West Germany's Marina Kiehl won the gold medal, Brigitte Oertli of Switzerland took silver, and Karen Percy of Canada was the bronze medalist; Walliser was fourth and Figini finished ninth.[6]
The course started at an elevation of 2,179 m (7,149 ft) above sea level with a vertical drop of 647 m (2,123 ft) and a course length of 2.238 km (1.39 mi). Kiehl's winning time was 85.86 seconds, yielding an average speed of 93.836 km/h (58.3 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 7.536 m/s (24.7 ft/s).
Resultsedit
The race was started at 10:00 local time, (UTC −7). At the starting gate, the skies were partly cloudy, the temperature was −2 °C (28 °F), and the snow condition was hard; the temperature at the finish was 4 °C (39 °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 24 March 2018.
^ ab"U.S. skiers getting all the breaks". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). wire reports. February 19, 1988. p. 5B.
^"1987 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
^"1987 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
^ ab"Women's Downhill". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. February 20, 1988. p. B3.
External linksedit
FIS results
January 01, 1970
alpine, skiing, 1988, winter, olympics, women, downhill, women, downhill, competition, calgary, 1988, olympics, held, nakiska, friday, february, race, delayed, high, winds, thursday, women, downhillat, olympic, winter, gamesalpine, skiingvenuenakiskadatefebrua. The Women s Downhill competition of the Calgary 1988 Olympics was held at Nakiska on Friday February 19 1 2 The race was delayed a day due to high winds on Thursday 3 Women s downhillat the XV Olympic Winter GamesAlpine skiingVenueNakiskaDateFebruary 19Competitors35 from 14 nationsWinning time1 25 86MedalistsMarina Kiehl West GermanyBrigitte Oertli SwitzerlandKaren Percy Canada 19841992 Women s downhillLocationNakiskaVertical 647 m 2 123 ft Top elevation2 179 m 7 149 ft Base elevation1 532 m 5 026 ft The defending world champion was Maria Walliser of Switzerland while teammate Michela Figini was the defending Olympic and World Cup downhill champion and led the current season 4 5 West Germany s Marina Kiehl won the gold medal Brigitte Oertli of Switzerland took silver and Karen Percy of Canada was the bronze medalist Walliser was fourth and Figini finished ninth 6 The course started at an elevation of 2 179 m 7 149 ft above sea level with a vertical drop of 647 m 2 123 ft and a course length of 2 238 km 1 39 mi Kiehl s winning time was 85 86 seconds yielding an average speed of 93 836 km h 58 3 mph with an average vertical descent rate of 7 536 m s 24 7 ft s Results editThe race was started at 10 00 local time UTC 7 At the starting gate the skies were partly cloudy the temperature was 2 C 28 F and the snow condition was hard the temperature at the finish was 4 C 39 F Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference nbsp 8 Marina Kiehl nbsp West Germany 1 25 86 nbsp 12 Brigitte Oertli nbsp Switzerland 1 26 61 0 75 nbsp 6 Karen Percy nbsp Canada 1 26 62 0 76 4 4 Maria Walliser nbsp Switzerland 1 26 89 1 03 5 15 Laurie Graham nbsp Canada 1 26 99 1 13 6 5 Petra Kronberger nbsp Austria 1 27 03 1 17 7 10 Regine Mosenlechner nbsp West Germany 1 27 16 1 30 8 14 Elisabeth Kirchler nbsp Austria 1 27 19 1 33 9 9 Michela Figini nbsp Switzerland 1 27 26 1 40 10 24 Lucia Medzihradska nbsp Czechoslovakia 1 27 28 1 42 11 3 Chantal Bournissen nbsp Switzerland 1 27 46 1 60 12 20 Carole Merle nbsp France 1 27 53 1 67 13 1 Michaela Gerg nbsp West Germany 1 27 83 1 97 14 25 Emi Kawabata nbsp Japan 1 27 85 1 99 15 13 Kerrin Lee nbsp Canada 1 28 07 2 21 16 11 Golnur Postnikova nbsp Soviet Union 1 28 23 2 37 17 21 Claudine Emonet nbsp France 1 28 36 2 50 18 19 Edith Thys nbsp United States 1 28 53 2 67 19 27 Michaela Marzola nbsp Italy 1 28 69 2 83 20 26 Kristin Krone nbsp United States 1 29 13 3 27 21 23 Christina Meier Hock nbsp West Germany 1 29 30 3 44 22 28 Wendy Lumby nbsp Great Britain 1 29 76 3 90 23 30 Sachiko Yamamoto nbsp Japan 1 30 15 4 29 24 22 Ludmila Milanova nbsp Czechoslovakia 1 30 42 4 56 25 29 Clare Booth nbsp Great Britain 1 32 50 6 64 26 32 Jolanda Kindle nbsp Liechtenstein 1 32 88 7 02 27 36 Carolina Eiras nbsp Argentina 1 37 37 11 51 28 34 Astrid Steverlynck nbsp Argentina 1 41 64 15 78 37 Mariela Vallecillo nbsp Argentina DNF 35 Mihaela Fera nbsp Romania DNF 33 Jacqueline Vogt nbsp Liechtenstein DNF 18 Hilary Lindh nbsp United States DNF 17 Anita Wachter nbsp Austria DNF 7 Kellie Casey nbsp Canada DNF 2 Sigrid Wolf nbsp Austria DNF 31 Ingrid Grant nbsp Great Britain DNS 16 Catherine Quittet nbsp France DNS Pam Fletcher nbsp United States DNS Source 1 3 6 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 Women s Downhill Sports Reference Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 24 March 2018 a b U S skiers getting all the breaks Eugene Register Guard Oregon wire reports February 19 1988 p 5B 1987 World Cup standings FIS Retrieved January 3 2014 1987 World Championships results FIS Retrieved January 3 2014 a b Women s Downhill Spokesman Review Spokane Washington Associated Press February 20 1988 p B3 External links editFIS results Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics Women 27s downhill amp oldid 1114672105, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
