Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics

Alpine skiing has been contested at every Winter Olympics since 1936, when a combined event was held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics
Governing bodyFIS
Events11 (men: 5; women: 5; mixed: 1)
Games

From 1948 through 1980, the Winter Olympics also served as the World Championships in Olympic years, with separate competitions held in even-numbered non-Olympic years. During this period, the Olympic medalists received an additional medal of the same metal from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

The giant slalom was introduced at the 1950 World Championships and at the Olympics in 1952; both programs dropped the combined event, but it returned in 1954 at the World Championships as a "paper" race, using the results of the slalom, giant slalom, and downhill. At the Olympics from 1956 through 1980, World Championship medals were awarded by the FIS in the combined event. It returned as a stand-alone event (one run of downhill, two runs of slalom) at the Olympics in 1988, which also debuted the one-run super-G. The combined event was run on an FIS points system at the Olympics through 1992, then was changed to total time of the three runs. The super combined debuted in 2010, which reduced the slalom portion to one run and the event to one day.

Since 1985, the World Championships have been scheduled every odd-numbered year, independent of the Winter Olympics. At the World Championships, the combined returned as a stand-alone event in 1982 and the super-G debuted in 1987. The combined event went from points to a total time in 1996 (postponed from 1995), and changed to super combined in 2007.

The event is traditionally dominated by Alpine countries, Austria has a commanding lead in total medals with 121 and in gold medals with 37.

Hosts

YearCityNationAdditional designation
1936Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germany
1948St. Moritz   SwitzerlandFIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1948
1952Oslo NorwayFIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1952
1956Cortina d'Ampezzo ItalyFIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1956
1960Squaw Valley United StatesFIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1960
1964Innsbruck AustriaFIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1964
1968Grenoble FranceFIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1968
1972Sapporo JapanFIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1972
1976Innsbruck AustriaFIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1976
1980Lake Placid United StatesFIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1980
1984Sarajevo Yugoslavia
1988Calgary Canada
1992Albertville France
1994Lillehammer Norway
1998Nagano Japan
2002Salt Lake City United States
2006Torino Italy
2010Vancouver Canada
2014Sochi Russia
2018Pyeongchang South Korea

Events

Men's

Event2428323648525660646872768084889294980206101418Years
Combined  11
Downhill    19
Slalom    19
Giant slalom     18
Super-G              9
Total events   13333333333555555555

Women's

Event2428323648525660646872768084889294980206101418Years
Combined  11
Downhill    19
Slalom    19
Giant slalom     18
Super-G              9
Total events   13333333333555555555

Mixed

Event2428323648525660646872768084889294980206101418Years
Team event                      1
Total events                      1

Medal table

NOCs in italics no longer compete at the Winter Olympics

Through 2018

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Austria (AUT)374143121
2 Switzerland (SUI)22222266
3 United States (USA)17201047
4 France (FRA)15161748
5 Italy (ITA)149932
6 Germany (GER)[a]125522
7 Norway (NOR)11131236
8 Sweden (SWE)72918
9 Croatia (CRO)46010
10 Canada (CAN)41611
11 West Germany (FRG)[a]3519
12 United Team of Germany (EUA)[a]2349
13 Liechtenstein (LIE)22610
14 Slovenia (SLO)2237
15 Czech Republic (CZE)1012
 Spain (ESP)1012
17 Luxembourg (LUX)0202
 Yugoslavia (YUG)0202
19 Finland (FIN)0101
 Japan (JPN)0101
 New Zealand (NZL)0101
 Russia (RUS)0101
23 Australia (AUS)0011
 Czechoslovakia (TCH)0011
 Soviet Union (URS)0011
Totals (25 nations)154155152461
  • ^[a] Germany has competed at the Winter Olympic Games under various names; all of which are listed separately. Banned from the 1948 games (as was Japan), they competed as Germany in 1952, though only represented by West Germany. From 1956 through 1964, they were known as the United Team of Germany (EUA), which included East Germany, the German Democratic Republic (GDR). From 1968 through 1988, separate Olympic teams were fielded and West Germany competed as the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG). East Germany had only one competitor in alpine skiing (Eberhard Riedel in 1968), who did not win a medal. Following the reunification of 1990, they have competed at the Olympics as Germany, starting in 1992. Through 2018, Germany has a total of 40 medals in alpine skiing (17 gold, 13 silver, 10 bronze).
Notes

