The Men's Super-G competition of the Salt Lake 2002 Olympics was held at Snowbasin on Saturday, February 16.
| Men's super-G at the XIX Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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 Pictogram for alpine skiing | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Snowbasin | ||||||||||||
| Date | February 16 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 56 from 23 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:21.58 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Men's Super-G | |
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| Location | Snowbasin Grizzly Super-G |
| Vertical | 648 m (2,126 ft) |
| Top elevation | 2,596 m (8,517 ft) |
| Base elevation | 1,948 m (6,391 ft) |
The defending world champion was Daron Rahlves of the United States, Austria's Hermann Maier was the defending Olympic and World Cup super-G champion, and teammate Stephan Eberharter led the current season. Maier was out for the season after a serious motorcycle accident in August.
Ten years after his first Olympic title in 1992, Kjetil André Aamodt of Norway won his second super-G gold, and his second gold of the 2002 Games.[1] Eberharter took the silver, and teammate Andreas Schifferer was the bronze medalist; Rahlves was eighth.[2]
The course started at an elevation of 2,596 m (8,517 ft) above sea level with a vertical drop of 648 m (2,126 ft) and a course length of 2.018 km (1.25 mi). Aamodt's winning time of 81.58 seconds yielded an average course speed of 89.051 km/h (55.3 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 7.943 m/s (26.1 ft/s).
Results
editThe race was started at 10:00 local time, (UTC−7). At the starting gate, the skies were clear, the temperature was 5 °C (41 °F), and the snow condition was hard; the temperature at the finish was lower at 1 °C (34 °F).
References
edit- ^ "Alpine Skiing at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games: Men's Super-G". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- ^ Gloster, Rob (February 17, 2002). "Second gold satisfies 'Baby Shark'". Eugene Register-Guard. Associated Press. p. 10B.