List of Olympic medalists in alpine skiing
Men -- Super-G
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Gold

Silver

Bronze

1988 Calgary
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Franck Piccard
France

Helmut Mayer
Austria

Lars-Börje Eriksson
Sweden

1992 Albertville
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Kjetil André Aamodt
Norway

Marc Girardelli
Luxembourg

Jan Einar Thorsen
Norway

1994 Lillehammer
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Markus Wasmeier
Germany

Tommy Moe
United States

Kjetil André Aamodt
Norway

1998 Nagano
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Hermann Maier
Austria

Didier Cuche
Switzerland
Hans Knauß
Austria

None awarded

2002 Salt Lake City
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Kjetil André Aamodt (2)
Norway

Stephan Eberharter
Austria

Andreas Schifferer
Austria

2006 Turin
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Kjetil André Aamodt (3)
Norway

Hermann Maier
Austria

Ambrosi Hoffmann
Switzerland

2010 Vancouver
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Aksel Lund Svindal
Norway

Bode Miller
United States

Andrew Weibrecht
United States

2014 Sochi
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Kjetil Jansrud
Norway

Andrew Weibrecht
United States

Jan Hudec
Canada
Bode Miller
United States

2018 Pyeongchang
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Matthias Mayer
Austria

Beat Feuz
Switzerland

Kjetil Jansrud
Norway

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Alpine Skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics consisted of ten alpine skiing events , held February 15-27 at Nakiska on Mount Allan , a new ski area west of Calgary . These Olympics featured the first change in the alpine skiing program in more than 30 years . The Super-G was added and the combined event returned ; it was last contested at the Winter Olympics in 1948 , prior to the addition of the giant slalom .
The Men 's Super G competition of the Calgary 1988 Olympics was held at Nakiska on Sunday , February 21 . This was the Olympic debut of the event . The defending world champion was Pirmin Zurbriggen of Switzerland , who was also the defending World Cup Super G champion and led the current season . 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 . 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 ) .
Franck Piccard ( born 17 September 1965 ) is a French former Alpine skier . A native of Les Saisies , Piccard won a total of four Alpine skiing World Cup races . At the 1988 Olympics in Calgary he won a gold medal in the Super-G competition ( the first Olympic gold-medal for a French ski racer since 1968 , when Jean-Claude Killy became a three-times gold-medalist ) and a bronze medal in the downhill . At the 1992 Olympics in Albertville he won a silver medal in the downhill . He also could achieve a bronze-medal in the Super-G-Race at the FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships 1991 .
France competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary , Alberta , Canada . Frank Piccard won France 's first Winter Olympic gold medal for 20 years .
Helmut Mayer ( born 4 March 1966 in Verditz ) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria . At the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary he won a silver medal in the Super-G competition at Nakiska . He also won a silver medal in the giant slalom at the World Championships in 1989 at Vail , Colorado . Mayer is the father of World Cup racer Matthias Mayer , the Olympic gold medalist in downhill in 2014 , and Super-G in 2018 .
Austria competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary , Alberta , Canada .
Lars-Börje Bulan Eriksson ( born 21 October 1966 in Åre , Jämtland ) is a former Swedish alpine skier . He surprisingly won a bronze medal in the super-G competition at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary . Later he also won two World Cup victories , one in super-G and one in giant slalom . He finished his skiing career in 1992 , after having struggled with an injury from a bone fracture during downhill training in the 1991 World Championships .
Sweden competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary , Alberta , Canada .
Alpine Skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics at Albertville , France , consisted of ten alpine skiing events , held 9-22 February . The men 's races were held at Val dIsère , except for the slalom , which was at Les Menuires . All five women 's events were conducted at Méribel .
