The women's downhill competition of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympics was held at the Jeongseon Alpine Centre in PyeongChang on Wednesday, 21 February.[1][2]
| Women's downhill at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Jeongseon Alpine Centre, Gangwon Province, South Korea | ||||||||||||
| Date | 21 February | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 39 from 20 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:39.22 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
| Women's Downhill | |
|---|---|
| Location | Jeongseon Alpine Centre |
| Vertical | 730 m (2,395 ft) |
| Top elevation | 1,275 m (4,183 ft) |
| Base elevation | 545 m (1,788 ft) |
Italy's Sofia Goggia won the gold medal, Ragnhild Mowinckel of Norway took the silver, and the bronze medalist was Lindsey Vonn of the United States.
The race course was 2.775 km (1.72 mi) in length, with a vertical drop of 730 m (2,395 ft) from a starting elevation of 1,275 m (4,183 ft) above sea level. Goggia's winning time of 99.22 seconds yielded an average speed of 100.685 km/h (62.6 mph) and an average vertical descent rate of 7.357 m/s (24.1 ft/s).
Qualification
editA total of up to 320 alpine skiers qualified across all eleven events. Athletes qualified for this event by having met the A qualification standard only, which meant having 80 or less FIS Points and being ranked in the top 500 in the Olympic FIS points list. The Points list takes into average the best results of athletes per discipline during the qualification period (1 July 2016 to 21 January 2018). Countries received additional quotas by having athletes ranked in the top 30 of the current World Cup season (two per gender maximum, overall across all events). After the distribution of B standard quotas (to nations competing only in the slalom and giant slalom events), the remaining quotas were distributed using the Olympic FIS Points list, with each athlete only counting once for qualification purposes. A country could only enter a maximum of four athletes for the event.[3]
Results
editThe race was started at 11:00 local time, (UTC+9). At the starting gate, the skies were mostly clear, the temperature was −8.5 °C (17 °F), and the snow condition was hard.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Venues". www.pyeongchang2018.com/. Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Organizing Committee for the 2018 Winter Olympics. Archived from the original on 17 February 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
- ^ Start list
- ^ "Qualification Systems for XXII Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018 Alpine skiing" (PDF). International Ski Federation (FIS). 16 August 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- ^ Final results