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).
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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).
^ ab"Calgary 1988 Official Report" (PDF). XV Olympic Winter Games Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1988. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
^. 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.
External linksedit
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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 Men s Downhillat the XV Olympic Winter GamesAlpine skiingVenueNakiska Kananaskis Village Alberta CanadaDateFebruary 15 1988Competitors51 from 18 nationsWinning time1 59 63MedalistsPirmin Zurbriggen SwitzerlandPeter Muller SwitzerlandFranck Piccard France 19841992 Men s DownhillLocationNakiskaVertical 874 m 2 867 ft Top elevation2 412 m 7 913 ft Base elevation1 538 m 5 046 ft The reigning world champion was Peter Muller 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 Muller 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 editThe 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 nbsp 14 Pirmin Zurbriggen nbsp Switzerland 1 59 63 nbsp 1 Peter Muller nbsp Switzerland 2 00 14 0 51 nbsp 15 Franck Piccard nbsp France 2 01 24 1 614 12 Leonhard Stock nbsp Austria 2 01 56 1 935 21 Gerhard Pfaffenbichler nbsp Austria 2 02 02 2 396 9 Markus Wasmeier nbsp West Germany 2 02 03 2 407 10 Anton Steiner nbsp Austria 2 02 19 2 568 26 Martin Bell nbsp Great Britain 2 02 49 2 869 8 Marc Girardelli nbsp Luxembourg 2 02 59 2 9610 13 Danilo Sbardellotto nbsp Italy 2 02 69 3 0611 28 Shinya Chiba nbsp Japan 2 03 16 3 5312 3 Daniel Mahrer nbsp Switzerland 2 03 18 3 5513 25 Hannes Zehentner nbsp West Germany 2 03 23 3 6014 35 Mike Carney nbsp Canada 2 03 25 3 6215 16 Atle Skardal nbsp Norway 2 03 26 3 6316 7 Rob Boyd nbsp Canada 2 03 27 3 6417 6 Franz Heinzer nbsp Switzerland 2 03 36 3 7318 11 Felix Belczyk nbsp Canada 2 03 59 3 9619 37 Gunther Mader nbsp Austria 2 03 96 4 3320 24 Hansjorg Tauscher nbsp West Germany 2 04 31 4 6821 20 Peter Durr nbsp West Germany 2 04 32 4 6922 30 Steven Lee nbsp Australia 2 04 46 4 8323 33 Graham Bell nbsp Great Britain 2 04 56 4 9324 19 Jan Einar Thorsen nbsp Norway 2 04 77 5 1425 2 Christophe Ple nbsp France 2 04 78 5 1526 32 A J Kitt nbsp United States 2 04 94 5 3127 18 Lars Borje Eriksson nbsp Sweden 2 05 02 5 3928 27 Jeff Olson nbsp United States 2 05 09 5 4629 43 Peter Jurko nbsp Czechoslovakia 2 05 32 5 6930 34 Niklas Henning nbsp Sweden 2 05 52 5 8931 17 Igor Cigolla nbsp Italy 2 05 85 6 2232 29 Doug Lewis nbsp United States 2 06 25 6 6233 39 Adrian Bires nbsp Czechoslovakia 2 06 34 6 7134 36 Katsuhito Kumagai nbsp Japan 2 07 17 7 5435 45 Finn Christian Jagge nbsp Norway 2 07 64 8 0136 51 Silvio Wille nbsp Liechtenstein 2 07 77 8 1437 37 Boris Duncan nbsp Great Britain 2 07 88 8 2538 46 Gregor Hoop nbsp Liechtenstein 2 08 50 8 8739 47 Robert Buchel nbsp Liechtenstein 2 08 66 9 0340 44 Niklas Lindqvist nbsp Sweden 2 09 41 9 7841 40 Nils Linneberg nbsp Chile 2 09 83 10 2042 41 Dieter Linneberg nbsp Chile 2 11 16 11 5343 49 Hubertus von Hohenlohe nbsp Mexico 2 12 58 12 9544 48 Jorge Birkner nbsp Argentina 2 14 20 14 5745 50 Javier Rivara nbsp Argentina 2 16 79 17 16 42 Peter Forras nbsp Australia DNF 31 Bill Hudson nbsp United States DNF 4 Luc Alphand nbsp France DNF 23 Michael Mair nbsp Italy DNF 22 Philippe Verneret nbsp France DQ 5 Brian Stemmle nbsp Canada DQ Source 1 References edit 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 External links editFIS results Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php 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