Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill
The Women's Downhill competition of the Lillehammer 1994 Olympics was held at Kvitfjell on Saturday, 19 February.[1][2]
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| Venue | Kvitfjell | ||||||||||||
| Date | February 19 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 48 from 19 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:35.93 | ||||||||||||
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| Location | Kvitfjell |
| Vertical | 708 m (2,323 ft) |
| Top elevation | 890 m (2,920 ft) |
| Base elevation | 182 m (597 ft) |
The defending world champion was Kate Pace Lindsay of Canada, while Germany's Katja Seizinger was the defending World Cup downhill champion and led the current season. [3][4]
Seizinger won the gold medal, Picabo Street of the United States took the silver, and Isolde Kostner of Italy was the bronze medalist.[5][6]
The course started at an elevation of 890 m (2,920 ft) above sea level with a vertical drop of 708 m (2,323 ft) and a course length of 2.641 km (1.64 mi). Seizinger's winning time was 95.93 seconds, yielding an average course speed of 99.110 km/h (61.6 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 7.380 m/s (24.2 ft/s).
Results
editThe race was started at 11:00 local time, (UTC +1). At the starting gate, the skies were clear, the temperature was −6.0 °C (21 °F), and the snow condition was hard; the temperature at the finish was lower, at −14.0 °C (7 °F).
- Source:[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "Lillehammer 1994 Official Report" (PDF). Lillehammer Olympiske Organisasjonskomité. LA84 Foundation. 1994. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
- ^ "Alpine Skiing at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games: Women's Downhill". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
- ^ "1993 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
- ^ "1993 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
- ^ "Street tames her 'tiger' for downhill silver medal". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. February 20, 1994. p. 11C.
- ^ Johnson, William Oscar (February 28, 1994). "Zone of their own". Sports Illustrated. p. 24.