Olympic Winter Games 2006 / Alpine skiing

Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics
information
venue	Sestriere / San Sicario
Competition venue	Sestriere Colle , Sestriere Borgata / San Sicario Fraiteve
Nations	71
Athletes	309 (176 , 133 )
date	15-25 February 2006
decisions	10
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At the XX. At the 2006 Winter Olympics , ten alpine skiing competitions were held.

Seven of the ten competitions were held in Sestriere (100 kilometers west of Turin ) on three different slopes. The Kandahar Banchetta slope (downhill, super-G and men's combination ) was located in the Borgata district (about two kilometers from the top of the pass ); the capacity was 8,560 spectators. In the district of Colle (located directly at the top of the pass) there were the slopes Sises (giant slalom women and men) and Giovanni A. Agnelli (slalom women and men); the capacity there was 8,000 spectators.

Three races took place at the San Sicario winter sports station in the municipality of Cesana Torinese (97 kilometers west of Turin). There the downhill, the Super-G and the women's combination were held on the Fraitève slope . The audience capacity was 6,160.

Balance sheet

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Austria	4th	5	5	14th
2	United States	2	-	-	2
3	Croatia	1	2	-	3
4th	Sweden	1	-	3	4th
5	France	1	1	-	2
6th	Norway	1	-	-	1
7th	Switzerland	-	1	2	3
8th	Finland	-	1	-	1

Medalist

Men competitor gold silver bronze Departure Antoine Dénériaz Michael Walchhofer Bruno Kernen Super G Kjetil André Aamodt Hermann Maier Ambrosi Hoffmann Giant slalom Benjamin Raich Joël Chenal Hermann Maier slalom Benjamin Raich Reinfried Herbst Rainer Schönfelder combination Ted Ligety Ivica Kostelić Rainer Schönfelder

Women competitor gold silver bronze Departure Michaela Dorfmeister Martina shield Anja Pärson Super G Michaela Dorfmeister Janica Kostelić Alexandra Meissnitzer Giant slalom Julia Mancuso Tanja Poutiainen Anna Ottosson slalom Anja Pärson Nicole Hosp Marlies shield combination Janica Kostelić Marlies shield Anja Pärson

Results men

Departure

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	FRA	Antoine Dénériaz	1: 48.80
2	AUT	Michael Walchhofer	1: 49.52
3	SUI	Bruno Kernen	1: 49.82
4th	NOR	Kjetil André Aamodt	1: 49.88
5	United States	Bode Miller	1: 49.93
6th	AUT	Hermann Maier	1: 50.00
7th	LIE	Marco Büchel	1: 50.01
8th	AUT	Fritz Strobl	1: 50.12
9	ITA	Patrick Staudacher	1: 50.29
10	United States	Daron Rahlves	1: 50.12
12	SUI	Tobias Grünenfelder	1: 50.44
17th	SUI	Ambrosi Hoffmann	1: 50.72
22nd	AUT	Klaus Kroell	1: 50.91
26th	SUI	Didier Defago	1: 51.51
35	LIE	Claudio spokesman	1: 53.34

Date: February 12, 2006, 12:00 noon
Course: "Kandahar Banchetta"
Start: 2800 m, Finish: 1886 m
Difference in altitude: 914 m, Course length: 3299 m
Course setter: Helmuth Schmalzl (FIS), 39 gates

55 participants, 53 of them in the rating. Retired u. a .: Ondřej Bank (CZE).

Super G

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	NOR	Kjetil André Aamodt	1: 30.65
2	AUT	Hermann Maier	1: 30.78
3	SUI	Ambrosi Hoffmann	1: 30.98
4th	CAN	Erik Guay	1: 31.08
5	NOR	Aksel Lund Svindal	1: 31.10
6th	LIE	Marco Büchel	1: 31.22
7th	United States	Scott Macartney	1: 31.23
8th	CAN	François Bourque	1: 31.27
9	United States	Daron Rahlves	1: 31.37
10	AUT	Hannes Reichelt	1: 31.39
12	SUI	Didier Cuche	1: 31.50
16	SUI	Didier Defago	1: 31.90
18th	SUI	Bruno Kernen	1: 31.95
19th	AUT	Christoph Gruber	1: 32.00
20th	AUT	Benjamin Raich	1: 32.05

Date: February 18, 2006, 2:45 p.m.
Route: “Kandahar Banchetta”
Start: 2536 m, Finish: 1886 m
Difference in altitude: 650 m, route length: 2325 m
Course setter: Andreas Evers (AUT), 39 gates

63 participants, 56 of them in the ranking. Retired u. a .: Ondřej Bank (CZE), Bode Miller (USA).

