Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Alpine Skiing at the XXI Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Whistler Creekside Whistler, British Columbia Canada
Dates	February 15–27, 2010
Competitors	309 from 71 nations
«2006	2014»

Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Combined	men	women
Downhill	men	women
Giant slalom	men	women
Slalom	men	women
Super-G	men	women

Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics was held at Whistler Creekside in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. The ten events were scheduled for February 13–27, 2010; weather delayed the first event, the men's downhill, two days until Monday, February 15.

1 Medal table
- 1.1 Men's events
- 1.2 Women's events
2 Competition schedule
- 2.1 Course information
3 Athletes
- 3.1 Qualification standards
- 3.2 Demographics
4 Competing nations
5 See also
6 References

Medal table

Notably absent from the medals in these Olympics were the Austrian men, who had won 8 medals in 2006 and 7 in 2002. France and host Canada were shutout from the podium, as were the German men and the Swiss and Italian women. The U.S. had its best Olympics ever with eight alpine medals, only the fourth nation to achieve that total in a single Olympics (Austria, France, Switzerland).

Individually, three men and five women won multiple medals; triple medalists were Bode Miller of the U.S. and Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway, who both won a medal of each color. The sole double gold medalist was Maria Riesch of Germany.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany (GER)	3	0	0	3
2	United States (USA)	2	3	3	8
3	Switzerland (SUI)	2	0	1	3
4	Norway (NOR)	1	2	1	4
5	Austria (AUT)	1	1	2	4
6	Italy (ITA)	1	0	0	1
7	Croatia (CRO)	0	2	0	2
7	Slovenia (SLO)	0	2	0	2
9	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	2	2
10	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	0	1	1
	Total	10	10	10	30

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Downhill details	Didier Défago Switzerland (SUI)	1:54.31	Aksel Lund Svindal Norway (NOR)	1:54.38	Bode Miller United States (USA)	1:54.40
Super-G details	Aksel Lund Svindal Norway (NOR)	1:30.34	Bode Miller United States (USA)	1:30.62	Andrew Weibrecht United States (USA)	1:30.65
Giant slalom details	Carlo Janka Switzerland (SUI)	2:37.83	Kjetil Jansrud Norway (NOR)	2:38.22	Aksel Lund Svindal Norway (NOR)	2:38.44
Slalom details	Giuliano Razzoli Italy (ITA)	1:39.32	Ivica Kostelić Croatia (CRO)	1:39.48	André Myhrer Sweden (SWE)	1:39.76
Super Combined details	Bode Miller United States (USA)	2:44.92	Ivica Kostelić Croatia (CRO)	2:45.25	Silvan Zurbriggen Switzerland (SUI)	2:45.32

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Downhill details	Lindsey Vonn United States (USA)	1:44.19	Julia Mancuso United States (USA)	1:44.75	Elisabeth Görgl Austria (AUT)	1:45.65
Super-G details	Andrea Fischbacher Austria (AUT)	1:20.14	Tina Maze Slovenia (SLO)	1:20.63	Lindsey Vonn United States (USA)	1:20.88
Giant slalom details	Viktoria Rebensburg Germany (GER)	2:27.11	Tina Maze Slovenia (SLO)	2:27.15	Elisabeth Görgl Austria (AUT)	2:27.25
Slalom details	Maria Riesch Germany (GER)	1:42.89	Marlies Schild Austria (AUT)	1:43.32	Šárka Záhrobská Czech Republic (CZE)	1:43.90
Super Combined details	Maria Riesch Germany (GER)	2:09.14	Julia Mancuso United States (USA)	2:10.08	Anja Pärson Sweden (SWE)	2:10.19

Competition schedule

All times are Pacific Standard Time (UTC-8).

Day	Date	Start	Finish	Event	Date Run
Day 2	Sat 13 Feb	11:45	13:15	Downhill – men	Mon 15 Feb
Day 3	Sun 14 Feb	10:00	11:30	Super Combined – women	Thu 18 Feb
Day 3	Sun 14 Feb	13:00	14:00	Super Combined – women	Thu 18 Feb
Day 5	Tue 16 Feb	10:00	11:30	Super Combined – men	Sun 21 Feb
Day 5	Tue 16 Feb	13:30	14:30	Super Combined – men	Sun 21 Feb
Day 6	Wed 17 Feb	11:00	12:45	Downhill – women	Wed 17 Feb
Day 8	Fri 19 Feb	11:30	13:00	Super-G – men	Fri 19 Feb
Day 9	Sat 20 Feb	10:00	11:45	Super-G – women	Sat 20 Feb
Day 10	Sun 21 Feb	10:00	11:45	Giant Slalom – men	Tue 23 Feb
Day 10	Sun 21 Feb	13:45	15:00	Giant Slalom – men	Tue 23 Feb
Day 13	Wed 24 Feb	10:00	11:45	Giant Slalom – women	Wed 24 Feb
Day 13	Wed 24 Feb	13:15	14:30	Giant Slalom – women	Thu 25 Feb
Day 15	Fri 26 Feb	10:00	11:45	Slalom – women	Fri 26 Feb
Day 15	Fri 26 Feb	13:30	14:45	Slalom – women	Fri 26 Feb
Day 16	Sat 27 Feb	10:00	11:45	Slalom – men	Sat 27 Feb
Day 16	Sat 27 Feb	13:45	14:45	Slalom – men	Sat 27 Feb

Course information

Course information(metric)

Date	Race	Start Elevation	Finish Elevation	Vertical Drop	Course Length	Average Gradient

