Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Paralympics - Men's downhill B1

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Men's Downhill B1
at the IV Paralympic Winter Games
Alpine skiing - Paralympic pictogram.svg
Paralympic Alpine Skiing
VenueInnsbruck
DatesJanuary 1988
Competitors10 from 7 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Franz Griessbacher  Austria
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mats Linder  Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Willi Hohm  Austria

The Men's Downhill B1 was one of the events held in Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Paralympics in Innsbruck.

There were 10 competitors in the final.

Austria's Franz Griessbacher set a time of 1:10.43, taking the gold medal, the first of two for him.[1]

Willi Hohm won his only Paralympic medal at this event, having previously competed in several events at the 1976 Winter Paralympics and 1984 Winter Paralympics.

Results[]

Final[]

Rank Athlete Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Franz Griessbacher (AUT) 1:10.43
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Mats Linder (SWE) 1:18.17
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Willi Hohm (AUT) 1:19.95
4   (BEL) 2:00.70
5   (ITA) 2:12.01
6   (DEN) 2:48.81
 Bruno Kuehne (AUT) DNF
  (GBR) DSQ
 John Houston (CAN) DSQ
  (GBR) DSQ

References[]

  1. ^ "Paralympic results".
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