Alpine Skiing 2018/Men's slalom

Men's slalom
General information
Sport	Alpine Skiing 2018
Date	22 February 2018
Competitors	108 athletes
Venue	Yongpyong Alpine Centre
Previous medalists
Gold	Mario Matt
Silver	Marcel Hirscher
Bronze	Henrik Kristoffersen
Conditions
Temperature	Day 1: -11°C / 12.2°F Day 2: -6°C / 21.2°F
Length	575 metres
Height	211 metres
Forerunners
Forerunner	Park Je-yun South Korea
Forerunner	Hong Dong-kwan South Korea
Forerunner	Lee Han-hee South Korea
Forerunner	Kim Dong-cheul South Korea
Forerunner	Lee Jae-jun South Korea
Forerunner	Ok Youn-sang South Korea
Medalists
	Andre Myhrer
	Ramon Zenhaeusern
	Michael Matt

The men's slalom of Alpine Skiing 2018 during the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 22 February 2018 in the Yongpyong Alpine Centre. With 108 athletes competing, the event was won by Andre Myhrer from Sweden, with Ramon Zenhaeusern from Switzerland taking the silver medal and Michael Matt from Austria taking bronze.

Format

The competition exists out of two races. The competitor with the fastest combined time without missing one of the gates is the winner.

Preview

One-hundred-and-eight athletes qualified for the event, with Marcel Hirscher as one of the favorites, after winning the Giant Slalom and the alpine combined, with Henrik Kristoffersen as one of his main rivals. Behind Kristoffersen, there were several medal contenders, including Italians Mandred Moelgg and Stefano Gross, Michael Matt, whose brother Mario was the reigning Olympic champion, and Andre Myhrer.

Summary

Run 1

The biggest surprise of the first run was top favorite Marcel Hirscher making a mistake, having to retire from the race. The biggest medal contender left was Henrik Kristoffersen, who managed to establish his position as the new favorite with the fastest time of the first run. Andre Myhrer was the only one who was able to stay within 0.5 seconds from Kristoffersen, with Victor Muffat-Jeandet racing to the third time of the run, after winning bronze at the alpine combined. Manfred Moelgg and Sebastian Foss-Solevaag completed the top 5. Alexis Pinturault, who won the bronze medal at the giant slalom raced to the sixth fastest time.

Run 1 Results
Rank	Nat.	Name	Time
1		Henrik Kristoffersen	47.72
2		Andre Myhrer	47.93
3		Victor Muffat-Jeandet	48.34
4		Manfred Moelgg	48.40
5		Sebastian Foss-Solevaag	48.53
6		Alexis Pinturault	48.54
7		Clement Noel	48.58
