Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill
Women's Downhill race at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Hakuba | ||||||||||||
Date | February 16 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 39 from 16 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 1:28.89 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics | ||
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Combined | men | women |
Downhill | men | women |
Giant slalom | men | women |
Slalom | men | women |
Super-G | men | women |
Women's Downhill | |
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Location | Hakuba – Happo-One Olympic Course II |
Vertical | 691 m (2,267 ft) |
Top elevation | 1,590 m (5,217 ft) |
Base elevation | 899 m (2,949 ft) |
The Women's Downhill competition of the Nagano 1998 Olympics was held at Happo-One at Hakuba on Monday, February 16.[1][2] The race was delayed two days due to rain and fog.[3]
The defending world champion was Hilary Lindh of the United States, while Austria's Renate Goetschl was the defending World Cup downhill champion.[4][5]
Katja Seizinger successfully defended her Olympic title, Pernilla Wiberg took the silver, and Florence Masnada was the bronze medalist.[3][6] Through 2019, Seizinger remains the only ski racer in history to repeat as an Olympic downhill gold medalist.
The Olympic Course II started at an elevation of 1,590 m (5,217 ft) above sea level with a vertical drop of 691 m (2,267 ft) and a length of 2.518 km (1.56 mi). Seizinger's winning time was 88.89 seconds, yielding an average course speed of 101.978 km/h (63.4 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 7.774 m/s (25.5 ft/s).
Results[]
The race was started at 10:30 local time, (UTC +9). At the starting gate, the skies were clear, the temperature was −5.3 °C (22 °F), and the snow condition was hard; the temperature at the finish was 2.5 °C (36 °F).
Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
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5 | Katja Seizinger | ![]() |
1:28.89 | — |
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15 | Pernilla Wiberg | ![]() |
1:29.18 | +0.29 |
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2 | Florence Masnada | ![]() |
1:29.37 | +0.48 |
4 | 4 | Mélanie Suchet | ![]() |
1:29.48 | +0.59 |
5 | 27 | Svetlana Gladysheva | ![]() |
1:29.50 | +0.61 |
6 | 8 | Picabo Street | ![]() |
1:29.54 | +0.65 |
7 | 12 | Régine Cavagnoud | ![]() |
1:29.72 | +0.83 |
8 | 1 | Alexandra Meissnitzer | ![]() |
1:29.84 | +0.95 |
9 | 7 | Hilde Gerg | ![]() |
1:29.96 | +1.07 |
9 | 11 | Katrin Gutensohn | ![]() |
1:29.96 | +1.07 |
11 | 29 | Ingeborg Helen Marken | ![]() |
1:30.19 | +1.30 |
12 | 3 | Heidi Zurbriggen | ![]() |
1:30.25 | +1.36 |
13 | 14 | Varvara Zelenskaya | ![]() |
1:30.38 | +1.49 |
14 | 10 | Carole Montillet-Carles | ![]() |
1:30.65 | +1.76 |
15 | 13 | Steffi Schuster | ![]() |
1:30.73 | +1.84 |
16 | 25 | Trude Gimle | ![]() |
1:30.87 | +1.98 |
17 | 35 | Jonna Mendes | ![]() |
1:30.89 | +2.00 |
18 | 22 | Michaela Dorfmeister | ![]() |
1:31.17 | +2.28 |
19 | 17 | Kate Pace-Lindsay | ![]() |
1:31.30 | +2.41 |
20 | 21 | Bibiana Perez | ![]() |
1:31.43 | +2.54 |
21 | 24 | Alessandra Merlin | ![]() |
1:31.44 | +2.55 |
22 | 23 | Mélanie Turgeon | ![]() |
1:31.45 | +2.56 |
22 | 30 | Catherine Borghi | ![]() |
1:31.45 | +2.56 |
24 | 20 | Špela Bračun | ![]() |
1:31.54 | +2.65 |
25 | 33 | Janica Kostelić | ![]() |
1:31.97 | +3.08 |
26 | 26 | Katie Monahan | ![]() |
1:32.22 | +3.33 |
26 | 34 | Morena Gallizio | ![]() |
1:32.22 | +3.33 |
28 | 31 | Kirsten Clark | ![]() |
1:32.25 | +3.36 |
29 | 32 | Yekaterina Nesterenko | ![]() |
1:32.54 | +3.65 |
30 | 18 | Corinne Rey-Bellet | ![]() |
1:32.92 | +4.03 |
31 | 36 | Lucie Hrstková | ![]() |
1:33.00 | +4.11 |
32 | 28 | Anna Larionova | ![]() |
1:34.36 | +5.47 |
33 | 39 | Yuliya Kharkivska | ![]() |
1:35.60 | +6.71 |
34 | 37 | Carola Calello | ![]() |
1:36.71 | +7.82 |
- | 6 | Renate Götschl | ![]() |
DNF | - |
- | 9 | Isolde Kostner | ![]() |
DNF | - |
- | 16 | Regina Häusl | ![]() |
DNF | - |
- | 19 | Kristine Kristiansen | ![]() |
DNF | - |
- | 38 | Mónika Kovács | ![]() |
DQ | - |
- Source:[1]
References[]
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Alpine Skiing at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games: Women's Downhill". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
- ^ a b Robertson, Linda (February 16, 1998). "Street plays it safe". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). (Miami Herald). p. C8.
- ^ "1997 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
- ^ "1997 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
- ^ Gloster, Rob (February 16, 1998). "Cautious Street loses her dream". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. 6B.
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