Alpine skiing at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Alpine Skiing at the I Winter Youth Olympic Games

Venue	Olympia Run Patscherkofel Igls, Innsbruck
Dates	January 14 – 22
Competitors	122 from 64 nations

Alpine skiing at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics
Combined	boys'		girls'
Giant slalom	boys'		girls'
Slalom	boys'		girls'
Super-G	boys'		girls'
Parallel mixed team		mixed

Alpine Skiing at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics was held at the Olympia Run Patscherkofel in Igls, Innsbruck, Austria from 14 January to 22 January. The difference in the Youth Olympic program for alpine skiing compared to the Winter Olympics was that there were no downhill for both genders, and an inclusion of a team event.^[1]

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France	2	2	1	5
2	Austria	2	0	2	4
3	Sweden	1	1	0	2
4	Switzerland	1	0	3	4
5	Netherlands	1	0	1	2
6	Morocco	1	0	0	1
6	Slovakia	1	0	0	1
8	Norway	0	2	0	2
9	Italy	0	1	0	1
9	Canada	0	1	0	1
9	Belgium	0	1	0	1
9	Slovenia	0	1	0	1
13	Andorra	0	0	1	1
13	Russia	0	0	1	1
Total		9	9	9	27

Events

Boys' events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Boys' Super-G	Adam Lamhamedi Morocco (MAR)	1:04.45	Fredrik Bauer Sweden (SWE)	1:04.57	Joan Verdu Sanchez Andorra (AND)	1:04.65
Boys' giant slalom	Martijn Jeurissen Netherlands (NED)	1:51.70	Hannes Zingerle Italy (ITA)	1:52.10	Sandro Simonet Switzerland (SUI)	1:52.33
Boys' slalom	Sandro Simonet Switzerland (SUI)	1:18.36	Dries van der Broecke Belgium (BEL)	1:20.26	Mathias Elmar Graf Austria (AUT)	1:20.35
Boys' combined	Marco Schwarz Austria (AUT)	1:40.45	Miha Hrobat Slovenia (SLO)	1:41.12	Sandro Simonet Switzerland (SUI)	1.41:45

Girls' events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Girls' Super-G	Estelle Alphand France (FRA)	1:05.78	Nora Grieg Christensen Norway (NOR)	1:05.79	Christina Ager Austria (AUT)	1:06.06
Girls' giant slalom	Clara Direz France (FRA)	1:56.13	Estelle Alphand France (FRA)	1:56.34	Jasmina Suter Switzerland (SUI)	1:56.45
Girls' slalom	Petra Vlhová Slovakia (SVK)	1:19.76	Roni Remme Canada (CAN)	1:21.25	Ekaterina Tkachenko Russia (RUS)	1:21.62
Girls' combined	Magdalena Fjällström Sweden (SWE)	1:40.82	Estelle Alphand France (FRA)	1:41.41	Adriana Jelinkova Netherlands (NED)	1:42.21

Mixed events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Parallel mixed team	Austria (AUT)	Norway (NOR)	France (FRA)

Qualification system

Each nation could send a maximum of 4 athletes (2 boys and 2 girls). The top 7 teams at the 2011 Junior Alpine World Ski Championships in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, plus the hosts Austria were allowed to send the maximum of 4 athletes. The remaining spots were awarded to nations who score points in the Marc Holder Trophy at the said championships. Any remaining quota spots were distributed to nations not already qualified, with a maximum of one boy or girl from one nation. The quota limit was 115, but with reallocation each gender gets one more spot.^[2] The updated quota spots were released on December 12, 2011 and are subject to change.^[3]

Qualification summary

NOC	Boys	Girls	Total
Andorra	1	1	2
Argentina	1	1	2
Australia	1	1	2
Austria	2	2	4
Belarus		1	1
Belgium	1		1
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	1	2
Brazil	1	1	2
Bulgaria	1	1	2
Canada	2	2	4
Cayman Islands	1		1
Chile	1	1	2
Croatia	1	1	2
Cyprus	1		1
Czech Republic	1	1	2
Denmark	1	1	2
Eritrea	1		1
Estonia	1	1	2
Finland	1	1	2
France	2	2	4
Georgia	1	1	2
Germany	2	2	4
Great Britain	1	1	2
Greece	1	1	2
Hungary	1	1	2
Iceland	1	1	2
India		1	1
Iran	1	1	2
Ireland		1	1
Italy	2	2	4
Japan	1	1	2
Kazakhstan	1	1	2
Latvia	1	1	2
Lebanon	1	1	2
Liechtenstein	1		1
Lithuania	1	1	2
Luxembourg		1	1
Macedonia	1		1
Morocco	1		1
Monaco	1		1
Montenegro		1	1
Nepal	1		1
Netherlands	1	1	2
New Zealand	1	1	2
Norway	2	2	4
Peru		1	1
Philippines	1		1
Poland	1	1	2
Romania	1		1
Russia	1	1	2
San Marino	1		1
Serbia	1		1
Slovakia	1	1	2
Slovenia	2	2	4
South Africa	1		1
South Korea	1	1	2
Spain	1	1	2
Sweden	1	1	2
Switzerland	2	2	4
Chinese Taipei	1		1
Turkey	1	1	2
Ukraine	1	1	2
United States	1	1	2
Uzbekistan	1		1
Total athletes	66	56	122
Total NOCs	58	48	64

References

Events at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck

Alpine skiing Biathlon Bobsleigh Cross‑country skiing Curling Figure skating Freestyle skiing Ice hockey Luge Nordic combined Short track speed skating Skeleton Ski jumping Snowboarding Speed skating

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