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Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics
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| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| event | Alpine skiing | |
| image | [[File:Alpine skiing pictogram.svg | 80px]] |
| games | 2010 Winter | |
| venue | Whistler Creekside | |
| Whistler, British Columbia | ||
| dates | 15–27 February 2010 | |
| num_events | 10 | |
| competitors | 309 | |
| nations | 71 | |
| prev | 2006 | |
| next | 2014 |
Whistler, British Columbia
|Canada Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics was held in Canada at Whistler Creekside in Whistler, British Columbia, north of Vancouver. The ten events were scheduled for 13–27 February; weather delayed the first event, the men's downhill, two days until Monday, 15 February.
Medal table
Notably absent from the medals in these Olympics were the Austrian men, who had won 8 medals in 2006 and 7 in 2002. France and host Canada were shut out from the podium, as were the German men and the Swiss and Italian women. The U.S. had its best Olympics ever with eight alpine medals, only the fourth nation to achieve that total in a single Olympics (Austria, France, Switzerland).
Individually, three men and five women won multiple medals; triple medalists were Bode Miller of the U.S. and Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway, who both won a medal of each color. The sole double gold medalist was Maria Riesch of Germany.
Men's events
| Super combined | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bode Miller | 2:44.92 | Ivica Kostelić | 2:45.25 | Silvan Zurbriggen | 2:45.32 |
Women's events
| Super combined | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maria Riesch | 2:09.14 | Julia Mancuso | 2:10.08 | Anja Pärson | 2:10.19 |
Competition schedule
| Day | Date | Start | Finish | Event | Date run | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day 2 | Sat 13 Feb | 11:45 | 13:15 | Downhill – men | Mon 15 Feb | |
| Day 3 | Sun 14 Feb | 10:00 | 11:30 | Super combined – women | Thu 18 Feb | |
| 13:00 | 14:00 | |||||
| Day 5 | Tue 16 Feb | 10:00 | 11:30 | Super combined – men | Sun 21 Feb | |
| 13:30 | 14:30 | |||||
| Day 6 | Wed 17 Feb | 11:00 | 12:45 | Downhill – women | Wed 17 Feb | |
| Day 8 | Fri 19 Feb | 11:30 | 13:00 | Super-G – men | Fri 19 Feb | |
| Day 9 | Sat 20 Feb | 10:00 | 11:45 | Super-G – women | Sat 20 Feb | |
| Day 10 | Sun 21 Feb | 10:00 | 11:45 | Giant slalom – men | Tue 23 Feb | |
| 13:45 | 15:00 | |||||
| Day 13 | Wed 24 Feb | 10:00 | 11:45 | Giant slalom – women | Wed 24 Feb | |
| 13:15 | 14:30 | Thu 25 Feb | ||||
| Day 15 | Fri 26 Feb | 10:00 | 11:45 | Slalom – women | Fri 26 Feb | |
| 13:30 | 14:45 | |||||
| Day 16 | Sat 27 Feb | 10:00 | 11:45 | Slalom – men | Sat 27 Feb | |
| 13:45 | 14:45 |
All times are Pacific Standard Time (UTC-8).
Course information
| Date | Race | Start | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| elevation | Finish | |||||||
| elevation | Vertical | |||||||
| drop | Course | |||||||
| length | Average | |||||||
| gradient | ||||||||
| Mon 15-Feb | Downhill – men | 1678 m | 825 m | 853 m | 3.105 km | |||
| Wed 17-Feb | Downhill – women | 1595 m | 825 m | 770 m | 2.939 km | |||
| Sun 21-Feb | Downhill – (SC) – men | 1678 m | 825 m | 853 m | 3.105 km | |||
| Thu 18-Feb | Downhill – (SC) – women | 1500 m | 825 m | 675 m | 2.500 km | |||
| Fri 19-Feb | Super-G – men | 1440 m | 825 m | 615 m | 2.200 km | |||
| Sat 20-Feb | Super-G – women | 1425 m | 825 m | 600 m | 2.005 km | |||
| Tue 23-Feb | Giant slalom – men | 1210 m | 805 m | 405 m | 1.512 km | |||
| Wed 24-Feb | Giant slalom – women | 1177 m | 805 m | {{convert | 372 | m | abbr=on}} | 1.309 km |
| Sat 27-Feb | Slalom – men | 985 m | 805 m | 180 m | 0.610 km | |||
| Fri 26-Feb | Slalom – women | 985 m | 805 m | 180 m | ||||
| Sun 21-Feb | Slalom – (SC) – men | 1005 m | 805 m | 200 m | 0.733 km | |||
| Thu 18-Feb | Slalom – (SC) – women | 974 m | 805 m | 169 m | 0.785 km |
- The finish area was above the base area of Whistler Creekside, which is at an elevation of 655 m above sea level. Source:
Athletes
Qualification standards
The FIS point list used to determine entry into the Olympics was from 18 January 2010.
