Alpine Skiing
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
Pictograms for speed (left) and technical (right) events
VenuesJeongseon Alpine Centre (speed)
Yongpyong Alpine Center (technical)
Dates12–24 February 2018
No. of events11 (5 men, 5 women, 1 mixed)
Competitors322 from 80 nations
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Alpine skiing at the
2018 Winter Olympics
Qualification
Combinedmenwomen
Downhillmenwomen
Giant slalommenwomen
Slalommenwomen
Super-Gmenwomen
Team eventmixed
Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics is located in South Korea
Yongpyong
Yongpyong
Jeongseon
Jeongseon
Locations in South Korea

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]

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

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – 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

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%

Medal summary

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Austria3227
2 Switzerland2327
3 Sweden2002
4 Norway1427
5 United States1113
6 Italy1012
7 Czech Republic1001
8 France0123
9 Liechtenstein0011
Totals (9 entries)11111133

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Downhill[23]
details 		Aksel Lund Svindal
 Norway		 1:40.25 Kjetil Jansrud
 Norway		 1:40.37 Beat Feuz
 Switzerland		 1:40.43
Super-G[24]
details 		Matthias Mayer
 Austria		 1:24.44 Beat Feuz
 Switzerland		 1:24.57 Kjetil Jansrud
 Norway		 1:24.62
Giant slalom[25]
details 		Marcel Hirscher
 Austria		 2:18.04 Henrik Kristoffersen
 Norway		 2:19.31 Alexis Pinturault
 France		 2:19.35
Slalom[26]
details 		André Myhrer
 Sweden		 1:38.99 Ramon Zenhäusern
 Switzerland		 1:39.33 Michael Matt
 Austria		 1:39.66
Combined[27]
details 		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]
details 		Sofia Goggia
 Italy		 1:39.22 Ragnhild Mowinckel
 Norway		 1:39.31 Lindsey Vonn
 United States		 1:39.69
Super-G[29]
details 		Ester Ledecká
 Czech Republic		 1:21.11 Anna Veith
 Austria		 1:21.12 Tina Weirather
 Liechtenstein		 1:21.22
Giant slalom[30]
details 		Mikaela Shiffrin
 United States		 2:20.02 Ragnhild Mowinckel
 Norway		 2:20.41 Federica Brignone
 Italy		 2:20.48
Slalom[31]
details 		Frida Hansdotter
 Sweden		 1:38.63 Wendy Holdener
 Switzerland		 1:38.68 Katharina Gallhuber
 Austria		 1:38.95
Combined[32]
details 		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]
details 		 Switzerland
Luca Aerni
Denise Feierabend
Wendy Holdener
Daniel Yule
Ramon Zenhäusern

  Austria
Stephanie Brunner
Manuel Feller
Katharina Gallhuber
Katharina Liensberger
Michael Matt
Marco Schwarz 		 Norway
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]

References

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  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.

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