Tommy Moe, an American of Norwegian ancestry, edged out Kjetil André Aamodt of Norway by 0.04 seconds to take the gold medal in the downhill.[5][6][7]Ed Podivinsky of Canada was the bronze medalist, just 0.12 seconds behind Moe. Ortlieb was fourth, Girardelli fifth, Alphand eighth, and Heinzer did not finish.
The defending champion was in the field for the first time since 1976, when 1972 champion Bernhard Russi won the silver medal. Ortlieb was just off the podium in 1994, which remains the second-best result by a defending champion. Prior to Russi, only two champions had been in the field to defend, but neither made the top ten: Henri Oreiller was 14th in 1952 and Egon Zimmermann finished 13th in 1968.
The Olympiabakken course started at an elevation of 1,020 m (3,346 ft) above sea level with a vertical drop of 838 m (2,749 ft) and a course length of 3.035 km (1.89 mi). Moe's winning time was 105.75 seconds, yielding an average course speed of 103.319 km/h (64.2 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 7.924 m/s (26.0 ft/s).
Resultsedit
The race was started at 11:00 local time, (UTC +1). At the starting gate, the skies were clear, the temperature was −15.0 °C (5 °F), and the snow condition was hard; the temperature at the finish was lower, at −16.0 °C (3 °F).[1]
^ ab"Lillehammer 1994 Official Report" (PDF). Lillehammer Olympiske Organisasjonskomité. LA84 Foundation. 1994. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
^. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
^"1993 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
^"1993 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
^Johnson, William Oscar (February 21, 1994). "The Son finally rises". Sports Illustrated. p. 20. {{cite magazine}}: Unknown parameter |agency= ignored (help)
^Powers, Tom (February 14, 1994). "This Moe's no stooge on the slopes". Lewiston (ME) Sun-Journal. Knight-Ridder. p. 23.
^Philips, Angus (February 14, 1994). "Unheralded Tommy Moe races to first U.S. medal". Washington Post. p. A1.
External linksedit
FIS results
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The Men s Downhill competition of the Lillehammer 1994 Olympics was held at Kvitfjell on Sunday 13 February 1 2 Men s Downhillat the XVII Olympic Winter GamesAlpine skiingVenueKvitfjellDate13 FebruaryCompetitors55 from 26 nationsWinning time1 45 75MedalistsTommy Moe United StatesKjetil Andre Aamodt NorwayEd Podivinsky Canada 19921998 Men s DownhillLocationKvitfjellOlympiabakkenVertical 838 m 2 749 ft Top elevation1 020 m 3 346 ft Base elevation 182 m 597 ft The reigning world champion was Urs Lehmann and the reigning Olympic champion was Patrick Ortlieb Franz Heinzer was the defending World Cup downhill champion and Marc Girardelli led the current season 3 4 Tommy Moe an American of Norwegian ancestry edged out Kjetil Andre Aamodt of Norway by 0 04 seconds to take the gold medal in the downhill 5 6 7 Ed Podivinsky of Canada was the bronze medalist just 0 12 seconds behind Moe Ortlieb was fourth Girardelli fifth Alphand eighth and Heinzer did not finish The defending champion was in the field for the first time since 1976 when 1972 champion Bernhard Russi won the silver medal Ortlieb was just off the podium in 1994 which remains the second best result by a defending champion Prior to Russi only two champions had been in the field to defend but neither made the top ten Henri Oreiller was 14th in 1952 and Egon Zimmermann finished 13th in 1968 The Olympiabakken course started at an elevation of 1 020 m 3 346 ft above sea level with a vertical drop of 838 m 2 749 ft and a course length of 3 035 km 1 89 mi Moe s winning time was 105 75 seconds yielding an average course speed of 103 319 km h 64 2 mph with an average vertical descent rate of 7 924 m s 26 0 ft s Results editThe race was started at 11 00 local time UTC 1 At the starting gate the skies were clear the temperature was 15 0 C 5 F and the snow condition was hard the temperature at the finish was lower at 16 0 C 3 F 1 Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference nbsp 8 Tommy Moe nbsp United States 1 45 75 nbsp 7 Kjetil Andre Aamodt nbsp Norway 1 45 79 0 04 nbsp 21 Ed Podivinsky nbsp Canada 1 45 87 0 12 4 10 Patrick Ortlieb nbsp Austria 1 46 01 0 26 5 1 Marc Girardelli nbsp Luxembourg 1 46 09 0 34 6 2 Hannes Trinkl nbsp Austria 1 46 22 0 47 33 Nicolas Burtin nbsp France 8 13 Luc Alphand nbsp France 1 46 25 0 50 9 15 Atle Skardal nbsp Norway 1 46 29 0 54 10 17 Jan Einar Thorsen nbsp Norway 1 46 34 0 59 11 26 Kyle Rasmussen nbsp United States 1 46 35 0 60 12 3 Peter Runggaldier nbsp Italy 1 46 39 0 64 13 4 Pietro Vitalini nbsp Italy 1 46 48 0 73 14 5 Daniel Mahrer nbsp Switzerland 1 46 55 0 80 15 11 Armin Assinger nbsp Austria 1 46 68 0 93 16 9 William Besse nbsp Switzerland 1 46 76 1 01 17 30 A J Kitt nbsp United States 1 46 82 1 07 18 19 Lasse Kjus nbsp Norway 1 46 84 1 09 19 14 Gunther Mader nbsp Austria 1 46 87 1 12 20 12 Kristian Ghedina nbsp Italy 1 46 99 1 24 21 22 Luigi Colturi nbsp Italy 1 47 05 1 30 22 20 Christophe Ple nbsp France 1 47 11 1 36 23 24 Franco Cavegn nbsp Switzerland 1 47 15 1 40 24 23 Jean Luc Cretier nbsp France 1 47 27 1 52 25 27 Hansjorg Tauscher nbsp Germany 1 47 30 1 55 26 35 Graham Bell nbsp Great Britain 1 47 39 1 64 27 29 Luke Sauder nbsp Canada 1 47 45 1 70 28 32 Martin Bell nbsp Great Britain 1 47 49 1 74 29 36 Jurgen Hasler nbsp Liechtenstein 1 47 62 1 87 30 38 Janne Leskinen nbsp Finland 1 47 87 2 12 31 28 Ralf Socher nbsp Canada 1 47 93 2 18 32 31 Fredrik Nyberg nbsp Sweden 1 47 97 2 22 33 41 Achim Vogt nbsp Liechtenstein 1 47 98 2 23 34 34 Patrik Jarbyn nbsp Sweden 1 48 05 2 30 35 44 Miran Ravter nbsp Slovenia 1 48 48 2 73 36 18 Markus Wasmeier nbsp Germany 1 48 53 2 78 37 42 Andrey Filichkin nbsp Russia 1 48 81 3 06 38 37 Craig Thrasher nbsp United States 1 48 91 3 16 39 25 Markus Foser nbsp Liechtenstein 1 48 93 3 18 40 45 Marco Buchel nbsp Liechtenstein 1 48 97 3 22 41 40 Georges Mendes nbsp Portugal 1 49 20 3 45 42 39 Nils Linneberg nbsp Chile 1 49 80 4 05 43 49 Andrey Kolotvin nbsp Kazakhstan 1 50 39 4 64 44 47 Petar Dichev nbsp Bulgaria 1 51 07 5 32 45 51 Mariano Puricelli nbsp Argentina 1 52 38 6 63 46 46 Marcin Szafranski nbsp Poland 1 52 59 6 84 47 50 Zurab Dzhidzhishvili nbsp Georgia 1 53 27 7 52 48 53 Hubertus von Hohenlohe nbsp Mexico 1 53 37 7 62 49 48 Diego Margozzini nbsp Chile 1 55 32 9 57 50 55 Lothar Christian Munder nbsp Brazil 1 56 48 10 73 6 Cary Mullen nbsp Canada DNF 16 Franz Heinzer nbsp Switzerland DNF 43 Vasily Bezsmelnitsyn nbsp Russia DQ 52 Connor O Brien nbsp Estonia DNF 54 Lamine Gueye nbsp Senegal DNF References edit a b Lillehammer 1994 Official Report PDF Lillehammer Olympiske Organisasjonskomite LA84 Foundation 1994 Retrieved November 20 2013 Alpine Skiing at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games Men s Downhill Sports Reference Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 28 March 2018 1993 World Cup standings FIS Retrieved November 20 2013 1993 World Championships results FIS Retrieved November 20 2013 Johnson William Oscar February 21 1994 The Son finally rises Sports Illustrated p 20 a href Template Cite magazine html title Template Cite magazine cite magazine a Unknown parameter agency ignored help Powers Tom February 14 1994 This Moe s no stooge on the slopes Lewiston ME Sun Journal Knight Ridder p 23 Philips Angus February 14 1994 Unheralded Tommy Moe races to first U S medal Washington Post p A1 External links editFIS results Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics Men 27s downhill amp oldid 1136504608, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