The start was originally at 11:00 a.m. However, due to heavy snowfall and thick fog, the race was canceled after 17 drivers and rescheduled first to 1.30 p.m., then to 2.45 p.m.

Giant slalom

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	AUT	Benjamin Raich	2: 35.00
2	FRA	Joël Chenal	2: 35.07
3	AUT	Hermann Maier	2: 35.16
4th	CAN	François Bourque	2: 35.92
5	SWE	Fredrik Nyberg	2: 36.05
6th	NOR	Aksel Lund Svindal	2: 36.06
	United States	Bode Miller
8th	AUT	Rainer Schönfelder	2: 36.64
9	FIN	Kalle Palander	2: 36.82
10	CAN	Thomas Grandi	2: 36.88
14th	SUI	Didier Defago	2: 37.60
17th	SUI	Marc Berthod	2: 38.25
19th	SUI	Didier Cuche	2: 39.33

Date: February 20, 2006
10:30 am (1st run), 1:45 pm (2nd run) Course
: "Sises"
Start: 2480 m, finish: 2030 m Difference in
altitude: 450 m
Course setter 1st run: Dusan Grasic (CAN), 52 goals
Course setter 2nd run: Michael Morin (USA), 54 goals

82 participants, including 41 in the rating. Retired u. a .: Daniel Albrecht (SUI), Marco Büchel (LIE), Gauthier de Tessières (FRA), Thomas Fanara (FRA), Kjetil Jansrud (NOR), Ted Ligety (USA), Manfred Mölgg (ITA), Felix Neureuther (GER ), Daron Rahlves (USA), Davide Simoncelli (ITA).

slalom

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	AUT	Benjamin Raich	1: 43.14
2	AUT	Reinfried Herbst	1: 43.97
3	AUT	Rainer Schönfelder	1: 44.15
4th	JPN	Kentaro Minagawa	1: 44.18
	SWE	André Myhrer
6th	CRO	Ivica Kostelić	1: 44.45
7th	JPN	Naoki Yuasa	1: 44.57
8th	SWE	Johan Brolenius	1: 44.81
9	CAN	Thomas Grandi	1: 44.84
10	SWE	Martin Hansson	1: 45.24
14th	SUI	Marc Berthod	1: 46.00
15th	SUI	Silvan Zurbriggen	1: 46.10

Date: February 25, 2006
3:00 pm (1st run), 6:30 pm (2nd run) Course
: "Giovanni A. Agnelli"
Start 2240 m, finish 2030 m
Altitude difference: 210 m
Course setter 1st run: Gert Ehn (AUT), 62 goals
Course setter 2nd run: Jovan Vincencij (CRO), 64 goals

97 participants, 47 of them in the rating. Retired u. a .: Hans Petter Buraas (NOR), Jean-Baptiste Grange (FRA), Markus Larsson (SWE), Ted Ligety (USA), Mario Matt (AUT), Bode Miller (USA), Manfred Mölgg (ITA), Felix Neureuther (GER), Kalle Palander (FIN), Giorgio Rocca (ITA), Akira Sasaki (JPN), Aksel Lund Svindal (NOR), Patrick Thaler (ITA), Alois Vogl (GER). Not at the start: Jean-Pierre Vidal (FRA).

combination

space	country	athlete	Time A (min)	Time S (min)	total time
1	United States	Ted Ligety	1: 41.42 (22.)	1: 27.93 (1.)	3: 09.35
2	CRO	Ivica Kostelić	1: 40.44 (7.)	1: 29.44 (4th)	3: 09.88
3	AUT	Rainer Schönfelder	1: 40.02 (3rd)	1: 30.65 (11.)	3: 10.67
4th	SUI	Daniel Albrecht	1: 40.47 (8.)	1: 30.26 (8.)	3: 10.73
5	ITA	Giorgio Rocca	1: 41.39 (21.)	1: 29.35 (3rd)	3: 10.74
6th	CZE	Ondřej Bank	1: 40.50 (9.)	1: 30.50 (9.)	3: 11.00
7th	SUI	Marc Berthod	1: 41.24 (18.)	1: 29.98 (7.)	3: 11.22
8th	FRA	Pierrick Bourgeat	1: 41.35 (20.)	1: 29.94 (6.)	3: 11.28
9	ITA	Peter Fill	1: 39.22 (1.)	1: 32.99 (19.)	3: 12.21
10	NOR	Kjetil Jansrud	1: 41.55 (24.)	1: 30.77 (12.)	3: 12.32

Date: February 14, 2006, 12:00 p.m. (departure), 5:00 p.m. / 7:30 p.m. (slalom)

Downhill run: “Kandahar Banchetta”
Start: 2686 m, finish: 1886 m
Difference in altitude: 800 m, route length: 2965 m
Course setter: Helmuth Schmalzl (FIS), 33 gates

Slalom course: "Giovanni A. Agnelli"
Start: 2210 m, finish: 2030 m
Difference in altitude: 180 m
Course setter 1st run: Martin Andersen (NOR), 56 goals
Course setter 2nd run: Sepp Brunner (SUI), 55 goals

60 participants, 35 of them in the ranking. Retired u. a .: Didier Défago (SUI), Lasse Kjus (NOR), Bode Miller (USA), Benjamin Raich (AUT), Aksel Lund Svindal (NOR), Michael Walchhofer (AUT), Silvan Zurbriggen (SUI). Not at the start: Kjetil André Aamodt (NOR).

