Olympic Winter Games 1994 / Alpine skiing

Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics
information
venue	Ringebu / Øyer
Competition venue	Kvitfjell / Hafjell
Nations	45
Athletes	250 (140 , 110 )
date	13.-27. February 1994
decisions	10
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At the XVII. At the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer , ten alpine skiing competitions were held. The venues were the winter sports areas of Kvitfjell near Ringebu and Hafjell near Øyer .

Balance sheet

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Germany	3	1	-	4th
2	United States	2	2	-	4th
3	Norway	1	2	2	5
4th	Switzerland	1	2	1	4th
5	Italy	1	1	2	4th
6th	Austria	1	1	1	3
7th	Sweden	1	-	-	1
8th	Russia	-	1	-	1
9	Slovenia	-	-	3	3
10	Canada	-	-	1	1

Medalist

Men competitor gold silver bronze Departure Tommy Moe Kjetil André Aamodt Ed Podivinsky Super G Markus Wasmeier Tommy Moe Kjetil André Aamodt Giant slalom Markus Wasmeier Urs Kälin Christian Mayer slalom Thomas Stangassinger Alberto Tomba Jure Košir combination Leave kjus Kjetil André Aamodt H. C. Strand Nilsen

Women competitor gold silver bronze Departure Katja Seizinger Picabo Street Isolde Kostner Super G Diann Roffe-Steinrotter Svetlana Gladysheva Isolde Kostner Giant slalom Deborah Compagnoni Martina Ertl Vreni Schneider slalom Vreni Schneider Elfriede Eder Katja Koren combination Pernilla Wiberg Vreni Schneider Alenka Dovžan

Results men

Departure

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	United States	Tommy Moe	1: 45.75
2	NOR	Kjetil André Aamodt	1: 45.79
3	CAN	Ed Podivinsky	1: 45.87
4th	AUT	Patrick Ortlieb	1: 46.01
5	LUX	Marc Girardelli	1: 46.09
6th	FRA	Nicolas Burtin	1: 46.22
	AUT	Hannes Trinkl
8th	FRA	Luc Alphand	1: 46.25
9	NOR	Atle Skårdal	1: 46.29
10	NOR	Jan Einar Thorsen	1: 46.34
14th	SUI	Daniel Mahrer	1: 46.55
15th	AUT	Armin Assinger	1: 46.68
16	SUI	William Besse	1: 46.76
19th	AUT	Günther Mader	1: 46.87
23	SUI	Franco Cavegn	1: 47.15
25th	GER	Hansjörg Tauscher	1: 47.30
29	LIE	Jürgen Hasler	1: 47.62
33	LIE	Achim Vogt	1: 47.98
36	GER	Markus Wasmeier	1: 48.53
39	LIE	Markus Foser	1: 48.93
40	LIE	Marco Büchel	1: 48.97

Date: February 13, 11 a.m.
Location: Kvitfjell
Start: 1020 m, Finish: 182 m
Difference in altitude: 838 m, route length: 3035 m
Gates: 39

55 participants, 50 of them in the ranking. Retired u. a: Franz Heinzer (SUI), Cary Mullen (CAN).

Super G

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	GER	Markus Wasmeier	1: 32.53
2	United States	Tommy Moe	1: 32.61
3	NOR	Kjetil André Aamodt	1: 32.93
4th	LUX	Marc Girardelli	1: 33.07
5	ITA	Werner Perathoner	1: 33.10
6th	NOR	Atle Skårdal	1: 33.31
7th	NOR	Jan Einar Thorsen	1: 33.37
8th	FRA	Luc Alphand	1: 33.39
9	AUT	Günther Mader	1: 33.50
10	SUI	Marco Hangl	1: 33.75
11	AUT	Armin Assinger	1: 33.84
14th	SUI	Paul Accola	1: 34.37
20th	AUT	Hans Knauß	1: 34.65
21st	GER	Hansjörg Tauscher	1: 34.71
27	LIE	Daniel Vogt	1: 35.08
32	LIE	Marco Büchel	1: 35.78

Date: February 17, 11 a.m.
Location: Kvitfjell
Start: 823 m, Finish: 182 m
Difference in altitude: 641 m, Track length: 2574 m
Gates: 41

69 participants, 48 ​​of them in the ranking. Retired u. a .: Tobias Barnerssoi (GER), William Besse (SUI), Alessandro Fattori (ITA), Jürgen Hasler (LIE), AJ Kitt (USA), Daniel Mahrer (SUI), Ed Podivinsky (CAN), Kyle Rasmussen (USA) , Hannes Trinkl (AUT), Achim Vogt (LIE).

