| Men's super-G at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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 Alpine skiing | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Hakuba | ||||||||||||
| Date | February 16, 1998 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 45 from 22 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:34.82 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Alpine skiing at the 1998 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 | Hakuba – Happo-One Olympic Course I |
| Vertical | 650 m (2,133 ft) |
| Top elevation | 1,490 m (4,888 ft) |
| Base elevation | 840 m (2,756 ft) |
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).
Results
The race was started at 08:45 local time, (UTC +9). At the starting gate, the skies were clear, the temperature was −3.2 °C (26.2 °F), and the snow condition was hard; the temperature at the finish at −2.5 °C (27.5 °F).
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References
- ^ "Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1998. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2008. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
- "Alpine Skiing at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games: Men's Super-G". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
- "1997 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
- "1997 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
- Layden, Tim (February 23, 1998). "Street fighting". Sports Illustrated. p. 40.
- Baum, Bob (February 16, 1998). "'Herminator' comes to life again". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. 1B.
