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The women's downhill in the 2019 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup involved eight events, including the season finals in Soldeu, Andorra. Defending discipline champion Sofia Goggia of Italy fractured her ankle prior to the start of the season and missed five of the eight events, ending her chances to repeat. In addition, 2018 runner-up Lindsey Vonn of the USA, who had closed the prior season by winning all of the final four downhills and needed only four more victories to equal Ingemar Stenmark's all-time World Cup victory record, began the season injured and announced her planned retirement at the end of the season, but was hampered during her comeback by her cumulative injuries, and finally retired immediately after the conclusion of the 2019 World Ski Championships.

Among this wide=open field, Austrian skier Nicole Schmidhofer grabbed the lead in the discipline going into the next-to-last race of the season at Crans Montana in Switzerland, where a bizarre timing mishap occurred. In a race won by Goggia after her return, Schmidhofer was originally announced as placing third in the downhill, but before the podium, the placings were controversially changed and Schmidhofer was demoted to fourth behind Goggia and two Swiss skiers, Joana Hählen and Lara Gut-Behrami. However, three days later, the official standings were again changed as, after a review of the adjustments made due to a timer misplacement, it turned out that four Swiss skiers (including both Hählen and Gut-Behrami) had been given incorrect adjustments, and Schmidhofer was moved up to second, giving her a 90-point lead with one race to go, virtually clinching the discipline championship for the season. Schmidhofer then secured the title for 2019 at the season finals in Soldeu, Andorra when her nearest rival, fellow Austrian Ramona Siebenhofer, failed to win the race.

The season was interrupted by the 2019 World Ski Championships, which were held from 4–17 February in Åre, Sweden. The women's downhill was held on 10 February.

Standings

#	Skier	30 Nov 2018 Lake Louise	1 Dec 2018 Lake Louise	18 Dec 2018 Val Gardena/Gröden	18 Jan 2019 Cortina d'Ampezzo	19 Jan 2019 Cortina d'Ampezzo	27 Jan 2019 Garmisch-Partenkirchen	23 Feb 2019 Crans Montana	13 Mar 2019 Soldeu	Total
	Nicole Schmidhofer	100	100	26	22	80	36	80	24	468
2	Stephanie Venier	50	29	36	60	20	100	45	32	372
3	Ramona Siebenhofer	20	40	60	100	100	26	8	0	354
4	Ilka Štuhec	40	18	100	80	60	45	DNF	DNS	343
5	Kira Weidle	60	24	32	32	50	60	20	29	307
6	Corinne Suter	22	32	14	50	0	50	60	60	288
7	Sofia Goggia	DNS					80	100	40	220
8	Nicol Delago	12	45	80	DNF	24	DNF	22	36	219
9	Michelle Gisin	80	60	13	18	36	DNS			207
10	Nadia Fanchini	DNF	36	3	20	20	40	32	50	201
11	Mirjam Puchner	0	4	40	12	0	20	13	100	189
12	Viktoria Rebensburg	15	13	DNS	24	45	DNS		80	177
13	Cornelia Hütter	26	80	DNS	29	40	DNF	DNS		175
14	Romane Miradoli	15	14	20	45	15	14	26	20	169
15	Tina Weirather	45	DNF	24	0	14	15	15	26	139
16	Joana Hählen	32	22	8	7	9	10	50	DNF	138
17	Tamara Tippler	0	3	15	36	20	DNF	14	45	133
18	Lara Gut-Behrami	18	0	32	8	8	22	40	DNS	128
19	Jasmine Flury	11	11	50	12	12	DNF	29	0	125
20	Ricarda Haaser	8	12	20	16	5	29	10	16	116
21	Federica Brignone	6	15	DNS	7	22	DNF	36	18	104
22	Michaela Wenig	0	2	45	14	6	8	0	22	97
23	Ragnhild Mowinckel	3	6	13	10	13	16	24	DNS	85
24	Ester Ledecká	10	26	2	14	32	0	DNS	0	84
25	Mikaela Shiffrin	29	50	DNS						79
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•   Winner
•   2nd place
•   3rd place
• DNF = Did Not Finish
• DNS = Did Not Start
• Updated at 18 March 2019, after all events.

See also

• 2019 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's summary rankings
• 2019 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's overall
• 2019 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's super-G
• 2019 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's giant slalom
• 2019 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's slalom
• 2019 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's combined

References

1. Zaccardi, Nick (20 October 2018). "Sofia Goggia, Olympic downhill champion, to miss chunk of World Cup season". NBC Sports. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
2. Hodgetts, Rob (21 November 2018). "Lindsey Vonn injures knee, delays season start". CNN. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
3. Masters, James (24 January 2019). "Lindsey Vonn 'hopeful' of comeback after retirement talk". CNN. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
4. Schad, Tom (1 February 2019). "U.S. skier and Olympic gold medalist Lindsey Vonn announces retirement". USA Today. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
5. Staff (23 February 2019). "Goggia wins controversial downhill in Switzerland". CNN. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
6. AFP (26 February 2019). "Crans-Montana timing chaos - podium changed three days later". France 24. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
7. Associated Press (13 March 2019). "Feuz, Schmidhofer secure downhill titles at World Cup Finals". NBC Sports. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
8. "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Lake Louise Ladies' DH (CAN)" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com.
9. "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Lake Louise Ladies' DH (CAN)" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com.
10. "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Val Gardena/Gröden Ladies' DH (ITA)" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com.
11. "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Cortina d'Ampezzo Ladies' DH (ITA)" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com.
12. "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Cortina d'Ampezzo Ladies' DH (ITA)" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com.
13. "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Garmisch-Partenkirchen Ladies' DH (GER)" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com.
14. "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Crans-Montana Ladies' DH (SUI)" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com.
15. "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Grandvalira Soldeu – El Tarter Ladies' DH (AND)" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com.
16. "Official FIS 2019 women's season standings". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 7 January 2023.

External links

• Official website

• 2018–19 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup
• FIS Alpine Ski World Cup women's downhill discipline titles