The men 's super-G competition of the Albertville 1992 Olympics was held at Val-d'Isère on Sunday , 16 February . The defending world champion was Stephan Eberharter of Austria , while Switzerland 's Franz Heinzer was the defending World Cup super-G champion , and his countryman Paul Accola was leading the current season . Norway captured three of the top four spots : Kjetil André Aamodt was the champion , Jan Einar Thorsen was the bronze medalist , and Ole Kristian Furuseth was fourth . Marc Girardelli of Luxembourg took the silver ; Tom Stiansen , the fourth and final entrant of Norway , was eighth . Accola was tenth , Heinzer did not finish , and Eberharter was not selected for the Austrian Olympic team . The Face de Bellevarde course started at an elevation of 2,371 m ( 7,779 ft ) above sea level with a vertical drop of 535 m ( 1,755 ft ) and a course length of 1.650 km ( 1.03 mi ) . Aamodt 's winning time was 73.04 seconds , yielding an average course speed of 81.325 km/h ( 50.5 mph ) , with an average vertical descent rate of 7.325 m/s ( 24.0 ft/s ) . Aamodt became the first Scandinavian to win an Olympic alpine speed event . The medals were the first for Norway in alpine skiing in forty years , since Stein Eriksen won gold and silver on home country snow in 1952 .
Kjetil André Aamodt ( born 2 September 1971 ) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Norway , a champion in the Olympics , World Championships , and World Cup . He is the most decorated ski racer from Norway .
Norway competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville , France .
Marc Girardelli ( born 18 July 1963 ) is an Austrian and Luxembourgian former alpine ski racer , a five-time World Cup overall champion who excelled in all five alpine disciplines .
Luxembourg sent a delegation to compete at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville , France from 8-23 February 1992 . This was Luxembourg 's fourth appearance at a Winter Olympic Games . The Luxembourgian delegation to Albertville consisted of a single athlete , alpine skier Marc Girardelli . He won two silver medals at these Olympics , which placed Luxembourg 17th on the medal table .
Jan Einar Thorsen ( born August 31 , 1966 ) is a former Norwegian Alpine skier , active between 1987 and 1994 . He won three World Cup victories , two in Super-G and one in Giant Slalom . In addition he won the World Cup title for Super G in 1994 . At the 1992 Olympics in Albertville , Thorsen won a bronze medal in the Super-G , and in addition came fifth in the Downhill . At the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer , Thorsen just missed out on another Olympic medal - he came fourth in the Giant Slalom .
Alpine Skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics consisted of ten alpine skiing events , held north of the host city of Lillehammer , Norway . The speed events were held at Kvitfjell and the technical events at Hafjell from 13-21 February .
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 ) .
Markus Wasmeier ( born 9 September 1963 is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Germany . He was world champion and twice Olympic champion . At the 1985 World Championships at Bormio , Italy , he won the Giant Slalom at age 21 , before recording a World Cup victory . Born in Schliersee , Bavaria , West Germany , Wasmeier 's first World Cup Race was on February 5 , 1983 , when he ´finished 49th in the Downhill Race at St. Anton am Arlberg . He gained his first World Cup points in January 1984 by capturing 10th place in the Alpine Combined at Garmisch-Partenkirchen , and that December , he achieved his first podium in ( Giant Slalom at Sestiere , Italy ) . In a downhill race on February 1987 at Furano , Japan , he broke two vertebrae and missed the rest of the season . Wasmeier won a total of nine World Cup races , starting with two victories on 9 February 1986 , in the Combined and Super-G events at Morzine , France . The surprising result of double Olympic gold for Wasmeier at age thirty gained him the title of 1994 Sportsman of the Year in Germany ,
Germany at the 1994 Winter Olympics . 112 athletes , 79 men and 33 women participated in 11 sports . Germany came third in the medal rankings with 9 gold , 7 silver and 8 bronze medals . The biathlete Mark Kirchner was Germany 's flagbearer under the opening ceremony .
Thomas Sven Tommy Moe ( born February 17 , 1970 ) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from the United States . An Olympic gold and silver medalist in 1994 , he specialized in the speed events of downhill and super G .
The United States competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer , Norway .
