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File:Christoph Kornberger SG Spital am Semmering 2008.jpg
Austrian alpine skier Christoph Kornberger competing in super-G

Super giant slalom, or super-G, is a racing discipline of alpine skiing. Along with the faster downhill, it is regarded as a "speed" event, in contrast to the technical events giant slalom and slalom. It debuted as an official World Cup event during the 1983 season and was added to the official schedule of the World Championships in 1987 and the Winter Olympics in 1988.

Much like downhill, a super-G course consists of widely set gates that racers must pass through. The course is set so that skiers must turn more than in downhill, though the speeds are still much higher than in giant slalom (hence the name). Each athlete only has one run to clock the best time. In the Olympics, super-G courses are usually set on the same slopes as the downhill, but with a lower starting point.

HistoryEdit

Super-G was run as a World Cup test event during the 1982 season, with two men's races and a women's race that did not count in the season standings.<ref name=cnwonss>Template:Cite news</ref>

Approved by the International Ski Federation (FIS) that summer, it was first officially run at the World Cup level in December 1982 at Val-d'Isère, France; the winner was Peter Müller of Switzerland. The first official women's super-G was run a month later in early January 1983, with consecutive events at Verbier, Switzerland. The first winner was Irene Epple of West Germany, and Cindy Nelson of the United States won the next day on a different course.<ref name=ntssgst>Template:Cite news</ref>

These were the only two races for women in super-G during the 1983 season; the men had three. The event was not universally embraced during its early years,<ref name=spisyawn>Template:Cite news</ref> which included a boycott by two-time defending overall champion Phil Mahre in December 1982.<ref name=dswwc>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

For the first three seasons, super-G results were added into the giant slalom discipline for the season standings; it gained separate status for a crystal globe for the 1986 season with five events for both men and women; the first champions were Markus Wasmeier and Marina Kiehl, both of West Germany.

It was added to the World Championships in 1987, held at Crans-Montana, Switzerland. Swiss skiers Pirmin Zurbriggen and Maria Walliser won gold medals to become the first world champions in the event. Super-G made its Olympic debut in 1988 in Calgary, where Franck Piccard of France and Sigrid Wolf of Austria took gold at Nakiska.

Top racersEdit

MenEdit

Hermann Maier of Austria (nicknamed 'The Herminator') is widely regarded as the greatest male super-G racer, with 24 World Cup victories and five World Cup titles (1998–2001, 2004). He won the world championship in 1999 and an Olympic gold medal in 1998, three days after a crash in the downhill.

Maier's proficiency in super-G was attributed to his thorough course inspection and his aggressive course tactics; he opted for the most direct and dangerous line down the hill. A serious motorcycle accident in August 2001 nearly resulted in an amputation of his lower right leg and sidelined him for the 2002 season, including the 2002 Olympics. After his return to the World Cup circuit in January 2003, Maier won eight more World Cup super-G events and his fifth season title in 2004.

Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway is second on the list with 17 wins in World Cup super-G races, Kjetil Jansrud third with his 13 wins. Svindal won Olympic gold in 2010 and his fifth season title in 2014

Pirmin Zurbriggen won four consecutive season titles (1987–90) and was the first world champion of this discipline in 1987.

Kjetil André Aamodt of Norway, a triple gold medalist in Olympic super-G races, winning in 1992, 2002 and 2006. Aamodt won five World Cup races and two world championship medals (silver and bronze) in the discipline.

Marc Girardelli of Luxembourg, a five-time overall World Cup champion, won nine World Cup super-G events. He won season titles in every discipline except super-G, where he was a runner-up three times. Girardelli was the silver medalist in the super-G at the 1987 World Championships and the 1992 Olympics.

WomenEdit

Lindsey Vonn of the U.S. leads with 28 World Cup victories in super-G and has won five season titles (2009–2012, 2015).

Lara Gut-Behrami of Switzerland has won 24 World Cup races, six season titles (2014, 2016, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025), and a Gold medal in the event at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Katja Seizinger of Germany won five season titles in the 1990s, with 16 World Cup wins in the discipline.

