Olympic Winter Games 1992 / Alpine skiing

Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics
information
venue	Val-d'Isère , Méribel , Les Menuires
Competition venue	Val-d'Isère , Méribel , Les Menuires
Nations	50
Athletes	321 (210 , 111 )
date	9-22 February 1992
decisions	10
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At the XVI. At the 1992 Olympic Games in Albertville , ten alpine skiing competitions were held. The venues were Val-d'Isère , Méribel and Les Menuires .

Balance sheet

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Austria	3	2	3	8th
2	Italy	3	2	-	5
3	Norway	2	-	2	4th
4th	Canada	1	-	-	1
	Sweden	1	-	-	1
6th	France	-	2	1	3
7th	Luxembourg	-	2	-	2
	United States	-	2	-	2
9	New Zealand	-	1	-	1
10	Germany	-	-	1	1
	Switzerland	-	-	1	1
	Spain	-	-	1	1

Medalist

Men competitor gold silver bronze Departure Patrick Ortlieb Franck Piccard Günther Mader Super G Kjetil André Aamodt Marc Girardelli Jan Einar Thorsen Giant slalom Alberto Tomba Marc Girardelli Kjetil André Aamodt slalom Finn Christian Jagge Alberto Tomba Michael Tritscher combination Josef Polig Gianfranco Martin Steve Locher

Women competitor gold silver bronze Departure Kerrin Lee-Gartner Hilary Lindh Veronika Wallinger Super G Deborah Compagnoni Carole Merle Katja Seizinger Giant slalom Pernilla Wiberg Anita Wachter Diann Roffe-Steinrotter slalom Petra Kronberger Annelise Coberger Blanca Fernández Ochoa combination Petra Kronberger Anita Wachter Florence Masnada

Men

Departure

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	AUT	Patrick Ortlieb	1: 50.37
2	FRA	Franck Piccard	1: 50.42
3	AUT	Günther Mader	1: 50.47
4th	GER	Markus Wasmeier	1: 50.62
5	NOR	Jan Einar Thorsen	1: 50.79
6th	SUI	Franz Heinzer	1: 51.39
7th	GER	Hansjörg Tauscher	1: 51.49
8th	NOR	Leave Arnesen	1: 51.63
9	United States	AJ putty	1: 51.98
10	ITA	Franco Colturi	1: 52.07
13	SUI	Daniel Mahrer	1: 52.39
15th	SUI	Xavier Gigandet	1: 52.50
17th	AUT	Helmut Höflehner	1: 53.10
19th	GER	Berni Huber	1: 53.38

Date: February 9, 12:15 p.m.
Slope: La face de Bellevarde , Val-d'Isère
Start: 2809 m, Finish: 1836 m
Difference in altitude: 973 m, route length: 3048 m
Gates: 42

55 participants, 45 of them in the ranking. Retired u. a .: Paul Accola (SUI), Markus Foser (LIE), Marc Girardelli (LUX), Leonhard Stock (AUT).

Super G

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	NOR	Kjetil André Aamodt	1: 13.04
2	LUX	Marc Girardelli	1: 13.77
3	NOR	Jan Einar Thorsen	1: 13.83
4th	NOR	Ole Kristian Furuseth	1: 13.87
5	ITA	Josef Polig	1: 13.88
6th	SUI	Marco Hangl	1: 13.90
7th	AUT	Günther Mader	1: 14.08
8th	NOR	Tom Stiansen	1: 14.51
9	GER	Markus Wasmeier	1: 14.58
10	SUI	Paul Accola	1: 14.60
14th	SUI	Urs Kälin	1: 15.22
15th	AUT	Rainer Salzgeber	1: 15.31
18th	AUT	Patrick Ortlieb	1: 15.66
21st	GER	Hansjörg Tauscher	1: 15.98
24	AUT	Hubert Strolz	1: 16.36
26th	LIE	Günther Marxer	1: 16.48
31	GER	Berni Huber	1: 16.78
36	LIE	Marco Büchel	1: 17.25

Date: February 16, 12:15 p.m.
Piste: La face de Bellevarde, Val-d'Isère
Start: 2371 m, Finish: 1836 m
Difference in altitude: 535 m, route length: 1650 m
Gates: 39

118 participants, 93 of them in the rating. Retired u. a .: Franz Heinzer (SUI), Franck Piccard (FRA), Achim Vogt (LIE).