Norway was the host nation for the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer . It was the second time that Norway had hosted the Winter Olympic Games , after the 1952 Games in Oslo . In 1994 , Norway finished second in the medal ranking to Russia , with strong results in the skiing events . During the games , Norway set a record : most gold medals won by a host nation , with 10 . The United States tied it when they hosted the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City , but Canada broke it during the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver .
Alpine Skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics consisted of ten alpine skiing events . The speed events were held at Hakuba and the technical events at Shiga Kogen . There were a number of race postponements due to weather ; the events began on 10 February and ended on 21 February .
The Men 's Super-G competition of the Nagano 1998 Olympics was held at Hakuba on Monday , February 16 . The defending world champion was Atle Skardal of Norway , France 's Luc Alphand was the defending World Cup Super G champion , and Markus Wasmeier of Germany was the defending Olympic champion ; all three had since retired from competition . Just three days after a spectacular crash in the downhill , Austria 's Hermann Maier returned to win the gold medal , and teammate Hans Knauss tied for the silver with Didier Cuche of Switzerland . The course started at an elevation of 1,490 m ( 4,888 ft ) above sea level with a vertical drop of 650 m ( 2,133 ft ) and a course length of 2.407 km ( 1.50 mi ) . Maier 's winning time of 94.82 seconds yielded an average course speed of 91.386 km/h ( 56.8 mph ) , with an average vertical descent rate of 6.855 m/s ( 22.5 ft/s ) .
Hermann Maier ( born 7 December 1972 ) is an Austrian former World Cup champion alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist . Nicknamed the Herminator , Maier ranks among the greatest alpine ski racers in history , with four overall World Cup titles ( 1998 , 2000 , 2001 , 2004 ) , two Olympic gold medals ( both in 1998 ) , and three World Championship titles ( 1999 : 2 , and 2005 ) . His 54 World Cup race victories - 24 super-G , 15 downhills , 14 giant slaloms , and 1 combined - rank third on the men 's all-time list behind Ingemar Stenmark 's 86 victories and Marcel Hirscher 's 68 victories . As of 2013 [ update ] , he holds the record for the most points in one season by a male alpine skier , with 2000 points from the 2000 season . From 2000-2013 he also held the title of most points in one season by any alpine skier , until Tina Maze scored 2414 points in the 2013 season .
Austria competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano , Japan .
Didier Cuche ( born 16 August 1974 ) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland . Born in Le Pâquier , Neuchâtel , he competed in the downhill and super-G , along with the giant slalom . He won the World Cup downhill and super-G title for the 2011 season and has won three previous downhill titles in 2010 , 2008 and 2007 , along with a giant slalom title in 2009 . Cuche has 21 World Cup race victories , along with 67 podiums ( top three ) and 181 top ten finishes . He is also an Olympic silver medalist and has won a total of four World Championships medals ( a gold , two silvers , and a bronze ) . He retired from competition following the 2012 season .
Switzerland competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano , Japan .
Hans Knauß ( born 9 February 1971 in Schladming ) is an Austrian former alpine skier . He competed at the 1994 , 1998 and 2002 Winter Olympics , winning a silver medal in the Super-G at the 1998 Nagano Olympics . Knauß tested positive for the anabolic steroid Nandrolone at a World Cup downhill in Canada on 27 November 2004 and was given an 18-month ban from sport .
Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics consisted of ten events held February 10-23 in the United States near Salt Lake City , Utah . The downhill , super-G , and combined events were held at Snowbasin , the giant slaloms at Park City , and the slaloms at adjacent Deer Valley .
The Men 's Super-G competition of the Salt Lake 2002 Olympics was held at Snowbasin on Saturday , February 16 . 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 . Eberharter took the silver , and teammate Andreas Schifferer was the bronze medalist ; Rahlves was eighth . 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 ) .
