Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Men's super-G

The men's super-G competition of the Lillehammer 1994 Olympics was held at Kvitfjell on Thursday, 17 February.[1][2]

Men's Super G
at the XVII Olympic Winter Games
VenueKvitfjell
DateFebruary 17
Competitors69 from 28 nations
Winning time1:32.53
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Markus Wasmeier  Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tommy Moe  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kjetil André Aamodt  Norway
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Men's Aupwe-G
LocationKvitfjell
Olympiabakken
Vertical641 m (2,103 ft)
Top elevation823 m (2,700 ft)  
Base elevation182 m (597 ft)

Norway's Kjetil André Aamodt was the defending Olympic and World Cup super-G champion and Marc Girardelli led the current season.[3]

Germany's Markus Wasmeier won the gold medal, downhill champion Tommy Moe took the silver (on his 24th birthday[citation needed]), and Aamodt was the bronze medalist.[4]

The Olympiabakken course started at an elevation of 823 m (2,700 ft) above sea level with a vertical drop of 641 m (2,103 ft) and a course length of 2.574 km (1.60 mi). Wasmeier's winning time was 92.53 seconds, yielding an average course speed of 100.145 km/h (62.2 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 6.927 m/s (22.7 ft/s).

Results

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The race was started at 11:00 local time, (UTC +1). At the starting gate, the skies were clear, the temperature was −10.0 °C (14 °F), and the snow condition was hard; the temperature at the finish was lower, at −15.0 °C (5 °F).[1]

Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference
  4 Markus Wasmeier   Germany 1:32.53
  3 Tommy Moe   United States 1:32.61 +0.08
  8 Kjetil André Aamodt   Norway 1:32.93 +0.40
4 9 Marc Girardelli   Luxembourg 1:33.07 +0.54
5 11 Werner Perathoner   Italy 1:33.10 +0.57
6 1 Atle Skårdal   Norway 1:33.31 +0.78
7 6 Jan Einar Thorsen   Norway 1:33.37 +0.84
8 30 Luc Alphand   France 1:33.39 +0.86
9 5 Günther Mader   Austria 1:33.50 +0.97
10 7 Marco Hangl   Switzerland 1:33.75 +1.22
11 15 Armin Assinger   Austria 1:33.84 +1.31
12 12 Lasse Kjus   Norway 1:34.02 +1.49
13 19 Janne Leskinen   Finland 1:34.09 +1.56
14 29 Paul Accola   Switzerland 1:34.37 +1.84
15 20 Peter Runggaldier   Italy 1:34.44 +1.91
16 31 Pietro Vitalini   Italy 1:34.46 +1.93
17 18 Christophe Plé   France 1:34.50 +1.97
18 27 Patrik Järbyn   Sweden 1:34.51 +1.98
19 22 Tobias Hellman   Sweden 1:34.59 +2.06
20 10 Hans Knauss   Austria 1:34.65 +2.12
21 28 Hansjörg Tauscher   Germany 1:34.71 +2.18
22 32 Miran Ravter   Slovenia 1:34.73 +2.20
23 17 Franck Piccard   France 1:34.75 +2.22
24 23 Cary Mullen   Canada 1:34.84 +2.31
25 16 Fredrik Nyberg   Sweden 1:34.96 +2.43
26 54 Brian Stemmle   Canada 1:34.99 +2.46
27 35 Daniel Vogt   Liechtenstein 1:35.08 +2.55
28 45 Mitja Kunc   Slovenia 1:35.15 +2.62
29 21 Jernej Koblar   Slovenia 1:35.16 +2.63
30 46 Andrey Filichkin   Russia 1:35.26 +2.73
31 40 Nicolas Burtin   France 1:35.28 +2.75
32 38 Marco Büchel   Liechtenstein 1:35.78 +3.25
33 36 Kiminobu Kimura   Japan 1:36.38 +3.85
34 53 Vasily Bezsmelnitsyn   Russia 1:36.50 +3.97
35 62 Lyubomir Popov   Bulgaria 1:37.01 +4.48
36 66 Luis Cristobal   Spain 1:37.31 +4.78
37 43 Anthony Huguet   Australia 1:37.44 +4.91
38 48 Xavier Ubeira   Spain 1:37.60 +5.07
39 59 Vicente Tomas   Spain 1:38.02 +5.49
40 51 Mika Marila   Finland 1:38.14 +5.61
41 65 Vedran Pavlek   Croatia 1:38.51 +5.98
42 61 Marcin Szafrański   Poland 1:38.54 +6.01
43 60 Victor Gómez   Andorra 1:38.64 +6.11
44 49 Gerard Escoda   Andorra 1:38.77 +6.24
45 50 Attila Bónis   Hungary 1:38.83 +6.30
46 58 Ramon Rossell   Andorra 1:40.25 +7.72
47 63 Alexis Racloz   Chile 1:41.12 +8.59
48 68 Gáston Begue   Argentina 1:41.21 +8.68
- 2 Daniel Mahrer   Switzerland DNF -
- 13 Hannes Trinkl   Austria DNF -
- 14 William Besse   Switzerland DNF -
- 24 Tobias Barnerssoi   Germany DNF -
- 25 Kyle Rasmussen   United States DQ -
- 26 Alessandro Fattori   Italy DNF -
- 33 A. J. Kitt   United States DQ -
- 34 Achim Vogt   Liechtenstein DNF -
- 37 Jürgen Hasler   Liechtenstein DNF -
- 39 Chad Fleischer   United States DNF -
- 41 Ralf Socher   Canada DNF -
- 42 Graham Bell   Great Britain DNF -
- 44 Ed Podivinsky   Canada DNF -
- 47 Georges Mendes   Portugal DNF -
- 52 Nils Linneberg   Chile DNF -
- 55 Simon Wi Rutene   New Zealand DNF -
- 56 Federico Van Ditmar   Argentina DNF -
- 57 Santi López   Andorra DNF -
- 64 Spencer Pession   Great Britain DNF -
- 67 Carlos Manuel Bustos   Argentina DNF -
- 69 Julien Castellini   Monaco DNF -
Source:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Lillehammer 1994 Official Report" (PDF). Lillehammer Olympiske Organisasjonskomité. LA84 Foundation. 1994. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
  2. ^ "Alpine Skiing at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games: Men's Super G". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  3. ^ "1993 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
  4. ^ Phillips, Angus (February 18, 1994). "Moe skis into U.S. record book". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Washington Post). p. 1B.
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