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

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Women's Super G
at the XV Olympic Winter Games
Alpine skiing pictogram.svg
Alpine skiing
Venue Nakiska
DateFebruary 22
Competitors46 from 20 nations
Winning time1:19.03
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Sigrid Wolf Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Silver medal icon.svg Michela Figini Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
Bronze medal icon.svg Karen Percy Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
1992  →
Women's downhill
Location Nakiska
Vertical   507 m (1,663 ft)
Top elevation2,039 m (6,690 ft)  
Base elevation1,532 m (5,026 ft)

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.

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
Gold medal icon.svg12 Sigrid Wolf Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:19.03—
Silver medal icon.svg5 Michela Figini Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:20.03+1.00
Bronze medal icon.svg15 Karen Percy Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:20.29+1.26
43 Regine Mösenlechner Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:20.33+1.30
511 Anita Wachter Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:20.36+1.33
66 Maria Walliser Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:20.48+1.45
718 Michaela Marzola Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:20.91+1.88
14 Zoë Haas Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
97 Edith Thys Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:20.93+1.90
1016 Christa Kinshofer-Güthlein Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:20.98+1.95
4 Michaela Gerg
1221 Carole Merle Flag of France.svg  France 1:21.01+1.98
1322 Laurie Graham Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:21.11+2.08
13 Marina Kiehl Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
1517 Elisabeth Kirchler Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:21.16+2.13
162 Catherine Quittet Flag of France.svg  France 1:21.48+2.45
1710 Brigitte Oertli Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:21.56+2.53
1819 Debbie Armstrong Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:21.87+2.84
1935 Lucie Laroche Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:21.95+2.92
208 Mateja Svet Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 1:21.96+2.93
219 Blanca Fernández Ochoa Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:22.04+3.01
2223 Claudine Emonet Flag of France.svg  France 1:22.05+3.02
2320 Kerrin Lee Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:22.11+3.08
2429 Emi Kawabata Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 1:22.24+3.21
251 Sylvia Eder Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:22.39+3.36
2625 Hilary Lindh Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:23.11+4.08
2732 Veronika Šarec Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 1:23.17+4.14
2838 Kate Rattray Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:23.48+4.45
2926 Ludmila Milanová Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 1:23.92+4.89
3034 Sachiko Yamamoto Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 1:24.32+5.29
3130 Wendy Lumby Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:24.36+5.33
3227 Kristin Krone Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:24.51+5.48
3333 Ainhoa Ibarra Astellara Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:24.70+5.67
3441 Mihaela Fera Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 1:25.55+6.52
3536 Clare Booth Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:26.27+7.24
3643 Carolina Birkner Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1:28.42+9.39
3739 Carolina Eiras Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1:29.87+10.84
3840 Claudina Rossel Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 1:30.78+11.75
3944 Mariela Vallecillo Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1:33.49+14.46
4042 Sandra Grau Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 1:33.65+14.62
4147 Astrid Steverlynck Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1:36.51+17.48
-45 Fiamma Smith Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala DNF-
-37 Jacqueline Vogt Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein DNF-
-24 Cathy Chedal Flag of France.svg  France DNF-
-48 Seba Johnson Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands DQ-
-46 Thomai Lefousi Flag of Greece.svg  Greece DQ-
31 Lenka Kebrlová Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia DNS
28 Lucia Medzihradská Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia DNS
Source: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "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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