| Women's downhill at the XV Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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 Alpine skiing | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Nakiska | ||||||||||||
| Date | February 19 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 35 from 14 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:25.86 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics | ||
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| Combined | men | women |
| Downhill | men | women |
| Giant slalom | men | women |
| Slalom | men | women |
| Super-G | men | women |
| Women's downhill | |
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| Location | Nakiska |
| Vertical | 647 m (2,123 ft) |
| Top elevation | 2,179 m (7,149 ft) |
| Base elevation | 1,532 m (5,026 ft) |
The Women's Downhill competition of the Calgary 1988 Olympics was held at Nakiska on Friday, February 19. The race was delayed a day due to high winds on Thursday.
The defending world champion was Maria Walliser of Switzerland, while teammate Michela Figini was the defending Olympic and World Cup downhill champion and led the current season.
West Germany's Marina Kiehl won the gold medal, Brigitte Oertli of Switzerland took silver, and Karen Percy of Canada was the bronze medalist; Walliser was fourth and Figini finished ninth.
The course started at an elevation of 2,179 m (7,149 ft) above sea level with a vertical drop of 647 m (2,123 ft) and a course length of 2.238 km (1.39 mi). Kiehl's winning time was 85.86 seconds, yielding an average speed of 93.836 km/h (58.3 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 7.536 m/s (24.7 ft/s).
Results
The race was started at 10:00 local time, (UTC −7). At the starting gate, the skies were partly cloudy, the temperature was −2 °C (28 °F), and the snow condition was hard; the temperature at the finish was 4 °C (39 °F).
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References
- ^ "Calgary 1988 Official Report" (PDF). XV Olympic Winter Games Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1988. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- "Alpine Skiing at the 1988 Calgary Winter Games: Women's Downhill". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
- ^ "U.S. skiers getting all the breaks". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). wire reports. February 19, 1988. p. 5B.
- "1987 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- "1987 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- ^ "Women's Downhill". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. February 20, 1988. p. B3.
External links
| Olympic champions in alpine skiing – women's downhill | |
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