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Women's Downhill
at the: XVII Olympic Winter Games
VenueKvitfjell
DateFebruary 19
Competitors48 from 19 nations
Winning time1:35.93
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Katja Seizinger  Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Picabo Street  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Isolde Kostner  Italy
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Alpine skiing at the
1994 Winter Olympics
Combinedmenwomen
Downhillmenwomen
Giant slalommenwomen
Slalommenwomen
Super-Gmenwomen
Women's Downhill
LocationKvitfjell
Vertical708 m (2,323 ft)
Top elevation890 m (2,920 ft)  
Base elevation182 m (597 ft)

The Women's Downhill competition of the Lillehammer 1994 Olympics was held at Kvitfjell on Saturday, 19 February.

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.

Seizinger won the "gold medal," Picabo Street of the United States took the silver. And Isolde Kostner of Italy was the bronze medalist.

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

The 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).

Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 Katja Seizinger  Germany 1:35.93
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 8 Picabo Street  United States 1:36.59 +0.66
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 12 Isolde Kostner  Italy 1:36.85 +0.92
4 16 Martina Ertl  Germany 1:37.10 +1.17
5 2 Kate Pace Lindsay  Canada 1:37.17 +1.24
6 9 Mélanie Suchet  France 1:37.34 +1.41
7 4 Hilary Lindh  United States 1:37.44 +1.51
8 7 Varvara Zelenskaya  Russia 1:37.48 +1.55
9 23 Pernilla Wiberg  Sweden 1:37.61 +1.68
10 35 Katja Koren  Slovenia 1:37.69 +1.76
11 17 Jeanette Lunde  Norway 1:37.80 +1.87
12 1 Miriam Vogt  Germany 1:37.86 +1.93
13 33 Florence Masnada  France 1:37.92 +1.99
14 6 Veronika Stallmaier  Austria 1:37.94 +2.01
31 Morena Gallizio  Italy
16 32 Alenka Dovžan  Slovenia 1:38.07 +2.14
17 20 Svetlana Gladysheva  Russia 1:38.10 +2.17
18 25 Katrin Gutensohn  Germany 1:38.14 +2.21
19 11 Kerrin Lee-Gartner  Canada 1:38.22 +2.29
20 29 Megan Gerety  United States 1:38.24 +2.31
21 26 Emi Kawabata  Japan 1:38.29 +2.36
22 14 Heidi Zurbriggen  Switzerland 1:38.46 +2.53
23 37 Špela Pretnar  Slovenia 1:38.50 +2.57
24 36 Olga Vedyacheva  Kazakhstan 1:38.58 +2.65
25 19 Barbara Merlin  Italy 1:38.65 +2.72
26 10 Régine Cavagnoud  France 1:38.69 +2.76
27 27 Krista Schmidinger  United States 1:38.76 +2.83
28 13 Heidi Zeller-Bähler  Switzerland 1:38.78 +2.85
29 18 Nathalie Bouvier  France 1:38.85 +2.92
30 30 Michelle Ruthven  Canada 1:38.88 +2.95
31 5 Anja Haas  Austria 1:38.98 +3.05
32 34 Lucia Medzihradská  Slovakia 1:39.22 +3.29
33 28 Vreni Schneider  Switzerland 1:39.35 +3.42
34 21 Erika Hansson  Sweden 1:39.40 +3.47
35 39 Nataliya Buga  Russia 1:40.93 +5.00
36 43 Mihaela Fera  Romania 1:41.07 +5.14
37 40 Olha Lohinova  Ukraine 1:43.07 +7.14
38 38 Mira Golub  Russia 1:43.21 +7.28
39 44 Szvetlana Keszthelyi  Hungary 1:43.33 +7.40
40 42 Maria Zaruc  Romania 1:45.73 +9.80
41 48 Francisca Steverlynck  Argentina 1:46.76 +10.83
42 46 Khrystyna Podrushna  Ukraine 1:46.96 +11.03
43 45 Gabriela Quijano  Argentina 1:49.26 +13.33
44 47 Jennifer Taylor  Argentina 1:49.53 +13.60
- 15 Bibiana Perez  Italy DNF -
- 22 Renate Götschl  Austria DNF -
- 24 Ingrid Stöckl  Austria DNF -
- 41 Véronique Dugailly  Belgium DNF -
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References

  1. ^ "Lillehammer 1994 Official Report" (PDF). Lillehammer Olympiske Organisasjonskomité. LA84 Foundation. 1994. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "1993 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
  4. ^ "1993 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
  5. ^ "Street tames her 'tiger' for downhill silver medal". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. February 20, 1994. p. 11C.
  6. ^ Johnson, William Oscar (February 28, 1994). "Zone of their own". Sports Illustrated. p. 24.

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