Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill

Women's downhill at the XV Olympic Winter Games
Alpine skiing
Venue	Nakiska
Date	February 19, 1988
Competitors	35 from 14 nations
Winning time	1:25.86
Medalists
Marina Kiehl   West Germany Brigitte Oertli   Switzerland Karen Percy   Canada
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Women's downhill
Location	Nakiska
Vertical	647 m (2,123 ft)
Top elevation	2,179 m (7,149 ft)
Base elevation	1,532 m (5,026 ft)

The Women's Downhill competition of the Calgary 1988 Olympics was held at Nakiska on Friday, February 19. ^{[1] [2]} The race was delayed a day due to high winds on Thursday. ^[3]

The defending world champion was Maria Walliser of Switzerland, while teammate Michela Figini was the defending Olympic and World Cup downhill champion and led the current season. ^{[4] [5]}

West Germany's Marina Kiehl won the gold medal, Brigitte Oertli of Switzerland took silver, and Karen Percy of Canada was the bronze medalist; Walliser was fourth and Figini finished ninth. ^[6]

The course started at an elevation of 2,179 m (7,149 ft) above sea level with a vertical drop of 647 m (2,123 ft) and a course length of 2.238 km (1.39 mi). Kiehl's winning time was 85.86 seconds, yielding an average speed of 93.836 km/h (58.3 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 7.536 m/s (24.7 ft/s).

Results

The race was started at 10:00 local time, (UTC −7). At the starting gate, the skies were partly cloudy, the temperature was −2 °C (28 °F), and the snow condition was hard; the temperature at the finish was 4 °C (39 °F).

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Time	Difference
	8	Marina Kiehl	West Germany	1:25.86	—
	12	Brigitte Oertli	Switzerland	1:26.61	+0.75
	6	Karen Percy	Canada	1:26.62	+0.76
4	4	Maria Walliser	Switzerland	1:26.89	+1.03
5	15	Laurie Graham	Canada	1:26.99	+1.13
6	5	Petra Kronberger	Austria	1:27.03	+1.17
7	10	Regine Mösenlechner	West Germany	1:27.16	+1.30
8	14	Elisabeth Kirchler	Austria	1:27.19	+1.33
9	9	Michela Figini	Switzerland	1:27.26	+1.40
10	24	Lucia Medzihradská	Czechoslovakia	1:27.28	+1.42
11	3	Chantal Bournissen	Switzerland	1:27.46	+1.60
12	20	Carole Merle	France	1:27.53	+1.67
13	1	Michaela Gerg	West Germany	1:27.83	+1.97
14	25	Emi Kawabata	Japan	1:27.85	+1.99
15	13	Kerrin Lee	Canada	1:28.07	+2.21
16	11	Golnur Postnikova	Soviet Union	1:28.23	+2.37
17	21	Claudine Emonet	France	1:28.36	+2.50
18	19	Edith Thys	United States	1:28.53	+2.67
19	27	Michaela Marzola	Italy	1:28.69	+2.83
20	26	Kristin Krone	United States	1:29.13	+3.27
21	23	Christina Meier-Höck	West Germany	1:29.30	+3.44
22	28	Wendy Lumby	Great Britain	1:29.76	+3.90
23	30	Sachiko Yamamoto	Japan	1:30.15	+4.29
24	22	Ludmila Milanová	Czechoslovakia	1:30.42	+4.56
25	29	Clare Booth	Great Britain	1:32.50	+6.64
26	32	Jolanda Kindle	Liechtenstein	1:32.88	+7.02
27	36	Carolina Eiras	Argentina	1:37.37	+11.51
28	34	Astrid Steverlynck	Argentina	1:41.64	+15.78
-	37	Mariela Vallecillo	Argentina	DNF	-
-	35	Mihaela Fera	Romania	DNF	-
-	33	Jacqueline Vogt	Liechtenstein	DNF	-
-	18	Hilary Lindh	United States	DNF	-
-	17	Anita Wachter	Austria	DNF	-
-	7	Kellie Casey	Canada	DNF	-
-	2	Sigrid Wolf	Austria	DNF	-
-	31	Ingrid Grant	Great Britain	DNS	-
-	16	Catherine Quittet	France	DNS	-
-		Pam Fletcher	United States	DNS	-

Source: ^{[1] [3] [6]}

References

1. "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 Downhill". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
3. "U.S. skiers getting all the breaks". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). wire reports. February 19, 1988. p. 5B.
4. "1987 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
5. "1987 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
6. "Women's Downhill". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. February 20, 1988. p. B3.

External links

• FIS results