There could be a maximum of 320 athletes competing in alpine skiing, with no more than 22 per NOC (there was a further limit of 14 male and 14 female per NOC). Additionally, each NOC could enter a maximum of four skiers per event.
To qualify, the competitor had to reach either the "A" or "B" standard.
- "A" qualification standard: the competitor is in the top 500 of the FIS points list in at least one event. If the event is downhill, super-G or super combined, he or she requires at least 120 FIS points.
- "B" qualification standard: if an NOC does not have a male or female athlete that meets the "A" Standard, then they may enter an athlete of that gender in slalom or giant slalom only, provided that the athlete has at most 140 FIS points in the event and has taken part in the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009.
Demographics
As of 28 February 2010, there were 309 athletes listed as competitors in alpine skiing at the Games, representing 71 countries.
The youngest alpine skier in the 2010 Olympic Games was Ghassan Achi of Lebanon, age 16 at the time of competition (born 28 July 1993). The oldest was Hubertus von Hohenlohe of Mexico, age 51 (born 2 February 1959).
Competing nations
The following nations entered the following number of alpine skiers.
| NOC | Men | Women | Total | Total athletes | 176 | 131 | 309 | Total NOCs | 66 | 51 | 71 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALB | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| AND | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||
| ARG | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||
| ARM | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| AUS | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| AUT | 11 | 8 | 19 | ||||||||
| AZE | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| BLR | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| BEL | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| BIH | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| BEL | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| BRA | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| BUL | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| CAN | 12 | 9 | 21 | ||||||||
| CAY | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| CHI | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| CHN | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| COL | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| CRO | 5 | 5 | 10 | ||||||||
| CYP | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| CZE | 5 | 3 | 8 | ||||||||
| DEN | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| EST | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| FIN | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||
| FRA | 10 | 12 | 22 | ||||||||
| GEO | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| GER | 2 | 7 | 9 | ||||||||
| GHA | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| GBR | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| GRE | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| HUN | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| ISL | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| IND | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| IRI | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| IRL | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| ISR | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| ITA | 12 | 9 | 21 | ||||||||
| JPN | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| KAZ | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| KGZ | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| LAT | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| LIB | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| LIE | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| LTU | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| MKD | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| MEX | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| MDA | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| MON | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| MNE | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| MAR | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| NZL | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| NOR | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||
| PAK | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| PER | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| POL | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| ROU | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| RUS | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||
| SMR | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| SEN | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| SRB | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| SLO | 10 | 3 | 13 | ||||||||
| SVK | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| RSA | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| KOR | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| ESP | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||
| SWE | 7 | 5 | 12 | ||||||||
| SUI | 9 | 5 | 14 | ||||||||
| TJK | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| TUR | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| UKR | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| USA | 10 | 10 | 20 | ||||||||
| UZB | 1 | 1 | 2 |
References
- Whistler Weasel Workers – Alpine Race Volunteers for 2010 Olympics
- Alpine Skiing – Sports – Vancouver 2010
- Qualification for skiing.
- Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games Competition Schedule v12
References
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100212045524/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/1228.html?cal_suchsector=AL&event_id=27018 FIS-ski.com] – 2010 Winter Olympics – results
- [http://www.fis-ski.com/data/document/olympic-winter-games-2010-vancouver-quota-list-18th-jan-2010.pdf FIS 18 January 2010 Quota for the 2010 Winter Olympics.] {{webarchive. link. (4 June 2011)
- "Alpine Skiing Athletes: Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics".
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