Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom explained

Event:	Men's slalom
Games:	2014 Winter
Venue:	Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort Krasnaya Polyana, Russia
Date:	22 February 2014
Competitors:	115
Nations:	61
Win Value:	1:41.84
Gold:	Mario Matt
Goldnoc:	AUT
Silver:	Marcel Hirscher
Silvernoc:	AUT
Bronze:	Henrik Kristoffersen
Bronzenoc:	NOR
Prev:	2010
Next:	2018

Men's Slalom
Location:	Rosa Khutor
Vertical:	200m (700feet)
Top Elevation:	1160m (3,810feet)
Base Elevation:	960m (3,150feet)

The men's slalom competition of the 2014 Winter Olympics at Sochi was held at Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort near Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, on Saturday, 22 February.^[1]

Summary

The tenth and final alpine event of the Olympics, the two runs were held in spring-like conditions. The temperature at the starting gate for the first run exceeded and for the second run at night. Of the top eight times after the first run, five did not finish the second run (André Myhrer, Jean-Baptiste Grange, Ted Ligety, Felix Neureuther, and Alexis Pinturault), which spawned criticism of the course.^[2] The second run was set by Ante Kostelić, known for idiosyncratic gate settings. He is the father of competitor Ivica Kostelić of Croatia, who finished ninth.^[3] ^[4] ^[5]

Less than seven weeks shy of his 35th birthday, Mario Matt of Austria became the oldest gold medalist in Olympic alpine skiing history.^[4] ^[5] The silver went to defending World Cup champion Marcel Hirscher, and Henrik Kristoffersen became the youngest male to medal in an Olympic alpine event at age 19.^[2]

Results

The first run was held at 16:45^[6] and the second run at 20:15.^[7]

