France's Franck Piccard won the gold medal, Helmut Mayer of Austria took the silver, and Lars-Börje Eriksson of Sweden was the bronze medalist. Zurbriggen tied for fifth, more than two seconds behind. Italy's Alberto Tomba lasted three gates and did not finish.[5] It was the first Olympic alpine gold for France in twenty years, since the sweep by Jean-Claude Killy in 1968.
The course started at an elevation of 2,179 m (7,149 ft) above sea level with a vertical drop of 647 m (2,123 ft) and a course length of 2.327 km (1.45 mi). Piccard's winning time was 99.66 seconds, yielding an average speed of 84.058 km/h (52.2 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 6.492 m/s (21.3 ft/s).
Resultsedit
The race was started at 10:00 local time, (UTC −7). At the starting gate, it was snowing, the temperature was −3.0 °C (26.6 °F), and the snow condition was hard. The temperature at the finish was 1.0 °C (33.8 °F).
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^. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
^"1987 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
^"1987 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
^"Piccard wins super-giant showdown". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Knight-Ridder. February 22, 1988. p. C1.
External linksedit
FIS results
December 20, 2023
alpine, skiing, 1988, winter, olympics, super, super, competition, calgary, 1988, olympics, held, nakiska, sunday, february, this, olympic, debut, event, super, olympic, winter, gamesalpine, skiingvenuenakiskadatefebruary, 21competitors94, from, nationswinning. The Men s Super G competition of the Calgary 1988 Olympics was held at Nakiska on Sunday February 21 1 2 This was the Olympic debut of the event Men s Super Gat the XV Olympic Winter GamesAlpine skiingVenueNakiskaDateFebruary 21Competitors94 from 34 nationsWinning time1 39 66MedalistsFranck Piccard FranceHelmut Mayer AustriaLars Borje Eriksson Sweden1992 Men s Super GLocationNakiskaVertical 647 m 2 123 ft Top elevation2 179 m 7 149 ft Base elevation1 532 m 5 026 ft The defending world champion was Pirmin Zurbriggen of Switzerland who was also the defending World Cup Super G champion and led the current season 3 4 France s Franck Piccard won the gold medal Helmut Mayer of Austria took the silver and Lars Borje Eriksson of Sweden was the bronze medalist Zurbriggen tied for fifth more than two seconds behind Italy s Alberto Tomba lasted three gates and did not finish 5 It was the first Olympic alpine gold for France in twenty years since the sweep by Jean Claude Killy in 1968 The course started at an elevation of 2 179 m 7 149 ft above sea level with a vertical drop of 647 m 2 123 ft and a course length of 2 327 km 1 45 mi Piccard s winning time was 99 66 seconds yielding an average speed of 84 058 km h 52 2 mph with an average vertical descent rate of 6 492 m s 21 3 ft s Results editThe race was started at 10 00 local time UTC 7 At the starting gate it was snowing the temperature was 3 0 C 26 6 F and the snow condition was hard The temperature at the finish was 1 0 C 33 8 F Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference nbsp 5 Franck Piccard nbsp France 1 39 66 nbsp 10 Helmut Mayer nbsp Austria 1 40 96 1 30 nbsp 1 Lars Borje Eriksson nbsp Sweden 1 41 08 1 424 17 Hubert Strolz nbsp Austria 1 41 11 1 455 14 Pirmin Zurbriggen nbsp Switzerland 1 41 96 2 305 7 Gunther Mader nbsp Austria 1 41 96 2 307 23 Luc Alphand nbsp France 1 42 27 2 618 8 Leonhard Stock nbsp Austria 1 42 36 2 709 25 Tomaz Cizman nbsp Yugoslavia 1 42 47 2 8110 20 Ivano Camozzi nbsp Italy 1 42 66 3 0011 4 Heinz Holzer nbsp Italy 1 42 88 3 2212 13 Andreas Wenzel nbsp Liechtenstein 1 43 00 3 3413 37 Jim Read nbsp Canada 1 43 01 3 3514 27 Shinya Chiba nbsp Japan 1 43 03 3 3715 15 Franz Heinzer nbsp Switzerland 1 43 32 3 6616 32 Klemen Bergant nbsp Yugoslavia 1 43 41 3 7517 19 Gunther Marxer nbsp Liechtenstein 1 44 16 4 5018 35 Tiger Shaw nbsp United States 1 44 26 4 6019 12 Felix Belczyk nbsp Canada 1 44 31 4 6520 36 Niklas Lindqvist nbsp Sweden 1 44 88 5 2220 28 Yves Tavernier nbsp France 1 44 88 5 2222 40 Rob Boyd nbsp Canada 1 45 04 5 3823 31 Adrian Bires nbsp Czechoslovakia 1 45 33 5 6724 52 Matthias Hubrich nbsp New Zealand 1 45 46 5 8024 29 Jeff Olson nbsp United States 1 45 46 5 8026 33 Carlo Gerosa nbsp Italy 1 45 82 6 1627 38 Peter Jurko nbsp Czechoslovakia 1 46 03 6 3728 49 Silvio Wille nbsp Liechtenstein 1 46 08 6 4229 48 Nigel Smith nbsp Great Britain 1 47 15 7 4930 34 Bill Hudson nbsp United States 1 47 29 7 6331 60 Richard Biggins nbsp Australia 1 47 38 7 7232 84 Elias Majdalani nbsp Lebanon 1 47 58 7 9233 61 Juan Pablo Santiagos nbsp Chile 1 48 74 9 0834 26 Martin Bell nbsp Great Britain 1 48 82 9 1635 53 Graham Bell nbsp Great Britain 1 48 98 9 3236 58 Jorge Pujol nbsp Spain 1 49 33 9 6737 63 Paulo Oppliger nbsp Chile 1 49 71 10 0538 59 Nahum Orobitg nbsp Andorra 1 53 22 13 5639 65 Jorge Birkner nbsp Argentina 1 53 79 14 1340 67 Park Jae hyuk nbsp South Korea 1 53 89 14 2341 87 Hur Seung Wook nbsp South Korea 1 55 13 15 4742 66 Hubertus von Hohenlohe nbsp Mexico 1 56 03 16 3743 94 Resul Sare nbsp Turkey 1 57 65 17 9944 90 Yakup Kadri Birinci nbsp Turkey 1 59 32 19 6645 72 Nicola Ercolani nbsp San Marino 1 59 70 20 0446 77 Ioannis Kapraras nbsp Greece 2 02 06 22 4047 93 Goksay Demirhan nbsp Turkey 2 02 22 22 5648 68 Sokratis Aristodimou nbsp Cyprus 2 03 10 23 4449 83 Alex Christian Benoit nbsp Mexico 2 05 80 26 1450 88 Christian Bruderer nbsp Guatemala 2 05 99 26 3351 73 Fabio Guardigli nbsp San Marino 2 06 59 26 9352 89 Jason Edelmann nbsp Puerto Rico 2 09 93 30 2753 91 Patrice Martell nbsp Mexico 2 10 69 31 0354 86 Fabrice Notari nbsp Monaco 2 11 73 32 0755 99 Ong Ching Ming nbsp Chinese Taipei 2 17 22 37 5656 78 Walter Sandza nbsp Puerto Rico 2 25 95 46 2957 82 Lin Chi Liang nbsp Chinese Taipei 2 30 81 51 15 98 Carlos Andres Bruderer nbsp Guatemala DNF 97 Nam Won gi nbsp South Korea DNF 85 Daniel Hilmarsson nbsp Iceland DNF 80 Javier Rivara nbsp Argentina DNF 79 Federico van Ditmar nbsp Argentina DNF 86 Felix Flechas nbsp Puerto Rico DNF 75 Kevin Wilson nbsp Puerto Rico DNF 70 Kang Nak youn nbsp South Korea DNF 69 Alekhis Fotiadis nbsp Cyprus DNF 62 Gerard Escoda nbsp Andorra DNF 56 Delfin Campo nbsp Spain DNF 55 Nils Linneberg nbsp Chile DNF 54 Konstantin Chistyakov nbsp Soviet Union DNF 51 Alain Villiard nbsp Canada DNF 50 Frank Worndl nbsp West Germany DNF 47 Sergey Petrik nbsp Soviet Union DNF 46 Simon Wi Rutene nbsp New Zealand DNF 45 Finn Christian Jagge nbsp Norway DNF 43 Niklas Henning nbsp Sweden DNF 42 Robert Buchel nbsp Liechtenstein DNF 41 Katsuhito Kumagai nbsp Japan DNF 39 Luis Fernandez Ochoa nbsp Spain DNF 30 Philippe Verneret nbsp France DNF 24 Steven Lee nbsp Australia DNF 22 Atle Skardal nbsp Norway DNF 21 Jan Einar Thorsen nbsp Norway DNF 18 Daniel Mahrer nbsp Switzerland DNF 16 Martin Hangl nbsp Switzerland DNF 11 Alberto Tomba nbsp Italy DNF 9 Peter Roth nbsp West Germany DNF 6 Markus Wasmeier nbsp West Germany DNF 3 Marc Girardelli nbsp Luxembourg DNF 2 Michael Eder nbsp West Germany DNF 96 Tang Wei tsu nbsp Chinese Taipei DQ 81 Ignacio Birkner nbsp Argentina DQ 74 Riccardo Stacchini nbsp San Marino DQ 44 A J Kitt nbsp United States DQ 100 F Alfredo Rego nbsp Guatemala DNS95 Ahmet Demir nbsp Turkey DNS92 Carlos Pruneda nbsp Mexico DNS71 Giannis Stamatiou nbsp Greece DNS64 Mauricio Rotella nbsp Chile DNS57 Ronald Duncan nbsp Great Britain DNSSource 1 References edit a b Calgary 1988 Official Report PDF XV Olympic Winter Games Organizing Committee LA84 Foundation 1988 Retrieved January 3 2014 Alpine Skiing at the 1988 Calgary Winter Games Men s Super G Sports Reference Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 23 March 2018 1987 World Cup standings FIS Retrieved January 3 2014 1987 World Championships results FIS Retrieved January 3 2014 Piccard wins super giant showdown Spokesman Review Spokane Washington Knight Ridder February 22 1988 p C1 External links editFIS results Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics Men 27s super G amp oldid 1172741117, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
