Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics
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Alpine skiing
Alpine skiing
Alpine skiing is the sport of sliding down snow-covered hills on skis with fixed-heel bindings. Alpine skiing can be contrasted with skiing using free-heel bindings: Ski mountaineering and nordic skiing – such as cross-country; ski jumping; and Telemark. In competitive alpine skiing races four...

 at the 2006 Winter Olympics
2006 Winter Olympics
The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006. This marked the second time Italy hosted the Olympic Winter Games, the first being the VII Olympic Winter...

consisted of ten events, held at Sestriere
Sestriere
Sestriere is an alpine village in Italy, a comune of the Province of Turin. It is from the French border. Its name derives from Latin: ad petram sistrariam, that is at sixty Roman miles from Turin....

 and Cesana-San Sicario, Italy
Italy
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. The races were held from February 12-25, 2006.

Medal table

1 4 5 5 14
2 2 0 0 2
3 1 2 0 3
4 1 1 0 2
5 1 0 3 4
6 1 0 0 1
7 0 1 2 3
8 0 1 0 1

Men's events

Downhill
1:48.80 1:49.52 1:49.82
Combined
3:09.35 3:09.88 3:10.67
Super-G
1:30.65 1:30.78 1:30.98
Giant slalom
2:35.00 2:35.07 2:35.16
Slalom
1:43.14 1:43.97 1:44.15

Women's events

Downhill
1:56.49 1:56.86 1:57.13
Combined
2:51.08 2:51.58 2:51.63
Super-G
1:32.47 1:32.74 1:33.06
Giant slalom
2:09.19 2:09.86 2:10.33
Slalom
1:29.04 1:29.33 1:29.79

Course Information




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Course Information - (metric)
Date Race Start
Elevation
Finish
Elevation
Vertical
Drop
Course
Length
Average
Gradient
Sun 12-Feb Downhill - men 2800 m 1886 m 914 m 3.299 km 27.7 %
Wed 15-Feb Downhill - women 2538 1738 800 3.058 26.2
Tue 14-Feb Downhill - (K) - men 2686 1886 800 2.965 27.0
Sat 18-Feb Downhill - (K) - women 2286 1738 548 2.331 23.5
Sat 18-Feb Super-G - men 2536 1886 650 2.325 28.0
Mon 20-Feb Super-G - women 2286 1738 548 2.331 23.5
Mon 20-Feb Giant Slalom - men 2480 2030 450
Fri 24-Feb Giant Slalom - women 2370 2030 340
Sat 25-Feb Slalom - men 2240 2030 210
Wed 22-Feb Slalom - women 2210 2030 180
Tue 14-Feb Slalom - (K) - men 2210 2030 180
Fri 17-Feb Slalom - (K) - women 2170 2030 140




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Course Information - (imperial)
Date Race Start
Elevation
Finish
Elevation
Vertical
Drop
Course
Length
Average
Gradient
Sun 12-Feb Downhill - men 9186 ft 6187 ft 2999 ft 2.050 mi. 27.7 %
Wed 15-Feb Downhill - women 8327 5702 2625 1.900 26.2
Tue 14-Feb Downhill - (K) - men 8812 6187 2525 1.842 27.0
Sat 18-Feb Downhill - (K) - women 7500 5702 1798 1.448 23.5
Sat 18-Feb Super-G - men 8320 6187 2133 1.445 28.0
Mon 20-Feb Super-G - women 7500 5702 1798 1.448 23.5
Mon 20-Feb Giant Slalom - men 8136 6660 1476
Fri 24-Feb Giant Slalom - women 7775 6660 1115
Sat 25-Feb Slalom - men 7349 6660 689
Wed 22-Feb Slalom - women 7251 6660 591
Tue 14-Feb Slalom - (K) - men 7251 6660 591
Fri 17-Feb Slalom - (K) - women 7119 6660 459





Qualification

All entries had to be submitted to the organizing committee by 30 January 2006.

In general, athletes must be among the top 500 in the world in their event to compete. They must also have no more than 120 FIS
International Ski Federation
The International Ski Federation, known by its name in French, Fédération Internationale de Ski is the main international organisation for ski sports...

 points. Each National Olympic Committee may enter up to 22 athletes, but not more than 14 men or 14 women. No more than 4 athletes from any NOC may compete in each event.

If an NOC has fewer than 2 athletes qualified under those rules, it may send one male and one female athlete with an FIS score of no more than 140 in the slalom or giant slalom event.

See also

  • Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics
    Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics
    At the 2006 Winter Paralympics, 24 alpine skiing events were contested at Sestriere.-Medal table:-Men's events:-Women's events:-References:*, Official website of Vancouver 2010...

  • List of Olympic medalists in alpine skiing

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