Alpine skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics – Women's giant slalom

The Women's giant slalom competition of the Sarajevo 1984 Olympics was held at Jahorina on Monday, February 13.[1][2] Because of weather delays with the downhills, this was the first alpine event of these Olympics.

Women's giant slalom
at the XIV Olympic Winter Games
VenueJahorina
DateFebruary 13
Competitors54 from 20 nations
Winning time2:20.98
Medalists
Debbie Armstrong  United States
Christin Cooper  United States
Perrine Pelen  France
Alpine skiing at the
1984 Winter Olympics
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Women's Giant Slalom
LocationJahorina
Vertical   337 m (1,106 ft)
Top elevation1,665 m (5,463 ft)  
Base elevation1,328 m (4,357 ft)

The defending world champion was Erika Hess of Switzerland, while American Tamara McKinney was the defending World Cup giant slalom champion, and Hess led the current season.[3][4] Defending Olympic champion Hanni Wenzel was banned from these Olympics.[5][6]

American Debbie Armstrong won the gold medal, teammate Christin Cooper took the silver, and Perrine Pelen of France was the bronze medalist.[7][8][9][10] McKinney was fourth and Hess was seventh.

Entering the Olympics, the twenty-year-old Armstrong's only World Cup top ten finish in giant slalom was a fifth place in late January, and her sole career World Cup podium came three weeks before that; a third in a Super-G.

Results

The race was started at 10:00 local time, (UTC+1), and the second run began at 13:30. At the starting gate, the skies were clear, the temperature was −14.2 °C (6 °F), and the snow condition was hard. For the second run it was snowing lightly at −12.2 °C (10 °F).

RankBibNameCountryRun 1Run 2TotalDifference
15Debbie Armstrong United States1:08.971:12.012:20.98—
9Christin Cooper United States1:08.871:12.512:21.38+0.40
2Perrine Pelen France1:09.641:11.762:21.40+0.42
47Tamara McKinney United States1:10.111:11.722:21.83+0.85
521Marina Kiehl West Germany1:09.701:12.332:22.03+1.05
68Blanca Fernández Ochoa Spain1:09.521:12.622:22.14+1.16
713Erika Hess Switzerland1:10.541:11.972:22.51+1.53
86Olga Charvátová Czechoslovakia1:09.941:12.632:22.57+1.59
911Liisa Savijarvi Canada1:10.311:12.422:22.73+1.75
105Anne-Flore Rey France1:10.091:12.862:22.95+1.97
1112Carole Merle France1:10.731:12.542:23.27+2.29
121Michela Figini Switzerland1:10.581:12.762:23.34+2.36
134Maria Epple West Germany1:10.401:13.252:23.65+2.67
1424Anni Kronbichler Austria1:11.401:12.772:24.17+3.19
1519Monika Hess Switzerland1:10.901:13.682:24.58+3.60
1636Andreja Leskovšek Yugoslavia1:11.201:13.412:24.61+3.63
1726Diana Haight Canada1:11.271:13.392:24.66+3.68
183Cindy Nelson United States1:11.441:13.442:24.88+3.90
1916Petra Wenzel Liechtenstein1:11.261:13.682:24.94+3.96
2039Veronika Šarec Yugoslavia1:11.711:13.302:25.01+4.03
2110Irene Epple West Germany1:11.641:13.882:25.52+4.54
2229Nuša Tome Yugoslavia1:12.181:14.032:26.21+5.23
2334Mateja Svet Yugoslavia1:11.881:14.342:26.22+5.24
2422Michaela Gerg-Leitner West Germany1:12.181:14.102:26.28+5.30
2520Daniela Zini Italy1:12.071:14.262:26.33+5.35
2635Alexandra Mařasová Czechoslovakia1:12.591:13.782:26.37+5.39
2728Roswitha Steiner Austria1:12.091:14.472:26.56+5.58
2840Ivana Valešová Czechoslovakia1:12.171:14.542:26.71+5.73
2941Nadezhda Andreyeva Soviet Union1:12.461:14.392:26.85+5.87
3043Dorota Tłalka-Mogore Poland1:11.911:14.992:26.90+5.92
3142Ewa Grabowska Poland1:12.451:15.102:27.55+6.57
3231Paola Magoni Italy1:12.561:15.312:27.87+6.89
3323Laurie Graham Canada1:12.891:15.532:28.42+7.44
3432Sylvia Eder Austria1:13.001:16.032:29.03+8.05
3551Liliana Ichim Romania1:14.171:17.912:32.08+11.10
3650Teresa Bustamente Argentina1:15.331:18.862:34.19+13.21
3749Michèle Brigitte Dombard Belgium1:15.851:18.942:34.79+13.81
3848Nanna Leifsdóttir Iceland1:14.821:20.022:34.84+13.86
3952Magdalena Birkner Argentina1:17.641:22.062:39.70+18.72
4053Gabriela Angaut Argentina1:19.631:23.532:43.16+22.18
4154Geraldina Bobbio Argentina1:21.901:25.612:47.51+26.53
4256Jin Xuefei China1:22.451:27.902:50.35+29.37
4358Lina Aristodimou Cyprus1:29.221:34.233:03.45+42.47
-25Ursula Konzett Liechtenstein1:10.93DNF--
-14Fabienne Serrat France1:11.52DNF--
-33Andrea Bédard Canada1:12.03DQ--
-38Dolores Fernández Ochoa Spain1:12.05DNF--
-27Fulvia Stevenin Italy1:12.09DNF--
-37Jana Gantnerová-Šoltýsová Czechoslovakia1:13.92DNF--
-45Kate Rattray New Zealand1:14.67DNF--
-17Elisabeth Kirchler AustriaDNF---
-44Jolanda Kindle LiechtensteinDQ---
-55Wang Guizhen ChinaDQ---
-30Ann Melander SwedenDNS---
-46Ondine McGlashen AustraliaDNS---
-47Marilla Guss AustraliaDNS---
-57Delia Parate RomaniaDNS---
Source:[1]

References
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