Men's Super G at the XVII Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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Alpine skiing | |||||||||||||
Venue | Kvitfjell | ||||||||||||
Date | February 17, 1994 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 69 from 28 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 1:32.53 | ||||||||||||
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Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics | ||
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Combined | men | women |
Downhill | men | women |
Giant slalom | men | women |
Slalom | men | women |
Super-G | men | women |
Men's Aupwe-G | |
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Location | Kvitfjell Olympiabakken |
Vertical | 641 m (2,103 ft) |
Top elevation | 823 m (2,700 ft) |
Base elevation | 182 m (597 ft) |
The men's super-G competition of the Lillehammer 1994 Olympics was held at Kvitfjell on Thursday, 17 February.
Norway's Kjetil André Aamodt was the defending Olympic and World Cup super-G champion and Marc Girardelli led the current season.
Germany's Markus Wasmeier won the gold medal, downhill champion Tommy Moe took the silver (on his 24th birthday), and Aamodt was the bronze medalist.
The Olympiabakken course started at an elevation of 823 m (2,700 ft) above sea level with a vertical drop of 641 m (2,103 ft) and a course length of 2.574 km (1.60 mi). Wasmeier's winning time was 92.53 seconds, yielding an average course speed of 100.145 km/h (62.2 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 6.927 m/s (22.7 ft/s).
Results
The race was started at 11:00 local time, (UTC +1). At the starting gate, the skies were clear, the temperature was −10.0 °C (14 °F), and the snow condition was hard; the temperature at the finish was lower, at −15.0 °C (5 °F).
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References
- ^ "Lillehammer 1994 Official Report" (PDF). Lillehammer Olympiske Organisasjonskomité. LA84 Foundation. 1994. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
- "Alpine Skiing at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games: Men's Super G". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
- "1993 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
- Phillips, Angus (February 18, 1994). "Moe skis into U.S. record book". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Washington Post). p. 1B.