Norway competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City , United States . The nation enjoyed its best ever results in gold medals , most notably in the biathlon events , when Ole Einar Bjørndalen swept all four gold medals . With 13 gold medals , Norway tied the Soviet Union at the 1976 Winter Olympics for most gold medals a country won at a Winter Olympics . However , Canada broke this record with 14 when they hosted the Vancouver games .
Stephan Steff Eberharter ( born 24 March 1969 ) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria .
Austria competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City , United States .
Andreas Andi Schifferer ( born 3 August 1974 ) is a former Austrian alpine skier who was known to be a downhill specialist , but also competed in other disciplines .
Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics consisted of ten events , held at Sestriere and Cesana-San Sicario , Italy . The races were held 12-25 February 2006 .
The Men 's Super-G competition of the Torino 2006 Olympics was held at Sestriere , Italy , on Saturday , February 18 . In super-G competitions , skiers must navigate between gates at high speed , and the gates are further apart than in slalom and giant slalom competitions . As in the downhill , there is only one run of the super-G . The defending World Cup and world champion in super-G was Bode Miller of the United States , Austria 's Hermann Maier led the current season and won the Olympic gold medal in 1998 ; the defending Olympic champion was Kjetil André Aamodt of Norway . Aamodt won the gold medal again , Maier took the silver , and the bronze medalist was Ambrosi Hoffmann of Switzerland ; Miller did not finish . Through 2018 , this is the only successful Olympic title defense in a men 's alpine speed event . It was Aamodt 's third victory in the Olympic super-G ( 1992 , 2002 , 2006 ) and eighth Olympic medal . Held on the Kandahar Banchetta piste , the course started at an elevation of 2,536 m ( 8,320 ft ) above sea level with a vertical drop of 650 m ( 2,133 ft ) and a course length of 2.325 km ( 1.44 mi ) . Aamodt 's winning time of 90.65 seconds yielded an average course speed of 92.333 km/h ( 57.4 mph ) , with an average vertical descent rate of 7.170 m/s ( 23.5 ft/s ) .
Norway sent 74 athletes to the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , Italy . At the 2002 Winter Olympics Norway won the most gold medals , and before the Turin games , Norwegian sports officials were aiming for more than the 25 medals they won in Salt Lake City - the president of the Norwegian Skiing Federation Sverre Seeberg was quoted saying he thought Norway would win 25 medals in the skiing events alone ( alpine skiing , cross-country skiing , freestyle skiing , Nordic combined and ski jumping ) . The Norwegian Olympic Committee aimed for Norway to be the best nation measured in the number of gold medals . However , Norway won only two gold medals in the games . In addition to the skiing events , Norway also qualified athletes in biathlon , curling , skeleton , snowboarding and speed skating . In addition to IOC qualifying times , the Norwegian Olympic Committee have required that athletes need to place themselves once in the top six or twice in the top twelve in major individual events in the sport to be selected . Curler Pål Trulsen served as flag bearer at the opening ceremony .
Austria competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , Italy .
Ambrosi Hoffmann ( born 22 March 1977 , in Davos ) is a Swiss alpine skier . At the 2002 Winter Olympics , he finished 8th in downhill . He won a bronze medal in super-G at the 2006 Winter Olympics and placed 17th in the downhill event .
Switzerland competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , Italy . This was the confederation 's largest Winter Olympics team ever , because two ice hockey teams qualified ( men and women ) .
Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics was held in Canada at Whistler Creekside in Whistler , British Columbia , north of Vancouver . The ten events were scheduled for February 13-27 ; weather delayed the first event , the men 's downhill , two days until Monday , February 15 .