Neither Vonn and Seizinger have won gold in the super-G at the Olympics (both won a bronze) while Gut-Behrami has. However all three of them have won a world title, Vonn in 2009, Gut-Behrami in 2021 and Seizinger in 1993.

Renate Götschl of Austria won 17 World Cup events in super-G, three season titles, and two medals (silver and bronze) in the world championships.

CourseEdit

The vertical drop for a Super-G course must be between Template:Convert for men, Template:Convert for women, and Template:Convert for children.

In the Olympic Winter Games, FIS World Ski Championships, and FIS World Cups, minimums are raised to Template:Convert for both men and women. Courses are normally at least Template:Convert in width, but sections with lower widths are permissible if the line and terrain before and after allow it. Higher widths can also be required if deemed necessary. Gates must be between Template:Convert and Template:Convert in width for open gates, and between Template:Convert and Template:Convert in width for vertical gates. The distance between turning poles of successive gates must be at least Template:Convert. The number of direction changes must be at least 7% of the course drop in meters (6% for Olympic Winter Games, FIS World Ski Championships and FIS World Cups).<ref name="fis">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

EquipmentEdit

In an attempt to increase safety, the 2004 season saw the FIS impose minimum ski lengths for the super-G for the first time: to Template:Convert for men and Template:Convert for women. The minimum turning radius was increased to Template:Convert for the 2014 season.

World Cup podiumsEdit

Men

The following table contains the men's Super-G (from 2007 Super combined) World Cup podiums since the first edition in 1986.

