Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Women's super-G

The Women's Super G competition of the Calgary 1988 Olympics was held at Nakiska on Monday, February 22.[1][2] This was the Olympic debut of the event.

Women's Super G
at the XV Olympic Winter Games
VenueNakiska
DateFebruary 22
Competitors46 from 20 nations
Winning time1:19.03
Medalists
Sigrid Wolf  Austria
Michela Figini  Switzerland
Karen Percy  Canada
Women's downhill
LocationNakiska
Vertical   507 m (1,663 ft)
Top elevation2,039 m (6,690 ft)  
Base elevation1,532 m (5,026 ft)

The defending world champion was Maria Walliser of Switzerland, who was also the defending World Cup Super G champion, while Michela Figini led the current season.[3][4]

Austria's Sigrid Wolf won the gold medal, Figini took the silver, and Karen Percy of Canada was the bronze medalist; Walliser was sixth.[5][6]

The course started at an elevation of 2,039 m (6,690 ft) above sea level with a vertical drop of 507 m (1,663 ft) and a course length of 1.943 km (1.21 mi). Wolf's winning time was 79.03 seconds, yielding an average speed of 88.508 km/h (55.0 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 6.145 m/s (20.2 ft/s).

Results

The race was started at 11:37 local time, (UTC −7). At the starting gate, the skies were clear, the temperature was −4 °C (25 °F), and the snow condition was hard; the temperature at the finish was −3 °C (27 °F).

RankBibNameCountryTimeDifference
12Sigrid Wolf Austria1:19.03
5Michela Figini Switzerland1:20.03+1.00
15Karen Percy Canada1:20.29+1.26
43Regine Mösenlechner West Germany1:20.33+1.30
511Anita Wachter Austria1:20.36+1.33
66Maria Walliser Switzerland1:20.48+1.45
718Michaela Marzola Italy1:20.91+1.88
14Zoë Haas Switzerland
97Edith Thys United States1:20.93+1.90
1016Christa Kinshofer-Güthlein West Germany1:20.98+1.95
4Michaela Gerg
1221Carole Merle France1:21.01+1.98
1322Laurie Graham Canada1:21.11+2.08
13Marina Kiehl West Germany
1517Elisabeth Kirchler Austria1:21.16+2.13
162Catherine Quittet France1:21.48+2.45
1710Brigitte Oertli Switzerland1:21.56+2.53
1819Debbie Armstrong United States1:21.87+2.84
1935Lucie Laroche Canada1:21.95+2.92
208Mateja Svet Yugoslavia1:21.96+2.93
219Blanca Fernández Ochoa Spain1:22.04+3.01
2223Claudine Emonet France1:22.05+3.02
2320Kerrin Lee Canada1:22.11+3.08
2429Emi Kawabata Japan1:22.24+3.21
251Sylvia Eder Austria1:22.39+3.36
2625Hilary Lindh United States1:23.11+4.08
2732Veronika Šarec Yugoslavia1:23.17+4.14
2838Kate Rattray New Zealand1:23.48+4.45
2926Ludmila Milanová Czechoslovakia1:23.92+4.89
3034Sachiko Yamamoto Japan1:24.32+5.29
3130Wendy Lumby Great Britain1:24.36+5.33
3227Kristin Krone United States1:24.51+5.48
3333Ainhoa Ibarra Astellara Spain1:24.70+5.67
3441Mihaela Fera Romania1:25.55+6.52
3536Clare Booth Great Britain1:26.27+7.24
3643Carolina Birkner Argentina1:28.42+9.39
3739Carolina Eiras Argentina1:29.87+10.84
3840Claudina Rossel Andorra1:30.78+11.75
3944Mariela Vallecillo Argentina1:33.49+14.46
4042Sandra Grau Andorra1:33.65+14.62
4147Astrid Steverlynck Argentina1:36.51+17.48
-45Fiamma Smith GuatemalaDNF-
-37Jacqueline Vogt LiechtensteinDNF-
-24Cathy Chedal FranceDNF-
-48Seba Johnson Virgin IslandsDQ-
-46Thomai Lefousi GreeceDQ-
31Lenka Kebrlová CzechoslovakiaDNS
28Lucia Medzihradská CzechoslovakiaDNS
Source:[1]

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 Super G". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  3. "1987 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  4. "1987 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  5. Boswell, Thomas (February 23, 1988). "Blair skates off with gold medal". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Washington Post). p. 1D.
  6. "Women's Super G". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. February 23, 1988. p. C2.
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