Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's super-G explained

Event:	Men's super-G
Games:	1998 Winter
Venue:	Hakuba
Date:	February 16
Competitors:	45
Nations:	22
Win Value:	1:34.82
Gold:	Hermann Maier
Goldnoc:	AUT
Silvernoc:	AUT
Silvernoc2:	SUI
Prev:	1994
Next:	2002

Men's super-G
Location:	Hakuba – Happo-One Olympic Course I
Vertical:	650m (2,130feet)
Top Elevation:	1490m (4,890feet)
Base Elevation:	840m (2,760feet)

The men's super-G competition of the Nagano 1998 Olympics was held at Hakuba on Monday, February 16.^{[1] [2]}

The defending world champion was Atle Skardal of Norway, France's Luc Alphand was the defending World Cup Super G champion,^{[3] [4]} and Markus Wasmeier of Germany was the defending Olympic champion; all three had since retired from competition.

Just three days after a spectacular crash in the downhill, Austria's Hermann Maier returned to win the gold medal, and teammate Hans Knauss tied for the silver with Didier Cuche of Switzerland.^{[5] [6]}

The course started at an elevation of 1490m (4,890feet) above sea level with a vertical drop of 650m (2,130feet) and a course length of 2.407km (01.496miles). Maier's winning time of 94.82 seconds yielded an average course speed of 91.386km/h, with an average vertical descent rate of 6.855m/s.

Results

The race was started at 08:45 local time, (UTC +9). At the starting gate, the skies were clear, the temperature was, and the snow condition was hard; the temperature at the finish at .

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Time	Difference
	8			1:34.82	—
	17			1:35.43	+0.61
	6
4	24			1:35.61	+0.79
5	15			1:35.67	+0.85
6	13			1:35.72	+0.90
7	11			1:35.96	+1.14
8	22			1:35.97	+1.15
9	5			1:36.25	+1.43
10	14			1:36.31	+1.49
11	16			1:36.37	+1.55
12	36			1:36.40	+1.58
13	25			1:36.52	+1.70
14	12			1:36.62	+1.80
15	3			1:36.64	+1.82
16	9			1:36.70	+1.88
17	30			1:36.84	+2.02
18	2			1:36.87	+2.05
19	10			1:37.00	+2.18
	4
21	28			1:37.29	+2.47
22	32			1:37.58	+2.76
23	18			1:37.81	+2.99
24	33			1:37.86	+3.04
25	1			1:37.95	+3.13
26	26			1:38.32	+3.50
27	31			1:38.39	+3.57
28	27			1:38.54	+3.72
29	38			1:39.39	+4.57
30	37			1:39.63	+4.81
31	39			1:39.80	+4.98
32	40			1:39.85	+5.03
33	35			1:39.89	+5.07
34	29			1:40.19	+5.37
35	42			1:41.09	+6.27
36	45			1:45.92	+11.10
37	47			1:49.43	+14.61
	20			DNF
	41			DNF
	43			DNF
	44			DNF
	46			DNF
	7			DSQ
	27			DSQ
	23			DSQ
	19	Adrien Duvillard		DNS
	34	Thomas Lödler		DNS

External links

• FIS results
• Results

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3 . LA84 Foundation . Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee . 1998 . September 30, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080226202657/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1998/Vol3_e.pdf . February 26, 2008 .
2. Web site: Alpine Skiing at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games: Men's Super-G . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417224726/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1998/ASK/mens-super-g.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 30 March 2018 . Sports Reference.
3. Web site: 1997 World Cup standings. FIS. November 20, 2013.
4. Web site: 1997 World Championships results. FIS. November 20, 2013.
5. News: Street fighting . Sports Illustrated . Layden . Tim . February 23, 1998 . 40.
6. News: 'Herminator' comes to life again . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon) . Associated Press . Baum . Bob . February 16, 1998 . 1B.