| Event: | Men's Super G |
| Games: | 1988 Winter |
| Venue: | Nakiska |
| Date: | February 21 |
| Competitors: | 94 |
| Nations: | 34 |
| Win Value: | 1:39.66 |
| Gold: | Franck Piccard |
| Goldnoc: | FRA |
| Silver: | Helmut Mayer |
| Silvernoc: | AUT |
| Bronze: | Lars-Börje Eriksson |
| Bronzenoc: | SWE |
| Next: | 1992 |
| Men's Super-G | |
| Location: | Nakiska |
| Vertical: | 647m (2,123feet) |
| Top Elevation: | 2179m (7,149feet) |
| Base Elevation: | 1532m (5,026feet) |
The Men's Super G competition of the Calgary 1988 Olympics was held at Nakiska on Sunday, February 21.[1] [2] This was the Olympic debut of the event.
The defending world champion was Pirmin Zurbriggen of Switzerland, who was also the defending World Cup Super G champion and led the current season.[3] [4]
France's Franck Piccard won the gold medal, Helmut Mayer of Austria took the silver, and Lars-Börje Eriksson of Sweden was the bronze medalist. Zurbriggen tied for fifth, more than two seconds behind. Italy's Alberto Tomba lasted three gates and did not finish.[5] It was the first Olympic alpine gold for France in twenty years, since the sweep by Jean-Claude Killy in 1968.
The course started at an elevation of 2179m (7,149feet) above sea level with a vertical drop of 647m (2,123feet) and a course length of 2.327km (01.446miles). Piccard's winning time was 99.66 seconds, yielding an average speed of 84.058km/h, with an average vertical descent rate of 6.492m/s.
The race was started at 10:00 local time, (UTC −7). At the starting gate, it was snowing, the temperature was, and the snow condition was hard. The temperature at the finish was .
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 1:39.66 | — | ||||
| 10 | 1:40.96 | +1.30 | ||||
| 1 | 1:41.08 | +1.42 | ||||
| 4 | 17 | 1:41.11 | +1.45 | |||
| 5 | 14 | 1:41.96 | +2.30 | |||
| 5 | 7 | 1:41.96 | +2.30 | |||
| 7 | 23 | 1:42.27 | +2.61 | |||
| 8 | 8 | 1:42.36 | +2.70 | |||
| 9 | 25 | 1:42.47 | +2.81 | |||
| 10 | 20 | 1:42.66 | +3.00 | |||
| 11 | 4 | 1:42.88 | +3.22 | |||
| 12 | 13 | 1:43.00 | +3.34 | |||
| 13 | 37 | 1:43.01 | +3.35 | |||
| 14 | 27 | 1:43.03 | +3.37 | |||
| 15 | 15 | 1:43.32 | +3.66 | |||
| 16 | 32 | 1:43.41 | +3.75 | |||
| 17 | 19 | 1:44.16 | +4.50 | |||
| 18 | 35 | 1:44.26 | +4.60 | |||
| 19 | 12 | 1:44.31 | +4.65 | |||
| 20 | 36 | 1:44.88 | +5.22 | |||
| 20 | 28 | 1:44.88 | +5.22 | |||
| 22 | 40 | 1:45.04 | +5.38 | |||
| 23 | 31 | 1:45.33 | +5.67 | |||
| 24 | 52 | 1:45.46 | +5.80 | |||
| 24 | 29 | 1:45.46 | +5.80 | |||
| 26 | 33 | 1:45.82 | +6.16 | |||
| 27 | 38 | 1:46.03 | +6.37 | |||
| 28 | 49 | 1:46.08 | +6.42 | |||
| 29 | 48 | 1:47.15 | +7.49 | |||
| 30 | 34 | 1:47.29 | +7.63 | |||
| 31 | 60 | 1:47.38 | +7.72 | |||
| 32 | 84 | 1:47.58 | +7.92 | |||
| 33 | 61 | 1:48.74 | +9.08 | |||
| 34 | 26 | 1:48.82 | +9.16 | |||
| 35 | 53 | 1:48.98 | +9.32 | |||
| 36 | 58 | 1:49.33 | +9.67 | |||
| 37 | 63 | 1:49.71 | +10.05 | |||
| 38 | 59 | 1:53.22 | +13.56 | |||
| 39 | 65 | 1:53.79 | +14.13 | |||
| 40 | 67 | 1:53.89 | +14.23 | |||
| 41 | 87 | 1:55.13 | +15.47 | |||
| 42 | 66 | 1:56.03 | +16.37 | |||
| 43 | 94 | 1:57.65 | +17.99 | |||
| 44 | 90 | 1:59.32 | +19.66 | |||
| 45 | 72 | 1:59.70 | +20.04 | |||
| 46 | 77 | 2:02.06 | +22.40 | |||
| 47 | 93 | 2:02.22 | +22.56 | |||
| 48 | 68 | 2:03.10 | +23.44 | |||
| 49 | 83 | 2:05.80 | +26.14 | |||
| 50 | 88 | 2:05.99 | +26.33 | |||
| 51 | 73 | 2:06.59 | +26.93 | |||
| 52 | 89 | 2:09.93 | +30.27 | |||
| 53 | 91 | 2:10.69 | +31.03 | |||
| 54 | 86 | 2:11.73 | +32.07 | |||
| 55 | 99 | 2:17.22 | +37.56 | |||
| 56 | 78 | 2:25.95 | +46.29 | |||
| 57 | 82 | 2:30.81 | +51.15 | |||
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