Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's super-G

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Men's super-G
at the XIX Olympic Winter Games
Alpine skiing pictogram.svg
Pictogram for alpine skiing
Venue Snowbasin
DateFebruary 16
Competitors56 from 23 nations
Winning time1:21.58
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Kjetil André Aamodt Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Silver medal icon.svg Stephan Eberharter Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Bronze medal icon.svg Andreas Schifferer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
  1998
2006  
Men's Super-G
Location Snowbasin
Grizzly Super-G
Vertical   648 m (2,126 ft)
Top elevation2,596 m (8,517 ft)  
Base elevation1,948 m (6,391 ft)

The Men's Super-G competition of the Salt Lake 2002 Olympics was held at Snowbasin on Saturday, February 16.

The defending world champion was Daron Rahlves of the United States, Austria's Hermann Maier was the defending Olympic and World Cup super-G champion, and teammate Stephan Eberharter led the current season. Maier was out for the season after a serious motorcycle accident in August.

Ten years after his first Olympic title in 1992, Kjetil André Aamodt of Norway won his second super-G gold, and his second gold of the 2002 Games. [1] Eberharter took the silver, and teammate Andreas Schifferer was the bronze medalist; Rahlves was eighth. [2]

The course started at an elevation of 2,596 m (8,517 ft) above sea level with a vertical drop of 648 m (2,126 ft) and a course length of 2.018 km (1.25 mi). Aamodt's winning time of 81.58 seconds yielded an average course speed of 89.051 km/h (55.3 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 7.943 m/s (26.1 ft/s).

Results

The race was started at 10:00 local time, (UTC−7). At the starting gate, the skies were clear, the temperature was 5 °C (41 °F), and the snow condition was hard; the temperature at the finish was lower at 1 °C (34 °F).

RankBibNameCountryTimeDifference
Gold medal icon.svg3 Kjetil André Aamodt Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:21.58
Silver medal icon.svg7 Stephan Eberharter Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:21.68+0.10
Bronze medal icon.svg11 Andreas Schifferer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:21.83+0.25
410 Fritz Strobl Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:21.92+0.34
515 Bjarne Solbakken Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:22.10+0.52
613 Didier Défago Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:22.27+0.69
78 Christoph Gruber Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:22.35+0.77
84 Daron Rahlves Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:22.48+0.90
933 Thomas Vonn Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:23.22+1.64
101 Paul Accola Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:23.33+1.75
1125 Patrik Järbyn Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:23.40+1.82
1228 Tobias Grünenfelder Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:23.43+1.85
1330 Gregor Šparovec Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1:23.52+1.94
2 Marco Büchel Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein
1529 Jernej Koblar Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1:23.82+2.24
20 Sébastien Fournier Flag of France.svg  France
1722 Roland Fischnaller Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:23.87+2.29
1818 Patrick Staudacher Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:23.95+2.37
1914 Kenneth Sivertsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:24.16+2.58
2023 Christophe Saioni Flag of France.svg  France 1:24.28+2.70
2117 Andrej Jerman Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1:24.35+2.77
2216 Max Rauffer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:24.54+2.96
2340 Pavel Chestakov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:25.16+3.58
2443 Petr Záhrobský Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1:25.67+4.09
2534 Scott Macartney Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:25.80+4.22
2624 Kurt Sulzenbacher Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:26.44+4.86
2739 Craig Branch Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:27.15+5.57
2842 Ivan Heimschild Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 1:27.74+6.16
2953 Nikolay Skriabin Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:27.84+6.26
3045 Nicolas Arsel Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1:28.55+6.97
3150 Duncan Grob Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 1:30.35+8.77
3252 Agustín García Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1:30.59+9.01
3354 Paul Schwarzacher-Joyce Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 1:31.30+9.72
3456 Péter Vincze Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:50.40+28.82
6 Fredrik Nyberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden DNF
9 Lasse Kjus Flag of Norway.svg  Norway DNF
12 Alessandro Fattori Flag of Italy.svg  Italy DNF
19 Claude Crétier Flag of France.svg  France DNF
21 Darin McBeath Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada DNF
26 Jürgen Hasler Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein DNF
31 Marco Sullivan Flag of the United States.svg  United States DNF
32 Thomas Grandi Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada DNF
36 Michael Riegler Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein DNF
37 Borek Zakouril Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic DNF
38 Ed Podivinsky Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada DNF
41 Andrey Filichkin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia DNF
44 Yasuyuki Takishita Flag of Japan.svg  Japan DNF
46 Mikael Gayme Flag of Chile.svg  Chile DNF
48 Sergey Komarov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia DNF
49 Maui Gayme Flag of Chile.svg  Chile DNF
51 Vassilis Dimitriadis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece DNF
55 Andrei Drygin Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan DNF
5 Didier Cuche Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland DSQ
27 Peter Pen Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia DSQ
35 A. J. Bear Flag of Australia.svg  Australia DSQ
47 Ondřej Bank Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic DNS

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References

  1. "Alpine Skiing at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games: Men's Super-G". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  2. Gloster, Rob (February 17, 2002). "Second gold satisfies 'Baby Shark'". Eugene Register-Guard. Associated Press. p. 10B.