Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics


Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics was held in Canada at Whistler Creekside in Whistler, British Columbia, north of Vancouver. The ten events were scheduled for February 13–27; weather delayed the first event, the men's downhill, two days until Monday, February 15.

Medal table

Notably absent from the medals in these Olympics were the Austrian men, who had won 8 medals in 2006 and 7 in 2002. France and host Canada were shut out from the podium, as were the German men and the Swiss and Italian women. The U.S. had its best Olympics ever with eight alpine medals, only the fourth nation to achieve that total in a single Olympics.
Individually, three men and five women won multiple medals; triple medalists were Bode Miller of the U.S. and Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway, who both won a medal of each color. The sole double gold medalist was Maria Riesch of Germany.

Men's events

Women's events

Competition schedule

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Course information

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Athletes

Qualification standards

The FIS point list used to determine entry into the Olympics was from 18 January 2010.
There could be a maximum of 320 athletes competing in alpine skiing, with no more than 22 per NOC. Additionally, each NOC could enter a maximum of four skiers per event.
To qualify, the competitor had to reach either the "A" or "B" standard.
As of 28 February 2010, there were 309 athletes listed as competitors in alpine skiing at the Games, representing 71 countries.
The youngest alpine skier in the 2010 Olympic Games was Ghassan Achi of Lebanon, age 16 at the time of competition. The oldest was Hubertus von Hohenlohe of Mexico, age 51.

Competing nations

The following nations have entered the following number of alpine skiers.
NOCMenWomenTotal
11
224
235
112
22
11819
112
22
213
123
112
112
213
12921
11
213
112
11
5510
112
538
213
112
224
101222
213
279
11
314
213
123
314
11
213
112
11
12921
213
112
11
213
123
123
11
11
11
22
11
11
11
22
516
11
112
11
213
325
11
11
33
10313
123
11
213
235
7512
9514
11
112
123
101020
112
Total athletes176131309
Total NOCs665171