Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held from 12 to 24 February at Yongpyong Alpine Centre (slalom and giant slalom) at the Alpensia Sports Park in PyeongChang and at the Jeongseon Alpine Centre (speed events) in Jeongseon, South Korea.[1]

Alpine Skiing at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
Venues	Jeongseon Alpine Centre (speed) Yongpyong Alpine Center (technical)
Dates	12–24 February 2018
No. of events	11 (5 men, 5 women, 1 mixed)
Competitors	322 from 80 nations

Yongpyong

Jeongseon

Locations in South Korea

In June 2015, the International Olympic Committee approved the addition of a mixed team event, bringing the total of medal events in alpine skiing to eleven.[2] It was the last event on the schedule.

Qualification

A maximum of 320 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 fourteen men or fourteen women. A total of sixteen countries also qualified for the inaugural team event. There were two qualification standards for the games: an A standard and a B standard.[3]

Competition schedule

Date	Time	Event
13 February	11:30 15:00	Men's combined
15 February	10:00 13:45	Women's giant slalom
	11:30	Men's downhill
16 February	10:00 13:15	Women's slalom
	11:00	Men's super-G
17 February	12:00	Women's super-G
18 February	10:15 13:45	Men's giant slalom
21 February	11:00	Women's downhill
22 February	10:00 13:30	Men's slalom
	11:30 15:00	Women's combined
24 February	11:00	Team event
Source:[4]   All times are (UTC+9)

Notes

• Men's downhill was postponed (high winds) from 11 to 15 February.[5]
• Women's giant slalom was postponed (high winds) from 12 to 15 February.[6]
• Women's slalom was postponed (high winds) from 14 to 16 February.[7]
• Men's super-G was postponed (scheduling conflict) from 15 to 16 February.
• Women's combined was moved forward 24 hours (due to scheduled high winds) from 23 to 22 February.[8]

Course information

Date	Race	Start elevation	Finish elevation	Vertical drop	Course length	Average gradient
15 February	Downhill – men	1,370 m (4,495 ft)	545 m (1,788 ft)	825 m (2,707 ft)	2.965 km (1.842 mi)	27.8%
21 February	Downhill – women	1,275 m (4,183 ft)	545 m (1,788 ft)	730 m (2,395 ft)	2.775 km (1.724 mi)	26.3%
13 February	Downhill – (SC) – men	1,195 m (3,921 ft)	545 m (1,788 ft)	650 m (2,133 ft)	2.050 km (1.274 mi)	31.7%
22 February	Downhill – (SC) – women	1,275 m (4,183 ft)	545 m (1,788 ft)	730 m (2,400 ft)	2.775 km (1.724 mi)	26.3%
16 February	Super-G – men	1,195 m (3,921 ft)	545 m (1,788 ft)	650 m (2,133 ft)	2.322 km (1.443 mi)	28%
17 February	Super-G – women	1,130 m (3,707 ft)	545 m (1,788 ft)	585 m (1,919 ft)	2.010 km (1.249 mi)	29.1%
18 February	Giant slalom – men	1,405 m (4,610 ft)	965 m (3,166 ft)	440 m (1,444 ft)	1.326 km (0.824 mi)	33.2%
15 February	Giant slalom – women	1,365 m (4,478 ft)	965 m (3,166 ft)	400 m (1,312 ft)	1.250 km (0.777 mi)	32.0%
22 February	Slalom – men	1,176 m (3,858 ft)	965 m (3,166 ft)	211 m (692 ft)	0.575 km (0.357 mi)	36.7%
16 February	Slalom – women	1,169 m (3,835 ft)	965 m (3,166 ft)	204 m (669 ft)	0.556 km (0.345 mi)	36.7%
13 February	Slalom – (SC) – men	745 m (2,444 ft)	545 m (1,788 ft)	200 m (656 ft)	0.521 km (0.324 mi)	38.4%
22 February	Slalom – (SC) – women	724 m (2,375 ft)	545 m (1,788 ft)	179 m (587 ft)	0.515 km (0.320 mi)	34.8%
24 February	Team event	1,041 m (3,415 ft)	961 m (3,153 ft)	80 m (262 ft)	0.265 km (0.165 mi)	30.2%

• Estimates - data from official Olympic venue websites.[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Austria (AUT)	3	2	2	7
2	Switzerland (SUI)	2	3	2	7
3	Sweden (SWE)	2	0	0	2
4	Norway (NOR)	1	4	2	7
5	United States (USA)	1	1	1	3
6	Italy (ITA)	1	0	1	2
7	Czech Republic (CZE)	1	0	0	1
8	France (FRA)	0	1	2	3
9	Liechtenstein (LIE)	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 nations)		11	11	11	33

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Downhill[23]	Aksel Lund Svindal  Norway	1:40.25	Kjetil Jansrud  Norway	1:40.37	Beat Feuz  Switzerland	1:40.43
Super-G[24]	Matthias Mayer  Austria	1:24.44	Beat Feuz  Switzerland	1:24.57	Kjetil Jansrud  Norway	1:24.62
Giant slalom[25]	Marcel Hirscher  Austria	2:18.04	Henrik Kristoffersen  Norway	2:19.31	Alexis Pinturault  France	2:19.35
Slalom[26]	André Myhrer  Sweden	1:38.99	Ramon Zenhäusern  Switzerland	1:39.33	Michael Matt  Austria	1:39.66
Combined[27]	Marcel Hirscher  Austria	2:06.52	Alexis Pinturault  France	2:06.75	Victor Muffat-Jeandet  France	2:07.54

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Downhill[28]	Sofia Goggia  Italy	1:39.22	Ragnhild Mowinckel  Norway	1:39.31	Lindsey Vonn  United States	1:39.69
Super-G[29]	Ester Ledecká  Czech Republic	1:21.11	Anna Veith  Austria	1:21.12	Tina Weirather  Liechtenstein	1:21.22
Giant slalom[30]	Mikaela Shiffrin  United States	2:20.02	Ragnhild Mowinckel  Norway	2:20.41	Federica Brignone  Italy	2:20.48
Slalom[31]	Frida Hansdotter  Sweden	1:38.63	Wendy Holdener  Switzerland	1:38.68	Katharina Gallhuber  Austria	1:38.95
Combined[32]	Michelle Gisin  Switzerland	2:20.90	Mikaela Shiffrin  United States	2:21.87	Wendy Holdener  Switzerland	2:22.34

Team event

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Mixed team[33]	Switzerland (SUI) Luca Aerni Denise Feierabend Wendy Holdener Daniel Yule Ramon Zenhäusern	Austria (AUT) Stephanie Brunner Manuel Feller Katharina Gallhuber Katharina Liensberger Michael Matt Marco Schwarz	Norway (NOR) Sebastian Foss-Solevåg Nina Haver-Løseth Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen Kristin Lysdahl Jonathan Nordbotten Maren Skjøld

Participating nations

A total of 322 athletes from 80 nations (including the IOC's designation of Olympic Athletes from Russia) were scheduled to participate (the numbers of athletes are shown in parentheses).[34]

•  Albania (2)
•  Andorra (3)
•  Argentina (2)
•  Armenia (1)
•  Australia (3)
•  Austria (22)
•  Azerbaijan (1)
•  Belarus (2)
•  Belgium (4)
•  Bolivia (1)
•  Bosnia and Herzegovina (2)
•  Brazil (1)
•  Bulgaria (3)
•  Canada (14)
•  Chile (3)
•  China (2)
•  Colombia (1)
•  Croatia (10)
•  Cyprus (1)
•  Czech Republic (9)
•  Denmark (2)
•  East Timor (1)
•  Eritrea (1)
•  Estonia (2)
•  Finland (2)
•  France (22)
•  Georgia (2)
•  Germany (14)
•  Great Britain (4)
•  Greece (2)
•  Hong Kong (1)
•  Hungary (4)
•  Iceland (2)
•  Iran (2)
•  Ireland (2)
•  Israel (1)
•  Italy (20)
•  Japan (4)
•  Kazakhstan (2)
•  Kenya (1)
•  Kosovo (1)
•  Kyrgyzstan (1)
•  Latvia (2)
•  Lebanon (2)
•  Liechtenstein (2)
•  Lithuania (2)
•  Luxembourg (1)
•  Macedonia (1)
•  Madagascar (1)
•  Malaysia (1)
•  Malta (1)
•  Mexico (2)
•  Moldova (1)
•  Monaco (2)
•  Montenegro (2)
•  Morocco (1)
•  New Zealand (3)
•  North Korea (3)
•  Norway (11)
•  Olympic Athletes from Russia (5)
•  Pakistan (1)
•  Philippines (1)
•  Poland (3)
•  Portugal (1)
•  Puerto Rico (1)
•  Romania (2)
•  San Marino (1)
•  Serbia (3)
•  Slovakia (7)
•  Slovenia (11)
•  South Africa (1)
•  South Korea (4)
•  Spain (2)
•  Sweden (10)
•  Switzerland (22)
•  Thailand (2)
•  Turkey (2)
•  Ukraine (2)
•  United States (22)
•  Uzbekistan (1)

References

1. "Venues". www.pyeongchang2018.com/. Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Organizing Committee for the 2018 Winter Olympics. Archived from the original on 17 February 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
2. Wilson, Stephen (8 June 2015). "Four new events added to 2018 Winter Olympics". The Globe and Mail. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
3. "Qualification Systems for XXII Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018 Alpine skiing" (PDF). International Ski Federation (FIS). 16 August 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
4. "2018-02 Calendar". FIS. Archived from the original on 20 January 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
5. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/feb/11/winter-olympics-2018-pyeongchang-downhill-skiing-postponed
6. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-olympics/43027402
7. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-olympics-2018-alps-w-sl-delay/womens-slalom-postponed-until-friday-idUSKCN1FY06Q
8. "Shiffrin to miss downhill after combined moved forward". Reuters. 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
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11. "Ladies' Downhill Official Results" (PDF). 2018 Winter Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 February 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
12. "Men's Alpine Combined - Downhill Official Results" (PDF). 2018 Winter Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
13. "Ladies' Alpine Combined - Downhill Official Results" (PDF). 2018 Winter Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
14. "Men's Super-G Official Results" (PDF). 2018 Winter Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
15. "Ladies' Super-G Official Results" (PDF). 2018 Winter Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
16. "Men's Giant Slalom Official Results" (PDF). 2018 Winter Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
17. "Ladies' Giant Slalom Official Results" (PDF). 2018 Winter Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
18. "Men's Slalom Official Results" (PDF). 2018 Winter Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
19. "Ladies' Slalom Official Results" (PDF). 2018 Winter Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
20. "Men's Alpine Combined - Official Results" (PDF). 2018 Winter Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 February 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
21. "Ladies' Alpine Combined - Official Results" (PDF). 2018 Winter Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
22. "Yongpyong Alpine Centre". 2018 Winter Olympics. Archived from the original on 6 February 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
23. Men's downhill results
24. Men's super-G results
25. Men's giant slalom results
26. Men's slalom results
27. Men's combined results
28. Women's downhill results
29. Women's super-G results
30. Women's giant slalom results
31. Women's slalom results
32. Women's combined results
33. Mixed team results
34. "Number of Entries by NOC" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 February 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2018.

External links

• Official Results Book – Alpine Skiing