Season 1st 2nd 3rd
1986 Template:Flagicon Markus Wasmeier Template:Flagicon Pirmin Zurbriggen Template:Flagicon Marc Girardelli
1987 Template:Flagicon Pirmin Zurbriggen Template:Flagicon Marc Girardelli Template:Flagicon Markus Wasmeier
1988 Template:Flagicon Pirmin Zurbriggen Template:Flagicon Markus Wasmeier Template:Flagicon Franck Piccard
1989 Template:Flagicon Pirmin Zurbriggen Template:Flagicon Lars-Börje Eriksson Template:Flagicon Franck Piccard
1990 Template:Flagicon Pirmin Zurbriggen Template:Flagicon Günther Mader Template:Flagicon Lars-Börje Eriksson
1991 Template:Flagicon Franz Heinzer Template:Flagicon Stephan Eberharter Template:Flagicon Atle Skårdal
1992 Template:Flagicon Paul Accola Template:Flagicon Marc Girardelli Template:Flagicon Günther Mader
1993 Template:Flagicon Kjetil André Aamodt Template:Flagicon Günther Mader Template:Flagicon Franz Heinzer
1994 Template:Flagicon Jan Einar Thorsen Template:Flagicon Marc Girardelli Template:Flagicon Tommy Moe
1995 Template:Flagicon Peter Runggaldier Template:Flagicon Günther Mader Template:Flagicon Werner Perathoner
1996 Template:Flagicon Atle Skårdal Template:Flagicon Hans Knauß Template:Flagicon Lasse Kjus
1997 Template:Flagicon Luc Alphand Template:Flagicon Josef Strobl Template:Flagicon Andreas Schifferer
1998 Template:Flagicon Hermann Maier Template:Flagicon Hans Knauß Template:Flagicon Stephan Eberharter
1999 Template:Flagicon Hermann Maier Template:Flagicon Stephan Eberharter Template:Flagicon Andreas Schifferer
2000 Template:Flagicon Hermann Maier Template:Flagicon Werner Franz Template:Flagicon Fritz Strobl
2001 Template:Flagicon Hermann Maier Template:Flagicon Christoph Gruber Template:Flagicon Josef Strobl
2002 Template:Flagicon Stephan Eberharter Template:Flagicon Didier Cuche Template:Flagicon Fritz Strobl
2003 Template:Flagicon Stephan Eberharter Template:Flagicon Marco Büchel Template:Flagicon Didier Cuche
2004 Template:Flagicon Hermann Maier Template:Flagicon Daron Rahlves Template:Flagicon Stephan Eberharter
2005 Template:Flagicon Bode Miller Template:Flagicon Hermann Maier Template:Flagicon Daron Rahlves
2006 Template:Flagicon Aksel Lund Svindal Template:Flagicon Hermann Maier Template:Flagicon Daron Rahlves
2007 Template:Flagicon Bode Miller Template:Flagicon Didier Cuche Template:Flagicon John Kucera
2008 Template:Flagicon Hannes Reichelt Template:Flagicon Didier Cuche Template:Flagicon Benjamin Raich
2009 Template:Flagicon Aksel Lund Svindal Template:Flagicon Werner Heel Template:Flagicon Didier Défago
2010 Template:Flagicon Erik Guay Template:Flagicon Michael Walchhofer Template:Flagicon Aksel Lund Svindal
2011 Template:Flagicon Didier Cuche Template:Flagicon Georg Streitberger Template:Flagicon Ivica Kostelić
2012 Template:Flagicon Aksel Lund Svindal Template:Flagicon Didier Cuche Template:Flagicon Beat Feuz
2013 Template:Flagicon Aksel Lund Svindal Template:Flagicon Matteo Marsaglia Template:Flagicon Matthias Mayer
2014 Template:Flagicon Aksel Lund Svindal Template:Flagicon Kjetil Jansrud Template:Flagicon Patrick Küng
2015 Template:Flagicon Kjetil Jansrud Template:Flagicon Dominik Paris Template:Flagicon Matthias Mayer
2016 Template:Flagicon Aleksander Aamodt Kilde Template:Flagicon Kjetil Jansrud Template:Flagicon Aksel Lund Svindal
2017 Template:Flagicon Kjetil Jansrud Template:Flagicon Hannes Reichelt Template:Flagicon Aleksander Aamodt Kilde
2018 Template:Flagicon Kjetil Jansrud Template:Flagicon Vincent Kriechmayr Template:Flagicon Aksel Lund Svindal
2019 Template:Flagicon Dominik Paris Template:Flagicon Vincent Kriechmayr Template:Flagicon Mauro Caviezel
2020 Template:Flagicon Mauro Caviezel Template:Flagicon Vincent Kriechmayr Template:Flagicon Aleksander Aamodt Kilde
2021 Template:Flagicon Vincent Kriechmayr Template:Flagicon Marco Odermatt Template:Flagicon Matthias Mayer
2022 Template:Flagicon Aleksander Aamodt Kilde Template:Flagicon Marco Odermatt Template:Flagicon Vincent Kriechmayr
2023 Template:Flagicon Marco Odermatt Template:Flagicon Aleksander Aamodt Kilde Template:Flagicon Vincent Kriechmayr
2024 Template:Flagicon Marco Odermatt Template:Flagicon Vincent Kriechmayr Template:Flagicon Raphael Haaser

