Date | 16 February 1992 — 11:30 | |
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Status | Olympic | |
Location | Val d'Isère | |
Participants | 118 from 43 countries | |
Course Setter | Bill Egan | USA |
Details | Gates: 39 Length: 1650 m Start Altitude: 2371 m Vertical Drop: 535 m |
The second men’s Olympic super-G was wide open coming into Albertville. Franz Heinzer had won the 1991 World Cup, while Paul Accola was leading the 1991-92 World Cup race. The 1991 World Champion had been Stephan Eberharter, but he competed only in the combined in Albertville, with the silver medal going to the young Norwegian Kjetil André Aamodt. The course was quite short at 1,650 metres, almost 700 metres shorter than the Calgary super-G and thru 2006, the shortest super-G course by almost 400 metres. Swiss Marco Hangl set the pace as the second skier off, posting 1:13.90. Next up was Aamodt, who moved ahead with 1:13.04. Aamodt was followed by Luxembourgeois Marc Girardelli, likely the greatest skier never to win an Olympic medal to this time. Girardelli could not beat Aamodt, but his time of 1:13.77 would end his unofficial title, getting the silver medal. Accola would finish 10th while Heinzer would fall and not finish.