Olympiabakken

Olympiabakken
Place: Kvitfjell
Architect: Bernhard Russi
Member: Club5+
Opened: 1993 (1993)
Downhill
Start: 1,020 m (3,346 ft) (AA)
Finish:    182 m (597 ft)
Vertical drop:    838 m (2,749 ft)
Length: 3,035 m (1.89 mi)
Max. incline: 32.6 degrees (64%)
Avg. incline: 15.4 degrees (27.6%)
Min. incline:       0 degrees (0%)

Olympiabakken is an Olympic and World Cup downhill ski course in Kvitfjell, Norway, north of Lillehammer; it hosted its first World Cup events in March 1993,[1][2][3] and the alpine speed events of the 1994 Winter Olympics the following February.

Course

Olympiabakken was constructed by Swiss downhill course architect Bernhard Russi, the 1972 Olympic gold medalist (and silver medalist in 1976). Built in 1990, the course hosted all speed and half of the combined events at the 1994 Winter Olympics for both men and women.

Since 1995, Kvitfjell has been a regular stop for late season World Cup speed events for men, and occasionally for women. Olympiabakken hosted the speed events of the season finals in March 1996 and 2003; in 2021, the two scheduled men's events were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A favorable downhill course, it is among the least demanding on the men's World Cup circuit.

Sections

  • Winterhogget
  • Russispranget
  • Jansrudhoppet
  • S-Svingen
  • Bøygen
  • Tunnelhoppet

Olympics

Men's events

Event Type Date Gold Silver Bronze
1994 DH 13 February 1994 Tommy Moe   Kjetil André Aamodt Ed Podivinsky
SG 17 February 1994 Markus Wasmeier Tommy Moe   Kjetil André Aamodt
KB 14–25 February 1994   Lasse Kjus   Kjetil André Aamodt   Harald Strand Nilsen
The men's combined slalom was held at Hafjell on Olympialøypa course on 25 February 1994.

Women's events

Event Type Date Gold Silver Bronze
1994 SG 15 February 1994 Diann Roffe Svetlana Gladysheva Isolde Kostner
DH 19 February 1994 Katja Seizinger Picabo Street Isolde Kostner
KB 20–21 February 1994 Pernilla Wiberg    Vreni Schneider Alenka Dovžan
The women's combined slalom was held at Hafjell on Olympialøypa course on 21 February 1994.

