Alpine skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics – Women's giant slalom

The Women's giant slalom competition of the Sarajevo 1984 Olympics was held at Jahorina on Monday, February 13.[1][2] Because of weather delays with the downhills, this was the first alpine event of these Olympics.

Women's giant slalom
at the XIV Olympic Winter Games
VenueJahorina
DateFebruary 13
Competitors54 from 20 nations
Winning time2:20.98
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Debbie Armstrong  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Christin Cooper  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Perrine Pelen  France
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Women's Giant Slalom
LocationJahorina
Vertical   337 m (1,106 ft)
Top elevation1,665 m (5,463 ft)  
Base elevation1,328 m (4,357 ft)

The defending world champion was Erika Hess of Switzerland, while American Tamara McKinney was the defending World Cup giant slalom champion, and Hess led the current season.[3][4] Defending Olympic champion Hanni Wenzel was banned from these Olympics.[5][6]

American Debbie Armstrong won the gold medal, teammate Christin Cooper took the silver, and Perrine Pelen of France was the bronze medalist.[7][8][9][10] McKinney was fourth and Hess was seventh.

Entering the Olympics, the twenty-year-old Armstrong's only World Cup top ten finish in giant slalom was a fifth place in late January, and her sole career World Cup podium came three weeks before that; a third in a Super-G.

Results

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The race was started at 10:00 local time, (UTC+1), and the second run began at 13:30. At the starting gate, the skies were clear, the temperature was −14.2 °C (6 °F), and the snow condition was hard. For the second run it was snowing lightly at −12.2 °C (10 °F).

