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	1:04.45	Fredrik Bauer  Sweden	1:04.57	Joan Verdu Sanchez  Andorra	1:04.65
Boys' giant slalom	Martijn Jeurissen  Netherlands	1:51.70	Hannes Zingerle  Italy	1:52.10	Sandro Simonet  Switzerland	1:52.33
Boys' slalom	Sandro Simonet  Switzerland	1:18.36	Dries van der Broecke  Belgium	1:20.26	Mathias Elmar Graf  Austria	1:20.35
Boys' combined	Marco Schwarz  Austria	1:40.45	Miha Hrobat  Slovenia	1:41.12	Sandro Simonet  Switzerland	1.41:45

Girls' events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Girls' Super-G	Estelle Alphand  France	1:05.78	Nora Grieg Christensen  Norway	1:05.79	Christina Ager  Austria	1:06.06
Girls' giant slalom	Clara Direz  France	1:56.13	Estelle Alphand  France	1:56.34	Jasmina Suter  Switzerland	1:56.45
Girls' slalom	Petra Vlhová  Slovakia	1:19.76	Roni Remme  Canada	1:21.25	Ekaterina Tkachenko  Russia	1:21.62
Girls' combined	Magdalena Fjällström  Sweden	1:40.82	Estelle Alphand  France	1:41.41	Adriana Jelinkova  Netherlands	1:42.21

Mixed events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Parallel mixed team	Austria	Norway	France

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