Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill
| Women's Downhill at the XVI Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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Meribel | |||||||||||||
| Date | February 15 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 30 from 12 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:52.55 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Alpine skiing at the 1992 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 | |
|---|---|
| Location | Meribel – Roc de Fer |
| Vertical | 828 m (2,717 ft) |
| Top elevation | 2,260 m (7,415 ft) |
| Base elevation | 1,432 m (4,698 ft) |
The Women's
The defending world champion was Petra Kronberger of Austria, while Switzerland's Chantal Bournissen was the defending World Cup downhill champion and Germany's Katja Seizinger led the current season.[3][4]
The Roc de Fer (iron rock) course started at an elevation of 2,260 m (7,415 ft) above sea level with a vertical drop of 828 m (2,717 ft) and a course length of 2.770 km (1.72 mi). Lee-Gartner's winning time was 112.55 seconds, yielding an average course speed of 88.601 km/h (55.1 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 7.357 m/s (24.1 ft/s).
Lee-Gartner was the first from outside the Alps to win a women's speed event (downhill, super-G) at the Olympics; through 2018, she remains the only Canadian to win an Olympic speed event.
Results
The race was started at 11:15 local time, (UTC +1). At the starting gate, the skies were overcast, the temperature was −2.0 °C (28.4 °F), and the snow condition was fresh; the temperature at the finish was lower, at −3.0 °C (26.6 °F).
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References
- ^ a b "Albertville 1992 Official Report" (PDF). Le Comite d'Organisation des Jeux Olympiques Albertville. LA84 Foundation. 1992. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2008. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- ^ "Alpine Skiing at the 1992 Albertville Winter Games: Women's Downhill". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
- ^ "1991 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- ^ "1991 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- ^ Lochner, Bob (February 16, 1992). "Lindh lends a hand to stun Europeans". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Los Angeles Times). p. 1G.
- ^ "For U.S., a silver lining". Nashua Telegraph. (New Hampshire). Associated Press. February 16, 1992. p. C1.
- ^ Johnson, William Oscar (February 24, 1992). "On slippery slopes". Sports Illustrated. p. 20.
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