Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's Super-G

The event was held on February 16th at Snowbasin

Snowbasin

Snowbasin Resort is located northeast of Salt Lake City, in Weber County, Utah. Opened in 1939, as part of an effort by the city of Ogden, Utah to restore the Wheeler Creek watershed, it is one of the oldest ski resorts in the United States. Over the next 50 years Snowbasin grew slowly...

. Ten years after his first Olympic title in 1992

Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics consisted of ten events at three venues, held near Albertville, France. Val-d'Isère hosted the men's events, except the slalom, held at Les Menuires; all five of the women's alpine events were held at Méribel...

, Kjetil André Aamodt

Kjetil André Aamodt

Kjetil André Aamodt is a Norwegian former alpine ski racer, and is the most decorated in history....

of Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

won his second Super-G

Super Giant Slalom skiing

The Super Giant Slalom is an Alpine skiing discipline. It is usually referred to as Super G and is a "speed" event, along with the faster Downhill event; the Giant Slalom and Slalom events are known as the "technical" disciplines.-History:...

gold, and his second gold of the 2002 Games.

Results

The results of the Men's Super-G event in 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 2002 Winter Olympics
2002 Winter Olympics
The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event that was celebrated in February 2002 in and around Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Approximately 2,400 athletes from 77 nations participated in 78 events in fifteen disciplines, held throughout...

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Rank	Name	Time	Difference
	Kjetil André Aamodt Kjetil André Aamodt Kjetil André Aamodt is a Norwegian former alpine ski racer, and is the most decorated in history....	1:21.58
	Stephan Eberharter Stephan Eberharter Stephan Eberharter is a former alpine ski racer, the winner of the overall World Cup title in 2002 and 2003. He was the nearest rival of compatriot Hermann Maier in the late 1990s and early 2000s...	1:21.68	+0.10
	Andreas Schifferer Andreas Schifferer Andreas "Andi" Schifferer is a former Austrian alpine skier who was known to be a downhill specialist, but also competed in other disciplines.-Early life:...	1:21.83	+0.25
	Fritz Strobl Fritz Strobl Fritz Strobl is a former World Cup alpine ski racer.Strobl was the gold medalist in the downhill at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City....	1:21.92	+0.34
	Bjarne Solbakken Bjarne Solbakken Bjarne Solbakken is a retired Norwegian alpine skier from Stranda who has competed at the Olympics, World Championships and the World Cup.-Olympics:...	1:22.10	+0.52
	Didier Défago Didier Défago Didier Défago is analpine ski racer on the World Cup circuit. He was Swiss national champion in downhill and Giant Slalom...	1:22.27	+0.69
	Christoph Gruber Christoph Gruber Christoph Gruber is an Austrian skier competing in all World Cup disciplines apart from slalom. In his World Cup debut, the Super G in Aspen, Colorado on November 27, 1998, he finished in fourteenth position. On December 21, 2000, he won his first World Cup race, a Giant Slalom, in Bormio...	1:22.35	+0.77
	Daron Rahlves Daron Rahlves Daron Louis Rahlves is an American freestyle skier and a former alpine ski racer. Raised in northern California, he attended the Green Mountain Valley School in Vermont and currently resides in Truckee, California...	1:22.48	+0.90
	Thomas Vonn Thomas Vonn Thomas Vonn is a former alpine ski racer with the U.S. Ski Team.-Biography:Primarily a giant slalom racer, Vonn's best finish in international competition was in the Super-G at the 2002 Winter Olympics, where he placed ninth.-Personal life:He is the former husband of champion ski racer Lindsey...	1:23.22	+1.64
10	Paul Accola Paul Accola Paul Accola is a Swiss former Alpine skier. He came top in the overall World Cup in 1992, and won a total of four medals at the Winter Olympics and World Championships in the combined event....	1:23.33	+1.75
11	Patrik Järbyn Patrik Järbyn Patrik Järbyn is a World Cup alpine ski racer.Despite never having won a World Cup race, Järbyn has two individual World Championship medals. At the 1996 World Championships in Sierra Nevada, Spain, he won the silver medal in super G...	1:23.40	+1.82
12	Tobias Grünenfelder Tobias Grünenfelder Tobias Grünenfelder is a Swiss alpine skier. He is the 2005, 2006, 2009 and 2010 Swiss champion in Super-G. He also won national Downhill gold in 2007 and 2009.He participated at the World Championships in Vail 1999, St...	1:23.43	+1.85
13	Gregor Sparovec	1:23.52	+1.94
13	Marco Büchel Marco Büchel Marco Büchel is a retired alpine ski racer from Liechtenstein. He participated in a record-tying six Winter Olympics, starting in 1992 and ending in 2010....	1:23.52	+1.94
15	Jernej Koblar	1:23.82	+2.24
15	Sébastien Fournier-Bidoz	1:23.82	+2.24
17	Roland Fischnaller	1:23.87	+2.29
18	Patrick Staudacher Patrick Staudacher Patrick Staudacher is an Italian alpine skier.He won the Super-G gold medal at the 2007 Alpine Skiing World Championships in Åre.- External links :* * *...	1:23.95	+2.37
19	Kenneth Sivertsen Kenneth Sivertsen (skier) Kenneth Sivertsen is a Norwegian alpine skier, born in Narvik. He competed in the downhill, giant slalom and Super-G at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City in 2002....	1:24.16	+2.58
20	Christophe Saioni	1:24.28	+2.70
21	Andrej Jerman Andrej Jerman Andrej Jerman, , is a Slovenian skier.His best result in the Alpine skiing World Cup came at Garmisch-Partenkirchen in the 2006-07 season, when he won the downhill race. A day later he finished 2nd, again in the downhill. His best result until then was 4th place in Bormio, downhill as well, in the...	1:24.35	+2.77
22	Max Rauffer	1:24.54	+2.96
23	Pavel Chestakov	1:25.16	+3.58
24	Petr Zahrobsky Petr Záhrobský Petr Záhrobský is an alpine skier from Czech Republic. He competed for Czech Republic at the 2002 Olympics, 2006 Olympics and the 2010 Olympics. His best result was 24th in the Super-G in the 2002 Olympics....	1:25.67	+4.09
25	Scott Macartney Scott Macartney Scott Macartney is an alpine ski racer with the U.S. Ski Team.-Biography:Macartney grew up in the Seattle area, in Redmond, where his parents were public school teachers. He skied at the Crystal Mountain ski area, located southeast of Seattle, where his parents were members of the volunteer ski...	1:25.80	+4.22
26	Kurt Sulzenbacher	1:26.44	+4.86
27	Craig Branch Craig Branch Craig Branch is an Australian alpine skier. He competed for Australia at the 2002 Olympics, 2006 Olympics and the 2010 Olympics. His best result was 27th place in the Super G at the 2002 Olympics.-External links:...	1:27.15	+5.57
28	Ivan Heimschild	1:27.74	+6.16
29	Nikolay Skriabin	1:27.84	+6.26
30	Nicolas Arsel	1:28.55	+6.97
31	Duncan Grob	1:30.35	+8.77
32	Agustin Garcia Jurgo	1:30.59	+9.01
33	Paul Schwarzacher-Joyce	1:31.30	+9.72
34	Peter Vincze	1:50.40	+28.82

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Fredrik Nyberg

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Lasse Kjus

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Marco Sullivan

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Thomas Grandi

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Ed Podivinsky

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Yasuyuki Takishita

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Maui Gayme

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Andrei Drygin

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Didier Cuche

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