| Men's super-G at the XXII Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort | ||||||||||||||||
| Date | 16 February | ||||||||||||||||
| Competitors | 63 from 28 nations | ||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:18.14 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics | ||
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| Qualification
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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 | Rosa Khutor |
| Vertical | 622 m (2,041 ft) |
| Top elevation | 1,592 m (5,223 ft) |
| Base elevation | 970 m (3,182 ft) |
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).
Results
The race was started at 10:00 local time, (UTC+4). At the starting gate, the skies were partly cloudy, the temperature was 1.0 °C (34 °F), and the snow condition was hard. The temperature at the finish was 5.1 °C (41 °F).
References
- "Competition Schedule". SOCOG. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
- Ng, Curtis (16 February 2014). "Jan Hudec bronze snaps Canadian alpine medal drought". CBC. Archived from the original on 2014-02-16. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
- Final Results
External links
- FIS-Ski.com – 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's Super G
- Results
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