The men 's super-G competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Whistler Creekside in Whistler , British Columbia , on Friday , February 19 . The defending Olympic champion was Kjetil André Aamodt of Norway , since retired , and the reigning world champion was Didier Cuche of Switzerland . Norway 's Aksel Lund Svindal was the defending World Cup Super-G champion and led the current season , ahead of Michael Walchhofer of Austria and Cuche . Svindal won the gold medal , Bode Miller of the United States took the silver , and the bronze medalist was U.S. teammate Andrew Weibrecht ; Cuche was tenth and Walchhofer was 21st . Svindal and Miller had both medaled in the downhill , each one place lower , behind Didier Défago , who was fifteenth in the super-G . The vertical drop of the Dave Murray Super-G course was 615 m ( 2,018 ft ) , starting at an elevation of 1,440 m ( 4,724 ft ) above sea level , with a length of 2.200 km ( 1.37 mi ) . Svindal 's winning time of 90.34 seconds yielded an average course speed of 87.669 km/h ( 54.5 mph ) , with an average vertical descent speed of 6.808 m/s ( 22.3 ft/s ) . The course was labelled as technically difficult , and eighteen did not finish the race . Patrik Järbyn of Sweden crashed badly during the race , flying in the air and landing heavily on his back . He suffered a concussion and was transferred to a hospital .
Aksel Lund Svindal ( born 26 December 1982 ) is a Norwegian former World Cup alpine ski racer . Born in Lørenskog in Akershus county , Svindal is a two-time overall World Cup champion ( 2007 and 2009 ) , an Olympic gold medalist in super-G at the 2010 Winter Olympics and in downhill at the 2018 Winter Olympics , and a five-time World Champion in downhill , giant slalom , and super combined ( 2007 Åre , 2009 Val-d'Isère , 2011 Garmisch , and 2013 Schladming ) . With his victory in the downhill in 2013 , Svindal became the first male alpine racer to win titles in four consecutive world championships . With his successes many consider him the best Norwegian alpine skier ever . While the great Kjetil Andre Aamodt has been more successful at the Olympics , Svindal is by far the most successful on the World Cup circuit . In late-January 2019 , he announced his retirement from alpine skiing following the 2019 Ski World Championships .
Norway participated at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada . Norway sent 99 competitors to the games and ended up with the fourth largest number of gold medals among participating nations .
Samuel Bode Miller ( /ˈboʊdi/ ; born October 12 , 1977 ) is an American former World Cup alpine ski racer . He is an Olympic and World Championship gold medalist , a two-time overall World Cup champion in 2005 and 2008 , and the most successful male American alpine ski racer of all time . He is also considered one of the greatest World Cup racers of all time with 33 race victories and being one of five men ( and last to date ) to win World Cup events in all five disciplines . He is the only skier with five or more victories in each discipline . In 2008 , Miller and Lindsey Vonn won the overall World Cup titles for the first U.S. sweep in 25 years . Miller won six medals in the Winter Olympics , the most of any U.S. skier − two silvers ( giant slalom and combined ) in Salt Lake City 2002 , a gold ( super combined ) , a silver ( super-G ) and a bronze ( downhill ) in Vancouver 2010 and a bronze ( super-G ) in Sochi 2014 . Miller is one of 5 skiers who have won Olympic medals in 4 different disciplines , matching the feats of Kjetil André Aamodt and female racers Anja Pärson , Janica Kostelić and Katja Seizinger . Miller ended his career with six discipline World Cup titles and also won four World Championships titles in four different disciplines ( giant slalom , combined , super-G and downhill ) and one silver medal in super-G . While his skiing career was coming to an end , Miller had switched his attention and investment to horse racing . He officially retired from ski racing in October 2017 .
The United States participated in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada . The U.S. team had a historic Winter Games , winning an unprecedented 37 medals . Team USA 's medal haul , which included nine gold , marked the first time since the 1932 Lake Placid Games that the U.S. earned more medals than any other participant . The U.S. alpine ski team rebounded from a disappointing showing in 2006 by having its most successful Olympic performance ever , gathering a total of eight medals . Lindsey Vonn became the first American woman to win gold in the downhill event ; while Bode Miller became the most successful U.S. alpine skier in history after winning gold in the super combined as well as two other medals . Medal winning performances by Julia Mancuso and Andrew Weibrecht contributed to the team 's success . In Nordic combined , the U.S. team ended an 86-year drought during which the United States had not earned a single medal in the sport . Bill Demong won gold in the individual large hill/10 km , and Johnny Spillane won silver in both the individual normal hill/10 km and the individual large hill/10 km . Demong , Spillane , Todd Lodwick and Brett Camerota also won silver in the team event . Short track speed skater Apolo Ohno surpassed Bonnie Blair as the most decorated American Winter Olympic athlete in history with a total of eight medals in his Olympic career . Ohno gave the US relay team the final push for the bronze in the 5000 meter relay , and earned silver and bronze medals in the 1500 and 1000 meter individual events respectively . Women 's 1000 meter silver medalist Katherine Reutter broke a streak dating back to 1994 in which no American woman had medaled in an individual short track event .
