl Flag of Austria.svg  Austria DNF-
-14 William Besse Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland DNF-
-24 Tobias Barnerssoi Flag of Germany.svg  Germany DNF-
-25 Kyle Rasmussen Flag of the United States.svg  United States DQ-
-26 Alessandro Fattori Flag of Italy.svg  Italy DNF-
-33 A. J. Kitt Flag of the United States.svg  United States DQ-
-34 Achim Vogt Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein DNF-
-37 Jürgen Hasler Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein DNF-
-39 Chad Fleischer Flag of the United States.svg  United States DNF-
-41 Ralf Socher Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada DNF-
-42 Graham Bell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain DNF-
-44 Ed Podivinsky Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada DNF-
-47 Georges Mendes Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal DNF-
-52 Nils Linneberg Flag of Chile.svg  Chile DNF-
-55 Simon Wi Rutene Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand DNF-
-56 Federico Van Ditmar Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina DNF-
-57 Santi López Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra DNF-
-64 Spencer Pession Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain DNF-
-67 Carlos Manuel Bustos Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina DNF-
-69 Julien Castellini Flag of Monaco.svg  Monaco DNF-
Source: [1]

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