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Olympiabakken

Coordinates: 61°27′43″N 10°7′54″E / 61.46194°N 10.13167°E / 61.46194; 10.13167
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Olympiabakken
Place: Norway Kvitfjell
Architect: Bernhard Russi
Member: Club5+
Opened: 1993; 32 years ago (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

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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

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

Olympics

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Men's events

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

Women's events

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

World Cup

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Men

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

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

Club5+

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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

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

References

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  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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61°27′43″N 10°7′54″E / 61.46194°N 10.13167°E / 61.46194; 10.13167

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