| Women's Downhill at the XVII Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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 Alpine skiing | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Kvitfjell | ||||||||||||
| Date | February 19 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 48 from 19 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:35.93 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Alpine skiing at the 1994 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 | Kvitfjell |
| Vertical | 708 m (2,323 ft) |
| Top elevation | 890 m (2,920 ft) |
| Base elevation | 182 m (597 ft) |
The Women's Downhill competition of the Lillehammer 1994 Olympics was held at Kvitfjell on Saturday, 19 February.
The defending world champion was Kate Pace Lindsay of Canada, while Germany's Katja Seizinger was the defending World Cup downhill champion and led the current season.
Seizinger won the gold medal, Picabo Street of the United States took the silver, and Isolde Kostner of Italy was the bronze medalist.
The course started at an elevation of 890 m (2,920 ft) above sea level with a vertical drop of 708 m (2,323 ft) and a course length of 2.641 km (1.64 mi). Seizinger's winning time was 95.93 seconds, yielding an average course speed of 99.110 km/h (61.6 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 7.380 m/s (24.2 ft/s).
Results
The race was started at 11:00 local time, (UTC +1). At the starting gate, the skies were clear, the temperature was −6.0 °C (21 °F), and the snow condition was hard; the temperature at the finish was lower, at −14.0 °C (7 °F).
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References
- ^ "Lillehammer 1994 Official Report" (PDF). Lillehammer Olympiske Organisasjonskomité. LA84 Foundation. 1994. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
- "Alpine Skiing at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games: Women's Downhill". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
- "1993 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
- "1993 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
- "Street tames her 'tiger' for downhill silver medal". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. February 20, 1994. p. 11C.
- Johnson, William Oscar (February 28, 1994). "Zone of their own". Sports Illustrated. p. 24.
| Olympic champions in alpine skiing – women's downhill | |
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