Pall won the gold medal, Isabelle Mir of France took the silver, and Haas was the bronze medalist.[5][6]
The starting gate was at an elevation of 2,252 m (7,388 ft), and the vertical drop was 602 m (1,975 ft).[1] The course length was 2.160 km (1.34 mi) and Pall's winning time of 100.87 seconds resulted in an average speed of 77.089 km/h (47.9 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 5.968 m/s (19.6 ft/s).
About an hour before the race, eighteen-year-old American Karen Budge was testing her wax on the practice course and narrowly avoided a full collision with a member of the Moroccan men's team, Said Housni, who had been warned once before to stay off the hill. She fell, suffered a dislocated shoulder, and did not start.[5][7]
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alpine, skiing, 1968, winter, olympics, women, downhill, women, downhill, competition, grenoble, 1968, olympics, held, chamrousse, saturday, february, women, downhillat, olympic, winter, gamesalpine, skiingvenuechamroussedatefebruary, 10competitors39, from, na. The Women s Downhill competition of the Grenoble 1968 Olympics was held at Chamrousse on Saturday 10 February 1 2 Women s downhillat the X Olympic Winter GamesAlpine skiingVenueChamrousseDateFebruary 10Competitors39 from 14 nationsWinning time1 40 87MedalistsOlga Pall AustriaIsabelle Mir FranceChristl Haas Austria 19641972 Women s DownhillLocationChamrousseVertical 602 m 1 975 ft Top elevation2 252 m 7 388 ft Base elevation1 650 m 5 413 ft The defending world champion was Marielle Goitschel of France who was also the defending World Cup downhill champion and Austria s Olga Pall led the current season 3 4 Christl Haas of Austria was the defending Olympic champion Pall won the gold medal Isabelle Mir of France took the silver and Haas was the bronze medalist 5 6 The starting gate was at an elevation of 2 252 m 7 388 ft and the vertical drop was 602 m 1 975 ft 1 The course length was 2 160 km 1 34 mi and Pall s winning time of 100 87 seconds resulted in an average speed of 77 089 km h 47 9 mph with an average vertical descent rate of 5 968 m s 19 6 ft s About an hour before the race eighteen year old American Karen Budge was testing her wax on the practice course and narrowly avoided a full collision with a member of the Moroccan men s team Said Housni who had been warned once before to stay off the hill She fell suffered a dislocated shoulder and did not start 5 7 Results EditSaturday 10 February 1968 Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference nbsp 15 Olga Pall nbsp Austria 1 40 87 nbsp 13 Isabelle Mir nbsp France 1 41 33 0 46 nbsp 7 Christl Haas nbsp Austria 1 41 41 0 544 8 Brigitte Seiwald nbsp Austria 1 41 82 0 955 14 Annie Famose nbsp France 1 42 15 1 286 21 Felicity Field nbsp Great Britain 1 42 79 1 927 18 Fernande Bochatay nbsp Switzerland 1 42 87 2 008 11 Marielle Goitschel nbsp France 1 42 95 2 089 3 Florence Steurer nbsp France 1 43 00 2 1310 5 Nancy Greene nbsp Canada 1 43 12 2 2511 10 Annerosli Zryd nbsp Switzerland 1 43 76 2 8912 30 Gertrud Gabl nbsp Austria 1 43 97 3 1013 6 Giustina Demetz nbsp Italy 1 44 22 3 3514 2 Burgl Farbinger nbsp West Germany 1 44 29 3 4215 31 Gina Hathorn nbsp Great Britain 1 44 36 3 4916 32 Madeleine Wuilloud nbsp Switzerland 1 44 49 3 6217 25 Kiki Cutter nbsp United States 1 44 94 4 0718 28 Vreni Inabnit nbsp Switzerland 1 45 16 4 2919 1 Margret Hafen nbsp West Germany 1 45 33 4 4620 38 Judi Leinweber nbsp Canada 1 45 60 4 7321 29 Sandy Shellworth nbsp United States 1 46 53 5 6622 20 Karen Dokka nbsp Canada 1 47 55 6 6823 27 Betsy Clifford nbsp Canada 1 47 60 6 7324 24 Christine Laprell nbsp West Germany 1 47 62 6 7525 19 Rosi Mittermaier nbsp West Germany 1 47 73 6 8626 37 Helen Jamieson nbsp Great Britain 1 48 03 7 1627 36 Nina Merkulova nbsp Soviet Union 1 48 04 7 1728 9 Suzy Chaffee nbsp United States 1 48 50 7 6329 46 Alfina Sukhanova nbsp Soviet Union 1 48 74 7 8730 39 Clotilde Fasolis nbsp Italy 1 48 90 8 0331 22 Glorianda Cipolla nbsp Italy 1 49 02 8 1532 12 Divina Galica nbsp Great Britain 1 49 39 8 5233 23 Anna Mohrova nbsp Czechoslovakia 1 50 22 9 3534 48 Mihoko Otsue nbsp Japan 1 51 60 10 7335 34 Galina Sidorova nbsp Soviet Union 1 51 74 10 8736 35 Majda Ankele nbsp Yugoslavia 1 52 13 11 2637 44 Anne Reid nbsp New Zealand 1 53 12 12 2538 47 Marta Buhler nbsp Liechtenstein 1 53 53 12 66 26 Lotte Nogler nbsp Italy DNF 4 Karen Budge nbsp United States DNS 45 Irina Touroundaevsk nbsp Soviet Union DNS Source 1 References Edit a b c Rapport Officiel Xes Jeux Olympiques D Hiver 1968 Grenoble Comite d organisation des Xemes jeux olympiques d hiver LA84 Foundation 1968 Retrieved December 19 2019 Alpine Skiing at the 1968 Grenoble Winter Games Women s Downhill Sports Reference Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 1 March 2018 1967 World Cup standings FIS Retrieved January 3 2014 1966 World Championships results FIS Retrieved January 3 2014 a b Finn skater is speediest Spokane Daily Chronicle Washington Associated Press February 10 1968 p 10 The rewards of an Olympic championship Spokesman Review Spokane Washington AP photo February 11 1968 p 1 sports Jenkins Dan February 19 1968 Breakneck time in France over the scattered bones came Jean Claude Sports Illustrated p 12 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics Women 27s downhill amp oldid 1114671983, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