Giant slalom

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	ITA	Alberto Tomba	2: 06.98
2	LUX	Marc Girardelli	2: 07.30
3	NOR	Kjetil André Aamodt	2: 07.82
4th	SUI	Paul Accola	2: 08.02
5	NOR	Ole Kristian Furuseth	2: 08.16
6th	AUT	Günther Mader	2: 08.80
7th	AUT	Rainer Salzgeber	2: 08.83
8th	SWE	Fredrik Nyberg	2: 08.90
9	ITA	Josef Polig	2: 09.45
	AUT	Hubert Strolz
11	SUI	Hans Pieren	2: 09.57
12	AUT	Christian Mayer	2: 10.06
13	SUI	Michael von Grünigen	2: 10.67
15th	LIE	Günther Marxer	2: 11.15
26th	LIE	Achim Vogt	2: 14.70

Date: February 18, 10:00 a.m. (1st run), 2:00 p.m. (2nd run)
Slope: La face de Bellevarde, Val-d'Isère
Start: 2220 m, finish: 1836 m,
Difference in altitude: 384 m , Track length: 1135 m
Goals: 47 (1st run), 47 (2nd run)

131 participants, 91 of them in the rating. Retired u. a .: Marco Büchel (LIE), Markus Wasmeier (GER), Patrick Holzer (ITA), Lasse Kjus , Didrik Marksten (both NOR) (all 1st run); Armin Bittner (GER), Steve Locher (SUI), Johan Wallner (SWE) (all 2nd run); Disqu. 2nd run: Peter Roth (GER)

slalom

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	NOR	Finn Christian Jagge	1: 44.39
2	ITA	Alberto Tomba	1: 44.67
3	AUT	Michael Tritscher	1: 44.85
4th	SUI	Patrick Staub	1: 45.44
5	SWE	Thomas Fogdö	1: 45.48
6th	SUI	Paul Accola	1: 45.62
7th	SUI	Michael von Grünigen	1: 46.42
8th	SWE	Jonas Nilsson	1: 46.57
9	AUT	Thomas Stangassinger	1: 46.65
10	United States	Matthew Grosjean	1: 46.94
13	AUT	Hubert Strolz	1: 47.79
15th	AUT	Bernhard Gstrein	1: 48.26
16	GER	Peter Roth	1: 48.75

Date: February 22nd, 10:00 am (1st run), 2:00 pm (2nd run)
Slope: “Stade de Slalom”, Les Menuires
Start: 2070 m, Finish: 1850 m
Difference in altitude: 220 m, route length : 626 m
goals: 65 (1st run), 63 (2nd run)

119 participants, 65 of them in the rating. Retired u. a .: Kjetil André Aamodt (NOR), Armin Bittner (GER), Ole Kristian Furuseth (NOR), Marc Girardelli (LUX), Kiminobu Kimura (JPN), Steve Locher (SUI).

combination

space	country	athlete	Point A	Pt	Pts. Total
1	ITA	Josef Polig	08.26 (6.)	006.32 (5.)	014.58
2	ITA	Gianfranco Martin	05.20 (2.)	009.70 (7.)	014.90
3	SUI	Steve Locher	15.90 (12.)	002.62 (2.)	018.16
4th	FRA	Jean-Luc Crétier	13.05 (5.)	005.92 (4.)	018.97
5	GER	Markus Wasmeier	09.58 (7.)	023.19 (13.)	032.77
6th	ITA	Kristian Ghedina	17.13 (15.)	021.83 (11.)	038.96
7th	NOR	Ole Kristian Furuseth	40.47 (31.)	000.00 (1.)	040.47
8th	SUI	Xavier Gigandet	06.52 (4.)	034.69 (15.)	041.21
9	JPN	Takuya Ishioka	44.04 (35.)	007.79 (6.)	051.83
10	NOR	Leave Arnesen	18.76 (17.)	033.17 (14.)	051.93
21st	SUI	Paul Accola	07.75 (5.)	083.21 (26.)	090.96
24	LIE	Daniel Vogt	40.77 (32nd)	072.15 (23.)	112.92
29	LIE	Markus Foser	42.30 (33.)	104.59 (30.)	146.89
30th	LIE	Achim Vogt	21.61 (19.)	151.30 (36.)	172.91

Date: February 10, 12:15 p.m. (departure)
February 11, 10:00 a.m. / 2:00 p.m. (slalom)

Downhill route: La face de Bellevarde, Val-d'Isère
start: 2680 m, destination: 1836 m,
altitude difference: 844 m, route length: 2638 m,
gates: 37

Slalom course: La face de Bellevarde, Val-d'Isère
Start: 2040 m, Finish: 1836 m
Difference in altitude: 204 m
Gates: 56 (1st run), 55 (2nd run)

Neither Polig nor Martin ever achieved a podium finish in the World Cup. 65 participants, 37 of them in the rating. Retired u. a .: Marc Girardelli (LUX), Günther Mader (AUT) (both in the downhill); William Besse (SUI), Stephan Eberharter (AUT), AJ Kitt (USA), Tom Stiansen (NOR), Rainer Salzgeber , Hubert Strolz (both AUT) (all in slalom).

