Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Alpine skiing at the XX Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Sestriere and Cesana-San Sicario Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Dates	12–25 February 2006
No. of events	10
Competitors	287 (168 men, 80 women) from 60 nations

Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Combined		men		women
Downhill		men		women
Giant slalom		men		women
Slalom		men		women
Super-G		men		women

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.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Austria	4	5	5	14
2	United States	2	0	0	2
3	Croatia	1	2	0	3
4	France	1	1	0	2
5	Sweden	1	0	3	4
6	Norway	1	0	0	1
7	Switzerland	0	1	2	3
8	Finland	0	1	0	1

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Downhill	Antoine Dénériaz  France	1:48.80	Michael Walchhofer  Austria	1:49.52	Bruno Kernen  Switzerland	1:49.82
Combined	Ted Ligety  United States	3:09.35	Ivica Kostelić  Croatia	3:09.88	Rainer Schönfelder  Austria	3:10.67
Super-G	Kjetil André Aamodt  Norway	1:30.65	Hermann Maier  Austria	1:30.78	Ambrosi Hoffmann  Switzerland	1:30.98
Giant slalom	Benjamin Raich  Austria	2:35.00	Joël Chenal  France	2:35.07	Hermann Maier  Austria	2:35.16
Slalom	Benjamin Raich  Austria	1:43.14	Reinfried Herbst  Austria	1:43.97	Rainer Schönfelder  Austria	1:44.15

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Downhill	Michaela Dorfmeister  Austria	1:56.49	Martina Schild  Switzerland	1:56.86	Anja Pärson  Sweden	1:57.13
Combined	Janica Kostelić  Croatia	2:51.08	Marlies Schild  Austria	2:51.58	Anja Pärson  Sweden	2:51.63
Super-G	Michaela Dorfmeister  Austria	1:32.47	Janica Kostelić  Croatia	1:32.74	Alexandra Meissnitzer  Austria	1:33.06
Giant slalom	Julia Mancuso  United States	2:09.19	Tanja Poutiainen  Finland	2:09.86	Anna Ottosson  Sweden	2:10.33
Slalom	Anja Pärson  Sweden	1:29.04	Nicole Hosp  Austria	1:29.33	Marlies Schild  Austria	1:29.79

Course information

Date	Race	Start elevation	Finish elevation	Vertical drop	Course length	Average gradient
Sun 12 Feb	Downhill – men	2,800 m (9,186 ft)	1,886 m (6,188 ft)	914 m (2,999 ft)	3.299 km (2.050 mi)	27.7%
Wed 15 Feb	Downhill – women	2,538 m (8,327 ft)	1,738 m (5,702 ft)	800 m (2,625 ft)	3.058 km (1.900 mi)	26.2%
Tue 14 Feb	Downhill (K) – men	2,686 m (8,812 ft)	1,886 m (6,188 ft)	800 m (2,625 ft)	2.965 km (1.842 mi)	27.0%
Sat 18 Feb	Downhill (K) – women	2,286 m (7,500 ft)	1,738 m (5,702 ft)	548 m (1,798 ft)	2.331 km (1.448 mi)	23.5%
Sat 18 Feb	Super-G – men	2,536 m (8,320 ft)	1,886 m (6,188 ft)	650 m (2,133 ft)	2.325 km (1.445 mi)	28.0%
Mon 20 Feb	Super-G – women	2,286 m (7,500 ft)	1,738 m (5,702 ft)	548 m (1,798 ft)	2.331 km (1.448 mi)	23.5%
Mon 20 Feb	Giant slalom – men	2,480 m (8,136 ft)	2,030 m (6,660 ft)	450 m (1,476 ft)
Fri 24 Feb	Giant slalom – women	2,370 m (7,776 ft)	2,030 m (6,660 ft)	340 m (1,115 ft)
Sat 25 Feb	Slalom – men	2,240 m (7,349 ft)	2,030 m (6,660 ft)	210 m (689 ft)
Wed 22 Feb	Slalom – women	2,210 m (7,251 ft)	2,030 m (6,660 ft)	180 m (591 ft)
Tue 14 Feb	Slalom (K) – men	2,210 m (7,251 ft)	2,030 m (6,660 ft)	180 m (591 ft)
Fri 17 Feb	Slalom (K) – women	2,170 m (7,119 ft)	2,030 m (6,660 ft)	140 m (459 ft)

Qualification

All entries had to be submitted to the organizing committee by 30 January 2006.

In general, athletes must be among the top 500 in the world in their event to compete. They must also have no more than 120 FIS points. Each National Olympic Committee may enter up to 22 athletes, but not more than 14 men or 14 women. No more than 4 athletes from any NOC may compete in each event.

If an NOC has fewer than 2 athletes qualified under those rules, it may send one male and one female athlete with an FIS score of no more than 140 in the slalom or giant slalom event.

See also

• Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics
• List of Olympic medalists in alpine skiing

References

• TOROC Explanatory Book - Alpine Skiing
• FIS-SKI - FIS World Ski Championships medals, URL accessed 23 December 2005
• FIS-Ski - Olympic medals, URL accessed 21 December 2005
• Alpine Skiing Cup Standings, URL accessed 21 December 2005
• World Cup Calendar, from FIS-Ski, URL accessed 21 December 2005
• (Norwegian) Sportsboken 2002 published by Sportsboken AS, edited by Tore Johansen

External links

• FIS-Ski.com – alpine skiing – 2006 Winter Olympics – Sestriere and San Sicario, Italy
• Sports-Reference – 2006 Winter Olympics – Alpine skiing