Women

Season 1st 2nd 3rd
1986 Template:Flagicon Marina Kiehl Template:Flagicon Liisa Savijarvi Template:Flagicon Michaela Marzola
1987 Template:Flagicon Maria Walliser Template:Flagicon Catherine Quittet Template:Flagicon Marina Kiehl
1988 Template:Flagicon Michela Figini Template:Flagicon Sylvia Eder Template:Flagicon Regine Mösenlechner
Template:Flagicon Blanca Fernández Ochoa
1989 Template:Flagicon Carole Merle Template:Flagicon Sigrid Wolf Template:Flagicon Anita Wachter
1990 Template:Flagicon Carole Merle Template:Flagicon Michaela Gerg-Leitner Template:Flagicon Sigrid Wolf
1991 Template:Flagicon Carole Merle Template:Flagicon Petra Kronberger Template:Flagicon Michaela Gerg-Leitner
1992 Template:Flagicon Carole Merle Template:Flagicon Merete Fjeldavlie Template:Flagicon Katja Seizinger
1993 Template:Flagicon Katja Seizinger Template:Flagicon Ulrike Maier Template:Flagicon Carole Merle
1994 Template:Flagicon Katja Seizinger Template:Flagicon Bibiana Perez Template:Flagicon Hilde Gerg
1995 Template:Flagicon Katja Seizinger Template:Flagicon Heidi Zeller-Bähler Template:Flagicon Heidi Zurbriggen
1996 Template:Flagicon Katja Seizinger Template:Flagicon Alexandra Meissnitzer Template:Flagicon Martina Ertl
1997 Template:Flagicon Hilde Gerg Template:Flagicon Katja Seizinger Template:Flagicon Pernilla Wiberg
1998 Template:Flagicon Katja Seizinger Template:Flagicon Renate Götschl Template:Flagicon Isolde Kostner
1999 Template:Flagicon Alexandra Meissnitzer Template:Flagicon Michaela Dorfmeister Template:Flagicon Martina Ertl
2000 Template:Flagicon Renate Götschl Template:Flagicon Mélanie Turgeon Template:Flagicon Mojca Suhadolc
2001 Template:Flagicon Régine Cavagnoud Template:Flagicon Renate Götschl Template:Flagicon Carole Montillet
2002 Template:Flagicon Hilde Gerg Template:Flagicon Alexandra Meissnitzer Template:Flagicon Michaela Dorfmeister
2003 Template:Flagicon Carole Montillet Template:Flagicon Renate Götschl Template:Flagicon Karen Putzer
2004 Template:Flagicon Renate Götschl Template:Flagicon Carole Montillet Template:Flagicon Michaela Dorfmeister
2005 Template:Flagicon Michaela Dorfmeister Template:Flagicon Renate Götschl Template:Flagicon Lindsey Kildow
2006 Template:Flagicon Michaela Dorfmeister Template:Flagicon Alexandra Meissnitzer Template:Flagicon Nadia Styger
2007 Template:Flagicon Renate Götschl Template:Flagicon Nicole Hosp Template:Flagicon Lindsey Kildow
2008 Template:Flagicon Maria Riesch Template:Flagicon Elisabeth Görgl Template:Flagicon Fabienne Suter
2009 Template:Flagicon Lindsey Vonn Template:Flagicon Nadia Fanchini Template:Flagicon Fabienne Suter
2010 Template:Flagicon Lindsey Vonn Template:Flagicon Elisabeth Görgl Template:Flagicon Nadia Styger
2011 Template:Flagicon Lindsey Vonn Template:Flagicon Maria Riesch Template:Flagicon Julia Mancuso
2012 Template:Flagicon Lindsey Vonn Template:Flagicon Julia Mancuso Template:Flagicon Anna Fenninger
2013 Template:Flagicon Tina Maze Template:Flagicon Julia Mancuso Template:Flagicon Anna Fenninger
2014 Template:Flagicon Lara Gut Template:Flagicon Anna Fenninger Template:Flagicon Tina Weirather
2015 Template:Flagicon Lindsey Vonn Template:Flagicon Anna Fenninger Template:Flagicon Tina Maze
2016 Template:Flagicon Lara Gut Template:Flagicon Tina Weirather Template:Flagicon Lindsey Vonn
2017 Template:Flagicon Tina Weirather Template:Flagicon Ilka Štuhec Template:Flagicon Lara Gut
2018 Template:Flagicon Tina Weirather Template:Flagicon Lara Gut Template:Flagicon Anna Veith
2019 Template:Flagicon Mikaela Shiffrin Template:Flagicon Nicole Schmidhofer Template:Flagicon Tina Weirather
2020 Template:Flagicon Corinne Suter Template:Flagicon Federica Brignone Template:Flagicon Nicole Schmidhofer
2021 Template:Flagicon Lara Gut-Behrami Template:Flagicon Federica Brignone Template:Flagicon Corinne Suter
2022 Template:Flagicon Federica Brignone Template:Flagicon Elena Curtoni Template:Flagicon Mikaela Shiffrin
2023 Template:Flagicon Lara Gut-Behrami Template:Flagicon Federica Brignone Template:Flagicon Ragnhild Mowinckel
2024 Template:Flagicon Lara Gut-Behrami Template:Flagicon Federica Brignone Template:Flagicon Cornelia Huetter