The descent did not start until 2:40 p.m. due to the piste preparation being too late, and after the fall of Mader, who had ridden with No. 05, there was a further interruption of 26 minutes during which there was a new preparation.

Women

Departure

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	CAN	Kerrin Lee-Gartner	1: 52.55
2	United States	Hilary Lindh	1: 52.61
3	AUT	Veronika Wallinger	1: 52.64
4th	GER	Katja Seizinger	1: 52.67
5	AUT	Petra Kronberger	1: 52.73
6th	GER	Katharina Gutensohn	1: 53.71
7th	AUT	Barbara Sadleder	1: 53.81
8th	RUS	Svetlana Gladysheva	1: 53.85
9	GER	Miriam Vogt	1: 53.89
10	SUI	Heidi Zurbriggen	1: 54.04
13	SUI	Heidi Zeller-Bähler	1: 54.73
18th	GER	Michaela Gerg	1: 54.99
21st	SUI	Marlis Spescha	1: 55.83

Date: February 15, 12:15 p.m.
Piste: “Roc de Fer”, Méribel
Start: 2260 m, Finish: 1432 m
Difference in altitude: 828 m, route length: 2770 m
Gates: 40

Sabine Ginther (AUT) was not able to compete (as in the combined descent) after breaking a lumbar vertebra after a fall on the second day of training. As a result, the Austrian team entered the race with only three riders due to the lack of substitutes, which was a novelty for the large Austrian Ski Association as a member of the national Austrian Olympic Committee with regard to Olympic positions (only comparable to the World Championships in 1987, when - also due to injury - the women's giant slalom could be equipped with only three drivers).
The winner Lee-Gartner never won a World Cup race.

30 participants, 29 of them in the rating. Eliminated: Chantal Bournisse (SUI).

Super G

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	ITA	Deborah Compagnoni	1: 21.22
2	FRA	Carole Merle	1: 22.63
3	GER	Katja Seizinger	1: 23.19
4th	AUT	Petra Kronberger	1: 23.20
5	AUT	Ulrike Maier	1: 23.35
6th	CAN	Kerrin Lee-Gartner	1: 23.76
7th	GER	Michaela Gerg	1: 23.77
8th	United States	Eva Twardokens	1: 24.19
9	AUT	Anita Wachter	1: 24.20
10	SUI	Zoë Haas	1: 24.31
11	SUI	Heidi Zeller-Bähler	1: 24.51
14th	GER	Regine Mösenlechner	1: 24.85
15th	AUT	Barbara Sadleder	1: 24.91
18th	GER	Miriam Vogt	1: 25.40
30th	LIE	Birgit Heeb	1: 27.22

Date: February 18, 12:15 p.m.
Piste: "Corbey", Méribel
Start: 1930 m, Finish: 1432 m
Difference in altitude: 498 m, route length: 1510 m
Gates: 45

59 participants, 48 ​​of them in the evaluation. Retired u. a .: Chantal Bournisse (SUI), Merete Fjeldavlie (NOR), Urška Hrovat (SLO), Astrid Lødemel (NOR), Julie Parisien (USA), Špela Pretnar (SLO), Diann Roffe-Steinrotter (USA), Heidi Zurbriggen ( SUI).

Giant slalom

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	SWE	Pernilla Wiberg	2: 12.74
2	AUT	Anita Wachter	2: 13.71
	United States	Diann Roffe-Steinrotter
4th	AUT	Ulrike Maier	2: 13.77
5	United States	Julie Parisien	2: 14.10
6th	FRA	Carole Merle	2: 14.24
7th	United States	Eva Twardokens	2: 14.47
8th	GER	Katja Seizinger	2: 14.96
9	AUT	Sylvia Eder	2: 15.05
10	SWE	Kristina Andersson	2: 15.23
11	GER	Christina Meier-Höck	2: 15.33
14th	GER	Traudl Hächer	2: 26.13
17th	SUI	Corinne Rey-Bellet	2: 17.59
18th	SUI	Zoë Haas	2: 17.89

Date: February 19, 10:00 am (1st run), 2:00 pm (2nd run)
Slope: "Corbey", Méribel
Start: 1830 m, finish: 1432 m,
altitude difference: 398 m, route length: 1320 m
Goals: 48 (1st run), 50 (2nd run)

Deborah Compagnoni, winner of the Super-G the day before, suffered a broken leg in a fall. As in the previous year, Ulrike Maier had led after the first run at the World Championships and was still overtaken by Wiberg. The "defending champion" Vreni Schneider had a minor bad luck when a ski pole broke.

