Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill

Women's downhill
at the XX Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for alpine skiing
Venue San Sicario
Date February 15
Competitors 45 from 20 nations
Winning time 1:56.49
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Michaela Dorfmeister  Austria
2nd, silver medalist(s) Martina Schild  Switzerland
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Anja Pärson  Sweden

The women's downhill was held on Wednesday, 15 February. It is identical in format to the men's downhill, except that the course is shorter. Carole Montillet from France was defending Olympic champion, but she was 19th in the 2005–06 World Cup downhill standings, headed by Michaela Dorfmeister from Austria. The Croat Janica Kostelić was defending World Champion, but she was fourth in the overall World Cup standings, though she did win one World Cup race at Bad Kleinkirchheim in January.[1][2]

Results

The results of the women's downhill event in Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

RankNameCountryTimeDifference
1st, gold medalist(s) Michaela Dorfmeister  Austria 1:56.49
2nd, silver medalist(s) Martina Schild  Switzerland 1:56.86 +0.37
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Anja Pärson  Sweden 1:57.13 +0.64
4 Renate Götschl  Austria 1:57.20 +0.71
5 Nadia Styger  Switzerland 1:57.62 +1.13
6 Petra Haltmayr  Germany 1:57.69 +1.20
7 Julia Mancuso  United States 1:57.71 +1.22
8 Lindsey Kildow  United States 1:57.78 +1.29
Alexandra Meissnitzer  Austria
10 Nadia Fanchini  Italy 1:57.84 +1.35
11 Chemmy Alcott  Great Britain 1:57.85 +1.36
12 Fränzi Aufdenblatten  Switzerland 1:57.96 +1.47
13 Lucia Recchia  Italy 1:58.30 +1.81
14 Sylviane Berthod  Switzerland 1:58.36 +1.87
15 Marie Marchand-Arvier  France 1:58.39 +1.90
16 Ingrid Jacquemod  France 1:58.46 +1.97
17 Janette Hargin  Sweden 1:58.53 +2.04
18 Jessica Lindell-Vikarby  Sweden 1:58.56 +2.07
19 Stacey Cook  United States 1:58.70 +2.21
20 Emily Brydon  Canada 1:58.97 +2.48
21 Kirsten Clark  United States 1:59.07 +2.58
22 Nike Bent  Sweden 1:59.17 +2.68
23 Dagný L. Kristjánsdóttir  Iceland 1:59.43 +2.94
24 Kelly Vanderbeek  Canada 1:59.63 +3.14
25 Petra Robnik  Slovenia 1:59.66 +3.17
26 Shona Rubens  Canada 2:00.30 +3.81
27 Sherry Lawrence  Canada 2:00.47 +3.98
28 Carole Montillet-Carles  France 2:01.03 +4.54
29 Elena Fanchini  Italy 2:01.06 +4.57
30 Carolina Ruiz Castillo  Spain 2:01.09 +4.60
31 Alexandra Coletti  Monaco 2:01.34 +4.85
32 Daniela Merighetti  Italy 2:01.76 +5.27
33 Olesya Alieva  Russia 2:02.06 +5.57
34 Chirine Njeim  Lebanon 2:02.86 +6.37
35 Soňa Maculová  Slovakia 2:03.63 +7.14
36 Jana Gantnerová  Slovakia 2:04.60 +8.11
37 Eva Hučková  Slovakia 2:05.32 +8.83
38 Andrea Casasnovas  Spain 2:06.73 +10.24
39 Miriam Vázquez  Argentina 2:07.42 +10.93
40 Christelle Laura Douibi  Algeria 2:09.68 +13.19
Janica Kostelić  Croatia DNS
Tina Weirather  Liechtenstein DNF
Urška Rabič  Slovenia DNF
Elisabeth Görgl  Austria DNF
Leire Morlans  Spain DNF

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-03-02. Retrieved 2010-03-08.
  2. "Alpine Skiing at the 2006 Turin Winter Games: Women's Downhill". Sports Reference. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
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