8		Marco Schwarz	48.62
9		Ramon Zenhaeusern	48.66
10		Kristoffer Jakobsen	48.74
11		Daniel Yule	48.88
12		Michael Matt	49.00
13		Dave Ryding	49.09
14		Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen	49.27
14		Stefano Gross	49.27
16		Manuel Feller	49.35
17		David Chodounsky	49.43
18		Istok Rodes	49.60
19		Loic Meillard	49.63
20		Mattias Hargin	49.71
21		Alexander Khoroshilov	49.72
22		Fritz Dopfer	49.79
23		Erik Read	49.81
24		Adam Zampa	49.91
25		Trevor Philp	49.95
26		Phil Brown	50.22
27		Laurie Taylor	51.08
28		Marco Pfiffner	51.09
29		Elias Kolega	51.18
30		Michal Jasiczek	51.64
31		Jung Dong-hyun	51.79
32		Matej Falat	51.86
33		Joaquim Salarich	52.07
34		Nolan Kasper	52.44
35		Iason Abramashvili	52.69
36		Naoki Yuasa	52.89
37		Sam Maes	52.90
38		Marton Kekesi	53.49
39		Andreas Zampa	54.15
40		Simon Breitfuss Kammerlander	54.66
41		Yuri Danilochkin	55.42
42		Mohammad Kiyadarbandsari	55.66
43		Mark Engel	56.18
44		Michael Poettoz	57.46
45		Erjon Tola	58.00
46		Arthur Hanse	58.26
47		Andrej Drukarov	59.40
48		Albin Tahiri	1:00.80
49		Evgeniy Timofeev	1:01.56
50		Ashot Karapetyan	1:02.47
51		Choe Myong Gwang	1:09.42
52		Kang Song Il	1:11.43
-		Marcel Hirscher	DNF
-		Luca Aerni	DNF
-		Jonathan Nordbotten	DNF
-		Jean-Baptiste Grange	DNF
-		Linus Strasser	DNF
-		Stefan Hadalin	DNF
-		Matej Vidovic	DNF
-		Riccardo Tonetti	DNF
-		Juan del Campo	DNF
-		Kamen Zlatkov	DNF
-		Zan Kranjec	DNF
-		Dalibor Samsal	DNF
-		Alex Vinatzer	DNF
-		Albert Popov	DNF
-		Filip Zubcic	DNF
-		Ondrej Berndt	DNF
-		Kristaps Zvejnieks	DNF
-		Adam Barwood	DNF
-		Kai Alaerts	DNF
-		Emir Lokmic	DNF
-		Willis Feasey	DNF
-		Filip Forejtek	DNF
-		Ioannis Antoniou	DNF
-		Jan Zabystran	DNF
-		Ivan Kuznetsov	DNF
-		Itamar Biran	DNF
-		Dominic Demschar	DNF
-		Marko Vukicevic	DNF
-		Patrick Brachner	DNF
-		Eldar Salihovic	DNF
-		Alexandru Barbu	DNF
-		Antonio Ristevski	DNF
-		Marko Stevovic	DNF
-		Tormis Laine	DNF
-		Adam Lamhamedi	DNF
-		Kim Dong Woo	DNF
-		Kai Horwitz	DNF
-		Igot Zakurdaev	DNF
-		Michel Macedo	DNF
-		Adam Kotzmann	DNF
-		Casper Dyrbye Naested	DNF
-		Matthieu Osch	DNF
-		Serdar Deniz	DNF
-		Rodolfo Roberto Dickson Sommers	DNF
-		Ivan Kovbasnyuk	DNF
-		Dinos Lefkaritis	DNF
-		Connor Wilson	DNF
-		Komiljon Tukhtaev	DNF
-		Alessandro Mariotti	DNF
-		Shannon Abeda	DNF
-		Jeffrey Webb	DNF
-		Yohan Goncalves Goutt	DNF
-		Allen Behlok	DNF
-		Muhammad Karim	DNF
-		Sturla Snaer Snorrason	DNS
-		Nicola Zanon	DNS