Super G at the major competitionsEdit

Men

Competition Course setter 1st 2nd 3rd
1987 WCH
1988 WOG Template:Flagicon Franck Piccard Template:Flagicon Helmut Mayer Template:Flagicon Lars-Borje Eriksson
1989 WCH
1991 WCH
1992 WOG Template:Flagicon Kjetil André Aamodt Template:Flagicon Marc Girardelli Template:Flagicon Jan Einar Thorsen
1993 WCH
1994 WOG Template:Flagicon Markus Wasmeier Template:Flagicon Tommy Moe Template:Flagicon Kjetil André Aamodt
1996 WCH
1997 WCH Template:Flagicon Atle Skårdal Template:Flagicon Lasse Kjus Template:Flagicon Günther Mader
1998 WOG Template:Flagicon Hermann Maier Template:Flagicon Didier Cuche Template:Flagicon Hans Knauß
1999 WCH Template:Flagicon Lasse Kjus
Template:Flagicon Hermann Maier 		Template:Flagicon None awarded Template:Flagicon Hans Knauß
2001 WCH Template:Flagicon Daron Rahlves Template:Flagicon Stephan Eberharter Template:Flagicon Hermann Maier
2002 WOG Template:Flagicon F. Zueger Template:Flagicon Kjetil André Aamodt Template:Flagicon Stephan Eberharter Template:Flagicon Andreas Schifferer
2003 WCH Template:Flagicon M. Arnesen Template:Flagicon Stephan Eberharter Template:Flagicon Bode Miller Template:Flagicon Hermann Maier
2005 WCH Template:Flagicon M. Arnesen Template:Flagicon Bode Miller Template:Flagicon Michael Walchhofer Template:Flagicon Benjamin Raich
2006 WOG Template:Flagicon A. Evers Template:Flagicon Kjetil André Aamodt Template:Flagicon Hermann Maier Template:Flagicon Ambrosi Hoffmann
2007 WCH Template:Flagicon H. Flatscher Template:Flagicon Patrick Staudacher Template:Flagicon Fritz Strobl Template:Flagicon Bruno Kernen
2009 WCH Template:Flagicon G. L. Rulfi Template:Flagicon Didier Cuche Template:Flagicon Peter Fill Template:Flagicon Aksel Lund Svindal
2010 WOG Template:Flagicon G. L. Rulfi Template:Flagicon Aksel Lund Svindal Template:Flagicon Bode Miller Template:Flagicon Andrew Weibrecht
2011 WCH Template:Flagicon H. Flatscher Template:Flagicon Christof Innerhofer Template:Flagicon Hannes Reichelt Template:Flagicon Ivica Kostelić
2013 WCH Template:Flagicon T. Moger Template:Flagicon Ted Ligety Template:Flagicon Gauthier de Tessières Template:Flagicon Aksel Lund Svindal
2014 WOG Template:Flagicon P. Morisod Template:Flagicon Kjetil Jansrud Template:Flagicon Andrew Weibrecht Template:Flagicon Bode Miller
2015 WCH Template:Flagicon F. Winkler Template:Flagicon Hannes Reichelt Template:Flagicon Dustin Cook Template:Flagicon Adrien Théaux
2017 WCH Template:Flagicon A. Ghidoni Template:Flagicon Erik Guay Template:Flagicon Kjetil Jansrud Template:Flagicon Manuel Osborne-Paradis
2018 WOG Template:Flagicon A. Ghidoni Template:Flagicon Matthias Mayer Template:Flagicon Beat Feuz Template:Flagicon Kjetil Jansrud
2019 WCH Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Dominik Paris Template:Flagicon Johan Clarey
Template:Flagicon Vincent Kriechmayr 		Template:Flagicon None awarded
2021 WCH Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Vincent Kriechmayr Template:Flagicon Romed Baumann Template:Flagicon Alexis Pinturault
2022 WOG Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Matthias Mayer Template:Flagicon Ryan Cochran-Siegle Template:Flagicon Aleksander Aamodt Kilde

