The Men's Super G competition of the Calgary 1988 Olympics was held at Nakiska on Sunday, February 21.[1][2] This was the Olympic debut of the event.
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| Venue | Nakiska | ||||||||||||
| Date | February 21 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 94 from 34 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:39.66 | ||||||||||||
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| Location | Nakiska |
| Vertical | 647 m (2,123 ft) |
| Top elevation | 2,179 m (7,149 ft) |
| Base elevation | 1,532 m (5,026 ft) |
The defending world champion was Pirmin Zurbriggen of Switzerland, who was also the defending World Cup Super G champion and led the current season.[3][4]
France's Franck Piccard won the gold medal, Helmut Mayer of Austria took the silver, and Lars-Börje Eriksson of Sweden was the bronze medalist. Zurbriggen tied for fifth, more than two seconds behind. Italy's Alberto Tomba lasted three gates and did not finish.[5] It was the first Olympic alpine gold for France in twenty years, since the sweep by Jean-Claude Killy in 1968.
The course started at an elevation of 2,179 m (7,149 ft) above sea level with a vertical drop of 647 m (2,123 ft) and a course length of 2.327 km (1.45 mi). Piccard's winning time was 99.66 seconds, yielding an average speed of 84.058 km/h (52.2 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 6.492 m/s (21.3 ft/s).
Results edit
The race was started at 10:00 local time, (UTC −7). At the starting gate, it was snowing, the temperature was −3.0 °C (26.6 °F), and the snow condition was hard. The temperature at the finish was 1.0 °C (33.8 °F).
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References edit
- ^ a b "Calgary 1988 Official Report" (PDF). XV Olympic Winter Games Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1988. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- ^ "Alpine Skiing at the 1988 Calgary Winter Games: Men's Super G". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ "1987 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- ^ "1987 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- ^ "Piccard wins super-giant showdown". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Knight-Ridder. February 22, 1988. p. C1.