Olympic Winter Games 2006 / Alpine skiing
Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics |
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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 |
← Salt Lake City 2002 |
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 | |||
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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
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Results men
Departure
space | country | athlete | Time (min) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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 |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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 |
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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 )