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| Women's Super G at the XV Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Nakiska | ||||||||||||
| Date | February 22, 1988 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 46 from 20 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:19.03 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics | ||
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| Combined | men | women |
| Downhill | men | women |
| Giant slalom | men | women |
| Slalom | men | women |
| Super-G | men | women |
| Women's downhill | |
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| Location | Nakiska |
| Vertical | 507 m (1,663 ft) |
| Top elevation | 2,039 m (6,690 ft) |
| Base elevation | 1,532 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).