Participating nations

Nation2428323648525660646872768084889294980206101418Years
 Albania (ALB)   11124
 Algeria (ALG)   412
 Andorra (AND)   53245633244312
 Argentina (ARG)   6856525610106915556218
 Armenia (ARM)   1212116
 Australia (AUS)   353512543322110425318
 Austria (AUT)   41411111311131312121317202019202020202220
 Azerbaijan (AZE)   12114
 Belarus (BLR)   12224
 Belgium (BEL)   42211122313412
 Bolivia (BOL)   1336516
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)   22223327
 Brazil (BRA)   711222218
 Bulgaria (BUL)   3243311254443253434320
 Canada (CAN)   75959911887111810118111621151420
 Cayman Islands (CAY)   112
 Chile (CHI)   4335545455334733317
 China (CHN)   25222227
 Chinese Taipei (TPE)   4125326
 Colombia (COL)   112
 Costa Rica (CRC)   12244
 Croatia (CRO)   114411108108
 Cyprus (CYP)   3534111121111
 Czech Republic (CZE)   29108896
 Czechoslovakia (TCH)   764234245410
 Denmark (DEN)   2133126
 East Germany (GDR)   11
 East Timor (TLS)   112
 Egypt (EGY)   11
 Eritrea (ERI)   11
 Estonia (EST)   1122226
 Fiji (FIJ)   11
 Finland (FIN)   2422211254444214
 France (FRA)   313813101111121271418191718181722172220
 Georgia (GEO)   23213327
 Ghana (GHA)   11
 Germany (GER)   8111414796971410
 Great Britain (GBR)   81371481110810981212666642420
 Greece (GRE)   113332323433122233219
 Guatemala (GUA)   41
 Hungary (HUN)   472116532233413
 Iceland (ISL)   34533463323376544218
 India (IND)   11322117
 Iran (IRI)   3444411133211
 Ireland (IRL)   1222226
 Israel (ISR)   1113
 Italy (ITA)   881013101110812141211182022222221192020
 Japan (JPN)   32245710444665106822419
 Kazakhstan (KAZ)   22222327
 Kenya (KEN)   11
 Kosovo (KOS)   11
 Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)   11114
 Latvia (LAT)   32123527
 Lebanon (LBN)   2132431134442232217
 Liechtenstein (LIE)   256336355896766422219
 Lithuania (LTU)   111225
 Luxembourg (LUX)   111115
 Macedonia (MKD)   2121116
 Madagascar (MAD)   112
 Malaysia (MAS)   11
 Malta (MLT)   112
 Mexico (MEX)   141011127
 Moldova (MDA)   2113
 Monaco (MON)   11121327
 Montenegro (MNE)   1223
 Morocco (MAR)   54391217
 Netherlands (NED)   132
 New Zealand (NZL)   346255632313321316
 North Korea (PRK)   232
 Norway (NOR)   7101210567737131112121276101120
 Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR)   51
 Pakistan (PAK)   1113
 Peru (PER)   222
 Philippines (PHI)   2113
 Poland (POL)   35984212313111316318
 Portugal (POR)   11214
 Puerto Rico (PUR)   6113
 Romania (ROU)   477422231321233216
 Russia (RUS)   6756596
 San Marino (SMR)   224211112110
 Senegal (SEN)   1421115
 Serbia (SRB)   3233
 Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)   2233
 Slovakia (SVK)   1363976
 Slovenia (SLO)   1110151711137118
 South Africa (RSA)   111115
 South Korea (KOR)   1211342125435414
 Soviet Union (URS)   8377425439
 Spain (ESP)   26444673455610743455220
 Swaziland (SWZ)   11
 Sweden (SWE)   169846446812811791313121019
 Switzerland (SUI)   21612141213121213141317212116171214192220
 Tajikistan (TJK)   11114
 Thailand (THA)   222
 Togo (TOG)   11
 Turkey (TUR)   444257444411222216
 Ukraine (UKR)   22223227
 Unified Team (EUN)   71
 United States (USA)   81312111412131314131117202222221720192220
 United Team of Germany (EUA)   1110103
 Uruguay (URU)   11
 Uzbekistan (UZB)   1212216
 Venezuela (VEN)   11
 Virgin Islands (ISV)   1213
 West Germany (FRG)   1311131312176
 Zimbabwe (ZIM)   11
 Yugoslavia (YUG)   472464148139912
Nations2625282922313327333042435045495760717480
Alpine skiers103174183133174188144181174225271321250249278287309327322
Year2428323648525660646872768084889294980206101418

Medals per year

Key
NOC did not exist or did not participate in alpine skiing events # Number of medals won by the NOC NOC did not win any medals
  • bolded numbers indicate the highest medal count at that year's Olympic Games.
Nation 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 94 98 02 06 10 14 18 Total
 Australia (AUS)           1 1
 Austria (AUT)   679575424168311914497121
 Canada (CAN)   11211211111
 Croatia (CRO)                               4 3 2 1 10
 Czechoslovakia (TCH)             1               1
 Czech Republic (CZE)                                   1 1 2
 Finland (FIN)                   1 1
 France (FRA)   153682113232422348
 Germany (GER)       4   4                   1 4 6 1 3 3 26
 Italy (ITA)   213412542312232
 Japan (JPN)         1 1
 Liechtenstein (LIE)         2 4 2 1 1 10
 Luxembourg (LUX)                           2           2
 New Zealand (NZL)               1 1
 Norway (NOR)   134544143736
 Russia (RUS)                                 1   1
 Slovenia (SLO)                               3 2 2 7
 Soviet Union (URS)             1               1
 Spain (ESP)   112
 Sweden (SWE)       1   1 2 1 1 1 1 2 4 2 2 18
 Switzerland (SUI)   64236334111421333766
 United Team of Germany (EUA)             1 3 1                             5
 United States (USA)   223421152412285347
 West Germany (FRG)                   3 2 4                 9
 Yugoslavia (YUG)         1 1               2
Year2428323648525660646872768084889294980206101418

Age records

Several age-related records were recently set in 2014:

These records continue:

See also

References

  1. "Bode Miller becomes oldest Olympic Alpine skiing medallist with bronze". The Guardian. Reuters. 16 February 2014.
  2. Holpuch, Amanda (21 February 2014). "USA's Mikaela Shiffrin youngest-ever gold medal winner in slalom". The Guardian.
  3. Pennington, Bill (22 February 2014). "Slalom Champion Sets an Age Record". New York Times.
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