Rank	Bib	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Behind
	3	46.70	1	55.14	6	1:41.84	—
	4	47.98	9	54.14	2	1:42.12	+0.28
	5	48.49	15	54.18	3	1:42.67	+0.83
	17	47.45	3	55.27	7	1:42.72	+0.88
	9	48.46	14	54.26	4	1:42.72	+0.88
	30	49.34	26	53.94	1	1:43.28	+1.44
	14	48.04	10	55.56	13	1:43.60	+1.76
	2	47.45	3	56.15	16	1:43.60	+1.76
	27	49.08	25	55.03	5	1:44.11	+2.27
	8	48.75	21	55.36	8	1:44.11	+2.27
11	25	48.32	11	55.82	15	1:44.14	+2.30
12	28	48.83	23	55.38	9	1:44.21	+2.37
13	31	48.70	18	55.52	10	1:44.22	+2.38
14	24	48.71	19	55.52	10	1:44.23	+2.39
15	34	48.69	17	55.63	14	1:44.32	+2.48
16	26	48.82	22	55.54	12	1:44.36	+2.52
17	35	49.40	27	56.51	17	1:45.91	+4.07
18	39	50.71	36	58.28	18	1:48.99	+7.15
19	37	51.01	39	58.39	19	1:49.40	+7.56
20	38	49.97	34	59.68	20	1:49.65	+7.81
21	69	52.82	44	59.84	21	1:52.66	+10.82
22	68	52.59	43	1:00.78	23	1:53.37	+11.53
23	52	52.88	45	1:00.60	22	1:53.48	+11.64
24	71	53.46	47	1:02.02	26	1:55.48	+13.64
25	63	54.21	50	1:01.97	25	1:56.18	+14.34
26	75	55.08	54	1:02.20	27	1:57.28	+15.44
27	90	56.16	61	1:01.44	24	1:57.60	+15.76
28	51	51.74	42	1:06.07	33	1:57.81	+15.97
29	84	55.38	56	1:03.06	28	1:58.44	+16.60
30	78	55.09	55	1:03.78	29	1:58.87	+17.03
31	83	55.46	57	1:03.90	30	1:59.36	+17.52
32	80	53.73	48	1:05.72	32	1:59.45	+17.61
33	53	51.63	41	1:08.16	38	1:59.79	+17.95
34	91	55.90	60	1:04.67	31	2:00.57	+18.73
35	95	57.83	64	1:06.25	34	2:04.08	+22.24
36	72	56.85	62	1:07.72	37	2:04.57	+22.73
37	100	58.97	68	1:06.75	35	2:05.72	+23.88
38	106	1:00.95	71	1:06.99	36	2:07.94	+26.10
39	108	1:00.42	70	1:10.54	40	2:10.96	+29.12
40	107	1:03.58	74	1:09.71	39	2:13.29	+31.45
41	110	1:02.47	73	1:12.96	41	2:15.43	+33.59
42	111	1:03.77	75	1:18.02	42	2:21.79	+39.95
43	117	1:09.01	77	1:21.88	43	2:30.89	+49.05
	1	47.15	2	DNF	colspan=3
	12	47.47	5	DNF	colspan=3
	16	47.56	6	DNF	colspan=3
	7	47.57	7	DNF	colspan=3
	10	47.78	8	DNF	colspan=3
	15	48.38	12	DNF	colspan=3
	22	48.50	16	DNF	colspan=3
	19	48.74	20	DNF	colspan=3
	32	49.54	28	DNF	colspan=3
	42	49.55	29	DNF	colspan=3
	36	49.57	31	DNF	colspan=3
	40	49.63	32	DNF	colspan=3
	44	49.92	33	DNF	colspan=3
	46	50.64	35	DNF	colspan=3
	41	50.79	37	DNF	colspan=3
	47	50.80	38	DNF	colspan=3
	59	51.12	40	DNF	colspan=3
	67	53.24	46	DNF	colspan=3
	58	54.04	49	DNF	colspan=3
	87	54.47	51	DNF	colspan=3
	73	54.68	52	DNF	colspan=3
	74	54.93	53	DNF	colspan=3
	94	55.68	58	DNF	colspan=3
	77	55.89	59	DNF	colspan=3
	93	57.08	63	DNF	colspan=3
	109	58.36	65	DNF	colspan=3
	92	58.52	66	DNF	colspan=3
	82	58.65	67	DNF	colspan=3
	114	1:07.03	76	DNF	colspan=3
	29	48.38	12	DSQ	colspan=3
	23	49.02	24	DSQ	colspan=3
	33	49.55	29	DSQ	colspan=3
	97	59.24	69	DSQ	colspan=3
	102	1:01.57	72	DSQ	colspan=3
	6	DNF	colspan=5
	11	DNF	colspan=5
	13	DNF	colspan=5
	18	DNF	colspan=5
	20	DNF	colspan=5
	21	DNF	colspan=5
	43	DNF	colspan=5
	45	DNF	colspan=5
	49	DNF	colspan=5
	50	DNF	colspan=5
	54	DNF	colspan=5
	55	DNF	colspan=5
	56	DNF	colspan=5
	57	DNF	colspan=5
	60	DNF	colspan=5
	61	DNF	colspan=5
	62	DNF	colspan=5
	64	DNF	colspan=5
	65	DNF	colspan=5
	66	DNF	colspan=5
	70	DNF	colspan=5
	76	DNF	colspan=5
	79	DNF	colspan=5
	81	DNF	colspan=5
	85	DNF	colspan=5
	86	DNF	colspan=5
	88	DNF	colspan=5
	89	DNF	colspan=5
	96	DNF	colspan=5
	98	DNF	colspan=5
	101	DNF	colspan=5
	103	DNF	colspan=5
	104	DNF	colspan=5
	105	DNF	colspan=5
	112	DNF	colspan=5
	113	DNF	colspan=5
	115	DNF	colspan=5
	116	DNF	colspan=5
	48	DNS	colspan=5
	99	DNS

External links

FIS-Ski.com – 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom

Notes and References

Web site: Competition Schedule . . 21 December 2013 . 20 March 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140320041123/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/alpine-skiing-schedule-and-results . dead .
Web site: Mario Matt wins slalom amid controversy over course setup . Canada.com . Fendrich . Howard . Associated Press . February 22, 2014 . February 25, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140222232059/http://www.canada.com/olympics/news/mario-matt-wins-slalom-amid-controversy-over-course-setup . 2014-02-22 . dead .
Mario Matt holds on for gold, as Ligety blasts course . Ski Racing . Etchells . Tim . February 22, 2014 . February 22, 2014.
News: Slalom champion sets an age record . New York Times . Pennington . Bill . February 22, 2014 . February 25, 2014.
News: After fast start, Ted Ligety falls short in slalom . USA Today . Moore . David Leon . February 22, 2014 . February 25, 2014.
http://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2014/AL/0343/2014AL0343RLR1.pdf 1st Run Results
http://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2014/AL/0343/2014AL0343RLR2.pdf Final Results