Andrew Weibrecht ( born February 10 , 1986 ) is a World Cup alpine ski racer and two-time Olympic medalist from the United States . Born in Lake Placid , New York , he grew up racing at nearby Whiteface Mountain . Weibrecht races in all five disciplines and specializes in super-G ; he attained his first World Cup podium in December 2015 , finishing third in the super-G at Beaver Creek , Colorado .
Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held in Russia from 9-22 February at Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort near Krasnaya Polyana , east of Sochi .
The men 's super-G competition of the Sochi 2014 Olympics was held at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort , near Krasnaya Polyana , Russia , on Sunday , 16 February . Kjetil Jansrud of Norway won the gold medal and Andrew Weibrecht of the United States took the silver . Two bronze medals were awarded for the third-place tie between Jan Hudec of Canada and Bode Miller of the U.S . The vertical drop of the course was 622 m ( 2,041 ft ) , starting at an elevation of 1,592 m ( 5,223 ft ) above sea level , with a length of 2.096 km ( 1.30 mi ) . Jansrud 's winning time of 78.14 seconds yielded an average course speed of 96.565 km/h ( 60.0 mph ) , with an average vertical descent rate of 7.960 m/s ( 26.1 ft/s ) . Jansrud 's win was the fourth straight in this event for Norway , following Kjetil André Aamodt ( 2002 , 2006 ) and Aksel Lund Svindal ( 2010 ) .
Kjetil Jansrud ( born 28 August 1985 ) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic champion . He races in all alpine disciplines apart from slalom , and his best event used to be the giant slalom where he has 6 World Cup podiums and an Olympic silver medal . However , since 2012 he has become more of a speed specialist , having won all but two of his World Cup victories in the speed events . At the 2014 Olympics in Sochi , he won the Super-G and placed third in the Downhill . At the World Championships in 2019 at Åre , Jansrud won gold in the downhill . Born in Stavanger , Jansrud hails from Vinstra in Gudbrandsdalen , about forty kilometres ( 25 miles ) from Kvitfjell .
Norway competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi , Russia , from 7 to 23 February 2014 . The 2014 Games marked the first time a Norwegian Olympic team competed in Russia , as Norway and 64 western countries took part at the American-led boycott in the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow due to the Soviet-Afghan War .
The United States competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi , Russia , from February 7 to 23 , 2014 . Team USA consisted of 230 athletes competing in all 15 sports . After winning an Olympic record 37 medals at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver , the United States had a somewhat disappointing performance during these games . Although the delegation ranked second in overall medals with 28 , it ranked out of the top three in gold medals ( with a total of nine ) for the first time since Nagano in 1998 when it placed 6th in overall medals and 5th in gold medals . In long track speedskating , the U.S. matched its medal-less results from 1984 and 1956 . In figure skating , the U.S. won no medals in the men 's or women 's singles events for the first time since 1936 . Conversely , at the Sanki Sliding Center , the United States won more medals ( seven ) than any other nation . Steven Holcomb and Steven Langton won the first U.S. medal ( a silver ) in two-man bobsled in 62 years , while Erin Hamlin earned the first singles luge medal ever for the United States ( also bronze ) . In skeleton , Noelle Pikus-Pace and Matthew Antoine won silver and bronze respectively , the first U.S. medals in that sport since 2002 . Overall , the U.S. won four medals in bobsled events , two in skeleton , and one in luge . Of the nine gold medals won by Team USA , seven were won by first-time Olympians . In snowboarding , Sage Kotsenburg and Jamie Anderson won gold in the inaugural slopestyle events , and Kaitlyn Farrington won the women 's halfpipe .
