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.

From 1948 to 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 the 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 132 and in gold medals with 41.

Hosts Year City Nation Additional designation Events Best Nation 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 2 (1) 1948 St. Moritz   FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1948 6 (1) 1952 Oslo FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1952 6 (1) 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1956 6 (2) 1960 Squaw Valley FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1960 6 (2) 1964 Innsbruck FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1964 6 (1) 1968 Grenoble FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1968 6 (2) 1972 Sapporo FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1972 6 (3) 1976 Innsbruck FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1976 6 (1) 1980 Lake Placid FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1980 6 (1) 1984 Sarajevo 6 (1) 1988 Calgary 10 (4) 1992 Albertville 10 (3) 1994 Lillehammer 10 (2) 1998 Nagano 10 (4) 2002 Salt Lake City 10 (1) 2006 Torino 10 (5) 2010 Vancouver 10 (3) 2014 Sochi 10 (6) 2018 Pyeongchang 11 (7) 2022 Beijing 11 (5) 2026 Milan Cortina 10 (6)

Events Men's Combined       • •                   • • • • • • • • • •   12 Team combined                                                 • 1 Downhill         • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 21 Slalom         • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 21 Giant slalom           • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 20 Super-G                             • • • • • • • • • • • 11 Total events       1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

Women's Combined       • •                   • • • • • • • • • •   12 Team combined                                                 • 1 Downhill         • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 21 Slalom         • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 21 Giant slalom          • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 20 Super-G                             • • • • • • • • • • • 11 Total events       1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

Mixed Team event                                             • •   2 Total events                                             1 1   1

Medal table

NOCs in italics no longer compete at the Winter Olympics. Sources (after the 2022 Winter Olympics): Accurate as of 2026 Winter Olympics.

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 2 bronze medals awarded at 1948 men's downhill event 2 silver medals and no bronze were awarded at 1964 women's giant slalom event 2 silver medals and no bronze were awarded at 1992 women's giant slalom event 2 silver medals and no bronze were awarded at 1998 men's super-G event 2 gold medals and no silver were awarded at 2014 women's downhill event 2 bronze medals awarded at 2014 men's super-G event

Participating nations Nations 26 25 28 29 22 31 33 27 33 30 42 43 50 45 49 57 60 71 74 80 Alpine skiers 103 174 183 133 174 188 144 181 174 225 271 321 250 249 278 287 309 327 322 306 306

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 22 26 Total           – – – – – – – – – – – – 1 – – – – – – – 1                               – – – – – – – – – 1 1                               – – – 4 3 2 1 – – – 10       – –   –   – –   – – 1 – –                   1                                   – – – 1 – 1 – – 2         – – –   – –   –     –   – – – 1 – – – – – 1       4   4                   1 4 6 1 – 3 3 – 1 2 29       –   – 1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 1       – –   – – – – – 2 4 2 1 – – – – – – – 1 – – 10       –                     – 2 –           – – – 2           –   –   – – – – – – 1 – – – – – – – – – 1                                 1 – – – – –       1                               – 3 – – – 2 2 – 1 – 8                                   – – – – – – 1 – 1             1 – – – – – – – – –                   1       – – – 1   – – – 1 2 – 1 1 1 1 2 4 2 – 2 1 2 21             1 3 1                                 5                   – – 3 2 – 4                     9       – – – –   – – – – – 1 1 –                   2

Age records

Federica Brignone (35 years 213 days) oldest gold medalist in Olympic alpine skiing; gold in super-G in 2026. André Myhrer (35 years 42 days) oldest male gold medalist in Olympic alpine skiing; gold in slalom in 2018. Johan Clarey (41) oldest medalist in Olympic alpine skiing; silver in downhill in 2022. Michela Figini (17) youngest gold medalist in Olympic alpine skiing; gold in downhill in 1984. Toni Sailer (20) youngest male gold medalist in Olympic alpine skiing; won slalom, giant slalom, and downhill in 1956. Traudl Hecher (16) youngest medalist in Olympic alpine skiing; bronze in downhill in 1960. Henrik Kristoffersen (19) youngest male medalist in Olympic alpine skiing; bronze in slalom in 2014.

See also Alpine skiing at the Winter Paralympics Alpine skiing at the Youth Olympic Games Alpine Skiing World Cup FIS Alpine World Ski Championships List of FIS Alpine World Ski Championships medalists World Para Alpine Skiing Championships List of Olympic venues in alpine skiing

References

External links

FIS-Ski.com – Alpine skiing results – Winter Olympics Sports Reference – Winter Olympics – Alpine skiing Ski-db.com – results – Winter Olympics Olympic medalists – men Olympic medalists – women