The men's

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competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at

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, on Friday, February 19. The defending Olympic champion was

Kjetil André Aamodt Kjetil André Aamodt (born 2 September 1971) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Norway, a champion in the Olympics, World Championships, and World Cup. He is one of the most successful alpine ski racers from Norway. Biography Born in ...

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, since retired, and the reigning

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was

Didier Cuche Didier Cuche (born 16 August 1974) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland. Career Born in Le Pâquier, Neuchâtel, he competed in the downhill and super-G, along with the giant slalom. He won the World Cup downhill and super-G ...

of Switzerland. Norway's

Aksel Lund Svindal Aksel Lund Svindal (born 26 December 1982) is a Norwegian former World Cup alpine ski racer. Born in Lørenskog in Akershus county, Svindal is a two-time overall World Cup champion (2007 and 2009), an Olympic gold medalist in super-G at the 20 ...

was the defending

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Super-G champion and led the current season, ahead of

Michael Walchhofer Michael Walchhofer (born 28 April 1975) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. Biography Walchhofer was born in Radstadt, Salzburg, Austria, and started his career in slalom, but then moved over to the speed events. During his car ...

of Austria and Cuche. Svindal won the gold medal,

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of the

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took the silver, and the bronze medalist was U.S. teammate

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; Cuche was tenth and Walchhofer was 21st. Svindal and Miller had both medaled in the downhill, each one place lower, behind Didier Défago, who was fifteenth in the super-G. The vertical drop of the '' Dave Murray'' Super-G course was , starting at an

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of above

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, with a length of . Svindal's winning time of 90.34 seconds yielded an average course speed of , with an average vertical descent speed of . The course was labelled as technically difficult, and eighteen did not finish the race.

Patrik Järbyn Patrik Järbyn (born 16 April 1969 in Målsryd, Sweden) is a Swedish former World Cup alpine ski racer. Despite never having won a World Cup race, Järbyn has two individual World Championship medals. At the 1996 World Championships in Sierra ...

of Sweden crashed badly during the race, flying in the air and landing heavily on his back. He suffered a concussion and was transferred to a hospital.NBC Olympics: 40-year-old Swede crashes badly in super-G
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Results

The race was started at 11:30

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, ( UTC −8). At the starting gate, the skies were clear, the temperature was , and the snow condition was hard packed; the temperature at the finish was .

References

External links

2010 Winter Olympics results: Men's Super-G
from https://web.archive.org/web/20091025194336/http://www.vancouver2010.com/; retrieved 2010-02-19.
Results
{{DEFAULTSORT:Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics - Men's Super-G

Super-G Super giant slalom, or super-G, is a racing discipline of alpine skiing. Along with the faster downhill, it is regarded as a "speed" event, in contrast to the technical events giant slalom and slalom. It debuted as an official World Cup event d ...

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