Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill

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Women's downhill
at the X Olympic Winter Games
Alpine skiing pictogram.svg
Venue Chamrousse
DateFebruary 10
Competitors39 from 14 nations
Winning time1:40.87
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Olga Pall Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Silver medal icon.svg Isabelle Mir Flag of France.svg  France
Bronze medal icon.svg Christl Haas Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
  1964
1972  
Women's Downhill
Location Chamrousse
Vertical   602 m (1,975 ft)
Top elevation2,252 m (7,388 ft)  
Base elevation1,650 m (5,413 ft)

The Women's Downhill competition of the Grenoble 1968 Olympics was held at Chamrousse on Saturday, 10 February. [1] [2]

The defending world champion was Marielle Goitschel of France, who was also the defending World Cup downhill champion and Austria's Olga Pall led the current season. [3] [4] Christl Haas of Austria was the defending Olympic champion.

Pall won the gold medal, Isabelle Mir of France took the silver, and Haas was the bronze medalist. [5] [6]

The starting gate was at an elevation of 2,252 m (7,388 ft), and the vertical drop was 602 m (1,975 ft). [1] The course length was 2.160 km (1.34 mi) and Pall's winning time of 100.87 seconds resulted in an average speed of 77.089 km/h (47.9 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 5.968 m/s (19.6 ft/s).

About an hour before the race, eighteen-year-old American Karen Budge was testing her wax on the practice course and narrowly avoided a full collision with a member of the Moroccan men's team, Said Housni, who had been warned once before to stay off the hill. She fell, suffered a dislocated shoulder, and did not start. [5] [7]

Results

Saturday, 10 February 1968

RankBibNameCountryTimeDifference
Gold medal icon.svg15 Olga Pall Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:40.87
Silver medal icon.svg13 Isabelle Mir Flag of France.svg  France 1:41.33+0.46
Bronze medal icon.svg7 Christl Haas Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:41.41+0.54
48 Brigitte Seiwald Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:41.82+0.95
514 Annie Famose Flag of France.svg  France 1:42.15+1.28
621 Felicity Field Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:42.79+1.92
718 Fernande Bochatay Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:42.87+2.00
811 Marielle Goitschel Flag of France.svg  France 1:42.95+2.08
93 Florence Steurer Flag of France.svg  France 1:43.00+2.13
105 Nancy Greene Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:43.12+2.25
1110 Annerösli Zryd Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:43.76+2.89
1230 Gertrud Gabl Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:43.97+3.10
136 Giustina Demetz Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:44.22+3.35
142 Burgl Färbinger Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  West Germany 1:44.29+3.42
1531 Gina Hathorn Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:44.36+3.49
1632 Madeleine Wuilloud Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:44.49+3.62
1725 Kiki Cutter Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:44.94+4.07
1828 Vreni Inäbnit Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:45.16+4.29
191 Margret Hafen Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  West Germany 1:45.33+4.46
2038 Judi Leinweber Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:45.60+4.73
2129 Sandy Shellworth Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:46.53+5.66
2220 Karen Dokka Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:47.55+6.68
2327 Betsy Clifford Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:47.60+6.73
2424 Christine Laprell Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  West Germany 1:47.62+6.75
2519 Rosi Mittermaier Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  West Germany 1:47.73+6.86
2637 Helen Jamieson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:48.03+7.16
2736 Nina Merkulova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:48.04+7.17
289 Suzy Chaffee Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:48.50+7.63
2946 Alfina Sukhanova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:48.74+7.87
3039 Clotilde Fasolis Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:48.90+8.03
3122 Glorianda Cipolla Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:49.02+8.15
3212 Divina Galica Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:49.39+8.52
3323 Anna Mohrová Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 1:50.22+9.35
3448 Mihoko Otsue Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 1:51.60+10.73
3534 Galina Sidorova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:51.74+10.87
3635 Majda Ankele Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 1:52.13+11.26
3744 Anne Reid Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:53.12+12.25
3847 Marta Bühler Flag of Liechtenstein (1937-1982).svg  Liechtenstein 1:53.53+12.66
-26 Lotte Nogler Flag of Italy.svg  Italy DNF-
-4 Karen Budge Flag of the United States.svg  United States DNS-
-45Irina TouroundaevskFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union DNS-
Source [1]

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