Alpine Skiing At The 1994 Winter Olympics – Men's Super-G
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The men's
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 ...
competition of the Lillehammer 1994 Olympics was held at
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on Thursday, 17 February. Norway's
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 ...
was the defending Olympic and
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super-G champion and
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led the current season. Germany's Markus Wasmeier won the gold medal, downhill champion Tommy Moe took the silver (on his 24th birthday), and Aamodt was the bronze medalist. The ''Olympiabakken'' course started at an
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of above
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with a vertical drop of and a course length of . Wasmeier's winning time was 92.53 seconds, yielding an average course speed of , with an average vertical descent rate of .


Results

The race was started at 11:00 local time, (
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+1). At the starting gate, the skies were clear, the temperature was , and the snow condition was hard; the temperature at the finish was lower, at . :


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