Men's Super G at the XVII Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Kvitfjell | ||||||||||||
Date | February 17 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 69 from 28 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 1:32.53 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics | ||
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Combined | men | women |
Downhill | men | women |
Giant slalom | men | women |
Slalom | men | women |
Super-G | men | women |
Men's Aupwe-G | |
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Location | Kvitfjell Olympiabakken |
Vertical | 641 m (2,103 ft) |
Top elevation | 823 m (2,700 ft) |
Base elevation | 182 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).
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]
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