Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill
Men's Downhill at the XV Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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Date | February 15, 1988 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 51 from 18 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 1:59.63 | ||||||||||||
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 |
Men's Downhill | |
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Location | Nakiska |
Vertical | 874 m (2,867 ft) |
Top elevation | 2,412 m (7,913 ft) |
Base elevation | 1,538 m (5,046 ft) |
The Men's downhill competition of the Calgary 1988 Olympics was held at the newly-developed Nakiska on Mount Allan on Monday, February 15.[1][2]
The reigning world champion was Peter Müller, while all-around Pirmin Zurbriggen was the defending World Cup downhill champion, led the current season, and was a medal threat in all five alpine events.[3][4][5] Defending Olympic champion Bill Johnson did not make the U.S. Olympic team; this was the third of four consecutive Olympics without the defending champion in the field.
The race was postponed a day due to winds that gusted to 98 mph (158 km/h) at the exposed summit;[6] Zurbriggen took the gold and Müller the silver, a half-second behind.[7] More than a second behind the runner-up was bronze medalist Franck Piccard.[8] Leonhard Stock, the 1980 champion, was fourth, but nearly two seconds behind Zurbriggen.
The course started at an elevation of 2,412 m (7,913 ft) above sea level with a vertical drop of 874 m (2,867 ft) and a course length of 3.147 km (1.96 mi). Zurbriggen's winning time of 119.63 seconds yielded an average speed of 94.702 km/h (58.8 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 7.306 m/s (24.0 ft/s).
Results
The race was started at 11:30 local time, (UTC −7). At the starting gate, the skies were overcast, the temperature was −7 °C (19 °F), and the snow condition was hard; the temperature at the finish was 0 °C (32 °F).
Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
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14 | Pirmin Zurbriggen | Switzerland | 1:59.63 | — | |
1 | Peter Müller | Switzerland | 2:00.14 | +0.51 | |
15 | Franck Piccard | France | 2:01.24 | +1.61 | |
4 | 12 | Leonhard Stock | Austria | 2:01.56 | +1.93 |
5 | 21 | Gerhard Pfaffenbichler | Austria | 2:02.02 | +2.39 |
6 | 9 | Markus Wasmeier | West Germany | 2:02.03 | +2.40 |
7 | 10 | Anton Steiner | Austria | 2:02.19 | +2.56 |
8 | 26 | Martin Bell | Great Britain | 2:02.49 | +2.86 |
9 | 8 | Marc Girardelli | Luxembourg | 2:02.59 | +2.96 |
10 | 13 | Danilo Sbardellotto | Italy | 2:02.69 | +3.06 |
11 | 28 | Shinya Chiba | Japan | 2:03.16 | +3.53 |
12 | 3 | Daniel Mahrer | Switzerland | 2:03.18 | +3.55 |
13 | 25 | Hannes Zehentner | West Germany | 2:03.23 | +3.60 |
14 | 35 | Mike Carney | Canada | 2:03.25 | +3.62 |
15 | 16 | Atle Skårdal | Norway | 2:03.26 | +3.63 |
16 | 7 | Rob Boyd | Canada | 2:03.27 | +3.64 |
17 | 6 | Franz Heinzer | Switzerland | 2:03.36 | +3.73 |
18 | 11 | Felix Belczyk | Canada | 2:03.59 | +3.96 |
19 | 37 | Günther Mader | Austria | 2:03.96 | +4.33 |
20 | 24 | Hansjörg Tauscher | West Germany | 2:04.31 | +4.68 |
21 | 20 | Peter Dürr | West Germany | 2:04.32 | +4.69 |
22 | 30 | Steven Lee | Australia | 2:04.46 | +4.83 |
23 | 33 | Graham Bell | Great Britain | 2:04.56 | +4.93 |
24 | 19 | Jan Einar Thorsen | Norway | 2:04.77 | +5.14 |
25 | 2 | Christophe Plé | France | 2:04.78 | +5.15 |
26 | 32 | A J Kitt |
United States | 2:04.94 | +5.31 |
27 | 18 | Lars-Börje Eriksson | Sweden | 2:05.02 | +5.39 |
28 | 27 | Jeff Olson | United States | 2:05.09 | +5.46 |
29 | 43 | Peter Jurko | Czechoslovakia | 2:05.32 | +5.69 |
30 | 34 | Niklas Henning | Sweden | 2:05.52 | +5.89 |
31 | 17 | Igor Cigolla | Italy | 2:05.85 | +6.22 |
32 | 29 | Doug Lewis | United States | 2:06.25 | +6.62 |
33 | 39 | Adrian Bireš |
Czechoslovakia | 2:06.34 | +6.71 |
34 | 36 | Katsuhito Kumagai | Japan | 2:07.17 | +7.54 |
35 | 45 | Finn Christian Jagge | Norway | 2:07.64 | +8.01 |
36 | 51 | Silvio Wille | Liechtenstein | 2:07.77 | +8.14 |
37 | 37 | Boris Duncan |
Great Britain | 2:07.88 | +8.25 |
38 | 46 | Gregor Hoop | Liechtenstein | 2:08.50 | +8.87 |
39 | 47 | Robert Büchel | Liechtenstein | 2:08.66 | +9.03 |
40 | 44 | Niklas Lindqvist | Sweden | 2:09.41 | +9.78 |
41 | 40 | Nils Linneberg | Chile | 2:09.83 | +10.20 |
42 | 41 | Dieter Linneberg | Chile | 2:11.16 | +11.53 |
43 | 49 | Hubertus von Hohenlohe |
Mexico | 2:12.58 | +12.95 |
44 | 48 | Jorge Birkner | Argentina | 2:14.20 | +14.57 |
45 | 50 | Javier Rivara | Argentina | 2:16.79 | +17.16 |
- | 42 | Peter Forras | Australia | DNF | - |
- | 31 | Bill Hudson | United States | DNF | - |
- | 4 | Luc Alphand | France | DNF | - |
- | 23 | Michael Mair | Italy | DNF | - |
- | 22 | Philippe Verneret | France | DQ | - |
- | 5 | Brian Stemmle | Canada | DQ | - |
- Source:[1]
References
- ^ a b "Calgary 1988 Official Report" (PDF). XV Olympic Winter Games Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1988. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- ^ "Alpine Skiing at the 1988 Calgary Winter Games: Men's Downhill". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
- ^ Johnson, William Oscar (January 27, 1988). "The Swiss golden boy". Sports Illustrated. p. 46.
- ^ "1987 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- ^ "1987 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- ^ "Downhill blown out". Nashua Telegraph. (New Hampshire). Associated Press. February 15, 1988. p. 15.
- ^ Lochner, Bob (February 16, 1988). "Zurbriggen snatches downhill gold". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Los Angeles Times). p. 3D.
- ^ "Zurbriggen not worrying about gold". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). Associated Press. February 16, 1988. p. 18.