Women's Downhill at the XIV Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Jahorina | ||||||||||||
Date | February 16, 1984 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 32 from 13 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 1:13.36 | ||||||||||||
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Alpine skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics | ||
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Downhill | men | women |
Giant slalom | men | women |
Slalom | men | women |
Women's Downhill | |
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Location | Jahorina |
Vertical | 547 m (1,795 ft) |
Top elevation | 1,872 m (6,142 ft) |
Base elevation | 1,325 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.
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