Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill

The Women's Downhill competition of the Calgary 1988 Olympics was held at Nakiska on Friday, February 19.[1][2] The race was delayed a day due to high winds on Thursday.[3]

Women's downhill
at the XV Olympic Winter Games
VenueNakiska
DateFebruary 19
Competitors35 from 14 nations
Winning time1:25.86
Medalists
Marina Kiehl  West Germany
Brigitte Oertli  Switzerland
Karen Percy  Canada
Alpine skiing at the
1988 Winter Olympics
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Women's downhill
LocationNakiska
Vertical   647 m (2,123 ft)
Top elevation2,179 m (7,149 ft)  
Base elevation1,532 m (5,026 ft)

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.[4][5]

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.[6]

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).

RankBibNameCountryTimeDifference
8Marina Kiehl West Germany1:25.86—
12Brigitte Oertli Switzerland1:26.61+0.75
6Karen Percy Canada1:26.62+0.76
44Maria Walliser Switzerland1:26.89+1.03
515Laurie Graham Canada1:26.99+1.13
65Petra Kronberger Austria1:27.03+1.17
710Regine Mösenlechner West Germany1:27.16+1.30
814Elisabeth Kirchler Austria1:27.19+1.33
99Michela Figini Switzerland1:27.26+1.40
1024Lucia Medzihradská Czechoslovakia1:27.28+1.42
113Chantal Bournissen Switzerland1:27.46+1.60
1220Carole Merle France1:27.53+1.67
131Michaela Gerg West Germany1:27.83+1.97
1425Emi Kawabata Japan1:27.85+1.99
1513Kerrin Lee Canada1:28.07+2.21
1611Golnur Postnikova Soviet Union1:28.23+2.37
1721Claudine Emonet France1:28.36+2.50
1819Edith Thys United States1:28.53+2.67
1927Michaela Marzola Italy1:28.69+2.83
2026Kristin Krone United States1:29.13+3.27
2123Christina Meier-Höck West Germany1:29.30+3.44
2228Wendy Lumby Great Britain1:29.76+3.90
2330Sachiko Yamamoto Japan1:30.15+4.29
2422Ludmila Milanová Czechoslovakia1:30.42+4.56
2529Clare Booth Great Britain1:32.50+6.64
2632Jolanda Kindle Liechtenstein1:32.88+7.02
2736Carolina Eiras Argentina1:37.37+11.51
2834Astrid Steverlynck Argentina1:41.64+15.78
-37Mariela Vallecillo ArgentinaDNF-
-35Mihaela Fera RomaniaDNF-
-33Jacqueline Vogt LiechtensteinDNF-
-18Hilary Lindh United StatesDNF-
-17Anita Wachter AustriaDNF-
-7Kellie Casey CanadaDNF-
-2Sigrid Wolf AustriaDNF-
-31Ingrid Grant Great BritainDNS-
-16Catherine Quittet FranceDNS-
-Pam Fletcher United StatesDNS-
Source:[1][3][6]

References
  1. "Calgary 1988 Official Report" (PDF). XV Olympic Winter Games Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1988. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  2. "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.
  3. "U.S. skiers getting all the breaks". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). wire reports. February 19, 1988. p. 5B.
  4. "1987 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  5. "1987 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  6. "Women's Downhill". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. February 20, 1988. p. B3.
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