Results women

Departure

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	AUT	Michaela Dorfmeister	1: 56.49
2	SUI	Martina shield	1: 56.86
3	SWE	Anja Pärson	1: 57.13
4th	AUT	Renate Götschl	1: 57.20
5	SUI	Nadia Styger	1: 57.62
6th	GER	Petra Haltmayr	1: 57.69
7th	United States	Julia Mancuso	1: 57.71
8th	AUT	Alexandra Meissnitzer	1: 57.78
	United States	Lindsey Kildow
10	ITA	Nadia Fanchini	1: 57.84
12	SUI	Fränzi Aufdenblatten	1: 57.96
14th	SUI	Sylviane Berthod	1: 58.36

Date: February 15, 2006, 12:00 noon
Route: “Fraitève”
Start: 2538 m, Finish: 1738 m Difference in
altitude: 800 m, route length: 3058 m
Course setter: Jan Tischhauser (FIS), 43 goals

44 participants, 40 of them in the evaluation. Retired u. a .: Elisabeth Görgl (AUT), Tina Weirather (LIE). Not at the start: Janica Kostelić (CRO).

Super G

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	AUT	Michaela Dorfmeister	1: 32.47
2	CRO	Janica Kostelić	1: 32.74
3	AUT	Alexandra Meissnitzer	1: 33.06
4th	CAN	Kelly VanderBeek	1: 33.09
5	FRA	Carole Montillet-Carles	1: 33.31
6th	SUI	Martina shield	1: 33.33
7th	United States	Lindsey Kildow	1: 33.42
8th	ITA	Lucia Recchia	1: 33.48
9	GER	Petra Haltmayr	1: 33.50
	CAN	Emily Brydon
13	AUT	Andrea Fischbacher	1: 33.97
15th	SUI	Sylviane Berthod	1: 34.00
16	GER	Martina Ertl-Renz	1: 34.03
17th	SUI	Fränzi Aufdenblatten	1: 34.10
26th	AUT	Renate Götschl	1: 34.83
33	LIE	Tina Weirather	1: 35.34
35	SUI	Nadia Styger	1: 35.57

Date: February 20, 2:45 pm
Course: “Fraitève”
Start: 2286 m, finish: 1738 m Difference in
altitude: 548 m, route length: 2331 m
Course setter: Jürgen Graller (AUT), 39 gates

54 participants, including 51 in the rating. Retired u. a .: Elena Fanchini (AUT).

The competition was originally supposed to take place on February 19 at 12:00 p.m., but was postponed by one day due to bad weather conditions, and then again on February 20 from 12:00 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.

Giant slalom

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	United States	Julia Mancuso	2: 09.19
2	FIN	Tanja Poutiainen	2: 09.86
3	SWE	Anna Ottosson	2: 10.33
4th	AUT	Nicole Hosp	2: 10.66
5	CAN	Geneviève Simard	2: 10.73
6th	SWE	Anja Pärson	2: 10.96
7th	AUT	Kathrin Zettel	2: 11.35
8th	ITA	Nadia Fanchini	2: 11.46
9	SLO	Ana Drev	2: 11.67
10	SWE	Maria Pietilä Holmner	2: 11.69
15th	GER	Martina Ertl-Renz	2: 12.54
16	SUI	Fränzi Aufdenblatten	2: 12.62
17th	AUT	Marlies shield	2: 13.27
24	SUI	Nadia Styger	2: 14.45

Date: February 24, 2006
9:30 am (1st run), 1:00 pm (2nd run) Course: "Sises"
Start: 2370 m, finish: 2030 m Difference in
altitude: 340 m
Course setter 1st run: Janez Slivnik (SLO), 42 goals
Course setter 2nd run: Ante Kostelić (CRO), 45 goals

65 participants, 43 of them in the evaluation. Retired u. a .: Denise Karbon (ITA), Michaela Kirchgasser (AUT), Manuela Mölgg (ITA), Sarah Schleper (USA), Šárka Záhrobská (CZE). Not at the start: Lindsey Kildow (USA), Janica Kostelić (CRO).

