Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's super-G

The Men's Super-G competition of the Salt Lake 2002 Olympics was held at Snowbasin on Saturday, February 16.

Men's super-G
at the XIX Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for alpine skiing
VenueSnowbasin
DateFebruary 16
Competitors56 from 23 nations
Winning time1:21.58
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kjetil André Aamodt  Norway
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Stephan Eberharter  Austria
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Andreas Schifferer  Austria
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Men's Super-G
LocationSnowbasin
Grizzly Super-G
Vertical   648 m (2,126 ft)
Top elevation2,596 m (8,517 ft)  
Base elevation1,948 m (6,391 ft)

The defending world champion was Daron Rahlves of the United States, Austria's Hermann Maier was the defending Olympic and World Cup super-G champion, and teammate Stephan Eberharter led the current season. Maier was out for the season after a serious motorcycle accident in August.

Ten years after his first Olympic title in 1992, Kjetil André Aamodt of Norway won his second super-G gold, and his second gold of the 2002 Games.[1] Eberharter took the silver, and teammate Andreas Schifferer was the bronze medalist; Rahlves was eighth.[2]

The course started at an elevation of 2,596 m (8,517 ft) above sea level with a vertical drop of 648 m (2,126 ft) and a course length of 2.018 km (1.25 mi). Aamodt's winning time of 81.58 seconds yielded an average course speed of 89.051 km/h (55.3 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 7.943 m/s (26.1 ft/s).

Results

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The race was started at 10:00 local time, (UTC−7). At the starting gate, the skies were clear, the temperature was 5 °C (41 °F), and the snow condition was hard; the temperature at the finish was lower at 1 °C (34 °F).

Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference
  3 Kjetil André Aamodt   Norway 1:21.58
  7 Stephan Eberharter   Austria 1:21.68 +0.10
  11 Andreas Schifferer   Austria 1:21.83 +0.25
4 10 Fritz Strobl   Austria 1:21.92 +0.34
5 15 Bjarne Solbakken   Norway 1:22.10 +0.52
6 13 Didier Défago   Switzerland 1:22.27 +0.69
7 8 Christoph Gruber   Austria 1:22.35 +0.77
8 4 Daron Rahlves   United States 1:22.48 +0.90
9 33 Thomas Vonn   United States 1:23.22 +1.64
10 1 Paul Accola   Switzerland 1:23.33 +1.75
11 25 Patrik Järbyn   Sweden 1:23.40 +1.82
12 28 Tobias Grünenfelder   Switzerland 1:23.43 +1.85
13 30 Gregor Šparovec   Slovenia 1:23.52 +1.94
2 Marco Büchel   Liechtenstein
15 29 Jernej Koblar   Slovenia 1:23.82 +2.24
20 Sébastien Fournier   France
17 22 Roland Fischnaller   Italy 1:23.87 +2.29
18 18 Patrick Staudacher   Italy 1:23.95 +2.37
19 14 Kenneth Sivertsen   Norway 1:24.16 +2.58
20 23 Christophe Saioni   France 1:24.28 +2.70
21 17 Andrej Jerman   Slovenia 1:24.35 +2.77
22 16 Max Rauffer   Germany 1:24.54 +2.96
23 40 Pavel Chestakov   Russia 1:25.16 +3.58
24 43 Petr Záhrobský   Czech Republic 1:25.67 +4.09
25 34 Scott Macartney   United States 1:25.80 +4.22
26 24 Kurt Sulzenbacher   Italy 1:26.44 +4.86
27 39 Craig Branch   Australia 1:27.15 +5.57
28 42 Ivan Heimschild   Slovakia 1:27.74 +6.16
29 53 Nikolay Skriabin   Ukraine 1:27.84 +6.26
30 45 Nicolas Arsel   Argentina 1:28.55 +6.97
31 50 Duncan Grob   Chile 1:30.35 +8.77
32 52 Agustín García   Argentina 1:30.59 +9.01
33 54 Paul Schwarzacher-Joyce   Ireland 1:31.30 +9.72
34 56 Péter Vincze   Hungary 1:50.40 +28.82
6 Fredrik Nyberg   Sweden DNF
9 Lasse Kjus   Norway DNF
12 Alessandro Fattori   Italy DNF
19 Claude Crétier   France DNF
21 Darin McBeath   Canada DNF
26 Jürgen Hasler   Liechtenstein DNF
31 Marco Sullivan   United States DNF
32 Thomas Grandi   Canada DNF
36 Michael Riegler   Liechtenstein DNF
37 Borek Zakouril   Czech Republic DNF
38 Ed Podivinsky   Canada DNF
41 Andrey Filichkin   Russia DNF
44 Yasuyuki Takishita   Japan DNF
46 Mikael Gayme   Chile DNF
48 Sergey Komarov   Russia DNF
49 Maui Gayme   Chile DNF
51 Vassilis Dimitriadis   Greece DNF
55 Andrei Drygin   Tajikistan DNF
5 Didier Cuche   Switzerland DSQ
27 Peter Pen   Slovenia DSQ
35 A. J. Bear   Australia DSQ
47 Ondřej Bank   Czech Republic DNS

References

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  1. ^ "Alpine Skiing at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games: Men's Super-G". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  2. ^ Gloster, Rob (February 17, 2002). "Second gold satisfies 'Baby Shark'". Eugene Register-Guard. Associated Press. p. 10B.
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