Run 2

Despite having the fastest time of the first run, Henrik Kristoffersen wasn't able to retain his advantage, making a mistake in the second run, and having to retire from the race, just like Marcel Hirscher had done in the first run. This left the competition open, Andre Myhrer having a clear advantage of almost 0.5 seconds over Victor Muffat-Jeandet.

Michael Matt, who had a relatively slower first run, compensated for his lost time, racing to the fastest run of the second run, only 0.1 seconds in front of Ramon Zenhaeusern, managing to clinch the bronze medal, while the latter won silver. Frenchman Loic Maillard also stayed within 0.05 seconds, climbing from 19th place to 14th place in the final rankings. Croatian Elias Kolega surprised with the fourth-fastest time of the second run, with Alexander Khoroshilov getting the fifth time. Andre Myhrer managed to stay ahead of the competition, winning the gold medal, with Zenhaeusern and Matt winning silver and bronze. Frenchmen Clement Noel, Alexis Pinturault and Victor Muffat-Jeandet completed the top 6, with Kristoffer Jakobsen the only other athlete within a second of Myhrer.

Run 2 Results
Rank	Nat.	Name	Time
1		Michael Matt	50.66
2		Ramon Zenhaeusern	50.67
3		Loic Meillard	50.69
4		Elias Kolega	50.94
5		Alexander Khoroshilov	51.01
6		Manuel Feller	51.03
7		Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen	51.04
8		Andre Myhrer	51.06
9		Dave Ryding	51.07
10		Clement Noel	51.12
11		Alexis Pinturault	51.18
12		Kristoffer Jakobsen	51.20
13		Daniel Yule	51.24
14		Victor Muffat-Jeandet	51.41
14		David Chodounsky	51.41
16		Stefano Gross	51.44
17		Fritz Dopfer	51.48
18		Mattias Hargin	51.51
19		Marco Schwarz	51.57
20		Sebastian Foss-Solevaag	51.65
21		Phil Brown	51.72
22		Istok Rodes	51.81
23		Manfred Moelgg	51.84
24		Marco Pfiffner	52.22
25		Laurie Taylor	52.33
26		Adam Zampa	52.36
27		Mark Engel	53.13
28		Jung Dong-hyun	53.28
29		Iason Abramashvili	55.00
30		Marton Kekesi	55.56
31		Simon Breitfuss Kammerlander	55.76
32		Yuri Danilochkin	56.73
33		Mohammad Kiyadarbandsari	57.03
34		Erik Read	58.74
35		Erjon Tola	59.06
36		Andreas Zampa	59.43
37		Michael Poettoz	1:00.00
38		Arthur Hanse	1:00.35
39		Albin Tahiri	1:02.13
40		Evgeniy Timofeev	1:02.37
41		Ashot Karapetyan	1:05.61
42		Andrej Drukarov	1:07.77
43		Choe Myong Gwang	1:13.39
-		Henrik Kristoffersen	DNF
-		Trevor Philp	DNF
-		Michal Jasiczek	DNF
-		Matej Falat	DNF
-		Joaquim Salarich	DNF
-		Nolan Kasper	DNF
-		Naoki Yuasa	DNF
-		Sam Maes	DNF
-		Kang Song Il	DNF
-		Marcel Hirscher	DNS
-		Luca Aerni	DNS
-		Jonathan Nordbotten	DNS
-		Jean-Baptiste Grange	DNS
-		Linus Strasser	DNS
-		Stefan Hadalin	DNS
-		Matej Vidovic	DNS
-		Riccardo Tonetti	DNS
-		Juan del Campo	DNS
-		Kamen Zlatkov	DNS
-		Zan Kranjec	DNS
-		Dalibor Samsal	DNS
-		Alex Vinatzer	DNS
-		Albert Popov	DNS
-		Filip Zubcic	DNS
-		Ondrej Berndt	DNS
-		Kristaps Zvejnieks	DNS
-		Adam Barwood	DNS
-		Kai Alaerts	DNS
-		Emir Lokmic	DNS
-		Willis Feasey	DNS
-		Filip Forejtek	DNS
-		Ioannis Antoniou	DNS
-		Jan Zabystran	DNS
-		Ivan Kuznetsov	DNS
-		Itamar Biran	DNS
-		Dominic Demschar	DNS
-		Marko Vukicevic	DNS
-		Patrick Brachner	DNS
-		Eldar Salihovic	DNS
-		Alexandru Barbu	DNS
-		Antonio Ristevski	DNS
-		Marko Stevovic	DNS
-		Tormis Laine	DNS
-		Adam Lamhamedi	DNS
-		Kim Dong Woo	DNS
-		Kai Horwitz	DNS
-		Igot Zakurdaev	DNS
-		Michel Macedo	DNS
-		Adam Kotzmann	DNS
-		Casper Dyrbye Naested	DNS
-		Matthieu Osch	DNS
-		Serdar Deniz	DNS
-		Rodolfo Roberto Dickson Sommers	DNS
-		Ivan Kovbasnyuk	DNS
-		Dinos Lefkaritis	DNS
-		Connor Wilson	DNS
-		Komiljon Tukhtaev	DNS
-		Alessandro Mariotti	DNS
-		Shannon Abeda	DNS
-		Jeffrey Webb	DNS
-		Yohan Goncalves Goutt	DNS
-		Allen Behlok	DNS
-		Muhammad Karim	DNS
-		Sturla Snaer Snorrason	DNS
-		Nicola Zanon	DNS

Results

The last individual event in men's alpine skiing was won by Andre Myhrer, who won his second Olympic medal, after winning the bronze medal at this event eight years prior. The other medalists Ramon Zenhaeusern and Michael Matt won their first medals at the Olympic Games, in the case of the latter one at his Olympic debut. The French skiers Clement Noel, Alexis Pinturault, and Victor Muffat-Jeandet missed out on Olympic medals on less than a tenth of a second.

