Women's downhill at the XIX Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Snowbasin | ||||||||||||
Date | February 12 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 39 from 17 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 1:39.56 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Alpine skiing at the 2002 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 | Snowbasin Wildflower Downhill |
Vertical | 800 m (2,625 ft) |
Top elevation | 2,748 m (9,016 ft) |
Base elevation | 1,948 m (6,391 ft) |
The women's downhill event of the 2002 Winter Olympics was held at Snowbasin on Tuesday, February 12. [1] [2]
Carole Montillet was the surprise winner, and favorites Isolde Kostner (silver) and Renate Götschl (bronze) were the other medalists. [1] [3]
The Wildflower Downhill course started at an elevation of 2,748 m (9,016 ft) above sea level with a vertical drop of 800 m (2,625 ft) and a course length of 2.694 km (1.67 mi). Montillet's winning time was 99.56 seconds, yielding an average course speed of 97.413 km/h (60.5 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 8.035 m/s (26.4 ft/s).
The race was started at 12:10 local time, (UTC −7). At the starting gate, the skies were clear, the temperature was −8.0 °C (18 °F), and the snow condition was hard.
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