Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics consisted of ten events, held at Sestriere and Cesana-San Sicario, Italy. The races were held 12–25 February 2006.

Medal table

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

Participating NOCs Fifty-eight nations contributed alpine skiers to the events at Torino.

Course information Date Race Startelevation Finishelevation Verticaldrop Courselength AveragegradientSun 12 Feb Downhill – men         Wed 15 Feb Downhill – women         Tue 14 Feb Downhill (K) – men         Sat 18 Feb Downhill (K) – women         Sat 18 Feb Super-G – men         Mon 20 Feb Super-G – women         Mon 20 Feb Giant slalom – men       Fri 24 Feb Giant slalom – women       Sat 25 Feb Slalom – men       Wed 22 Feb Slalom – women       Tue 14 Feb Slalom (K) – men       Fri 17 Feb Slalom (K) – women      

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 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 List of Olympic medalists in alpine skiing

References

TOROC Explanatory Book - Alpine Skiing FIS-SKI - FIS World Ski Championships medals, URL accessed 23 December 2005 FIS-Ski - Olympic medals, URL accessed 21 December 2005 Alpine Skiing Cup Standings, URL accessed 21 December 2005 World Cup Calendar, from FIS-Ski, URL accessed 21 December 2005 Sportsboken 2002 published by Sportsboken AS, edited by Tore Johansen

External links FIS-Ski.com – alpine skiing – 2006 Winter Olympics – Sestriere and San Sicario, Italy