Event: | Alpine skiing |
Games: | 2006 Winter |
Venue: | Sestriere and Cesana-San Sicario Turin, Piedmont, Italy |
Dates: | 12–25 February 2006 |
Num Events: | 10 |
Competitors: | 287 (168 men, 80 women) |
Nations: | 60 |
Prev: | 2002 |
Next: | 2010 |
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.[1]
Downhill | 1:48.80 | 1:49.52 | 1:49.82 | ||||
Combined | 3:09.35 | 3:09.88 | 3:10.67 | ||||
Super-G | 1:30.65 | 1:30.78 | 1:30.98 | ||||
Giant slalom | 2:35.00 | 2:35.07 | 2:35.16 | ||||
Slalom | 1:43.14 | 1:43.97 | 1:44.15 |
Downhill | 1:56.49 | 1:56.86 | 1:57.13 | ||||||
Combined | 2:51.08 | 2:51.58 | 2:51.63 | ||||||
Super-G | 1:32.47 | 1:32.74 | 1:33.06 | ||||||
Giant slalom | 2:09.19 | 2:09.86 | 2:10.33 | ||||||
Slalom | 1:29.04 | 1:29.33 | 1:29.79 |
Fifty-eight nations contributed alpine skiers to the events at Torino.
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Date | Race | Start elevation | Finish elevation | Vertical drop | Course length | Average gradient |
Sun 12 Feb | Downhill – men | 2800m (9,200feet) | 1886m (6,188feet) | 914m (2,999feet) | 3.299km (02.05miles) | |
Wed 15 Feb | Downhill – women | 2538m (8,327feet) | 1738m (5,702feet) | 800m (2,600feet) | 3.058km (01.9miles) | |
Tue 14 Feb | Downhill (K) – men | 2686m (8,812feet) | 1886m (6,188feet) | 800m (2,600feet) | 2.965km (01.842miles) | |
Sat 18 Feb | Downhill (K) – women | 22860NaN0 | 17380NaN0 | 5480NaN0 | 2.331km (01.448miles) | |
Sat 18 Feb | Super-G – men | 2536m (8,320feet) | 1886m (6,188feet) | 650m (2,130feet) | 2.325km (01.445miles) | |
Mon 20 Feb | Super-G – women | 2286m (7,500feet) | 1738m (5,702feet) | 548m (1,798feet) | 2.331km (01.448miles) | |
Mon 20 Feb | Giant slalom – men | 2480m (8,140feet) | 2030m (6,660feet) | 450m (1,480feet) | ||
Fri 24 Feb | Giant slalom – women | 23700NaN0 | 20300NaN0 | 3400NaN0 | ||
Sat 25 Feb | Slalom – men | 22400NaN0 | 20300NaN0 | 2100NaN0 | ||
Wed 22 Feb | Slalom – women | 22100NaN0 | 20300NaN0 | 1800NaN0 | ||
Tue 14 Feb | Slalom (K) – men | 22100NaN0 | 20300NaN0 | 1800NaN0 | ||
Fri 17 Feb | Slalom (K) – women | 21700NaN0 | 20300NaN0 | 1400NaN0 |
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.