World Cup

Men

Season Date Event Winner Second Third
1992/93 19 March 1993   DH Adrien Duvillard Werner Perathoner Atle Skardal
20 March 1993   DH Armin Assinger Werner Perathoner Hannes Trinkl
21 March 1993   SG Kjetil André Aamodt Daniel Mahrer Dietmar Thöni
1994/95 10 March 1995   SG Werner Perathoner Kristian Ghedina Kyle Rasmussen
11 March 1995   DH Kyle Rasmussen Kristian Ghedina Patrick Ortlieb
1995/96 6 March 1996   DH Lasse Kjus Günther Mader Kristian Ghedina
7 March 1996   SG Kjetil André Aamodt Luc Alphand Lasse Kjus
1996/97 2 March 1997   DH Lasse Kjus Pietro Vitalini Ed Podivinsky
3 March 1997   SG Josef Strobl Andreas Schifferer Lasse Kjus
1997/98 7 March 1998   DH Nicolas Burtin Werner Perathoner Lasse Kjus
Josef Strobl
8 March 1998   SG Hans Knauß Patrik Järbyn Didier Cuche
1998/99 5 March 1999   DH Andreas Schifferer Stephan Eberharter Kjetil André Aamodt
6 March 1999   DH Andreas Schifferer Lasse Kjus Stephan Eberharter
7 March 1999   SG Hermann Maier Stephan Eberharter Andreas Schifferer
1999/00 3 March 2000   DH Daron Rahlves Didier Cuche Hermann Maier
4 March 2000   DH Daron Rahlves Kristian Ghedina Max Rauffer
5 March 2000   SG Kristian Ghedina Hermann Maier Andreas Schifferer
2000/01 2 March 2001   DH Hermann Maier Florian Eckert Lasse Kjus
3 March 2001   DH Stephan Eberharter Florian Eckert Fritz Strobl
4 March 2001   SG Hermann Maier Hannes Trinkl Stephan Eberharter
2001/02 2 March 2002   DH Hannes Trinkl Claude Crétier Franco Cavegn
Kristian Ghedina
3 March 2002   SG Alessandro Fattori Didier Défago Stephan Eberharter
2002/03 12 March 2003   DH Antoine Dénériaz Stephan Eberharter Daron Rahlves
13 March 2003   SG Stephan Eberharter Lasse Kjus Hannes Reichelt
2003/04 6 March 2004   DH Stephan Eberharter Fritz Strobl Antoine Dénériaz
7 March 2004   SG Daron Rahlves Bjarne Solbakken Hermann Maier
2004/05 5 March 2005   DH Hermann Maier Mario Scheiber Ambrosi Hoffmann
6 March 2005   SG Hermann Maier Didier Défago Daron Rahlves
2006/07 9 March 2007   SC Benjamin Raich Silvan Zurbriggen Aksel Lund Svindal
9 March 2007   DH recheduled to 10 March; due to super combined replacement
10 March 2007   DH Didier Cuche Erik Guay Marco Büchel
10 March 2007   SG recheduled to 11 March; due to super combined replacement
11 March 2007   SG Hans Grugger Mario Scheiber Didier Cuche
2007/08 29 February 2008   DH Werner Heel Bode Miller Klaus Kröll
1 March 2008   DH Bode Miller Didier Cuche Werner Heel
2 March 2008   SG Georg Streitberger Bode Miller Didier Cuche
2008/09 6 March 2009   DH Manuel Osborne-Paradis Michael Walchhofer Aksel Lund Svindal
7 March 2009   DH Klaus Kröll Michael Walchhofer Manuel Osborne-Paradis
2009/10 6 March 2010   DH Didier Cuche Aksel Lund Svindal Klaus Kröll
7 March 2010   SG Erik Guay Hannes Reichelt Tobias Grünenfelder
Aksel Lund Svindal
2010/11 11 March 2011   DH Beat Feuz Erik Guay Michael Walchhofer
12 March 2011   DH Michael Walchhofer Klaus Kröll Beat Feuz
13 March 2011   SG Didier Cuche Klaus Kröll Joachim Puchner
2011/12 2 March 2012   SG Beat Feuz
Klaus Kröll 		Kjetil Jansrud
3 March 2012   DH Klaus Kröll Kjetil Jansrud Aksel Lund Svindal
4 March 2012   SG Kjetil Jansrud Aksel Lund Svindal Beat Feuz
2012/13 2 March 2013   DH Adrien Théaux Aksel Lund Svindal Klaus Kröll
3 March 2013   SG Aksel Lund Svindal Georg Streitberger Werner Heel
2013/14 28 February 2014   DH Kjetil Jansrud
Georg Streitberger 		Travis Ganong
1 March 2014   DH Erik Guay Johan Clarey Matthias Mayer
2 March 2014   SG Kjetil Jansrud Patrick Küng Matthias Mayer
2014/15 7 March 2015   DH Hannes Reichelt Manuel Osborne-Paradis Werner Heel
8 March 2015   SG Kjetil Jansrud Vincent Kriechmayr Dustin Cook
2015/16 12 March 2016   DH Dominik Paris Valentin Giraud Moine Steven Nyman
13 March 2016   SG Kjetil Jansrud Vincent Kriechmayr Dominik Paris
2016/17 24 February 2017   DH Boštjan Kline Matthias Mayer Kjetil Jansrud
25 February 2017   DH Kjetil Jansrud Peter Fill Beat Feuz
26 February 2017   SG Peter Fill Hannes Reichelt Erik Guay
2017/18 10 March 2018   DH Thomas Dreßen Beat Feuz Aksel Lund Svindal
11 March 2018   SG Kjetil Jansrud Beat Feuz Brice Roger
2018/19 2 March 2019   DH Dominik Paris Beat Feuz Matthias Mayer
3 March 2019   SG Dominik Paris Kjetil Jansrud Beat Feuz
2019/20 7 March 2020   DH Matthias Mayer Aleksander Aamodt Kilde Carlo Janka
8 March 2020   SG cancelled due to rain, wind and fog
2020/21 6 March 2021   DH cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
7 March 2021   SG
2021/22 4 March 2022   DH Cameron Alexander
Niels Hintermann 		Matthias Mayer
5 March 2022   DH Dominik Paris Aleksander Aamodt Kilde Beat Feuz
Niels Hintermann
6 March 2022   SG Aleksander Aamodt Kilde James Crawford Matthias Mayer
2023/24 17 February 2024   DH Niels Hintermann Vincent Kriechmayr Cameron Alexander
18 February 2024   SG Vincent Kriechmayr Jeffrey Read Marco Odermatt
Dominik Paris
2024/25 7 March 2025   DH Dominik Paris Marco Odermatt Stefan Rogentin
8 March 2025   DH Franjo von Allmen Marco Odermatt Stefan Rogentin
9 March 2025   SG Dominik Paris James Crawford Miha Hrobat

