Alpine skiing at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Alpine Skiing at the II Winter Youth Olympic Games

Venue	Hafjell, Norway
Dates	January 14 – 20
Competitors	115 Quota limit

Alpine skiing at the 2016 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 2016 Winter Youth Olympics was held at Hafjell in Øyer, Oppland, Norway from 14 January to 20 January. The difference in the Youth Olympic program for alpine skiing compared to the Winter Olympics is that there was no downhill event for both genders, and an inclusion of a team event.^[1]

Medal summary

Medal table

Host nation

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Switzerland (SUI)	3	1	2	6
2	United States (USA)	3	0	0	3
3	Austria (AUT)	2	2	1	5
4	Germany (GER)	1	1	2	4
5	Italy (ITA)	0	1	1	2
6	Canada (CAN)	0	1	0	1
6	Japan (JPN)	0	1	0	1
6	Russia (RUS)	0	1	0	1
6	Sweden (SWE)	0	1	0	1
10	Finland (FIN)	0	0	1	1
10	Norway (NOR)	0	0	1	1
10	Slovenia (SLO)	0	0	1	1
Total		9	9	9	27

Events

Boys' events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Boys' Super-G	River Radamus United States (USA)	1:10.62	Pietro Canzio Italy (ITA)	1:10.65	Manuel Traninger Austria (AUT)	1:11.03
Boys' giant slalom	River Radamus United States (USA)	2:35.05	Yohei Koyama Japan (JPN)	2:36.12	Anton Grammel Germany (GER)	2:36.54
Boys' slalom	Manuel Traninger Austria (AUT)	1:38.74	Filip Vennerstroem Sweden (SWE)	1:38.77	Odin Vassbotn Breivik Norway (NOR)	1:40.07
Boys' combined	River Radamus United States (USA)	1:52.87	Manuel Traninger Austria (AUT)	1:52.94	Pietro Canzio Italy (ITA)	1:53.65

Girls' events

Girls slalom medalists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Girls' Super-G	Nadine Fest Austria (AUT)	1:11.93	Julia Scheib Austria (AUT)	1:12.56	Aline Danioth Switzerland (SUI)	1:12.69
Girls' giant slalom	Mélanie Meillard Switzerland (SUI)	2:33.28	Katrin Hirtl-Stanggassinger Germany (GER)	2:33.34	Aline Danioth Switzerland (SUI)	2:33.95
Girls' slalom	Aline Danioth Switzerland (SUI)	1:43.21	Ali Nullmeyer Canada (CAN)	1:44.80	Meta Hrovat Slovenia (SLO)	1:45.86
Girls' combined	Aline Danioth Switzerland (SUI)	1:55.74	Mélanie Meillard Switzerland (SUI)	1:56.12	Katrin Hirtl-Stanggassinger Germany (GER)	1:57.25

Mixed events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Parallel mixed team	Germany (GER)	Russia (RUS)	Finland (FIN)

Qualification system

Each nation could send a maximum of 4 athletes (2 boys and 2 girls). A total of 115 athletes (60 boys and 55 girls) could compete, plus any reallocated spots from other disciplines under the FIS. The top 7 teams at the 2015 Junior Alpine World Ski Championships plus the hosts Norway were allowed to send the maximum of 4 athletes. 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.^[2] The current allocation of quotas is listed below.^[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	2
Bosnia and Herzegovina		1	1
Brazil	1		1
Bulgaria	1	1	2
Canada	2	2	4
Chile	1	1	2
Colombia	1		1
Croatia	1	1	2
Cyprus		1	1
Czech Republic	1	1	2
Denmark	1	1	2
Estonia		1	1
Finland	1	1	2
France	2	2	4
Georgia	1		1
Germany	2	2	4
Great Britain	1	1	2
Greece		1	1
Hungary	1	1	2
Iceland	1	1	2
India	1		1
Iran	1	1	2
Ireland	1		1
Israel	1		1
Italy	2	2	4
Japan	1	1	2
Kazakhstan		1	1
Kenya		1	1
Latvia	1	1	2
Lebanon	1	1	2
Liechtenstein	1		1
Lithuania	1	1	2
Luxembourg	1		1
Macedonia	1		1
Mexico		1	1
Monaco	1		1
Montenegro	1	1	2
Nepal	1		1
Netherlands	1	1	2
Norway	2	2	4
New Zealand	1	1	2
Poland	1	1	2
Portugal	1		1
Romania	1	1	2
Russia	1	1	2
San Marino	1		1
Serbia	1	1	2
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
Timor-Leste	1		1
Turkey	1	1	2
Ukraine	1	1	2
United States	1	1	2
Total athletes	63	57	120
Total NOCs	55	49	64

References

Events at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer

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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