Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill
| Women's Downhill at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games | ||||||||||
 Alpine skiing | ||||||||||
| Venue | Hakuba | |||||||||
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| Date | February 16 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 39 from 16 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 1:28.89 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics | ||||
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| Combined | men | women | ||
| Downhill | men | women | ||
| Giant slalom | men | women | ||
| Slalom | men | women | ||
| Super-G | men | women | ||
The Women's Downhill competition of the Nagano 1998 Olympics was held at Hakuba. [1]
The defending world champion was Hilary Lindh of the United States, while Austria's Renate Goetschl was the defending World Cup downhill champion. [2][3]
Results
| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Katja Seizinger |  Germany | 1:28.89 | - |
 | Pernilla Wiberg |  Sweden | 1:29.18 | +0.29 |
 | Florence Masnada |  France | 1:29.37 | +0.48 |
| 4 | Mélanie Suchet | France | 1:29.48 | +0.59 |
| 5 | Svetlana Gladysheva |  Russia | 1:29.50 | +0.61 |
| 6 | Picabo Street |  United States | 1:29.54 | +0.65 |
| 7 | Régine Cavagnoud | France | 1:29.72 | +0.83 |
| 8 | Alexandra Meissnitzer |  Austria | 1:29.84 | +0.95 |
| 9 | Hilde Gerg | Germany | 1:29.96 | +1.07 |
| 9 | Katrin Gutensohn | Germany | 1:29.96 | +1.07 |
| 11 | Ingeborg Helen Marken |  Norway | 1:30.19 | +1.30 |
| 12 | Heidi Zurbriggen |  Switzerland | 1:30.25 | +1.36 |
| 13 | Varvara Zelenskaya | Russia | 1:30.38 | +1.49 |
| 14 | Carole Montillet-Carles | France | 1:30.65 | +1.76 |
| 15 | Steffi Schuster | Austria | 1:30.73 | +1.84 |
| 16 | Trude Gimle | Norway | 1:30.87 | +1.98 |
| 17 | Jonna Mendes | United States | 1:30.89 | +2.00 |
| 18 | Michaela Dorfmeister | Austria | 1:31.17 | +2.28 |
| 19 | Kate Pace-Lindsay |  Canada | 1:31.30 | +2.41 |
| 20 | Bibiana Perez |  Italy | 1:31.43 | +2.54 |
| 21 | Alessandra Merlin | Italy | 1:31.44 | +2.55 |
| 22 | Mélanie Turgeon | Canada | 1:31.45 | +2.56 |
| 22 | Catherine Borghi | Switzerland | 1:31.45 | +2.56 |
| 24 | Špela Bračun |  Slovenia | 1:31.54 | +2.65 |
| 25 | Janica Kostelić |  Croatia | 1:31.97 | +3.08 |
| 26 | Katie Monahan | United States | 1:32.22 | +3.33 |
| 26 | Morena Gallizio | Italy | 1:32.22 | +3.33 |
| 28 | Kirsten Clark | United States | 1:32.25 | +3.36 |
| 29 | Yekaterina Nesterenko | Russia | 1:32.54 | +3.65 |
| 30 | Corinne Rey-Bellet | Switzerland | 1:32.92 | +4.03 |
| 31 | Lucie Hrstková |  Czech Republic | 1:33.00 | +4.11 |
| 32 | Anna Larionova | Russia | 1:34.36 | +5.47 |
| 33 | Yuliya Kharkivska |  Ukraine | 1:35.60 | +6.71 |
| 34 | Carola Calello |  Argentina | 1:36.71 | +7.82 |
| - | Renate Götschl | Austria | DNF | - |
| - | Isolde Kostner | Italy | DNF | - |
| - | Regina Häusl | Germany | DNF | - |
| - | Kristine Kristiansen | Norway | DNF | - |
| - | Mónika Kovács |  Hungary | DQ | - |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3". Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1998. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
- ↑ "1997 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
- ↑ "1997 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved November 20, 2013.