| Men's Super G at the XV Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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 Alpine skiing | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Nakiska | ||||||||||||
| Date | February 21, 1988 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 94 from 34 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:39.66 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| 1992 → | |||||||||||||
| Alpine skiing at the 1988 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 Super-G | |
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| Location | Nakiska |
| Vertical | 647 m (2,123 ft) |
| Top elevation | 2,179 m (7,149 ft) |
| Base elevation | 1,532 m (5,026 ft) |
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).
Results
The race was started at 10:00 local time, (UTC −7). At the starting gate, it was snowing, the temperature was −3.0 °C (26.6 °F), and the snow condition was hard. The temperature at the finish was 1.0 °C (33.8 °F).
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References
- ^ "Calgary 1988 Official Report" (PDF). XV Olympic Winter Games Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1988. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- "Alpine Skiing at the 1988 Calgary Winter Games: Men's Super G". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- "1987 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- "1987 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- "Piccard wins super-giant showdown". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Knight-Ridder. February 22, 1988. p. C1.