Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Alpine Skiing
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
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
	← 2010 2018 →

Last updated December 12, 2024

Competition schedule

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
10 February	15:00	Women's super combined
12 February	11:00	Women's downhill
14 February	10:00	Men's super combined
14 February	15:30	Men's super combined
15 February	11:00	Women's super-G
16 February	10:00	Men's super-G
18 February	9:30	Women's giant slalom
18 February	13:00	Women's giant slalom
19 February	11:00	Men's giant slalom
19 February	14:30	Men's giant slalom
21 February	16:45	Women's slalom
21 February	20:15	Women's slalom
22 February	16:45	Men's slalom
22 February	20:15	Men's slalom

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

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Downhill details	Matthias Mayer Austria	2:06.23	Christof Innerhofer Italy	2:06.29	Kjetil Jansrud Norway	2:06.33
Super-G details	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 details	Ted Ligety United States	2:45.29	Steve Missillier France	2:45.77	Alexis Pinturault France	2:45.93
Slalom details	Mario Matt Austria	1:41.84	Marcel Hirscher Austria	1:42.12	Henrik Kristoffersen Norway	1:42.67
Combined details	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 details	Tina Maze Slovenia Dominique Gisin Switzerland	1:41.57	Not awarded		Lara Gut Switzerland	1:41.67
Super-G details	Anna Fenninger Austria	1:25.52	Maria Höfl-Riesch Germany	1:26.07	Nicole Hosp Austria	1:26.18
Giant slalom details	Tina Maze Slovenia	2:36.87	Anna Fenninger Austria	2:36.94	Viktoria Rebensburg Germany	2:37.14
Slalom details	Mikaela Shiffrin United States	1:44.54	Marlies Schild Austria	1:45.07	Kathrin Zettel Austria	1:45.35
Combined details	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

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]

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References

↑ "Rosa Khutor" Alpine Center". SOOC. Archived from the original on 20 September 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
↑ "Alpine Skiing Schedule and Results". SOOC. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
↑ "Bode Miller becomes oldest Olympic Alpine skiing medallist with bronze". The Guardian. Reuters. 16 February 2014.
↑ Holpuch, Amanda (21 February 2014). "USA's Mikaela Shiffrin youngest-ever gold medal winner in slalom". The Guardian.
1 2 Pennington, Bill (22 February 2014). "Slalom Champion Sets an Age Record". New York Times.
↑ 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.
↑ Pennington, Bill (12 February 2014). "In Women's Downhill, a Nice Round Historic Tie". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
↑ "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.
↑ MacKenzie, Eric (16 January 2014). "Sochi Spotlight: Zimbabwe's first Winter Olympian". Pique Newsmagazine . Whistler, British Columbia, Canada . Retrieved 16 January 2014.
↑ Knapton, Sarah (24 January 2014). "Winter Olympics 2014: violinist Vanessa-Mae to ski for Thailand at the Sochi Games". Daily Telegraph. London.
↑ "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.
↑ "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

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[1] "Rosa Khutor" Alpine Center". SOOC. Archived from the original on 20 September 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2012.

[2] "Alpine Skiing Schedule and Results". SOOC. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. 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.

[NYT-2014-02-22-Slalom-5] 1 2 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.

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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
← 2010 2018 →

Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Qualification
Combined	men	women
Downhill	men	women
Giant slalom	men	women
Slalom	men	women
Super-G	men	women
v t e

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Austria	3	4	2	9
2	United States	2	1	2	5
3	Switzerland	2	0	1	3
4	Slovenia	2	0	0	2
5	Germany	1	1	1	3
6	Norway	1	0	2	3
7	France	0	1	1	2
7	Italy	0	1	1	2
9	Croatia	0	1	0	1
10	Canada	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		11	9	11	31

v t e Events at the 2014 Winter Olympics (Sochi)
Alpine skiing Biathlon Bobsleigh Cross-country skiing Curling Figure skating Freestyle skiing Ice hockey Luge Nordic combined Short track speed skating Skeleton Ski jumping Snowboarding Speed skating
Chronological summary Medal table List of medalists

v t e Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics
	1924–1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
List of medalists List of venues