Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's super-G explained

Event:Men's super-G
Games:2014 Winter
Venue:Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort
Date:16 February
Competitors:63
Nations:28
Win Value:1:18.14
Gold:Kjetil Jansrud
Goldnoc:NOR
Silver:Andrew Weibrecht
Silvernoc:USA
Bronze:Jan Hudec
Bronzenoc:CAN
Bronze2:Bode Miller
Bronzenoc2:USA
Prev:2010
Next:2018
Men's Super-G
Location:Rosa Khutor
Vertical:   622m (2,041feet)
Top Elevation:1592m (5,223feet)  
Base Elevation:   970m (3,180feet)

The men's super-G competition of the Sochi 2014 Olympics was held at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort, near Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, on Sunday, 16 February.[1]

Kjetil Jansrud of Norway won the gold medal and Andrew Weibrecht of the United States took the silver. Two bronze medals were awarded for the third-place tie between Jan Hudec of Canada and Bode Miller of the U.S.[2]

The vertical drop of the course was 622m (2,041feet), starting at an elevation of 1592m (5,223feet) above sea level, with a length of 2.096km (01.302miles). Jansrud's winning time of 78.14 seconds yielded an average course speed of 96.565km/h, with an average vertical descent rate of 7.96m/s.

Jansrud's win was the fourth straight in this event for Norway, following Kjetil André Aamodt (2002, 2006) and Aksel Lund Svindal (2010).

Results

The race was started at 10:00 local time, (UTC+4). At the starting gate, the skies were partly cloudy, the temperature was 1C, and the snow condition was hard.The temperature at the finish was 5.1C.[3]

Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference
21 1:18.14
29 1:18.44 +0.30
22 1:18.67 +0.53
13
15 1:18.69 +0.55
14 1:18.74 +0.60
16 1:18.76 +0.62
8 1:18.85 +0.71
34 1:19.11 +0.97
10 6 1:19.19 +1.05
11 20 1:19.35 +1.21
12 19 1:19.38 +1.24
13 24 1:19.44 +1.30
14 9 1:19.48 +1.34
15 2 1:19.53 +1.39
16 27 1:19.70 +1.56
17 26 1:19.74 +1.60
11
19 5 1:19.75 +1.61
3
21 18 1:19.77 +1.63
22 28 1:20.01 +1.87
23 25 1:20.02 +1.88
24 30 1:20.19 +2.05
1
26 33 1:20.62 +2.48
27 7 1:20.65 +2.51
28 51 1:20.95 +2.81
29 32 1:21.27 +3.13
30 37 1:21.50 +3.36
31 49 1:21.54 +3.40
32 50 1:21.88 +3.74
33 40 1:22.01 +3.87
34 42 1:22.02 +3.88
35 35 1:22.20 +4.06
36 61 1:22.42 +4.28
37 52 1:22.45 +4.31
38 39 1:22.51 +4.37
39 57 1:22.59 +4.45
40 44 1:22.60 +4.46
41 55 1:22.72 +4.58
42 53 1:22.81 +4.67
43 43 1:23.06 +4.92
44 48 1:23.13 +4.99
45 56 1:23.31 +5.17
46 46 1:23.34 +5.20
47 38 1:23.36 +5.22
48 41 1:23.88 +5.74
49 54 1:23.89 +5.75
50 63 1:24.20 +6.06
51 62 1:26.32 +8.18
52 58 1:28.51 +10.37
4
10
12
17
31
45
47
60
23
36
59

External links

Notes and References

  1. 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 .
  2. News: Ng . Curtis . Jan Hudec bronze snaps Canadian alpine medal drought . 16 February 2014 . CBC . 16 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140216160052/http://olympics.cbc.ca/news/article/jan-hudec-bronze-position-super.html . 2014-02-16 . dead .
  3. http://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2014/AL/0341/2014AL0341RLR0.pdf Final Results