Alpine skiing at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games | |
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Venue | "Rock" (speed events), "Ice River" (technical events), "Rainbow" (team event), Yanqing National Alpine Ski Centre, Yanqing District |
Dates | 7–20 February |
No. of events | 11 (5 men, 5 women, 1 mixed) |
Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics | ||
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Qualification | ||
Combined | men | women |
Downhill | men | women |
Giant slalom | men | women |
Slalom | men | women |
Super-G | men | women |
Team event | mixed | |
Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held at the Yanqing National Alpine Ski Centre in Yanqing District, China. [1] The competitions took place from 6 to 20 February 2022.
Speed events were held on "Rock" course and technical events on "Ice River" course, for both men and women. Team event was held on "Rainbow."
A total of 306 quota spots (153 per gender) were distributed to the alpine skiing, a reduction of 14 from 2018. [2] Eleven events were contested: five for men, five for women, and one mixed (team). [3]
A maximum of 306 quota spots were available to athletes to compete at the games. A maximum of twenty-two athletes could be entered by a National Olympic Committee, with a maximum of eleven men or eleven women. [4]
On January 24, 2022, the IOC granted four extra male quotas while the FIS began investigating the legitimacy of some low level qualifying events. [5]
The competition schedule was altered from the original schedule due to weather conditions in Yanqing. [6] All times were local (UTC +8) [7] .
Date | Time | Event | Course |
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7 February | 12:00 | Men's downhill | "Rock" |
7 February | 9:30 14:30 | Women's giant slalom | "Ice River" |
8 February | 11:00 | Men's super-G | "Rock" |
9 February | 10:15 13:45 | Women's slalom | "Ice River" |
10 February | 10:30 14:15 | Men's combined | "Rock"/ "Ice River" |
11 February | 11:00 | Women's super-G | "Rock" |
13 February | 10:15 15:00 | Men's giant slalom | "Ice River" |
15 February | 11:30 | Women's downhill | "Rock" |
16 February | 10:15 13:45 | Men's slalom | "Ice River" |
17 February | 10:30 14:00 | Women's combined | "Rock"/ "Ice River" |
20 February | 9:00 | Team event | "Rainbow" |
Source: [8] Times are (UTC+8) |
Date | Race | Start elevation | Finish elevation | Vertical drop | Course length | Average gradient |
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7 February | Downhill – men | 2,179 m (7,149 ft) | 1,285 m (4,216 ft) | 894 m (2,933 ft) | 3.152 km (1.96 mi) | 28.4% |
15 February | Downhill – women | 2,050 m (6,726 ft) | 1,285 m (4,216 ft) | 765 m (2,510 ft) | 2.704 km (1.68 mi) | 28.3% |
10 February | Downhill – (AC) – men | 2,179 m (7,149 ft) | 1,285 m (4,216 ft) | 894 m (2,933 ft) | 3.152 km (1.96 mi) | 28.4% |
17 February | Downhill – (AC) – women | 2,050 m (6,726 ft) | 1,285 m (4,216 ft) | 765 m (2,510 ft) | 2.704 km (1.68 mi) | 28.3% |
8 February | Super-G – men | 1,930 m (6,332 ft) | 1,285 m (4,216 ft) | 645 m (2,116 ft) | 2.267 km (1.41 mi) | 28.5% |
11 February | Super-G – women | 1,825 m (5,988 ft) | 1,285 m (4,216 ft) | 540 m (1,772 ft) | 1.984 km (1.23 mi) | 27.2% |
13 February | Giant slalom – men | 1,925 m (6,316 ft) | 1,501 m (4,925 ft) | 424 m (1,391 ft) | ||
7 February | Giant slalom – women | 1,925 m (6,316 ft) | 1,501 m (4,925 ft) | 424 m (1,391 ft) | ||
16 February | Slalom – men | 1,712 m (5,617 ft) | 1,501 m (4,925 ft) | 211 m (692 ft) | ||
9 February | Slalom – women | 1,712 m (5,617 ft) | 1,501 m (4,925 ft) | 211 m (692 ft) | ||
10 February | Slalom – (AC) – men | 1,712 m (5,617 ft) | 1,501 m (4,925 ft) | 211 m (692 ft) | ||
17 February | Slalom – (AC) – women | 1,712 m (5,617 ft) | 1,501 m (4,925 ft) | 211 m (692 ft) | ||
20 February | Team event | 1,603 m (5,259 ft) | 1,487 m (4,879 ft) | 116 m (381 ft) |
Switzerland led all nations in the medal standings with five gold and nine medals overall.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Switzerland | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
2 | Austria | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
3 | France | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
4 | Slovakia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Sweden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
6 | Italy | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
7 | Norway | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
8 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Slovenia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
United States | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
11 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (11 entries) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Downhill [11] | Beat Feuz Switzerland | 1:42.69 | Johan Clarey France | 1:42.79 | Matthias Mayer Austria | 1:42.85 |
Super-G [12] | Matthias Mayer Austria | 1:19.94 | Ryan Cochran-Siegle United States | 1:19.98 | Aleksander Aamodt Kilde Norway | 1:20.36 |
Giant slalom [13] | Marco Odermatt Switzerland | 2:09.35 | Žan Kranjec Slovenia | 2:09.54 | Mathieu Faivre France | 2:10.69 |
Slalom | Clément Noël France | 1:44.09 | Johannes Strolz Austria | 1:44.70 | Sebastian Foss-Solevåg Norway | 1:44.79 |
Combined [14] | Johannes Strolz Austria | 2:31.43 | Aleksander Aamodt Kilde Norway | 2:32.02 | James Crawford Canada | 2:32.11 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Downhill | Corinne Suter Switzerland | 1:31.87 | Sofia Goggia Italy | 1:32.03 | Nadia Delago Italy | 1:32.44 |
Super-G [15] | Lara Gut-Behrami Switzerland | 1:13.51 | Mirjam Puchner Austria | 1:13.73 | Michelle Gisin Switzerland | 1:13.81 |
Giant slalom [16] | Sara Hector Sweden | 1:55.69 | Federica Brignone Italy | 1:55.97 | Lara Gut-Behrami Switzerland | 1:56.41 |
Slalom [17] | Petra Vlhová Slovakia | 1:44.98 | Katharina Liensberger Austria | 1:45.06 | Wendy Holdener Switzerland | 1:45.10 |
Combined | Michelle Gisin Switzerland | 2:25.67 | Wendy Holdener Switzerland | 2:26.72 | Federica Brignone Italy | 2:27.52 |
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