Jan Hudec Jr. ( born August 19 , 1981 ) is a Czech alpine ski racer who previously represented Canada until 2016 and specializes in the speed events of downhill and super-G. Beset by injuries for several seasons , he returned to World Cup form in 2012 at age 30 and gained his second victory . At the 2014 Winter Olympics , Hudec won the bronze medal in the super-G at Rosa Khutor . It was the first Olympic medal for Canada in men 's alpine skiing in 20 years .
Canada competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi , Russia , from February 7 to 23 , 2014 . Canadians competed in every discipline except Nordic combined . The 2014 Games marked the first time a Canadian Olympic team competed in Russia , as Canada and 64 western countries did not take part at the American-led boycott in the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow due to the Soviet-Afghan War . The youngest athlete in Canada 's delegation was figure skater Gabrielle Daleman , who turned 16 in January , while curler Jennifer Jones was the oldest athlete at 39 . Canada originally finished these Olympics with 10 gold medals and 25 overall ( ranking 2nd and 3rd respectively ) . This is the second most successful Canadian performance ever , exceeded only by the achievements at the home Olympics in Vancouver in 2010 . With the belated luge medal awarded in 2017 after a Russian doping disqualification , Canada briefly tied its Vancouver performance in total medal count . However , the IOC decision was overturned on appeal , bumping the Canadian team back to fourth and the total medal count back to 2nd and 3rd .
Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held from 12 to 24 February at Yongpyong Alpine Centre ( slalom and giant slalom ) at the Alpensia Sports Park in PyeongChang and at the Jeongseon Alpine Centre ( speed events ) in Jeongseon , South Korea . In June 2015 , the International Olympic Committee approved the addition of a mixed team event , bringing the total of medal events in alpine skiing to eleven . It was the last event on the schedule .
The men 's super-G competition of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympics was held on 16 February 2018 at the Jeongseon Alpine Centre in PyeongChang . Originally set to be held on 15 February 2018 , the race was rescheduled to 16 February 2018 after high winds forcing the men 's downhill race on 11 February 2018 to be moved to 15 February 2018 . In the victory ceremony , the medals were presented by Paul Tergat , member of the International Olympic Committee , accompanied by Peter Schroecksnadel , FIS Council member .
Matthias Mayer ( German pronunciation : [ maˈtiːas ˈmaɪɐ ] ; born 9 June 1990 ) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic champion .
Austria competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang , South Korea , from 9 to 25 February 2018 , with 105 competitors in 12 sports . They won 14 medals in total : five gold , three silver and six bronze ; ranking 10th in the medal table .
Beat Feuz ( German pronunciation : [ ˈbe.at ˈfɔɪts ] , born 11 February 1987 ) is a Swiss World Cup alpine ski racer , specializing in the speed events of downhill and super-G .
Switzerland competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang , South Korea , from 9 to 25 February 2018 , with 166 competitors in 14 sports . They won 15 medals in total ( five gold , six silver and four bronze ) , ranking 7th in the medal table .
Norway competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang , South Korea , from 9 to 25 February 2018 . It was represented by 109 competitors in 11 sports . Norway was the most successful nation at the games with 39 total medals , setting a new record for the most medals won by a country at a single Winter Olympics . The previous record of 37 was set by the United States at the 2010 Winter Olympics . Norway , together with Germany , also matched the record of most gold medals at a single Winter Olympics with 14 gold , originally set by Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympics . Cross-country skier Marit Bjørgen was the most successful athlete of the games , with five medals , while her male colleagues Johannes Høsflot Klæbo , Simen Hegstad Krüger and Martin Johnsrud Sundby won three each . Biathletes Johannes Thingnes Bø and Emil Hegle Svendsen and ski jumper Robert Johansson also won three medals each . Additional nine Norwegian athletes won two medals each : Ragnhild Haga , Johann André Forfang , Håvard Lorentzen , Sverre Lunde Pedersen , Ragnhild Mowinckel , Marte Olsbu , Kjetil Jansrud , Tiril Eckhoff and Maiken Caspersen Falla .