Alpine skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill
| Men's Downhill at the XIV Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Bjelašnica, Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||
| Date | February 16, 1984 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 61 from 25 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:45.59 | ||||||||||||
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| Alpine skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics | ||
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| Downhill | men | women |
| Giant slalom | men | women |
| Slalom | men | women |
| Men's Downhill | |
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| Location | Bjelašnica, Yugoslavia |
| Vertical | 803 m (2,635 ft) |
| Top elevation | 2,076 m (6,811 ft) |
| Base elevation | 1,273 m (4,177 ft) |
The Men's downhill competition of the 1984 Winter Olympics was held at Bjelašnica, Yugoslavia.[1] Due to weather delays, it was run on Thursday, February 16, a full week after originally scheduled.[2]
The reigning world champion was Harti Weirather of Austria, while Austria's Franz Klammer was the reigning World Cup downhill champion and Switzerland's Urs Räber led the 1984 World Cup.[3][4] Similar to 1980, the defending Olympic downhill champion was from Austria and did not compete. Leonhard Stock was injured a month earlier in January.
In order to meet the minimum vertical drop requirement of 800 metres (2,625 feet), the starting gate was in a newly constructed lodge at the mountain's summit, with a connecting ramp to the mountain proper.[5]
Bill Johnson of the United States became the first from outside the Alps to win an Olympic downhill.[6][7]
Results
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References
- 1 2 "Sarajevo 1984 Official Report" (PDF). 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: Men's Downhill". Sports Reference. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ↑ "1983 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- ↑ "1982 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- ↑ Ottum, Bob (March 4, 1983). "They were real troopers". Sports Illustrated. p. 82.
- ↑ Johnson, William Oscar (February 27, 1984). "They saved the best for last". Sports Illustrated. p. 14.
- ↑ Clarke, Norm. "Johnson lets his skis do the talking". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. p. 41.
External links
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 13 January 2009.
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