Giant slalom

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	GER	Markus Wasmeier	2: 52.46
2	SUI	Urs Kälin	2: 52.48
3	AUT	Christian Mayer	2: 52.58
4th	NOR	Jan Einar Thorsen	2: 52.71
5	AUT	Rainer Salzgeber	2: 52.87
6th	ITA	Norman Bergamelli	2: 53.12
7th	NOR	Leave kjus	2: 53.23
8th	AUT	Bernhard Gstrein	2: 53.35
9	United States	Jeremy Nobis	2: 53.60
10	ITA	Gerhard Königsrainer	2: 53.61
11	AUT	Günther Mader	2: 53.66
15th	GER	Tobias Barnerssoi	2: 54.49
19th	SUI	Paul Accola	2: 54.96
21st	LIE	Achim Vogt	2: 56.38

Date: February 23, 9:30 a.m. (1st run), 1:00 p.m. (2nd run)
Location: Hafjell
Start: 725 m, Finish: 258 m
Difference in altitude: 467 m, Track length: 1720 m
Gates: 65 ( 1st run), 64 (2nd run)

Markus Wasmeier won - after gold at the World Cup giant slalom Bormio 1985 - again a gold medal for the DSV without ever having won a World Cup giant slalom in this discipline. Rainer Salzgeber came from twelfth to fifth with the fastest time in the second run.

61 participants, 34 of them in the rating. Retired u. a .: Marco Büchel (LIE), Marc Girardelli (LUX), Ole Kristian Furuseth (NOR), Patrik Jrebsyn (SWE), Steve Locher (SUI), Alberto Tomba (ITA), Daniel Vogt (LIE), Michael von Grünigen ( SUI).

slalom

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	AUT	Thomas Stangassinger	2: 02.02
2	ITA	Alberto Tomba	2: 02.17
3	SLO	Jure Košir	2: 02.53
4th	SLO	Mitja Kunc	2: 02.62
5	SWE	Thomas Fogdö	2: 03.05
6th	NOR	Finn Christian Jagge	2: 03.19
7th	United States	Casey Puckett	2: 03.47
8th	ITA	Angelo Weiss	2: 03.72
9	SUI	Patrick Staub	2: 04.19
10	SLO	Andrei Miklavc	2: 04.35
11	SUI	Andrea Zinsli	2: 04.94
15th	SUI	Michael von Grünigen	2: 05.88
17th	SUI	Paul Accola	2: 07.56

Date: February 27, 9:30 a.m. (1st run), 1:00 p.m. (2nd run)
Location: Hafjell
Start: 485 m, Finish: 258 m
Difference in altitude: 227 m, Distance: 685 m
Gates: 74 ( 1st run), 68 (2nd run)

After the first run, Stangassinger was leading with 0.80 s ahead of Aamodt, 0.84 s ahead of Roth and 1.03 s ahead of Sykora, all of which failed in the second run. So he went into the decision with 1.84 seconds ahead of Alberto Tomba, who - coming from twelfth place - was in the lead, and was able to manage his lead with the seventh best running time. Košir went from eighth to bronze.

57 participants, 22 of them in the ranking. Retired u. a .: Kjetil André Aamodt (NOR), Sébastien Amiez (FRA), Armin Bittner (GER), Marc Girardelli (LUX), Bernhard Gstrein (AUT), Ole Kristian Furuseth (NOR), Lasse Kjus (NOR), Günther Mader ( AUT), Tetsuya Okabe (JPN), Peter Roth (GER), Erik Schlopy (USA), Thomas Sykora (AUT)

combination

space	country	athlete	Time A (min)	Time S (min)	total time
1	NOR	Leave kjus	1: 36.95 (1.)	1: 40.58 (7.)	3: 17.53
2	NOR	Kjetil André Aamodt	1: 37.49 (6.)	1: 41.06 (9.)	3: 18.55
3	NOR	HC Beach Nilsen	1: 39.05 (21.)	1: 40.09 (4.)	3: 19.14
4th	AUT	Günther Mader	1: 38.46 (13.)	1: 40.77 (8.)	3: 19.23
5	United States	Tommy Moe	1: 37.14 (3rd)	1: 42.27 (15.)	3: 19.41
6th	SUI	Paul Accola	1: 39.41 (24.)	1: 40.03 (3rd)	3: 19.44
7th	SLO	Mitja Kunc	1: 40.01 (27.)	1: 39.54 (2.)	3: 19.50
8th	SWE	Fredrik Nyberg	1: 38.40 (11.)	1: 41.90 (13.)	3: 20.30
9	LUX	Marc Girardelli			3: 20.47
10	SLO	Jure Košir			3: 20.58
12	SUI	Steve Locher			3: 21.21
14th	GER	Tobias Barnerssoi			3: 22.49
24	LIE	Achim Vogt			3: 26.23
33	LIE	Marco Büchel			3: 47.85

