Alpine skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics – Women's giant slalom

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Women's giant slalom
at the XIV Olympic Winter Games
Alpine skiing pictogram.svg
Venue Jahorina
DateFebruary 13, 1984
Competitors54 from 20 nations
Winning time2:20.98
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Debbie Armstrong Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Christin Cooper Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Perrine Pelen Flag of France.svg  France
  1980
1988  
Women's Giant Slalom
Location Jahorina
Vertical   337 m (1,106 ft)
Top elevation1,665 m (5,463 ft)  
Base elevation1,328 m (4,357 ft)

The Women's giant slalom competition of the Sarajevo 1984 Olympics was held at Jahorina on Monday, February 13. [1] [2] Because of weather delays with the downhills, this was the first alpine event of these Olympics.

The defending world champion was Erika Hess of Switzerland, while American Tamara McKinney was the defending World Cup giant slalom champion, and Hess led the current season. [3] [4] Defending Olympic champion Hanni Wenzel was banned from these Olympics. [5] [6]

American Debbie Armstrong won the gold medal, teammate Christin Cooper took the silver, and Perrine Pelen of France was the bronze medalist. [7] [8] [9] [10] McKinney was fourth and Hess was seventh.

Entering the Olympics, the twenty-year-old Armstrong's only World Cup top ten finish in giant slalom was a fifth place in late January, and her sole career World Cup podium came three weeks before that; a third in a Super-G.

Results

The race was started at 10:00 local time, (UTC+1), and the second run began at 13:30. At the starting gate, the skies were clear, the temperature was −14.2 °C (6 °F), and the snow condition was hard. For the second run it was snowing lightly at −12.2 °C (10 °F).

RankBibNameCountryRun 1Run 2TotalDifference
Gold medal icon.svg15 Debbie Armstrong Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:08.971:12.012:20.98
Silver medal icon.svg9 Christin Cooper Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:08.871:12.512:21.38+0.40
Bronze medal icon.svg2 Perrine Pelen Flag of France.svg  France 1:09.641:11.762:21.40+0.42
47 Tamara McKinney Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:10.111:11.722:21.83+0.85
521 Marina Kiehl Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:09.701:12.332:22.03+1.05
68 Blanca Fernández Ochoa Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:09.521:12.622:22.14+1.16
713 Erika Hess Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:10.541:11.972:22.51+1.53
86 Olga Charvátová Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 1:09.941:12.632:22.57+1.59
911 Liisa Savijarvi Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:10.311:12.422:22.73+1.75
105 Anne-Flore Rey Flag of France.svg  France 1:10.091:12.862:22.95+1.97
1112 Carole Merle Flag of France.svg  France 1:10.731:12.542:23.27+2.29
121 Michela Figini Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:10.581:12.762:23.34+2.36
134 Maria Epple Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:10.401:13.252:23.65+2.67
1424 Anni Kronbichler Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:11.401:12.772:24.17+3.19
1519 Monika Hess Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:10.901:13.682:24.58+3.60
1636 Andreja Leskovšek Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 1:11.201:13.412:24.61+3.63
1726 Diana Haight Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:11.271:13.392:24.66+3.68
183 Cindy Nelson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:11.441:13.442:24.88+3.90
1916 Petra Wenzel Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein 1:11.261:13.682:24.94+3.96
2039 Veronika Šarec Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 1:11.711:13.302:25.01+4.03
2110 Irene Epple Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:11.641:13.882:25.52+4.54
2229 Nuša Tome Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 1:12.181:14.032:26.21+5.23
2334 Mateja Svet Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 1:11.881:14.342:26.22+5.24
2422 Michaela Gerg-Leitner Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:12.181:14.102:26.28+5.30
2520 Daniela Zini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:12.071:14.262:26.33+5.35
2635 Alexandra Mařasová Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 1:12.591:13.782:26.37+5.39
2728 Roswitha Steiner Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:12.091:14.472:26.56+5.58
2840 Ivana Valešová Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 1:12.171:14.542:26.71+5.73
2941 Nadezhda Andreyeva Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:12.461:14.392:26.85+5.87
3043 Dorota Tłalka-Mogore Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:11.911:14.992:26.90+5.92
3142 Ewa Grabowska Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:12.451:15.102:27.55+6.57
3231 Paola Magoni Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:12.561:15.312:27.87+6.89
3323 Laurie Graham Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:12.891:15.532:28.42+7.44
3432 Sylvia Eder Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:13.001:16.032:29.03+8.05
3551 Liliana Ichim Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 1:14.171:17.912:32.08+11.10
3650 Teresa Bustamente Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 1:15.331:18.862:34.19+13.21
3749 Michèle Brigitte Dombard Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1:15.851:18.942:34.79+13.81
3848 Nanna Leifsdóttir Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 1:14.821:20.022:34.84+13.86
3952 Magdalena Birkner Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 1:17.641:22.062:39.70+18.72
4053 Gabriela Angaut Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 1:19.631:23.532:43.16+22.18
4154 Geraldina Bobbio Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 1:21.901:25.612:47.51+26.53
4256 Jin Xuefei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:22.451:27.902:50.35+29.37
4358 Lina Aristodimou Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus 1:29.221:34.233:03.45+42.47
-25 Ursula Konzett Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein 1:10.93DNF--
-14 Fabienne Serrat Flag of France.svg  France 1:11.52DNF--
-33 Andrea Bédard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:12.03DQ--
-38 Dolores Fernández Ochoa Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:12.05DNF--
-27 Fulvia Stevenin Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:12.09DNF--
-37 Jana Gantnerová-Šoltýsová Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 1:13.92DNF--
-45 Kate Rattray Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:14.67DNF--
-17 Elisabeth Kirchler Flag of Austria.svg  Austria DNF---
-44 Jolanda Kindle Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein DQ---
-55 Wang Guizhen Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China DQ---
-30 Ann Melander Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden DNS---
-46Ondine McGlashenFlag of Australia.svg  Australia DNS---
-47 Marilla Guss Flag of Australia.svg  Australia DNS---
-57Delia ParateFlag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania DNS---
Source: [1]

References

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