Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's super-G

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Women's super-G
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
Alpine skiing pictogram.svg
Venue Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort
Krasnaya Polyana, Russia
Date15 February 2014
Competitors50 from 25 nations
Winning time1:25.52
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Anna Fenninger Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Silver medal icon.svg Maria Höfl-Riesch Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg Nicole Hosp Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
  2010
2018  
Women's super-G
RosaKhutor2013.jpg
Location Rosa Khutor
Vertical  615 m (2,018 ft)
Top elevation1,580 m (5,184 ft)  
Base elevation  965 m (3,166 ft)

The women's super-G competition of the Sochi 2014 Olympics was held at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort near Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, on Saturday, 15 February. [1] Anna Fenninger from Austria won the race, getting her first Olympic medal. Maria Höfl-Riesch of Germany won the silver medal, and Nicole Hosp of Austria finished third. Of the 2010 medalists, only Tina Maze participated and finished fifth. [2]

Summary

The race course was 2.100 km (1.30 mi) in length, with a vertical drop of 615 m (2,018 ft) and a starting elevation of 1,580 m (5,184 ft) above sea level. [2] Fenninger's winning time of 85.52 seconds yielded an average speed of 88.400 km/h (54.9 mph) and an average vertical descent rate of 7.191 m/s (23.6 ft/s).

Eighteen of the 49 competitors did not finish, including seven of the first eight racers on the course. [2] [3]

The gold medal awarded in this event featured a fragment from the Chelyabinsk meteor to commemorate the first anniversary of this meteor strike. [4]

Results

The race was started at 11:00 local time, (UTC+4). At the starting gate, the skies were partly cloudy, the temperature was 7.0 °C (44.6 °F), and the snow condition was hard. The temperature at the finish was 9.0 °C (48.2 °F). [5]

RankBibNameCountryTimeBehind
Gold medal icon.svg18 Anna Fenninger Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:25.52
Silver medal icon.svg22 Maria Höfl-Riesch Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:26.07+0.55
Bronze medal icon.svg16 Nicole Hosp Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:26.18+0.66
420 Lara Gut Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:26.25+0.73
519 Tina Maze Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1:26.28+0.76
630 Fränzi Aufdenblatten Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:26.79+1.27
79 Fabienne Suter Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:26.89+1.37
814 Julia Mancuso Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:27.04+1.52
915 Viktoria Rebensburg Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:27.08+1.56
1010 Nadia Fanchini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:27.20+1.68
1113 Regina Sterz Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:27.52+2.00
12 Verena Stuffer Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
1323 Ilka Štuhec Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1:27.69+2.17
1424 Lotte Smiseth Sejersted Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:27.80+2.28
1535 Edit Miklós Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:27.87+2.35
1628 Maruša Ferk Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1:28.19+2.67
1733 Klára Křížová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1:28.30+2.78
182 Leanne Smith Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:28.38+2.86
1927 Ragnhild Mowinckel Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:28.53+3.01
2031 Marie-Pier Préfontaine Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:28.67+3.15
2139 Sara Hector Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:28.71+3.19
2242 Barbara Kantorová Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 1:28.91+3.39
2334 Chemmy Alcott Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:29.14+3.62
2432 Elena Yakovishina Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:29.38+3.86
2543 Kateřina Pauláthová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1:30.17+4.65
2640 Macarena Simari Birkner Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1:31.10+5.58
2750 Bogdana Matsotska Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:31.58+6.06
2847 Anna Berecz Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:33.07+7.55
2945 Helga María Vilhjálmsdóttir Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 1:33.42+7.90
3044 Ania Monica Caill Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 1:33.73+8.21
3149 Agnese Āboltiņa Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 1:36.10+10.58
1 Carolina Ruiz Castillo Flag of Spain.svg  Spain DNF
3 Daniela Merighetti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy DNF
4 Jessica Lindell-Vikarby Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden DNF
5 Marie-Michèle Gagnon Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada DNF
6 Marie Marchand-Arvier Flag of France.svg  France DNF
7 Laurenne Ross Flag of the United States.svg  United States DNF
8 Kajsa Kling Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden DNF
11 Dominique Gisin Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland DNF
21 Elisabeth Görgl Flag of Austria.svg  Austria DNF
25 Larisa Yurkiw Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada DNF
26 Francesca Marsaglia Flag of Italy.svg  Italy DNF
36 Maria Bedareva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia DNF
37 Karolina Chrapek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland DNF
38 Greta Small Flag of Australia.svg  Australia DNF
29 Stacey Cook Flag of the United States.svg  United States DNF
41 Maryna Gąsienica-Daniel Flag of Poland.svg  Poland DNF
46 Maria Shkanova Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus DNF
48 Kristína Saalová Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia DNF
17 Tina Weirather Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein DNS

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  5. Final Results