Rank Bib Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Total Difference
  15 Debbie Armstrong   United States 1:08.97 1:12.01 2:20.98
  9 Christin Cooper   United States 1:08.87 1:12.51 2:21.38 +0.40
  2 Perrine Pelen   France 1:09.64 1:11.76 2:21.40 +0.42
4 7 Tamara McKinney   United States 1:10.11 1:11.72 2:21.83 +0.85
5 21 Marina Kiehl   West Germany 1:09.70 1:12.33 2:22.03 +1.05
6 8 Blanca Fernández Ochoa   Spain 1:09.52 1:12.62 2:22.14 +1.16
7 13 Erika Hess   Switzerland 1:10.54 1:11.97 2:22.51 +1.53
8 6 Olga Charvátová   Czechoslovakia 1:09.94 1:12.63 2:22.57 +1.59
9 11 Liisa Savijarvi   Canada 1:10.31 1:12.42 2:22.73 +1.75
10 5 Anne-Flore Rey   France 1:10.09 1:12.86 2:22.95 +1.97
11 12 Carole Merle   France 1:10.73 1:12.54 2:23.27 +2.29
12 1 Michela Figini   Switzerland 1:10.58 1:12.76 2:23.34 +2.36
13 4 Maria Epple   West Germany 1:10.40 1:13.25 2:23.65 +2.67
14 24 Anni Kronbichler   Austria 1:11.40 1:12.77 2:24.17 +3.19
15 19 Monika Hess   Switzerland 1:10.90 1:13.68 2:24.58 +3.60
16 36 Andreja Leskovšek   Yugoslavia 1:11.20 1:13.41 2:24.61 +3.63
17 26 Diana Haight   Canada 1:11.27 1:13.39 2:24.66 +3.68
18 3 Cindy Nelson   United States 1:11.44 1:13.44 2:24.88 +3.90
19 16 Petra Wenzel   Liechtenstein 1:11.26 1:13.68 2:24.94 +3.96
20 39 Veronika Šarec   Yugoslavia 1:11.71 1:13.30 2:25.01 +4.03
21 10 Irene Epple   West Germany 1:11.64 1:13.88 2:25.52 +4.54
22 29 Nuša Tome   Yugoslavia 1:12.18 1:14.03 2:26.21 +5.23
23 34 Mateja Svet   Yugoslavia 1:11.88 1:14.34 2:26.22 +5.24
24 22 Michaela Gerg-Leitner   West Germany 1:12.18 1:14.10 2:26.28 +5.30
25 20 Daniela Zini   Italy 1:12.07 1:14.26 2:26.33 +5.35
26 35 Alexandra Mařasová   Czechoslovakia 1:12.59 1:13.78 2:26.37 +5.39
27 28 Roswitha Steiner   Austria 1:12.09 1:14.47 2:26.56 +5.58
28 40 Ivana Valešová   Czechoslovakia 1:12.17 1:14.54 2:26.71 +5.73
29 41 Nadezhda Andreyeva   Soviet Union 1:12.46 1:14.39 2:26.85 +5.87
30 43 Dorota Tłalka-Mogore   Poland 1:11.91 1:14.99 2:26.90 +5.92
31 42 Ewa Grabowska   Poland 1:12.45 1:15.10 2:27.55 +6.57
32 31 Paola Magoni   Italy 1:12.56 1:15.31 2:27.87 +6.89
33 23 Laurie Graham   Canada 1:12.89 1:15.53 2:28.42 +7.44
34 32 Sylvia Eder   Austria 1:13.00 1:16.03 2:29.03 +8.05
35 51 Liliana Ichim   Romania 1:14.17 1:17.91 2:32.08 +11.10
36 50 Teresa Bustamente   Argentina 1:15.33 1:18.86 2:34.19 +13.21
37 49 Michèle Brigitte Dombard   Belgium 1:15.85 1:18.94 2:34.79 +13.81
38 48 Nanna Leifsdóttir   Iceland 1:14.82 1:20.02 2:34.84 +13.86
39 52 Magdalena Birkner   Argentina 1:17.64 1:22.06 2:39.70 +18.72
40 53 Gabriela Angaut   Argentina 1:19.63 1:23.53 2:43.16 +22.18
41 54 Geraldina Bobbio   Argentina 1:21.90 1:25.61 2:47.51 +26.53
42 56 Jin Xuefei   China 1:22.45 1:27.90 2:50.35 +29.37
43 58 Lina Aristodimou   Cyprus 1:29.22 1:34.23 3:03.45 +42.47
- 25 Ursula Konzett   Liechtenstein 1:10.93 DNF - -
- 14 Fabienne Serrat   France 1:11.52 DNF - -
- 33 Andrea Bédard   Canada 1:12.03 DQ - -
- 38 Dolores Fernández Ochoa   Spain 1:12.05 DNF - -
- 27 Fulvia Stevenin   Italy 1:12.09 DNF - -
- 37 Jana Gantnerová-Šoltýsová   Czechoslovakia 1:13.92 DNF - -
- 45 Kate Rattray   New Zealand 1:14.67 DNF - -
- 17 Elisabeth Kirchler   Austria DNF - - -
- 44 Jolanda Kindle   Liechtenstein DQ - - -
- 55 Wang Guizhen   China DQ - - -
- 30 Ann Melander   Sweden DNS - - -
- 46 Ondine McGlashen   Australia DNS - - -
- 47 Marilla Guss   Australia DNS - - -
- 57 Delia Parate   Romania DNS - - -
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References

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  1. ^ a b "Sarajevo 1984 Official Report" (PDF). Organising Committee of the XlVth Winter Olympic Games 1984 at Sarajevo. LA84 Foundation. 1984. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  2. ^ "Alpine Skiing at the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Games: Women's Giant Slalom". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  3. ^ "1983 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  4. ^ "1982 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  5. ^ "Ski stars banned from Olympics". Ottawa Citizen. Reuters. November 26, 1983. p. 71.
  6. ^ "Ruling slaps Stenmark". The Bulletin. (Bend, Oregon). UPI. November 7, 1983. p. D-4.
  7. ^ Nelson, John (February 13, 1984). "America discovers gold and silver on alpine hills". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). Associated Press. p. D1.
  8. ^ "USA strikes gold in Winter Games". Nashua Telegraph. (New Hampshire). Associated Press. February 14, 1984. p. 19.
  9. ^ "America cheers its first champion". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). wire services reports. February 14, 1984. p. 1D.
  10. ^ Johnson, William Oscar (February 20, 1984). "'Have fun! Have fun! Have fun!'". Sports Illustrated. p. 18.
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