Date: February 14, 11:00 a.m. (departure)
February 25, 9:30 a.m. / 1:00 p.m. (slalom)

Downhill route: Kvitfjell
start: 952 m, finish: 182 m,
altitude difference: 770 m, route length: 2829 m,
gates: 36

Slalom course: Hafjell
Start: 453 m, Finish: 258 m
Height difference: 195 m
Gates: 61 (1st run), 56 (2nd run)

56 participants, 33 of them in the ranking. Retired u. a .: Jean-Luc Crétier (FRA), Alessandro Fattori (ITA), Patrik Jrebsyn (SWE), Kiminobu Kimura (JPN), Hans Knauß (AUT), Christian Mayer (AUT), Ed Podivinsky (CAN), Markus Wasmeier ( GER).

Results women

Departure

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	GER	Katja Seizinger	1: 35.93
2	United States	Picabo Street	1: 36.59
3	ITA	Isolde Kostner	1: 36.85
4th	GER	Martina Ertl	1: 37.10
5	CAN	Kate Pace	1: 37.17
6th	FRA	Mélanie Suchet	1: 37.34
7th	United States	Hilary Lindh	1: 37.44
8th	RUS	Varvara Zelenskaya	1: 37.48
9	SWE	Pernilla Wiberg	1: 37.61
10	SLO	Katja Koren	1: 37.69
12	GER	Miriam Vogt	1: 37.86
14th	AUT	Veronika Stallmaier	1: 37.94
18th	GER	Katharina Gutensohn	1: 38.14
22nd	SUI	Heidi Zurbriggen	1: 38.46
28	SUI	Heidi Zeller-Bähler	1: 38.78
31	AUT	Anja Haas	1: 38.98
33	SUI	Vreni Schneider	1: 39.35

Date: February 19, 11 a.m.
Location: Kvitfjell
Start: 890 m, Finish: 182 m
Difference in altitude: 708 m, Track length: 2641 m
Gates: 37

48 participants, 44 of them in the evaluation. Retired u. a .: Renate Götschl (AUT), Ingrid Stöckl (AUT).

Super G

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	United States	Diann Roffe-Steinrotter	1: 22.15
2	RUS	Svetlana Gladysheva	1: 22.44
3	ITA	Isolde Kostner	1: 22.45
4th	SWE	Pernilla Wiberg	1: 22.67
5	ITA	Morena Gallizio	1: 22.73
6th	GER	Katharina Gutensohn	1: 22.84
7th	SLO	Katja Koren	1: 22.96
8th	CAN	Kerrin Lee-Gartner	1: 22.98
9	AUT	Anita Wachter	1: 23.01
10	United States	Shannon Nobis	1: 23.02
15th	AUT	Sylvia Eder	1: 23.51
16	SUI	Heidi Zeller-Bähler	1: 23.53
18th	GER	Hilde Gerg	1: 23.63
22nd	AUT	Veronika Stallmaier	1: 23.83
30th	AUT	Stefanie Schuster	1: 24.76
31	GER	Michaela Gerg	1: 25.19

Date: February 15, 11 a.m.
Location: Kvitfjell
Start: 709 m, Finish: 182 m
Difference in altitude: 527 m, Track length: 2035 m
Gates: 34

55 participants, 46 of them in the evaluation. Retired u. a .: Chantal Bournis (SUI), Alenka Dovžan (SLO), Birgit Heeb (LIE), Špela Pretnar (SLO), Katja Seizinger (GER), Heidi Zurbriggen (SUI).

Giant slalom

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	ITA	Deborah Compagnoni	2: 30.97
2	GER	Martina Ertl	2: 32.19
3	SUI	Vreni Schneider	2: 32.97
4th	AUT	Anita Wachter	2: 33.06
5	FRA	Carole Merle	2: 33.44
6th	United States	Eva Twardokens	2: 34.41
7th	ITA	Lara Magoni	2: 34.67
8th	NOR	Marianne Kjørstad	2: 34.79
9	SUI	Heidi Zeller-Bähler	2: 35.14
10	GER	Christina Meier-Höck	2: 35.22
11	LIE	Birgit Heeb	2: 36.09
14th	AUT	Sylvia Eder	2: 36.48
16	SUI	Karin Roten	2: 36.55

Date: February 24, 10:00 a.m. (1st run), 1:00 p.m. (2nd run)
Location: Hafjell
Start: 645 m, Finish: 258 m
Difference in altitude: 387 m, Track length: 1370 m
Gates: 53 ( 1st run), 52 (2nd run)

Compagnoni set the best time in both rounds. Martina Ertl (who won bronze at the World Championships in Morioka last year) improved from fifth to silver. Hilde Gerg, who finished second (0.63 seconds behind Compagnoni), retired in the second run.

