The Women's Downhill competition of the Sarajevo 1984 Olympics was held at Jahorina on Thursday, February 16.[1] It was the tenth edition of the event, which was established in 1948.[2]
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| Venue | Jahorina | ||||||||||||
| Date | February 16 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 32 from 13 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:13.36 | ||||||||||||
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| Location | Jahorina |
| Vertical | 547 m (1,795 ft) |
| Top elevation | 1,872 m (6,142 ft) |
| Base elevation | 1,325 m (4,347 ft) |
The defending world champion was Gerry Sorensen of Canada, while Switzerland's Doris De Agostini was the defending World Cup downhill champion and Switzerland's Maria Walliser led the current season.[3][4] Defending Olympic champion Annemarie Moser-Pröll and De Agostini had both retired from competition.
The race was delayed five days, due to weather and scheduling conflicts.[5] Switzerland's Michela Figini won the gold medal, followed by teammate Walliser, and Olga Charvátová of Czechoslovakia was the bronze medalist.[6]
The course started at an elevation of 1,872 m (6,142 ft) above sea level with a vertical drop of 547 m (1,795 ft) and a length of 1.965 km (1.22 mi). Figini's winning time was 73.36 seconds, yielding an average speed of 96.429 km/h (59.9 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 7.456 m/s (24.5 ft/s).
The men's downhill, delayed a full week, was run the same day at Bjelašnica,[7] and started at noon.
Results
editThe race was started at 10:30 local time, (UTC+1). At the starting gate, it was snowing lightly, the temperature was −14 °C (7 °F), and the snow condition was hard. The temperature at the finish was −13 °C (9 °F).
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References
edit- ^ a b "Sarajevo 1984 Official Report". Organising Committee of the XlVth Winter Olympic Games 1984 at Sarajevo. LA84 Foundation. 1984. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- ^ "Alpine Skiing at the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Games: Women's Downhill". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
- ^ "1983 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- ^ "1982 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- ^ Nelson, John (February 10, 1984). "Andropov's death won't halt Games, but weather may". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). Associated Press. p. 2B.
- ^ "Thursday at Sarajevo: Alpine skiing, Women's downhill". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). February 17, 1984. p. 3D.
- ^ Mossman, John (February 16, 1984). "Johnson, USA make history in downhill". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). Associated Press. p. D1.
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 15 January 2009.