Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill

Women's Downhill
Women's Downhill
Location	Hakuba – Happo-One; Olympic Course II
Vertical	691 m (2,267 ft)
Top elevation	1,590 m (5,217 ft)
Base elevation	899 m (2,949 ft)

Women's Downhill race
at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games
Women's Downhill race; at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games
	Alpine skiing
Venue	Hakuba
Date	February 16
Competitors	39 from 16 nations
Winning time	1:28.89
Medalists
	← 1994 2002 →

Last updated October 08, 2022

The Women's Downhill competition of the Nagano 1998 Olympics was held at Happo-One at Hakuba on Monday, February 16.^[1]^[2] The race was delayed two days due to rain and fog.^[3]

The defending world champion was Hilary Lindh of the United States, while Austria's Renate Goetschl was the defending World Cup downhill champion.^[4]^[5]

Katja Seizinger successfully defended her Olympic title, Pernilla Wiberg took the silver, and Florence Masnada was the bronze medalist.^[3]^[6] Through 2019, Seizinger remains the only ski racer in history to repeat as an Olympic downhill gold medalist.

The Olympic Course II started at an elevation of 1,590 m (5,217 ft) above sea level with a vertical drop of 691 m (2,267 ft) and a length of 2.518 km (1.56 mi). Seizinger's winning time was 88.89 seconds, yielding an average course speed of 101.978 km/h (63.4 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 7.774 m/s (25.5 ft/s).

Results

The race was started at 10:30 local time, (UTC +9). At the starting gate, the skies were clear, the temperature was −5.3 °C (22 °F), and the snow condition was hard; the temperature at the finish was 2.5 °C (36 °F).

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Time	Difference
	5	Katja Seizinger	Germany	1:28.89	—
	15	Pernilla Wiberg	Sweden	1:29.18	+0.29
	2	Florence Masnada	France	1:29.37	+0.48
4	4	Mélanie Suchet	France	1:29.48	+0.59
5	27	Svetlana Gladysheva	Russia	1:29.50	+0.61
6	8	Picabo Street	United States	1:29.54	+0.65
7	12	Régine Cavagnoud	France	1:29.72	+0.83
8	1	Alexandra Meissnitzer	Austria	1:29.84	+0.95
9	7	Hilde Gerg	Germany	1:29.96	+1.07
9	11	Katrin Gutensohn	Germany	1:29.96	+1.07
11	29	Ingeborg Helen Marken	Norway	1:30.19	+1.30
12	3	Heidi Zurbriggen	Switzerland	1:30.25	+1.36
13	14	Varvara Zelenskaya	Russia	1:30.38	+1.49
14	10	Carole Montillet-Carles	France	1:30.65	+1.76
15	13	Steffi Schuster	Austria	1:30.73	+1.84
16	25	Trude Gimle	Norway	1:30.87	+1.98
17	35	Jonna Mendes	United States	1:30.89	+2.00
18	22	Michaela Dorfmeister	Austria	1:31.17	+2.28
19	17	Kate Pace-Lindsay	Canada	1:31.30	+2.41
20	21	Bibiana Perez	Italy	1:31.43	+2.54
21	24	Alessandra Merlin	Italy	1:31.44	+2.55
22	23	Mélanie Turgeon	Canada	1:31.45	+2.56
22	30	Catherine Borghi	Switzerland	1:31.45	+2.56
24	20	Špela Bračun	Slovenia	1:31.54	+2.65
25	33	Janica Kostelić	Croatia	1:31.97	+3.08
26	26	Katie Monahan	United States	1:32.22	+3.33
26	34	Morena Gallizio	Italy	1:32.22	+3.33
28	31	Kirsten Clark	United States	1:32.25	+3.36
29	32	Yekaterina Nesterenko	Russia	1:32.54	+3.65
30	18	Corinne Rey-Bellet	Switzerland	1:32.92	+4.03
31	36	Lucie Hrstková	Czech Republic	1:33.00	+4.11
32	28	Anna Larionova	Russia	1:34.36	+5.47
33	39	Yuliya Kharkivska	Ukraine	1:35.60	+6.71
34	37	Carola Calello	Argentina	1:36.71	+7.82
-	6	Renate Götschl	Austria	DNF	-
-	9	Isolde Kostner	Italy	DNF	-
-	16	Regina Häusl	Germany	DNF	-
-	19	Kristine Kristiansen	Norway	DNF	-
-	38	Mónika Kovács	Hungary	DQ	-

Source:^[1]

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References

1 2 "Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1998. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2008. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
↑ "Alpine Skiing at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games: Women's Downhill". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
1 2 Robertson, Linda (February 16, 1998). "Street plays it safe". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). (Miami Herald). p. C8.
↑ "1997 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
↑ "1997 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
↑ Gloster, Rob (February 16, 1998). "Cautious Street loses her dream". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. 6B.

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[AlpineSkiing-1] 1 2 "Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1998. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2008. Retrieved September 30, 2013.

[SR-2] "Alpine Skiing at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games: Women's Downhill". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2018.

[spisaf-3] 1 2 Robertson, Linda (February 16, 1998). "Street plays it safe". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). (Miami Herald). p. C8.

[WorldCup-4] "1997 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved November 20, 2013.

[WorldChamps-5] "1997 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved November 20, 2013.

[cslher-6] Gloster, Rob (February 16, 1998). "Cautious Street loses her dream". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. 6B.

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Women's Downhill
Location	Hakuba – Happo-One Olympic Course II
Vertical	691 m (2,267 ft)
Top elevation	1,590 m (5,217 ft)
Base elevation	899 m (2,949 ft)