Alpine skiing has been contested at every

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since

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, when a combined event was held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen,

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. From 1948 to 1980, the Winter Olympics also served as the

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in Olympic years, with separate competitions held in even-numbered non-Olympic years. During this period, the Olympic medalists received an additional

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of the same

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from the International Ski Federation (FIS). The giant slalom was introduced at the 1950 World Championships and at the Olympics in

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; both programs dropped the combined event, but it returned in 1954 at the World Championships as a "paper" race, using the results of the slalom, giant slalom, and

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. At the Olympics from

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through 1980, World Championship medals were awarded by the FIS in the combined event. It returned as a stand-alone event (one run of downhill, two runs of slalom) at the Olympics in

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, which also debuted the one-run

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. The combined event was run on an FIS points system at the Olympics through 1992, then was changed to total time of the three runs. The super combined debuted in 2010, which reduced the slalom portion to one run and the event to one day. Since

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, the World Championships have been scheduled every odd-numbered year, independent of the Winter Olympics. At the World Championships, the combined returned as a stand-alone event in 1982 and the super-G debuted in

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. The combined event went from points to a total time in 1996 (postponed from 1995), and changed to super combined in 2007. The event is traditionally dominated by

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; ,

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has a commanding lead in total medals with 128 and in gold medals with 40.

Hosts

Events

Men's

Women's

Mixed

Medal table

NOCs in ''italics'' no longer compete at the Winter Olympics.
Sources (after the 2022 Winter Olympics):
''Accurate as of 2022 Winter Olympics.'' *

has competed at the Winter Olympic Games under various names; all of which are listed separately. Banned from the 1948 games (as was Japan), they competed as Germany in

, though only represented by West Germany. From

through

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, they were known as the

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(EUA), which included East Germany, the

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(GDR). From

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through

, separate Olympic teams were fielded and West Germany competed as the

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(FRG). East Germany had only one competitor in alpine skiing ( Eberhard Riedel in

), who did not win a medal. Following the

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of 1990, they have competed at the Olympics as Germany, starting in 1992. Through

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, Germany has a total of 40 medals in alpine skiing (17 gold, 13 silver, 10 bronze). ;Notes *2 bronze medals awarded at 1948 men's downhill event *2 silver medals and no bronze were awarded at 1964 women's giant slalom event *2 silver medals and no bronze were awarded at 1992 women's giant slalom event *2 silver medals and no bronze were awarded at 1998 men's super-G event *2 gold medals and no silver were awarded at 2014 women's downhill event *2 bronze medals awarded at 2014 men's super-G event

Participating nations

Medals per year

;Key: * bolded numbers indicate the highest medal count at that year's Olympic Games.

Age records

Several age-related records were recently set in

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: *

Bode Miller Samuel Bode Miller ( ; born October 12, 1977) is an American former World Cup alpine ski racer. He is an Olympic and World Championship gold medalist, a two-time overall World Cup champion in 2005 and 2008, and the most successful male America ...

(36) oldest medalist in Olympic alpine skiing; bronze in

. *

Mikaela Shiffrin Mikaela Pauline Shiffrin (born March 13, 1995) is an American two-time Olympic Gold Medalist and World Cup alpine skier. She is a four-time Overall World Cup champion, a four-time world champion in slalom, and a six-time winner of the World Cup ...

(18) youngest gold medalist in slalom in Olympic alpine skiing; gold in slalom. * Mario Matt (34) oldest gold medalist in Olympic alpine skiing; gold in slalom. *

Henrik Kristoffersen Henrik Kristoffersen (born 2 July 1994) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer, World Champion, and Olympic medalist. He specializes in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Career Born in Rælingen in Akershus county, Kristoff ...

(19) youngest male medalist in Olympic alpine skiing; bronze in slalom. These records continue: * Michela Figini (17) youngest gold medalist in Olympic alpine skiing; gold in

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. *

Traudl Hecher Waltraud J. "Traudl" Hecher-Görgl (28 September 1943 – 10 January 2023) was an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic medalist. Hecher won Olympic bronze medals in the downhill in 1960 at Squaw Valley

(16) youngest medalist in Olympic alpine skiing; bronze in

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. *

Toni Sailer Anton Engelbert "Toni" Sailer (17 November 1935 – 24 August 2009) was an Austrian alpine ski racer, considered among the best in the sport. At age 20, he won all three gold medals in alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics. He nearly duplica ...

(20) youngest male gold medalist in Olympic alpine skiing; won slalom, giant slalom, and