69 participants, 44 of them in the evaluation. Eliminated among others: Deborah Compagnoni , Bibiana Perez (both ITA), Astrid Lødemel (NOR), Petra Kronberger (AUT), Špela Pretnar (SLO), Vreni Schneider , Heidi Zurbriggen (both SUI), Birgit Heeb (LIE) (all first run ); Michaela Gerg (GER), Lara Magoni (ITA), Ylva Nowén (SWE), Christelle Guignard (FRA), Katjuša Pušnik (SLO) (all second run).

slalom

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	AUT	Petra Kronberger	1: 32.68
2	NZL	Annelise Coberger	1: 33.10
3	ESP	Blanca Fernández Ochoa	1: 33.35
4th	United States	Julie Parisien	1: 33.40
5	AUT	Karin Buder	1: 33.68
6th	FRA	Patricia Chauvet	1: 33.72
7th	SUI	Vreni Schneider	1: 33.96
8th	NOR	Anne Berge	1: 34.22
9	SUI	Katrin Neuenschwander	1: 34.28
10	SLO	Urška Hrovat	1: 34.50
13	SUI	Christine von Grünigen	1: 35.73
15th	GER	Martina Ertl	1: 36.41

Date: February 20, 10:00 am (1st run), 2:00 pm (2nd run)
Slope: "Corbey", Méribel
Start: 1620 m, finish: 1432 m,
altitude difference: 190 m, route length: 480 m
Goals: 58 (1st run), 56 (2nd run)

63 participants, 42 of them in the evaluation. Retired u. a .: Florence Masnada (FRA), Veronika Šarec (SLO), Zali Steggall (AUS), Eva Twardokens (USA), Pernilla Wiberg (SWE), Bibiana Perez (ITA) (all 1st run); Nataša Bokal (SLO), Monika Maierhofer , Claudia Strobl (both AUT), Annick Bonson (SUI) (all 2nd run).

Kronberger's gold medal was the first gold medal in an Olympic slalom for the Austrian women's team.

combination

space	country	sportswoman	Point A	Pt	Pts. Total
1	AUT	Petra Kronberger	00.00 (1.)	002.55 (3.)	002.55
2	AUT	Anita Wachter	17.58 (11.)	001.81 (2.)	019.39
3	FRA	Florence Masnada	15.46 (9.)	005.92 (5.)	021.38
4th	SUI	Chantal Bournisse	13.46 (7.)	011.52 (6.)	024.98
5	NOR	Anne Berge	35.28 (21.)	000.00 (1.)	035.28
6th	CAN	Michelle McKendry	18.45 (13.)	020.57 (7.)	039.02
7th	SLO	Nataša Bokal	39.64 (24.)	002.96 (4.)	042.60
8th	TCH	Lucia Medzihradská	25.55 (16.)	021.88 (9.)	047.43
9	GER	Miriam Vogt	18.82 (14.)	029.70 (11.)	048.52
10	FRA	Régine Cavagnoud	28.92 (18.)	022.21 (10.)	051.13
14th	SUI	Heidi Zeller-Bähler	13.21 (6.)	055.86 (17.)	069.07
20th	LIE	Birgit Heeb	38.14 (23.)	126.11 (21.)	164.25

Date: February 12th, 12:15 pm (departure)
February 13th, 10:00 am / 2:00 pm (slalom)

Downhill route: “Corbey”, Méribel
start: 2080 m, finish: 1432 m,
altitude difference: 648 m, route length: 2200 m
gates: 30

Slalom course: "Corbey", Méribel
Start: 1572 m, finish: 1432 m
Difference in altitude: 140 m
Gates: 43 (1st run), 43 (2nd run)

40 participants, 22 of them in the evaluation. Retired u. a .: Merete Fjeldavlie (NOR), Michaela Gerg (GER), Regina Häusl (GER), Kerrin Lee-Gartner (CAN), Ulrike Maier (AUT), Katja Seizinger (GER), Varwara Selenskaja (RUS), Zali Steggall ( AUS), Heidi Zurbriggen (SUI).
As in the special descent, Austria started with only three women after Sabine Ginther's injury (Ulrike Maier was just a kind of "emergency nail" that had to be persuaded by trainer Raimund Berger).

Web links

• Overview of all races in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Hot debates about running through. Gira: 'How slipped on ball bearings' ”in“ Kronenzeitung ”of February 11, 1992; Supplement "Olympia-Extra", page 4