Alpine skiing at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Alpine Skiing
at the I Winter Youth Olympic Games
Alpine Skiing; at the I Winter Youth Olympic Games
Venue	Olympia Run Patscherkofel; Igls, Innsbruck
Dates	14–22 January
Competitors	120 from 63 nations
	2016 →

Alpine Skiing at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics was held at the Olympia Run Patscherkofel in Igls, Innsbruck, Austria from 14 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

* Host nation (Austria)

Events

Boys' events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Boys' super-G details	Adam Lamhamedi Morocco	1:04.45^[2]	Fredrik Bauer Sweden	1:04.57^[2]	Joan Verdú Sánchez Andorra	1:04.65^[2]
Boys' giant slalom details	Marco Schwarz Austria	1:51.70	Hannes Zingerle Italy	1:52.10	Sandro Simonet Switzerland	1:52.33
Boys' slalom details	Sandro Simonet Switzerland	1:18.36	Dries Van den Broecke Belgium	1:20.26	Mathias Elmar Graf Austria	1:20.35
Boys' combined details	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 details	Estelle Alphand France	1:05.78	Nora Grieg Christensen Norway	1:05.79	Christina Ager Austria	1:06.06
Girls' giant slalom details	Clara Direz France	1:56.13	Estelle Alphand France	1:56.34	Jasmina Suter Switzerland	1:56.45
Girls' slalom details	Petra Vlhová Slovakia	1:19.76	Roni Remme Canada	1:21.25	Ekaterina Tkachenko Russia	1:21.62
Girls' combined details	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 details	Austria (AUT) Martina Rettenwender Marco Schwarz Christina Ager Mathias Elmar Graf	Norway (NOR) Nora Grieg Christensen Martin Fjeldberg Mina Fürst Holtmann Marcus Monsen	France (FRA) Estelle Alphand Victor Schuller Clara Direz Leny Herpin

Multi-medalists

Athletes who have won at least two medals.


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Marco Schwarz (AUT)	3	0	0	3
2	Estelle Alphand (FRA)	1	2	1	4
3	Sandro Simonet (SUI)	1	0	2	3
4	Christina Ager (AUT)	1	0	1	2
	Mathias Elmar Graf (AUT)	1	0	1	2
	Clara Direz (FRA)	1	0	1	2
7	Nora Grieg Christensen (NOR)	0	2	0	2

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.^[3] The updated quota spots were released on December 12, 2011 and are subject to change.^[4]

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