In bad weather conditions (heavy snowfall and thick fog), the leading American Julia Mancuso after the first round was able to leave the competition behind and win the first medal for the US women at these games. She prevailed against Tanja Poutiainen from Finland , who was third after the first round, and Anna Ottosson from Sweden , who improved from 13th place to bronze in the second run. World champion Anja Pärson dropped from second to sixth place in the second run. The secret favorite Maria José Rienda Contreras from Spain, who only came 13th with a gap of 2.94 s, also experienced a disappointment.

slalom

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	SWE	Anja Pärson	1: 29.04
2	AUT	Nicole Hosp	1: 29.33
3	AUT	Marlies shield	1: 29.79
4th	CRO	Janica Kostelić	1: 29.94
5	AUT	Michaela Kirchgasser	1: 30.28
6th	FIN	Tanja Poutiainen	1: 30.79
7th	GER	Annemarie Gerg	1: 30.89
8th	ITA	Chiara Costazza	1: 31.08
	SWE	Therese Borssén
10	United States	Sarah Schleper	1: 31.38
17th	GER	Monika Bergmann	1: 31.84
18th	LIE	Jessica Walter	1: 35.10

Date: February 22, 2006
2:45 pm (1st run), 5:45 pm (2nd run) Course
: "Giovanni A. Agnelli"
Start: 2210 m, finish: 2030 m
Difference in altitude: 180 m
Course setter 1st run : Philippe Martin (FRA), 51 goals
Course setter 2nd run: Bernd Brunner (AUT), 51 goals

64 participants, 51 of them in the evaluation. Retired u. a .: Martina Ertl-Renz (GER), Kristina Koznick (USA), Daniela Merighetti (ITA), Laure Pequegnot (FRA), Kathrin Zettel (AUT).

Anja Pärson was already leading after the first round and confidently achieved her first Olympic victory. Nicole Hosp secured the silver medal by finishing 2nd in the first and fastest time in the second run. Marlies Schild, who was in 6th place after the first round, won her second Olympic medal in 2006 after silver in the combination. The co-favorite and defending champion Janica Kostelić, who had also won the slalom at the World Championships in 2003 and 2005, was behind the 1st run on rank 5, could not improve significantly (fourth best time in the 2nd run) and missed a medal in fourth. Michaela Kirchgasser completed the good result of the runners from Austria as fifth. Annemarie Gerg took 7th place. Monika Bergmann was 16th. For the first time in an Olympic slalom, there were no Swiss women at the start.

combination

space	country	sportswoman	Time A (min)	Time S (min)	total time
1	CRO	Janica Kostelić	1: 29.40 (1.)	1: 21.68 (2.)	2: 51.08
2	AUT	Marlies shield	1: 30.36 (7.)	1: 21.22 (1.)	2: 51.58
3	SWE	Anja Pärson	1: 29.57 (2.)	1: 22.06 (4.)	2: 51.63
4th	AUT	Kathrin Zettel	1: 30.66 (8th)	1: 21.75 (3rd)	2: 52.41
5	AUT	Nicole Hosp	1: 31.14 (13.)	1: 22.07 (5th)	2: 53.21
6th	AUT	Michaela Kirchgasser	1: 31.02 (11.)	1: 22.46 (6.)	2: 53.48
7th	GER	Martina Ertl-Renz	1: 31.08 (12.)	1: 23.20 (7.)	2: 54.28
8th	SWE	Jessica Lindell-Vicarby	1: 30.19 (6.)	1: 25.00 (15.)	2: 55.19
9	United States	Julia Mancuso	1: 30.84 (9.)	1: 24.60 (11.)	2: 55.44
10	CAN	Brigitte Acton	1: 30.98 (10.)	1: 24.77 (13th)	2: 55.75
16	GER	Monika Bergmann	1: 32.54 (23.)	1: 24.26 (10.)	2: 56.80

Date: February 18, 2006, 3:30 p.m. (departure)
February 17, 5:00 p.m. / 7:30 p.m. (slalom)

Downhill route: “Kandahar Banchetta”
start: 2286 m, finish: 1738 m,
altitude difference: 548 m, route length: 2331 m
Course setter: Jan Tischhauser, 33 gates

Slalom course: "Giovanni A. Agnelli"
Start: 2170 m, finish: 2030 m
Difference in altitude: 140 m
Course setter 1st run: Mathias Berthold (GER), 49 goals
Course setter 2nd run: Petr Záhrobský (CZE), 49 goals

45 participants, 30 of them in the evaluation. Retired u. a .: Daniela Merighetti (ITA), Lindsey Kildow (USA). Not at the start: Fränzi Aufdenblatten (SUI).

The downhill race should originally have taken place on February 17th at 12:00 p.m., but was postponed by one day due to bad weather conditions.

Web links

• Overview of all races in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )