Just three days after a spectacular crash in the downhill, Austria's Hermann Maier returned to win the gold medal, and teammate Hans Knauss tied for the silver with Didier Cuche of Switzerland.[5][6]
The course started at an elevation of 1,490 m (4,888 ft) above sea level with a vertical drop of 650 m (2,133 ft) and a course length of 2.407 km (1.50 mi). Maier's winning time of 94.82 seconds yielded an average course speed of 91.386 km/h (56.8 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 6.855 m/s (22.5 ft/s).
Resultsedit
The race was started at 08:45 local time, (UTC +9). At the starting gate, the skies were clear, the temperature was −3.2 °C (26.2 °F), and the snow condition was hard; the temperature at the finish at −2.5 °C (27.5 °F).
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External linksedit
FIS results
Results
December 02, 2023
alpine, skiing, 1998, winter, olympics, super, super, competition, nagano, 1998, olympics, held, hakuba, monday, february, super, xviii, olympic, winter, gamesalpine, skiingvenuehakubadatefebruary, 16competitors45, from, nationswinning, time1, 82medalistsherma. The men s super G competition of the Nagano 1998 Olympics was held at Hakuba on Monday February 16 1 2 Men s super Gat the XVIII Olympic Winter GamesAlpine skiingVenueHakubaDateFebruary 16Competitors45 from 22 nationsWinning time1 34 82MedalistsHermann Maier AustriaHans Knauss AustriaDidier Cuche Switzerland 19942002 Men s super GLocationHakuba Happo OneOlympic Course IVertical 650 m 2 133 ft Top elevation1 490 m 4 888 ft Base elevation 840 m 2 756 ft The defending world champion was Atle Skardal of Norway France s Luc Alphand was the defending World Cup Super G champion 3 4 and Markus Wasmeier of Germany was the defending Olympic champion all three had since retired from competition Just three days after a spectacular crash in the downhill Austria s Hermann Maier returned to win the gold medal and teammate Hans Knauss tied for the silver with Didier Cuche of Switzerland 5 6 The course started at an elevation of 1 490 m 4 888 ft above sea level with a vertical drop of 650 m 2 133 ft and a course length of 2 407 km 1 50 mi Maier s winning time of 94 82 seconds yielded an average course speed of 91 386 km h 56 8 mph with an average vertical descent rate of 6 855 m s 22 5 ft s Results editThe race was started at 08 45 local time UTC 9 At the starting gate the skies were clear the temperature was 3 2 C 26 2 F and the snow condition was hard the temperature at the finish at 2 5 C 27 5 F Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference nbsp 8 Hermann Maier nbsp Austria 1 34 82 nbsp 17 Hans Knauss nbsp Austria 1 35 43 0 616 Didier Cuche nbsp Switzerland4 24 Alessandro Fattori nbsp Italy 1 35 61 0 795 15 Kjetil Andre Aamodt nbsp Norway 1 35 67 0 856 13 Patrik Jarbyn nbsp Sweden 1 35 72 0 907 11 Daron Rahlves nbsp United States 1 35 96 1 148 22 Tommy Moe nbsp United States 1 35 97 1 159 5 Lasse Kjus nbsp Norway 1 36 25 1 4310 14 Fredrik Nyberg nbsp Sweden 1 36 31 1 4911 16 Bruno Kernen nbsp Switzerland 1 36 37 1 5512 36 Brian Stemmle nbsp Canada 1 36 40 1 5813 25 Kyle Rasmussen nbsp United States 1 36 52 1 7014 12 Steve Locher nbsp Switzerland 1 36 62 1 8015 3 Werner Perathoner nbsp Italy 1 36 64 1 8216 9 Kristian Ghedina nbsp Italy 1 36 70 1 8817 30 Jernej Koblar nbsp Slovenia 1 36 84 2 0218 2 Paul Accola nbsp Switzerland 1 36 87 2 0519 10 Peter Runggaldier nbsp Italy 1 37 00 2 184 Andreas Schifferer nbsp Austria21 28 Andrey Filichkin nbsp Russia 1 37 29 2 4722 32 Enis Becirbegovic nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 37 58 2 7623 18 Peter Pen nbsp Slovenia 1 37 81 2 9924 33 Tsuyoshi Tomii nbsp Japan 1 37 86 3 0425 1 Jean Luc Cretier nbsp France 1 37 95 3 1326 26 Jurgen Hasler nbsp Liechtenstein 1 38 32 3 5027 31 Yasuyuki Takishita nbsp Japan 1 38 39 3 5728 27 Ales Brezavscek nbsp Slovenia 1 38 54 3 7229 38 Vasily Bezsmelnitsyn nbsp Russia 1 39 39 4 5730 37 Vedran Pavlek nbsp Croatia 1 39 63 4 8131 39 Graham Bell nbsp Great Britain 1 39 80 4 9832 40 Renato Gaspar nbsp Croatia 1 39 85 5 0333 35 Andrew Freshwater nbsp Great Britain 1 39 89 5 0734 29 Chad Fleischer nbsp United States 1 40 19 5 3735 42 Tejs Broberg nbsp Denmark 1 41 09 6 2736 45 Igor Yudin nbsp Belarus 1 45 92 11 1037 47 Marcelo Apovian nbsp Brazil 1 49 43 14 6120 Frederic Marin Cudraz nbsp France DNF41 Thomas Grob nbsp Chile DNF43 Zurab Dzhidzhishvili nbsp Georgia DNF44 Victor Gomez nbsp Andorra DNF46 Alex Heath nbsp South Africa DNF7 Stephan Eberharter nbsp Austria DSQ27 Nicolas Burtin nbsp France DSQ23 Ed Podivinsky nbsp Canada DSQ19 Adrien Duvillard nbsp France DNS34 Thomas Lodler nbsp Croatia DNSSource 1 References edit a b Nagano 1998 Official Report Volume 3 PDF Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee LA84 Foundation 1998 Archived from the original PDF on February 26 2008 Retrieved September 30 2013 Alpine Skiing at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games Men s Super G Sports Reference Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 30 March 2018 1997 World Cup standings FIS Retrieved November 20 2013 1997 World Championships results FIS Retrieved November 20 2013 Layden Tim February 23 1998 Street fighting Sports Illustrated p 40 Baum Bob February 16 1998 Herminator comes to life again Eugene Register Guard Oregon Associated Press p 1B External links editFIS results Results Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics Men 27s super G amp oldid 1167765326, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
