| Alpine skiing at the XI Paralympic Winter Games | |
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| Venue | Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia |
| Dates | 8–16 March |
| Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Paralympics | ||
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| Combined | men | women |
| Downhill | men | women |
| Giant slalom | men | women |
| Slalom | men | women |
| Super-G | men | women |
| Snowboard cross | men | women |
Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Paralympics was held at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort near Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. The thirty-two events occurred on 8–16 March 2014. [1]
Snowboarding made its Paralympic debut after being demonstrated in 2010, with the addition of men's and women's standing snowboard cross events to the alpine skiing program.
The competition events are:
The following is the competition schedule for all thirty-two events. [2]
All times are (UTC+4).
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 8 March | 10:00 | Women's downhill |
| 10:50 | Men's downhill | |
| 9 March | 10:00 | Men's Super-G |
| 10 March | 10:00 | Women's Super-G |
| 11 March | 9:30 | Women's super combined |
| 10:25 | Men's super combined | |
| 15:30 | Women's super combined | |
| 16:10 | Men's super combined | |
| 12 March | off | |
| 13 March | 16:00 | Men's slalom |
| 19:00 | Men's slalom | |
| 14 March | 10:00 | Men's snowboard cross |
| Women's snowboard cross | ||
| 16:00 | Women's slalom | |
| 19:00 | Women's slalom | |
| 15 March | 9:30 | Men's giant slalom |
| 13:00 | Men's giant slalom | |
| 16 March | 9:30 | Women's giant slalom |
| 13:00 | Women's giant slalom | |
* Host nation (Russia)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Russia (RUS)* | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 |
| 2 |  Germany (GER) | 6 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 3 |  France (FRA) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 |  Slovakia (SVK) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 |  Japan (JPN) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 |  Austria (AUT) | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| 7 |  Canada (CAN) | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 8 |  United States (USA) | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 |
| 9 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 |  Spain (ESP) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 |  Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 |  New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 |  Australia (AUS) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (14 entries) | 32 | 32 | 31 | 95 | |
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