 Replacement for Aspen (1993), Wengen (2001), Val d'Isere (2007, 2008), Beaver Creek (2011), Ga-Pa (2012, 2014, 2025), Lake Louise (2022). 

Women

Season Date Event Winner Second Third
1992/93 13 March 1993   DH Kate Pace Picabo Street Carole Montillet
[a]14 March 1993   KB Bibiana Perez Morena Gallizio Miriam Vogt
1995/96 6 March 1996   DH    Heidi Zurbriggen Isolde Kostner Katja Seizinger
7 March 1996   SG   Ingeborg Helen Marken Katja Seizinger Isolde Kostner
2002/03 12 March 2003   DH Renate Götschl Ingrid Jacquemod Kirsten Clark
13 March 2003   SG Karen Putzer Martina Ertl
Alexandra Meissnitzer 		—
2022/23 3 March 2023   SG Cornelia Hütter Elena Curtoni    Lara Gut
4 March 2023   DH   Kajsa Vickhoff Lie Sofia Goggia    Corinne Suter
5 March 2023   SG Nina Ortlieb Stephanie Venier Franziska Gritsch
2023/24 2 March 2024   DH    Lara Gut Cornelia Hütter Mirjam Puchner
3 March 2024   SG Federica Brignone    Lara Gut Ester Ledecká
2024/25 28 February 2025   DH Cornelia Hütter Emma Aicher Breezy Johnson
1 March 2025   DH Emma Aicher Lauren Macuga Cornelia Hütter
2 March 2025   SG Federica Brignone    Lara Gut Sofia Goggia

Club5+

In 1986, elite Club5 was originally founded by prestigious classic downhill organizers: Kitzbühel, Wengen, Garmisch, Val d’Isère and Val Gardena/Gröden, with goal to bring alpine ski sport on the highest levels possible.[4]

Later over the years other classic long-term organizers joined the now named Club5+: Alta Badia, Cortina, Kranjska Gora, Maribor, Lake Louise, Schladming, Adelboden, Kvitfjell, St.Moritz and Åre.[5]

Notes

  1. ^ Women's world cup classic combined in 1993, dowhnill was held in Kvitfjell and slalom in Hafjell

References

  1. ^ "Na olimpijskih prizoriščih so naši smučarji že otipali teren" (in Slovenian). Delo. 12 February 1994. p. 8.
  2. ^ "Smuk prinesel skupno zmago Katji Seizinger" (in Slovenian). Delo. 12 February 1994. p. 8.
  3. ^ "Abfahrtsarchitekt Russi" (in German). skionline.ch. 8 March 2025.
  4. ^ "Srečko Medven predsednik elitnega združenje (page 9)" (in Slovenian). Naše novice. June 2010.
  5. ^ "Club5+ workshop in Adelboden". saslong.org. 23 October 2021.

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