Mon 15-Feb	Downhill – men	1678 m	825 m	853 m	3.105 km	27.5 %
Wed 17-Feb	Downhill – women	1595	825	770	2.939	26.2
Sun 21-Feb	Downhill – (SC) – men	1678	825	853	3.105	27.5
Thu 18-Feb	Downhill – (SC) – women	1500	825	675	2.500	27.0
Fri 19-Feb	Super-G – men	1440	825	615	2.200	28.0
Sat 20-Feb	Super-G – women	1425	825	600	2.005	29.9
Tue 23-Feb	Giant Slalom – men	1210	805	405	1.512	26.8
Wed 24-Feb	Giant Slalom – women	1177	805	372	1.309	28.4
Sat 27-Feb	Slalom – men	985	805	180	0.610	29.5
Fri 26-Feb	Slalom – women	985	805	180
Sun 21-Feb	Slalom – (SC) – men	1005	805	200	0.733	27.3
Thu 18-Feb	Slalom – (SC) – women	974	805	169	0.785	21.5

Course information (imperial)
Date	Race	Start Elevation	Finish Elevation	Vertical Drop	Course Length	Average Gradient
Mon 15-Feb	Downhill – men	5505 ft	2706 ft	2799 ft	1.929 mi.	27.5 %
Wed 17-Feb	Downhill – women	5233	2706	2527	1.826	26.2
Sun 21-Feb	Downhill – (SC) – men	5505	2706	2799	1.929	27.5
Thu 18-Feb	Downhill – (SC) – women	4921	2706	2214	1.553	27.0
Fri 19-Feb	Super-G – men	4724	2706	2018	1.367	28.0
Sat 20-Feb	Super-G – women	4675	2706	1969	1.246	29.9
Tue 23-Feb	Giant Slalom – men	3970	2641	1329	0.940	26.8
Wed 24-Feb	Giant Slalom – women	3861	2641	1220	0.813	28.4
Sat 27-Feb	Slalom – men	3232	2641	591	0.379	29.5
Fri 26-Feb	Slalom – women	3232	2641	591
Sun 21-Feb	Slalom – (SC) – men	3297	2641	656	0.455	27.3
Thu 18-Feb	Slalom – (SC) – women	3195	2641	554	0.488	21.5

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Athletes

Qualification standards

The FIS point list used to determined entry into the Olympics was from 18 January 2010.^[2]

There could be a maximum of 320 athletes competing in Alpine Skiing, with no more than 22 per NOC (there was a further limit of 14 male and 14 female per NOC). Additionally, each NOC could enter a maximum of four skiers per event.

To qualify, the competitor had to reach either the "A" or "B" standard.

"A" Qualification Standard: the competitor is in the top 500 of the FIS points list in at least one event. If the event is Downhill, Super-G or Super Combined, he or she requires at least 120 FIS points.
"B" Qualification Standard: if an NOC does not have a male or female athlete that meets the "A" Standard, then they may enter an athlete of that gender in Slalom or Giant Slalom only, provided that the athlete has at most 140 FIS points in the event and has taken part in the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009.

Demographics

As of 28 February 2010, there were 309 athletes listed as competitors in alpine skiing at the Games, representing 71 countries.^[3]

The youngest alpine skier in the 2010 Olympic Games was Ghassan Achi of Lebanon, age 16 at the time of competition (born July 28, 1993). The oldest was Hubertus von Hohenlohe of Mexico, age 51 (born February 2, 1959).^[3]

Competing nations

The following nations have entered the following number of alpine skiers.^[2]

NOC	Men	Women	Total
Albania	1		1
Andorra	2	2	4
Argentina	2	3	5
Armenia	1	1	2
Australia	2		2
Austria	11	8	19
Azerbaijan	1	1	2
Belarus		2	2
Belgium	2	1	3
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	2	3
Belgium	1	1	2
Brazil		1	1
Bulgaria	2	1	3
Canada	12	9	21
Cayman Islands	1		1
Chile	2	1	3
China	1	1	2
Colombia		1	1
Croatia	5	5	10
Cyprus	1	1	2
Czech Republic	5	3	8
Denmark	2	1	3
Estonia	1	1	2
Finland	2	2	4
France	10	12	22
Georgia	2	1	3
Germany	2	7	9
Ghana	1		1
Great Britain	3	1	4
Greece	2	1	3
Hungary	1	2	3
Iceland	3	1	4
India	1		1
Iran	2	1	3
Ireland	1	1	2
Israel	1		1
Italy	12	9	21
Japan	2	1	3
Kazakhstan	1	1	2
Kyrgyzstan	1		1
Latvia	2	1	3
Lebanon	1	2	3
Liechtenstein	1	2	3
Lithuania	1		1
Macedonia	1		1
Mexico	1		1
Moldova	2		2
Monaco		1	1
Montenegro	1		1
Morocco	1		1
New Zealand	2		2
Norway	5	1	6
Pakistan	1		1
Peru	1	1	2
Poland		1	1
Romania	2	1	3
Russia	3	2	5
San Marino	1		1
Senegal	1		1
Serbia		3	3
Slovenia	10	3	13
Slovakia	1	2	3
South Africa	1		1
South Korea	2	1	3
Spain	2	3	5
Sweden	7	5	12
Switzerland	9	5	14
Tajikistan	1		1
Turkey	1	1	2
Ukraine	1	2	3
United States	10	10	20
Uzbekistan	1	1	2
Total athletes	176	131	309
Total NOCs	66	51	71

References

^ FIS-ski.com - 2010 Winter Olympics - results
^ ^a ^b FIS 18 January 2010 Quota for the 2010 Winter Olympics.
^ ^a ^b Alpine Skiing Athletes: Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics

Whistler Weasel Workers – Alpine Race Volunteers for 2010 Olympics
Alpine Skiing - Sports - Vancouver 2010
Qualification for skiing.
Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games Competition Schedule v12

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