Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Women's super-G

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Women's super-G
at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games
Alpine skiing
VenueHakuba
DateFebruary 11
Competitors43 from 19 nations
Winning time1:18.02
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Picabo Street  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Michaela Dorfmeister  Austria
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Alexandra Meissnitzer  Austria
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Alpine skiing at the
1998 Winter Olympics
Combinedmenwomen
Downhillmenwomen
Giant slalommenwomen
Slalommenwomen
Super-Gmenwomen
Women's super-G
LocationHakuba – Happo-One
Olympic Course II
Vertical   587 m (1,926 ft)
Top elevation1,486 m (4,875 ft)  
Base elevation   899 m (2,949 ft)

The women's super-G competition of the Nagano 1998 Olympics was held at Hakuba on Wednesday, February 11.[1][2]

The defending

World Cup
Super G champion. [3][4] Defending Olympic champion Diann Roffe had retired from competition in 1994. This was the opening women's alpine event of these Olympics.

Picabo Street of the United States won the gold medal by one-hundredth of a second, Austria's Michaela Dorfmeister took the silver, and the bronze medalist was Alexandra Meissnitzer, also of Austria.[5][6][7] Gerg was tenth and Kostner eleventh, while downhill gold medalist Katja Seizinger was sixth.

Street had never won a super-G event, though she had two World Cup podiums; her nine World Cup wins were all in downhill. Returning from injuries,[7] this was the final podium of her career; she was sixth in the downhill, then broke her leg a month later in Switzerland,[8] which ended her presence as a top competitor.

The Olympic Course II started at an elevation of 1,486 m (4,875 ft) above sea level with a vertical drop of 587 m (1,926 ft) and a length of 2.115 km (1.31 mi). Street's winning time was 78.02 seconds, yielding an average course speed of 97.590 km/h (60.6 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 7.524 m/s (24.7 ft/s).

Results

The race was started at 13:00 local time, (UTC +9). At the starting gate, the skies were clear, the temperature was −4.7 °C (24 °F), and the snow condition was hard; the temperature at the finish was −2.0 °C (28 °F).

Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference
1st place, gold medalist(s) 2 Picabo Street  United States 1:18.02 —
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 18 Michaela Dorfmeister  Austria 1:18.03 +0.01
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Alexandra Meissnitzer  Austria 1:18.09 +0.07
4 6 Regina Häusl  Germany 1:18.27 +0.25
5 10 Renate Götschl  Austria 1:18.32 +0.30
6 11 Katja Seizinger  Germany 1:18.44 +0.42
7 9
Martina Ertl
  Germany 1:18.46 +0.44
8 13 Mélanie Suchet  France 1:18.51 +0.49
9 19
Steffi Schuster
  Austria 1:18.53 +0.51
10 12 Hilde Gerg  Germany 1:18.59 +0.57
11 8 Isolde Kostner  Italy 1:18.62 +0.60
12 16 Varvara Zelenskaya  Russia 1:18.72 +0.70
13 30 Svetlana Gladysheva  Russia 1:18.82 +0.80
14 14 Pernilla Wiberg  Sweden 1:18.88 +0.86
15
Carole Montillet
  France
16 25 Régine Cavagnoud  France 1:18.91 +0.89
17 24 Kristine Kristiansen  Norway 1:19.02 +1.00
18 17 Florence Masnada  France 1:19.03 +1.01
19 1 Ingeborg Helen Marken  Norway 1:19.16 +1.14
20 29 Mélanie Turgeon  Canada 1:19.20 +1.18
21 7 Heidi Zurbriggen  Switzerland 1:19.22 +1.20
22 21 Bibiana Perez  Italy 1:19.47 +1.45
23 20 Barbara Merlin  Italy 1:19.64 +1.62
24 26 Mojca Suhadolc  Slovenia 1:19.66 +1.64
25 28 Trude Gimle  Norway 1:19.71 +1.69
26 33 Janica Kostelić  Croatia 1:19.77 +1.75
27 34
Kate Pace-Lindsay
  Canada 1:19.89 +1.87
28 4 Karen Putzer  Italy 1:20.16 +2.14
29 31
Katie Monahan
  United States 1:20.25 +2.23
30 22 Špela Bračun  Slovenia 1:20.29 +2.27
31 27 Corinne Rey-Bellet  Switzerland 1:20.31 +2.29
32 32 Jonna Mendes  United States 1:20.35 +2.33
33 35 Anna Larionova  Russia 1:20.61 +2.59
34 23 Catherine Borghi  Switzerland 1:20.69 +2.67
35 36
Lucie Hrstková
  Czech Republic 1:21.74 +3.72
36 37 Kumiko Kashiwagi  Japan 1:21.89 +3.87
37 40 Olesya Aliyeva  Russia 1:22.00 +3.98
38 38 Tamara Schädler  Liechtenstein 1:22.90 +4.88
39 43 Arijana Boras  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1:24.48 +6.46
40 39 Mónika Kovács  Hungary 1:24.77 +6.75
41 41 Carola Calello  Argentina 1:25.08 +7.06
- 3 Kirsten Clark  United States DNF -
- 43 Yuliya Krygina  Kazakhstan DNF -
- 42 Simona Pastinaru  Romania DNS
Source:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "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.
  2. ^ "Alpine Skiing at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games: Women's Super-G". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  3. ^ "1997 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
  4. ^ "1997 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
  5. ^ Dufresne, Chris (February 11, 1998). "Street pulls off miracle". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Los Angeles Times). p. 1D.
  6. ^ Schrader, Steve (February 11, 1998). "U.S. breaks through". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Knight-Ridder. p. C1.
  7. ^ a b Layden, Tim (February 23, 1998). "Street fighting". Sports Illustrated. p. 40.
  8. ^ "Street breaks leg in crash". Lodi News Sentinel. (California). Associated Press. March 14, 1998. p. 12.

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