Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics

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Alpine skiing
at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
Alpine skiing pictogram.svg
Alpine skiing pictogram
Venue"Rock" (speed events),
"Ice River" (technical events),
"Rainbow" (team event),
Yanqing National Alpine Ski Centre,
Yanqing District
Dates7–20 February
No. of events11 (5 men, 5 women, 1 mixed)
  2018
2026 
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Xiaohaituo

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]

Qualification

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]

Competition schedule

The competition schedule was altered from the original schedule due to weather conditions in Yanqing. [6] All times were local (UTC +8) [7] .

DateTimeEventCourse
7 February12:00 Men's downhill "Rock"
7 February9:30
14:30
Women's giant slalom "Ice River"
8 February11:00 Men's super-G "Rock"
9 February10:15
13:45
Women's slalom "Ice River"
10 February10:30
14:15
Men's combined "Rock"/
"Ice River"
11 February11:00 Women's super-G "Rock"
13 February10:15
15:00
Men's giant slalom "Ice River"
15 February11:30 Women's downhill "Rock"
16 February10:15
13:45
Men's slalom "Ice River"
17 February10:30
14:00
Women's combined "Rock"/
"Ice River"
20 February9:00 Team event "Rainbow"
Source: [8]    Times are (UTC+8)
Notes

Course information

DateRaceStart
elevation
Finish
elevation
Vertical
drop
Course
length
Average
gradient
7 FebruaryDownhill – men2,179 m (7,149 ft)1,285 m (4,216 ft)894 m (2,933 ft)3.152 km (1.96 mi)
15 FebruaryDownhill – women2,050 m (6,726 ft)1,285 m (4,216 ft)765 m (2,510 ft)2.704 km (1.68 mi)
10 FebruaryDownhill – (AC) – men2,179 m (7,149 ft)1,285 m (4,216 ft)894 m (2,933 ft)3.152 km (1.96 mi)
17 FebruaryDownhill – (AC) – women2,050 m (6,726 ft)1,285 m (4,216 ft)765 m (2,510 ft)2.704 km (1.68 mi)
8 FebruarySuper-G – men1,930 m (6,332 ft)1,285 m (4,216 ft)645 m (2,116 ft)2.267 km (1.41 mi)
11 FebruarySuper-G – women1,825 m (5,988 ft)1,285 m (4,216 ft)540 m (1,772 ft)1.984 km (1.23 mi)
13 FebruaryGiant slalom – men1,925 m (6,316 ft)1,501 m (4,925 ft)424 m (1,391 ft)
7 FebruaryGiant slalom – women1,925 m (6,316 ft)1,501 m (4,925 ft)424 m (1,391 ft)
16 FebruarySlalom – men1,712 m (5,617 ft)1,501 m (4,925 ft)211 m (692 ft)
9 FebruarySlalom – women1,712 m (5,617 ft)1,501 m (4,925 ft)211 m (692 ft)
10 FebruarySlalom – (AC) – men1,712 m (5,617 ft)1,501 m (4,925 ft)211 m (692 ft)
17 FebruarySlalom – (AC) – women1,712 m (5,617 ft)1,501 m (4,925 ft)211 m (692 ft)
20 FebruaryTeam event1,603 m (5,259 ft)1,487 m (4,879 ft)116 m (381 ft)

Medal summary

Switzerland led all nations in the medal standings with five gold and nine medals overall.

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 5139
2Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 3317
3Flag of France.svg  France 1113
4Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 1001
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1001
6Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 0224
7Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 0134
8Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 0101
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 0101
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0101
11Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 0011
Totals (11 entries)11111133

Medalists

Men's events

EventGoldSilverBronze
Downhill [11]
details
Beat Feuz
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
1:42.69 Johan Clarey
Flag of France.svg  France
1:42.79 Matthias Mayer
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
1:42.85
Super-G [12]
details
Matthias Mayer
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
1:19.94 Ryan Cochran-Siegle
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
1:19.98 Aleksander Aamodt Kilde
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
1:20.36
Giant slalom [13]
details
Marco Odermatt
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
2:09.35 Žan Kranjec
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
2:09.54 Mathieu Faivre
Flag of France.svg  France
2:10.69
Slalom
details
Clément Noël
Flag of France.svg  France
1:44.09 Johannes Strolz
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
1:44.70 Sebastian Foss-Solevåg
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
1:44.79
Combined [14]
details
Johannes Strolz
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
2:31.43 Aleksander Aamodt Kilde
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
2:32.02 James Crawford
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
2:32.11

Women's events

EventGoldSilverBronze
Downhill
details
Corinne Suter
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
1:31.87 Sofia Goggia
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
1:32.03 Nadia Delago
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
1:32.44
Super-G [15]
details
Lara Gut-Behrami
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
1:13.51 Mirjam Puchner
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
1:13.73 Michelle Gisin
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
1:13.81
Giant slalom [16]
details
Sara Hector
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
1:55.69 Federica Brignone
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
1:55.97 Lara Gut-Behrami
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
1:56.41
Slalom [17]
details
Petra Vlhová
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
1:44.98 Katharina Liensberger
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
1:45.06 Wendy Holdener
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
1:45.10
Combined
details
Michelle Gisin
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
2:25.67 Wendy Holdener
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
2:26.72 Federica Brignone
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
2:27.52

Mixed

EventGoldSilverBronze
Team
details
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Katharina Huber
Katharina Liensberger
Katharina Truppe
Stefan Brennsteiner
Michael Matt
Johannes Strolz
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Emma Aicher
Lena Dürr
Julian Rauchfuß
Alexander Schmid
Linus Straßer
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Mina Fürst Holtmann
Thea Louise Stjernesund
Maria Therese Tviberg
Timon Haugan
Fabian Wilkens Solheim
Rasmus Windingstad

Participating nations

79 nations sent alpine skiiers to compete in the events.

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