South Africa qualified one entrant in alpine skiing. That entrant, Peter Scott, was 19 years old at the time of the Vancouver Olympics. In the men's giant slalom, held on 23 February, he failed to finish the first leg of the race. His failure to finish was caused by leaving the starting gate too early, and then attempting to walk back up a "few meters". Samir Azzimani, a fellow competitor, said Scott was disqualified, though the official records list him as a did not finish.