| Event: | Women's super-G |
| Games: | 2006 Winter |
| Venue: | San Sicario |
| Date: | February 20 |
| Competitors: | 56 |
| Nations: | 24 |
| Win Value: | 1:32.47 |
| Gold: | Michaela Dorfmeister |
| Goldnoc: | AUT |
| Silver: | Janica Kostelić |
| Silvernoc: | CRO |
| Bronze: | Alexandra Meissnitzer |
| Bronzenoc: | AUT |
| Prev: | 2002 |
| Next: | 2010 |
| Women's Super-G | |
| Location: | San Sicario Fraiteve Olympique |
| Vertical: | 548m (1,798feet) |
| Top Elevation: | 2286m (7,500feet) |
| Base Elevation: | 1738m (5,702feet) |
The women's super-G of the 2006 Winter Olympics was held at San Sicario, Italy, on Monday, 20 February; it was delayed a day due to poor weather conditions.
Defending Olympic champion Daniela Ceccarelli was 37th in the current season's World Cup downhill standings, headed by Michaela Dorfmeister from Austria, followed by teammate Alexandra Meissnitzer. Anja Pärson of Sweden was defending world champion and was fourth in the current season's super-G standings.[1] [2] [3]
Dorfmeister won the gold medal, Janica Kostelić of Croatia took the silver,[4] and Meissnitzer was the bronze medalist; Pärson was twelfth and Ceccarelli was 31st.[5] Dorfmeister had also won the downhill gold medal five days earlier,[6] and Kostelic's medal was her sixth at the Olympics.
The Fraiteve Olympique course started at an elevation of 2286m (7,500feet) above sea level with a vertical drop of 548m (1,798feet) and a course length of 2.331km (01.448miles). Dorfmeister's winning time was 92.47 seconds, yielding an average course speed of 90.749km/h, with an average vertical descent rate of 5.926m/s.
Monday, 20 February 2006
The race was started at 14:45 local time, (UTC +1). At the starting gate, the skies were mostly cloudy, the temperature was -2.9C, and the snow condition was packed; the temperature at the finish was 1.2C.