Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill

The Women's Downhill competition of the Lillehammer 1994 Olympics was held at Kvitfjell on Saturday, 19 February.[1][2]

Women's Downhill
at the XVII Olympic Winter Games
VenueKvitfjell
DateFebruary 19
Competitors48 from 19 nations
Winning time1:35.93
Medalists
Katja Seizinger  Germany
Picabo Street  United States
Isolde Kostner  Italy
Alpine skiing at the
1994 Winter Olympics
Combinedmenwomen
Downhillmenwomen
Giant slalommenwomen
Slalommenwomen
Super-Gmenwomen
Women's Downhill
LocationKvitfjell
Vertical708 m (2,323 ft)
Top elevation890 m (2,920 ft)  
Base elevation182 m (597 ft)

The defending world champion was Kate Pace Lindsay of Canada, while Germany's Katja Seizinger was the defending World Cup downhill champion and led the current season. [3][4]

Seizinger won the gold medal, Picabo Street of the United States took the silver, and Isolde Kostner of Italy was the bronze medalist.[5][6]

The course started at an elevation of 890 m (2,920 ft) above sea level with a vertical drop of 708 m (2,323 ft) and a course length of 2.641 km (1.64 mi). Seizinger's winning time was 95.93 seconds, yielding an average course speed of 99.110 km/h (61.6 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 7.380 m/s (24.2 ft/s).

Results

The race was started at 11:00 local time, (UTC +1). At the starting gate, the skies were clear, the temperature was −6.0 °C (21 °F), and the snow condition was hard; the temperature at the finish was lower, at −14.0 °C (7 °F).

RankBibNameCountryTimeDifference
3Katja Seizinger Germany1:35.93—
8Picabo Street United States1:36.59+0.66
12Isolde Kostner Italy1:36.85+0.92
416Martina Ertl Germany1:37.10+1.17
52Kate Pace Lindsay Canada1:37.17+1.24
69Mélanie Suchet France1:37.34+1.41
74Hilary Lindh United States1:37.44+1.51
87Varvara Zelenskaya Russia1:37.48+1.55
923Pernilla Wiberg Sweden1:37.61+1.68
1035Katja Koren Slovenia1:37.69+1.76
1117Jeanette Lunde Norway1:37.80+1.87
121Miriam Vogt Germany1:37.86+1.93
1333Florence Masnada France1:37.92+1.99
146Veronika Stallmaier Austria1:37.94+2.01
31Morena Gallizio Italy
1632Alenka Dovžan Slovenia1:38.07+2.14
1720Svetlana Gladysheva Russia1:38.10+2.17
1825Katrin Gutensohn Germany1:38.14+2.21
1911Kerrin Lee-Gartner Canada1:38.22+2.29
2029Megan Gerety United States1:38.24+2.31
2126Emi Kawabata Japan1:38.29+2.36
2214Heidi Zurbriggen Switzerland1:38.46+2.53
2337Špela Pretnar Slovenia1:38.50+2.57
2436Olga Vedyacheva Kazakhstan1:38.58+2.65
2519Barbara Merlin Italy1:38.65+2.72
2610Régine Cavagnoud France1:38.69+2.76
2727Krista Schmidinger United States1:38.76+2.83
2813Heidi Zeller-Bähler Switzerland1:38.78+2.85
2918Nathalie Bouvier France1:38.85+2.92
3030Michelle Ruthven Canada1:38.88+2.95
315Anja Haas Austria1:38.98+3.05
3234Lucia Medzihradská Slovakia1:39.22+3.29
3328Vreni Schneider Switzerland1:39.35+3.42
3421Erika Hansson Sweden1:39.40+3.47
3539Nataliya Buga Russia1:40.93+5.00
3643Mihaela Fera Romania1:41.07+5.14
3740Olha Lohinova Ukraine1:43.07+7.14
3838Mira Golub Russia1:43.21+7.28
3944Szvetlana Keszthelyi Hungary1:43.33+7.40
4042Maria Zaruc Romania1:45.73+9.80
4148Francisca Steverlynck Argentina1:46.76+10.83
4246Khrystyna Podrushna Ukraine1:46.96+11.03
4345Gabriela Quijano Argentina1:49.26+13.33
4447Jennifer Taylor Argentina1:49.53+13.60
-15Bibiana Perez ItalyDNF-
-22Renate Götschl AustriaDNF-
-24Ingrid Stöckl AustriaDNF-
-41Véronique Dugailly BelgiumDNF-
Source:[1]

References
  1. "Lillehammer 1994 Official Report" (PDF). Lillehammer Olympiske Organisasjonskomité. LA84 Foundation. 1994. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
  2. "Alpine Skiing at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games: Women's Downhill". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  3. "1993 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
  4. "1993 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
  5. "Street tames her 'tiger' for downhill silver medal". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. February 20, 1994. p. 11C.
  6. Johnson, William Oscar (February 28, 1994). "Zone of their own". Sports Illustrated. p. 24.
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