Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's super-G

The women's super-G of the 2006 Winter Olympics was held at San Sicario, Italy, on Monday, 20 February; it was delayed a day due to poor weather conditions.

Women's super-G
at the XX Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for alpine skiing
VenueSan Sicario
DateFebruary 20
Competitors56 from 24 nations
Winning time1:32.47
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Michaela Dorfmeister  Austria
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Janica Kostelić  Croatia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Alexandra Meissnitzer  Austria
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Women's Super-G
LocationSan Sicario
Fraiteve Olympique
Vertical   548 m (1,798 ft)
Top elevation2,286 m (7,500 ft)
Base elevation1,738 m (5,702 ft)

Defending Olympic champion Daniela Ceccarelli was 37th in the current season's World Cup downhill standings, headed by Michaela Dorfmeister from Austria, followed by teammate Alexandra Meissnitzer. Anja Pärson of Sweden was defending world champion and was fourth in the current season's super-G standings.[1][2][3]

Dorfmeister won the gold medal, Janica Kostelić of Croatia took the silver,[4] and Meissnitzer was the bronze medalist; Pärson was twelfth and Ceccarelli was 31st.[5] Dorfmeister had also won the downhill gold medal five days earlier,[6] and Kostelic's medal was her sixth at the Olympics.[4]

The Fraiteve Olympique course started at an elevation of 2,286 m (7,500 ft) above sea level with a vertical drop of 548 m (1,798 ft) and a course length of 2.331 km (1.45 mi). Dorfmeister's winning time was 92.47 seconds, yielding an average course speed of 90.749 km/h (56.4 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 5.926 m/s (19.4 ft/s).

Results

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Monday, 20 February 2006

The race was started at 14:45 local time, (UTC +1). At the starting gate, the skies were mostly cloudy, the temperature was −2.9 °C (27 °F), and the snow condition was packed; the temperature at the finish was 1.2 °C (34 °F).

Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference
  30 Michaela Dorfmeister   Austria 1:32.47
  25 Janica Kostelić   Croatia 1:32.74 +0.27
  29 Alexandra Meissnitzer   Austria 1:33.06 +0.59
4 11 Kelly Vanderbeek   Canada 1:33.09 +0.62
5 16 Carole Montillet   France 1:33.31 +0.84
6 1 Martina Schild   Switzerland 1:33.33 +0.86
7 28 Lindsey Kildow   United States 1:33.42 +0.95
8 14 Lucia Recchia   Italy 1:33.48 +1.01
9 17 Emily Brydon   Canada 1:33.50 +1.03
12 Petra Haltmayr   Germany
11 20 Julia Mancuso   United States 1:33.72 +1.25
12 27 Anja Pärson   Sweden 1:33.88 +1.41
13 22 Andrea Fischbacher   Austria 1:33.97 +1.50
14 21 Kirsten Clark   United States 1:33.98 +1.51
15 6 Sylviane Berthod   Switzerland 1:34.00 +1.53
16 19 Martina Ertl-Renz   Germany 1:34.03 +1.56
17 10 Fränzi Aufdenblatten   Switzerland 1:34.10 +1.63
18 33 Urška Rabič   Slovenia 1:34.12 +1.65
19 8 Chemmy Alcott   Great Britain 1:34.20 +1.73
20 15 Geneviève Simard   Canada 1:34.38 +1.91
21 34 Nike Bent   Sweden 1:34.41 +1.94
22 3 Janette Hargin   Sweden 1:34.48 +2.01
23 49 Dagný L. Kristjánsdóttir   Iceland 1:34.56 +2.09
24 5 Jessica Lindell-Vikarby   Sweden 1:34.78 +2.31
25 38 Marie Marchand-Arvier   France 1:34.82 +2.35
26 23 Renate Götschl   Austria 1:34.83 +2.36
27 43 Šárka Záhrobská   Czech Republic 1:34.98 +2.51
28 13 Libby Ludlow   United States 1:35.01 +2.54
29 32 Petra Robnik   Slovenia 1:35.10 +2.63
30 4 Carolina Ruiz Castillo   Spain 1:35.20 +2.73
31 7 Daniela Ceccarelli   Italy 1:35.26 +2.79
32 18 Ingrid Jacquemod   France 1:35.28 +2.81
33 35 Tina Weirather   Liechtenstein 1:35.34 +2.87
34 39 Sherry Lawrence   Canada 1:35.47 +3.00
35 26 Nadia Styger   Switzerland 1:35.57 +3.10
36 37 Lucie Hrstková   Czech Republic 1:35.62 +3.15
37 31 María José Rienda Contreras   Spain 1:36.03 +3.56
38 9 Nadia Fanchini   Italy 1:36.46 +3.99
39 24 Tina Maze   Slovenia 1:36.64 +4.17
40 36 Nika Fleiss   Croatia 1:36.65 +4.18
41 40 Alexandra Coletti   Monaco 1:37.02 +4.55
42 48 Olesya Alieva   Russia 1:37.12 +4.65
43 41 Jelena Lolović   Serbia and Montenegro 1:37.45 +4.98
44 46 Soňa Maculová   Slovakia 1:37.87 +5.40
45 44 Ana Drev   Slovenia 1:37.92 +5.45
46 42 Chirine Njeim   Lebanon 1:37.93 +5.46
47 45 María Belén Simari Birkner   Argentina 1:38.02 +5.55
48 54 Jana Gantnerová   Slovakia 1:38.40 +5.93
49 51 Leyre Morlans   Spain 1:38.53 +6.06
50 50 Macarena Benvenuto   Chile 1:41.52 +9.05
51 55 Christelle Laura Douibi   Algeria 1:43.54 +11.07
2 Elena Fanchini   Italy DNF
52 Daniela Anguita   Chile DNF
53 Eva Hučková   Slovakia DSQ
47 Macarena Simari Birkner   Argentina DNS
56 Kirsten McGarry   Ireland DNS

References

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  1. ^ "FIS-Ski – Cup Standings". Archived from the original on 2009-03-02. Retrieved 2010-03-08.
  2. ^ "FIS-Ski – resultats". Archived from the original on 2009-03-02. Retrieved 2010-03-08.
  3. ^ "Alpine Skiing at the 2006 Turin Winter Games: Women's Super-G". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Kostelic's sixth career Alpine medal sets record". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. February 21, 2006. p. D7.
  5. ^ "Alpine skiing: Women's Super-G". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. February 21, 2006. p. D6.
  6. ^ "Dorfmeister's perseverance yields gold". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. February 16, 2006. p. D5.
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