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First time alpine skiing
The year since its been contested . -
Tommy Moe scored a downhill upset by .04 seconds ,the smallest margin of victory in an Olympic downhill
Lillehammer
The U.S. brought home four medals, including two gold -
Alpine skiing expanded to downhill , slalom and combined
St Mortiz -
Giant slalom first apperared
Place : Oslo Games -
Giant Slalom replaced combined
Oslo -
Austrias Toni Sailer won all three events
Cortina d'Ampezzo
Known as "Medal Hat Trick" -
First time olympics games televised in US
Squaw Valley
First time instant replay was used -
Innsbruck marked the first time Alpine events were clocked to the hundredth of a second
Innsburck
US mens team picked up its first medal -
Austrian Schranz was disquilfied
Grenoble
Killy was leading when Austria's Karl Schranz came down the fog-shrouded course. Around the 21st gate, Schranz stopped when he says he saw a mysterious figure stray onto the course. In a re-run, Schranz defeated Killy and was the unofficial winner for two hours. Later, officials disqualified the Austrian, saying he missed two gates before the interference occurred in the original race.The French said Schranz missed a gate and made up the story about the figure -
Franz Klammer Olympic victory and 26 World Cup wins
Innsburck
Forever known as "Kaiser" or "The King" -
Sarajevo marked the U.S. Ski Team's best performance in Olympic history
Sarajevo
(five medals, including three gold)
Bill Johnson became the first American to win downhill gold at the Games. -
: The newest Alpine discipline (super-G) came to the Olympics
Combined event returned after 40 years -
Super Giant Slalom first appeared
Calgary Games -
One-tenth of a second separated the men's downhill medalists
Albertville
Even less (.09 seconds) separated the women's downhill medalists -
The women's super-G marked the closest Alpine race in Olympic history.
Nagano
The medalists were separated by a mere .07 seconds and Picabo Street won gold by .01 seconds