Result	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Andre Myhrer	Sweden	1:38.99
	Ramon Zenhaeusern	Switzerland	1:39.33
	Michael Matt	Austria	1:39.66
4	Clement Noel	France	1:39.70
5	Alexis Pinturault	France	1:39.72
6	Victor Muffat-Jeandet	France	1:39.75
7	Kristoffer Jakobsen	Sweden	1:39.94
8	Daniel Yule	Switzerland	1:40.12
9	Dave Ryding	Great Britain	1:40.16
10	Sebastian Foss-Solevaag	Norway	1:40.18
11	Marco Schwarz	Austria	1:40.19
12	Manfred Moelgg	Italy	1:40.24
13	Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen	Norway	1:40.31
14	Loic Meillard	Switzerland	1:40.32
15	Manuel Feller	Austria	1:40.38
16	Stefano Gross	Italy	1:40.71
17	Alexander Khoroshilov	Olympic Athletes from Russia	1:40.73
18	David Chodounsky	United States	1:40.84
19	Mattias Hargin	Sweden	1:41.22
20	Fritz Dopfer	Germany	1:41.27
21	Istok Rodes	Croatia	1:41.41
22	Phil Brown	Canada	1:41.94
23	Elias Kolega	Croatia	1:42.12
24	Adam Zampa	Slovakia	1:42.27
25	Marco Pfiffner	Liechtenstein	1:43.31
26	Laurie Taylor	Great Britain	1:43.41
27	Jung Dong-hyun	South Korea	1:45.07
28	Iason Abramashvili	Georgia	1:47.69
29	Erik Read	Canada	1:48.55
30	Marton Kekesi	Hungary	1:49.05
31	Mark Engel	United States	1:49.31
32	Simon Breitfuss Kammerlander	Bolivia	1:50.42
33	Yuri Danilochkin	Belarus	1:52.15
34	Mohammad Kiyadarbandsari	Iran	1:52.69
35	Andreas Zampa	Slovakia	1:53.58
36	Erjon Tola	Albania	1:57.06
37	Michael Poettoz	Colombia	1:57.46
38	Arthur Hanse	Portugal	1:58.61
39	Albin Tahiri	Kosovo	2:02.93
40	Evgeniy Timofeev	Kyrgyzstan	2:03.93
41	Andrej Drukarov	Lithuania	2:07.17
42	Ashot Karapetyan	Armenia	2:08.08
43	Choe Myong Gwang	North Korea	2:22.81
-	Henrik Kristoffersen	Norway	DNF
-	Naoki Yuasa	Japan	DNF
-	Trevor Philp	Canada	DNF
-	Nolan Kasper	United States	DNF
-	Joaquim Salarich	Spain	DNF
-	Matej Falat	Slovakia	DNF
-	Michal Jasiczek	Poland	DNF
-	Sam Maes	Belgium	DNF
-	Kang Song Il	North Korea	DNF
-	Marcel Hirscher	Austria	DNF
-	Luca Aerni	Switzerland	DNF
-	Jonathan Nordbotten	Norway	DNF
-	Jean-Baptiste Grange	France	DNF
-	Linus Strasser	Germany	DNF
-	Stefan Hadalin	Slovenia	DNF
-	Matej Vidovic	Croatia	DNF
-	Riccardo Tonetti	Italy	DNF
-	Juan del Campo	Spain	DNF
-	Kamen Zlatkov	Bulgaria	DNF
-	Zan Kranjec	Slovenia	DNF
-	Dalibor Samsal	Hungary	DNF
-	Alex Vinatzer	Italy	DNF
-	Albert Popov	Bulgaria	DNF
-	Filip Zubcic	Croatia	DNF
-	Ondrej Berndt	Czech Republic	DNF
-	Kristaps Zvejnieks	Latvia	DNF
-	Adam Barwood	New Zealand	DNF
-	Kai Alaerts	Belgium	DNF
-	Emir Lokmic	Bosnia and Herzegovina	DNF
-	Willis Feasey	New Zealand	DNF
-	Filip Forejtek	Czech Republic	DNF
-	Ioannis Antoniou	Greece	DNF
-	Jan Zabystran	Czech Republic	DNF
-	Ivan Kuznetsov	Olympic Athletes from Russia	DNF
-	Itamar Biran	Israel	DNF
-	Dominic Demschar	Australia	DNF
-	Marko Vukicevic	Serbia	DNF
-	Patrick Brachner	Azerbaijan	DNF
-	Eldar Salihovic	Montenegro	DNF
-	Alexandru Barbu	Romania	DNF
-	Antonio Ristevski	Macedonia	DNF
-	Marko Stevovic	Serbia	DNF
-	Tormis Laine	Estonia	DNF
-	Adam Lamhamedi	Morocco	DNF
-	Kim Dong Woo	South Korea	DNF
-	Kai Horwitz	Chile	DNF
-	Igor Zakurdaev	Kazakhstan	DNF
-	Michel Macedo	Brazil	DNF
-	Adam Kotzmann	Czech Republic	DNF
-	Casper Dyrbye Naested	Denmark	DNF
-	Matthieu Osch	Luxembourg	DNF
-	Serdar Deniz	Turkey	DNF
-	Rodolfo Roberto Dickson Sommers	Mexico	DNF
-	Ivan Kovbasnyuk	Ukraine	DNF
-	Dinos Lefkaritis	Cyprus	DNF
-	Connor Wilson	South Africa	DNF
-	Komiljon Tukhtaev	Uzbekistan	DNF
-	Alessandro Mariotti	San Marino	DNF
-	Shannon Abeda	Eritrea	DNF
-	Jeffrey Webb	Malaysia	DNF
-	Yohan Goncalves Goutt	East Timor	DNF
-	Allen Behlok	Lebanon	DNF
-	Muhammad Karim	Pakistan	DNF
-	Sturla Snaer Snorrason	Iceland	DNS
-	Nicola Zanon	Thailand	DNS