Speed skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Speed skiing was a demonstration sport at the 1992 Winter Olympics. The venue was in Les Arcs, about 60 km from the host city, Albertville. , a 31-year-old medical doctor from Savoie, improved his own 1988 world record by 5.558 km/h. Philippe Goitschel, the nephew of French ski champion Marielle Goitschel, was second and the American Jeffrey Hamilton was third. The competition was, however, marred by the death of Nicolas Bochatay from Switzerland, who died while free skiing the morning of the finals.

from Finland achieved a top speed of 219.245 kilometres per hour (136.233 mph), breaking the previous women's world record of 214.723 km/h (133.423 mph).

Men's event[]

Place	Athlete	Speed
1	(FRA)	229.299 km/h (142.480 mph)
2	Philippe Goitschel (FRA)	228.717 km/h (142.118 mph)
3	(USA)	226.700 km/h (140.865 mph)
4	(FRA)	225.000 km/h (139.809 mph)
5	(FRA)	223.464 km/h (138.854 mph)
6	(TCH)	223.325 km/h (138.768 mph)
7	(USA)	222.910 km/h (138.510 mph)
8	Franz Weber (AUT)	222.222 km/h (138.082 mph)
9	Silvano Meli (SUI)	222.085 km/h (137.997 mph)
10	(USA)	221.811 km/h (137.827 mph)

Women's event[]

Place	Athlete	Speed
1	(FIN)	219.245 km/h (136.233 mph)
2	(NOR)	212.892 km/h (132.285 mph)
3	(SUI)	210.526 km/h (130.815 mph)
4	(SWE)	209.790 km/h (130.357 mph)
5	(USA)	203.620 km/h (126.524 mph)
6	(CAN)	195.865 km/h (121.705 mph)
7	(FRA)	195.972 km/h (121.771 mph)
8	(FRA)	199.115 km/h (123.724 mph)
9	Lisa Powell (NZL)	193.966 km/h (120.525 mph)
10	(USA)	193.548 km/h (120.265 mph)

References[]

• Official Olympic Report - Albertville 1992

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