Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics

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Alpine skiing
at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
Alpine skiing pictogram
Venue"Rock" (speed events),
"Ice River" (technical events),
"Rainbow" (team event),
Yanqing National Alpine Ski Centre,
Yanqing District
Dates7–20 February
No. of events11 (5 men, 5 women, 1 mixed)
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Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics is located in China
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Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held at the Yanqing National Alpine Ski Centre in Yanqing District, China. The competitions took place from 6 to 20 February 2022.

Speed events were held on "Rock" course and technical events on "Ice River" course, for both men and women. Team event was held on "Rainbow."

A total of 306 quota spots (153 per gender) were distributed to the alpine skiing, a reduction of 14 from 2018. Eleven events were contested: five for men, five for women, and one mixed (team).

Qualification

A maximum of 306 quota spots were available to athletes to compete at the games. A maximum of twenty-two athletes could be entered by a National Olympic Committee, with a maximum of eleven men or eleven women.

On January 24, 2022, the IOC granted four extra male quotas while the FIS began investigating the legitimacy of some low level qualifying events.

Competition schedule

The competition schedule was altered from the original schedule due to weather conditions in Yanqing. All times were local (UTC+8).

Date Time Event Course
7 February 12:00 Men's downhill "Rock"
7 February 9:30
14:30
Women's giant slalom "Ice River"
8 February 11:00 Men's super-G "Rock"
9 February 10:15
13:45
Women's slalom "Ice River"
10 February 10:30
14:15
Men's combined "Rock"/
"Ice River"
11 February 11:00 Women's super-G "Rock"
13 February 10:15
15:00
Men's giant slalom "Ice River"
15 February 11:30 Women's downhill "Rock"
16 February 10:15
13:45
Men's slalom "Ice River"
17 February 10:30
14:00
Women's combined "Rock"/
"Ice River"
20 February 9:00 Team event "Rainbow"
Source:   Times are (UTC+8)
Notes
  • Men's downhill was postponed (high winds) from 6 to 7 February.
  • Team event was postponed (strong winds) from 19 to 20 February.

Course information

Date Race Start
elevation
Finish
elevation
Vertical
drop
Course
length
Average
gradient
7 February Downhill – men 2,179 m (7,149 ft) 1,285 m (4,216 ft) 894 m (2,933 ft) 3.152 km (1.96 mi) 28.4%
15 February Downhill – women 2,050 m (6,726 ft) 1,285 m (4,216 ft) 765 m (2,510 ft) 2.704 km (1.68 mi) 28.3%
10 February Downhill – (AC) – men 2,179 m (7,149 ft) 1,285 m (4,216 ft) 894 m (2,933 ft) 3.152 km (1.96 mi) 28.4%
17 February Downhill – (AC) – women 2,050 m (6,726 ft) 1,285 m (4,216 ft) 765 m (2,510 ft) 2.704 km (1.68 mi) 28.3%
8 February Super-G – men 1,930 m (6,332 ft) 1,285 m (4,216 ft) 645 m (2,116 ft) 2.267 km (1.41 mi) 28.5%
11 February Super-G – women 1,825 m (5,988 ft) 1,285 m (4,216 ft) 540 m (1,772 ft) 1.984 km (1.23 mi) 27.2%
13 February Giant slalom – men 1,925 m (6,316 ft) 1,501 m (4,925 ft) 424 m (1,391 ft)
7 February Giant slalom – women 1,925 m (6,316 ft) 1,501 m (4,925 ft) 424 m (1,391 ft)
16 February Slalom – men 1,712 m (5,617 ft) 1,501 m (4,925 ft) 211 m (692 ft)
9 February Slalom – women 1,712 m (5,617 ft) 1,501 m (4,925 ft) 211 m (692 ft)
10 February Slalom – (AC) – men 1,712 m (5,617 ft) 1,501 m (4,925 ft) 211 m (692 ft)
17 February Slalom – (AC) – women 1,712 m (5,617 ft) 1,501 m (4,925 ft) 211 m (692 ft)
20 February Team event 1,603 m (5,259 ft) 1,487 m (4,879 ft) 116 m (381 ft)

Medal summary

Switzerland led all nations in the medal standings with five gold and nine medals overall.

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Switzerland5139
2 Austria3317
3 France1113
4 Slovakia1001
 Sweden1001
6 Italy0224
7 Norway0134
8 Germany0101
 Slovenia0101
 United States0101
11 Canada0011
Totals (11 entries)11111133

Medalists

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Downhill
Beat Feuz
 Switzerland
1:42.69 Johan Clarey
 France
1:42.79 Matthias Mayer
 Austria
1:42.85
Super-G
Matthias Mayer
 Austria
1:19.94 Ryan Cochran-Siegle
 United States
1:19.98 Aleksander Aamodt Kilde
 Norway
1:20.36
Giant slalom
Marco Odermatt
 Switzerland
2:09.35 Žan Kranjec
 Slovenia
2:09.54 Mathieu Faivre
 France
2:10.69
Slalom
Clément Noël
 France
1:44.09 Johannes Strolz
 Austria
1:44.70 Sebastian Foss-Solevåg
 Norway
1:44.79
Combined
Johannes Strolz
 Austria
2:31.43 Aleksander Aamodt Kilde
 Norway
2:32.02 James Crawford
 Canada
2:32.11

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Downhill
Corinne Suter
 Switzerland
1:31.87 Sofia Goggia
 Italy
1:32.03 Nadia Delago
 Italy
1:32.44
Super-G
Lara Gut-Behrami
 Switzerland
1:13.51 Mirjam Puchner
 Austria
1:13.73 Michelle Gisin
 Switzerland
1:13.81
Giant slalom
Sara Hector
 Sweden
1:55.69 Federica Brignone
 Italy
1:55.97 Lara Gut-Behrami
 Switzerland
1:56.41
Slalom
Petra Vlhová
 Slovakia
1:44.98 Katharina Liensberger
 Austria
1:45.06 Wendy Holdener
 Switzerland
1:45.10
Combined
Michelle Gisin
 Switzerland
2:25.67 Wendy Holdener
 Switzerland
2:26.72 Federica Brignone
 Italy
2:27.52

Mixed

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Team
 Austria
Katharina Huber
Katharina Liensberger
Katharina Truppe
Stefan Brennsteiner
Michael Matt
Johannes Strolz
 Germany
Emma Aicher
Lena Dürr
Julian Rauchfuß
Alexander Schmid
Linus Straßer
 Norway
Mina Fürst Holtmann
Thea Louise Stjernesund
Maria Therese Tviberg
Timon Haugan
Fabian Wilkens Solheim
Rasmus Windingstad

Participating nations

79 nations sent alpine skiiers to compete in the events.

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