Alpine skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill

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Women's Downhill
at the XIV Olympic Winter Games
Alpine skiing pictogram.svg
Alpine skiing
Venue Jahorina
DateFebruary 16
Competitors32 from 13 nations
Winning time1:13.36
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Michela Figini Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
Silver medal icon.svg Maria Walliser Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
Bronze medal icon.svg Olga Charvátová Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia
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Women's Downhill
Location Jahorina
Vertical   547 m (1,795 ft)
Top elevation1,872 m (6,142 ft)  
Base elevation1,325 m (4,347 ft)

The Women's Downhill competition of the Sarajevo 1984 Olympics was held at Jahorina on Thursday, February 16. [1] It was the tenth edition of the event, which was established in 1948. [2]

The defending world champion was Gerry Sorensen of Canada, while Switzerland's Doris De Agostini was the defending World Cup downhill champion and Switzerland's Maria Walliser led the current season. [3] [4] Defending Olympic champion Annemarie Moser-Pröll and De Agostini had both retired from competition.

The race was delayed five days, due to weather and scheduling conflicts. [5] Switzerland's Michela Figini won the gold medal, followed by teammate Walliser, and Olga Charvátová of Czechoslovakia was the bronze medalist. [6]

The course started at an elevation of 1,872 m (6,142 ft) above sea level with a vertical drop of 547 m (1,795 ft) and a length of 1.965 km (1.22 mi). Figini's winning time was 73.36 seconds, yielding an average speed of 96.429 km/h (59.9 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 7.456 m/s (24.5 ft/s).

The men's downhill, delayed a full week, was run the same day at Bjelašnica, [7] and started at noon.

Results

The race was started at 10:30 local time, (UTC+1). At the starting gate, it was snowing lightly, the temperature was −14 °C (7 °F), and the snow condition was hard. The temperature at the finish was −13 °C (9 °F).

RankBibNameCountryTimeDifference
Gold medal icon.svg5 Michela Figini Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:13.36—
Silver medal icon.svg10 Maria Walliser Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:13.41+0.05
Bronze medal icon.svg16 Olga Charvátová Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 1:13.53+0.17
412 Ariane Ehrat Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:13.95+0.59
515 Jana Šoltýsová Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 1:14.14+0.78
618 Marina Kiehl Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:14.30+0.94
611 Gerry Sorensen Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:14.30+0.94
814 Lea Sölkner Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:14.39+1.03
94 Elisabeth Kirchler Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:14.55+1.19
1022 Veronika Wallinger Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:14.76+1.40
116 Laurie Graham Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:14.92+1.56
1219 Brigitte Oertli Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:14.93+1.57
132 Sylvia Eder Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:14.97+1.61
1420 Heidi Wiesler Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:14.98+1.62
1513 Caroline Attia Flag of France.svg  France 1:15.04+1.68
167 Holly Flanders Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:15.11+1.75
1723 Regine Mösenlechner Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:15.16+1.80
1824 Liisa Savijarvi Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:15.32+1.96
191 Maria Maricich Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:15.55+2.19
209 Marie-Luce Waldmeier Flag of France.svg  France 1:15.56+2.20
2121 Debbie Armstrong Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:15.57+2.21
2217 Karen Stemmle Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:15.64+2.28
238 Irene Epple Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:15.65+2.29
2425 Ivana Valešová Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 1:16.43+3.07
2528 Jolanda Kindle Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein 1:16.89+3.53
2629 Christine Grant Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:17.52+4.16
2727 Michèle Brigitte Dombard Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1:18.92+5.56
2830 Marilla Guss Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:19.75+6.39
2931 Kate Rattray Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:20.18+6.82
3032 Teresa Bustamente Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1:21.62+8.26
-26 Clare Booth Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain DNF-
-3 Élisabeth Chaud Flag of France.svg  France DNF-
Source: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Sarajevo 1984 Official Report". Organising Committee of the XlVth Winter Olympic Games 1984 at Sarajevo. LA84 Foundation. 1984. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Alpine Skiing at the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Games: Women's Downhill". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  3. ↑ "1983 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  4. ↑ "1982 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  5. ↑ Nelson, John (February 10, 1984). "Andropov's death won't halt Games, but weather may". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). Associated Press. p. 2B.
  6. ↑ "Thursday at Sarajevo: Alpine skiing, Women's downhill". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). February 17, 1984. p. 3D.
  7. ↑ Mossman, John (February 16, 1984). "Johnson, USA make history in downhill". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). Associated Press. p. D1.
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