Women

Competition Course setter 1st 2nd 3rd
1987 WCH
1988 WOG Template:Flagicon Sigrid Wolf Template:Flagicon Michela Figini Template:Flagicon Karen Percy
1989 WCH
1991 WCH
1992 WOG Template:Flagicon Deborah Compagnoni Template:Flagicon Carole Merle Template:Flagicon Katja Seizinger
1993 WCH
1994 WOG Template:Flagicon Diann Roffe Steinrotter Template:Flagicon Svetlana Gladysheva Template:Flagicon Isolde Kostner
1996 WCH
1997 WCH Template:Flagicon Isolde Kostner Template:Flagicon Katja Seizinger Template:Flagicon Hilde Gerg
1998 WOG Template:Flagicon Picabo Street Template:Flagicon Michaela Dorfmeister Template:Flagicon Alexandra Meissnitzer
1999 WCH Template:Flagicon Alexandra Meissnitzer Template:Flagicon Renate Götschl Template:Flagicon Michaela Dorfmeister
2001 WCH Template:Flagicon Régine Cavagnoud Template:Flagicon Isolde Kostner Template:Flagicon Hilde Gerg
2002 WOG Template:Flagicon P. Endrass Template:Flagicon Daniela Ceccarelli Template:Flagicon Janica Kostelić Template:Flagicon Karen Putzer
2003 WCH Template:Flagicon B. Zobel Template:Flagicon Michaela Dorfmeister Template:Flagicon Kristen Clark Template:Flagicon Jonna Mendes
2005 WCH Template:Flagicon X. Fournier Template:Flagicon Anja Pärson Template:Flagicon Lucia Recchia Template:Flagicon Julia Mancuso
2006 WOG Template:Flagicon J. Graller Template:Flagicon Michaela Dorfmeister Template:Flagicon Janica Kostelić Template:Flagicon Alexandra Meissnitzer
2007 WCH Template:Flagicon J. Graller Template:Flagicon Anja Pärson Template:Flagicon Lindsey Vonn Template:Flagicon Renate Götschl
2009 WCH Template:Flagicon U. Emilsson Template:Flagicon Lindsey Vonn Template:Flagicon Marie Marchand-Arvier Template:Flagicon Andrea Fischbacher
2010 WOG Template:Flagicon J. Kriechbaum Template:Flagicon Andrea Fischbacher Template:Flagicon Tina Maze Template:Flagicon Lindsey Vonn
2011 WCH Template:Flagicon J. Kriechbaum Template:Flagicon Elisabeth Görgl Template:Flagicon Julia Mancuso Template:Flagicon Maria Riesch
2013 WCH Template:Flagicon D. Petrini Template:Flagicon Tina Maze  Template:Flagicon  Lara Gut Template:Flagicon Julia Mancuso
2014 WOG Template:Flagicon F. Winkler Template:Flagicon Anna Fenninger Template:Flagicon Maria Hoefl-Riesch Template:Flagicon Nicole Hosp
2015 WCH Template:Flagicon R. Assinger Template:Flagicon Anna Fenninger Template:Flagicon Tina Maze Template:Flagicon Lindsey Vonn
2017 WCH Template:Flagicon A. Ghezze Template:Flagicon Nicole Schmidhofer Template:Flagicon Tina Weirather  Template:Flagicon  Lara Gut
2018 WOG Template:Flagicon M. Tatschl Template:Flagicon Ester Ledecká Template:Flagicon Anna Veith Template:Flagicon Tina Weirather
2019 WCH Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Mikaela Shiffrin Template:Flagicon Sofia Goggia  Template:Flagicon  Corinne Suter
2021 WCH Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Lara Gut Template:Flagicon Corinne Suter Template:Flagicon Mikaela Shiffrin
2022 WOG Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Lara Gut Template:Flagicon Mirjam Puchner Template:Flagicon Michelle Gisin

WOG - Winter Olympic Games, WCH - FIS World Ski Championships

See alsoEdit

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ReferencesEdit

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External linksEdit

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