Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill

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Women's downhill
at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
Alpine skiing pictogram.svg
Venue Rock, Yanqing District
Date15 February
Competitors36 from 17 nations
Winning time1:31.87
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Corinne Suter Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
Silver medal icon.svg Sofia Goggia Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Bronze medal icon.svg Nadia Delago Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
  2018
2026  
Women's downhill
Location"Rock" course
Yanqing National Alpine Ski Centre
Vertical   765 m (2,510 ft)
Top elevation2,050 m (6,726 ft)  
Base elevation1,285 m (4,216 ft)

The women's downhill competition of the Beijing 2022 Olympics was held on 15 February, on the "Rock" course at Yanqing National Alpine Ski Centre ski resort in Yanqing District. [1] Corinne Suter of Switzerland, the reigning world champion, won the event, which was her first Olympic medal. Defending champion Sofia Goggia of Italy won silver, and Nadia Delago of Italy took bronze, also her first Olympic medal.

Defending silver medalist Ragnhild Mowinckel competed, but bronze medalist Lindsey Vonn had retired from competition. Prior to the Olympics, six World Cup downhill events were held; Goggia was leading the ranking, followed by Suter and Ramona Siebenhofer.

The "Rock" course was 2.704 km (1.68 mi) in length, with a vertical drop of 765 m (2,510 ft) from a starting elevation of 2,050 m (6,726 ft) above sea level. Suter's winning time of 91.87 seconds yielded an average speed of 105.958 km/h (65.8 mph) and an average vertical descent rate of 8.327 m/s (27.3 ft/s).

Qualification

Results

The race started at 11:30 local time, (UTC+8), delayed a half hour due to gusting winds. At the starting gate, the skies were variable, the temperature was −21.6 °C (−7 °F), and the snow condition was hard packed. [2]

RankBibNameCountryTimeDeficit
Gold medal icon.svg15 Corinne Suter Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:31.87
Silver medal icon.svg13 Sofia Goggia Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:32.03+0.16
Bronze medal icon.svg11 Nadia Delago Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:32.44+0.57
417 Kira Weidle Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:32.58+0.71
51 Elena Curtoni Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:32.87+1.00
64 Joana Hählen Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:33.16+1.29
718 Cornelia Hütter Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:33.35+1.48
88 Marie-Michèle Gagnon Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:33.45+1.58
89 Mirjam Puchner Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:33.45+1.58
1016 Laura Gauché Flag of France.svg  France 1:33.47+1.60
1110 Nicol Delago Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:33.69+1.82
127 Ramona Siebenhofer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:33.81+1.94
132 Romane Miradoli Flag of France.svg  France 1:33.93+2.06
146 Ragnhild Mowinckel Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:33.97+2.10
153 Jasmine Flury Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:34.00+2.13
1619 Lara Gut-Behrami Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:34.03+2.16
1726 Keely Cashman Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:34.13+2.26
1812 Mikaela Shiffrin Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:34.36+2.49
1920 Tamara Tippler Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:34.39+2.52
2025 Julia Pleshkova Flag placeholder.svg  ROC 1:34.48+2.61
2130 Jacqueline Wiles Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:34.60+2.73
2214 Ilka Štuhec Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1:34.88+3.01
2329 Maruša Ferk Saioni Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1:34.99+3.12
2431 Roni Remme Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:35.36+3.49
2523 Alice Robinson Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:35.57+3.70
2628 Greta Small Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:36.53+4.66
275 Ester Ledecká Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1:38.18+6.31
2833 Tereza Nová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1:39.38+7.51
2935 Barbora Nováková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1:39.50+7.63
3034 Nevena Ignjatović Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 1:40.73+8.86
3136 Kong Fanying Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:44.53+12.66
21 Alix Wilkinson Flag of the United States.svg  United States DNF
22 Tiffany Gauthier Flag of France.svg  France
24 Elvedina Muzaferija Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina
27 Camille Cerutti Flag of France.svg  France
32 Cande Moreno Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra

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