47 participants, 24 of them in the rating. Retired u. a .: Alenka Dovžan (SLO), Hilde Gerg (GER), Katja Koren (SLO), Alexandra Meissnitzer (AUT), Ylva Nowén (SWE), Corinne Rey-Bellet (SUI), Diann Roffe-Steinrotter (USA), Katja Seizinger (GER), Mélanie Turgeon (CAN), Pernilla Wiberg (SWE).

slalom

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	SUI	Vreni Schneider	1: 56.01
2	AUT	Elfi Eder	1: 56.35
3	SLO	Katja Koren	1: 56.61
4th	SWE	Pernilla Wiberg	1: 56.68
5	SUI	Gabriela Zingre-Graf	1: 57.80
6th	SUI	Christine von Grünigen	1: 57.86
7th	ITA	Roberta Serra	1: 57.88
8th	SLO	Urška Hrovat	1: 58.07
9	ITA	Morena Gallizio	1: 58.19
10	ITA	Deborah Compagnoni	1: 58.26
12	AUT	Monika Maierhofer	1: 58.74
14th	GER	Martina Ertl	1: 59.65
17th	SUI	Martina Accola	2: 00.03

Date: February 26, 9:30 a.m. (1st run), 1:00 p.m. (2nd run)
Location: Hafjell
Start: 453 m, Finish: 258 m
Difference in altitude: 195 m, route length: 611 m
Gates: 67 ( 1st run), 68 (2nd run)

Vreni Schneider repeated her Olympic slalom gold medal from 1988. So far, a gold medal had never been repeated in the same discipline in alpine skiing. After the first run, however, the Slovenian Koren, who was considered a blatant outsider (start number 33), was in the lead, while Schneider was only in 5th place.

55 participants, 28 of them in the evaluation. Retired u. a .: Trine Bakke (NOR), Patricia Chauvet (FRA), Annelise Coberger (NZL), Alenka Dovžan (SLO), Hilde Gerg (GER), Marianne Kjørstad (NOR), Florence Masnada (FRA), Edda Mutter (GER) , Julie Parisien (USA), Claudia Riegler (NZL), María José Rienda (ESP), Mélanie Turgeon (CAN), Eva Twardokens (USA), Miriam Vogt (GER), Anita Wachter (AUT).

combination

space	country	athlete	Time A (min)	Time S (min)	total time
1	SWE	Pernilla Wiberg	1: 28.70 (5.)	1: 36.46 (2.)	3: 05.16
2	SUI	Vreni Schneider	1: 28.91 (7.)	1: 36.38 (1st)	3: 05.29
3	SLO	Alenka Dovžan	1: 28.67 (4th)	1: 37.97 (3rd)	3: 06.64
4th	ITA	Morena Gallizio	1: 28.71 (6th)	1: 38.00 (4.)	3: 06.71
5	GER	Martina Ertl	1: 29.38 (13th)	1: 39.40 (6.)	3: 08.78
6th	SLO	Katja Koren	1: 30.59 (25.)	1: 39.00 (5.)	3: 09.59
7th	FRA	Florence Masnada	1: 29.11 (10.)	1: 40.91 (10.)	3: 10.02
8th	GER	Hilde Gerg	1: 29.02 (9.)	1: 41.08 (11.)	3: 10.10
9	GER	Miriam Vogt			3: 10.14
10	United States	Picabo Street			3: 10.15

Date: February 20, 11:00 a.m. (departure)
February 21, 9:30 a.m. / 1:00 p.m. (slalom)

Downhill route: Kvitfjell
start: 823 m, finish: 182 m,
altitude difference: 641 m, route length: 2418 m

Slalom course: Hafjell
start: 424 m, finish: 258 m
difference in altitude: 166 m
gates: 59 (2nd run)

Dovžan thus won the first Alpine Olympic medal for Slovenia. 41 participants, 25 of them in the rating. Retired u. a .: Swetlana Gladyschewa (RUS), Anja Haas (AUT), Isolde Kostner (ITA), Julie Parisien (USA), Špela Pretnar (SLO), Katja Seizinger (GER), Varwara Selenskaja (RUS), Zali Steggall (AUS) , Ingrid Stöckl (AUT).

Web links

• Overview of all races in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )